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Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Dec. 3
Remarks to Peavey Electronics
in here, the feeling of this company, the
you
here
Employees in Meridian, Mississippi
pride in what you have accomplished. It is a
of
your
December 3, 1991
true American story, and each and every
skill
of
one of you is a part of it.
scourge.
Thank you all very, very much for this
Someone once told me that Hartley
speaker
welcome. I'll tell you, this is a great day for
Peavey wanted to be a rock star but found
hese
drugs.
me, a wonderful day for me. And I just
out he was better at making amplifiers.
the
families
can't tell you how much I appreciate your
That's okay. I always wanted to be number
And
when
warm welcome. I have only one regret, and
one at the White House, but you know Bar-
ashington.
I
that is that Barbara's not here to join in this.
bara. [Laughter] So, you all have got to do
points
of
Frankly, I think she's doing a great job for
what you do, you know.
have
got
to
our country, and this would be wonderful
But it is great to be back in your Magno-
that
are
for her morale. But I'll tell you-[ap-
lia State, in the birthplace of so much great
his
country
plause].
American music. And it's great to meet the
The other day, we presented the Medal
work
and
of Freedom to one of the great athletes of
people who've made Peavey the largest am-
mentioned
our time, Ted Williams, former slugger, you
plifier manufacturer in the world. Looking
that
I
know, for the Boston Red Sox. And he did
around, I'm beginning to understand this
I
met
and
something he's never done before. He wore
motto, "People Growing Together."
attractive
a necktie. And, Hartley-|laughter}-I un-
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weath-
derstand that. Regardless of what you had
ers, still part of the Peavey family at 71; or
but
an
to wear and how uncomfortable you might
like Susan Roddy, with achievements in life-
the
United
be, you and Melia have got this wonderful
long learning; or people like Belinda Bates,
much
more
way of making me feel at home. And every-
David McCarty, and other Peavey heroes
pride
that
body that's worked on this visit and to all of
who helped win the Gulf war: We're grate-
have
been
those here who are responsible for the ar-
ful to them. I think you've really clearly
aggression
rangements and the advance and the com-
demonstrated-and I hope this visit ampli-
than
munications and all of that, I promise you
fies this around the country-that quality
a
year
we will leave on time and not hang out
ussein
a
real
people do mean quality products.
here so to burden you further. But for us
Hartley once remarked that "Fat cats
it's been a wonderful visit, and all of our
don't hunt." Well, Peavey's been prowling
this
new-
people have enjoyed working with you all.
the global marketplace with a hunger that
States
and
I want to salute, of course, my closest
won't quit. You export, I'm told, to 103
the
world
friend in the United States Congress, Sonny
countries, accounting for more than 40 per-
markets
Montgomery, who represents Meridian
cent of your sales. Two amplifiers are top
erican
work
here, and just say how pleased I am to be
sellers in Japan. Peavey proves that more
Florida. So,
with him. And I want to tell you how proud
foreign exports means more American jobs.
my hardest
I am of your new Governor-elect, Kirk For-
Ask the man, ask Hartley; by playing a criti-
dice, who is with us today sitting right over
cal role in our Secretary of Commerce's
here. You do a great job for our State.
bless
the
Mayor Jimmy Kemp, thank you, sir, for
Japan Corporate Program, he knows what
reatest
coun-
greeting us at the airport and being with us.
I'm talking about. Cracking foreign mar-
hank you so
And I want to thank Meridian's High School
kets, that means creating more economic
Marching Band, single out, of course, the
growth and more American jobs.
Restless Heart. They're good anyway, but
Some in the Congress have tried to set up
when you give them a good sound system,
a false division between foreign policy and
look what they can do. I mean, it's fantastic.
domestic priorities. But I think they're
a.m. at Tro
I also want to thank Reverend Followell
wrong. Anyone who's on the front lines of
emarks, the
for his invocation and Gil Carmichael, who
foreign competition knows that fighting the
Bronfman,
is serving in Washington, DC, a longtime
battles against foreign protectionism means
fficer of the
Meridian who flew down with me today on
a winning war on the homefront. These
a employees
Air Force One, and all the rest of you.
things are related. And with a level playing
Barry Brin-
I think best of all for me on this day,
field, I am absolutely convinced that Ameri-
lent with a.
though, it is to see the people behind the
can workers can outinnovate, outperform,
power of Peavey. I sensed it when I walked
and outproduce any competition on Earth.
1747
Dec. 3 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
You're doing your part, and I'm going to
work for almost 3 years. Well, you know,
President ag:
keep on trying to do mine. I'll soon be
these are touching things; reading letters
about this.
going over to Asia, where Hartley has just
like this are disheartening. But a President
But when
been, pushing to open the markets of South
needs to know that people out there are
point I wan
Korea and Japan to American products and
feeling the pinch of hard times, who aren't
through you,
services. Asia is one of the fastest growing
looking for just another handout, but who
neighbors an
export markets, and exports are the strong-
need a hand up. And I'm determined to
aren't lucky E
est sector, in tough times, the strongest
leave no stone unturned in our efforts to
think when p.
sector of our economy. Right here in this
get this national economy on the move.
has got to finc
great State, more than 43,000 jobs are
I think, and I think Congressman Mont-
get the job d
export-driven, and overall, every billion dol-
gomery would agree with this, I think the
left town. It H
lars in manufacturers' exports means 20,000
Governor-elect would agree that this new
up there, as S
jobs.
transportation bill that has just passed is
while many I
As a Nation, we must address today's
good. I intend to sign it soon. It means
have liked to
problems and tomorrow's promise in a
growth, and again, for those out of work, it
constructive a
world united in strong economic competi-
does mean jobs, getting some of this con-
now have a fe
tion, not frozen, thank God, anymore in nu-
struction underway. There's something the
elected officials
clear conflict. Over the years we have built
Federal Government has a responsibility
a foundation in this new, revitalized world.
constituents, ai
for. Congress lived up to that responsibility.
And there are some tough things out there
January ready 1
And I think that will help soon.
action that I'm
but some encouraging things. Inflation is
down. Interest rates have fallen to the
I've also asked Congress to pass an impor-
the American
tant series of initiatives that would help put
lowest level in years. Our exports have sky-
Union Message.
Americans back to work and set us on a
rocketed, as I said, 80 percent in the last 5
And when I
years. And again, that does mean good jobs
long-term economic growth track: Tax in-
to ask Congres
across the country for men and women.
centives, for example, to unleash invest-
about here: Set
But this is no time-I'm not here to sing
ment; reforms to reform the banking
be briefly becau
some Pollyanna-ish view-this is no time to
system. It hasn't been reformed at all since
election-year po.
sit back and hope for the best. Too many
the mid-thirties. So, we've got to compete:
enact a commo
Americans are having a tough time making
Our banks are uncompetitive; reforms to
forms. And ther
ends meet. And many people wonder, and I
strengthen our educational system; initia-
season unfolds, 1
can understand this, how a President in that
tives to keep the health care costs that are
up again. But ev
magnificent White House that I'm honored
driving families into real trouble, keep
President's respo
to live in, wonder how a President under-
those down. And together, I believe that
political climate
stands what goes on outside Washington,
these measures would help the American
done to help th:
living there. Especially the people that are
economy.
want you to kno
struggling across our country to make ends
I didn't come down here to talk politics,
just that.
meet. Well, here's how, at least part of it:
but unfortunately-I will say this-the Con-
Sonny and I
I've traveled to 48 States since I've been
gress did not act on the economic growth
think he ever vol
President, talking and meeting with people,
program that I sent to the Hill 9 months
alive, side by side
and listening and learning. And then, of
ago, nor did they send me its own package
he was a good n
course, you do still get mail. I can't say I get
of growth measures.
Florida, a venera
it all. Don't write in necessarily, but-
So I know, I'm well aware of this, and I
legend in his tim
[laughter]-no, but do because we learn
expect everybody around here is, you've
politicians in this
from that. And I see the mail and I'm con-
just been through an election cycle. And
about the next g
cerned and I want to help. I do know that
now we're fixin' to go into another, a na-
next election, it
for a person out of a job, that for him or
tional one, and I know we're about to enter
United States and
her, that unemployment rate is 100 per-
that. And I know that both parties will
was talking some r
cent.
spend a lot of time shooting at each other.
And if we can
So over in Bradenton today, I was over
That's already started. You can see it every
country, as legisl
there, and earlier I received a letter from
night on television. And I haven't gotten
dent-I'll take my
someone who lived there, Bradenton, Flori-
warmed up yet, incidentally, on that.
put principle and 1
da, who told me that he was concerned
[Laughter] But this is where we are. And in
ship and pride, it i
with what was happening in our country.
our system of government, it's understand-
And sadly, he told me about being out of
able that the opposition will attack the
as Faulkner might
merely endure; it W
1748
Administration of George Bush, 1991 / Dec. 3
11, you know
President aggressively. There's nothing new
And I will go back to Washington, rein-
:ading letters
about this.
vigorated by what I've seen here, this kind
it a President
But when people are hurting-here's the
of "can-do" spirit. I will go back with my
out there are
point I wanted to make to you all and,
renewed sense of pride. I wish some of you
es, who aren't
through you, by word of mouth to your
could have seen the wonderful reception at
out, but who
neighbors and friends; maybe some who
the airport, some of the kids that served us
etermined to
aren't lucky enough to have a job here-I
so admirably in Desert Storm out there to
our efforts to
think when people are hurting, a President
say hello when this marvelous Air Force
he move
has got to find ways to set this aside and to
One taxied up. And I might say to those
essman Mont
get the job done. And Congress now has
here that were involved in it, it is my firm
S, I think the
left town. It was a tough and bitter session
belief that what our young men and women
:hat this new
up there, as Sonny knows very well. And
did in Desert Storm has given the United
ust passed
while many people, including me, would
States of America a new found respect and
on. It means
have liked to see some of the action taken,
credibility all around the world. There is no
ut of work
constructive action on the economy, we
question about that.
e of this con-
now have a few weeks, very few, in which
elected officials can cool off, hear from their
So, what I want to do as we work for
omething the
responsibility
constituents, and hopefully come back in
peace and work to handle the changes that
responsibility
January ready to act on an effective plan of
are happening in the Soviet Union and
action that I'm going to send out there to
bring parties together for peace in the
ass an impor-
the American people in the State of the
Middle East, what I also want to do is to
ould help put
Union Message.
take that new found credibility, use it to
set us on
And when I give that address, I'm going
hammer our way into these markets of
a
rack: Tax in
to ask Congress to do what I'm talking
Europe, these markets of Asia, so we will
aleash invest
about here: Set aside briefly, and it can only
have more access. We will have more ready
the banking
be briefly because of the year, '92, set aside
access to those markets, and that means
ed at all since
election-year politics at least long enough to
more products like the ones you make,
t to compete
enact a commonsense set of economic re-
other products being made for export across
e; reforms to
forms. And then afterward, as the election
this country, going into these foreign mar-
system; initia
season unfolds, let the partisan politics flair
kets.
costs that are
up again. But every once in a while, it is a
trouble, keep
President's responsibility to try to get the
The world is small. Foreign policy and
believe that
political climate set aside and get something
domestic, they interact today. And this is an
the American
done to help the American people. And I
exciting and wonderful time to be President
want you to know, I'm going to try to do
of the United States. I can't tell you how
just that.
emotional and strong I feel about what I've
) talk politics
Sonny and I had a colleague-I don't
seen right here today. This is the American
his-the Con
nomic growth
think he ever voted with me when he was
dream in action.
Hill 9 months
alive, side by side on some of the issues, but
Thank you all and may God bless our
own package
he was a good man-Claude Pepper from
country. Thank you very, very much.
Florida, a venerable Democrat, kind of a
of this, and
legend in his time. And he said, "If more
ere is you've
politicians in this country were thinking
on cycle: And
about the next generation instead of the
nother, a na
next election, it might be better for the
Note: The President spoke at 2:45 p.m. In
about to enter
United States and the world." Well, the guy
his remarks, the President referred to Hart-
1 parties will
was talking some real truth there.
ley D. Peavey, chairman and chief executive
at each other:
And if we can come together now as a
officer, and Melia Peavey, president, Peavey
n see it every
country, as legislators and as the Presi-
Electronics; Restless Heart, a country and
aven't gotten
dent-I'll take my share-long enough to
western group who performed the national
lly, on that
put principle and programs before partisan-
anthem; Reverend Bob Followell, pastor of
ve are: And in
ship and pride, it is my belief that America,
Carmel Baptist Church in Meridian; and
is understand-
as Faulkner might have put it, "will not
Gilbert E. Carmichael, Federal Railroad
II attack the
merely endure; it will prevail."
Administrator.
1749
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS \ MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991 \ 2:45 P.M.
HARTLEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
MELIA [MA-LEE-A] PEAVEY. MY GOOD FRIEND CONGRESSMAN
SONNY MONTGOMERY. GOVERNOR-ELECT KIRK FORDICE. MAYOR
JIMMY KEMP. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. BUT MOST OF ALL,
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE POWER OF
PEAVEY. 11
- 2 -
((SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THAT HARTLEY PEAVEY WANTED
TO BE A ROCK STAR, BUT FOUND HE WAS BETTER AT MAKING
AMPLIFIERS. \ THAT'S OKAY, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE No. 1
AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT YOU KNOW HOW BARBARA Is.)) 11
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE MAGNOLIA STATE, IN THE
BIRTHPLACE OF so MUCH GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC. AND IT'S
GREAT TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHO'VE MADE PEAVEY THE LARGEST
AMPLIFIER MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD. 11 LOOKING
AROUND, I'M BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND PEAVEY'S MOTTO:
"PEOPLE GROWING TOGETHER."
- 3 -
WHETHER IT'S EMPLOYEES LIKE SALLIE WEATHERS, STILL
PART OF THE PEAVEY FAMILY AT 71 \ OR LIKE SUSAN RODDY,
WITH ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFELONG LEARNING \ OR PEOPLE LIKE
BELINDA BATES, DAVID MCCARTY, AND OTHER PEAVEY HEROES
WHO HELPED WIN THE GULF WAR -- YOU'VE ALL SHOWN THAT
QUALITY PEOPLE MEAN QUALITY PRODUCTS.
HARTLEY ONCE REMARKED THAT "FAT CATS DON'T HUNT."
WELL, PEAVEY'S BEEN PROWLING THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE
WITH A HUNGER THAT WON'T QUIT.
\
- 4 -
You EXPORT TO 103 COUNTRIES -- ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN
40 PERCENT OF PEAVEY SALES. \ Two AMPLIFIERS ARE TOP
SELLERS IN JAPAN. 11 PEAVEY PROVES THAT MORE FOREIGN
EXPORTS MEAN MORE AMERICAN JOBS. Ask HARTLEY -- BY
PLAYING A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE'S
JAPAN CORPORATE PROGRAM, HE KNOWS WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT. CRACKING FOREIGN MARKETS MEAN CREATING MORE
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND MORE AMERICAN JOBS.
- 5 -
SOME IN CONGRESS HAVE TRIED To SET UP A FALSE
DIVISION BETWEEN FOREIGN POLICY AND DOMESTIC
PRIORITIES. THEY'RE WRONG. ANYONE WHO'S ON THE FRONT
LINES OF FOREIGN COMPETITION KNOWS THAT FIGHTING THE
BATTLES AGAINST FOREIGN PROTECTIONISM MEANS A WINNING
WAR ON THE HOMEFRONT. 11 WITH A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD,
AMERICAN WORKERS CAN OUT-INNOVATE, OUT-PERFORM, AND
OUT-PRODUCE ANY COMPETITION ON EARTH. 11
- 6 -
I WILL TRAVEL SOON TO ASIA, AND PUSH To OPEN THE
MARKETS OF SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN TO AMERICAN PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES. ASIA IS ONE OF OUR FASTEST GROWING
EXPORT MARKETS, AND EXPORTS ARE THE STRONGEST SECTOR OF
OUR ECONOMY. RIGHT HERE IN MISSISSIPPI, MORE THAN
43,000 JOBS ARE EXPORT-DRIVEN, AND OVERALL EVERY
BILLION DOLLARS IN MANUFACTURES EXPORTS MEANS 20,000
JOBS. 11
- 7 -
As A NATION, WE MUST ADDRESS TODAY'S PROBLEMS AND
TOMORROW'S PROMISE IN A WORLD UNITED IN ECONOMIC
COMPETITION -- NOT FROZEN IN NUCLEAR CONFLICT. \ OVER
THE YEARS WE HAVE BUILT A FOUNDATION IN THIS NEW,
REVITALIZED WORLD. INFLATION IS DOWN. INTEREST RATES
HAVE FALLEN TO THE LOWEST LEVEL IN YEARS. AMERICAN
EXPORTS HAVE SKYROCKETED 80 PERCENT IN THE LAST FIVE
YEARS -- AND THAT MEANS GOOD JOBS FOR AMERICAN MEN AND
WOMEN. 11
- 8 -
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL IS "SUNNY SIDE UP" IN
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. MANY PEOPLE WONDER HOW A
PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS WHAT GOES ON OUTSIDE WASHINGTON,
ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. \
HERE'S HOW: I HAVE TRAVELED TO 48 STATES SINCE
BECOMING PRESIDENT: TALKING, MEETING PEOPLE,
LISTENING, LEARNING. 11 BARBARA AND I ALSO READ THE
LETTERS. I AM CONCERNED -- AND I WANT TO HELP. I KNOW
THAT FOR A PERSON OUT OF A JOB, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
IS 100 PERCENT. 11
- 9 -
EARLIER TODAY I WAS IN BRADENTON, AND I RECEIVED A
LETTER FROM SOMEONE THERE. KING RUSHNELL WROTE, "THE
REASON I'M WRITING TO YOU AT THIS TIME IS TO SHARE MY
CONCERN OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR COUNTRY. I HAVE
BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS." I KNOW THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST LIKE MR. RUSHNELL
WHO ARE FEELING THE PINCH OF HARD TIMES -- WHO AREN'T
ASKING FOR JUST ANOTHER HANDOUT, BUT WHO NEED A HAND
UP. 11
- 10 -
As PRESIDENT, I AM PROUD OF OUR TRANSPORTATION BILL
CONGRESS HAS JUST PASSED. I INTEND TO SIGN IT. IT
MEANS MORE GROWTH AND MORE AMERICAN JOBS. I HAVE ALSO
ASKED CONGRESS TO PASS AN IMPORTANT SERIES OF
INITIATIVES THAT WOULD HELP PUT MORE AMERICANS BACK TO
WORK -- TAX INCENTIVES TO UNLEASH INVESTMENT, REFORMS
TO HELP OUR BANKS DO THE JOB, REFORMS TO STRENGTHEN OUR
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, INITIATIVES To KEEP HEALTH CARE
COSTS DOWN. TOGETHER, THESE MEASURES WOULD HELP THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY.
- 11 -
SADLY, CONGRESS DID NOT SEND ME A COMPREHENSIVE
PACKAGE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH MEASURES. 11 Now, I KNOW
WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER AN ELECTION YEAR. I KNOW BOTH
PARTIES WILL SPEND A LOT OF TIME TAKING TOUGH SHOTS AT
ONE ANOTHER. IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, THE
OPPOSITION WILL ATTACK THE PRESIDENT AGGRESSIVELY.
THERE IS NOTHING NEW ABOUT THIS. BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE
HURTING, A PRESIDENT MUST FIND WAYS TO GET THE JOB
DONE. 11
- 12 -
CONGRESS HAS JUST LEFT TOWN, AFTER A PARTICULARLY
BITTER SESSION. WHILE MANY PEOPLE -- INCLUDING ME --
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE CONGRESS TAKE CONSTRUCTIVE
ACTION ON THE ECONOMY, WE NOW HAVE A FEW WEEKS IN WHICH
ELECTED OFFICIALS CAN COOL OFF, HEAR FROM THEIR
CONSTITUENTS, AND FRAME AN EFFECTIVE PLAN OF ACTION. 11
WHEN I GIVE THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS IN JANUARY,
I WILL ASK CONGRESS TO LAY ASIDE ELECTION-YEAR POLITICS
AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH TO ENACT A COMMON-SENSE SET OF
ECONOMIC REFORMS. 11
- 13 -
AFTERWARD, AS THE ELECTION SEASON UNFOLDS, PARTISAN
POLITICS WILL FLARE UP AGAIN. 11
THAT VENERABLE DEMOCRAT, CLAUDE PEPPER ONCE SAID,
"IF MORE POLITICIANS IN THIS COUNTRY WERE THINKING
ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION INSTEAD OF THE NEXT ELECTION,
IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE
WORLD."
- 14 -
IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO PUT
PRINCIPLE AND PROGRAMS BEFORE PARTISANSHIP AND PRIDE,
IT IS MY BELIEF THAT AMERICA, AS FAULKNER MIGHT HAVE
PUT IT, "WILL NOT MERELY ENDURE; [IT] WILL PREVAIL."
THANK YOU so MUCH. AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
#
#
#
12/2/91
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1991
01 DEC 2 P3: 10
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, December 3, at 2:45 p.m., you will tour the
Peavey electronics plant in Meridian, Mississippi and then
speak to about 2,000 workers inside.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (8 minutes, on cards) emphasize that
Peavey's strong exports create jobs. The conclusion repeats
the Thanksgiving speech's call for Congress to put politics
aside long enough to fix the economy.
(Smith/Grossman)
December 2, 1991
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991
2:45 p.m.
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
[ma-LEE-a] Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny Montgomery.
Senator Trent Lott. Governor-elect Kirk Fordice. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.)) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in the
birthplace of so much great American music. And it's great to
meet the people who've made Peavey the largest amplifier
manufacturer in the world. Looking around, I'm beginning to
understand Peavey's motto: "People Growing Together."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
McCarty, and other Peavey heroes who helped win the Gulf war --
you've all shown that quality people mean quality products.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt." Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
2
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's Japan Corporate Program, he knows what
I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean creating more
economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven, and overall every billion dollars
in manufactures exports means 20,000 jobs. 11
As a nation, we must address today's problems and tomorrow's
promise in a world united in economic competition -- not frozen
in nuclear conflict. \ Over the years we have built a foundation
in this new, revitalized world. Inflation is down. Interest
rates have fallen to the lowest level in years. American exports
have skyrocketed 80 percent in the last five years -- and that
means good jobs for American men and women. 11
3
good
That doesn't mean that all is "sunny side up" in the
American economy. Many people wonder how a President understands
what goes on outside Washington, especially to people struggling
to make ends meet. \ Here's how: I have traveled to 48 states
since becoming President: talking, meeting people, listening,
learning. 11 Barbara and I also read the letters. I am
concerned -- and I want to help. I know that for a person out of
a job, the unemployment rate is 100 percent. 11
Earlier today I was in Bradenton, and I received a letter
from someone there. King Rushnell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
No!
or
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been out of work for almost three years.' I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Rushnell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up.
As President, I am proud of our Transportation bill Congress
has just passed. I intend to sign it. It means more growth and
more American jobs. I have also asked Congress to pass an
important series of initiatives that would help put more
Americans back to work -- tax incentives to unleash investment,
reforms to help our banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our
educational system, initiatives to keep health care costs down.
Together, these measures would help the American economy.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
4
Let's language repeat from
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
Tigiving talk
President. I understand this. And we'll all hear the
demagoguery. But when people are hurting, a President must find
ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
repeat requast
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
repro
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That venerable Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." " If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmactsm before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
CURT SMITH
is
SUBJECT:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, December 3, at 2:45 p.m., you will tour the
Peavey electronics plant in Meridian, Mississippi and then
speak to about 2,000 workers inside.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (8 minutes, on cards) emphasize that
Peavey's strong exports create jobs. The conclusion repeats
the Thanksgiving speech's call for Congress to put politics
aside long enough to fix the economy.
(Smith/Grossman)
December 2, 1991
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991
2:45 p.m.
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
[ma-LEE-a] Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny Montgomery.
Senator Trent Lott. Governor-elect Kirk Fordice. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
( (Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.) )
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in the
birthplace of so much great American music. And it's great to
meet the people who've made Peavey the largest amplifier
manufacturer in the world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to
understand Peavey's motto: "People Growing Together."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
McCarty, and other Peavey heroes who helped win the Gulf war --
you've all shown that quality people mean quality products.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt." " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
2
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's Japan Corporate Program, he knows what
I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean creating more
economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven, and overall every billion dollars
in manufactures exports means 20,000 jobs. 11
As a nation, we must address today's problems and tomorrow's
promise in a world united in economic competition -- not frozen
in nuclear conflict. \ Over the years we have built a foundation
in this new, revitalized world. Inflation is down. Interest
rates have fallen to the lowest level in years. American exports
have skyrocketed 80 percent in the last five years -- and that
means good jobs for American men and women. 11
3
That doesn't mean that all is "sunny side up" in the
American economy. Many people wonder how a President understands
what goes on outside Washington, especially to people struggling
to make ends meet. \ Here's how: I have traveled to 48 states
since becoming President: talking, meeting people, listening,
learning. 11 Barbara and I also read the letters. I am
concerned -- and I want to help. I know that for a person out of
a job, the unemployment rate is 100 percent. 11
Earlier today I was in Bradenton, and I received a letter
from someone there. King Rushnell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been out of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Rushnell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I am proud of our Transportation bill Congress
has just passed. I intend to sign it. It means more growth and
more American jobs. I have also asked Congress to pass an
important series of initiatives that would help put more
Americans back to work -- tax incentives to unleash investment,
reforms to help our banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our
educational system, initiatives to keep health care costs down.
Together, these measures would help the American economy.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
4
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And we'll all hear the
demagoguery. But when people are hurting, a President must find-
ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That venerable Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
Document No. 289689ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
12/2/91
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
McBRIDE
CARD
BOSKIN
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
THE ATTACHED REMARKS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO THE PRESIDENT
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
01 DEC 2 P3: 10
December 2, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
CURT SMITH
is
SUBJECT:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
I. SUMMARY
On Tuesday, December 3, at 2:45 p.m., you will tour the
Peavey electronics plant in Meridian, Mississippi and then
speak to about 2,000 workers inside.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (8 minutes, on cards) emphasize that
Peavey's strong exports create jobs. The conclusion repeats
the Thanksgiving speech's call for Congress to put politics
aside long enough to fix the economy.
(Smith/Grossman)
December 2, 1991
Draft Two
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991
2:45 p.m.
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
[ma-LEE-a] Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny Montgomery.
Senator Trent Lott. Governor-elect Kirk Fordice. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you. all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.)) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in the
birthplace of so much great American music. And it's great to
meet the people who've made Peavey the largest amplifier
manufacturer in the world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to
understand Peavey's motto: "People Growing Together."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
McCarty, and other Peavey heroes who helped win the Gulf war --
you've all shown that quality people mean quality products.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt." Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
2
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's Japan Corporate Program, he knows what
I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean creating more
economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth.
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven, and overall every billion dollars
in manufactures exports means 20,000 jobs.
As a nation, we must address today's problems and tomorrow's
promise in a world united in economic competition -- not frozen
in nuclear conflict. \ Over the years we have built a foundation
in this new, revitalized world. Inflation is down. Interest
rates have fallen to the lowest level in years. American exports
have skyrocketed 80 percent in the last five years -- and that
means good jobs for American men and women.
3
That doesn't mean that all is "sunny side up" in the
American economy. Many people wonder how a President understands
what goes on outside Washington, especially to people struggling
to make ends meet. \ Here's how: I have traveled to 48 states
since becoming President: talking, meeting people, listening,
learning. 11 Barbara and I also read the letters. I am
concerned -- and I want to help. I know that for a person out of
a job, the unemployment rate is 100 percent. 11
Earlier today I was in Bradenton, and I received a letter
from someone there. King Rushnell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been out of work for almost three years. I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Rushnell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I am proud of our Transportation bill Congress
has just passed. I intend to sign it. It means more growth and
more American jobs. I have also asked Congress to pass an
important series of initiatives that would help put more
Americans back to work -- tax incentives to unleash investment,
reforms to help our banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our
educational system, initiatives to keep health care costs down.
Together, these measures would help the American economy.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
4
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And we'll all hear the
demagoguery. But when people are hurting, a President must find
ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That venerable Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
968955
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/9
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE N/C
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
>
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
McBRIDE
BOSKIN
DEMAREST
N/C
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV 27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.)) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them. )) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt.' " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
28968955
Document No.
91
NOV
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
A8: 54
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/9
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
McBRIDE
BOSKIN
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
Coinsel has
endorsement
All cut prethy oped sood! AP
concerns. see
RESPONSE:
Comments.
MASTER-
Would mention Trans bill as an
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
example of a positive econ. force
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
I'll sign + we'll get jubs soon.
( n.Smith)
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV 27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is. )) 11
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amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
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It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in I the
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Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
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won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
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in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
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he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
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That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
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banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
yes
President. I understand this. And I'll be for
we'll all waiting bear the demogozing the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
venerable
ye
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail.' Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
Note: Mayor of Meridan 18 in favor of adjouring
can sus + has been vocal on it. (Doc)
28968935
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 NOV 2 P2:17
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/91
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
McBRIDE
CARD
BOSKIN
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
See comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV 27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is. )) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them. ))
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt." Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. \\
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
to
to
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Peavey Electronics
We have reviewed the attached remarks and have noted a few
suggested changes on the draft.
Please let us know if you have any questions or if we may
help in any other way.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
28968935
Document No.
STEVE
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/9
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
McBRIDE
DEMAREST
BOSKIN
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV 27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.)) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them. ))
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt.' " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
angme Unit our nation's
is separate from its
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
fighting
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
^
to create levil playing field in foreign monbits means more jobs and
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
higher icormes here at home.
winning war on the-homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
Fordiee Group attending., Go or
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is. )) \\
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in the
birthplace of so much great American music. And it's great to
meet the people who've made Peavey the largest amplifier
manufacturer in the world. \\ Looking around, I'm beginning to
understand Peavey's motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality people mean quality
products.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt. " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
2
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's Japan Corporate Program, he knows what
I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean creating more
economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth.
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven, and overall every billion dollars
in manufactures exports means 20,000 jobs.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet the tough
economic challenges ahead. Inflation is down. Interest rates
have fallen to the lowest level in years. American exports that
stood at $371 billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just
five years.
That doesn't mean that all is "sunny side up" in the
3
American economy. I know there are people hurting out there.
Barbara and I read the letters. We know there are people waiting
in the cold and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been out of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up.
As President, I am proud of our Transportation bill Congress
has just passed. I intend to sign it. It means more growth and
more American jobs. I have also asked Congress to pass an
important series of initiatives that would help put more
Americans back to work -- tax incentives to unleash investment,
reforms to help our banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our
educational system, initiatives to keep health care costs down.
Together, these measures would help keep the American economy on
the move and on the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And we'll all hear the
demagoguery. But when people are hurting, a President must find
ways to get the job done.
4
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
mcBrides thinks
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
that this
isn't the
That venerable Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
POTUS.
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
Its
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
whiney.
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 29, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND DIRECTOR OF SPEECHWRITING
FROM:
$8.00
GREG S. WALDEN
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Peavey Electronics,
Meridian, Mississippi
Counsel's office has reviewed the matter, and has no legal
objection, although I am concerned that remarks on page one come
close to endorsing Peavey products over U.S. competitors. What
would we say to Peavey's competitors when they ask for POTUS
event? See edits on pp. two and three. Draft remarks (on page
one) for Tropicana speech are far more ecumenical, I favor that
type of industry-wide praise, which praises competitors too.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this matter.
CC: PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
28968935
Document No.
COUNSEL'S OFFICE
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
RECEIVED
NOV 29 1991
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/91
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
McBRIDE
CARD
BOSKIN
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
page
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
diaft , omarks for Tropicanel speck
are more ecumenical. these. fart
RESPONSE: No legal objection, although $ am concerned
products over U.S.- competitors. What do we Assistant PHILLIP Jay to D. the BRADY President Pexvey's
that remarks on page I come close to endorsing to Peavey
competitors when they ask for a POTHS arent. and Staff Ext.
Secretary
2702
See two edits M PP 2,3.
GSWallen 11-29-2:15
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.) ) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them.) ) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products result mean from
quality people.
Come from
are deriver from
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt." Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
28968985
6218
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 NOV / A9:09
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/91
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
McBRIDE
BOSKIN
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
WOULD MENTION TRANSPORTATION BILL
As ExAmpla OF A POSITIVE ECONOMIC
PHILLIP D. BRADY
FORCE
Assistant to the President
I'LL Sign & WE'll gar LOBS 2 Soon
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV 27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.) ) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music. people would swear
at them.) ) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt." Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
action,
28768735
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
1 NOV 29 P 1 : 15
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/9
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
>
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
McBRIDE
DEMAREST
BOSKIN
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV 27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
(Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is. )) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them. )) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt. " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up.
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
28968935
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
91 NOV 29 P3: 19
DATE: Nov. 27, 1991
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 3:00 P.M., FRI., 11/29/91
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SUNUNU
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
McBRIDE
BOSKIN
DEMAREST
SNOW
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide comments directly to Tony Snow, Rm 122, x2930 with
a copy to this office no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, November 29.
Thank you.
RESPONSE: Comments from Cabinet Affairs are attached.
Thanks,
EL
Elizabeth Lüttig
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
01 NOV 27 P6: 37
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is. ) ) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
you rase
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
(Labn) this
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them. )) 11
Note:
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
So Much great american (Labor)
Kentury
birthplace of (country music. " And it's great to meet the people
conedbe
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
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upsu
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt." " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Sapan
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program (Commace)
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. \
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
11
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream.
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
Note: Mayor and of has Meridian been vocal Miss abr is iL. in Favor of adjuoning
Cenaus. Comerce)
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.)) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them. )) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt. " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth.
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up.
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
4
opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
(Smith/Grossman)
November 27, 1991
Draft One
PEAVEY
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: PEAVEY ELECTRONICS
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
Hartley, thank you so much for that introduction. Melia
Peavey, President of Peavey. My good friend Congressman Sonny
Montgomery. Senators Trent Lott and Thad Cochran. Mayor Jimmy
Kemp. Great to see you all. But most of all, it's great to see
the people behind the power of Peavey. 11
((Someone once told me that Hartley Peavey wanted to be a
rock star, but found he was better at making amplifiers. \ That's
okay, I always wanted to be No. 1 at the White House. But you
know how Barbara is.)) 11
((Actually, I told Barbara I wanted to buy a new Peavey
amplifier; but after my heart trouble last year she said "No
way." 11 Then I told her that Reba McIntyre swears by Peavey
products. She said if I tried to make music people would swear
at them. )) 11
It's great to be back in the Magnolia State, in "the
birthplace of country music." And it's great to meet the people
who've made Peavey the largest amplifier manufacturer in the
world. 11 Looking around, I'm beginning to understand Peavey's
motto: "Growing with People."
Whether it's employees like Sallie Weathers, still part of
the Peavey family at 71 \ or like Susan Roddy, with achievements
in lifelong learning \ or people like Belinda Bates, David
2
McCarty, and the many other Peavey heroes who helped win the war
in the Gulf -- you've all shown that quality products mean
quality people.
Hartley once remarked that "fat cats don't hunt. " Well,
Peavey's been prowling the global marketplace with a hunger that
won't quit. \ You export to 103 countries -- accounting for more
than 40 percent of Peavey sales. \ Two amplifiers are top sellers
in Japan. 11 Peavey proves that more foreign exports mean more
American jobs. Ask Hartley -- by playing a critical role in the
Secretary of Commerce's experimental corporate exchange program,
he knows what I'm talking about. Cracking foreign markets mean
creating more economic growth and more American jobs.
Some in Congress have tried to set up a false division
between foreign policy and domestic priorities. They're wrong.
Anyone who's on the front lines of foreign competition knows that
fighting the battles against foreign protectionism means a
winning war on the homefront. 11 With a level playing field,
American workers can out-innovate, out-perform, and out-produce
any competition on earth. 11
I will travel soon to Asia, and push to open the markets of
South Korea and Japan to American products and services. Asia is
one of our fastest growing export markets, and exports are the
strongest sector of our economy. Right here in Mississippi,
45,000 jobs are export-driven.
Over the years we have built a foundation to meet these
challenges. Inflation is down. Interest rates have fallen to
3
the lowest level in years. American exports that stood at $371
billion in 1985 skyrocketed to $673 billion in just five years.
That doesn't mean that all is sunny side up in the American
economy. I know there are people hurting out there. Barbara and
I read the letters. We know there are people waiting in the cold
and shadows outside the American dream. 11
Just the other day I received a letter from someone right
here in Meridian. King Ruslmell wrote, "The reason I'm writing
to you at this time is to share my concern of what is happening
not only with your popularity, but with our country as well. I
have been our of work for almost three years." I know there are
a lot of people out there just like Mr. Ruslmell who are feeling
the pinch of hard times -- who aren't asking for just another
handout, but who need a hand up. 11
As President, I have asked Congress to pass an important
series of initiatives that would help put more Americans back to
work -- tax incentives to unleash investment, reforms to help our
banks do the job, reforms to strengthen our educational system,
initiatives to keep health care costs down. Together, these
measures would help keep the American economy on the move and on
the rise.
Sadly, Congress did not send me a comprehensive package of
economic growth measures. Now, I know we're coming up on
election season -- viewed by many as open season on the
President. I understand this. And I'll be waiting for the
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opposition demagogue and dump on me, distort my motives and
dismiss my views. But when people are hurting, a President must
find ways to get the job done.
The American people did not send Congress and the President
to Washington to bicker. It's time to stop the games of
political brinkmanship -- Americans are tired of the finger-
pointing, the back-stabbing, the foot-dragging. They don't care
about the Washington wrangling. They care about their jobs,
their families, their communities. Let's get down to business.
Our economy needs it \ our country deserves it \ our conscience
demands it.
When I give the State of the Union Speech next month, I'll
let Congress know that my hand is out and my sleeves are up. I'll
ask them to quit keeping political score just long enough to
enact a common-sense series of economic growth measures. That's
all I ask. Afterwards, they can go ahead and take the gloves
off, and hit me with their best shot.
That great Democrat, Claude Pepper once said, "If more
politicians in this country were thinking about the next
generation instead of the next election, it might be better for
the United States and the world." If we can come together long
enough to put principle and pragmatism before partisanship and
pride, it is my belief that America, as Faulkner might have put
it, "will not merely endure; [it] will prevail." Thank you so
much. And God bless the United States of America.
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