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Originally Processed With FOIA(s): FOIA Number: S S FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential Library Staff. Record Group/Collection: George H.W. Bush Presidential Records Collection/Office of Origin: Speechwriting, White House Office of Series: Speech File Draft Files Subseries: Chron File, 1989-1993 OA/ID Number: 13612 Folder ID Number: 13612-009 Folder Title: Swearing-In of Barbara Franklin [as Secretary of Commerce] 3/23/92 [OA 6099] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: G 26 17 7 6 Document No. 315993ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/18/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 3/19/92 2:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT - 3/23/92 SUBJECT: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER > MCBRIDE \ SCOWCROF (N/C) N MOORE A DARMAN see Master. > PETERSMEYER N/C BRADY > PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO N/C ROLLINS N/V DEMAREST SMITH NK YEUTTER FITZWATER GRAY N/C FINDLAY HOLIDAY COMMENTS KAUFMAN BOSKIN NICENVEN MCGROARTY REMARKS: "cs Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., THURS. MARCH 19, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: MASTER PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Smith/Grossman) March 18, 1992 32 MAR 18 P12 49 Draft Three FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ((For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?") ) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // Product COMB) Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Consumer Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting 2 firm / also, director at seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / That's why I want to repeat what Barbara Franklin said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that "American business is the envy of the world We have a great story to tell and I am proud to have this opportunity to begin to tell it." / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // The story Barbara Franklin tells is the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. It is a story of the Pittsburgh mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / It is a tale as old as the cotton gin and light bulb and as young as magnetic tape and the supercomputer: Work is noble in itself. No one has Porter the wor h done by the right to look down at any American. // This is the story I speak of: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / It is a book Barbara Franklin will help write -- rejecting unimaginative chapters of protectionism and isolationism. / Instead, she will be a powerful advocate of a strong economy --- an economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / 3 I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN \ COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1992 \ 9:30 A.M. AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. / JUSTICE O' 'CONNOR. SENATOR DANFORTH, THANK YOU FOR THE INVOCATION. ELIJAH BARNES [FRANKLIN'S GRANDSON] THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE PLEDGE. MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT MICHAEL RYAN, THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THE ANTHEM. SECRETARY BAKER. SECRETARY BRADY. SECRETARY CARD. SECRETARY CHENEY. SECRETARY DERWINSKI. AMBASSADOR HILLS. - 2 - GOVERNOR SUNUNU. FORMER SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE ELLIOT RICHARDSON AND PETE PETERSON AND OTHER FORMER SECRETARIES -- BILL BROCK, FRANK CARLUCCI, JIM LYNN AND MARGARET HECKLER. / MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- TOO NUMEROUS TO ACKNOWLEDGE. AND A SPECIAL SALUTE To MY FRIEND, BARBARA FRANKLIN, WHO IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF ONE OF OUR GOVERNMENT'S GREAT AGENCIES. // - 3 - ((FOR ME, TODAY IS SENTIMENTAL. I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WAS TELLING AN AIDE THAT I HAD DECIDED TO NOMINATE BARBARA TO THIS DIFFICULT POST. HE REPLIED, "DON'T YOU THINK THE FIRST LADY HAS ENOUGH TO DO ALREADY?")) THAT BRINGS ME TO THE BARBARA WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE -- THE NEWEST MEMBER OF MY CABINET -- A WOMAN WHO CLAIMS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SERVICE. // - 4 - BARBARA FRANKLIN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION / MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRADE POLICY AND NEGOTIATIONS / PRESIDENT AND CEO OF HER OWN CONSULTING FIRM / ALSO, DIRECTOR OF SEVEN OF AMERICA'S LARGEST CORPORATIONS. ALWAYS, SHE HAS BEEN A WOMAN OF COURAGE AND INTEGRITY AND VISION. LET IT NEVER BE SAID THAT SOMEONE FROM YALE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE TALENT FROM HARVARD WHEN HE SEES IT. / YET BARBARA'S TALENT WAS SPOTTED A LOT EARLIER THAN THAT. / - 5 - HERE'S WHAT HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, SAID: "VERSATILE BARB IS SEEN IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF HEMPFIELD HIGH SCHOOL." / SHE WAS AN "A" STUDENT, HONOR SOCIETY MEMBER, TENNIS TEAM CAPTAIN, HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER, AND STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT. // TODAY, BARBARA FRANKLIN IS LEADING THE CHEERS FOR A GROWING AND PROSPEROUS AMERICAN ECONOMY. - 6 - LET ME REPEAT WHAT SHE SAID IN JANUARY UPON ACCEPTING THE COMMERCE POST. // SHE REMARKED THAT SHE WOULD BE "VERY PROUD TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS AND JOBS -- MANUFACTURING, SERVICE, EVERY KIND OF BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTRY. AMERICAN BUSINESS IS THE ENVY OF THE WORLD." END QUOTE. / WELL, NOW THAT I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BARBARA'S CONSIDERABLE TALENTS, I'M THE ENVY OF HER FORMER COLLEAGUES IN AMERICAN BUSINESS. // - 7 - I SAY THAT BECAUSE BARBARA IS ENERGETIC / EXPERIENCED / AND EXTREMELY SMART. SHE CAN HELP US COMPETE IN THE NEW WORLD ECONOMY AND CREATE A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY. / SHE KNOWS HOW WE MUST WRITE NEW PAGES IN THE STORY OF BUSINESS AND JOBS -- THE STORY OF AMERICAN EXCELLENCE. / I SPEAK OF THE PITTSBURGH MECHANIC / THE SEATTLE COMPUTER SPECIALIST / THE DES MOINES MOTHER WHO ALSO HOLDS DOWN A JOB. / - 8 - THEIR TALE IS AS OLD AS THE COTTON GIN AND AS YOUNG AS MAGNETIC TAPE: WORK IS NOBLE IN ITSELF. No ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LOOK DOWN AT ANY AMERICAN. // BARBARA FRANKLIN, OF COURSE, LIKES TO LIFT THINGS UP. / SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO HER OTHER TALENTS, SHE'S AN ACCOMPLISHED WEIGHT-LIFTER. / ARNOLD Schwarzenegger, EAT YOUR HEA RT OUT. / Now, IT'S BARBARA'S TURN TO LIFT PEOPLE: - 9 - PEOPLE WHOSE JOBS AND INCOME DEPEND ON COMMERCE AND TRADE. / SHE WON'T HELP THEM THROUGH PROTECTIONISM AND ISOLATIONISM. INSTEAD, SHE WILL BE AN EVANGELIST FOR A STRONG ECONOMY DRIVEN BY COMPETITION AND FUELED BY GROWTH. SHE WILL HELP PROTECT JOBS AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD COST JOBS BY CURBING TRADE. / I HAVE KNOWN BARBARA FRANKLIN NOW FOR TWO DECADES -- DATING BACK To THE EARLY '70s. AT THE TIME, SHE WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. I SERVED AT THE U.N. / - 10 - WE AGREE: THE WAY TO CREATE JOBS IS NOT To BUILD A WALL AROUND AMERICA -- BUT To PERSUADE OTHER NATIONS TO TEAR THEIR WALLS DOWN. / I WANT A WORLD OF OPEN MARKETS, OPEN COMPETITION, OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS. So DOES BARBARA FRANKLIN. HER RECORD OF DEDICATION AND INTEGRITY HAS TRANSFORMED MY ADMIRATION INTO CONFIDENCE -- AND MY FRIENDSHIP INTO TRUST. // AT A TIME WHEN COMPETITION AND A GLOBAL ECONOMY ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE LIVE, MY FRIEND TAKES HER POST TO HELP CHANGE THE WAY WE LEAD. / - 11 - I KNOW SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COUNT ON A VERY ABLE TEAM OF COMMERCE OFFICIALS. AND TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO SERVE WITH HER, MY PROFOUND THANKS. // IN THAT SPIRIT, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO JUSTICE O'CONNOR FOR THE SWEARING-IN OF A WOMAN WHO WILL HELP OUR ECONOMY THRIVE: OUR NEW SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, BARBARA HACKMAN FRANKLIN. / THANK YOU. # # # # FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN \ COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1992 \ 9:30 A.M. AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. / JUSTICE O'CONNOR. SENATOR DANFORTH, THANK YOU FOR THE INVOCATION. ELIJAH BARNES [FRANKLIN'S GRANDSON] THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE PLEDGE. MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT MICHAEL RYAN, THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THE ANTHEM. SECRETARY BAKER. SECRETARY BRADY. SECRETARY CARD. SECRETARY CHENEY. SECRETARY DERWINSKI. AMBASSADOR HILLS. - 2 - GOVERNOR SUNUNU. FORMER SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE ELLIOT RICHARDSON AND PETE PETERSON AND OTHER FORMER SECRETARIES -- BILL BROCK, FRANK CARLUCCI, JIM LYNN AND MARGARET HECKLER. / MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- TOO NUMEROUS To ACKNOWLEDGE. AND A SPECIAL SALUTE To MY FRIEND, BARBARA FRANKLIN, WHO IS ABOUT To BECOME THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF ONE OF OUR GOVERNMENT'S GREAT AGENCIES. // - 3 - ((FOR ME, TODAY IS SENTIMENTAL. I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WAS TELLING AN AIDE THAT I HAD DECIDED TO NOMINATE BARBARA TO THIS DIFFICULT POST. HE REPLIED, "DON'T YOU THINK THE FIRST LADY HAS ENOUGH TO DO ALREADY?")) THAT BRINGS ME TO THE BARBARA WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE -- THE NEWEST MEMBER OF MY CABINET -- A WOMAN WHO CLAIMS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SERVICE. // - 4 - BARBARA FRANKLIN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION / MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRADE POLICY AND NEGOTIATIONS / PRESIDENT AND CEO OF HER OWN CONSULTING FIRM / ALSO, DIRECTOR OF SEVEN OF AMERICA'S LARGEST CORPORATIONS. ALWAYS, SHE HAS BEEN A WOMAN OF COURAGE AND INTEGRITY AND VISION. LET IT NEVER BE SAID THAT SOMEONE FROM YALE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE TALENT FROM HARVARD WHEN HE SEES IT. / YET BARBARA'S TALENT WAS SPOTTED A LOT EARLIER THAN THAT. / - 5 - HERE'S WHAT HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, SAID: "VERSATILE BARB IS SEEN IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF HEMPFIELD HIGH SCHOOL." / SHE WAS AN "A" STUDENT, HONOR SOCIETY MEMBER, TENNIS TEAM CAPTAIN, HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER, AND STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT. // TODAY, BARBARA FRANKLIN IS LEADING THE CHEERS FOR A GROWING AND PROSPEROUS AMERICAN ECONOMY. - 6 - LET ME REPEAT WHAT SHE SAID IN JANUARY UPON ACCEPTING THE COMMERCE POST. // SHE REMARKED THAT SHE WOULD BE "VERY PROUD TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS AND JOBS -- MANUFACTURING, SERVICE, EVERY KIND OF BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTRY. AMERICAN BUSINESS IS THE ENVY OF THE WORLD." END QUOTE. / WELL, NOW THAT I HAVE T HE BENEFIT OF BARBARA'S CONSIDERABLE TALENTS, I'M THE ENVY OF HER FORMER COLLEAGUES IN AMERICAN BUSINESS. // - 7 - I SAY THAT BECAUSE BARBARA IS ENERGETIC / EXPERIENCED / AND EXTREMELY SMART. SHE CAN HELP US COMPETE IN THE NEW WORLD ECONOMY AND CREATE A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY. / SHE KNOWS HOW WE MUST WRITE NEW PAGES IN THE STORY OF BUSINESS AND JOBS -- THE STORY OF AMERICAN EXCELLENCE. / I SPEAK OF THE PITTSBURGH MECHANIC / THE SEATTLE COMPUTER SPECIALIST / THE DES MOINES MOTHER WHO ALSO HOLDS DOWN A JOB. / r - 8 - THEIR TALE IS AS OLD AS THE COTTON GIN AND AS YOUNG AS MAGNETIC TAPE: WORK IS NOBLE IN ITSELF. No ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LOOK DOWN AT ANY AMERICAN. // BARBARA FRANKLIN, OF COURSE, LIKES TO LIFT THINGS UP. / SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO HER OTHER TALENTS, SHE'S AN ACCOMPLISHED WEIGHT-LIFTER. / ARNOLD Schwarzenegger, EAT YOUR HEA RT OUT. / Now, IT'S BARBARA'S TURN TO LIFT PEOPLE: - 9 - PEOPLE WHOSE JOBS AND INCOME DEPEND ON COMMERCE AND TRADE. / SHE WON'T HELP THEM THROUGH PROTECTIONISM AND ISOLATIONISM. INSTEAD, SHE WILL BE AN EVANGELIST FOR A STRONG ECONOMY DRIVEN BY COMPETITION AND FUELED BY GROWTH. SHE WILL HELP PROTECT JOBS AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD COST JOBS BY CURBING TRADE. / I HAVE KNOWN BARBARA FRANKLIN NOW FOR TWO DECADES -- DATING BACK To THE EARLY '70s. AT THE TIME, SHE WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. I SERVED AT THE U.N. / - 10 - WE AGREE: THE WAY TO CREATE JOBS IS NOT To BUILD A WALL AROUND AMERICA -- BUT To PERSUADE OTHER NATIONS TO TEAR THEIR WALLS DOWN. / I WANT A WORLD OF OPEN MARKETS, OPEN COMPETITION, OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS. So DOES BARBARA FRANKLIN. HER RECORD OF DEDICATION AND INTEGRITY HAS TRANSFORMED MY ADMIRATION INTO CONFIDENCE -- AND MY FRIENDSHIP INTO TRUST. // AT A TIME WHEN COMPETITION AND A GLOBAL ECONOMY ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE LIVE, MY FRIEND TAKES HER POST TO HELP CHANGE THE WAY WE LEAD. / - 11 - I KNOW SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COUNT ON A VERY ABLE TEAM OF COMMERCE OFFICIALS. AND TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO SERVE WITH HER, MY PROFOUND THANKS. // IN THAT SPIRIT, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO JUSTICE O'CONNOR FOR THE SWEARING-IN OF A WOMAN WHO WILL HELP OUR ECONOMY THRIVE: OUR NEW SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, BARBARA HACKMAN FRANKLIN. / THANK YOU. # # # # FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN \ COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1992 \ 9:30 A.M. AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. / JUSTICE O'CONNOR. SENATOR DANFORTH, THANK YOU FOR THE INVOCATION. ELIJAH BARNES [FRANKLIN'S GRANDSON] THANK YOU FOR LEADING THE PLEDGE. MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT MICHAEL RYAN, THANK YOU FOR LEADING US IN THE ANTHEM. SECRETARY BAKER. SECRETARY BRADY. SECRETARY CARD. SECRETARY CHENEY. SECRETARY DERWINSKI. AMBASSADOR HILLS. - 2 - GOVERNOR SUNUNU. FORMER SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE ELLIOT RICHARDSON AND PETE PETERSON AND OTHER FORMER SECRETARIES -- BILL BROCK, FRANK CARLUCCI, JIM LYNN AND MARGARET HECKLER. / MEMBERS OF CONGRESS -- TOO NUMEROUS TO ACKNOWLEDGE. AND A SPECIAL SALUTE TO MY FRIEND, BARBARA FRANKLIN, WHO IS ABOUT TO BECOME THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF ONE OF OUR GOVERNMENT'S GREAT AGENCIES. // - 3 - ((FOR ME, TODAY IS SENTIMENTAL. I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I WAS TELLING AN AIDE THAT I HAD DECIDED TO NOMINATE BARBARA TO THIS DIFFICULT POST. HE REPLIED, "DON'T YOU THINK THE FIRST LADY HAS ENOUGH TO DO ALREADY?")) THAT BRINGS ME TO THE BARBARA WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE -- THE NEWEST MEMBER OF MY CABINET -- A WOMAN WHO CLAIMS A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SERVICE. // - 4 - BARBARA FRANKLIN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION / MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRADE POLICY AND NEGOTIATIONS / PRESIDENT AND CEO OF HER OWN CONSULTING FIRM / ALSO, DIRECTOR OF SEVEN OF AMERICA'S LARGEST CORPORATIONS. ALWAYS, SHE HAS BEEN A WOMAN OF COURAGE AND INTEGRITY AND VISION. LET IT NEVER BE SAID THAT SOMEONE FROM YALE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE TALENT FROM HARVARD WHEN HE SEES IT. / YET BARBARA'S TALENT WAS SPOTTED A LOT EARLIER THAN THAT. / - 5 - HERE'S WHAT HER HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK IN LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, SAID: "VERSATILE BARB IS SEEN IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF HEMPFIELD HIGH SCHOOL." / SHE WAS AN "A" STUDENT, HONOR SOCIETY MEMBER, TENNIS TEAM CAPTAIN, HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER, AND STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT. // TODAY, BARBARA FRANKLIN IS LEADING THE CHEERS FOR A GROWING AND PROSPEROUS AMERICAN ECONOMY. - 6 - LET ME REPEAT WHAT SHE SAID IN JANUARY UPON ACCEPTING THE COMMERCE POST. // SHE REMARKED THAT SHE WOULD BE "VERY PROUD To BE AN ADVOCATE FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS AND JOBS -- MANUFACTURING, SERVICE, EVERY KIND OF BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTRY. AMERICAN BUSINESS IS THE ENVY OF THE WORLD." END QUOTE. / WELL, NOW THAT I HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BARBARA'S CONSIDERABLE TALENTS, I'M THE ENVY OF HER FORMER COLLEAGUES IN AMERICAN BUSINESS. // - 7 - I SAY THAT BECAUSE BARBARA IS ENERGETIC / EXPERIENCED / AND EXTREMELY SMART. SHE CAN HELP US COMPETE IN THE NEW WORLD ECONOMY AND CREATE A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY. / SHE KNOWS HOW WE MUST WRITE NEW PAGES IN THE STORY OF BUSINESS AND JOBS -- THE STORY OF AMERICAN EXCELLENCE. / I SPEAK OF THE PITTSBURGH MECHANIC / THE SEATTLE COMPUTER SPECIALIST / THE DES MOINES MOTHER WHO ALSO HOLDS DOWN A JOB. / - 8 - THEIR TALE IS AS OLD AS THE COTTON GIN AND AS YOUNG AS MAGNETIC TAPE: WORK IS NOBLE IN ITSELF. No ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LOOK DOWN AT ANY AMERICAN. // BARBARA FRANKLIN, OF COURSE, LIKES TO LIFT THINGS UP. / SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO HER OTHER TALENTS, SHE'S AN ACCOMPLISHED WEIGHT-LIFTER. / ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, EAT YOUR HEART OUT. / Now, IT'S BARBARA'S TURN TO LIFT PEOPLE: - 9 - PEOPLE WHOSE JOBS AND INCOME DEPEND ON COMMERCE AND TRADE. / SHE WON'T HELP THEM THROUGH PROTECTIONISM AND ISOLATIONISM. INSTEAD, SHE WILL BE AN EVANGELIST FOR A STRONG ECONOMY DRIVEN BY COMPETITION AND FUELED BY GROWTH. SHE WILL HELP PROTECT JOBS AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD COST JOBS BY CURBING TRADE. / I HAVE KNOWN BARBARA FRANKLIN NOW FOR TWO DECADES -- DATING BACK TO THE EARLY '70s. AT THE TIME, SHE WAS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. I SERVED AT THE U.N. / - 10 - WE AGREE: THE WAY TO CREATE JOBS IS NOT TO BUILD A WALL AROUND AMERICA -- BUT TO PERSUADE OTHER NATIONS TO TEAR THEIR WALLS DOWN. / I WANT A WORLD OF OPEN MARKETS, OPEN COMPETITION, OPEN HEARTS, OPEN MINDS. So DOES BARBARA FRANKLIN. HER RECORD OF DEDICATION AND INTEGRITY HAS TRANSFORMED MY ADMIRATION INTO CONFIDENCE -- AND MY FRIENDSHIP INTO TRUST. // AT A TIME WHEN COMPETITION AND A GLOBAL ECONOMY ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE LIVE, MY FRIEND TAKES HER POST TO HELP CHANGE THE WAY WE LEAD. / - 11 - I KNOW SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COUNT ON A VERY ABLE TEAM OF COMMERCE OFFICIALS. AND TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO SERVE WITH HER, MY PROFOUND THANKS. // IN THAT SPIRIT, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO JUSTICE O'CONNOR FOR THE SWEARING-IN OF A WOMAN WHO WILL HELP OUR ECONOMY THRIVE: OUR NEW SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, BARBARA HACKMAN FRANKLIN. / THANK YOU. # # # # 2082 Document No. 315993ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/18/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 3/19/92 2:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT - 3/23/92 SUBJECT: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER MCBRIDE T SKINNER SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH YEUTTER FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN BOSKIN MCGROARTY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., THURS. MARCH 19, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: March 19, 1992 TO: DAN MCGROARTY NSC concurs with the attached. PHILLIP D. BRADY Brent Scowcroft Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary CC: Phillip Brady Ext. 2702 (Smith/Grossman) March 18, 1992 32 MAR 18 P12 49 Draft Three FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ((For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?") ) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Consumer Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting 2 firm / also, director at seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / That's why I want to repeat what Barbara Franklin said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that "American business is the envy of the world We have a great story to tell and I am proud to have this opportunity to begin to tell it." / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // The story Barbara Franklin tells is the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. It is a story of the Pittsburgh mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / It is a tale as old as the cotton gin and light bulb and as young as magnetic tape and the supercomputer: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. // This is the story I speak of: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / It is a book Barbara Franklin will help write -- rejecting unimaginative chapters of protectionism and isolationism. / Instead, she will be a powerful advocate of a strong economy -- an economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / 3 I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. / / John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice O' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # 315993 Document No. WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM 03/20/92 DATE: ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN - 3/23/92 (03/19 draft four) ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH YEUTTER FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY KAUFMAN HOLIDAY BOSKIN MCGROARTY REMARKS: The attached has been forwarded to the President. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 19, 1992 02 MAR 19 P5: 43 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT # THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST FROM: CURT SMITH is SUBJECT: BARBARA FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN On Monday, March 23th, at 9:30 a.m., you will deliver remarks (6 minutes/on cards) prior to the swearing-in of Barbara Hackman Franklin as the new Secretary of Commerce. Your speech describes the commercial challenges we face, and praises Ms. Franklin as a woman superbly qualified to meet them. Note: The page 1 comments about Mrs. Bush offer a gentle poke at Hillary Clinton's broadside this week against Middle American housewives: "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." (Smith/Grossman) March 19, 1992 Draft Four FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 9:30 A.M. Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?") ) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- has been a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) 11 That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // 2 Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Product Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / president and CEO of her own consulting firm / also, director of seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / Yet Barbara's talent was spotted a lot earlier than that. / Here's what her high school yearbook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said: "Versatile Barb is seen in all departments of Hempfield High School. " / She was an "A" student, Honor Society member, tennis team captain, high school cheerleader, and Student Council President. // Today, Barbara Franklin is leading the cheers for a growing and prosperous American economy. Let me repeat what she said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that she would be "very proud to be an advocate for American business and jobs -- manufacturing, service, every kind of business in this country. American business is the envy of the world." End quote. / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // I say that because Barbara is energetic / experienced / and extremely smart. She can help us compete in the new world economy and create a new American Century. / She knows how we must write new pages in the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. / I speak of the Pittsburgh 3 mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / Their tale is as old as the cotton gin and as young as magnetic tape: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. // Barbara Franklin, of course, likes to lift things up. / Most of you know that in addition to her other talents, she's an accomplished weight-lifter. / Arnold Schwarzenegger, eat your heart out. / Now, it's Barbara's turn to lift people: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / She won't help them through protectionism and isolationism. Instead, she will be an evangelist for a strong economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // 4 John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. II / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 92 MAR is A9: A9:29 March 18, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY FROM: ROGER B. PORTER RBP SUBJECT: Presidential Remarks: Franklin Swearing-In We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and have noted a few suggested changes on the draft. If you have any questions or we can be of further assistance, please let us know. nice touch. Great John Greenleaf Whitter quote Roger 3-18-92 CC: Phillip D. Brady Document No. 315993ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/18/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 3/19/92 2:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT - - 3/23/92 SUBJECT: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT > MOORE A DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH YEUTTER FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN BOSKIN MCGROARTY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., THURS. MARCH 19, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Smith/Grossman) March 18, 1992 32 MAR 18 P12 49 Draft Three FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [ [OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?") ) ( (Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Consumer Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting 2 AND, A firm / also, Vdirector at seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / That's why I want to repeat what Barbara Franklin said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that "American business is the envy of the world We have a great story to tell and I am proud to have this opportunity to begin to tell it. / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // The story Barbara Franklin tells is the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. It is a story of the Pittsburgh mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / It is a tale as old as the cotton gin and light bulb and as young as magnetic tape and the supercomputer: Work is noble in itself. No one has THE WORK DONE By the right to look down atVany American. // This is the story I speak of: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / It is a book Barbara Franklin will help write -- rejecting unimaginative chapters of protectionism and isolationism. / Instead, she will be a powerful advocate of a strong economy -- an economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / 3 I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman.' " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice O'Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 12 MAR 19 P5: 43 March 19, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST FROM: CURT SMITH SUBJECT: BARBARA FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN On Monday, March 23th, at 9:30 a.m., you will deliver remarks (6 minutes/on cards) prior to the swearing-in of Barbara Hackman Franklin as the new Secretary of Commerce. Your speech describes the commercial challenges we face, and praises Ms. Franklin as a woman superbly qualified to meet them. Note: The page 1 comments about Mrs. Bush offer a gentle poke at Hillary Clinton's broadside this week against Middle American housewives: "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." No politics (Smith/Grossman) March 19, 1992 Draft Four FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 9:30 A.M. Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice 0' Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. 11 ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?")) (Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- has been a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // 2 Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Product Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / president and CEO of her own consulting firm / also, director of seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / Yet Barbara's talent was spotted a lot earlier than that. / Here's what her high school yearbook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said: "Versatile Barb is seen in all departments of Hempfield High School. / She was an "A" student, Honor Society member, tennis team captain, high school cheerleader, and Student Council President. // Today, Barbara Franklin is leading the cheers for a growing and prosperous American economy. Let me repeat what she said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that she would be "very proud to be an advocate for American business and jobs -- manufacturing, service, every kind of business in this country. American business is the envy of the world." End quote. / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // I say that because Barbara is energetic / experienced / and extremely smart. She can help us compete in the new world economy and create a new American Century. / She knows how we must write new pages in the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. / I speak of the Pittsburgh 3 mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / Their tale is as old as the cotton gin and as young as magnetic tape: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. / / Barbara Franklin, of course, likes to lift things up. / Most of you know that in addition to her other talents, she's an accomplished weight-lifter. / Arnold Schwarzenegger, eat your heart out. / Now, it's Barbara's turn to lift people: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / She won't help them through protectionism and isolationism. Instead, she will be an evangelist for a strong economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // 4 John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # (Smith/Grossman) March 19, 1992 Draft Four FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 9:30 A.M. Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?") ) ( (Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted.) ) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Product Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy 2 and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting firm / also, director of seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / Yet Barbara's talent was spotted a lot earlier than that. / Here's what her high school yearbook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said: "Versatile Barb is seen in all departments of Hempfield High School. " / She was an "A" student, Honor Society member, tennis team captain, high school cheerleader, and Student Council President. // Today, Barbara Franklin is leading the cheers for a growing and prosperous American economy. Let me repeat what she said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that she would be "very proud to be an advocate for American business and jobs -- manufacturing, service, every kind of business in this country. American business is the envy of the world." Unquote. / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // I look forward to working with Barbara as we compete in the new world economy and create a new American Century. Together, we Americans can write new pages in the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. / I speak of the Pittsburgh mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / Their tale is as old as the cotton gin and light bulb and as young as magnetic tape 03/19/92 13:42 '202 3772095 DOC PUB AFFAIRS 001 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Office of Public Affairs Washington. D.C. 20230 STATES of DATE 3-19-92 1:25 p.m. TO Curt Smith TELEPHONE NUMBER TELEFAX NUMBER 456-6218 BUILDING/ROOM NUMBER FROM Carole Trimble TELEPHONE NUMBER 377-4246 TELEPAX NUMBER 202 377 2639 BUILDING/ROOM NUMBER Room 5521, Herbert C. Hoover Building PAGES TO FOLLOW 3. MESSAGE Memorandum with attachment re remarks for Presidential Speech- PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF INFORMATION BY CALLING: Marilyn S. Henretty, 377-3263 03/19/92 13:42 202 3772095 DOC PUB AFFAIRS 002 or / UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE STATES AMERICA Office of the Secretary Washington. D.C. 20230 B March 19, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO CURT SMITH FROM: Carole Trimble We like your remarks - but have a few suggestions. The details of her job history have been publicized many times recently, so may not be needed in the President's speech. Perhaps more attention to her skills, rather than past positions, would be warranted (see insert). We also thought the reference to American workers and inventors could be made a little more general, less specific. Finally, We thought it would be interesting to draw a quote from her high school year book, and add the "cheerleader" reference. Attachment Extended Page 2. 1 " first suggestion -- delete passage on her resume )) Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be told that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. + (( insert following passage on high school record) ) Barbara's talent, however, was spotted a lot earlier than that. Listen to her high school yearbook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, class of '58. "with lots of bounce and pep, versatile Barb is seen in all departments of Hempfield High School." She was an "A" student, Honor Society Member, tennis team St captain, Student Council President, and high school cheerleader. Today, with "lots of bounce and pep," Barbara Franklin is still a cheerleader - for American business. Let me repeat what she said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. (( insert different quotation from Franklin's remarks )) She remarked that she would be "very proud to be an advocate for American business and jobs --- small business, big business, medium sized business, manufacturing, service, every kind of business in this country. American business is the envy of the world. " Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. (( delete passage on "story Barbara Franklin tells" Barbara is well prepared for the challenges of the new world 03/19/92 13:43 202 3772095 DOC PUB AFFAIRS 003 economy. She is knowledgeable about government, experienced in business and understands the complexities of international trade. She has the energy and enthusiasm to lead the way toward a prosperous New American Century. (last suggestion: Delete "story of American excellence" paragraph, use a new transition in ensuing paragraph) ) The real story of commerce is not of statistics or assets or debits and credits. It is a story of people: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. It is a book Barbara Franklin will help write - rejecting unimaginative chapters of protectionism and isolationism. Instead, she will be a powerful advocate of a strong economy - - an economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. I've known Barbara Franklin for two decades -- going back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. We agree: the way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence, and my friendship into trust. At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. I know she will be able to count on a very able team of Commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. It is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice O'Connor for the swearing in of a woman whose talent will help our economy thrive: our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. Thank you. same assetue DOUG GAMBLE 424 as 36th Place Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 March 19/92 (310) 546-6409 TO: CHRISTINA MARTIN MORE BARBARA FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN (Curt Smith) IN ADDITION TO HER OTHER TALENTS, BARBARA IS AN ACCOMPLISHED WEIGHT-LIFTER. THE NEXT TIME ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER COMES TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH HE CAN LIFT, WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN LIFT ARNOLD. 1 WASN'T KIDDING WHEN I SAID I'D ADD SOMEONE TO THE CABINET WHO COULD REALLY GIVE THIS ADMINISTRATION A LIFT. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, EAT YOUR HEART OUT. WHEN 1 TOLD SOMEONE THAT BARBARA IS A WEIGHT-LIFTER, HE ASKED IF I THOUGHT SHE'D KEEP DUMBBELLS IN HER OFFICE. I SAID "NO, BUT A FEW MAY VISIT FROM THE HILL FROM TIME TO TIME." BARBARA FLIES A LOT IN HER HUSBAND'S PLANE, AND SHE ALSO LOVES RAFTING AND SAILING. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'D THINK THAT SOMEONE WHO TRAVELS A LOT AND IS ACTIVE AT A FRENETIC PACE WOULD HAVE ANY FUTURE IN GOVERNMENT. FACT CHECK COPY (Smith/Grossman) March 18, 1992 Draft Three FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT Carol Trimble Mrs MARCH 23, 1992 9:30a.m. TIME Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Franklin will will call Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. 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But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private PRODUCT service. Product 8 Card Harti Trimble Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Consumer Safety Country Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting 2 firm / also, director at seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. 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And to each and every one of Butle seen in fork one its youryou who serve with her, my profound thanks. 11 John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice Carol Trimble 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 3-19-92 ; 1:54PM ; 2023953174- 6218;# 1 Document No. 315993ss WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/18/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 3/19/92 2:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN SUBJECT: COMMERCE DEPARTMENT - 3/23/92 ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER MCBRIDE SCOWCROFT MOORE DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH YEUTTER FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN BOSKIN MCGROARTY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., THURS. MARCH 19, with a copy to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: See Comment P-1 PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 /SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 3-19-92 ; 1:55PM ; 2023953174-> 6218:# 2 (Smith/Grossman) March 18, 1992 Draft Three 32 MAR 18 P12: 49 FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice o'Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And & special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. 11 ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?")) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted.) ) 11 That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. Product Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Consumer/Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy 31. and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 3-19-92 ; 1:55PM ; 2023953174-> 6218:# 3 2 firm / also, director at seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / That's why I want to repeat what Barbara Franklin said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. 11 She remarked that "American business is the envy of the world We have a great story to tell and I am proud to have this opportunity to begin to tell it." / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // The story Barbara Franklin tells is the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. It is a story of the Pittsburgh mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / It is a tale as old as the cotton gin and light bulb and as young as magnetic tape and the supercomputer: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. 11 This is the story I speak of: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / It is a book Barbara Franklin will help write -- rejecting unimaginative chapters of protectionism and isolationism. / Instead, she will be a powerful advocate of a strong economy -- an economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / SENT BY:Xerox Telecopier 7020 ; 3-19-92 ; 1:56PM ; 2023953174- 6218;# 4 3 I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want at world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. 11 John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice O'Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # Document No. 315993ss 92 MAR ITE 19 A9:27 27 HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM DATE: 3/18/92 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: THURS. 3/19/92 2:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT - - 3/23/92 SUBJECT: ACTION FYI ACTION FYI VICE PRESIDENT HORNER SKINNER > MCBRIDE R SCOWCROFT N MOORE A DARMAN PETERSMEYER BRADY PORTER BROMLEY ROGICH CALIO ROLLINS DEMAREST SMITH YEUTTER FITZWATER FINDLAY GRAY HOLIDAY KAUFMAN BOSKIN MCGROARTY REMARKS: Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122, to this office. Thank you. RESPONSE: x2930, no later than 2:00 p.m., THURS. To) MARCH 19 with a copy 10 PHILLIP D. BRADY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary Ext. 2702 (Smith/Grossman) March 18, 1992 32 MAR 18 P12 : 49 Draft Three FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS| I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?") ) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // Product? Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Consumer Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting 2 firm / also, director at seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / That's why I want to repeat what Barbara Franklin said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that "American business is the envy of the world We have a great story to tell and I am proud to have this opportunity to begin to tell it." / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // The story Barbara Franklin tells is the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. It is a story of the Pittsburgh mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / It is a tale as old as the cotton gin and light bulb and as young as magnetic tape and the supercomputer: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. // This is the story I speak of: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / It is a book Barbara Franklin will help write -- rejecting unimaginative chapters of protectionism and isolationism. / Instead, she will be a powerful advocate of a strong economy -- an economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / 3 I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice O'Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # (Smith/Grossman) March 18, 1992 Draft Three FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [ [OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ((For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?") ) ( (Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- be a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted.) ) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Consumer Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / then, president and CEO of her own consulting 2 firm / also, director at seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / That's why I want to repeat what Barbara Franklin said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that "American business is the envy of the world We have a great story to tell and I am proud to have this opportunity to begin to tell it." / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // The story Barbara Franklin tells is the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. It is a story of the Pittsburgh mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / It is a tale as old as the cotton gin and light bulb and as young as magnetic tape and the supercomputer: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. // This is the story I speak of: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / It is a book Barbara Franklin will help write -- rejecting unimaginative chapters of protectionism and isolationism. / Instead, she will be a powerful advocate of a strong economy -- an economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / 3 I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 19, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT # THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST FROM: CURT SMITH is SUBJECT: BARBARA FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN On Monday, March 23th, at 9:30 a.m., you will deliver remarks (6 minutes/on cards) prior to the swearing-in of Barbara Hackman Franklin as the new Secretary of Commerce. Your speech describes the commercial challenges we face, and praises Ms. Franklin as a woman superbly qualified to meet them. Note: The page 1 comments about Mrs. Bush offer a gentle poke at Hillary Clinton's broadside this week against Middle American housewives: "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." (Smith/Grossman) March 19, 1992 Draft Four FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 9:30 A.M. Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. 11 ((For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?")) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- has been a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // 2 Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Product Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / president and CEO of her own consulting firm / also, director of seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / Yet Barbara's talent was spotted a lot earlier than that. / Here's what her high school yearbook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said: "Versatile Barb is seen in all departments of Hempfield High School. / She was an "A" student, Honor Society member, tennis team captain, high school cheerleader, and Student Council President. // Today, Barbara Franklin is leading the cheers for a growing and prosperous American economy. Let me repeat what she said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that she would be "very proud to be an advocate for American business and jobs -- manufacturing, service, every kind of business in this country. American business is the envy of the world." End quote. / Well, now that I have the benefit- of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // I say that because Barbara is energetic / experienced / and extremely smart. She can help us compete in the new world economy and create a new American Century. / She knows how we must write new pages in the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. / I speak of the Pittsburgh 3 mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / Their tale is as old as the cotton gin and as young as magnetic tape: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. // Barbara Franklin, of course, likes to lift things up. / Most of you know that in addition to her other talents, she's an accomplished weight-lifter. / Arnold Schwarzenegger, eat your heart out. / Now, it's Barbara's turn to lift people: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / She won't help them through protectionism and isolationism. Instead, she will be an evangelist for a strong economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // 4 John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 19, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT # THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST FROM: CURT SMITH is SUBJECT: BARBARA FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN On Monday, March 23th, at 9:30 a.m., you will deliver remarks (6 minutes/on cards) prior to the swearing-in of Barbara Hackman Franklin as the new Secretary of Commerce. Your speech describes the commercial challenges we face, and praises Ms. Franklin as a woman superbly qualified to meet them. Note: The page 1 comments about Mrs. Bush offer a gentle poke at Hillary Clinton's broadside this week against Middle American housewives: "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." (Smith/Grossman) March 19, 1992 Draft Four FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 9:30 A.M. Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?")) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be. a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- has been a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted.) ) // Ba That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate ---- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // 2 Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Product Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / president and CEO of her own consulting firm / also, director of seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / Yet Barbara's talent was spotted a lot earlier than that. / Here's what her high school yearbook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said: "Versatile Barb is seen in all departments of Hempfield High School. " / She was an "A" student, Honor Society member, tennis team captain, high school cheerleader, and Student Council President. // Today, Barbara Franklin is leading the cheers for a growing and prosperous American economy. Let me repeat what she said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that she would be "very proud to be an advocate for American business and jobs -- manufacturing, service, every kind of business in this country. American business is the envy of the world." End quote. / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // I say that because Barbara is energetic / experienced / and extremely smart. She can help us compete in the new world economy and create a new American Century. / She knows how we must write new pages in the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. / I speak of the Pittsburgh 3 mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / Their tale is as old as the cotton gin and as young as magnetic tape: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. // i Barbara Franklin, of course, likes to lift things up. / Most of you know that in addition to her other talents, she's an accomplished weight-lifter. / Arnold Schwarzenegger, eat your heart out. / Now, it's Barbara's turn to lift people: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / She won't help them through protectionism and isolationism. Instead, she will be an evangelist for a strong economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // 4 John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. " / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # # THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 19, 1992 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT # THROUGH: DAVID DEMAREST FROM: CURT SMITH is SUBJECT: BARBARA FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN On Monday, March 23th, at 9:30 a.m., you will deliver remarks (6 minutes/on cards) prior to the swearing-in of Barbara Hackman Franklin as the new Secretary of Commerce. Your speech describes the commercial challenges we face, and praises Ms. Franklin as a woman superbly qualified to meet them. Note: The page 1 comments about Mrs. Bush offer a gentle poke at Hillary Clinton's broadside this week against Middle American housewives: "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas." (Smith/Grossman) March 19, 1992 Draft Four FRANKLIN PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FRANKLIN SWEARING-IN COMMERCE DEPARTMENT MARCH 23, 1992 9:30 A.M. Ambassador Schnabel, thank you for that kind introduction. / Justice O'Connor, Senator Danforth. [[OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]] I'm pleased that so many members of the Cabinet and Congress and the White House staff could be with us this morning. / A special welcome to the former Commerce Secretaries. / And a special salute to my friend, Barbara Franklin, who is about to become the current Secretary of one of our government's great agencies. // ( (For me, today is sentimental. I remember a couple of months ago I was telling an aide that I had decided to nominate Barbara to this difficult post. He replied, "Don't you think the First Lady has enough to do already?")) ((Yes, Barbara does. I know this is supposed to be a non- partisan event. But just for the record: I want it known that Barbara Bush has helped raise five kids -- inspire 12 grandchildren -- has been a superb ambassador of goodwill -- as well as baking some of the best cookies any family has ever tasted. )) // That brings me to the Barbara we're here to celebrate -- the newest member of my Cabinet -- a woman who claims a long and distinguished career in both public and private service. // 2 Barbara Franklin has been a member of the Product Safety Commission / member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations / president and CEO of her own consulting firm / also, director of seven of America's largest corporations. Always, she has been a woman of courage and integrity and vision. Let it never be said that someone from Yale doesn't recognize talent from Harvard when he sees it. / Yet Barbara's talent was spotted a lot earlier than that. / Here's what her high school yearbook in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said: "Versatile Barb is seen in all departments of Hempfield High School. " / She was an "A" student, Honor Society member, tennis team captain, high school cheerleader, and Student Council President. 11 Today, Barbara Franklin is leading the cheers for a growing and prosperous American economy. Let me repeat what she said in January upon accepting the Commerce post. // She remarked that she would be "very proud to be an advocate for American business and jobs -- manufacturing, service, every kind of business in this country. American business is the envy of the world." End quote. / Well, now that I have the benefit of Barbara's considerable talents, I'm the envy of her former colleagues in American business. // I say that because Barbara is energetic / experienced / and extremely smart. She can help us compete in the new world economy and create a new American Century. / She knows how we must write new pages in the story of business and jobs -- the story of American excellence. / I speak of the Pittsburgh 3 mechanic / the Seattle computer specialist / the Des Moines mother who also holds down a job. / Their tale is as old as the cotton gin and as young as magnetic tape: Work is noble in itself. No one has the right to look down at any American. / / Barbara Franklin, of course, likes to lift things up. / Most of you know that in addition to her other talents, she's an accomplished weight-lifter. / Arnold Schwarzenegger, eat your heart out. / Now, it's Barbara's turn to lift people: People whose jobs and income depend on commerce and trade. / She won't help them through protectionism and isolationism. Instead, she will be an evangelist for a strong economy driven by competition and fueled by growth. She will help protect jobs against those who would cost jobs by curbing trade. / I have known Barbara Franklin now for two decades -- dating back to the early '70s. At the time, she was at the White House. I served at the U.N. / We agree: The way to create jobs is not to build a wall around America -- but to persuade other nations to tear their walls down. / I want a world of open markets, open competition, open hearts, open minds. So does Barbara Franklin. Her record of dedication and integrity has transformed my admiration into confidence -- and my friendship into trust. // At a time when competition and a global economy are changing the way we live, my friend takes her post to help change the way we lead. / I know she will be able to count on a very able team of commerce officials. And to each and every one of you who serve with her, my profound thanks. // 4 John Greenleaf Whittier said, "I believe in work because it releases the energy of every man and woman. II / In that spirit, it is with great pleasure that I turn the podium over to Justice 0' Connor for the swearing-in of a woman whose energy will help our economy thrive: Our new Secretary of Commerce, Barbara Hackman Franklin. / Thank you. # # # #

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