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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DATE: May 6, 1992
TO: Dan McGroarty
FROM: CLAYTON YEUTTER
Counsellor to the President for
Domestic Policy
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Document No. 326306ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MOUNT ZION
SUBJECT:
L.A. - THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
F
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
ROGICH
P
BROMLEY
ROLLINS
R
CALIO
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
N
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
>
KAUFMAN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
MASTER
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PHILLIP D. BRADY
See question comments. on
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
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I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
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threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
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good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
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These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma City, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
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good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
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These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
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will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma City, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
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God bless the United States of America.
Document No. 326306ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
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DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MOUNT ZION
L.A. - THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1992
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
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SCOWCROFT
MOORE
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DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
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FINDLAY
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KAUFMAN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
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PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
02 MAY 6 P12: 49
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
\ safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
3
churches. The Bible tells us, "He has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
one of
children (protecttids)
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma City, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
Document No. 326306ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MOUNT ZION
L.A. - THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1992
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE N/C
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SCOWCROFT Rostows
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MOORE
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N/C BOOTLEG
DARMAN
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FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
02 MAY 6 P12: 49
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil,
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
\ safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
3
churches. The Bible tells us, "He has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma city, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
3516
Document No. 326306ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: 5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MOUNT ZION
L.A. - THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1992
2
SUBJECT:
2 MAY
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
ROLLINS
R
CALIO
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
R
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
>
KAUFMAN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
May 6, 1992
TO: DANIEL B. MCGROARTY
The NSC staff concurs in the proposed presidential remarks.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Brent Scowcroft
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
CC: Phillip D. Brady
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
02 MAY 6 P12 : 49
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
3
churches. The Bible tells us, "He has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma city, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
Document No. 326306ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MOUNT ZION
L.A. - THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1992
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
n
FINDLAY
GRAY
HOLIDAY
>
KAUFMAN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
(P.
Thank you
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
C2 MAY 6 P12 49
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
From
Holiday
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. (HHS)see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
people MHS
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
3
churches. The Bible tells us, "He has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma City, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
From, Gray's offic
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 6, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
FROM:
LEE S. LIBERMAN fir
SUBJECT:
Mt. Zion Remarks
On p. 1, last paragraph: I would cut the second sentence. It
sounds very defensive.
On p. 2, last sentence: we really should not say "ground-
breaking" civil rights legislation, given how much of a fight we
had over it. How about "new civil rights legislation that will
strengthen protections against discrimination"? I would also
leave it at that, rather than include the "not because" clauses.
Trying to make a major virtue out of the decision to sign seems
to me to invite cynical commentary.
Is there a reason why the President should not talk about
educational choice/enterprise zones/decentralization/personal
responsibility at all in this speech?
CC: Phil Brady
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MOUNT ZION
SUBJECT:
L.A. - THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
8
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLE
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than 3:00 p.m., TODAY, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
no comment
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
FACT CHECK COPY
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
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I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
2/19/92
Atlanta, Georgia. It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
speech
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
safely and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
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another step: last Novémber I was proud to sign ground-breaking
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civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do not because it was the political thing to do but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart Mayor
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Draft One
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
[Acknowledgements]. Thank you Rev. Hill for those words of
guidance and of hope. They remind me of the words of another
Baptist minister, a man from Atlanta, Georgia. Rev. Martin
Luther King told us that "the time is always ripe to do right."
That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like. That
won't change what I feel, and that can't change what I've done.
In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of my life
working on something we want to give to our grandchildren: an
America where they can work and play -- freely \ safely \ and
together.
2
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: on [date] I was proud to sign ground-breaking civil
rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to do \
not because it was the political thing to do but because it was
the right thing to do.
new
But the real solution is more than tearing down bad laws --
it is building up good will. No law can reach what we have in
our hearts -- no code can change what we have in our conscience.
Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules -- but it can't
make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts -- but it
can't silence cruel words. Government can make good laws -- but
it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to his knees, beaten to the
ground. Despite the threats and the blows, Bennie walked into
the fray and laid his body over the bloody man until the beating
stopped. "My heart was crying," said the pastor. He saved the
man's life.
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
3
churches. The Bible tells us, "He has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma city, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
3
churches. The Bible tells us, "He has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma City, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
(Grossman)
May 5, 1992
Draft One
CHURCH
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
MOUNT ZION
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1992
Rev. Hill, thank you for that introduction. Over the years
I've turned to the good reverend for advice. His guidance has
always echoed the words of another Baptist minister, a man from
Atlanta, Georgia. \ It was Martin Luther King who taught us that
"the time is always ripe to do right." That's why we're here.
I've come to Mount Zion on this National Day of Prayer, as a
man who cares about his family. Not just the one I share with my
wife and my children -- but the one I share with you. For better
or for worse, in sickness or in health, America is one family --
One Nation Under God. You see, I believe that we are our
brother's keeper. Not to keep him back. Not to keep him down.
But to keep him warm and safe. To keep him in our hearts and in
our counsel.
I've been keeping quite a bit of that counsel these past few
days. From the advice of Rev. Hill \ to the guidance of civil
rights leaders \ to the letters of thousands of Americans just
like you. The cynics can paint it any which way they like --
that won't change what I know to be right, and how I've fought to
do right. In ways small and large, I have spent a good part of
my life working on something we want to give to our
grandchildren: an America where they can work and play -- freely
safely \ and together. I've said it before and I'll say it
2
again: we must not and will not tolerate racism, bigotry, or
anti-semitism in America.
I believe we've made progress. We killed Jim Crow. We
leveled the legal walls that divided us. Most recently, we took
another step: last November I was proud to sign ground-breaking
civil rights legislation -- not because it was the easy thing to
do \ not because it was the political thing to do \ but because
it was the right thing to do.
But law alone won't solve our problems. No law can reach
what we have in our hearts or change what we have on our
conscience. Government can abolish "back of the bus" rules --
but it can't make people share a seat. It can punish cruel acts
-- but it can't silence cruel words. Government can make good
laws -- but it can't make men good.
I heard a story about one good man. Another man of the
cloth, Rev. Bennie Newton, laid his life -- literally -- on the
line because he believed he was his brother's keeper. During the
riots he saw a man being beaten to the ground. Despite the
threats and the blows, Bennie walked into the fray and laid his
body over the bloody man until the beating stopped. "My heart
was crying," said the pastor. He saved the man's life.
A terrible thing happened to the family we call America, a
dark hour that left many wondering what to do. But it's people
like Rev. Newton that carried part of the answer within them all
along. While some lit fires of hatred, others lit candles of
prayer. While some shut their eyes, others opened their
3
churches. The Bible tells us, "He has showed you, O man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice,
and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?"
These are words to remember on this National Day of Prayer.
All across our land, thousands of houses of worship are filled
with the prayers of our citizens. Prayers, like the words of the
great spiritual anthem, "full of the faith that the dark past has
taught us and the hope that the present has brought us." If we
"lift every voice," I believe we will be heard.
I heard about the prayers of one little girl, 4-year-old
Ryan Bennett -- about the age of my granddaughter Ashley. During
the nights of rioting, Ryan's neighborhood was sprayed with
bullets, her candy store was looted, her nightmares were real.
"I'm saying special prayers," she said, "I asked [God] if He
could make it so that it's not dark anymore." Let's make a
promise to Ryan and to all the children like her: never again
will we let it become that dark again. Never again as dark as
the darkest nights of that young life.
We've made a start. As I speak the trucks are arriving --
18 truckloads of food from Oklahoma City, from Albuquerque, from
Tuscon and Biloxi. A convoy of caring organized by Feed the
Children International, a non-profit church group. Churches
throughout the southland are collecting money, food, and clothing
-- reaching out to the community. That's the America we know.
The America we're praying for. Thank you. God bless you, and
God bless the United States of America.
REMARKS TO MT. ZION CHURCH \ LOS ANGELES, CA
THRUSDAY, MAY 7, 19992 \ 8:30 A.M.
Thank you Rev. Hill -- respect for this pastor; respect what
he stands for, his leadership, his emphasis on family values.
When Rev. Hill and other national leaders came to the White
House I reminded the group of what Mayor Bradley and other mayors
had told me. They came months before to talk about city. They
told me their biggest concern was decline of the urban family.
We must find ways to help strengthen the American family.
This church does that for immediate family. It bring this
generation here to worship.
It gives the kids not only indoctrination into faith and the
Lord's teachings; but the church helps kids understand the larger
family. We are one nation under God. We are our brother's
keeper. Not to keep him back, not to keep him down; but to keep
him well, to keep him safe.
Family values -- means respect for one another. It does
mean honor thy mother and father.
It means this church teaching kids right from wrong.
Teaching them to help each other. When Barbara Bush reads to
kids she is emphazing not just the importance of education; but
the importance of the role of grandparents --- but even more the
importance of love.
To struggle VS. hard times, to overcome the devastation of
poverty of racism or of riots we need our family
Our own family
Our church family
And we must find ways to strengthen America as a family
A family that respects the law
A family that is truly committed to faith -- for we are
one nation under God. A family that says I am my brothers
keeper. But it's here -- it was here in the ugliest moment of
rioting.
Another pastor -- Rev. Bennie Newton laid his life on the
line for his brother. Saw man literally beaten into the ground.
Bennie Newton waded through the fray. Laid his body on top the
victim until the beating stopped. My heart was crying, he said.
He saved the man's life.
Los Angeles will recover. It is well on its way to recovery
thanks to what local government, state government, and a strong
federal presence are doing.
As Los Angeles comes back to its glory, all of us must ask
ourselves what we can do to help.
To truly help we must understand the agony of the depressed;
the hopelessness of those who have had no opportunity.
Trucks bringing food and bricks and mortar are rolling into
L.A. This city will be rebuilt and new opportunities will arise.
But all across this nation we must renew our fight to
strengthen America's family.
We must fight against discrimination and bigotry -- we must
fight for justice and equality.
And, on this National Day of Prayer, it is fitting that we
pray to God to help us.
I pray he will give us the strength and the wisdom to bring
the American family together. Barbara and I pray that our
personal family and your personal family will be engulfed in
God's love and that every kid will have someone who knows his
name and really cares about him.
And one little 4-year-old girl, Ryan Bennet, prayed special
prayers as she saw her neighborhood riddled with bullets, her
candy store destroyed. Ryan said, "I asked God if he could make
it so that it's not dark anymore."
Let this nation VOW to help that it won't be dark anymore.
As your President, I will do my level best to bring this
country together, to heal the wounds, to help us all savor the
blessings of family and of God's love.
# # #
May 1, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVE
DAN
FROM:
JAG
SUBJECT:
TV INTERVIEWS WITH GOOD SAMARITANS
Culled from the tube: two interviews with two samaritans
(black) who aided two victims of mob violence.
CBS This Morning, Paula Zahn
Bennie Newton, an African-American pastor, arrived home
Wednesday night and watched with horror the violence on the
evening news. He and other preachers had been trying to come up
with answers. Bennie decided to become one. "I felt I had to go
down to do what I could," he recalled, "and I'm glad I did."
He walked downtown into the heart of the violence, "a street
storm,' he called it. He saw a man being beaten by a crowd of
about 20. He moved to defend the man, saying, "Please stop,
let's bring some sense into this." They pushed him aside, and
were it not for his collar, would have probably beaten him too.
The beating continued, culminating when someone picked up a
speaker and threw it down on the victim's head. At this point,
the Reverend covered the man's body with his own -- shielding it
from the mob. When he got a chance, he dragged the man to a
gutted van and hid him there. Then he went to get his own car,
and drove him to the hospital. Later, when he saw the reaction
of the victim's family, he said "my heart was crying." The man,
Mr. Lopez, is in stable condition.
Today Show, Bryant Gumbel
Greg Alan-Williams, an African-American actor and writer,
was driving by a violent intersection and saw a mob of angry men
swarming over a stalled car. The crowd was smashing and crawling
through the windows of the vehicle, beating its driver in the
face with beer bottles, and dragging him out of the car.
Our hero (sigh) got a hold of the man and started pulling
him across the street. The bleeding man could hardly stand, but
Williams told him: "You have to walk or you're going to die."
They struggled through the jeering crowd, trying to find safety.
Williams pulled him along the street, seeking shelter -- but no
one would take them in, no one would help (shades of the Seven
Stations). Finally, another good samaritan offered his van, and
they took the man to the hospital.
Mr. Williams said that he and his family stand ready to help
heal the victim and his family.
African Nat'l History Month
Folder for MLK
quotes and "Liff up
your voice and sing"
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A Riot's Scar: One Small Witness
Prays for God to 'Stop the Fire'
By Avis Thomas-Lester
Washington Post Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES, May 3-Four-
year-old Ryan Bennett has been
trying to strike a bargain with God:
She'll be an extra-good girl if God
will just make it possible for it nev-
er to be dark again.
Nighttime is when the vandals
and rioters came out, spraying her
neighborhood with gunfire and loot-
ing the 7-Eleven store where she
and her twin sister, Morgan, used
to buy candy.
Ife™ Mohammed, age 9, can't
sleep. Klarissa Valenzuela, 4, wants
to know if Disneyland is going to
burn down. And 5-year-old David
Reyes wants to join the National
Guard so he can help protect his
community, near Koreatown, where
Twins Ryan, left, and Morgan Bennett, 4, wait for a bus near burned-out store.
he has been awakened four nights
straight by shots and sirens.
have been depressed by the turn of
at police and some said they now
These are the littlest victims of
events.
fear police.
the violence that has ravaged Los
Unlike adults, parents and ex-
"I am afraid of police because
Angeles since angry protesters took
perts said, children don't have the
they have guns and they shoot peo-
to the streets Wednesday after the
reasoning mechanisms to help them
ple," said Morgan Bennett, who said
not-guilty verdicts in the trial of four
understand.
the sounds of guns and helicopters
white police officers charged with
"All they want to know is why is
and sirens that now permeate her
beating black motorist Rodney G.
this happening, and there are no an-
community after dark remind her of
King.
swers," said Nancy Timmons, 34, of
a "war movie."
"I'm saying special prayers asking
the upscale suburb Woodland Hills,
When a helicopter flew overhead,
God to stop the fire because I know
who took her son Jack, 7, on a tour of
the child leaped into the air on white
God can stop the fire," said Ryan.
burned-out Crenshaw Boulevard Sat-
plastic sandals to see where the cop-
For the moment, she has suspended
urday afternoon before dropping off
ter was headed. "Uh-oh! Uhhh-
the ordinary pastimes of childhood to
food at a disaster relief shelter.
ohhhhhh! Maybe they're coming!"
look at newspaper pictures and tele-
She took him there, she said, be-
Parents said that just like adults,
vision broadcasts of the riots. "I kept
cause her son demanded to see the
children have been drawn to tele-
asking Him to stop the fire, but He
devastation firsthand. "Maybe he
vised images of looting and beat-
didn't answer that prayer, so I said
thought if he could see it, he could
ings. Some parents said they are
another prayer. I asked Him if he
understand it better, but he didn't. I
planning to save newspapers as me-
could make it so that it's not dark
have no answers. How do you explain
mentos for their children, who will
anymore. When it's dark that's when
despair to a 7-year-old? How do you
undoubtedly study the riots in
the bad people come out."
explain intolerance or injustice?"
classes someday.
From San Pedro to Santa Mon-
But Brock Cardwell, 11, of Ingle-
Yolanda Valenzuela, 25, of West
ica, Los Angeles area children are
wood, a predominantly minority,
Los Angeles, fears her daughter
struggling to cope with the events
middle-class enclave in the city,
Klarissa never will forget. Her
that rocked their world last week.
thinks children do understand. To
daughter "shook like a leaf" Thurs-
And their parents secretly worry
him, the riots and vandalism are
day when their building was evac-
that the devastation will leave a leg-
nothing more than "acting out" by
uated because of a fire nearby. "She
acy of intolerance.
people who are "overdoing it."
was so frightened. I've never seen
The city will try to return to some
Brock attended services today at
her like that. I don't know how to
semblance of normalcy today when
Brookins Community African Meth-
help her forget."
people return to work and children
odist Episcopal Church.
Klarissa wanted to go to Chuck E.
to school.
"I think it started by a lot of peo-
Cheese's pizza restaurant on Friday
When doors open Monday morn-
ple just getting mad at what hap-
to make sure it did not burn down
ing, special crisis management teams
pened with Rodney King's case,"
along with the building on her street.
will be on hand in Los Angeles
Brock said. "But now they are over-
"A whole bunch of people have
schools to help children "understand
doing it. They are setting stuff on
been burning the buildings and loot-
and deal with their feelings," said
fire. That won't help, even little
ing so they could get, stuff free," Ife
school board member Leticia Que-
children know that."
Mohammed said.
zada.
Like Brock, several children
"There are old people who live
Parents describe their children as
blamed "bad people" for the prob-
near my house who used to go to
tearful and troubled by nightmares.
lems. "There are bad people taking
stores where they looted. Now they
Two of the more than 25 parents
advantage of the riot," said Randall
have to go far, real far. Some of them
interviewed said their children have
Kiev, 10. "They were mostly adults,
don't have cars and the buses aren't
asked to sleep with them out of
but there were some little kids, too."
running. What are they supposed to
fear. Several said their children
Several children also lashed out
do?"
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Ruler of Israel to Co
What the LORD Requires
821
MICAH 7
$ they shall rule the land of Assyria
and let the hills hear your voice. 10
Can I forget the treasures of
you,
with the sword,
2 Hear, you mountains, the contro-
wickedness in the house of the
ined,
and the land of Nim'rod with
versy of the LORD,
wicked,
drawn sword;n
and you enduring foundations of
and the scant measure that is
aze upon
and they* shall deliver us from th
the earth;
accursed?
Assyrian
for the LORD has a controversy with 11 Shall I acquit the man with wicked
RD,
when he comes into our land
his people,
scales
and treads within our border
and he will contend with Israel.
is plan,
and with a bag of deceitful
them as
weights?
hing floor.
7 Then the remnant of Jacob shall
3 "O my people, what have I done to 12 Yours rich men are full of violence;
in the midst of many peoples
you?
your inhabitants speak Hes,
like dew from the LORD, back
In what have I wearled you?
and their tongue is deceitful in
a iron
like showers upon the grass,
Answer me!
their mouth.
mom
which tarry not for men
4 For I brought you up from the land 13 Therefore I have begun! to smite
nor wait for the sons of men.
of Egypt, 20
you,
many peo-
as And the remnant of Jacob shall
and redeemed you from the house
making you desplate because of
gain to the
among the nations, to
of bondage;
your sins.
in the midst of many peoples
and I sent before you Moses,
14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
ord of the
like a Hon among the beasts
Aaron, and Miriam
and there shall be hunger in your
forest,
5 my people, remember what Balak
inward parts;
like a young lion among the flock
king of Mo'ab devised,
you shall put away, but not save, M
bout with
of sheep,
and what Balaam the son of Be'or
and what you save I will give to
which, when it goes through,
answered him,
the sword.
down
and what happened from Shit tim
15 You shall sow, but not reap;
upon the
and tears in pieces; and there
to Gil'gàl,
you shall tread olives, but not
none to deliver.
that you may know the saving acts
anoint yourselves with oil;
9 Your hand shall be lifted up
of the LORD ed:
you shall tread grapes, but not
your adversaries,
drink wine.
thah,
and all your enemies shall
6 "With what shall I come before the 16 For you have kept the statutes of
among the
LORD,
Om'ri."
off.
and bow myself before God on
and all the works of the house of
th for me 10 And in that day, says the LORD
high?
5d7
A'hab;
19W
in Israel,
will cut off your horses
Shall I come before him with burnt
and you have walked in their
10
Id,
offerings,
counsels;
among you
and will destroy your charlot
with calves a year old?
that I may make you a desolation,
them up 11 and I will cut off the cities of
7. Will the LORD be pleased with thou-
and your inhabitants a hissing;
land
sands of rams,
so you shall bear the scorn of the
ravail has
and throw down all your
with ten thousands of rivers of
riduli peoples. ibt IT goind 10'm SH
holds;
oil?
21H
thren shall 12 and I will cut off sorceries from
Shall I give my first-born for my
transgression,
7
Woe is me! For I have become
01
as when the summer fruit has
hand,
and you shall have no more
the fruit of my body for the sin
been gathered,
am
of
d feed his
of my soul?
as when the vintage has been
sayers;
;th of the 13 and I will cut off your imas
He has showed you, O man, what
gleaned: YM
is good;
there is no cluster to eat
and your pillars from among
ame of the
and you shall bow down no
and what does the LORD require
no first-ripe fig which my soul
to the work of your hands;
of
you
ILE
RED
desires.
secure, for 14 and I will root out your Ashen
but to do justice and to love kind-
2 The godly man has perished from
ness,
the earth,
at
from among you
Inst
ni
th.
and destroy your cities.
and to walk humbly with your
and there is none upright among
15 And in anger and wrath I will
God?
men:
at
they all lie in wait for blood,
ecute vengeance
les into our
upon the nations that did
9 The voice of the LORD cries to the
and each hunts his brother with a
obey.
city-
net.
oil,
and it is sound wisdom to fear thy
3 Their hands are upon what is evil,
Hear what the LORD says:
name:
to do it diligently;
him seven
6
Arise, plead your case before
"Hear, o tribe and assembly of the
the prince and the judge ask for
en;
mountains,
cityle
a bribe,
a Heb & Ca Compare Gk: Helb obscure , Ch 5.1 in Heb
, Or steadfast love . Co Compare Gk: Heb and who has appointed it yes , Cn: Heb uncertain
Heb whose , Gk Syr Vg: Heb have made sick # Gk Syr V5 Tg: H&b the statutes of Omri are kept
eb in its entrances Heb be
Heb its Gk: Heb my people
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God's glory fills the temple
CHAPTER 7
David, and to Solomon, and to
Israel his people.
Now when Solomon had made
11 Thus Solomon finished the
an end of praying, the fire came
house of the LORD, and the king's
down from heaven, and consumed
house: and all that came into Sol-
the burnt offering and the sacrifices;
omon's heart to make in the house
and the glory of the LORD filled the
of the LORD, and in his own house,
house.
he prosperously effected.
2 And the priests could not enter
12 1 And the LORD appeared to
into the house of the LORD, because
Solomon by night, and said unto
the glory of the LORD had filled the
him, I have heard thy prayer, and
LORD'S house.
have chosen this place to myself for
3 And when all the children of
an house of sacrifice.
Israel saw how the fire came down,
13 If I shut up heaven that there
and the glory of the LORD upon the
be no rain, or if I command the
house, they bowed themselves with
locusts to devour the land, or if I
their faces to the ground upon the
send pestilence among my people;
pavement, and worshipped, and
14 If my people, which are called
praised the LORD, saying, For he is
by my name, shall humble them-
good; for his mercy endureth for
selves, and pray, and seek my face,
ever.
and turn from their wicked ways;
4 "I Then the king and all the peo-
then will I hear from heaven, and
ple offered sacrifices before the
will forgive their sin, and will heal
ORD.
their land.
5 And king Solomon offered a
15 Now mine eyes shall be open,
sacrifice of twenty and two thou-
and mine ears attent unto the prayer
sand oxen, and an hundred and
that is made in this place.
twenty thousand sheep: so the king
16 For now have I chosen and
and all the people dedicated the
sanctified this house, that my name
house of God.
may be there for ever: and mine
6 And the priests waited on their
eyes and mine heart shall be there
offices: the Levites also with instru-
perpetually.
ments of music of the LORD, which
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt
David the king had made to praise
walk before me, as David thy father
the LORD, because his mercy endur-
walked, and do according to all that
eth for ever, when David praised
I have commanded thee, and shalt
by their ministry; and the priests
observe my statutes and my judg-
sounded trumpets before them,
ments;
and all Israel stood.
18 Then will I stablish the throne
7 Moreover Solomon hallowed
of thy kingdom, according as I have
the middle of the court that was be-
covenanted with David thy father,
fore the house of the LORD: for
saying, There shall not fail thee a
there he offered burnt offerings, and
man to be ruler in Israel.
the fat of the peace offerings, be-
19 But if ye turn away, and for-
cause the brasen altar which Solo-
sake my statutes and my command-
mon had made was not able to re-
ments, which I have set before you,
ceive the burnt offerings, and the
and shall go and serve other gods,
meat offerings, and the fat.
and worship them;
8 "IT Also at the same time Solo-
20 Then will I pluck them up by
mon kept the feast seven days, and
the roots out of my land which I
all Israel with him, a very great
have given them; and this house,
congregation, from the entering
which I have sanctified for my name,
in of Hamath unto the river of
will I cast out of my sight, and will
Egypt.
make it to be a proverb and a by-
9 And in the eighth day they made
word among all nations.
a solemn assembly: for they kept
21 And this house, which is high,
the dedication of the altar seven
shall be an astonishment to every
days, and the feast seven days.
one that passeth by it; so that he
10 And on the three and twentieth
shall say, Why hath the LORD done
day of the seventh month he sent the
thus unto this land, and unto this
people away into their tents, glad
house?
and merry in heart for the goodness
22 And it shall be answered, Be-
that the LORD had shewed unto
cause they forsook the LORD God
E.V.NOT
"full of the faith that the dark past has taught us and the
hope that the present has brought us."
--another man of the cloth a man who prayed for justice and
told us 'that the time is always ripe to do right.
--Moses proclaimed the Ten Commandments
"
out of the midst
of
end
the fire, of the clouds, and of the thick darkness."
--E.E. Hale: "To look up and not down. To look forward and not
back. To look out and not in, and to lend a hand.
--MLK: "Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent
attitude"
--MLK: 'Every man is somebody because he is a child of God.
--MLK: "Our destinies are tied together."
by
--Another pastor, Reverend Bennie Newton, believed that he was
his brother's keeper and laid his life on the line for this
belief. During the rioting he walked into what he called "a
street storm" of violence and saw a man being beaten to the
ground. Despite the threats, despite the blows, the reverend
walked into the fray, and laid his body over the bloody man.
When the beating stopped, Reverend Newton drove the man to
safety.
I believe that I am and we are our brother's keeper. Not to
keep him back. Not to keep him down. But to keep him safe, to
keep him warm, and to keep him in our hearts.
--I heard a story about a little girl, four-year-old Ryan
Bennett, who tried to strike a bargain with God. Her
neighborhood was sprayed with bullets; her candy store, gutted,
looted. "I'm saying special prayers," said Ryan, "I asked Him if
he could make it so that it's not dark anymore. When it's dark
that's when the bad people come out.' Let's make a promise to
Ryan, and to all the little girls and boys like her: We must
never again let it become that dark between us." Never again as
dark as the darkest nights of that young life.
--A verse in the Old Testament tells us: "If my people, which are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.' "
--There is a song written almost a century ago called "Lift Every
Voice and Sing." We know it well. It asks this: "God of weary
years, God of our silent tears; Though who has brought us thus
far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might, led us into the light,
Keep us forever in Thy path, we pray."
Pastor Hills has been a POTUS friend for years.
DAY OF PRAYER: thousands of churches and synagogues all accross
our land are filled with the prayers of our citizens. People are
praying in their offices, in their shops, in their homes. Could
so many voices not be heard?
America is great because America is good.
E.V.OUT
I.
Convey a sense of POTUS's standing in the civil rights
community
his meetings with civil rights leaders last
we
week
not as a white man
why he's there, why he cares.
II. How we're going to deal with discrimination
we've removed
the legal barriers
signed landmark civil rights
legislation
we've made great progress
but there's more
his butd not can are
to do
must keep us the vigilance
III. But the solution is more than legal obstacles: law can't
5
reach what we have in our hearts
the need to build a
1-1/20
culture of character
you
the civil rights movement of the 1960's killed Jim
Crow
but divisions and suspicions still live.
-quiet acts of violence: when people cross the street to
avoid walking too near to a person of violence they commit
quiet violence. When a clerk treats someone as a color
rather than as a customer, he commits quiet violence. When
any of us listens to racist talk without speaking out, we
commit quiet violence. And we must stop.
some say racism is on the rise. I pray that it is not.
Some say police brutality is all to prevalent. I pray
CLOSE:
"One nation under God"
what does he see when he looks
down on us?
The church is the center of community. It is our
conscience.
Nov 21
- Don
Rhodes Ashly?
Gout can X but it cant 7 7
"back of-the-'bus" laws
- Government can abolish segregation
on buses, but it can't make people
Share a seat. Government can
punish cruel acts, but it can't
silence cruel words. Government can
desigregate the schools, but it can't
make students get along.
Government can make good laws
but it can't make men good.
Dovt branches vs, peoples roots
In the end no number of government manews
can take the place of commity roots
- can't give men courage
- make men strong
Government can do may things, but
it camot sens fan in, it cannot
teach values
Ryan Bennet, Marshall years old
? does Bush have 3-5 yr old
grandchild?
-not just a question of takio America
back - it's a question of sing bade
to America.
cl heard the story of another
black ster, Revered
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A Tenible thing happened to
the family we call America,
May people are im
Mey crander what to do,
But let me remind you
of a bit of advice free
The best-read book on earth:
(walk humby )
Marvins kids
Marshall (F) 6
Charles 2
Neil's kid Ashley
3
"about that
& Sharen
age"
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Now that the massive rebuilding efforts have just begun in downtown Los Angeles, the
immediate need to supply food to families in the inner city is even more critical. Larry
Jones, president and founder of the international hunger relief organization, FEED THE
CHILDREN, is planning a major food shipment immediately to Los Angeles -- a community
he and his volunteer organization have served for over the past decade.
FEED THE CHILDREN now offers free pick-up and transportation to any corporation or
food company that wishes to send aid to the people of Los Angeles. They will accept phone
calls from anywhere in the United States throughout the next week from those wishing to
help: 405-942-0228, or by writing P.O. Box 36, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101.
Three years ago, Willard Scott and the NBC TODAY SHOW came to the rescue of
Americans devastated by Hurricane Hugo and its aftermath - in part, by announcing FEED
THE CHILDREN's food relief program for the people of the shore communities in the
Carolinas and encouraging corporations to call with supplies in response to FEED THE
CHILDREN'S offer to truck them for free.
We would like to request Willard Scott, once more, back these humanitarian food relief
efforts by announcing this offer made by FEED THE CHILDREN and by stating the
phone number on air during one of his breaks. We also will present him with a 28-inch
replica of the massive FEED THE CHILDREN trailer-truck that displays the
organization's logo, that he may use during his stand-up. Trucks like these will arrive
in Los Angeles quickly to distribute the food donated.
STATUS REPORT: At 1 PM Central Time, Tuesday, May 5, 1992, six tractor-trailers left
Oklahoma City bound for Los Angeles. They are loaded with 200,000 pounds of food and
40,000 pounds of clothing. The Oklahoma City NBC Affiliate (Channel 4) is accompanying
the FEED THE CHILDREN trucks, and will feed stories and live remotes along the way.
Estimated day of arrival in Los Angeles is Thursday, May 7, 1992.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, and follow-up, please contact Ellen Lathem in Washington at
202-944-5101 or Bob Witeck at 202-944-5130.
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International Public Relations/
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202-333-7400
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Robert Keith Gray
Chairman
May 5, 1992
- Ellen Latham
The Honorable
Bob witeek
Samuel K. Skinner
Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Chief:
As the President departs now for the west coast to address the challenges and relief efforts
urgently needed in Los Angeles, I know how critical it will be to communicate his message
of concern.
I also recognize staff is knee-deep in advance preparations and scheduling, therefore, I felt it
important to make you aware of information that may be instrumental as a humanitarian
backdrop to his visit.
Last Friday, I'm told reliably, President Bush met here with several Los Angeles leaders
including the Reverend Dr. E.V. Hill, a prominent clergyman and community figure. Dr.
Hill specifically has requested the intervention and support of our client, Larry Jones, the
founder and president of FEED THE CHILDREN (a nonprofit, volunteer-driven hunger
relief organization based in Oklahoma), to provide immediate food supplies to the hard-hit
neighborhoods of Los Angeles. As he has done following the havoc from the San Francisco
earthquake, Hurricane Hugo, or when similar calamities strike other spots on the globe,
Larry Jones quickly set things in motion.
Six massive trailer-trucks are heading to the city now from Oklahoma, providing 200,000
pounds of food and 40,000 pounds of clothing. We expect the FEED THE CHILDREN
donations [supported by voluntary corporate and individual contributions] will arrive at their
destination on Thursday, May 7. I understand NBC network television is following the
progress of the convoy and we expect a healthy degree of media attention for this singular
contribution, along with many other private relief efforts.
HILL AND KNOWLTON
The Honorable
Samuel K. Skinner
May 5, 1992
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While I do not know what plans are now in place, I know the Reverend Dr. Hill and Mr.
Jones will be pleased to work with your team to offer a suitable camera opportunity for this
welcome donation and visit for President Bush's arrival to encourage the community
recovery efforts. The publicity generated by this effort invariably promotes a high measure
of public generosity and added contributions, and such a gesture will be deeply welcomed by
the community organizers and by the families they serve. [The organizers are not looking
for Presidential thanks, but to help spread the word that contributions and volunteers are at
work and more is needed.]
I leave to you and your colleagues this decision, of course, however, I can reassure you we
will assist in any way appropriate or necessary to accommodate the White House schedule
and logistics.
Please do not hesitate to contact me directly at 944-5100 and I will do whatever I can to
assist.
Best,
Bar
RODNEY KING CASE
THE
San Francisco
Examiner
Donations to L.A.
May 1992
"It seemed that half of our con-
P-A-11
San Jose church
gregation knew somebody affected
- either friends or relatives - in
gives $50,000 of
the Los Angeles area," Bernal said.
"It hit us hard emotionally."
its building fund
He said he hoped his donation
to Los Angeles prompted other
By Gregory Lewis
churches to contribute money.
OF THE EXAMINER STAFF
"Sixty million people go to
church in this country," he said.
The humanitarian effort to re-
store rebellion-torn Los Angeles
may be hampered by the contro-
versial nature of the disaster, at
least one relief organization fears.
"It's a unique situation," said
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
Pamela Corante, spokeswoman for
the American Red Cross in Los
Angeles. "Because the disaster was
AFTERMATH
a result of civil unrest and not a
natural disaster, people may be a
little hesitant to contribute because
of the controversy."
Corante said Monday that the
organization's Disaster Relief
'trickling in'
Fund, which raises money for di-
sasters throughout the world, was
"So what if every church took up a
White, a clerical supervisor at the
asking that donors give in the form
collection next Sunday for Mayor
Oakland church.
of checks and money orders. How-
Bradley or the city of Los Ange-
However, money is not the only
ever, the fund has received few do-
les?"
donation needed in Los Angeles;
nations earmarked for the Los An-
Some churches took up collec-
humanitarian efforts include re-
geles emergency.
tions during services Sunday. Allen
quests for food, clothing, furniture,
"Donations are trickling in," she
Temple Baptist Church in Oak-
baby food, diapers, nonperishable
said. "There hasn't been an over-
land is working with a Los Angeles
canned goods and volunteers.
whelming response, but we haven't
Baptist church to raise money for
"There's been a tremendous ef-
issued a plea for responses. People
those in need, said Madeline
fort from Caucasian, Filipino and
are still getting over the initial
shock, attending to their immedi-
ate needs and getting their lives
N
Tuesday, May 5, 1992 A-11
back in order."
But some churches and organi-
zations already have rushed to the
aid of victims of the violence.
Dick Bernal, senior pastor of
black churches," said Mary Fam-
cese, announced Monday it would
the Jubilee Christian Center in San
bro of the Seventh-Day Adventist
launch a comprehensive range of
Jose, said he would travel to Los
Church in Inglewood, Los Angeles
services to help victims of the re-
Angeles Wednesday to deliver a
County. "Donations are coming in.
bellion.
$50,000 check to Mayor Tom
Bradley or Peter Ueberroth, who
People are making out checks and
Cardinal Roger Mahony said
has been commissioned by Bradley
bringing fresh milk. We've been
the $1 million-plus effort would in-
to lead reconstruction offorts.
able to to give families nice boxes
clude such services as food and
of food they can use even if they
transportation for frail, home-
The church - made up of mul-
don't have any (electrical) power."
bound elderly and temporary fi-
tiracial parishioners including Af-
Fambro said volunteers from all
nancial help to victims who lost
rican Americans, Korean Ameri-
over the greater Los Angeles area
their jobs because of the rebellion.
cans, whites and Latinos - is do-
had shown up to do such things as
The funds will come from an
nating money previously
help clean the streets of debris.
annual collection taken in all Cath-
earmarked for its building fund.
Catholic Charities, the social
olic parishes in Los Angeles during
agency of the Los Angeles Archdio-
May.
WASH. POST: 05/04/92
Quiet Los Angeles
Ends Curfew Today
Schools, Electricity, Buses to Resume
21/122
By Paul Taylor and Lou Cannon
Washington Post Staff Writers
LOS ANGELES, May 3-After
On one of the warmest, muggiest
1. By 4 p.m. Pacific time, the Los
three days of terror and a weekend
weekends of the year, with temper-
Angeles Times reported, the num-
of eerie quiet, the City of Angels
atures around 80 degrees, the most
ber, of inmates in Los Angeles
anticipated a dose of normalcy Mon-
vivid casualty of the riots was the
County fails had passed 25,000 and
day when schools are to reopen, a
famous Southern California sense of
approached the system's legal ca-
dusk-to-dawn curfew is to be lifted
mobility and personal freedom.
pacity of 25,488, set by a federal
and bus service, most electricity
City beaches were closed, parks
judge in response to complaints of
and freeway access are expected to
were nearly empty, Cinco de Mayo
overcrowding in 1988.
be restored in areas most savaged
festivals were postponed, and all
Anticipating the influx, sheriff's
by the deadliest civil disorder in the
professional sporting events were
officials hurriedly shipped out before
nation's modern history.
canceled or diverted to other cities.
today 1,073 inmates sentenced and
A massive riot-control force of
Virtually all restaurants and night
awaiting transfer, the Times said.
22,000 people-police, highway
spots were dark throughout the
The Criminal Courts building
patrol, National Guard, Army, Ma-
weekend because of a curfew that
downtown was heavily protected by
rines and riot-trained FBI, Border
remained in effect here and in 25
National Guard troops and attracted
Patrol and Alcohol, Tobacco and
nearby communities through Sun-
a stream of friends and family mem-
Firearms agents-is expected to
day night and added to the riot's
bers of suspects in custody. One
remain in place at least through
economic toll.
spectator, Kevin Heard, 18, who said
midweek, Mayor Tom Bradley an-
Gov, Pete Wilson (R), supportive
he is a gang member from the Haw-
nounced today.
of Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl
For the first time, Marines left
thorne area, arrived in a shirt that he
F. Gates in the past, today cautious-
said he had taken during looting in
staging areas Saturday night and to-
ly criticized the police department's
his neighborhood. "I was like a street
day and began to take up positions in
performance during the first hours
sweeper," he explained. "I was pick-
Compton, Long Beach and the Watts
of the disturbances.
neighborhood of Los Angeles. The
Appearing on ABC's "This Week
ing up everything people [looters]
2,500 Army troops deployed to this
With David Brinkley," Wilson side-
were dropping."
area remained in a staging area in El
Monte northeast of here.
stepped direct criticism of the em-
At the court session, District At-
battled chief but said there was "a
torney Ira Reiner promised no le-
Five slayings today increased the
death toll to at least 51 since vio-
basic misassumption on the part of
niency for looters, "The essential
local law enforcement as to the
crime is one of disorder," he said,
lence began Wednesday, according
to the county coroner. It was not
magnitude of the response that
"and any act of looting encouraged
immediately clear whether some of
would be required" if four white Los
others in the mob to come storming
the most recent deaths-including
Angeles officers were not found
in behind them."
three in unrelated shooting inci-
guilty in the beating of black motor-
Not only were churches popular
dents and one in an arson brush
ist Rodney G. King.
gathering places for Sunday ser-
fire-were the product of rioting or
Gates, Interviewed separately on
vices and spiritual guidance, but
the normal violence endemic to
CBS's "Face the Nation," defended
they also continued to serve as
his actions on the night that violence
command posts in cleanup and food-
large cities.
Tonight, at least two National
erupted. "We were as shocked as
relief efforts.
Guard soldiers fired eight shots,
everyone" by the verdict and the re-
"People need "the church right
fatally wounding a Hispanic man
action to it and were "in the first
now," the Rev. T. Larry Kirkland
driving a car who tried to run them
stages of this, overwhelmed," he ac-
told the congregation at the Brookins
down after curfew in south-central
knowledged.
Community African Methodist Epis-
Los Angeles, police said. It was the
Were he able to relive last Wed-
copal Church. "People need to know
first reported use of deadly force by
nesday, Gates said, he would not
God is in charge. The Bible said, 'I
Guard troops on patrol here.
have attended a political fund-raiser
have come that you may have life and
Earlier, Angelenos of all races
two hours after the disturbances
have it abundantly.' But some people
and creeds flocked to churches in
began, He spoke there against a
are feeling, where is life when four
large numbers to pray for a resto-
June 2 initiative that would revamp
men can beat a black man and get off
police organization.
scot-free? People need to be reas.
ration of order, a spirit of forgive-
But he dismissed his appearance
sured that God is still in charge, not
ness and a rebuilding of a city in
as having had no effect on the de-
white people."
which unofficial damage estimates
partment's response to the unrest.
At
the
gymnasium-sized
approach $1 billion.
"We were not engaged in a full-
Maranatha Church in the hard-hit
Roman Catholic Cardinal Roger
scale riot at this time," he said.
Crenshaw district, usher DeWayne
Mahony, celebrating Mass in four
The tedious process of arraigning
churches in hard-hit south-central
more than 9,000 people arrested
Los Angeles, made an unusual invi-
"since Wednesday continued during
tation to looters: Return stolen
an unusual Sunday court session
goods to any area church, no ques-
today as authorities in the district
tions asked. There was no immediate
attorney's office had trouble match-
indication that he had any takers.
ing arrest records with individuals
who were charged. The state Su-
preme Court has authorized dou-
bling the normal arraignment pe-
riod for suspects arrested during
the riot to 96 hours.
WASH. POST: 05/04/92
insist that the Bush administration
establish an urban policy.
Although the day generally was
quiet, some churchgoers were not
immune to reminders of the terror of
the last week, As parishionera at
Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist
Church in south-central Los Angeles
were about to leave. the building,
shots were fired at a passing police
car. No injuries were reported.
Deputy District Attorney Terry
White, chief prosecutor in the King
beating case, said today on "Face
the Nation" that his boss, Reiner,
had not decided whether Officer
Laurence M. Powell, who struck
most of 56 baton blows against
King, should be retried on the one
count that ended in a mistrial, Ju-
rors split 8 to 4 for acquittal on a
charge that he committed assault
under color of authority.
A hearing to determine whether
Powell should be retried is sched-
uled here May 15 before Superior
Court Judge Stanley M, Weisberg,
who presided at the trial of the of-
ficers in suburban Simi Valley in
Ventura County.
As insurance adjusters began fan-
ning out all over the city this week-
end, officials said losses from the riot
could approach $1 billion, almost
double the city's current estimate of
$550 million. "Undercoverage will be
a major problem," Bill Rake, presi-
dent of A local adjusting company,
told the Los Angeles Times,
City officials said they have no way
of knowing the long-term impact on
tourism, second only to the enter-
tainment industry as the county's
largest. Many tour operators, includ-
ing the Japan Travel Bureau, the
largest inbound operator from Japan,
have temporarily suspended tours.
The disturbance continued to be
grist for the national political mill,
Bill Clinton, the Democratic front-
runner, mentioned the riots in
Frelow preached positivism while
speeches at two black churches and a
pastor Billy Ingram prayed with
labor rally in Washington before fly-
1,000 parishioners.
ing here. "There's some chance, if
"L.A, stands for living alive," said
we come out with an agenda, the
Frelow, a gospel rap singer also
current administration will adopt it,"
known as MC Doc. "Some people
he said. "There's some precedent for
may have died, but L.A. is alive."
that in this election. Maybe by just
In Koreatown, where rioters tar-
going there and just coming up with
geted businesses, the Rev. Jang
some things to do, we'll be able to
Kyun of the Central Evangelical
alter this in a nonpartisan way."
Church told his congregation: "We
Appearing on NBC's "Meet the
cannot escape this kind of difficulty,
Press," potential presidential can-
didate Ross Perot said that, if he
this kind of danger
but we have
were president, he would have gone
to forgive those who have been vi-
to the scene of the riots to get 4
olent and pray for them."
"hands-on" feel for the situation.
On Saturday, an estimated 30,000
The campaign of Democrat Ed.
Korean Americans, many wearing
mund. G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. took a
white headbands, had marched
different hands-on approach as more
downtown for peace. Today, commu-
than 100 staff members and volun-
nity leaders met with Jesse L. Jack-
teers from the former California gov.
son, the District's shadow U.S. sen-
ernor's Santa Monica headquarters
ator, to seek ways to improve tense
drove to south-central Los Angeles
relations with blacks.
and participated in the cleanup,
"We must go from pain to part-
nership, not pain to polarization,"
Staff writers Donna Britt, Lynne
Jackson said. In an interview, he
Duke, Carlos Sanchez and Avis
said he planned to try to convene a
Thomas-Lester contributed to this
meeting of national black leaders to
report.