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2
2
sh, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / May 8
805
.S. Navy
ber 28, 1945, in Washington, DC. Ms. Schaf-
Gerald founded and was chairman of the
f his ca-
fer is married, has two children, and resides
board of the North American Housing Corp.,
merican
in Washington, DC.
1972-89.
early as-
Mr. FitzGerald graduated from the U.S.
Moscow,
Naval Academy (B.S., 1931). He was born
Depart-
December 23, 1909, in Boston, MA. Mr.
retary of
Nomination of David C. Fields To Be
FitzGerald served in the U.S. Navy, 1941-
erving as
United States Ambassador to the
48. He is married, has two children, and re-
I.S. Em-
Marshall Islands
sides in Washington, DC.
was as-
May 7, 1992
'rograms
of Edu-
The President today announced his inten-
attended
tion to nominate David C. Fields, of Califor-
Nomination of Princeton Nathan
prior to
nia, a career member of the Senior Foreign
Lyman To Be United States
bassador
Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be
Ambassador to South Africa
Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall
CA, and
May 7, 1992
Islands. He would succeed William Bodde,
aduated
Jr.
The President today announced his inten-
Fletcher
Since 1990, Ambassador Fields has served
tion to nominate Princeton Nathan Lyman,
married
as Director of the Office of Foreign Missions
of Maryland, a career member of the Senior
ee chil-
at the U.S. Department of State in Washing-
Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to
ton, DC. Prior to this, he served as U.S. Am-
be Ambassador to the Republic of South Af-
bassador to the Central African Republic,
rica. He would succeed William Lacy Swing.
1986-89; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Se-
Since 1989, Dr. Lyman has served as Di-
curity at the Department of State, 1984-86;
rector of the Bureau for Refugee Programs
and as Administrative Counselor at the
at the U.S. Department of State. Prior to this,
American Embassy in London, England,
he served as Ambassador to the Federal Re-
1980-84.
public of Nigeria, 1986-89; Deputy Assistant
Ambassador Fields graduated from Arm-
Secretary of State for African Affairs at the
strong College (B.A., 1960). He was born
Department of State, 1981-86; and as Direc-
January 13, 1937, in San Pedro, CA. Ambas-
tor of the Office of Inter-African Affairs at
is inten-
sador Fields served in the U.S. Army, 1955-
the Department of State, 1980-81.
affer, of
57. He is married, has two children, and re-
Dr. Lyman graduated from the University
Senior
sides in Vienna, VA.
of California (A.B., 1957); Harvard Univer-
unselor,
sity (M.A., 1959; Ph.D., 1961). He was born
Social-
November 20, 1935, in San Francisco, CA.
ve con-
Dr. Lyman is married, has three children,
1 com-
Nomination of William Henry Gerald
and resides in Chevy Chase, MD.
bublic of
FitzGerald To Be United States
rion V.
Ambassador to Ireland
rved as
May 7, 1992
Remarks to Firefighters and Law
Eastern
The President today announced his inten-
Enforcement Personnel in Los
Depart-
tion to nominate William Henry Gerald Fitz-
Angeles
:rved at
Gerald, of the District of Columbia, to be
r of the
May 8, 1992
Ambassador to Ireland. He would succeed
Director
Richard Anthony Moore.
Let me just say I'm very pleased that the
, 1982
Since 1959, Mr. FitzGerald has served as
Governor's with us and Senator Seymour's
General
president of the FitzGerald Corp. in Wash-
with us. And really, what we did is to want
national
ington, DC. In addition, he serves as vice
to come over here and, one, see where some
chairman of the African Development Foun-
of the action stemmed from, but mainly to
1 Mawr
dation; and as chairman of the Atlantic Coun-
thank the firefighters and the patrolmen for
Septem-
cil of the United States Foundation. Mr. Fitz-
a heroic job well done.
806
May 8 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
Adv
You know, at a time like this you think
so many of you exemplified, that he's going
of your faith, and you remember that the
to make it. He's fighting hard, and his wife
Bible talked about, "Blessed are the peace-
was there and his kids-his kids weren't, but
No
makers." Well, I must say, when I think of
they were together as a family. I'll tell you,
Fir
the firefighters and the highway patrol, I
the doctors and nurses are rallying around,
for
think of what you have done and, frankly,
and he's getting the best possible care.
ma
do all the time in keeping the peace and re-
But here was another example of an inno-
storing the peace. You certainly have the
cent guy going out to help others, taking a
gratitude, you may not know it, but you have
shot from some hoodlum going by in a car.
the gratitude of people all across this country.
And we just cannot condone that sense of
Re
I wanted to just recite a fact or two that
violence, that kind of violence, anywhere in
E1
you all know but the rest of the country might
this country for whatever reason. There's no
Ai
00
not. There were almost 6,000 fires responded
explaining it. There's no rationalizing it. And
Mc.
to, nearly 12,000 arrests, thousands of build-
I will try to take that message to the country
ings saved along with untold lives. That, I
day in and day out.
would say, is just one of the legacies of your
There was Captain Kaemmerer, a captain
an'
work, and there was another one: You
of a fire company which doused flames at
WC
showed that people that would wantonly de-
an ammunition shop in the face of gunfire.
the
d
stroy, wantonly terrorize, wantonly kill their
Here's a guy going into what you might call
ag
fellow citizens were not going to prevail.
a hostile environment anyway, firefighting
Ai
What you did took a good deal of courage,
captain, and fighting that.
fo.
whether it was the patrol, whether it was the
We all know the case of the LAPD's Mi-
in
S
firefighters. I salute you for that, the country
chael Strawberry, Darryl's brother. Darryl
wi
salutes you for that. And I think your very
said, "Michael was my rock." Well, that's
presence restored a sense of civility to an oth-
fine. And the LAPD have many, many such
erwise outrageous situation.
rocks, people doing a job and doing it well.
p'
Yesterday, I was privileged to go to a me-
And you were rocks, saving buildings and sav-
cl
morial service-it was National Day of Pray-
ing lives. These pictures that I was handed,
al'
is
er-at Reverend E.V. Hill's church. When
I mean I'll tell, they make a profound impres-
S
I mentioned those who worked to restore the
sion on-I'm sure they make an impression
re
law, the police, et cetera, why, it broke out
on firefighters, but they make a profound im-
h.
a
in spontaneous applause. People are very
pression on the layman to think about bat-
SC
grateful in the neighborhoods for all that you
tling something this powerful and doing it
have done.
with the heroism and the dedication you do.
t]
I heard a lot of stories, anecdotes about
So, really, what I wanted to do is drop in
o
what went on. They told me about Rich
here trying to do it just as President of the
b
in
Perez, the lone gunman, the only armed offi-
United States, trying to leave the politics
la
st
cer guarding L.A.'s traffic control center.
back there somewhere on the Potomac and
to
And these rioters came in and tried to break
come out here to see what I could see with
ir
di
down the doors. Somehow, he managed to
my eyes and to give my heartfelt thanks to
d.
convince the rioters that they had met their
those-in this instance, highway patrolmen,
p
match, and they turned away. And the traffic
firefighters-who have done so much for
control system was safe and sound, and a leg-
their country.
end was born.
So that's my message, and it's a profound
I've just come from the hospital from see-
one in a sense that today and yesterday it
ing one of your own, one of the firefighters'
was the riots in Los Angeles, tomorrow it'll
own, Scott Miller. You talk about courage
be something else. And over the last years
and you talk the way his fellow firefighters
it's always been the same, the dedication, the
helped him, it's a great lesson for our whole
selfless dedication. I don't want to think any
country. Incidentally, he's a courageous man.
of you guys would say you're overpaid, but
They told me that what had happened to him
you're doing something for your fellow man,
was serious. But they also told me, the doc-
and that in itself means an awful lot to your
tor, that because of his spirit, the same spirit
country.
HIGHWAY PATROL-FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST \ L.A., CA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992 \ 7:30 A.M.
FIRE FIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FELLOW AMERICANS.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE WITH MEN AND WOMEN WHO LAST WEEK
ACTED HEROICALLY ON BEHALF OF GOOD. / I SPEAK FOR
EVERY AMERICAN WHEN I SAY: THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM
OF MY HEART. //
THE BIBLE REMINDS US, "BLESSED ARE THE
PEACEMAKERS." LAST WEEK, YOU STOOD TALL FOR PEACE --
BRAVING FIRE AND FURY FOR DAYS WITHOUT END:
- 2 -
OFTEN, WITHOUT REST OR RESPITE. You SHOWED HOW CIVIL
RIGHTS INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM FEAR AND FROM
VIOLENCE. //
ALMOST SIX THOUSAND FIRES RESPONDED To. NEARLY
TWELVE THOUSAND ARRESTS. THOUSANDS OF BUILDINGS
SAVED -- ALONG WITH UNTOLD LIVES. / THAT IS JUST ONE
LEGACY OF YOUR WORK. HERE'S ANOTHER: You SHOWED HOW
SOCIETY MUST -- AND WILL -- STOP THOSE WHO SEEK TO BURN
STORES / LOOT BUSINESSES / AND KILL FELLOW CITIZENS. //
- 3 -
No ONE CAN PAY YOU ENOUGH TO DO THE JOB YOU ARE
SWORN TO DO: PROTECT EACH ONE OF US -- BLACK, WHITE,
BROWN, YELLOW. ABOVE ALL, AMERICANS -- ALL CHILDREN OF
A LOVING GOD. //
JAMES HENRY KNEW THAT. JAMES IS 41, AND BLACK. HE
UNDERSTANDS WHAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TAUGHT:
"INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE." "
// So LAST WEEK HE BRAVED FIVE ATTACKERS TO HELP A
HISPANIC MAN WHO'D BEEN BEATEN, ROBBED, AND RUN OVER BY
A CAR. /
- 4 -
HE AND ANOTHER MAN HELPED PULL THE VICTIM TO THE
SIDEWALK, GOT HIM A BLANKET, GOT THE PHONE NUMBER OF
HIS FAMILY, AND STAYED WITH HIM UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED.
JAMES HENRY REFLECTED THE BEST -- NOT THE BEAST --
IN MAN. AMID THE CRAZE OF VIOLENCE, JAMES AND OTHERS
LIKE HIM HELPED PUT AN END TO VIOLENCE. THEY KNEW THAT
WHAT UNITES US MEANS FAR MORE THAN WHAT DIVIDES US. //
LIKE YOU, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT WHAT COUNTS ISN'T RACE,
NATIONALITY, OR LANGUAGE -- BUT HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES
-- WHETHER WE LOVE, NOT HATE, ONE ANOTHER. /
- 5 -
LAST WEEK, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN Los ANGELES
JOINED HANDS TO BIND A WOUND, AND HELP A NEIGHBOR.
THEY SOUGHT AN AMERICA OF PEACE, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, AND
RESPECT FOR THE LAW -- AN AMERICA OF HOPE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY RESTORED LAST WEEK. NOT
JUST ELECTRICITY OR WATER. NOT EVEN ORDER IN THE
STREETS -- BUT HOPE. RESTORED IT AGAINST THE MURDEROUS
CRIMINALS WHO PULLED MOTORISTS FROM CARS / WHO ATTACKED
YOU WITH AXES / SHOT AT YOU AS YOU TRIED TO DO YOUR
JOBS.
- 6 -
THE DECENT PEOPLE IN CRENSHAW, IN Pico [PEE KOE]
UNION, IN KOREATOWN NEEDED YOU. / WHEN THE CALL WENT
OUT TO THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL'S COMPANY A:
"FIRST ONES IN -- LAST ONES OUT."
I'VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT RICH PEREZ -- THE
"LONE GUNMAN" -- THE ONLY ARMED OFFICER GUARDING L.A.'s
TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER.
- 7 -
WHEN ARMED RIOTERS BEGAN BREAKING DOWN THE DOORS,
SOMEHOW RICH PEREZ MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE RIOTERS
THEY'D MET THEIR MATCH -- THEY TURNED AWAY. L.A.'s
TRAFFIC CONTROL STAYED SAFE AND SECURE -- AND A LEGEND
WAS BORN.
- 8 -
I'VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT Scott MILLER, A FIRE
FIGHTER SHOT IN THE FACE WHILE DRIVING A FIRE TRUCK /
OR MICHELE KAEMMERER, CAPTAIN OF A FIRE COMPANY WHICH
DOUSED FLAMES AT AN AMMUNITION SHOP WHILE BRAVING GUN
FIRE / OR MICHAEL STRAWBERRY OF THE LAPD, WHO WAS
WOUNDED WHILE TRYING To RESTORE ORDER ON THE STREETS OF
HIS HOMETOWN. //
- 9 -
DARRYL STRAWBERRY SAID OF HIS BROTHER: "MICHAEL
WAS MY ROCK.' So WERE EACH OF YOU -- SAVING BUILDINGS
AND LIVES. YOUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER PROVIDES A
MODEL FOR THE SPIRIT WE NEED TO CONFRONT THE PROBLEMS
OF OUR CITIES. / To PUT PARTISAN DIFFERENCES ASIDE
AND TRY SOME NEW APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY
/ INEQUALITY / LACK OF OPPORTUNITY. I'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT THOSE PROBLEMS IN COMING DAYS. I'LL NEED YOUR
HELP, YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR SUPPORT, AND YOUR PRAYERS.
- 10 -
LET'S BUILD ON OUR BEGINNINGS -- TO BRING AMERICANS
INTO OUR FAMILY -- NOT DRIVE THEM AWAY. //
THE GOOD BOOK REMINDS US: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO
MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS
FRIENDS." EACH DAY, YOU PUT YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE so
THAT JUSTICE CAN BE COLOR-BLIND -- so THAT OUR NATION
CAN BE ONE. //
I WAS READING THE OTHER DAY SOME WORDS FROM STEVE
RUDA, A CAPTAIN OF THE L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT.
- 11 -
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS HIGH SCHOOL -- OUR LADY QUEEN
OF ANGELS HIGH SCHOOL IN MISSION HILLS. HE SAID: "I
LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE THERE. I NEVER LOST
THAT SENSE OF MISSION TO CARE FOR OTHERS MORE THAN
MYSELF."
THE GOLDEN RULE. WERE WE ALL TO PRACTICE IT, YOUR
JOBS WOULD BE MUCH EASIER -- AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MUCH
STRONGER MORALLY. //
- 12 -
WE ALL HAVE A LOT TO DO, BUT YOU'VE HELPED MAKE A NEW
START POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # # #
HIGHWAY PATROL-FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST \ L.A., CA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992 \ 7:30 A.M.
FIRE FIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, FELLOW AMERICANS.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE WITH MEN AND WOMEN WHO LAST WEEK
ACTED HEROICALLY ON BEHALF OF GOOD. / I SPEAK FOR
EVERY AMERICAN WHEN I SAY: THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM
OF MY HEART. //
THE BIBLE REMINDS US, "BLESSED ARE THE
PEACEMAKERS." LAST WEEK, YOU STOOD TALL FOR PEACE --
BRAVING FIRE AND FURY FOR DAYS WITHOUT END:
- 2 -
OFTEN, WITHOUT REST OR RESPITE. You SHOWED HOW CIVIL
RIGHTS INCLUDE THE RIGHT To BE FREE FROM FEAR AND FROM
VIOLENCE. //
ALMOST SIX THOUSAND FIRES RESPONDED To. NEARLY
TWELVE THOUSAND ARRESTS. THOUSANDS OF BUILDINGS
SAVED -- ALONG WITH UNTOLD LIVES. / THAT IS JUST ONE
LEGACY OF YOUR WORK. HERE'S ANOTHER: You SHOWED HOW
SOCIETY MUST -- AND WILL -- STOP THOSE WHO SEEK TO BURN
STORES / LOOT BUSINESSES / AND KILL FELLOW CITIZENS. //
- 3 -
No ONE CAN PAY YOU ENOUGH TO DO THE JOB YOU ARE
SWORN TO DO: PROTECT EACH ONE OF US -- BLACK, WHITE,
BROWN, YELLOW. ABOVE ALL, AMERICANS -- ALL CHILDREN OF
A LOVING GOD. //
JAMES HENRY KNEW THAT. JAMES IS 41, AND BLACK. HE
UNDERSTANDS WHAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TAUGHT:
"INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE."
// So LAST WEEK HE BRAVED FIVE ATTACKERS TO HELP A
HISPANIC MAN WHO'D BEEN BEATEN, ROBBED, AND RUN OVER BY
A CAR. /
- 4 -
HE AND ANOTHER MAN HELPED PULL THE VICTIM TO THE
SIDEWALK, GOT HIM A BLANKET, GOT THE PHONE NUMBER OF
HIS FAMILY, AND STAYED WITH HIM UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED.
JAMES HENRY REFLECTED THE BEST -- NOT THE BEAST --
IN MAN. AMID THE CRAZE OF VIOLENCE, JAMES AND OTHERS
LIKE HIM HELPED PUT AN END TO VIOLENCE. THEY KNEW THAT
WHAT UNITES US MEANS FAR MORE THAN WHAT DIVIDES US. //
LIKE YOU, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT WHAT COUNTS ISN'T RACE,
NATIONALITY, OR LANGUAGE -- BUT HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES
-- WHETHER WE LOVE, NOT HATE, ONE ANOTHER. /
- 5 -
LAST WEEK, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN Los ANGELES
JOINED HANDS TO BIND A WOUND, AND HELP A NEIGHBOR.
THEY SOUGHT AN AMERICA OF PEACE, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, AND
RESPECT FOR THE LAW -- AN AMERICA OF HOPE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY RESTORED LAST WEEK. NOT
JUST ELECTRICITY OR WATER. NOT EVEN ORDER IN THE
STREETS -- BUT HOPE. RESTORED IT AGAINST THE MURDEROUS
CRIMINALS WHO PULLED MOTORISTS FROM CARS / WHO ATTACKED
YOU WITH AXES / SHOT AT YOU AS YOU TRIED TO DO YOUR
JOBS.
- 6 -
THE DECENT PEOPLE IN CRENSHAW, IN PICO [PEE Koe]
UNION, IN KOREATOWN NEEDED YOU. / WHEN THE CALL WENT
OUT TO THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL'S COMPANY A:
"FIRST ONES IN -- LAST ONES OUT."
I'VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT RICH PEREZ -- THE
"LONE GUNMAN" -- THE ONLY ARMED OFFICER GUARDING L.A.'s
TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER.
- 7 -
WHEN ARMED RIOTERS BEGAN BREAKING DOWN THE DOORS,
SOMEHOW RICH PEREZ MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE RIOTERS
THEY'D MET THEIR MATCH -- THEY TURNED AWAY. L.A.'s
TRAFFIC CONTROL STAYED SAFE AND SECURE -- AND A LEGEND
WAS BORN.
- 8 -
I'VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT SCOTT MILLER, A FIRE
FIGHTER SHOT IN THE FACE WHILE DRIVING A FIRE TRUCK /
OR MICHELE KAEMMERER, CAPTAIN OF A FIRE COMPANY WHICH
DOUSED FLAMES AT AN AMMUNITION SHOP WHILE BRAVING GUN
FIRE / OR MICHAEL STRAWBERRY OF THE LAPD, WHO WAS
WOUNDED WHILE TRYING TO RESTORE ORDER ON THE STREETS OF
HIS HOMETOWN. 11
- 9 -
DARRYL STRAWBERRY SAID OF HIS BROTHER: "MICHAEL
WAS MY ROCK." So WERE EACH OF YOU -- SAVING BUILDINGS
AND LIVES. YOUR ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER PROVIDES A
MODEL FOR THE SPIRIT WE NEED TO CONFRONT THE PROBLEMS
OF OUR CITIES. / To PUT PARTISAN DIFFERENCES ASIDE
AND TRY SOME NEW APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEMS OF POVERTY
/ INEQUALITY / LACK OF OPPORTUNITY. I'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT THOSE PROBLEMS IN COMING DAYS. I'LL NEED YOUR
HELP, YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR SUPPORT, AND YOUR PRAYERS.
- 10 -
LET'S BUILD ON OUR BEGINNINGS -- TO BRING AMERICANS
INTO OUR FAMILY -- NOT DRIVE THEM AWAY. //
THE GOOD BOOK REMINDS US: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO
MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS
FRIENDS." EACH DAY, YOU PUT YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE so
THAT JUSTICE CAN BE COLOR-BLIND -- so THAT OUR NATION
CAN BE ONE. //
I WAS READING THE OTHER DAY SOME WORDS FROM STEVE
RUDA, A CAPTAIN OF THE L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT.
- 11 -
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS HIGH SCHOOL -- OUR LADY QUEEN
OF ANGELS HIGH SCHOOL IN MISSION HILLS. HE SAID: "I
LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE THERE. I NEVER LOST
THAT SENSE OF MISSION TO CARE FOR OTHERS MORE THAN
MYSELF."
THE GOLDEN RULE. WERE WE ALL TO PRACTICE IT, YOUR
JOBS WOULD BE MUCH EASIER -- AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MUCH
STRONGER MORALLY. //
- 12 -
WE ALL HAVE A LOT TO DO, BUT YOU'VE HELPED MAKE A NEW
START POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
# # # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 6, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
a
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
HIGHWAY PATROL/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
On Friday, May 8, at 7:30 a.m., you will attend a breakfast
with California Highway Patrol officers and "foot-soldier" fire
fighters at Fire Station 26 in Koreatown. Your remarks (five
minutes, cards) highlight acts of heroism and human-interest that
have occurred over the past week.
** NOTE: Steve Ruda, whose quote is used at the end of the
speech, is a Captain who will be attending the
breakfast.
Smith/Aarhus
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HIGHWAY PATROL/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
7:30 A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed are the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly twelve
thousand arrests. Thousands of buildings saved -- along with
untold lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's
another: You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those
who seek to burn stores / loot businesses / and kill fellow
citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a loving God. //
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He
understands what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught: "Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. " // So last week he
2
braved five attackers to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten,
robbed, and run over by a car. / He and another man helped pull
the victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone
number of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived.
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
he took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the flames.
J.T. would have been proud of two other heroes -- an elderly
black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police station.
Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He had a
gunshot wound in the head. // The man lived because of people
who dared to help.
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, nationality, or language -- but how we live our lives
-- whether we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast
majority of people in Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound,
and help a neighbor. They sought an America of peace, equality,
justice, and respect for the law -- an America of hope.
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
Restored it against the murderous criminals who pulled motorists
3
from cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried
to do your jobs.
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Koreatown needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
a fire fighter shot in the face while driving a fire truck / or
Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused flames
at an ammunition shop while braving gun fire / or Michael
Strawberry of the LAPD, who was wounded while trying to restore
order on the streets of his hometown. //
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock. " So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives. Your
ability to work together provides a model for the spirit we need
to confront the problems of our cities. / To put partisan
differences aside and try some new approaches to the problems of
poverty / inequality / lack of opportunity. I'll be talking
about those problems in coming days. I'll need your help, your
thoughts, your support, and your prayers. Let's build on our
beginnings -- to bring Americans into our family -- not drive
them away. //
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. " Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
Captain of the L.A. Fire Department. He was talking about his
high school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission
4
Hills. He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I
never lost that sense of mission to care for others more than
myself. "
The Golden Rule. Were we all to practice it, your jobs
would be much easier -- and our neighborhoods much stronger
morally. 11 We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a
new start possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United
States of America.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 326305SS
92 MAY WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
A10: 11
5/6/92
---
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES
SUBJECT:
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
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
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
May 6. 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
HIGHWAY PATROL/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
On Friday, May 8, at 7:30 a.m., you will attend a breakfast
with California Highway Patrol officers and "foot-soldier" fire
fighters at Fire Station 26 in Koreatown. Your remarks (five
minutes, cards) highlight acts of heroism and human-interest that
have occurred over the past week.
** NOTE: Steve Ruda, whose quote is used at the end of the
speech, is a Captain who will be attending the
breakfast.
AIR FORCE ONE
THU 07' MAY 92 02:14
PG.04
Smith/Aarhus
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HIGHWAY PATROL/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
7:30 A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed are the peacemakers." Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. 11
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly twelve
thousand arrests. Thousands of buildings saved -- along with
untold lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's
another: You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those
who seek to burn stores / loot businesses / and kill fellow
citizens. 11
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a loving God. 11
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He
understands what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught: "Injustice
anvwhere
is
a
AIR FORCE ONE
THU 07 MAY 92 02:15
PG.05
2
braved five attackers to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten,
robbed, and run over by a car. / He and another man helped pull
the victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone
number of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived.
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. so
he took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the flames.
J.T. would have been proud of two other heroes -- an elderly
black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police station.
Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He had a
gunshot wound in the head. 11 The man lived because of people
who dared to help.
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. 11 Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, nationality, or language -- but how we live our lives
-- whether we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast
majority of people in Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound,
and help a neighbor. They sought an America of peace, equality,
justice, and respect for the law -- an America of hope.
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
3
from cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried
to do your jobs.
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Koreatown needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
a fire fighter shot in the face while driving a fire truck / or
Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused flames
at an ammunition shop while braving gun fire / or Michael
Strawberry of the LAPD, who was wounded while trying to restore
order on the streets of his hometown. 11
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock." So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives. Your
ability to work together provides a model for the spirit we need
to confront the problems of our cities. / To put partisan
differences aside and try some new approaches to the problems of
poverty / inequality / lack of opportunity. I'll be talking
about those problems in coming days. I'll need your help, your
thoughts, your support, and your prayers. Let's build on our
beginnings -- to bring Americans into our family -- not drive
them away. 11
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
Captain of the L.A. Fire Department. He was talking about his
AIR FORCE ONE
THU 07' MAY 92 02:16
PG.06
4
Hills. He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I
never lost that sense of mission to care for others more than
myself. "
The Golden Rule. Were we all to practice it, your jobs
would be much easier -- and our neighborhoods much stronger
morally. 11 We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a
new start possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United
States of America.
#
#
Document No. 326305ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
L.A. - FRIDAY, MAY 8, 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
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
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.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
MASTER
Please comments. see
Thank you.
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
02 MAY 6 P12: 49
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
A.M.
-
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
(Petersveyer) A
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
(OMB) thousand e arrests.
God?
buildings saved -- along with untold
-
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. //
understands what
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said taught, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
Dr.
Sr.,
to justice everywhere. " // So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
No!
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
(Perersmeyen represents What is in The human Spirit
James Henry reflected the best not the beast in man.
does
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
J.T. took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the
flames. / He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an
elderly black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police
station. Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He
had a gunshot wound in the head. //
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
Sh
isn't race, or religion but how we live our lives -- whether
or language
(Petersmayer)
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we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority of people in
Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
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America of hope. //
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
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cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
3
a fire fighter shot in the cheeck while riding on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of LAPD,
who was wounded while trying to restore order on the streets of
his hometown. / /
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
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rock. " / So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives.
ability to work
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aside and
try some
real new
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. " Each day, appraches
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
to the
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
lost that sense of mission to care for others more than myself."
//
We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a new start
possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United States of
America.
#
#
#
#
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Document No. 3263C5ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 MAY 6 P5j₂ 92°APR MAY
5:
B$:
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT 2A DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
L.A. - FRIDAY, MAY 8, 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
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
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.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
May 6, 1992
TO: DANIEL B. MCGROARTY
The NSC staff concurs in the proposed presidential remarks.
Brent Scowcroft
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
CC: Phillip D. Brady
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
32 MAY 6 P12 : 49
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests. buildings saved -- along with untold
-
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. 11
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. // So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
J.T. took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the
flames. / He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an
elderly black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police
station. Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He
had a gunshot wound in the head. //
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
/ They sought an America of peace, equality, and law -- an
America of hope. //
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
3
a fire fighter shot in the cheeck while riding on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of LAPD,
who was wounded while trying to restore order on the streets of
his hometown. / /
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock. " / So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives
so that we can now attack the problems of poverty / inequality /
lack of opportunity. // I'll be talking about those problems in
coming days. I'll need your help / your thoughts / your support
/ your prayers. // Let's build on our beginnings -- to bring
Americans into our family -- not drive them away. //
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
lost that sense of mission to care for others more than myself."
//
We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a new start
possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United States of
America.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 326305ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 APR 5 P5: 05
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
L.A. - FRIDAY, MAY 8, 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
FINDLAY
GRAY
KAUFMAN
HOLIDAY
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.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
See Comments
Maria Put Sheel FL DS
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
02 MAY 6 P12 : 49
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
A.M.
-
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests.
buildings saved -- along with untold
-
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
No
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
whatever the color of ourskin
(offensure to some possibly)
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. //
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. " // So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
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what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
/ They sought an America of peace, equality, and law -- an
America of hope. //
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
3
a fire fighter shot in the chee while riding on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of LAPD,
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Americans into our family -- not drive them away. //
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
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Document No. 326305ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
L.A. - FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
N/C
MCBRIDE N/C
SCOWCROFT BOOTLEG
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
XROGICH
CALIO N/C
ROLLINS N/C
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DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY Liberman6257
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY N/C
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.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
32 MAY 6 P12 49
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
- A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests. buildings saved -- along with untold
-
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. 11
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. " // So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
J.T. took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the
flames. / He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an
elderly black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police
station. Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He
had a gunshot wound in the head. / /
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
/ They sought an America of peace, equality, and law -- an
America of hope. //
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
3
a fire fighter shot in the cheeck while riding on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of LAPD,
who was wounded while trying to restore order on the streets of
his hometown. //
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock. " / So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives
so that we can now attack the problems of poverty / inequality /
lack of opportunity. // I'll be talking about those problems in
coming days. I'll need your help / your thoughts / your support
/ your prayers. // Let's build on our beginnings -- to bring
Americans into our family -- not drive them away. //
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
lost that sense of mission to care for others more than myself." "
//
We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a new start
possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United States of
America.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
L.A. - FRIDAY, MAY 8, 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
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.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
$2 MAY 6 P12 49
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Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
- A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
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Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
in The future.
thousand arrests.
buildings saved -- along with untold
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lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
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No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow.
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James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. " // So last week he braved five attackers
No to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
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2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
No
J.T. He took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the
flames. / He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an
elderly black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police
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had a gunshot wound in the head. //
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles citizens joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
yes / They sought an America of peace, equality, and law -- an
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That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
so that we can now go beyond violence,
which accomplishes nothing, to a
constructive response to the challenges
of central Los Angeles and other urban
areas.
3
a fire fighter shot in the cheeck while riding on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of LAPD,
who was wounded while trying to restore order on the streets of
his hometown. //
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
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The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. " Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
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Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
Highway Patrol
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
7:30 A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
are
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests. buildings saved -- along with untold
Thousands of
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. //
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. " // So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten He helped pull the
and over by acan
and another
man
2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the
flames.
/ He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an
elderly black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police
station. Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He
had a gunshot wound in the head. //
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
/ They sought an America of peace, equality, and law -- an
America of hope. //
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
Koreatown
3
a fire fighter shot in the cheeck face while driving on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of the LAPD,
an ammunitionshop
who was wounded while trying to restore order on the streets of
his hometown. //
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock. " / So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives
so that we can now attack the problems of poverty / inequality /
lack of opportunity. // I'll be talking about those problems in
coming days. I'll need your help / your thoughts / your support
/ your prayers. // Let's build on our beginnings -- to bring
Americans into our family -- not drive them away. //
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
lost that sense of mission to care for others more than myself."
We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a new start
possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United States of
America.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/6/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: TODAY, 3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
SUBJECT:
L.A. - FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
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
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.
Thanks.
RESPONSE:
See comments
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers." Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. 11
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests.
buildings saved -- along with untold
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. 11
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. 11
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere." 11 So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Gray's
May 6, 1992
Office
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
FROM:
LEE S. LIBERMAN 1st
SUBJECT:
Police/Firefighters Breakfast Remarks
I would recommend one change on p. 3, in terms of the transition
to the "opportunity" theme. In the first full paragraph, first
sentence, I would put a period after "lives" and go on "Your
ability to work together provides the model for the seriousness
of spirit we need to confront the problems in our cities. To put
partisan differences aside and try some real new approaches to
the problems of poverty/ inequality / lack of opportunity."
CC: Phil Brady
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
A.M.
-
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers." Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests. buildings saved -- along with untold
-
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. //
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
às Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. // So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
J.T. took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the
flames. / He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an
elderly black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police
station. Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He
had a gunshot wound in the head. //
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
/ They sought an America of peace, equality, and law -- an
America of hope. //
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
3
a fire fighter shot in the cheeck while riding on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of LAPD,
who was wounded while trying to restore order on the streets of
his hometown. //
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock. " / So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives
so that we can now attack the problems of poverty / inequality /
lack of opportunity. // I'll be talking about those problems in
coming days. I'll need your help / your thoughts / your support
/ your prayers. // Let's build on our beginnings -- to bring
Americans into our family -- not drive them away. //
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. " Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
lost that sense of mission to care for others more than myself."
//
We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a new start
possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United States of
America.
#
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#
#
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft Two
May 6, 1992
FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
A.M.
-
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers. " Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: Often, without rest or respite. / You showed how
civil rights include the right to be free from fear and from
violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests. buildings saved -- along with untold
I
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. //
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere. " // So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
2
victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. //
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. - we may never
know his full name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
Avenues. / J.T. watched someone set a pickup truck on fire. So
J.T. took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the
flames. / He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an
elderly black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police
station. Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He
had a gunshot wound in the head. //
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. // Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
/ They sought an America of peace, equality, and law -- an
America of hope. //
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. /
The decent people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in
Korea Town needed you. / I heard the stories about Scott Miller,
3
a fire fighter shot in the cheeck while riding on a fire truck /
or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which doused
flames while braving gun fire / or Michael Strawberry of LAPD,
who was wounded while trying to restore order on the streets of
his hometown. //
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock. " / So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives
so that we can now attack the problems of poverty / inequality, /
lack of opportunity. // I'll be talking about those problems in
coming days. I'll need your help / your thoughts / your support
/ your prayers. // Let's build on our beginnings -- to bring
Americans into our family -- not drive them away. //
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. //
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
lost that sense of mission to care for others more than myself."
//
We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a new start
possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United States of
America.
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FIRE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS BREAKFAST
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1992
- A.M.
Fire fighters, police officers, fellow Americans. It is an
honor to be with men and women who last week acted heroically on
behalf of good. / I speak for every American when I say: Thank
you from the bottom of my heart. //
The Bible reminds us, "Blessed be the peacemakers." Last
week, you stood tall for peace -- braving fire and fury for days
without end: often, without warm food -- often, without rest.
respite.
You showed how civil rights include the right to be free from
fear and from violence. //
Almost six thousand fires responded to. Nearly 12,000
thousand arrests. buildings saved -- along with untold
-
lives. / That is just one legacy of your work. Here's another:
You showed how society must -- and will -- stop those who seek to
burn stores / loot businesses / and kill our fellow citizens. //
No one can pay you enough to do the job you are sworn to do:
Protect each one of us -- black, white, brown, yellow. Above
all, Americans -- all children of a humane and loving God. //
James Henry knew that. James is 41, and black. He knows,
as Martin Luther King said, that "Injustice anywhere is a threat
to justice everywhere." 11 So last week he braved five attackers
to help a Hispanic man who'd been beaten. / He helped pull the
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I heard the stories. about
These who seek only to burn and kill deserve and should
receive no sympathy. They are savages, barbarians -- and you
opposed them frontally. + Opposed them through heroes like Scott
Miller, a firefighter shot in the cheeck while riding on a fire
truck / or Michele Kaemmerer, captain of a fire company which
doused flames while braving gun fire /Nor Michael Strawberry of
LAPD, who was wounded while trying to restore order on the
streets of his hometown. 11
Darryl Strawberry said of his brother: "Michael was my
rock. " / So were each of you -- saving buildings and lives
so that we can now attack the problems of poverty / inequality /
lack of opportunity. 11 I'll be talking about those problems in
coming days. I'll need your help / your thoughts / your support
/ your prayers. 11 Last week, you made America proud Now,
let's build on those beginnings -- to bring Americans into our
family -- not drive them away. 11
The Good Book reminds us: "Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Each day,
you put your lives on the line so that justice can be color-
blind -- so that our Nation can be one. 11
I was reading the other day some words from Steve Ruda, a
captain of the LA Fire Department. He was talking about his high
school -- Our Lady Queen of Angels High School in Mission Hills.
He said: "I learned the importance of service there. I never
lost that sense of mission to care for others more than myself."
11
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victim to the sidewalk, got him a blanket, got the phone number
of his family, and stayed with him until police arrived. 11
James Henry reflected the best -- not the beast -- in man.
So did another hero, an 18-year old named J.T. -- we may never
full
know his X name -- near the corner of Florence and Normandie
someone
Avenues. / J.T. watched a thug set a pickup truck on fire. So
he T.T. took off for home, grabbed some water, and put out the flames.
/ He would have been proud of two other heroes -- an elderly
black couple who pulled up to the 77th Street police station.
Inside their car was a Latino man they had found. He had a
gunshot wound in the head. 11
Amid the craze of violence, these people helped put an end
to violence. They knew that what unites us means far more than
what divides us. 11 Like you, they understood that what counts
isn't race, or religion -- but how we live our lives -- whether
we love, not hate, one another. / Last week, the vast majority
of Los Angeles joined hands to bind a wound, and help a neighbor.
they sought
/ No longer silent, it said: "Enough is enough. We demand an
America of peace, equality, and law -- an America of hope. " 11
That's what you really restored last week. Not just
electricity or water. Not even order in the streets -- but hope.
/ Restored it against the criminals who pulled motorists from
cars / who attacked you with axes / shot at you as you tried to
do your jobs. / These iminals make my blood boll. //
The thugs I speak of are the mortal enemy the decent
people in Crenshaw, in Pico [PEE koe] Union, in Korea Town. t meeded
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That's what you showed last week caring, serving, loving,
giving. / We all have a lot to do, but you've helped make a new
start possible. Thank you, God bless you, and the United States
of America.
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