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Document No. 330115ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 MAY 28 A A8: 23
DATE:
5/27/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
---
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S YOUTH ATHLETIC
SUBJECT:
LEAGUE -- FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1992
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
MARTINEZ
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
02 MAY 27 P2: 44
May 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST nuh fails
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
On Friday, May 29, 1992, you will address children, parents,
community leaders and deputies who participate in the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Youth Athletic League.
Your remarks (5 minutes, cards) salute the principles and
successes of this program, and talk about how its values help the
children who are this nation's future.
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
In this room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful
about America. I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough
choice to stay away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- in-
volved parents, who are dedicated to making sure their children
grow up whole. I see law enforcement officers -- caring law of-
ficers who give the youth of this community positive alternatives
to the bleak dead end world of gangs. Together, you are crafting
something even more important than today's success -- a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
Kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were pressuring him to
join, but he had the courage to cross through gang territory to
get to Washington Park Youth Center. For six years the deputies
2
were his coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see an L.A. Raiderette
named Adrianne Harris. Once, she was a scared 8-year-old trying
to find her way. Now, after 14 years in Youth Athletic League,
she cheers for the Raiders and returns here to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know how difficult these past few weeks have been. I've
seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving. But now the healing has
begun. These kids can take away from this tragedy the horror and
the hate -- or they can come away knowing right and wrong.
That's the lesson you've always shown. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
they're weary basketball coaches and good-natured football
coaches and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas
parties. You've forged a magnificent partnership -- joining the
hands of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I salute you for the work you do every day: throwing a life-
3
line to kids who might have been swallowed up in despair. Through
the Youth Athletic League, Operation Courage, SANE, SMART and
other ways, you help them grow up to be drug-free, productive,
responsible adults ready to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has worked with these kids for years, and I
want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about disci-
pline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about hope."
Thanks for showing us that hope does live, that hope does grow,
and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. God bless you.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 330115ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/26/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
WED. 5/27 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 29
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN N/V
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS N/C one staffer
Still pending
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY Swanson 2312MC
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY N/O
KAUFMAN
MARTINEZ U/C
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, WED. MAY 27, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
MASTER
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
02 MAY 26 P7: 03
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been.
how difficult
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope.' Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
On Friday, May 29, 1992, you will address children, parents,
community leaders and deputies who participate in the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Youth Athletic League.
Your remarks (5 minutes, cards) salute the principles and
successes of this program, and talk about how its values help the
children who are this nation's future.
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
In this room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful
about America. I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough
choice to stay away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- in-
volved parents, who are dedicated to making sure their children
grow up whole. I see law enforcement officers -- caring law of-
ficers who give the youth of this community positive alternatives
to the bleak dead end world of gangs. Together, you are crafting
something even more important than today's success -- a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
Kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were pressuring him to
join, but he had the courage to cross through gang territory to
get to Washington Park Youth Center. For six years the deputies
2
were his coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and in
homework SO he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see an L.A. Raiderette
named Adrianne Harris. Once, she was a scared 8-year-old trying
to find her way. Now, after 14 years in Youth Athletic League,
she cheers for the Raiders and returns here to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know how difficult these past few weeks have been. I've
seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving. But now the healing has
begun. These kids can take away from this tragedy the horror and
the hate -- or they can come away knowing right and wrong.
That's the lesson you've always shown. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
they're weary basketball coaches and good-natured football
coaches and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas
parties. You've forged a magnificent partnership -- joining the
hands of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I salute you for the work you do every day: throwing a life-
3
line to kids who might have been swallowed up in despair. Through
the Youth Athletic League, Operation Courage, SANE, SMART and
other ways, you help them grow up to be drug-free, productive,
responsible adults ready to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has worked with these kids for years, and I
want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about disci-
pline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about hope."
Thanks for showing us that hope does live, that hope does grow,
and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. God bless you.
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST DM4/OND
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
On Friday, May 29, 1992, you will address children, parents,
community leaders and deputies who participate in the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Youth Athletic League.
Your remarks (5 minutes, cards) salute the principles and
successes of this program, and talk about how its values help the
children who are this nation's future.
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
In this room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful
about America. I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough
choice to stay away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- in-
volved parents, who are dedicated to making sure their children
grow up whole. I see law enforcement officers -- caring law of-
ficers who give the youth of this community positive alternatives
to the bleak dead end world of gangs. Together, you are crafting
something even more important than today's success -- a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
Kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were pressuring him to
join, but he had the courage to cross through gang territory to
get to Washington Park Youth Center. For six years the deputies
2
were his coaches and mentors, guiding him in football' and in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see an L.A. Raiderette
named Adrianne Harris. Once, she was a scared 8-year-old trying
to find her way. Now, after 14 years in Youth Athletic League,
she cheers for the Raiders and returns here to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know how difficult these past few weeks have been. I've
seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving. But now the healing has
begun. These kids can take away from this tragedy the horror and
the hate -- or they can come away knowing right and wrong.
That's the lesson you've always shown. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
they're weary basketball coaches and good-natured football
coaches and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas
parties. You've forged a magnificent partnership -- joining the
hands of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I salute you for the work you do every day: throwing a life-
3
line to kids who might have been swallowed up in despair. Through
the Youth Athletic League, Operation Courage, SANE, SMART and
other ways, you help them grow up to be drug-free, productive,
responsible adults ready to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has worked with these kids for years, and I
want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about disci-
pline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about hope."
Thanks for showing us that hope does live, that hope does grow,
and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. God bless you.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST 7mg faid
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
On Friday, May 29, 1992, you will address children, parents,
community leaders and deputies who participate in the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Youth Athletic League.
Your remarks (5 minutes, cards) salute the principles and
successes of this program, and talk about how its values help the
children who are this nation's future.
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
In this room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful
about America. I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough
choice to stay away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- in-
volved parents, who are dedicated to making sure their children
grow up whole. I see law enforcement officers -- caring law of-
ficers who give the youth of this community positive alternatives
to the bleak dead end world of gangs. Together, you are crafting
something even more important than today's success -- a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
Kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were pressuring him to
join, but he had the courage to cross through gang territory to
get to Washington Park Youth Center. For six years the deputies
2
were his coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see an L.A. Raiderette
named Adrianne Harris. Once, she was a scared 8-year-old trying
to find her way. Now, after 14 years in Youth Athletic League,
she cheers for the Raiders and returns here to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know how difficult these past few weeks have been. I've
seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving. But now the healing has
begun. These kids can take away from this tragedy the horror and
the hate -- or they can come away knowing right and wrong.
That's the lesson you've always shown. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
they're weary basketball coaches and good-natured football
coaches and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas
parties. You've forged a magnificent partnership -- joining the
hands of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I salute you for the work you do every day: throwing a life-
3
line to kids who might have been swallowed up in despair. Through
the Youth Athletic League, Operation Courage, SANE, SMART and
other ways, you help them grow up to be drug-free, productive,
responsible adults ready to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has worked with these kids for years, and I
want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about disci-
pline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about hope." "
Thanks for showing us that hope does live, that hope does grow,
and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. God bless you.
#
#
#
#
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Document No. 330115ss
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
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DATE:
5/26/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
WED. 5/27 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 29
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
FITZWATER
YEUTTER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
MARTINEZ
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, WED. MAY 27, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
92 MAY 27 P2:37
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
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(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
02 MAY 26 P7: 03
SHERIFF Draft one
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
WHILE
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. Truet some have
gotten lost, But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
OVERCOME
care help channel kids boredom and anger: they coach sports, and
stand up to gangs and I supervise study, and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
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These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land
VERY CHALLENGING
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been!
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
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to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope." Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God blass you, and them.
Garhus
Memorandum for Speechwriting Staff
From:
Dan McGroarty
Regarding: Sheriff's Dept
Please return your comments to
Room 122 by:
// Am Tomorrow
Today's Date: MAY 26 1992
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids good kids who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League Mich started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you.
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
In your six park youth centers,
hard core gang areas across this county. Here men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs, and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
Univ. of ?
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this great land.
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been.
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope." Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
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Document No. 330115ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 MAY MAY 27 All: 48
DATE:
5/26/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
WED. 5/27 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 29
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
MARTINEZ
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, WED. MAY 27, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Please Comments. Are
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Thank you
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
02 MAY 26 P7: 03
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
been taught good. solid values and now
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
No
lead meaningful, production lives.
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been.
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope." Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 330115ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/26/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
WED. 5/27 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 29
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
MARTINEZ
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, WED. MAY 27, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
COMMENT p.2
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
C2 MAY 26 P7: 03
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
How DIFFICULT
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been.
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope." Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
#
#
#
#
Document No. 330115ss
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5/26/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
WED. 5/27 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 29
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
MARTINEZ
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, WED. MAY 27, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
No comments phild LZ NAY 26
-R.Grady may submit @
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
lata line
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
62 MAY 26 P7: 03
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been.
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope." Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
#
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#
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATION
FROM:
misfer
ROBERT T. SWANSON
ASSISTANT COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: LA County Sheriff's
Department, Friday May 29
The Counsel's office has no legal objection to the above-
subject.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
02 MAY 27 P12 20
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 MAY 28 May 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN McGROARTY
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: L.A. County Sheriff's
Department
We have reviewed the attached presidential remarks and
have noted a few suggested changes on the draft.
If you have any questions or we can be of further
assistance, please let us know.
CC: Phillip D. Brady
Document No. 330115ss
JMH
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
- BA
- RN
DATE:
5/26/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
WED. 5/27 NOON
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 29
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCBRIDE
SCOWCROFT
MOORE
DARMAN
PETERSMEYER
BRADY
PORTER
BROMLEY
ROGICH
CALIO
ROLLINS
DEMAREST
SMITH
YEUTTER
FITZWATER
GRAY
FINDLAY
HOLIDAY
KAUFMAN
MARTINEZ
MCGROARTY
REMARKS:
Please forward your comments directly to Dan McGroarty, Rm. 122,
x2930, no later than NOON, WED. MAY 27, with a copy to this office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
2 MAY 26 P7: 03
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
WHILE
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost, But J think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
OVERCOME
care help channel I kids boredom and anger: they coach sports, and I
stand up to gangs and I supervise study and I fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
VERY CHALLENGINE
I know what a nightmare I these past few weeks have been.
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
AND TROUBLING
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope." Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
#
#
#
#
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been.
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope.' Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
#
#
#
#
(Hinchliffe/Gershowitz)
May 26, 1992 6 p.m.
SHERIFF Draft One
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1992
I'm proud to be here -- because I look around and in this
room I see all the elements we need to be hopeful about America.
I see kids -- good kids, who've made the tough choice to stay
away from drugs and crime. I see parents -- involved parents,
who are dedicated to making sure their children grow up whole. I
see community leaders -- committed leaders who know this city's
future rests with its youth. And I see law enforcement officers
-- caring law officers, who give the youth of this community
positive alternatives to the bleak dead end world of gangs.
Together, you are crafting something even more important than
today's success -- you are crafting a future.
I've heard about your programs like the Youth Athletic
League, started two decades ago. In those 20 years, thousands of
kids have come of age on the streets of L.A. True, some have
gotten lost. But think of how many have thrived under this pro-
tective umbrella: how many have reached down within themselves
and found the strength and pride to forge a good, solid life.
A lot of those kids might not have made it without you --
without the safe environment of your six park youth centers in
hard-core gang areas across this county. Here, men and women who
care help channel kids' boredom and anger: they coach sports and
stand up to gangs and supervise study and fight drugs and build
self-esteem for nearly 20,000 disadvantaged kids every year.
2
These are kids like a boy named Darren. Gangs were
pressuring him to join up, but he had the courage to cross
through rival gangs' territory to get to Washington Park Youth
Center. For the next six years the deputies there were his
coaches and mentors, guiding him in football and tutoring him in
homework so he could go to college. Well, today Darren Hagen,
former quarterback for Colorado, has been drafted by the 49ers.
One day across a football field he'll see a L.A. Raiderette
cheerleader named Adrianne Harris. Once, Adrianne was a scared
8-year-old trying to find her way. Now, after 14 years in the
program, she leads cheers for the Raiders and comes back to the
Sheriff's Youth Athletic League to help train others.
Americans worry about kids who are running out of hope, kids
who live in a world where the edges of life seem too sharp and
the nights too dark. The federal government worries, but there's
only so much it can do. The solution must come through caring
that takes root in the homes and the communities of this land.
I know what a nightmare these past few weeks have been.
I've seen the devastation on the streets and on the faces of this
city. Saddest of all is to see it on the faces of the kids. We
wanted to protect them -- we didn't want them to have to know
that there's any such thing as grieving.
But now the healing has begun. These kids can take away
from this tragedy the horror and the hate -- or they can come
away knowing right and wrong. And that's the lesson you've
always shown through your actions. When it's too easy for people
3
to form their image of life through the distortion of harsh t.v.
images -- your programs show the reality. Because of you, for
these kids policemen are not the anonymous faces of authority --
but weary basketball coaches and good-natured football coaches
and concerned teachers and even Santa Claus at Christmas parties.
You've forged a magnificent partnership here -- joining the hands
of the community and the police in a firm clasp of trust.
I want to salute you for the work you do every day in
throwing a lifeline to kids who might have been swallowed up in
despair. Through the Youth Athletic League and SANE and SMART
and Operation Courage and so many other ways, you help them grow
up drug-free to be responsible, productive, educated adults ready
to take their place in America's future.
Deputy Al Reed has been working with these kids for years,
and I want to leave you with his words. He says: "it's about
discipline, relationships, even love -- but mostly, it's about
hope." Thank you for showing us that hope does live, that hope
does grow -- and that our kids are our greatest hope of all. May
God bless you, and them.
#
#
#
#
L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT \ L.A., CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1992 \ 4:40 P.M.
THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN LYNWOOD WITH
PEOPLE LIKE SECRETARY KEMP; GOVERNOR WILSON; MAYOR
HEINE; SHERIFF SHERMAN BLOCK. AND IN THIS ROOM I SEE
ALL THE ELEMENTS WE NEED TO BE HOPEFUL ABOUT AMERICA.
I SEE KIDS -- GOOD KIDS, WHO'VE MADE THE TOUGH CHOICE
TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS AND CRIME. I SEE PARENTS -- -
INVOLVED PARENTS, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE
THEIR CHILDREN GROW UP WHOLE.
- 2 -
AND I SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS -- CARING LAW
OFFICERS WHO GIVE THE YOUTH OF THIS COMMUNITY POSITIVE
ALTERNATIVES To THE BLEAK DEAD END WORLD OF GANGS.
TOGETHER, YOU ARE CRAFTING SOMETHING EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT THAN TODAY'S SUCCESS -- YOU ARE CRAFTING A
FUTURE. 111
I JUST CAME FROM MEETING WITH SOME OF YOUR LEADERS,
AND I HEARD A LOT MORE ABOUT THE YOUTH ATHLETIC LEAGUE,
STARTED TWO DECADES AGO.
- 3 -
IN THOSE 20 YEARS, THOUSANDS OF KIDS HAVE COME OF AGE
ON THE STREETS OF L.A. TRUE, SOME HAVE GOTTEN LOST.
BUT THINK OF HOW MANY HAVE THRIVED UNDER THIS
PROTECTIVE UMBRELLA -- HOW MANY HAVE REACHED DOWN
WITHIN THEMSELVES AND FOUND THE STRENGTH AND PRIDE TO
FORGE A GOOD, SOLID LIFE.
A LOT OF THOSE KIDS MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT
YOU -- WITHOUT THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT OF YOUR PARK YOUTH
CENTERS IN HARD-CORE GANG AREAS ACROSS THIS COUNTY.
- 4 -
HERE, MEN AND WOMEN WHO CARE HELP CHANNEL KIDS' BOREDOM
AND ANGER -- THEY COACH SPORTS AND STAND UP TO GANGS
AND SUPERVISE STUDY AND FIGHT DRUGS AND BUILD SELF-
ESTEEM FOR NEARLY 20,000 DISADVANTAGED KIDS EVERY YEAR.
KIDS LIKE A BOY NAMED DARIAN. GANGS WERE
PRESSURING HIM TO JOIN, BUT HE HAD THE COURAGE TO CROSS
THROUGH GANG TERRITORY TO GET TO WASHINGTON PARK YOUTH
CENTER. FOR SIX YEARS THE DEPUTIES WERE HIS COACHES
AND MENTORS, GUIDING HIM IN FOOTBALL AND IN HOMEWORK so
HE COULD GO TO COLLEGE.
- 5 -
WELL, TODAY DARIAN HAGAN, FORMER QUARTERBACK FOR
COLORADO, HAS BEEN DRAFTED BY THE 49ERS.
ONE DAY ACROSS A FOOTBALL FIELD HE' LL SEE AN L.A.
RAIDERETTE NAMED ADRIANNE HARRIS. ONCE, SHE WAS A
SCARED 8-YEAR-OLD TRYING TO FIND HER WAY. Now, AFTER
14 YEARS IN THE YOUTH ATHLETIC LEAGUE, SHE LEADS CHEERS
FOR THE RAIDERS AND RETURNS HERE TO HELP TRAIN OTHERS.
111
- 6 -
AMERICANS WORRY ABOUT KIDS WHO ARE RUNNING OUT OF
HOPE, KIDS WHO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE EDGES OF LIFE
SEEM TOO SHARP AND THE NIGHTS TOO DARK. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WORRIES Too, BUT THERE'S ONLY so MUCH IT CAN
DO. THE SOLUTION MUST COME THROUGH CARING THAT TAKES
ROOT IN THE HOMES AND THE COMMUNITIES OF THIS LAND. 111
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THESE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE
BEEN. I'VE SEEN THE DEVASTATION ON THE STREETS AND ON
THE FACES OF THIS CITY.
- 7 -
ADDEST OF ALL IS TO SEE IT ON THE FACES OF THE KIDS.
E WANTED TO PROTECT THEM -- WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO
AVE TO KNOW THAT "THERE'S ANY SUCH THING AS GRIEVING".
UT NOW THE HEALING HAS BEGUN. THESE KIDS CAN TAKE
WAY FROM THIS TRAGEDY THE HORROR AND THE HATE -- OR
HEY CAN COME AWAY KNOWING RIGHT AND WRONG.
THAT'S THE LESSON YOU'VE ALWAYS SHOWN THROUGH YOUR
CTIONS.
- 8 -
BECAUSE OF YOU, FOR THESE KIDS POLICEMEN ARE NOT THE
NONYMOUS FACES OF AUTHORITY -- THEY'RE WEARY
BASKETBALL COACHES AND GOOD-NATURED FOOTBALL COACHES
AND CONCERNED TEACHERS AND EVEN SANTA CLAUS AT
CHRISTMAS PARTIES. YOU'VE FORGED A MAGNIFICENT
PARTNERSHIP -- JOINING THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND
THE POLICE IN A FIRM CLASP OF TRUST. III
- 9 -
I SALUTE YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY --
THROWING A LIFE-LINE TO KIDS WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SWALLOWED UP IN DESPAIR. THROUGH THE YOUTH ATHLETIC
LEAGUE, OPERATION COURAGE, SANE, SMART AND SO MANY
OTHER WAYS, YOU HELP THEM GROW UP TO BE DRUG-FREE,
PRODUCTIVE, RESPONSIBLE ADULTS READY TO TAKE THEIR
PLACE IN AMERICA'S FUTURE. 111
DEPUTY AL REED HAS WORKED WITH THESE KIDS FOR
YEARS, AND I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH HIS WORDS.
- 10 - -
HE SAYS: "IT'S ABOUT DISCIPLINE, RELATIONSHIPS, EVEN
LOVE -- BUT MOSTLY, IT'S ABOUT HOPE." THANKS FOR
SHOWING US THAT HOPE DOES LIVE, THAT HOPE DOES GROW,
AND THAT OUR KIDS ARE OUR GREATEST HOPE OF ALL. MAY
GOD BLESS YOU, AND THEM.
# # # #
L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT \ L.A., CALIFORNIA
FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1992 \ 4:40 P.M.
THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN LYNWOOD WITH
PEOPLE LIKE SECRETARY KEMP; GOVERNOR WILSON; MAYOR
HEINE; SHERIFF SHERMAN BLOCK. AND IN THIS ROOM I SEE
ALL THE ELEMENTS WE NEED TO BE HOPEFUL ABOUT AMERICA.
I SEE KIDS -- GOOD KIDS, WHO'VE MADE THE TOUGH CHOICE
TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS AND CRIME. I SEE PARENTS --
INVOLVED PARENTS, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE
THEIR CHILDREN GROW UP WHOLE.
- 2 -
AND I SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS -- CARING LAW
OFFICERS WHO GIVE THE YOUTH OF THIS COMMUNITY POSITIVE
ALTERNATIVES TO THE BLEAK DEAD END WORLD OF GANGS.
TOGETHER, YOU ARE CRAFTING SOMETHING EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT THAN TODAY'S SUCCESS -- YOU ARE CRAFTING A
FUTURE. 111
I JUST CAME FROM MEETING WITH SOME OF YOUR LEADERS,
AND I HEARD A LOT MORE ABOUT THE YOUTH ATHLETIC LEAGUE,
STARTED TWO DECADES AGO.
- 3 -
IN THOSE 20 YEARS, THOUSANDS OF KIDS HAVE COME OF AGE
ON THE STREETS OF L.A. TRUE, SOME HAVE GOTTEN LOST.
BUT THINK OF HOW MANY HAVE THRIVED UNDER THIS
PROTECTIVE UMBRELLA -- HOW MANY HAVE REACHED DOWN
WITHIN THEMSELVES AND FOUND THE STRENGTH AND PRIDE TO
FORGE A GOOD, SOLID LIFE.
A LOT OF THOSE KIDS MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT
YOU -- WITHOUT THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT OF YOUR PARK YOUTH
CENTERS IN HARD-CORE GANG AREAS ACROSS THIS COUNTY.
- 4 -
HERE, MEN AND WOMEN WHO CARE HELP CHANNEL KIDS' BOREDOM
AND ANGER -- THEY COACH SPORTS AND STAND UP TO GANGS
AND SUPERVISE STUDY AND FIGHT DRUGS AND BUILD SELF-
ESTEEM FOR NEARLY 20,000 DISADVANTAGED KIDS EVERY YEAR.
KIDS LIKE A BOY NAMED DARIAN. GANGS WERE
PRESSURING HIM TO JOIN, BUT HE HAD THE COURAGE TO CROSS
THROUGH GANG TERRITORY TO GET TO WASHINGTON PARK YOUTH
CENTER. FOR SIX YEARS THE DEPUTIES WERE HIS COACHES
AND MENTORS, GUIDING HIM IN FOOTBALL AND IN HOMEWORK so
HE COULD GO TO COLLEGE.
- 5 -
WELL, TODAY DARIAN HAGAN, FORMER QUARTERBACK FOR
COLORADO, HAS BEEN DRAFTED BY THE 49ERS.
ONE DAY ACROSS A FOOTBALL FIELD HE'LL SEE AN L.A.
RAIDERETTE NAMED ADRIANNE HARRIS. ONCE, SHE WAS A
SCARED 8-YEAR-OLD TRYING TO FIND HER WAY. Now, AFTER
14 YEARS IN THE YOUTH ATHLETIC LEAGUE, SHE LEADS CHEERS
FOR THE RAIDERS AND RETURNS HERE TO HELP TRAIN OTHERS.
- 6 -
AMERICANS WORRY ABOUT KIDS WHO ARE RUNNING OUT OF
HOPE, KIDS WHO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE EDGES OF LIFE
SEEM TOO SHARP AND THE NIGHTS TOO DARK. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WORRIES Too, BUT THERE'S ONLY so MUCH IT CAN
DO. THE SOLUTION MUST COME THROUGH CARING THAT TAKES
ROOT IN THE HOMES AND THE COMMUNITIES OF THIS LAND. 111
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THESE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE
BEEN. I'VE SEEN THE DEVASTATION ON THE STREETS AND ON
THE FACES OF THIS CITY.
- 7 -
ADDEST OF ALL IS TO SEE IT ON THE FACES OF THE KIDS.
'E WANTED TO PROTECT THEM -- WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO
AVE TO KNOW THAT "THERE'S ANY SUCH THING AS GRIEVING".
UT NOW THE HEALING HAS BEGUN. THESE KIDS CAN TAKE
WAY FROM THIS TRAGEDY THE HORROR AND THE HATE -- OR
HEY CAN COME AWAY KNOWING RIGHT AND WRONG.
THAT'S THE LESSON YOU'VE ALWAYS SHOWN THROUGH YOUR
CTIONS.
- 8 -
BECAUSE OF YOU, FOR THESE KIDS POLICEMEN ARE NOT THE
NONYMOUS FACES OF AUTHORITY -- THEY'RE WEARY
BASKETBALL COACHES AND GOOD-NATURED FOOTBALL COACHES
AND CONCERNED TEACHERS AND EVEN SANTA CLAUS AT
CHRISTMAS PARTIES. YOU'VE FORGED A MAGNIFICENT
PARTNERSHIP -- JOINING THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND
THE POLICE IN A FIRM CLASP OF TRUST. 111
- 9 -
I SALUTE YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY --
THROWING A LIFE-LINE TO KIDS WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SWALLOWED UP IN DESPAIR. THROUGH THE YOUTH ATHLETIC
LEAGUE, OPERATION COURAGE, SANE, SMART AND so MANY
OTHER WAYS, YOU HELP THEM GROW UP TO BE DRUG-FREE,
PRODUCTIVE, RESPONSIBLE ADULTS READY TO TAKE THEIR
PLACE IN AMERICA'S FUTURE. 111
DEPUTY AL REED HAS WORKED WITH THESE KIDS FOR
YEARS, AND I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH HIS WORDS.
- 10 - -
HE SAYS: "IT'S ABOUT DISCIPLINE, RELATIONSHIPS, EVEN
LOVE -- BUT MOSTLY, IT'S ABOUT HOPE." THANKS FOR
SHOWING US THAT HOPE DOES LIVE, THAT HOPE DOES GROW,
AND THAT OUR KIDS ARE OUR GREATEST HOPE OF ALL. MAY
GOD BLESS YOU, AND THEM.
# # # #
WHITE HOUSE COMMCTR
FRI 29 MAY 92 02:04
PG.02
May 28, 1992
TO:
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
BETH HINCHLIFFE
SUBJECT:
SHERIFF'S SPEECH
H1. A name change in the Sheriff's League speech - first
paragraph top of page 2 -- please change "Washington Park Youth
Center" to "Athens Park deputies' program." Thanks.
Photocopy-Preservation