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1202 YEUTTER / ZARB
Biographies- 1988 FEDERAL Staff Directory
1
YEUTTER, AMB Clayton, U.S. Trade Representative, Exe-
and 1981-, chmn., Microbial Genetics Study Section, Natl.
G
cutive Office of the President, 600 17th St., NW, Washing-
Inst. of General Medicine Sciences; 1975-79, member, Bac-
1
ton, DC 20506. Born Dec. 10, 1930 in Eustis, NE. Married to
teriology and Mycology Study Section, Natl. Institute of
S
Jeanne Vierk. Children: Brad, Gregg, Kim and Van. Univ. of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases; 1984-, current position.
B
Nebraska, 1952, B.S. (with high distinction), Block and
Member: Inst. of Medicine; American Society of Microbiol-
P
Bridle Club Outstanding Animal Husbandry Graduate in U.S.;
ogy; American Academy of Microbiology. Author of numer-
T
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1960, graduate work in agricultural
ous articles in scientific and medical publications.
economics; Univ. of Nebraska, 1963, J.D. (cum laude) and
b
1966, Ph.D. in agric. economics, named Outstanding Law
YOUNG, Joyce C., Vice Chair, Committee for Purchase
1
Graduate in Midwest by Phi Delta Phi, editor of Nebraska
from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped, Room
Law Review, named Outstanding Graduate Student in Ag
1107, 1755 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.
Economics; Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, FarmHouse,
Home, Dayton, Ohio. Born Sept. 27, 1934. Married. Four
2
Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi. U.S. Air Force service, 1952-57;
children. Wright State Univ., 1975, B.A. Career record:
active reserve, 1957-77; LTC, inactive reserve. Career re-
1978-80, Exec. Dir., School of Medicine Foundation and
cord: 1957-75, operated 2,500 acre farming-ranching-cat-
Assoc. Dir. of Development, Wright State Univ.; 1980-83,
tle feeding enterprise in central Nebraska; 1960-66, faculty,
Public Affairs Manager, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Univ. of Nebraska; 1963-
Dayton, Ohio; owner, Young Communications. Member of
68, practiced law in Lincoln, NE; 1966-68, Exec. Asst. to
bd. Y.W.C.A., Dayton Chapter American Red Cross, Dayton
Gov. of Nebraska; 1968-70, Dir., Univ. of Nebraska Mission
Chapter of the Natl. Conference of Christians and Jews,
in Colombia: 1970-71, Admin, Consumer and Marketing
Daybreak and Goodwill Industries, Dayton Human Relations
Service, Dept of Agriculture) 1972, Regional Dir., Commit-
Council and Council on Youth.
tee for the Reelection of the President, 1973-74 Asst
Secy. for Marketing and Consumer Services and 1974-75
ZAGAME, Susan K., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pol-
Asst. Secy. for Intl. Affairs and Commodity Programs, Dept
icy, Financial Management and Administration, Office of
of Agriculture; 1975-77, Deputy Special Trade Rep., Execu-
Housing, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Room
tive Office of the President; 1977-78, senior partner, Nel-
9208, 451 Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC 20410.
son, Harding, Yeutter and Leonard law firm in Lincoln, NE;
Home, 7611 Virginia Lane, Falls Church, VA 22043. Born
1978-85, President and Chief Exec. Officer, Chicago Mer-
July 9, 1951 to the Rev. Carl A. and Esther (Schmidt)
cantile Exchange; 1981, Chmn., Agricultural Devel. Task
Koerber. Married Dec. 14, 1974 to John R. Zagame.
Force to Peru; Chairman, Transition Task Force on Agricul-
Maxwell School, Syracuse Univ., 1969-73, B.A. (magna
tural Policy, Reagan Admin.; 1985-, current position. Re-
cum laude); Syracuse College of Law, 1973-76, J.D.; Phi
cipient: Israel Prime Minister's Medal; Distinguished Service
Beta Kappa. Career record: 1977, assoc., Carroll, Carroll
Award from American Society of Agricultural Consultants,
and Butz law firm, Syracuse, NY; 1977-81, assoc., Klinger
1978; Agricultural Achievement Award from Knights of Ak-
and Zagame law firm, Oswego, NY; 1980-81, atty., City
Sar-Ben, 1978; Master Builder of Men Award from Farm-
School District of Oswego, NY; 1981-83, Special Asst. to
House; Old Masters Award, Purdue Univ.; Masters Award
the Assoc. Admin. for Minority Small Business, Small Busi-
from Univ. of Nebraska; Distinguished Service to Agriculture
ness Admin.; 1983-85, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Award from Chicago Farmers. Member: Nebraska Bar
Operations and Management, Office of Fair Housing and
Assn.; Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement.
Equal Opportunity, HUD; 1985-, current position. Ad-
mitted to New York State Bar, 1977; U.S. District Court for
YOST, ADM Paul A., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
Northern New York, 1977; U.S. Supreme Court, 1981.
Dept. of Transportation, 2100 Second St., SW, Washing-
Author: "Hellerstein vs. Assessor of the Town of Islip: A
ton, DC 20593-0001. Home, 6601 Kennedy Dr., Chevy
Response to Inequities in Real Property Assessments in
Chase, MD 20815. Born Jan. 3, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA to
New York," Syracuse Law Review, July 1976. Recipient:
Paul A. and Jeanne M. (Bailey) Yost. Married June 2, 1951
Special Achievement Awards. Member: Zonta Interna-
to Janice K. Worth. Children: Linda L., Paul A., III, David J.,
tional, Washington Forum, Reagan DAS Group.
Lisa L. and Christopher J. U.S. Coast Guard Academy,
1947-51, B.S.; Univ. of Connecticut, 1956-59, M.S.; Ge-
ZAKHEM, Sam H., U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain. Born
orge Washington Univ., 1964, M.A. Commissioned Ensign
Nov. 25, 1935. Married. Three children. American Univ. of
in 1951, U.S. Coast Guard; advanced to rank of Admiral.
Cairo, 1957, B.A.; Univ. of Detroit, 1959, M.B.A.; Univ. of
Awards and decorations: Silver Star, Legion of Merit with
Colorado, 1964-70, Ph.D. Career record: 1962-64, cost
Combat V, others.
analyst, Ford Motor Co.; 1967-72, instructor, Univ. of Colo-
rado extension; 1968-72, Assoc. Prof., Loretto Heights
YOUNG, Frank E., M.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug
College; 1972-73, foreign students adviser, Univ. of Den-
Administration, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Room
ver; 1973-, consultant/lecturer; 1973-74, research ana-
14-71, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Born Sept.
lyst, Heritage Foundation; 1976-82, Dir. of Corp. Relations,
1, 1931 in Mineola, NY to Frank Edward and Erma Frances
1982-85, Vice Pres. and 1985-86, Vice Chmn., bd. of dir.,
(Holmes) Young. Married October 20, 1956 to Leanne
Rocky Mountain Orthodontics in Denver, CO; 1986-, cur-
Hutchinson. Children: Lorrie, Debora, Peggy, Frank and
rent position. Elected Colorado State Rep., 1975-79; Colo-
Jona-than. State Univ. of New York at Syracuse, 1956,
rado State Senator, 1979-83. Member: bd. of dir., Small
M.D.; Case Western Reserve Univ., 1962, Ph.D. Career
Business Administration, 1972-74; American Ethnic Bicen-
record: 1962-65, Assistant Prof. of Pathology, Western
tennial Commission, 1975-76; Presidential Advisory Coun-
Reserve Univ.; 1962-70, faculty research assoc. and 1974-
cil on the Peace Corps, 1984.
78, member of Com. on Virology and Cell Biology, American
Cancer Society; 1965-68, assoc. Member and 1968-70,
ZARB, Frank G., Member, Advisory Committee on Federal
member, Depts. of Microbiology and Pathology, Scripps
Pay, Room 205, 1730 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Clinic and Research Foundation; 1970-79, Prof. and Chmn.,
20006. Home, 910 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
Dept. of Microbiology, 1976-79, Microbiologist-in-Chief,
Born Feb. 17, 1935 in New York City to Gustave and
1979-81, Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry and Dir.,
Rosemary (Altinora) Zarb. Married March 31, 1957 to Patri-
Medical Center, 1981-84, Vice President of Health Affairs,
cia Koster. Children: Krista Ann and Frank Gustave, Jr.
Univ. of Rochester; 1970-79, Director of Clinical Microbiol-
Hofstra Univ., 1953-57, B.B.A. and 1960-62, M.B.A.; Out-
ogy Labs and 1974-84, Pathologist, Strong Memorial Hos-
standing Scholar Award, 1974. U.S. Army service, 1957.
pital; 1972-73, member, Microbiology Training Committee
Career record: 1957-62, Cities Service Oil Co.; 1962-69,
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1989
EVENT:
Swearing In Ceremony for Secretary Designate Clayton Yeutter
DRESS:
Men
- Business Suit
Women
- Day Dress
CONTACT:
Presidential Advance Office
John G. Keller, Jr.
- 202/456-7565
Trip Coordinator
Patricia L. Conrad
- 202/456-7565
ADVANCE:
Kevin Moley
-LEAD
Liz Laszlo
-PRESS
Pat Sullivan
-USSS
Bruce Caughman
-MIL. AIDE
Buster Miller
-WHCA
WEATHER:
Partly Cloudy/High 30's
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEBRUARY 16, 1989
9:55 am
THE PRESIDENT departs White House en route the
Department of Agriculture.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Lead
J. Parmer
Spare
Doctor
T. McBride
LIMO
THE PRESIDENT
Follow Up
Control
J. Sununu
S. Studdert
Mil. Aide
Support
M. Fitzwater
Official Photographer
Medic
Staff I
E. Rogers
B. Scowcroft
Press Van I
B. Zanca
Press Van II
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
10:00 am
THE PRESIDENT arrives Department of Agriculture
and proceeds to Holding Room.
Met by:
Secretary Designate and Mrs. Clayton Yeutter
(Jeanne)
Miss Kim Yeutter
(Daughter)
Mr. John Bottimore
(Fiance of Kim Yeutter)
The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor
Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court
Mr. Peter Myers
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Richard (Dick) Lyng
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. John (Jack) Block
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Bob Bergland
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. John Knebel
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Mr. Cliff Hardin
Former Secretary of Agriculture
10:02 am
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Secretary Designate
Yeutter and Mrs. Yeutter, arrives Holding Room.
10:04 am
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Secretary Designate
Yeutter and Mrs. Yeutter, depart Holding Room and
proceed to Off-Stage Announcement Area.
10:05 am
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Secretary Designate
Yeutter and Mrs. Yeutter, arrive Off-Stage
Announcement Area and hold briefly.
Page Two
EVENT:
SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR SECRETARY DESIGNATE
CLAYTON YEUTTER
OPEN PRESS
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES
OFF-STAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
BRIEF REMARKS
10:06 am Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Kim
Yeutter are announced on stage by an
off-stage announcement.
10:07 am
THE PRESIDENT, accompanied by Secretary Designate
and Mrs. Yeutter, are announced on Stage by
an Off-Stage Announcement and proceed to their
Seats.
10:08 am Mr. Peter Myers, Deputy Secretary of
Agriculture, introduces Kim Yeutter
to deliver the Invocation.
10:09 am Kim Yeutter delivers the Invocation.
10:10 am
THE PRESIDENT is introduced by Mr. Myers for Brief
Remarks.
10:11 am
THE PRESIDENT Remarks.
10:16 am
THE PRESIDENT concludes Brief Remarks and proceeds
to witness the Oath administered by Justice
'Connor.
10:17 am Justice O'Connor administers Oath.
10:19 am Secretary Yeutter remarks.
10:24 am Secretary Yeutter concludes remarks.
10:25 am
THE PRESIDENT departs Stage and proceeds to
Holding Room.
Page Three
10:27 am
THE PRESIDENT arrives Holding Room.
10:29 am
THE PRESIDENT departs Holding Room and proceeds
to Motorcade.
10:30 am
THE PRESIDENT boards Motorcade and departs
Department of Agriculture en route White House.
MOTORCADE ASSIGNMENTS:
Same as on Arrival.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
10:35 am
THE PRESIDENT arrives White House.
Page Four
THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Executive Office of the President
Washington, D.C. 20506
AMBASSADOR CLAYTON YEUTTER
Ambassador Clayton Yeutter was sworn in as United States Trade
Representative on July 1, 1985. As a member of President Reagan's
Cabinet, Ambassador Yeutter is responsible for the development of
American trade policy, and for its execution. He has the challenging
task of coordinating a U.S. negotiating position on all trade
issues of importance to this country, and the further task of
devising the strategy and tactics that will bring about a successful
negotiation. He has 136 people working directly under his
jurisdiction in a lean, highly skilled, almost "strike force"
kind of organization.
Prior to joining the Reagan Administration, Ambassador Yeutter
served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, the world's second largest futures market.
During Amassador Yeutter's tenure, the Merc, as it was called,
was one of the fastest growing, most dynamic private sector
organizations in the United States. It traded billions of
dollars of contracts in both agricultural and financial instruments
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each day, and became widely known internationally with major
operations in both Western Europe and the Far East.
Earl Phil Campbell
During the early 1970s Ambassador Yeutter served in a series of
three sub-cabinet posts during the Nixon and Ford Administra-
tions. The first was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
Marketing and Consumer Services, where he had charge of this
nation's major agricultural regulatory programs -- meat inspection,
animal health, etc. -- and its food programs. He then served for
a time as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs, and was involved in the dramatic expansion of
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farm exports during the mid-1970s. Finally, he served as Deputy
Special Trade Representative during the Tokyo Round of Multilateral
Trade Negotiations, and also handled many of our bilateral
negotiations during the Ford years.
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Ambassador Yeutter holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics as
well as a law degree. He is still remembered for having worked
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on those graduate level programs simultaneously -- while also
for rootball-
managing a 2500 acre farm -- and for ranking first scholastically
in both programs. Ambassador Yeutter went from high school
through his Ph.D. without ever having a course grade below an "A."
told
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Ambassador Yeutter and his wife, Jeanne, have four children and
are presently dividing their time between residences in Virginia
and Lincoln, Nebraska.
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(Judge)
February 15, 1989
11:35 a.m.
clark3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF CLAYTON YEUTTER
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1989
10:00 AM
I've come here today for the swearing-in of our new
Secretary of Agriculture. It's a particular pleasure to be here
today because yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of cabinet
status for the Department. As the distinguished former
Secretaries that are joining us today know, this Agency has met
many difficult challenges over the past century. And this is
just the beginning. There are many more challenges this
department will encounter over the next hundred years. And who
better to lead the Department at this important time than Clayton
Yeutter?
You know, somebody reminded me that his name rhymes with
"fighter." That's what he is and that's why I picked him. And I
know he's going to fight hard -- for farming, for fair trade, and
for all the other important responsibilities of this Department.
I know that everyone here is familiar with Clayton's
outstanding tenure as the United States Trade Representative.
The list of the things he's accomplished in just this past year
is truly impressive
bringing down barriers to American beef
and citrus in Japan, ushering a comprehensive trade bill through
Congress, concluding the Free Trade Agreement with Canada and
moving that through Congress, and pressing forward on the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
- 2 -
Now he's putting down the trade portfolio and taking up the
agricultural one. But as all of you know, that's hardly a
change. Agriculture is one of the most difficult areas in the
trade talks. And agriculture is an area to which we attach an
extraordinarily high priority in international discussion.
I am confident that our partners in the Uruguay Round of
talks will see Clayton Yeutter's appointment, along with Carla
Hills', as just what it is -- a signal that this Administration
has an extremely strong sense of purpose and determination in
these crucial negotiations.
I said in the campaign and let me repeat here -- as
President I will work to level the international playing field.
We intend to knock down barriers and will relentlessly pursue
negotiations to end subsidies that distort markets and restrict
trade. Fair, free and open world markets -- that's what we want,
that's what we're working for, and in the end that's what we are
determined to get.
Trade may be a hot issue right now, but the Department of
Agriculture has many other critical responsibilities: our
nation's farm and soil conservation programs, forestry,
nutrition, rural development, the environment -- you're involved
in all of these.
You perform your work in all these areas with energy and
dedication. The Agriculture Department has a long, proud history
and each of you helps to continue that tradition. And I think
you'll find that Clayton is just your kind of guy.
- 3 -
He's a dynamic individual -- always has been. When he
graduated from the University of Nebraska, he was named the
Outstanding Animal Husbandry Graduate in the Nation. Later he
finished first in his class in law school and then took a PhD in
Agricultural Economics.
I've heard that he's said it isn't all that far from the
farm he grew up on to a PhD or trade ambassador. On the farm,
he's said, he developed physical stamina and learned
self-discipline and those have come in handy ever since.
There's one other thing about Clayton I'm happy about. Many
kids want to grow up to be president. Not Clayton. When he was
a boy he wanted to be Secretary of Agriculture. And that's a
lucky break for America.
Thank you, and now I am pleased to watch Clayton take the
oath of office.
(Judge)
February 13, 1989
9:30 a.m.
clark3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF CLAYTON YEUTTER
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1989
10:00 AM
I've come here today for the swearing-in of our new
Secretary of Agriculture. You know, somebody reminded me that
his name rhymes with "fighter." That's what he is and that's why
I picked him -- Clayton Yeutter. And I know he's going to fight
hard -- for farming, for fair trade, and for all the other
important responsibilities of this Department.
I know that everyone here is familiar with Clayton's
stunning tenure as the United States Trade Representative. The
list of the things he's accomplished in just this past year is
hard to believe. bringing down barriers to American beef and
citrus in Japan, ushering a non-protectionist trade bill through
Congress, concluding the Free Trade Agreement with Canada and
moving that through Congress, and pressing forward on the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
Now he's putting down the trade portfolio and taking up the
agricultural one. But as all of you know, that's hardly a
change. Agriculture is the trickiest area in the trade talks.
We saw in Montreal just how tricky. And agriculture is an area
to which we attach an extraordinarily high priority.
I am confident that our partners in the Uruguay Round of
talks will see Clayton Yeutter's appointment as just what it is
-- a signal that this Administration has an extremely strong
sense of purpose and determination in these crucial negotiations.
- 2 -
I said in the campaign and let me repeat here -- as
President I will work to level the international playing field.
I will knock down barriers and I will relentlessly pursue
negotiations to end subsidies that distort markets and restrict
trade. Fair, free and open world markets -- that's what we want,
that's what we're working for, and in the end that's what we are
determined to get.
Trade may be a hot seat right now, but this Department has
many other critical responsibilities: forestry, nutrition, rural
development, the environment -- you're involved in all of these.
You perform your work in all these areas with energy and
dedication -- and I think you'll find that Clayton is just your
kind of guy.
He's a dynamo -- always has been. When he graduated from
the University of Nebraska, he was named the Outstanding Animal
Husbandry Graduate in the Nation. Later he finished first in his
class in law school and then took a PhD in Agricultural
Economics.
I've heard that he's said it isn't all that far from a PhD
or trade ambassador to the farm he grew up on. On the farm, he's
said, he developed physical stamina and learned self-discipline
and those have come in handy ever since.
There's one other thing about Clayton I'm happy about. Many
kids want to grow up to be president. Not Clayton. When he was
a boy he wanted to be Secretary of Agriculture. That was a close
call for me.
- 3 -
Thank you [and now I believe we have some swearing in to
do. ]
(Judge)
February 8, 1989
4:15 p.m.
clark3
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF CLAYTON YEUTTER
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DAY, DATE
I've come here today to introduce you to your new boss, the
man who is the perfact leader for what I believe will be among
the most significant cabinet agencies in the next four years.
Somebody reminded me that his name rymes with "fighter" -- and
that's what he is and that's why I picked him -- the new
Secretary of Agriculture, Clayton Yeutter.
I know that everyone here is familiar with Clayt's stunning
tenure as the United States Trade Representative. The list of
the things he's accomplished in just this past year is hard to
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concluding the Free Trade Agreement with Canada and moving that
through Congress, and pressing forward on the Uruguay Round of
multilateral trade negotiations.
Now he's putting down the trade portfolio and taking up the
agricultural one. But as all of you know, that's hardly a
change. Agriculture is the trickiest area in the trade talks.
We saw in Montreal just how tricky. And agriculture is an area
to which we attach an extraordinarily high priority.
I am confident that our partners in the Uruguay Round of
talks will see Clayton Yetter's appointment as just what it is --
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EDWARD D. HEWS
Assistant Secretary
SUZANNE HARRIS
v Programs,
RICHARD W. GOLDBERG, Acting
Service, Administrator
S. ANNA KONDRATAS, Acting
SONIA F. CROW
RICHARD W. GOLDBERG
Deputy Administrator, Management
JOSEPH J. LEO, JR.
rvation
MILTON J. HERTZ
LAURA SIMS
Adminisrator Nutrition Information Service,
LAVERN F. NEPPL
Office of the Consumer Advisor, Director
ANN CHADWICK
ment
RICHARD BARI
GEORGE S. DUNLOP
sident
(VACANCY)
Special Services, Assistant Secretary
Deputy Assistant Secretary
JOHN L. EVANS
DOUGLAS W. MACCLEERY
MILTON J. HERTZ
Deputy Assistant Secretary
JAMES V. HANSEN
Marketing and Inspection Services, Assistant
KENNETH A. GILLES
GEORGE E. RIPPLE
BRENDA B. KING
Secretary Deputy Assistant Secretary
KAREN DARLING
ANGELENA V. BRACHT
Federal Grain Inspection Service, Administrator
WALTER K. MILLER
DAVID R. GALLIART
(VACANCY)
Deputy Administrator
DWIGHT T. TAYMAN
istrator
THOMAS O. KAY
Animal Administrator and Plant Health Inspection Service,
JAMES W. GLOSSER, Acting
ANN M. VENEMAN
Associate Administrator
LARRY B. SLAGLE, Acting
eral Sales
MELVIN SIMS
Deputy Administrator, Administrative
LARRY B. SLAGLE
Management and Budget
ement
LOUIS G. DAVIS
LESTER M. CRAWFORD
and
JOAN S. WALLACE
Food Administrator Safety and Inspection Service,
Associate Administrator
RONALD PRUCHA
HOWARD S. MARKS
Deputy Administrator, Administrative
JOSEPH A. POWERS
Affairs,
WILMER MIZELL
Management
Agricultural Marketing Service, Administrator
JAMES P. BOYLE
(VACANCY)
Deputy Administrator, Management
LINDA P. MASSARO
tions
JOHN FRYDENLUND
Agricultural Cooperative Service, Administrator
RANDALL E. TORGERSON
Affairs
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HEADLINE: Top Farm Job was Yeutter's Dream as Boy
BYLINE: Stuart Auerbach, Washington Post Staff Writer
BODY:
AS a Nebraska Farm boy, Clayton K. Yeutter aspired to be the nation's
agriculture secretary. But 3 1/2 years as the globe-trotting U.S. trade
representative in the Reagan administration cured him of that ambition, and the
58-year-old Yewtter told friends this fall that he wanted to return to the
private sector.
Nonetheless, Yeutter allowed President-elect George Bush to twist his arm
this week, and yesterday the man who made free trade in agriculture one of the
primary U.S. goals in international negotiations agreed to accept nomination as
agriculture secretary.
"There are only a Few people in the world who could convince ME to carry
forward in another stint in government. You are one of those few," Yeutter
told Bush at the NEWS conference held to announce his appointment.
"He is simply the best man for this very important job," Bush said.
Yeutter (rhymes with Fighter) is hard-working, seemingly tireless and
eternally optimistic. He wears a perpetual smile and bounds into rooms, even
after a Full day and night OF negotiations. At international trade talks in
Montreal last week, he called his exhausted staff together for a midnight
briefing and pep talk after they had gotten less than two hours' sleep the night
before.
And at 7 the next morning, he cheerfully briefed reporters, optimistically
predicting that what appeared to be a debacle for U.S. trade policy would turn
into a plus when negotiations end in two years.
Those talks centered on agricultural trade, which Yewtter has made a
cornerstone of U.S. trade policy to the point that some business leaders
complain that he has given short shrift to high technology and service
industries.
His lifetime interest in agricultural issues at home and overseas has won him
high marks from major farm groups and from farm-state lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
John Baize, lobbyist For the American Soybean Association, yesterday called him
"everybody's first choice" for agriculture secretary, and Sen. Max Baucus
(D-Mont.) credited Yeutter with opening markets for Montana's beef exports.
"Clayton is a pro
His experience and knowledge on trade issues will be
a big plus [because] trade and agriculture go hand in hand," said Baucus, a
member of the Senate agriculture and finance committees.
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Yeutter is popular among Farm groups despite his assertion that
trade-distorting farm subsidies have created a chaotic situation in world
agricultural markets and must be ended worldwide. HE is in the midst of a so-far
unsuccessful battle with the 12-nation European Community to end such subsidies,
and he has staked tentative agreements on a number of trade issues on his
success in the agricultural area.
Bush pledged yesterday to continue the effort on Farm subsidies, and added,
"I believe this announcement will send a significant message to our trading
partners abroad because I know his commitment to opening markets."
Yeutter will face budget problems in the Agriculture Department relating to
support programs For U.S. Farmers. But Bush said yesterday he does not expect
the federal budget to be balanced on the backs of U.S. farmers.
In international negotiations, Yeutter has said that most U.S. Farm
programs do not distort international farm markets -- an assertion that many
countries would dispute -- and he has offered to put all U.S. programs on the
table during the negotiations.
Yeutter was born Dec. 10, 1930, and he worked as a boy on his Family's
2,500 acre farm in Dawson County, in central Nebraska. He credits hard work on
the Farm with providing physical stamina and a sense of discipline that allowed
him to be first in his class at the University of Nebraska, where he earned a
doctorate in agricultural economics and a law degree.
He served in the Nixon and Ford administrations as an assistant secretary of
agriculture and deputy U.S. trade representative, providing the groundwork For
his present job. In 1978 he became president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
before President Reagan named him to the top trade job.
Ironically, Reagan passed over Yeutter for agriculture secretary in 1980.
This time, when Yeutter knew he could have the job, he First demurred. He said
being trade representative had cost him prime earning years to build his nest
egg For retirement and had kept him away From his wife, Jeanne, and their Four
children. He told friends that he wanted. to move back to the private sector.
But FEW thought he could resist the allure of the Cabinet post he had dreamed
of since childhood.
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SUBJECT: AGRICULTURE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; CABINET OFFICERS; APPOINTMENTS
ORGANIZATION: AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
NAME: CLAYTON X. YEUTTER; GEORGE BUSH
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AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS CONGRESS
Washington, D.C.
July 11, 1988
I'd like to begin by addressing what has truly become a national
problem -- and that's the drought. This extreme dry spell not only
threatens the livelihood of thousands of farm families across America, it
has also affected our municipal water supplies, and lowered rivers and
lakes to dangerously low levels.
I made it clear back in June -- but it bears repeating today --
American farmers and ranchers want to know that their government will be a
compassionate partner. They need to know assistance is on the way. And I
agree wholeheartedly.
At this point, we still don't know the full extent of the drought's
damage, but we do know it is very, very severe. Tomorrow's crop report
will give us a better assessment, but only God knows for sure where and
when this drought will finally end.
The spring wheat crop has been severely hurt. The corn crop has been
hit hard in certain states and will be even smaller than originally
expected. The soybean crop has more time to recover than either the corn
or spring wheat, but it, too, is in jeopardy. Fortunately, many farmers
are holding substantial stocks of grain that will help them maintain their
sales this year and help stabilize our nation's food supply.
The drought has caused particular trouble for livestock producers.
They are paying higher prices for their feed, and getting lower prices for
their animals when they take them to market.
That is why I asked Secretary Lyng earlier this month to expand the
federal purchase of meat under Section 32. Secretary Lyng agreed, and he
has set aside an additional $50 million for that purpose, as well as an
additional $40 million of export credit guarantees for sales of beef, pork,
and poultry to Mexico.
We have also opened up set-aside and conservation reserve acres for
haying, and have allowed grazing on set-aside acres. We just announced
last week that we are cutting through red tape to expedite applications for
emergency livestock-feed programs.
I'm proud that our export enhancement program has led to a dramatic
rise in export sales of agricultural commodities. In the years ahead, I
don't want our farmers to lose the market share they've worked so hard to
win.
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My Administration will help farmers export more crops, not force
farmers to produce less. Those who advocate stringent supply controls have
been proven wrong before, and they are just as wrong today.
If I am elected President, and I believe I will be, the top
agricultural priority of my Administration will be to expand our farm
markets -- both domestic and foreign. We need to regain markets that were
lost because of the Carter grain embargo, and we need to take back markets
that have been lost through unfair foreign competition. I believe
America's farmers can compete with anyone, anywhere in the world -- if
they're given a fair shot.
We can take our corn, beef, and other crops abroad and increase our
market share -- as long as we are not asked to run a gauntlet of
protectionist barriers put up by Japan and Europe. Recently our
Administration signed an agreement to end the Japanese quotas for beef and
citrus products. We achieved the agreement after some tough-nosed
negotiating, and it will result in more than one billion dollars in
agricultural exports to Japan a year.
As President, I will work to level the playing field. I will knock
down trade barriers, and, over a reasonable period of time, I will
relentlessly pursue negotiations to end subsidies that distort markets and
restrict trade. But we must act in concert with our trading partners. I
will not act unilaterally.
Every year, the President meets with the leaders of the free world at
an economic summit. Next year, I'd like to see that summit focus on
agriculture. Given my experience of dealing with our trading partners in
Europe and Asia, I believe I can improve our access to their markets.
At the agriculture summit, I will also guarantee to our allies and
other overseas customers that the United States will remain a reliable
supplier. I am categorically opposed to agricultural embargoes. Food
should not be used as a weapon as it was during the last Democratic
administration. As President, I will not use farmers and ranchers and
their families as foreign policy pawns.
Getting tough with unfair competition is one part of my farm export
expansion strategy. We also have to clean up our grain. Buyers of our
grain must have confidence that they are getting the quality of grain that
they pay for.
We will provide better education for our children, and continuing
education for our farmers and ranchers to help them adapt to new
technologies. For displaced farmers and their families, we will provide
job retraining.
We will improve rural health care by ensuring that rural hospitals are
treated fairly under federal programs.
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This is an ambitious agenda for rural America, and I believe we can
fulfill it by pursuing policies that provide a safety net for farmers,
by expanding our export markets, by reasserting America's role as the
world's pre-eminent supplier of agricultural products, by educating our
children and retraining our workers, and by diversifying our rural economy.
America's economic recovery will not be complete until rural America's
economic recovery is complete.
Rural America has a way of life and a set of values that have made our
country great. I want to preserve that way of life. I want to help
strengthen those values. And I want to help rural America prepare for the
21st century so that when the sun rises on the year 2000, our farmers will
be sharing in the promise and the prosperity of our great nation.
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Kansas City, Missouri
November 12, 1987
I reject the view that the future of American agriculture is bleak.
We can do three things that are upbeat and growth-oriented -- open up
markets abroad, develop the rural economy, and find new uses for our
agricultural products.
I'm not worried about the ability of American farmers to compete in a
country like Japan, where steak costs $25 a pound and a watermelon costs
$70 -- if we can overcome its import restrictions.
The way to fight those trade barriers is through hard-nosed
negotiation, not mandatory retaliation and protectionism. Protectionism is
an admission of defeat -- a declaration that we can't compete with the rest
of the world and I don't buy that.
Every year, the President meets with the leaders of the Free World at
an economic summit. In 1989, that summit will be in France, and as
President, I intend to urge that it focus on agriculture. I've dealt with
our trading partners in Europe and Asia, and I believe I could improve our
access to their markets.
I support the attempt to phase out, over a reasonable period of time,
those government subsidies that distort the agricultural market and
restrict trade -- if, and only if, our trading partners do the same.
Let me also say that I am opposed to agricultural embargoes -- food
should not be used as a foreign policy weapon.
I will enforce our trade laws vigorously against those who refuse to
let American products compete on an equal basis in a free market. But a
restrictive trade policy here will lead to retaliation abroad, and the
first people who will be hurt are farmers.
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Expert on Farm Issues
Clayton Keith Yeutter
By CLYDE H. FARNSWORTH
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 - Ever
international trade. The 12-nation
since graduating from the University
European Community refused to
of Nebraska in 1952 and being hon-
make any such commitment.
ored as the Outstanding Animal Hus-
Faced with an imminent collapse,
bandry Graduate in the Nation, Clay-
which could have had dire conse-
ton K. Yeutter has had a yen to be
quences for world trading, Mr. Yeut-
Secretary of Agriculture.
ter managed to win agreement on a
Few have been better
Man
procedural compromise. The confer-
prepared for the job,
in the
ence is being suspended for four
which he accepted today.
months, giving new leadership in both
News
Mr. Yeutter grew up in
the United States and Europe time to
the Nebraska dust bowl
try to resolve their differences.
during the Depression, has a Ph.D. in
In his new job, Mr. Yeutter will face
agricultural economics and culti-
a heavy farm agenda not only on the
vates cattle and corn on a 2,500-acre
international front, but also domesti-
spread in Dawson County in central
cally. One big question is the 1990
Nebraska.
farm bill, the quinquennial exercise
Yet, as United States Trade Repre-
of American politics that gives direc-
sentative in the Reagan Administra-
tion to farm programs.
ion, he was a little reluctant to take
The 1985 farm bill was export-ori-
he job that was offered this morni-
ented, aimed at holding down big sur-
hg by President-elect Bush.
pluses and fighting farm export wars
The reason, Mr. Yeutter told
against the European Community
riends, was that he felt "just burned
with the American pocketbook. The
ut" by the brutal pace of the trade
1990 bill could open the levers for
ob, which this year alone has in-
more subsidized exports by the
olved getting a nonprotectionist
United States, depending on the out-
rade bill through Congress, conclud-
come of the Uruguay Round talks.
ig a free trade pact with Canada and
The Department of Agriculture
ressing multilateral trade liberali-
also has responsibilities in forestry,
ation talks.
rural development, the environment
Close to Farm Issues
and nutrition, which could be affected
Even as the Trade Representative,
by the new legislation.
r. Yeutter, a burly, back-thumping,
Leahy to Seek Specifics
i-year-old official with the voice of a
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Ver-
g caller, could not distance himself
mont Democrat who heads the Senate
om farm issues.
Agriculture Committee, promised
Because of the importance of agri-
that in the coming confirmation hear-
lture in export markets, Mr. Yeut-
ings he would press Mr. Yeutter in all
r (the name rhymes with "bright-
these areas. "We will be very specific
The New York Times/Paul
") has spent much of the past three
on how to achieve the "kinder, gentler
d a half years fighting foreign bar-
President-elect Bush at a news conference with Clayton K. Yeutter
nation' we've been promised," Sena-
:rs to American food exports,
tor Leahy said.
choice to be the next Agriculture Secretary.
rticularly in Japan, South Korea
Clayton Keith Yeutter was born on
di Western Europe.
Dec. 10, 1930, in Eustis, Neb. After
He came to the capital in the Nixon
his foot in his mouth. He creat
Mr. Yeutter has just returned from
graduating from the University of
Administration and took a job in the
controversy in Canada last
grueling meeting in Montreal of
Nebraska with a bachelor of science
Agriculture Department under Sec-
when he told one group that in
de ministers from 96 governments
degree he married the former Jeanne
retary Earl L. Butz. In the Ford Ad-
free trade agreement being ne
ivened last week to set a negotiat-
Vierk, who was studying home eco-
ministration Mr. Yeutter shifted to
ated with the United States, Cai
agenda for the Uruguay Round,
nomics at the same university. They
the Trade Representative's office,
should be prepared to risk loss
ich is scheduled to wind up in two
have four children.
serving as deputy to Frederick B.
its culture.
irs with pacts to liberalize trade in
In 1952, during the Korean War, he
Dent.
Although the remark caused ba
ficulture and services and gen-
joined the Air Force and stayed in for
a ripple in the United States, it cat
Ily revamp the trading system.
five years, earning credits under the
After leaving the Government at
much comment in Canadian new
he conference produced Amer-
G.I. Bill to go to graduate school. He
the end of the Ford Administration,
pers. And in Parliament, Pr
1 demands that, some time in the
received a law degree from the Uni-
Mr. Yeutter became president of the
Minister Brian Mulroney acci
1 century, the European Com-
versity of Nebraska in 1963 and his
Chicago Mercantiole Exchange.
Mr. Yeutter of being "stunningly
nity terminate farm measures,
Ph.D. in agricultural economics from
Despite his acknowledged intelli-
norant" of Canadian cultural se
h as export subsidies, that distort
the same institution in 1966.
gence, Mr. Yeutter sometimes puts
tivities.
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Bush's remarks and some of Clayton Y.
Yeutter's remarks at a news conference in
Q. Has Mr. Yeutter agreed to stay tl
Washington yesterday, as recorded by The
four years or for just a limited per
time?
New York Times through the facilities of
A. There are no limitations at all. We
ABC Radio News:
discuss, you know, "I'll stay four years
I expect he would, and it's open-ende
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every other Cabinet appointment.
Q. What specifically are you asking
MR. BUSH: Well, I'm pleased today to an-
bassador Yeutter to pursue as Agric
nounce another Cabinet selection and a very,
Secretary, particularly in terms of
very important one. It is my intention to
Have you
nominate Clayton Yeutter to serve as Secre-
A. Well, we have a new farm bill comi
tary of Agriculture. His wide knowledge of
the issues, obviously demonstrated skill and
and that, of course, will occupy him. B
broad experience make him quite simply the
also - on the trade side - we're goi
have to gain more access to the mark
best man for this very important job. He him-
others. And I'll be honest, I believe tha
self has worked in farming. He's a noted
scholar of agricultural economics and he's
announcement today will send a signi:
twice before held sensitive regulatory and
message to our trading partners abroa
cause they know of his personal commit
trade posts in the Department of Agriculture.
And for many years now he's served the na-
to opening markets abroad. They know
fundamentally a free trader, but when
tion with highest distinction as trade repre-
hear fair trade, they also know that CI.
sentative and international negotiator.
Since 1985, Clayton has served in the Cabi-
Yeutter is dedicated to that concept. So
net as U.S.T.R. - United States Trade Repre-
have the whole array of domestic I
issues on agriculture, but then, which he
sentative - the man principally responsible
for the development and execution of Amer-
perfectly capable of coping with before
ican trade policy. And in that office he's ac-
did a beautiful job in handling before
now, with this new addition of internat
complished much in the way of notable work
for our country on a number of fronts. Our
trade in his quiver there - these new ar
new and historic free trade agreement with
- why. I just think it's a perfect blen
Canada is as much as anything the product of
where I want to see us go. And I said
talked in the campaign about the net
have more access to the markets of ot
the need to stand up against anybody pr
ing grain embargoes. So we think alik
ON FOREIGN TRADE
these important issues. But the key is
signal that will go out right from this g
"We're going to have to gain
gether right here, will be my emphas
more access to the markets
that I, as President, will continue to pres
access - to a fair access - to the marke
of others."
others and to stay with our concept of
trade, and we will have a man that i
widely respected, that we're off to a run
start in that regard.
his personal dedication and his personal di-
plomacy. He's the man who persuaded Con-
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gress to remove dangerous protectionist
Q. Mr. Vice President, there's a re
provisions from the omnibus trade and com-
coming out from the D.O.E. tomorrow tha
petitiveness bill of 1988, and then his ongoing
some estimates shows something like a
work in international trade will make a per-
million - billion dollars it will cost for
fect jumping-off point for the important work
country to clean up defense plants - nuc
that lies ahead in American agricultural poli-
arms plants. No matter what the figures,
cy.
you take that money that required cost 01
Ambassador Yeutter has just returned
the defense budget or elsewhere?
from Montreal where the 96 member nations
A. I have not gotten into where money
of GATT completed this midterm review of
come from for anything yet. We're
the Uruguay round of multilateral trade ne-
beginning to sit down now with Dick Dari
gotiations. Now President. Reagan's objec-
and others on the budget so I just can't -
tives in these negotiations are mine, and I
not ducking, the question, I just don't k
know they're Clayton Yeutter's as well - a
the answer to it yet. Yes, sir?
comprehensive reform of world agricultural
trade rules by 1990. And I'm confident that
Plight of the Homeless
Ambassador Yeutter will continue to ably
Q. I have a similar question, Mr. Preside
pursue this goal in his new post, and that our
elect. The cold spell this week as focusing
shared national goal of free agricultural
tention on the fact that there are hundred
trade and expanded agricultural exports
thousands of homeless people who are
abroad will have no better spokesman, no
need of help immediately. Have you and y
greater advocate. So he knows foreign policy
advisers discussed what you would want
domestically, he knows it internationally, and
do once you take office and how you're go
I am just delighted to think that I will be
to deal with the problem problem?
serving with him as our new - when he be-
A. We will be addressing that as we go i
comes our new Secretary of Agriculture.
our, going forward with our own budget
You're entitled to equal time:
has not been addressed in a specific meet
discussed
What
you
domestically, he knows It internationally, and
do once you take office and ho
I am just delighted to think that I will be
to deal with the problem proble
serving with him as our new - when he be-
A. We will be addressing that
comes our new Secretary of Agriculture.
our, going forward with our 0
You'r entitled to equal time:
Nows
MR. YEUTTER: Well, thank you Mr. Vice
has not been addressed in a spe
yet. We're in the process now 0.
President. I won't take equal time, because
lect the people to cope with thes
corb.
that was a very eloquent statement. I would
a national shame, and I'd lik
simply say, Mr. Vice President, as you al-
would address it with sensitiv
12/14/88
ready know, that I really had intended to re-
needed compassion. But I have
turn to the private sector at the conclusion of
into that specific yet. Yes?
the Reagan Administration, and as I said to
you this morning there are only a few people
Gorbachev's Initiative
in the world who could convince me to carry
forward in another stint in Government, but
Q. Mr. Bush, some experts are
you're one of those few. And I am deeply hon-
that Gorbachev's troop reduction
ored to serve you, Mr. Vice President, in the
ment last week is actually going
coming years, and I hope we'll have a lot of
the Soviet threat to Europe bec
fun in dealing with some very difficult issues
means of getting rid of obsolete n
- difficult and challenging issues in agricul-
far as the Soviet modernization pl
ture. But those are the kinds of issues that
that part of what you're taking into
make life interesting and rewarding.
ation in the announcement plan 0
Mr. BUSH: I'll be glad to take a few ques-
delay the resumption of arms conti
tions. and then Clayton said he'd take a few
ations past this February?
so why don't we start. Yeah, Ann.
A. Well, one I haven't made a sp
nouncement of that nature. Secondi
said and made very clear to Secret
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
bachev that I need time in order to a
new proposals and to come up with
Confidence in Tower
But I would salute the position that
there at the United Nations. We have
Q. Mr. Vice President you've been praised
assessed what it means in terms of ti
for these appointments to the Cabinet that's
shaping up, but there's been a lot of criticism
all threat, and that is in the process
looked at now by the experts in the 1
about John Tower. And let me ask you what
Government. And then when our Natio
would make me think, given all the criticism
curity team is together, we'll have
of his work in the past, that he would be the
Bush Administration look at it. But re
best qualified person for such an important
post?
is too early to give a full analysis bec
just don't know yet. I'm one who has b
A. I will discuss that when I've reached a
final decision, which I haven't reached, and
always been a little bit cautious, and
don't want to seem negative. I'd like t
I've expressed my confidence in Senator
Tower, my belief that if I decide to go that
come change, I'd like to welcome a step
it is taken, but what it fully means we a
route he would make an outstanding Secre-
in a position to say yet. So I'll just ha
tary, and if that's the decision I will discuss it
wait on that one. Yes?
more fully at that time. Yes.
Q. Mr. Vice President, while you are
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It's A particular pleasure to be
here today because upsterday marked
the 100th Anniversory of cabinet status
For the Department of Pricenture. This
and I know it will foce even more domentic
major challenges over the post century
Agency has - tid with many
challenges in the next. cent may
that so many Secretaries 5 con 1d be here
for the om And it is particularly fitting
that so many former Secretaries Are
participating in this historic event,
As the distinguished former Secretaries
that pre joining us today know, this Agency
has met mony diffic -/t challenges
over this past contury. And this is just
the beginning There are many more
oncounted
to challenges this department will most
who better to start the combine
over the next hundred years - And
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING IN OF CLAYTON YEUTTER
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1989
10:00 AM
I've come here today for the swearing-in of our new
Secretary of Agriculture. It's a particular pleasure to be here
today because yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of cabinet
status for the Department. As the distinguished former
Secretaries that are joining us today know, this Agency has met
many difficult challenges over the past century. And this is
just the beginning. There are many more challenges this
department will encounter over the next hundred years. And who
better to lead the Department at this important time than Clayton
Yeutter?
You know, somebody reminded me that his name rhymes with
"fighter." That's what he is and that's why I picked him. And I
know he's going to fight hard -- for farming, for fair trade, and
for all the other important responsibilities of this Department.
I know that everyone here is familiar with Clayton's
outstanding tenure as the United States Trade Representative.
The list of the things he's accomplished in just this past year
is truly impressive
bringing down barriers to American beef
and citrus in Japan, ushering a comprehensive trade bill through
Congress, concluding the Free Trade Agreement with Canada and
moving that through Congress, and pressing forward on the Uruguay
Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
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Now he's putting down the trade portfolio and taking up the
agricultural one. But as all of you know, that's hardly a
change. Agriculture is one of the most difficult areas in the
trade talks. And agriculture is an area to which we attach an
extraordinarily high priority in international discussions.
I am confident that our partners in the Uruguay Round of
talks will see Clayton Yeutter's appointment as just what it is
-- a signal that this Administration has an extremely strong
sense of purpose and determination in these crucial negotiations.
Clayton will be working closely with Carla Hills to make sure our
objectives in agriculture are achieved.
I said in the campaign and let me repeat here -- as
President I will work to level the international playing field.
We intend to knock down barriers and will relentlessly pursue
negotiations to end subsidies that distort markets and restrict
trade. Fair, free and open world markets -- that's what we want,
that's what we're working for, and in the end that's what we are
determined to get.
Trade may be a hot issue right now, but the Department of
Agriculture has many other critical responsibilities: our
nation's farm and soil conservation programs, forestry,
nutrition, rural development, the environment -- you're involved
in all of these.
You perform your work in all these areas with energy and
dedication. The Agriculture Department has a long, proud history
and each of you helps to continue that tradition. And I think
you'll find that Clayton is just your kind of guy.
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He's a dynamic individual -- always has been. When he
graduated from the University of Nebraska, he was named the
Outstanding Animal Husbandry Graduate in the Nation. Later he
finished first in his class in law school and then took a PhD in
Agricultural Economics.
I've heard that he's said it isn't all that far from the
farm he grew up on to a PhD or trade ambassador. On the farm,
he's said, he developed physical stamina and learned
self-discipline and those have come in handy ever since.
There's one other thing about Clayton I'm happy about. Many
kids want to grow up to be president. Not Clayton. When he was
a boy he wanted to be Secretary of Agriculture. And that's a
lucky break for America.
Thank you, and now I am pleased to watch Clayton take the
oath of office.
THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
appt 12/14/88
Executive Office of the President
Washington, D.C. 20506
AMBASSADOR CLAYTON YEUTTER
Ambassador Clayton Yeutter was sworn in as United States Trade
Representative on July 1, 1985. As a member of President Reagan's
Cabinet, Ambassador Yeutter is responsible for the development of
American trade policy, and for its execution. He has the challenging
task of coordinating a U.S. negotiating position on all trade
issues of importance to this country, and the further task of
devising the strategy and tactics that will bring about a successful
negotiation. He has 136 people working directly under his
jurisdiction in a lean, highly skilled, almost "strike force"
kind of organization.
Prior to joining the Reagan Administration, Ambassador Yeutter
served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, the world's second largest futures market.
During Amassador Yeutter's tenure, the Merc, as it was called,
was one of the fastest growing, most dynamic private sector
organizations in the United States. It traded billions of
dollars of contracts in both agricultural and financial instruments
each day, and became widely known internationally with major
operations in both Western Europe and the Far East.
During the early 1970s Ambassador Yeutter served in a series of
three sub-cabinet posts during the Nixon and Ford Administra-
tions. The first was Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
Marketing and Consumer Services, where he had charge of this
nation's major agricultural regulatory programs -- meat inspection,
animal health, etc. -- and its food programs. He then served for
a time as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs, and was involved in the dramatic expansion of
farm exports during the mid-1970s. Finally, he served as Deputy
Special Trade Representative during the Tokyo Round of Multilateral
Trade Negotiations, and also handled many of our bilateral
negotiations during the Ford years.
Ambassador Yeutter holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics as
well as a law degree. He is still remembered for having worked
on those graduate level programs simultaneously -- while also
managing a 2500 acre farm -- and for ranking first scholastically
in both programs. Ambassador Yeutter went from high school
through his Ph.D. without ever having a course grade below an "A."
Ambassador Yeutter and his wife, Jeanne, have four children and
are presently dividing their time between residences in Virginia
and Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Bush's remarks and some of Clayton Y.
Yeutter's remarks at a news conference in
Q. Has Mr. Yeutter agreed to stay the
Washington yesterday, as recorded by The
four years or for just a limited perio
time?
New York Times through the facilities of
ABC Radio News:
A. There are no limitations at all. We d
discuss, you know, "I'll stay four years,'
I expect he would, and it's open-ended
OPENING STATEMENTS
every other Cabinet appointment.
Q. What specifically are you asking
MR. BUSH: Well, I'm pleased today to an-
bassador Yeutter to pursue as Agricul
nounce another Cabinet selection and a very,
Secretary, particularly in terms of tr
very important one. It is my intention to
Have you
nominate Clayton Yeutter to serve as Secre-
A. Well, we have a new farm bill comin
tary of Agriculture. His wide knowledge of
the issues, obviously demonstrated skill and
and that, of course, will occupy him. Bu
broad experience make him quite simply the
also - on the trade side - we're goin
have to gain more access to the market
best man for this very important job. He him-
others. And I'll be honest, I believe that
self has worked in farming. He's a noted
scholar of agricultural economics and he's
announcement today will send a signifi
message to our trading partners abroad
twice before held sensitive regulatory and
cause they know of his personal commitn
trade posts in the Department of Agriculture.
And for many years now he's served the na-
to opening markets abroad. They know
fundamentally a free trader, but when 1
tion with highest distinction as trade repre-
hear fair trade, they also know that Clay
sentative and international negotiator.
Since 1985, Clayton has served in the Cabi-
Yeutter is dedicated to that concept. So V
net as U.S.T.R. - United States Trade Repre-
have the whole array of domestic po
issues on agriculture, but then, which he
sentative - the man principally responsible
for the development and execution of Amer-
perfectly capable of coping with before,
ican trade policy. And in that office he's ac-
did a beautiful job in handling before.
now, with this new addition of internati
complished much in the way of notable work
trade in his quiver there - these new arr
for our country on a number of fronts. Our
- why. I just think it's a perfect blend
new and historic free trade agreement with
where I want to see us go. And I said
Canada is as much as anything the product of
talked in the campaign about the need
have more access to the markets of oth
the need to stand up against anybody prop
ing grain embargoes. So we think alike
ON FOREIGN TRADE
these important issues. But the key is,
signal that will go out right from this get
"We're going to have to gain
gether right here, will be my emphasiz
that I, as President, will continue to press
more access to the markets
access - to a fair access - to the market
of others."
others and to stay with our concept of f
trade, and we will have a man that is
widely respected, that we're off to a runn
start in that regard.
his personal dedication and his personal di-
Cost of Nuclear Cleanup
plomacy. He's the man who persuaded Con-
gress to remove dangerous protectionist
Q. Mr. Vice President, there's a rep
provisions from the omnibus trade and com-
coming out from the D.O.E. tomorrow that
petitiveness bill of 1988, and then his ongoing
some estimates shows something like a
work in international trade will make a per-
million - billion dollars it will cost for t
fect jumping-off point for the important work
country to clean up defense plants - nucle
that lies ahead in American agricultural poli-
arms plants. No matter what the figures, V
cy.
you take that money that required cost out
Ambassador Yeutter has just returned
the defense budget or elsewhere?
from Montreal where the 96 member nations
A. I have not gotten into where money и
of GATT completed this midterm review of
come from for anything yet. We're ju
the Uruguay round of multilateral trade ne-
beginning to sit down now with Dick Darm
gotiations. Now President. Reagan's objec-
and others on the budget so I just can't - I'
tives in these negotiations are mine, and I
not ducking, the question, I just don't kno
know they're Clayton Yeutter's as well - a
the answer to it yet. Yes, sir?
comprehensive reform of world agricultural
trade rules by 1990. And I'm confident that
Plight of the Homeless
Ambassador Yeutter will continue to ably
Q. I have a similar question, Mr. Presider
pursue this goal in his new post, and that our
elect. The cold spell this week as focusing a
shared national goal of free agricultural
tention on the fact that there are hundreds
trade and expanded agricultural exports
thousands of homeless people who are
abroad will have no better spokesman, no
need of help immediately. Have you and you
greater advocate. So he knows foreign policy
advisers discussed what you would want
domestically, he knows it internationally, and
do once you take office and how you're goin
I am just delighted to think that I will be
to deal with the problem problem?
serving with him as our new - when he be-
A. We will be addressing that as we go in
comes our new Secretary of Agriculture.
our, going forward with our own budget.
You're entitled to equal time:
has not been addressed in a specific meetin
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HEADLINE: Top Farm Job was Yeutter's Dream as Boy
BYLINE: Stuart Auerbach, Washington Post Staff Writer
BODY:
AS a Nebraska Farm boy, Clayton K. Yeutter aspired to be the nation's
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agriculture secretary. But 3 1/2 years as the globe-trotting U.S. trade
representative in the Reagan administration cured him of that ambition, and the
58-year-old Yeutter told friends this fall that he wanted to return to the
private sector.
Nonetheless, Yeutter allowed President-elect George Bush to twist his arm
this week, and yesterday the man who made free trade in agriculture one of the
primary U.S. goals in international negotiations agreed to accept nomination as
agriculture secretary.
"There are only a Few people in the world who could convince me to carry
forward in another stint in government. You are one of those few," Yeutter
told Bush at the news conference held to announce his appointment.
"He is simply the best man for this very important job," Bush said.
Yeutter irhymes with Fighter) is hard-working, seemingly tireless and
eternally optimistic. He wears a perpetual smile and bounds into rooms, even
after a Full day and night of negotiations. At international trade talks in
Montreal last week, he called his exhausted staff together for a midnight
briefing and pep talk after they had gotten less than two hours' sleep the night
before.
And at 7 the next morning, he cheerfully briefed reporters, optimistically
predicting that what appeared to be a debacle for U.S. trade policy would turn
into a plus when negotiations end in two years.
Those talks centered on agricultural trade, which Yeutter has made a
cornerstone of U.S. trade policy to the point that some business leaders
complain that he has given short shrift to high technology and service
industries.
His lifetime interest in agricultural issues at home and overseas has won him
high marks from major farm groups and from farm-state lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
John Baize, lobbyist For the American Soybean Association, yesterday called him
"everybody's first choice" for agriculture secretary, and Sen. Max Baucus
(D-Mont.) credited Yeutter with opening markets for Montana's beef exports.
"Clayton is a pro
His experience and knowledge on trade issues will be
a big plus [because] trade and agriculture go hand in hand," said Baucus, a
member of the Senate agriculture and finance committees.
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Yeutter is popular among Farm groups despite his assertion that
trade-distorting farm subsidies have created a chaotic situation in world
agricultural markets and must be ended worldwide. He is in the midst of a so-far
unsuccessful battle with the 12-nation European Community to end such subsidies,
and he has staked tentative agreements on a number of trade issues on his
success in the agricultural area.
Bush pledged yesterday to continue the effort on Farm subsidies, and added,
"I believe this announcement will send a significant message to our trading
partners abroad because I know his commitment to opening markets."
Yeutter will face budget problems in the Agriculture Department relating to
support programs for U.S. farmers. But Bush said yesterday he does not expect
the federal budget to be balanced on the backs of U.S. farmers.
In international negotiations, Yeutter has said that most U.S. Farm
programs do not distort international farm markets -- an assertion that many
countries would dispute -- and he has offered to put all U.S. programs on the
table during the negotiations.
Yeutter was born Dec. 10, 1930, and he worked as a boy on his Family's
2,500 acre farm in Dawson County, in central Nebraska. He credits hard work on
the farm with providing physical stamina and a sense of discipline that allowed
him to be first in his class at the University of Nebraska, where he earned a
doctorate in agricultural economics and a law degree.
He served in the Nixon and Ford administrations as an assistant secretary of
agriculture and deputy U.S. trade representative, providing the groundwork For
his present job. In 1978 he became president of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
before President Reagan named him to the top trade job.
Ironically, Reagan passed over Yeutter for agriculture secretary in 1980.
This time, when Yeutter knew he could have the job, he First demurred. He said
being trade representative had cost him prime earning years to build his nest
egg For retirement and had kept him away From his wife, Jeanne, and their Four
children. He told friends that he wanted to move back to the private sector.
But FEW thought he could resist the allure of the Cabinet post he had dreamed
of since childhood.
TYPE: NATIONAL NEWS, BIOGRAPHY
SUBJECT: AGRICULTURE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; CABINET OFFICERS; APPOINTMENTS
ORGANIZATION: AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
NAME: CLAYTON X. YEUTTER; GEORGE BUSH
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AMBASSADOR CLAYTON YEUTTER
Personal Data
Date of Birth: December 10, 1930
Birthplace: Eustis, Nebraska
Spouse: Jeane (Vierk) Yeutter
Background: B.S., Home Economics
Date of Birth: August 10, 1931
University of Nebraska, 1953
Children: Brad, Gregg, Kim, Van
Home Address and Phone Number:
Government Address and Number:
1325 Merrie Ridge Road
Office of the United States
McLean, Virginia 22101
Trade Representative
703/243-3073
Executive Office of the President
600 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
202/395-3204
Academic Data
Education
High School: Eustis High School, Eustis, Nebraska, 1948
University:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, B.S., 1952
University of Wisconsin, Madison, one semester of
graduate work in agricultural economics, 1960
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, J.D., 1963 (Law)
University of Nebraska, Ph.D., 1966 (Ag Economics)
Scholastic Record
B.S.
"With High Distinction" - Highest scholastic honor
given by the University of Nebraska. Ranked first in
College of Agriculture graduating class. Named by the
Block & Bridle Club as outstanding animal husbandry
graduate in the United States.
J.D.
"Cum Laude" - Ranked first in graduating class. Named
outstanding law graduate in Midwest by Phi Delta Phi
legal fraternity. Editor, Nebraska Law Review.
Ph.D.
Named outstanding graduate student in ag economics.
Above an "A" average for entire graduate program.
Professional and Fraternal Societies:
Agriculture: Alpha Zeta (scholastic) - Chancellor of local
chapter as an undergraduate
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Gamma Sigma Delta (scholastic)
FarmHouse (social) -- President of local chapter
as an undergraduate
Law:
Nebraska Bar Association
Order of the Coif (scholastic)
Phil Delta Phi (social and professional)
Employment History
July 1985 - present: U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office
of the President. This is a Cabinet post, reporting directly to
the President of the United States on all trade matters. The
primary responsibility of this position is to develop an overall
trade policy for the Nation, and then coordinate the development
of a U.S. postion on all individual trade issues of importance to
our country. The U.S. Trade Representative is also responsible
for the strategy and tactics that are followed in the conduct of
both bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations.
July 1978 - June 1985: President and Chief Executive Officer,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the world's second largest futures
market. The CME conducts futures trading in (1) all the major
international currencies; (2) interest rate contracts for Treasury
bills, bank certificates of deposit, and Eurodollars; (3) stock
indices, such as the S&P 500; and (4) agricultural contracts,
such as fat cattle, feeder cattle, and hogs. The Exchange also
offers options trading in several of these products. It has been
the fastest growing futures exchange in the world in recent
years, and probably has a larger dollar turnover (many billions
each day) than any other private sector entity in the world.
April 1977 - June 1978: Senior partner of the law firm Nelson,
Harding, Yeutter & Leonard in Lincoln, Nebraska. The firm had
additional offices in several other cities. Responsible for the
firm's agriculturally related practice, and for coordinating all
elements of the practice where Washington, D.C. or international
interests were involved.
June 1975 - February 1977: Deputy Special Trade Representative,
Executive Office of the President. This was an Ambassadorial
post with responsibility for conducting trade negotiations on
behalf of the President and the U.S. Government. It involved
contacts and negotiations with representatives of many foreign
governments, as well as coordination of U.S. policy positions with
other Federal departments, the Congress, and numerous private
sector advisory committees.
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March 1974 - June 1975: Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
International Affairs and Commodity Programs. Responsible for
all activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the
following agencies: Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation
Services; Foreign Agriculture Service; Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation; Commodity Credit Corporation.
January 1973 - March 1974: Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
for Marketing and Consumer Services. Responsible for essentially
all regulatory and domestic market service functions in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Agencies included: Animal & Plant
Health Inspection Service; Agricultural Marketing Service;
Commodity Exchange Authority; Food & Nutrition Services; Packers
& Stockyards Administration.
January 1972 - December 1972: Regional Director, Committee for
the Reelection of the President. Responsible for all facets of
the President's campaign in seven midwestern states. Also served
as Director for Agriculture with responsibility for the agricultural
portion of the campaign in all 50 states.
October 1970 - December 1971: Administrator, Consumer & Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Responsible for such
programs as meat and poultry inspection, the grading of agricultural
products, development of product standards, market news, the
administration of market orders, procurement of food for commodity
distribution, school lunch programs, etc.
September 1968 - October 1970: Director, University of Nebraska
Mission in Colombia. The largest agricultural technical assistance
program in the world at that time. Involved the participation of
six midwestern land grant universities, with funding by AID, the
Kellogg Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. Assistance was
provided at the graduate and undergraduate level in teaching,
research, and extension in all major agricultural fields. Recipient
agencies were the Colombian Agricultural Institute (which somewhat
approximates USDA) and the National University.
January 1966 - September 1968:
Executive Assistant to the
Governor of Nebraska. Responsible for coordination between the
Governor and numerous agencies of state government - including
the Department of Agriculture and all state educational institutions.
Handled all legislative liaison work, including drafting of
legislation to broaden the state tax base and to provide for state
aid to education. Other major legislation enacted included:
creation of a state department of economic development, establishment
of a minimum wage, merger of the University of Nebraska and the
University of Omaha, establishment of a state telecommunications
commission, etc.
January 1960 - January 1966: Faculty member, Department of
Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska. Combination
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teaching, research and extension responsibilities in agricultural
economics and agricultural law. Major professional area was
resource economics, i.e., land and water. Taught only part time
while completing requirements for the Ph.D. and J.D. degrees.
Served full time in 1965 and 1966.
1957 - 1975: Operator of a 2,500 acre farming-ranching-cattle
feeding enterprise in central Nebraska. This unit is now operated
by a tenant on a cash lease basis.
1952 - 1957: United States Air Force. Enlisted as a Basic
Airman upon graduation from the University of Nebraska. Later
received a direct commission in Medical Administration. Ranked
first in graduating class in Basic Course in Medical Administration,
Gunter AFB, Alabama. Recipient of numerous military awards.
Continued in the active reserve until 1977. Presently a Lt.
Colonel in the active reserve.
1963 - 1968: To the extent permitted by time and other obligations,
active in the practice of law in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Boards and Trusteeships
Former Member, The President's Export Council, Washington, D.C.
Former Chairman, Board of Directors, Chicago Association of
Commerce and Industry, Chicago, Illinois (the nation's
largest Chamber of Commerce)
Former Member, Board of Directors; Chairman, Economic Forecasting
Committee, ConAgra, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
Former Member, Board of Directors, The Chicago-Tokyo Bank,
Chicago, Illinois
Former Member, Board of Directors, Swiss Commodity Industry
Association, Zurich, Switzerland
Former Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, International Agricultural
Development Service, Arlington, Vrginia (now part of Winrock,
Inc., Morrilton, Arkansas)
Former Member, Board of Directors; Member, Executive Committee;
U.S. Meat Export Federation, Denver, Colorado
Former Member, Board of Trustees, Garrett-Evangelical Theological
Seminary, Evanston, Illinois
Former Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Council on Foreign
Relations, Chicago, Illinois
Former Member, Board of Visitors, School of Business Administration,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Former Member, Board of Directors, Business-Industry Political
Action Committee, Washington, D.C.
Former Member, Board of Trustess; Member, Executive Committee,
Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois
Former Chairman, Agricultural Roundtable, Oak Brook, Illinois
Former Member, Board of Directors, Japan-America Society of
Chicago, Illinois
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Former Member, Board of Directors, Tri-Valley Growers (fruit and
vegetable processing), San Francisco, California
Other Significant Activities
Chairman, Agricultural Development Task Force to Peru, appointed
by President Reagan in response to U.S. commitments made at
Third World Summit in 1981
Chairman, Transition Task Force on Agricultural Policy, Reagan
Administration
First American businessman invited to Japan (in 1982) under Japanese
Government program to improve trade relationship with the
United States
Recipient of the Israeli Prime Minister's Medal for long-time
friendship to Israel and support for its economic development
Recipient of American Society of Agricultural Consultants "1978
Distinguished Service Award"
Recipient of Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben "1978 Agricultural Achievement
Award"
Recipient of FarmHouse "Master Builder of Men" Award, the highest
honor granted an alumnus of that fraternity
Recipient of Purdue University's (Lafayette, Ind.) "Old Masters"
Award, and the University of Nebraska's comparable "Masters"
Award
Recipient of Chicago Farmers "Distinguished Service to Agriculture"
Award
Member, Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement
Member, Honorary Committee for Meridian House International's
25th Anniversary
Honorary Advisor, Ambassadors Council of the Japanese American
Cultural and Community Center
Recipient of Ag Relations Award from the Nebraska Council on Public
Relations for Agriculture, October 1986
Recipient of 1987 Business Leadership Award from the University of
Nebraska's College of Business Administration Alumni Association
Recipient of 1987 Consumers for World Trade Award
Recipient of 1987 International Platform Association Award
Recipient of 1987 Service to American/World Agriculture Award,
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Recipient of 1988 Agri Award of the Annual Triumph of Agriculture
Exposition Farm and Ranch Machinery Show
Recipient of Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree from University of
Nebraska, May 1988
Recipient of Service to Agriculture Award presented by the
Agricultural Economics Club of the University of Nebraska,
April 1988
Recipient, Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce
Award, June 1988
Recipient, Nebraska Bankers Association Award, September 1988
Honorary Chairman, Bush/Quayle '88 Rural USA Coalition
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Recipient, Ak-Sar-Ben Court of Honor Award for Public Service,
the first such award issued by Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha, Nebraska,
1988
12/14/88
THE NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER
Expert on Farm Issues
Clayton Keith Yeutter
By CLYDE H. FARNSWORTH
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 - Ever
international trade. The 12-nation
since graduating from the University
European Community refused to
of Nebraska in 1952 and being hon-
make any such commitment.
ored as the Outstanding Animal Hus-
Faced with an imminent collapse,
bandry Graduate in the Nation, Clay-
which could have had dire conse-
ton K. Yeutter has had a yen to be
quences for world trading, Mr. Yeut-
Secretary of Agriculture.
ter managed to win agreement on a
Few have been better
Man
procedural compromise. The confer-
prepared for the job,
in the
ence is being suspended for four
which he accepted today.
months, giving new leadership in both
News
Mr. Yeutter grew up in
the United States and Europe time to
the Nebraska dust bowl
try to resolve their differences.
during the Depression, has a Ph.D. in
In his new job, Mr. Yeutter will face
agricultural economics and culti-
a heavy farm agenda not only on the
vates cattle and corn on a 2,500-acre
international front, but also domesti-
spread in Dawson County in central
cally. One big question is the 1990
Nebraska.
farm bill, the quinquennial exercise
Yet, as United States Trade Repre-
of American politics that gives direc-
sentative in the Reagan Administra-
tion to farm programs.
tion, he was a little reluctant to take
The 1985 farm bill was export-ori-
the job that was offered this morni-
ented, aimed at holding down big sur-
nhg by President-elect Bush.
pluses and fighting farm export wars
The reason, Mr. Yeutter told
against the European Community
friends, was that he felt "just burned
with the American pocketbook. The
out" by the brutal pace of the trade
1990 bill could open the levers for
job, which this year alone has in-
more subsidized exports by the
volved getting a nonprotectionist
United States, depending on the out-
rade bill through Congress, conclud-
come of the Uruguay Round talks.
ng a free trade pact with Canada and
The Department of Agriculture
pressing multilateral trade liberali-
also has responsibilities in forestry,
ation talks.
rural development, the environment
Close to Farm Issues
and nutrition, which could be affected
by the new legislation.
Even as the Trade Representative,
Mr. Yeutter, a burly, back-thumping,
Leahy to Seek Specifics
8-year-old official with the voice of a
Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Ver-
og caller, could not distance himself
mont Democrat who heads the Senate
rom farm issues.
Agriculture Committee, promised
Because of the importance of agri-
that in the coming confirmation hear-
ulture in export markets, Mr. Yeut-
ings he would press Mr. Yeutter in all
r (the name rhymes with "bright-
these areas. "We will be very specific
The New York Times/Paul Hose
") has spent much of the past three
on how to achieve the 'kinder, gentler
President-elect Bush at a news conference with Clayton K. Yeutter, 1
nd a half years fighting foreign bar-
nation' we've been promised," Sena-
ers to American food exports,
tor Leahy said.
choice to be the next Agriculture Secretary.
articularly in Japan, South Korea
Clayton Keith Yeutter was born on
d Western Europe.
Dec. 10, 1930, in Eustis, Neb. After
He came to the capital in the Nixon
his foot in his mouth. He create
Mr. Yeutter has just returned from
graduating from the University of
Administration and took a job in the
controversy in Canada last y
grueling meeting in Montreal of
Nebraska with a bachelor of science
Agriculture Department under Sec-
when he told one group that in
ade ministers from 96 governments
degree he married the former Jeanne
retary Earl L. Butz. In the Ford Ad-
free trade agreement being neg
nvened last week to set a negotiat-
Vierk, who was studying home eco-
ministration Mr. Yeutter shifted to
ated with the United States, Cana
on agenda for the Uruguay Round,
nomics at the same university. They
the Trade Representative's office,
should be prepared to risk losses
ich is scheduled to wind up in two
have four children.
serving as deputy to Frederick B.
its culture.
ars with pacts to liberalize trade in
In 1952, during the Korean War, he
Dent.
Although the remark caused bare
riculture and services and gen-
joined the Air Force and stayed in for
a ripple in the United States, it caus
ally revamp the trading system.
five years, earning credits under the
After leaving the Government at
much comment in Canadian newsp
The conference produced Amer-
G.I. Bill to go to graduate school. He
the end of the Ford Administration,
pers. And in Parliament, Prin
n demands that, some time in the
received a law degree from the Uni-
Mr. Yeutter became president of the
Minister Brian Mulroney accus
<t century, the European Com-
versity of Nebraska in 1963 and his
Chicago Mercantiole Exchange.
Mr. Yeutter of being "stunningly
nity terminate farm measures,
Ph.D. in agricultural economics from
Despite his acknowledged intelli-
norant" of Canadian cultural sens
:h as export subsidies, that distort
the same institution in 1966.
gence, Mr. Yeutter sometimes puts
tivities.
ongress Will Bar Honorariums as Soon as Pay Rises, Wright Say
By MICHAEL ORESKES
largely dependent on how the press
ums in 1987, according to a study
Common
Cause
Special to The New York Times
portrayed the issue.
SHINGTON.
Dec.
14
discussed
what
you
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he knows it internationally, and
I am just delighted to think that I will be
do once you take office and how
serving with him as our new - when he be-
to deal with the problem problem
comes our new Secretary of Agriculture.
A. We will be addressing that a
You're entitled to equal time:
our, going forward with our ow
Nows
MR. YEUTTER: Well, thank you Mr. Vice
has not been addressed in a speci
President. I won't take equal time, because
yet. We're in the process now of 1
corf.
that was a very eloquent statement. I would
lect the people to cope with these
simply say, Mr. Vice President, as you al-
a national shame, and I'd like
would address it with sensitivit
12/14/88
ready know, that I really had intended to re-
turn to the private sector at the conclusion of
needed compassion. But I have
the Reagan Administration, and as I said to
into that specific yet. Yes?
you this morning there are only a few people
Gorbachev's Initiative
in the world who could convince me to carry
forward in another stint in Government, but
Q. Mr. Bush, some experts are no
you're one of those few. And I am deeply hon-
that Gorbachev's troop reduction a
ored to serve you, Mr. Vice President, in the
ment last week is actually going to
coming years, and I hope we'll have a lot of
the Soviet threat to Europe becau
fun in dealing with some very difficult issues
means of getting rid of obsolete ma
- difficult and challenging issues in agricul-
far as the Soviet modernization pro
ture. But those are the kinds of issues that
that part of what you're taking into c
make life interesting and rewarding.
ation in the announcement plan of :
Mr. BUSH: I'll be glad to take a few ques-
delay the resumption of arms contro
tions. and then Clayton said he'd take a few
ations past this February?
SO why don't we start. Yeah, Ann.
A. Well, one I haven't made a spec
nouncement of that nature. Secondly,
said and made very clear to Secretai
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
bachev that I need time in order to ass
new proposals and to come up with ou
Confidence in Tower
But I would salute the position that h
there at the United Nations. We have no
Q. Mr. Vice President you've been praised
for these appointments to the Cabinet that's
assessed what it means in terms of the
shaping up, but there's been a lot of criticism
all threat, and that is in the process of
about John Tower. And let me ask you what
looked at now by the experts in the Fe
Government. And then when our Nation
would make me think, given all the criticism
of his work in the past, that he would be the
curity team is together, we'll have a
Bush Administration look at it. But real
best qualified person for such an important
post?
is too early to give a full analysis becau
just don't know yet. I'm one who has bee
A. I will discuss that when I've reached a
final decision, which I haven't reached, and
always been a little bit cautious, and y
I've expressed my confidence in Senator
don't want to seem negative. I'd like to
Tower, my belief that if I decide to go that
come change, I'd like to welcome a step W
it is taken, but what it fully means we are
route he would make an outstanding Secre-
in a position to say yet. So I'll just have
tary, and if that's the decision I will discuss it
wait on that one. Yes?
more fully at that time. Yes.
Q. Mr. Vice President, while you are ai
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Biographies- 1988 FEDERAL Staff Directory
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YEUTTER, AMB Clayton, U.S. Trade Representative, Exe-
and 1981-, chmn., Microbial Genetics Study Section, Natl.
Go
cutive Office of the President, 600 17th St., NW, Washing-
Inst. of General Medicine Sciences; 1975-79, member, Bac-
19
ton, DC 20506. Born Dec. 10, 1930 in Eustis, NE. Married to
teriology and Mycology Study Section, Natl. Institute of
Stc
Jeanne Vierk. Children: Brad, Gregg, Kim and Van. Univ. of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases; 1984-, current position.
Bui
Nebraska, 1952, B.S. (with high distinction), Block and
Member: Inst. of Medicine; American Society of Microbiol-
Par
Bridle Club Outstanding Animal Husbandry Graduate in U.S.;
ogy; American Academy of Microbiology. Author of numer-
Th
Univ. of Wisconsin, 1960, graduate work in agricultural
ous articles in scientific and medical publications.
Ma
economics; Univ. of Nebraska, 1963, J.D. (cum laude) and
but
1966, Ph.D. in agric. economics, named Outstanding Law
YOUNG, Joyce C., Vice Chair, Committee for Purchase
19
Graduate in Midwest by Phi Delta Phi, editor of Nebraska
from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped, Room
Ne
Law Review, named Outstanding Graduate Student in Ag
1107, 1755 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 22202.
Economics; Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, FarmHouse,
Home, Dayton, Ohio. Born Sept. 27, 1934. Married. Four
ZE
Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi. U.S. Air Force service, 1952-57;
children. Wright State Univ., 1975, B.A. Career record:
Re
active reserve, 1957-77; LTC, inactive reserve. Career re-
1978-80, Exec. Dir., School of Medicine Foundation and
W
cord: 1957-75, operated 2,500 acre farming-ranching-cat-
Assoc. Dir. of Development, Wright State Univ.; 1980-83,
to
tle feeding enterprise in central Nebraska; 1960-66, faculty,
Public Affairs Manager, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
19
Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Univ. of Nebraska; 1963-
Dayton, Ohio; owner, Young Communications. Member of
Ca
68, practiced law in Lincoln, NE; 1966-68, Exec. Asst. to
bd. Y.W.C.A., Dayton Chapter American Red Cross, Dayton
Fc
Gov. of Nebraska; 1968-70, Dir., Univ. of Nebraska Mission
Chapter of the Natl. Conference of Christians and Jews,
Er
in Colombia; 1970-71, Admin., Consumer and Marketing
Daybreak and Goodwill Industries, Dayton Human Relations
V.
Service, Dept. of Agriculture; 1972, Regional Dir., Commit-
Council and Council on Youth.
da
tee for the Reelection of the President; 1973-74, Asst.
Tr
Secy. for Marketing and Consumer Services and 1974-75,
ZAGAME, Susan K., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pol-
19
Asst. Secy. for Intl. Affairs and Commodity Programs, Dept.
icy, Financial Management and Administration, Office of
N:
of Agriculture; 1975-77, Deputy Special Trade Rep., Execu-
Housing, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Room
A
tive Office of the President; 1977-78, senior partner, Nel-
9208, 451 Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC 20410.
Le
son, Harding, Yeutter and Leonard law firm in Lincoln, NE;
Home, 7611 Virgínia Lane, Falls Church, VA 22043. Born
fe
1978-85, President and Chief Exec. Officer, Chicago Mer-
July 9, 1951 to the Rev. Carl A. and Esther (Schmidt)
fill
cantile Exchange; 1981, Chmn., Agricultural Devel. Task
Koerber. Married Dec. 14, 1974 to John R. Zagame.
M
Force to Peru; Chairman, Transition Task Force on Agricul-
Maxwell School, Syracuse Univ., 1969-73, B.A. (magna
S
tural Policy, Reagan Admin.; 1985-, current position. Re-
cum laude); Syracuse College. of Law, 1973-76, J.D.; Phi
S1
cipient: Israel Prime Minister's Medal; Distinguished Service
Beta Kappa. Career record: 1977, assoc., Carroll, Carroll
Award from American Society of Agricultural Consultants,
and Butz law firm, Syracuse, NY; 1977-81, assoc., Klinger
S
1978; Agricultural Achievement Award from Knights of Ak-
and Zagame law firm, Oswego, NY; 1980-81, atty., City
Sar-Ben, 1978; Master Builder of Men Award from Farm-
School District of Oswego, NY; 1981-83, Special Asst. to
House; Old Masters Award, Purdue Univ.; Masters Award
the Assoc. Admin. for Minority Small Business, Small Busi-
Z
from Univ. of Nebraska; Distinguished Service to Agriculture
ness Admin.; 1983-85, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
S
Award from Chicago Farmers. Member: Nebraska Bar
Operations and Management, Office of Fair Housing and
V
Assn.; Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement.
Equal Opportunity, HUD; 1985-, current position. Ad-
1
mitted to New York State Bar, 1977; U.S. District Court for
YOST, ADM Paul A., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
Northern New York, 1977; U.S. Supreme Court, 1981.
C
Dept. of Transportation, 2100 Second St., SW, Washing-
Author: "Hellerstein vs. Assessor of the Town of Islip: A
ton, DC 20593-0001. Home, 6601 Kennedy Dr., Chevy
Response to Inequities in Real Property Assessments in
Chase, MD 20815. Born Jan. 3, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA to
New York," Syracuse Law Review, July 1976. Recipient:
Paul A. and Jeanne M. (Bailey) Yost. Married June 2, 1951
Special Achievement Awards. Member: Zonta Interna-
to Janice K. Worth. Children: Linda L., Paul A., III, David J.,
tional, Washington Forum, Reagan DAS Group.
Lisa L. and Christopher J. U.S. Coast Guard Academy,
1947-51, B.S.; Univ. of Connecticut, 1956-59, M.S.; Ge-
ZAKHEM, Sam H., U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain. Born
orge Washington Univ., 1964, M.A. Commissioned Ensign
Nov. 25, 1935. Married. Three children. American Univ. of
in 1951, U.S. Coast Guard; advanced to rank of Admiral.
Cairo, 1957, B.A.; Univ. of Detroit, 1959, M.B.A.; Univ. of
Awards and decorations: Silver Star, Legion of Merit with
Colorado, 1964-70, Ph.D. Career record: 1962-64, cost
Combat V, others.
analyst, Ford Motor Co.; 1967-72, instructor, Univ. of Colo-
rado extension; 1968-72, Assoc. Prof., Loretto Heights
YOUNG, Frank E., M.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug
College; 1972-73, foreign students adviser, Univ. of Den-
Administration, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Room
ver; 1973-, consultant/lecturer; 1973-74, research ana-
14-71, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Born Sept.
lyst, Heritage Foundation; 1976-82, Dir. of Corp. Relations,
1, 1931 in Mineola, NY to Frank Edward and Erma Frances
1982-85, Vice Pres. and 1985-86, Vice Chmn., bd. of dir.,
(Holmes) Young. Married October 20, 1956 to Leanne
Rocky Mountain Orthodontics in Denver, CO; 1986-, cur-
Hutchinson. Children: Lorrie, Debora, Peggy, Frank and
rent position. Elected Colorado State Rep., 1975-79; Colo-
Jona-than. State Univ. of New York at Syracuse, 1956,
rado State Senator, 1979-83. Member: bd. of dir., Small
M.D.; Case Western Reserve Univ., 1962, Ph.D. Career
Business Administration, 1972-74; American Ethnic Bicen-
record: 1962-65, Assistant Prof. of Pathology, Western
tennial Commission, 1975-76; Presidential Advisory Coun-
Reserve Univ.; 1962-70, faculty research assoc. and 1974-
cil on the Peace Corps, 1984.
78, member of Com. on Virology and Cell Biology, American
Cancer Society; 1965-68, assoc. Member and 1968-70,
ZARB, Frank G., Member, Advisory Committee on Federal
member, Depts. of Microbiology and Pathology, Scripps
Pay, Room 205, 1730 K Street, NW, Washington, DC
Clinic and Research Foundation; 1970-79, Prof. and Chmn.,
20006. Home, 910 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
Dept. of Microbiology, 1976-79, Microbiologist-in-Chief,
Born Feb. 17, 1935 in New York City to Gustave and
1979-81, Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry and Dir.,
Rosemary (Altinora) Zarb. Married March 31, 1957 to Patri-
Medical Center, 1981-84, Vice President of Health Affairs,
cia Koster. Children: Krista Ann and Frank Gustave, Jr.
Univ. of Rochester; 1970-79, Director of Clinical Microbiol-
Hofstra Univ., 1953-57, B.B.A. and 1960-62, M.B.A.; Out-
ogy Labs and 1974-84, Päthologist, Strong Memorial Hos-
standing Scholar Award, 1974. U.S. Army service, 1957.
pital; 1972-73, member, Microbiology Training Committee
Career record: 1957-62, Cities Service Oil Co.; 1962-69,
NEW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATORS CONGRESS
Vashington, D.C.
July 11, 1988
I'd like to begin by addressing what has truly become a national
problem -- and that's the drought. This extreme dry spell not only
threatens the livelihood of thousands of farm families across America, it
has also affected our municipal water supplies, and lowered rivers and
lakes to dangerously low levels.
I made it clear back in June -- but it bears repeating today --
American farmers and ranchers want to know that their government will be a
compassionate partner. They need to know assistance is on the way. And I
agree wholeheartedly.
At this point, we still don't know the full extent of the drought's
damage, but we do know it is very, very severe. Tomorrow's crop report
will give us a better assessment, but only God knows for sure where and
when this drought will finally end.
The spring wheat crop has been severely hurt. The corn crop has been
hit hard in certain states and will be even smaller than originally
expected. The soybean crop has more time to recover than either the corn
or spring wheat, but it, too, is in jeopardy. Fortunately, many farmers
are holding substantial stocks of grain that will help them maintain their
sales this year and help stabilize our nation's food supply.
The drought has caused particular trouble for livestock producers.
They are paying higher prices for their feed, and getting lower prices for
their animals when they take them to market.
That is why I asked Secretary Lyng earlier this month to expand the
federal purchase of meat under Section 32. Secretary Lyng agreed, and he
has set aside an additional $50 million for that purpose, as well as an
additional $40 million of export credit guarantees for sales of beef, pork,
and poultry to Mexico.
We have also opened up set-aside and conservation reserve acres for
haying, and have allowed grazing on set-aside acres. We just announced
last week that we are cutting through red tape to expedite applications for
emergency livestock-feed programs.
I'm proud that our export enhancement program has led to a dramatic
rise in export sales of agricultural commodities. In the years ahead, I
don't want our farmers to lose the market share they've worked so hard to
win.
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My Administration will help farmers export more crops, not force
farmers to produce less. Those who advocate stringent supply controls have
been proven wrong before, and they are just as wrong today.
If I am elected President, and I believe I will be, the top
R
agricultural priority of my Administration will be to expand our farm
markets -- both domestic and foreign. We need to regain markets that were
lost because of the Carter grain embargo, and we need to take back markets
that have been lost through unfair foreign competition. I believe
America's farmers can compete with anyone, anywhere in the world -- if
they're given a fair shot.
We can take our corn, beef, and other crops abroad and increase our
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market share -- as long as we are not asked to run a gauntlet of
protectionist barriers put up by Japan and Europe. Recently our
Administration signed an agreement to end the Japanese quotas for beef and
citrus products. We achieved the agreement after some tough-nosed
negotiating, and it will result in more than one billion dollars in
agricultural exports to Japan a year.
As President, I will work to level the playing field. I will knock
down trade barriers, and, over a reasonable period of time, I will
relentlessly pursue negotiations to end subsidies that distort markets and
restrict trade. But we must act in concert with our trading partners. I
will not act unilaterally.
Every year, the President meets with the leaders of the free world at
an economic summit. Next year, I'd like to see that summit focus on
agriculture. Given my experience of dealing with our trading partners in
Europe and Asia, I believe I can improve our access to their markets.
At the agriculture summit, I will also guarantee to our allies and
other overseas customers that the United States will remain a reliable
supplier. I am categorically opposed to agricultural embargoes. Food
should not be used as a weapon as it was during the last Democratic
administration. As President, I will not use farmers and ranchers and
their families as foreign policy pawns.
Getting tough with unfair competition is one part of my farm export
expansion strategy. We also have to clean up our grain. Buyers of our
grain must have confidence that they are getting the quality of grain that
they pay for.
We will provide better education for our children, and continuing
education for our farmers and ranchers to help them adapt to new
technologies. For displaced farmers and their families, we will provide
job retraining.
We will improve rural health care by ensuring that rural hospitals are
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treated fairly under federal programs.
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This is an ambitious agenda for rural America, and I believe we can
fulfill it -- by pursuing policies that provide a safety net for farmers,
by expanding our export markets, by reasserting America's role as the
world's pre-eminent supplier of agricultural products, by educating our
children and retraining our workers, and by diversifying our rural economy.
America's economic recovery will not be complete until rural America's
economic recovery is complete.
Rural America has a way of life and a set of values that have made our
country great. I want to preserve that way of life. I want to help
strengthen those values. And I want to help rural America prepare for the
21st century so that when the sun rises on the year 2000, our farmers will
be sharing in the promise and the prosperity of our great nation.
***
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM BROADCASTERS
Kansas City, Missouri
November 12, 1987
I reject the view that the future of American agriculture is bleak.
We can do three things that are upbeat and growth-oriented -- open up
markets abroad, develop the rural economy, and find new uses for our
agricultural products.
I'm not worried about the ability of American farmers to compete in a
country like Japan, where steak costs $25 a pound and a watermelon costs
$70 -- if we can overcome its import restrictions.
The way to fight those trade barriers is through hard-nosed
negotiation, not mandatory retaliation and protectionism. Protectionism is
an admission of defeat -- a declaration that we can't compete with the rest
of the world -- and I don't buy that.
Every year, the President meets with the leaders of the Free World at
an economic summit. In 1989, that summit will be in France, and as
President, I intend to urge that it focus on agriculture. I've dealt with
our trading partners in Europe and Asia, and I believe I could improve our
access to their markets.
I support the attempt to phase out, over a reasonable period of time,
those government subsidies that distort the agricultural market and
restrict trade -- if, and only if, our trading partners do the same.
Let me also say that I am opposed to agricultural embargoes -- food
should not be used as a foreign policy weapon.
I will enforce our trade laws vigorously against those who refuse to
let American products compete on an equal basis in a free market. But a
restrictive trade policy here will lead to retaliation abroad, and the
first people who will be hurt are farmers.
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We need to strengthen the President's hand to open up foreign markets
as we did in the recent free trade agreement with Canada -- not tie his
hands with congressional micromanagement.
We need legislation to give the President the power to hammer out a
new trade agreement with our partners.
Secondly, we should do more to develop the rural economy, SO that your
children can grow up where you grew up, get a good education, and make a
decent living.
There is strong evidence that the farm bill is working. Net cash farm
income this year will be the highest in history. The continued strength of
the U.S. economy is beginning to be felt, and it is bringing new
opportunities and new hope to some of the areas that were hit the hardest.
But more can be done -- education programs like Tom Coleman's Project
ACCESS, which aims to expand college and vocational opportunities;
enterprise zones in rural areas; and improved rural health care.
Finally, we should develop new uses and new markets for what we grow.
For example, researchers are trying to make biodegradable plastics from
corn starch. If they succeed, we could substitute corn for petroleum and
improve our environment at the same time.
That's pretty exciting, but it's still way off on the horizon. A
practical step we can take today is to increase our use of alternative
fuels.
What would that get us?
Cleaner air.
Less dependence on OPEC.
Improvement in our trade deficit.
Reduced corn surpluses. And --
Higher prices for farmers.
OPEC held America hostage in the 1970s, and it threatens to do so
again. Alternative fuels can set us free.
In the short term, we should establish a "clean fuel standard" and
require that fuel sold in areas that exceed federal standards for carbon
monoxide contain at least 3 percent oxygen by weight. Ordinary gasohol,
for example, would qualify.
Colorado recently established an oxygen standard for some of its
communities, including Denver, and both Phoenix and Albuquerque are
considering similar action.
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Extended more widely, such a requirement would create a demand for
more than one billion bushels of corn, wheat, and potatoes. The market
price of such crops would rise, and the government's storage and subsidy
costs would fall.
I might add that the State of California has been a national leader in
going beyond that to encourage the use of straight methanol -- again, for
environmental reasons.
You know, what sickens the American people about our farm program is
not so much its enormous cost as the seeming wastefulness and pointlessness
of it all -- the way we pay farmers to produce crops that sit unwanted and
unused, depressing prices in and of themselves.
Greater use of ethanol offers us the chance to eliminate those
surpluses and reduce our need for imported oil, while cutting costs to the
federal government.
AGRICULTURE
George Bush has a long history of interest in the development of the rural
economy. In 1965 and again in 1969 Congressman Bush sponsored the Rural Job
Development Act. This Act provided income tax incentives and other benefits
for employers operating certain industrial or commercial enterprises in
rural areas.
Vice President George Bush recently expressed his continued commitment to
rural Americans:
"Rural America has a way of life and a set of values that have made
our country great. I want to preserve that way of life. I want to
help strengthen those values. And I want to help rural America
prepare for the 21st century so that when the sun rises on the year
2000, our farmers will be sharing in the promise and the prosperity
of our great nation.' "
(Washington, D.C., 7/11/88)
George Bush believes that we should rely on market orientation in American
agriculture; he also firmly believes that government must remain a
compassionate partner to farmers. He has great respect for the strength and
independence of American farmers, and will stand by them in difficult
times.
THE DROUGHT
In 1988, George Bush worked closely with the Interagency Task Force on the
Drought in monitoring the extent of the damage caused by the drought. The
Administration took the lead in fashioning an emergency $3.9 billion
drought relief package.
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Because livestock producers are especially hard hit by the drought, the
Vice President asked Secretary Lyng early in July to expand--under his
discretionary authority--the federal purchase of meat under section 32. The
Secretary of Agriculture took action:
$50 million was set aside for additional purchases of meat.
$40 million of export credit guarantees were made for sales of
beef, pork, and poultry to Mexico.
In addition, set-aside and conservation reserve acres were opened
up for haying and grazing.
Red tape for emergency livestock-feed programs was cut to expedite
the applications from farmers and cattlemen.
KEY ELEMENTS TO A VITAL RURAL ECONOMY
Opening Markets Abroad
Devote the first economic summit meeting during a Bush Presidency
to the subject of agriculture.
Phase out over a reasonable period those subsidies that destroy
agricultural trade if, and only if, other countries do the same.
Preserve a true safety net under farm income to ensure the
viability of the family farm and rural America.
Developing New Markets at Home
George Bush strongly supports research, development, and implementation of
new agricultural technology. Today only about $50 million out of a $1
billion agricultural budget is directed toward finding promising
alternative products and uses. A George Bush Administration will shift the
focus to lowering production costs and developing new markets for crops.
And when we make advances in technology, we will move them as quickly as
possible from the laboratory to the farm. We need to:
Develop alcohol fuels.
Develop new uses for farm products as raw materials for industry.
For example, we are already using corn starch to make
biodegradable plastic, and soybean oil to make printer's ink.
Use new food technology in production, processing, and packaging
to create new markets.
Rural Economic Development
To ensure prosperity for the more than 60 million people who live in rural
America, we must develop all aspects of the rural economy.
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The key to rural development is effective local leadership working in
partnership with private business, federal, state, and local governments.
George Bush will make more effective use of federal resources to encourage
such partnerships.
George Bush's agenda for rural development would concentrate on these
areas:
Education. Education is our best weapon for improving the skills
of our workers. He has proposed a "College Savings Bond" to
encourage parents to save for their children's college education.
Worker retraining. The Administration proposed and the Congress
passed a new $1 billion worker adjustment assistance program that
will, for the first time, provide retraining assistance to
farmers, as well as manufacturing workers.
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Rural health care. He believes rural hospitals should be ensured
fair treatment under federal health programs.
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Rural Enterprise Zones. George Bush supports rural enterprise
zones to encourage development of depressed rural communities.
Capital gains. To encourage new businesses to invest and locate in
rural America, he supports enacting a reduction of the capital
gains tax from 28 percent to 15 percent. This approach would
stimulate the creation of new businesses and new jobs in rural
America.
Soil and Water Conservation. Soil and water are among our most
important natural assets. George Bush supports the Conservation
Reserve Program, which aims to remove up to 45 million acres of
highly erodible cropland from production for 10-15 years to
improve soil and water resources. He would consider expanding it
to include environmentally fragile lands, particularly cultivated
acres which pose a threat to ground water quality.
AGRICULTURAL EMBARGOES
George Bush categorically opposes agricultural embargoes. Food should not
be used as a weapon as it was during the last Democratic administration.
As President, George Bush will not use farmers and ranchers and their
families as foreign policy pawns.
GRAIN QUALITY
If we are to compete in the world market, we must clean up our grain. A
George Bush Administration would ensure that the quality of United States
grain is at least as good as that sold by other nations at the same price.
Buyers of our grain must have confidence that they are getting the quality
of grain that they pay for.
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By modernizing our grain standards and export procedures, George Bush will
guarantee to our allies and other overseas customers that the United States
will remain a reliable supplier.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Detroit is ready to make cars that would run on any combination of gasoline
and alcohol -- whether ethanol, made from corn and wheat; or methanol, made
from natural gas or coal or even wood.
George Bush believes that alternative fuels offer dramatic agricultural and
environmental benefits:
Would reduce our dependence on OPEC.
Would help clean up our air.
Would reduce our trade deficit.
1985 FARM BILL: IT'S WORKING
Net cash farm income hit a record level last year--$57 billion.
Farm income and payments to farmers have been at or near record levels.
Federal payments to farmers last year came to $23 billion (compared with $4
billion in 1981), a hefty sum by any measure. But we can do better; by
improving markets for farmers.
A George Bush Administration would build from the accomplishments of the
current Administration. For example, agricultural exports increased by 25
percent (in volume) last year. And the recent agreement signed with the
Japanese to end quotas for beef and citrus products will result in more
than one billion dollars in agricultural exports to Japan a year.
This Administration also developed legislation to help farmers get
financial credit, primarily through support to keep the Farm Credit System
operating.
Under a Bush Administration, farmers can count on a 1990 Farm Bill which
will retain protections against disasters like this year's drought -- a
program that serves as the farmer's partner, not his or her master.
RURAL AMERICA'S FUTURE
His is an ambitious agenda, but George Bush is confident that it can be met
-- by pursuing policies that provide a safety net for farmers, by expanding
our export markets, by reasserting America's role as the world's
pre-eminent supplier of agricultural products, by educating our children
and retraining our workers, and by diversifying our rural economy.
America's economic recovery will not be complete until rural America's
economic recovery is complete.
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TRADE
I have been encouraged by the recent trend in trade statistics. Part of
this is the readjustment of the dollar. Part is the remarkable surge in
manufacturing productivity growth which is now running higher than that of
both West Germany and Japan -- indeed, at four times the rate of the
1970's. Productivity growth is the highest it's been since the Second World
War. We need to increase our exports, not shut down our borders. American
business and labor need a more vigorous international economy, not
isolationism.
We need to continue to encourage our trading partners to increase their
economic growth, so as to reduce their dependence on exporting goods. As
their growth increases, we can reduce our trade deficit without slowing our
economic engine. Increased trade reduces international tensions and
provides a better standard of living for everyone. Our commitment to free
trade must be linked to a reciprocal commitment to fair trade by our
trading partners. They must respect our right to compete in their
marketplace and they must compete fairly in ours.
I opposed the Gephardt amendment because it is protectionist -- pure and
simple. Protectionism benefits some businesses at the expense of the rest
of the economy and exposes us to retaliation and the prospect of an all-out
trade war which no one would win. Such measures drive up the cost to
consumers and misallocate our economic resources.
Economic growth is now as much a matter of foreign policy as it is economic
policy. We should build on the achievement of our free trade zone with
Canada -- a $130 billion agreement -- and work with our other neighbor,
Mexico, to create a free trade zone of unprecedented size, a new North
American compact.
Finally, we should focus on improving our long-term competitive position.
And that depends on our most important natural resource -- the American
worker. There is no better way to improve our competitiveness than through
education. Education can be our most powerful trade program.
MARKET ECONOMIES
First Presidential Debate
September 25, 1988
I support the Baker plan. I want to see market economies spring up all
around the world and, to the degree they do, we are succeeding. And I
don't want to see the banks let off the hook. I would oppose that.
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