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(Smith/Blessey)
Draft One
November 13, 1989
LYNN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARTIN FUNDRAISER
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1989
12:00 P.M.
Lynn Martin, Jim Thompson, Secretaries Derwinski and
Skinner, Senator Nichols, Members of the great Illinois
Congressional delegation, Members of the superb 1990 Illinois
Republican ticket, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends.
Thank you, , for that gracious introduction. And let me
say what a pleasure it is to be in Chicago --- and to speak on
behalf of a close and dear friend. One of the great leaders in
the U.S. House of Representatives. And soon to be one of the
greatest members of the United States Senate. // My long-time
colleague, Lynn Martin. / /
( (Now, I know that Lynn wanted to get her campaign for a
Senate seat off to a flying start. // But I'm glad she let me
come here anyway.) ) //
For Lynn has been a magnificent Congresswoman for her
District -- and for Illinois. And she'll make a magnificent
Senator for Illinois -- and its people. Lynn is what Illinois
needs, and my Administration needs: A full-time Senator who
won't be running for President.
You know, over the years I've worked with
21
hundreds of U.S. Senators. And I've never admired any more than
the woman we honor today. Two weeks ago, when she announced for
2
the Senate, Lynn said her reasons could be summed up in three
words: "Illinois deserves better." Well, take it from me: Lynn
Martin is a role model for the best and brightest in public
service.
When her District looked for a strong voice to speak for it
in the House, Lynn was there. And when I looked for her to fight
for our cause in last year's Election, Lynn was there. //
((Here's proof of her toughness and resiliency. Lynn co-chaired
the Bush-Quayle Committee with John Sununu, and lived to tell
about it.) ) //
Earlier in 1988, 82 members of the House endorsed my
candidacy before the first Presidential Primary. Know their
leader? Lynn was there. And when I encouraged her to give up a
safe Congressional seat this year and run for the Senate, Lynn
was there. She even helped by pinch-hitting for my opponent in
practices before the 1984 Vice-Presidential debate. // Believe
me, after scrimmaging Lynn, the real thing was a breeze. //
You can see why I so admire Lynn -- and why I need her in
the Senate. On the one hand, she's a gracious, compassionate,
and elegant lady. In this City of the Big Shoulders, hers don't
rival the Chicago Bears. // And yet this 1989 Republican Woman
of the Year is strong, tough. As someone once said: "Lynn
Martin is the girl next door who became one of the boys."
She's a fighter for her principles. And a go-getter for her
constituents. And next November, she's going to be a winner for
what one writer called "the best State precisely because it is so
3
American. More, it is heartland. As Castile is of Spain, so
Illinois is core America."
Fellow Republicans, Lynn Martin, too, is "core America."
Which explains why in January 1991 she'll become the new Junior
Senator from the State of Illinois.
Lynn Martin will win, first, because she's a full-time
Illinoisan. And we need that in the United States Senate. Born
and raised in Chicago. Went to Taft High School. Attended the
University of Illinois. Graduated with honors. // Of course,
Lynn tells me the Fighting Illini football team will do the
honors on January 1. //
Like Illinoisans, Lynn Martin is honest. ((It's like she
always tells me: "It's fine that you're here, Mr. President.
But if you really want to WOW the crowd, bring Barbara. ")) //
And she's real --- she's never left her roots.
Lynn Martin knows the people of Illinois: The retired
laborer, the small shop owner. And their values: Hard work,
love of country, and faith in God. She's been a county board
member and State legislator. And for nine years the
Congresswoman from the 16th District. She's been a full-time
public servant. And a full-time mother and teacher. Some of you
know how Lynn used to be a car pool mom. // Well, she still has
some driving to do. // She's going to drive her opponent right BF
out of office. //
Next, Lynn Martin is going to win because she's a full-time
fiscal conservative. And my Administration needs that in the
4
U.S. Senate. // I don't have anything against a bow-tied
Senator, but I object when he tries to hog-tie the taxpayer. //
Think about these facts. Unemployment at the lowest level
in almost 20 years. More than 20 million new jobs since 1982.
The longest peacetime expansion in history. Lynn Martin helped
create these conditions. By supporting the 1981 tax cuts which
now save a typical family $2,200 a year. By controlling
spending. And voting for the capital gains tax cut which will
create greater opportunity. Moreover, Lynn has cared enough to
vote full-time. Voting "for the bread and butter issues of
Illinois' working families, not a liberal wish list for the wine
and cheese set in Washington, D.C."
Now, please understand me: None of this is personal. I
know Lynn Martin's opponent. // Lynn Martin's opponent is a
friend of mine. // But ladies and gentlemen, her opponent is no
Lynn Martin. //
As proof, consider a third reason I need Lynn in the U.S.
Senate: Like most Illinoisans, she's a full-time opponent of
crime and drug use.
As you know, our Administration has proposed the most
comprehensive plan to assault these plagues. Lynn supports that
package. For she believes that the Federal government must wage
real -- not rhetorical -- war against the slugs and thugs who
terrorize our kids. //
Lynn Martin urges stiffer penalties for violent criminals.
And greater certainty in sentencing. And she agrees with me that
5
drug kingpins and terrorists who kill Americans don't deserve the
parole that's an early vacation at Wrigley Field. She says, as I
do: These hoods deserve to pay with their lives. //
Lynn Martin says we must be free of violence at home. She
also believes we must be free from war abroad. So here's a
fourth reason I need her in the Senate: She will be a full time
crusader for the winds of change sweeping East and Central
Europe. Time and again, Congresswoman Lynn Martin has voted to
keep the peace by keeping America strong. Senator Lynn Martin
will do still more -- and help make the 1990s the Decade of
Democracy in Poland and Hungary and East Germany. Wherever
people yearn for a future devoid of tyranny and fear.
Lynn Martin can mold that future. And help make Warsaw,
Berlin, and Budapest what Carl Sandburg wrote of Chicago: "A
city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive." And she can
do other things in the Senate for Illinois and the Nation.
Things like steering our ethics legislation through Congress.
And drafting policies to benefit both the farmer and consumer
policies, for example, that will bring additional farm money to
Illinois -- not merely soybean technology to Brazil.
And as a former school teacher in Rockford and DuPage
will
County, Lynn Martin can help make America's educational system
No. 1 in the world. For she supports our education legislation
to give greater choice to parents and students. And demand
greater accountability. No wonder she is going to be the next
Junior Senator from Illinois. For she's a full-time advocate of
6
the educational reform that will ensure that excellence is
rewarded. And that Federal dollars help those most in need.
( (You know, Lynn, we've been through a lot. I'll never
forget that youth event two days before the Inaugural. Remember
how you slipped and I caught you? // You'll do anything to
upstage me. // Then there was the time a few years back that we
went to dinner in Rockford. Remember that Chinese restaurant?
And how I ordered for both of us -- speaking in beautiful
Chinese? Or how that waitress kept staring at me -- and how I
finally said, "What's up?" Remember her response? "I'm
Korean. ")) //
Yes, we've been through a lot. And you've accomplished a
lot. Five times, you've been elected overwhelmingly to
hep
Congress. Achieving the highest position of Republican
->ch
Air.
leadership ever held by a woman in the House of Representatives.
And still the best to come. For next year you'll lend your
in
strength to the entire Republican ticket. // You know how the
'89 Cubs were strong up the middle? Well, the 1990 Republicans
will be strong from the top to the bottom of a championship team.
For starters, here's Jim Edgar, your next Governor. // And
Bob Kustra, as Lieutenant Governor. // Here's George Ryan, your
next Secretary of State. // And Jim Ryan, as Attorney General.
// Don't worry: I'm not forgetting. Here's Greg Baise [Bays],
your next State Treasurer. // And Gary Skoien [Skoin], as
Comptroller. // A magnificent team, a winning team. And Lynn
7
Martin won't merely lead this ticket. Lynn Martin's just the
ticket for the United States Senate.
She'll be a creative Senator, a pioneering Senator. A
Senator worthy of this most American of States. Earlier, I
talked about how Lynn had always been there -- for me, her
District, and Illinois. Well, I'm confident that when the time
comes to support the candidate who supports our policies of peace
and prosperity, Illinois will be there for Lynn Martin.
One hundred and twenty-eight years ago, the greatest
Illinoisan of them all left Springfield to assume the Presidency.
Addressing his home people at the Great Western Railway Station,
Abraham Lincoln was moved to say: "To this place, and the
kindness of these people, I owe all that I have, all that I am."
23
I know that Lynn would reaffirm those words. For she loves
I
this place, and its people. She believes that Illinois does
we
deserve better. So let's support the entire Republican ticket.
And elect a full time Senator not one who goes A.W O.L. with
the future of America at stake. Let's go out and work full time
and make Lynn Martin the next Junior Senator from the great
State of Illinois.
Thank you for your kindness. And for the honor of sharing
this occasion. God bless you, God bless Illinois, and God bless
the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
(Smith/Blessey)
Draft One
November 13, 1989
LYNN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARTIN FUNDRAISER
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1989
12:00 P.M.
Lynn Martin, Jim Thompson, Secretaries Derwinski and
Skinner, Senator Nichols, Members of the great Illinois
Congressional delegation, Members of the superb 1990 Illinois
Republican ticket, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends.
Thank you, , for that gracious introduction. And let me
say what a pleasure it is to be in Chicago -- and to speak on
behalf of a close and dear friend. One of the great leaders in
the U.S. House of Representatives. And soon to be one of the
greatest members of the United States Senate. // My long-time
colleague, Lynn Martin. //
( (Now, I know that Lynn wanted to get her campaign for a
Senate seat off to a flying start. // But I'm glad she let me
come here anyway )) //
For Lynn has been a magnificent Congresswoman for her
District -- and for Illinois. And she 11 make a magnificent
Senator for Illinois -- and its people. Lynn is what Illinois
needs, and my Administration needs; A full time Senator who
won't be running for President
You know, over the years I've worked with -- literally --
member of Corgunr
hundreds of U.S. Senators. And I've never admired any more than
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2
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words: "Illinois deserves better." Well, take it from me: Lynn
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service.
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for parentspecting a goods for seneons, on
in the House, Lynn was there. And when I looked for her to fight
for our cause in last year's Election, Lynn was there. //
( (Here's proof of her toughness and resiliency. Lynn co-chaired
the Bush-Quayle Committee with John Sununu, and lived to tell
about it. ) ) //
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leading the group? youre might. Lyn matm
leader? Lynn was there. And when I encouraged her to give up a
safe Congressional seat this year and run for the Senate, Lynn
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practices before the 1984 Vice-Presidential debate. // Believe
me, after scrimmaging Lynn, the real thing was a breeze. //
You can see why I SO admire Lynn -- and why I need her in
smort and
the Senate. On the one hand, she's a,/ gracious, compassionate maymat womon.
and elegant lady In this City of the Big Shoulders, hers don
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Martin is the girl next door who became one of the boys."
She's a fighter for her principles. And a go-getter for her
constituents. And next November, she's going to be a winner for
what one writer called "the best State precisely because it is so
3
American. More, it is heartland. As Castile is of Spain, so
Illinois is core America."
Fellow Republicans, Lynn Martin, too, is "core America."
Which explains why in January 1991 she'll become the new Junior
Senator from the State of Illinois.
Lynn Martin will win, first, because she's a full-time
Illinoisan. And we need that in the United States Senate. Born
and raised in Chicago. Went to Taft High School. Attended the
University of Illinois. Graduated with honors. // Like I'm
told the Fighting Illini football team may on January 1.
//
Lynn understands the family of Illinois: its retired
andits
and
the
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laborers small shop owners- and men who till our farms. She's
been a county board member and State legislator. And for nine
years from the Congresswoman from the 16th District. And your
families, my family those, too, she understands. She's been a
full-time mother and teacher. Some of you know how Lynn used to
be a car pool mom. // Well, she still has some driving to do.
// She's going to drive her opponent right out of office.
H
B.F.
Next, Lynn Martin is going to win because she's a full-time
fiscal conservative. And my Administration needs that in the
U.S. Senate. // I don't have anything against a bow-tied
Senator, but I object when he tries to hog-tie the taxpayer. //
Think about these facts. Unemployment at the lowest level
in almost 20 years. More than 20 million new jobs since 1982.
The longest peacetime expansion in history. Lynn Martin helped
create these conditions. By supporting the 1981 tax cuts which
4
now save a typical family $2,200 a year. And voting for the 1985
tax bill. By controlling spending. And voting for the capital
gains tax cut which will create greater opportunity. Moreover,
Lynn has cared enough to vote full-time. Voting "for the bread
and butter issues of Illinois' working families, not a liberal
wish list for the wine and cheese set in Washington, D.C."
Now, please understand me: None of this is personal. I
know Lynn Martin's opponent. // Lynn Martin's opponent is a
friend of mine. // But ladies and gentlemen, Lynn's opponent is
no Lynn Martin.
As proof, consider a third reason I need Lynn in the U.S.
Senate: She's a full-time opponent of crime and drug use. As
you know, our Administration has proposed the most comprehensive
plan to assault these plagues. For we believe that the Federal
government must wage real -- not rhetorical -- war against the
thugs who terrorize our kids.
Lynn Martin urges stiffer penalties for violent criminals.
And greater certainty in sentencing. And she agrees with me that
drug kingpins and terrorists who kill Americans don't deserve the
7
parole that's an early vacation at Wrigley Field. That is why
Lynn supports our crime package. She says, as I do: These hoods
deserve to pay with their lives.
Then, there is the fourth reason I need Lynn Martin in the
U.S. Senate: She will be a full-time crusader for the winds of
change sweeping East and Central Europe. America needs a Senator
from Illinois who will keep Communism on the wane. And freedom
5
on the rise. Congresswoman Lynn Martin has done that -- time and
again, voting to keep the peace by keeping America strong.
Senator Lynn Martin will do still more -- and help make the 1990s
the Decade of Democracy in Poland and Hungary and East Germany.
Wherever people yearn for a future devoid of tyranny and fear.
wree
Lynn Martin can mold that future. And help make Warsaw,
Berlin, and Budapest what Carl Sandburg wrote of Chicago: "A
will
city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive." And she can
do other things in the Senate for Illinois and the Nation.
Things which can make tomorrow even brighter than today.
well
Lynn Martin can help steer our ethics legislation through
Congress. Just as she now co-chairs the Bipartisan Ethics Task
Force to review standards of conduct and consider reforms.
well create
Lynn Martin can draft policies that will benefit both the
farmer and consumer -- policies, for example, that will bring
additional farm money to Illinois -- not merely soybean
technology to Brazil.
And as a former school teacher in Rockford and DuPage
were
County, Lynn Martin can help make America's educational system
No. 1 in the world. For she supports our education legislation
to give greater choice to parents and students. And demand
greater accountability. No wonder that Lynn Martin is going to
be the next Junior Senator from Illinois. For she's a full-time
advocate of the educational reform that will ensure that
excellence is rewarded. And that Federal dollars help those most
in need.
7
Addressing his home people at the Great Western Railway Station,
Abraham Lincoln was moved to say: "To this place, and the
kindness of these people, I owe all that I have, all that I am.' "
I know that Lynn would reaffirm those words/ because For she loves
this place, and its people. She believes that Illinois does
deserve better. So let's support the entire Republican ticket.
And elect a full-time Senator -- not one who goes A.W.O.L. with
the future of America at stake. Let's go out and work full-time
-- and make Lynn Martin the next Junior Senator from the great
State of Illinois.
Thank you for your kindness. And for the honor of sharing
this occasion. God bless you, God bless Illinois, and God bless
the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
1989
THE AUTHORITY SINCE 1868
EBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
1
2
3
4
1
2
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1
7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
14 15 16 17 18 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
28
26 27 28 29 30 31
23/30 24 25 26 27 28 29
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WORLD
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1 2 3
1
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4
5
6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 31
ALMANAC
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
3 4 5 6 7
1
2
3
4
1 2
10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
AND BOOK OF FACTS
31
26 27 28 29 30
24/3 25 26 27 28 29 30
shington's Birthday; March 26 - Easter; April 20 - Passover; May 29 - Memorial Day:
for Day; Oct. 9 - Columbus Day and Yom Kippur; Nov. 7 - Election Day; Nov. 23
Mileage Between Selected U.S. Cities
1989
Cincin-
Indiana-
Kansas
Los
Chicago
nati
Denver
Detroit
Houston
polis
City
Angeles
674
440
1,398
699
789
493
798
2,182
963
840
1,949
695
1,804
906
1,391
2,979
287
996
266
1,067
181
499
2,054
287
1,164
259
1,029
106
591
2,179
996
1,164
1,253
1,019
1,058
600
1,059
266
259
1,253
1,265
278
743
2,311
1,067
1,029
1,019
1,265
987
710
1,538
181
106
1,058
278
987
485
2,073
499
591
600
743
710
485
1,589
2,054
2,179
1,059
2,311
1,538
2,073
1,589
530
468
1,040
713
561
435
451
1,817
PROPERTY OF
405
692
841
671
1,157
586
447
1,889
912
786
1,273
1,045
356
796
806
1,883
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
802
647
1,771
637
1,608
713
1,198
2,786
459
693
537
716
865
587
201
1,595
738
567
1,691
573
1,508
633
1,118
2,706
289
340
857
513
779
235
257
1,845
P. O. # Lw9 A58-4
2,013
2,300
1,307
2,279
2,274
2,194
1,839
1,131
683
736
681
909
478
631
248
1,452
671
481
1,616
506
1,375
558
1,043
2,631
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delphia
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2,618
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1,412
1,296
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1,141
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1,537
429
459
530
405
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289
2,013
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693
468
692
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340
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561
1,157
1,508
779
2,274
478
1,375
587
435
586
633
235
2,194
631
558
201
451
447
1,118
257
1,839
248
1,043
1.595
1,817
1,889
2,706
1,845
1,131
1,452
2,361
652
826
1,000
285
2,290
401
867
357
826
1,143
552
1,608
695
1,076
WORLD ALMANAC
1,007
390
1,214
1,211
673
2,574
647
1,078
AN IMPRINT OF PHAROS BOOKS SCRIPPS HOWARD COMPANY
1,251
1,100
1,207
100
948
2,815
1,344
233
NEW YORK
652
357
1,183
449
1,638
387
1,116
1,183
1,000
1,143
868
2,751
1,264
133
449
285
552
868
2,081
396
793
1,638
2,290
1,608
2,751
2,081
1,982
2,684
387
401
695
1,264
396
1,982
1,189
1,116
867
1,076
133
793
2,684
1,189
420
Presidents' Biographies
He opposed the entrance of Texas as slave territory and
voted for a protective tariff. In 1844 he was defeated for
ceded Southern from states. the Union Dec. 20, 1860, followed in 1861
governor of New York. In 1848 he was elected vice presi-
dent and succeeded as president July 10, 1850, after Taylor's
The Civil War erupted when Fort Sumter was
death. Fillmore favored the Compromise of 1850 and signed
the Fugitive Slave Law. His policies pleased neither expan-
Antietam, he announced that slaves in territory then battle
Apr. 12, 1861. On Sept. 22, 1862, 5 days after the
sionists nor slave-holders and he was not renominated in
Proclamation, His speeches, including
bellion would be free Jan. 1, 1863, date of the Emancipasion in
1852. In 1856 he was nominated by the American (Know-
Nothing) party and accepted by the Whigs, but defeated by
Inaugural addresses, are remembered for his Gettysburs
Buchanan. He died in Buffalo, Mar. 8, 1874.
Lincoln was reelected, 1864, over Gen. George B. McCle
lan, Democrat. Lee surrendered Apr. 9, 1865. On Apr.
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth in
Theatre, Washington. He died the next day.
Franklin Pierce, 14th president, Democrat, was born in
Hillsboro, N. H., Nov. 23, 1804, the son of Benjamin Pierce,
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
veteran of the Revolution and governor of New Hampshire,
Andrew Johnson, 17th president, Democrat, was born
1827. He graduated from Bowdoin, 1824. A lawyer, he
served in the state legislature 1829-33; in Congress, support-
porter at an inn and church sexton, and Mary McDonous Johnson
Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 29, 1808, the son of Jacob
ing Jackson, 1833-37; U.S. senator, 1837-42. He enlisted in
He was apprenticed to a tailor but ran away and
the Mexican War, became brigadier general under Gen.
settled in Greeneville, Tenn. He became an alderman, 182
Winfield Scott. In 1852 Pierce was nominated on the 49th
mayor, 1830; state representative and senator, 1835-4
ballot over Lewis Cass, Stephen A. Douglas, and James Bu-
member of Congress, 1843-53; governor of Tennessee
chanan, and defeated Gen. Scott, Whig. Though against
1853-57; U.S. senator, 1857-62. He supported John
slavery, Pierce was influenced by pro-slavery Southerners.
Breckinridge against Lincoln in 1860. He had held
He ignored the Ostend Manifesto that the U.S. either buy or
but opposed secession and tried to prevent his home
take Cuba. He approved the Kansas-Nebraska Act, leaving
Tennessee, from seceding. In Mar. 1862, Lincoln appointed
slavery to popular vote ("squatter sovereignty"), 1854. He
him military governor of occupied Tennessee. In 1864
signed a reciprocity treaty with Canada and approved the
was nominated for vice president with Lincoln on the
Gadsden Purchase from Mexico, 1853. Denied renomination
tional Union ticket to win Democratic support. He
by the Democrats, he spent most of his remaining years in
ceeded Lincoln as president Apr. 15, 1865. In a controvers
Concord, N.H., where he died Oct. 8, 1869.
with Congress over the president's power over the South,
proclaimed, May 26, 1865, an amnesty to all Confederates
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
except certain leaders if they would ratify the 13th Amend-
James Buchanan, 15th president, Federalist, later Demo-
ment abolishing slavery. States doing so added anti-Negro
crat, was born of Scottish descent near Mercersburg, Pa.,
provisions that enraged Congress, which restored military
Apr. 23, 1791. He graduated from Dickinson, 1809; was a
control over the South. When Johnson removed Edwin M.
volunteer in the War of 1812; member, Pennsylvania legisla-
Stanton, secretary of war, without notifying the Senate, thus
ture, 1814-16, Congress, 1820-31; Jackson's minister to Rus-
repudiating the Tenure of Office Act, the House impeached
sia, 1831-33; U.S. senator 1834-45. As Polk's secretary of
him for this and other reasons. He was tried by the Senate
state, 1845-49, he ended the Oregon dispute with Britain,
and acquitted by only one vote, May 26, 1868. He returned
supported the Mexican War and annexation of Texas. As
to the Senate in 1875. Johnson died July 31, 1875.
minister to Britain, 1853, he signed the Ostend Manifesto.
Nominated by Democrats, he was elected, 1856, over John
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1869-1877)
C. Fremont (Republican) and Millard Fillmore (American
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president, Republican, was born at
Know-Nothing and Whig tickets). On slavery he favored
Point Pleasant, Oh., Apr. 27, 1822, son of Jesse R. Grant, a
popular sovereignty and choice by state constitutions; he
tanner, and Hannah Simpson. The next year the family
accepted the pro-slavery Dred Scott decision as binding. He
moved to Georgetown, Oh. Grant was named Hiram Ulys-
denied the right of states to secede. A strict constructionist,
ses, but on entering West Point, 1839, his name was entered
he desired to keep peace and found no authority for using
as Ulysses Simpson and he adopted it. He was graduated in
force. He died at Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pa., June 1,
1843; served under Gens. Taylor and Scott in the Mexican
1868.
War; resigned, 1854; worked in St. Louis until 1860, then
went to Galena, III. With the start of the Civil War, he was
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
named colonel of the 21st Illinois Vols., 1861, then brigadier
Abraham Lincoln, 16th president, Republican, was born
general; took Forts Henry and Donelson; fought at Shiloh,
Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin on a farm then in Hardin Co.,
took Vicksburg. After his victory at Chattanooga, Lincoln
Ky., now in Larue. He was the son of Thomas Lincoln, a
placed him in command of the Union Armies. He accepted
carpenter, and Nancy Hanks.
Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Apr., 1865. President John-
The Lincolns moved to Spencer Co., Ind., near Gentry-
son appointed Grant secretary of war when be suspended
ville, when Abe was 7. When his mother died his father mar-
Stanton, but Grant was not confirmed. He was nominated
ried Mrs. Sarah Bush Johnston, 1819; she had a favorable
for president by the Republicans in 1868 and elected over
influence on Abe. In 1830 the family moved to Macon Co.,
Horatio Seymour, Democrat. The 15th Amendment, am-
III. Lincoln lost election to the Illinois General Assembly,
nesty bill, and civil service reform were events of his admin-
1832, but later won 4 times, beginning in 1834. He enlisted
istration. The Liberal Republicans and Democrats opposed
in the militia for the Black Hawk War, 1832. In New Salem
him with Horace Greeley, 1872, but be was reelected. An
he ran a store, surveyed land, and was postmaster.
attempt by the Stalwarts (Old Guard) to nominate him in
In 1837 Lincoln was admitted to the bar and became
1880 failed. In 1884 the collapse of Grant & Ward, invest-
partner in a Springfield, III., law office. He was elected to
ment house, left him penniless. He wrote his personal mem-
Congress, 1847-49. He opposed the Mexican War. He sup-
oirs while ill with cancer and completed them 4 days before
ported Zachary Taylor, 1848. He opposed the Kansas-
his death at Mt. McGregor, N.Y., July 23, 1885. The book
Nebraska Act and extension of slavery, 1854. He failed, in
realized over $450,000.
his bid for the Senate, 1855. He supported John C. Fremont,
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1877-1881)
1856.
Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president, Republican, was
In 1858 Lincoln had Republican support in the Illinois
born in Delaware, Oh., Oct. 4, 1822, the posthumous son of
legislature for the Senate but was defeated by Stephen A.
Rutherford Hayes, a farmer, and Sophia Birchard. He was
Douglas, Dem., who had sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska
raised by his uncle Sardis Birchard. He graduated from
Act.
Kenyon College, 1842, and Harvard Law School, 1845. He
Lincoln was nominated for president by the Republican
practiced law in Lower Sandusky, Oh., now Fremont; was
party on an anti-slavery platform, 1860. He ran against
city solicitor of Cincinnati, 1858-61. In the Civil War, b
Douglas, a northern Democrat; John C. Breckinridge,
was major of the 23d Ohio Vols., was wounded severa
southern pro-slavery Democrat; John Bell, Constitutional
times, and rose to the rank of brevet major general, 1864
Union party. When he won the election, South Carolina se-
He served in Congress 1864-67, supporting Reconstruction
LYNN MARTIN
FOR U.S. SENATE
In 1989, U.S. Representative Lynn Martin was honored as the Republican
Woman of the Year, cited by President George Bush as one of the outstanding
leaders on Capitol Hill and encouraged to run for the United States Senate.
During his inauguration week, the President urged a group of 10,000
young people to make Lynn Martin a role model and "watch her leadership in
the United States Congress."
"She's tough, she's strong and she exemplifies the very best in public
service," he said of his longtime friend.
Two respected publications -- the National Journal and Washingtonian
magazine -- agreed with Mr. Bush in 1989 and characterize her as one of the
most influential people in Congress and one of the "best of Washington."
Indeed, Lynn Martin is regarded as a force to be reckoned with in
efforts to make government both responsive and responsible.
This combination of compassion and common sense has been a goal
throughout her career as a public servant, beginning with her tenure as a
teacher.
Lynn Morley Martin was born in Chicago on Dec. 26, 1939, and attended
Chicago schools. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of
Illinois in 1960 and taught high school economics, government and English
in DuPage County and Rockford before entering politics.
Her very first campaign was a success, earning her a seat on the
Winnebago County Board in 1972. She was elected to the Illinois House of
Representatives four years later and to the Illinois Senate in 1978.
Recognizing her plain-spoken fiscal conservatism and social conscience
as qualities needed in Washington, voters of the 16th Congressional
District elected her to the U.S. House in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988.
Today, as a leader in Congress, Martin represents northwestern
Illinois but works for the entire state.
"She is disarmingly lighthearted and sometimes jokingly feminist but
usually well-informed, dependably partisan and tough," writes Milton
Coleman of The Washington Post.
Accolades have come from such groups as the Watchdogs of the Treasury,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Taxpayer's Union for her efforts to
curb Federal spending and reduce the tax burden. The National Women's
Political Caucus praised her efforts to extend opportunities for women.
Martin led the successful bipartisan battle in the 100th Congress to
grant Congressional employees the same civil rights protection available to
most other American workers.
In the 101st Congress, she co-chairs the Bipartisan Ethics Task Force
empaneled to review the standards of conduct for lawmakers and to consider
reforms.
Her three terms on the Budget Committee, two terms on the Armed
Services Committee and tenure as Vice Chair of the House Republican
Conference were capped in 1989 by assignment to the House Rules Committee,
an arm of the House leadership and one of the most powerful committees on
Capitol Hill.
During her spare time at home in Loves Park, Illinois, she enjoys
reading and gardening.
Martin has two daughters and is married to U.S. District Judge Harry
Leinenweber, the father of five.
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MARTIN ANNOUNCES RUN FOR U.S. SENATE
"Today a new journey begins
and for Illinois.'
ii
for us,
With that statement, U.S. Representative Lynn Martin (R-Loves Park) today
announced she is a candidate for the office of U.S. Senator for the
state of Illinois.
In a seven-city, statewide fly-around announcement, Martin said there are
several reasons she had decided to run and that those reasons could be
summed up in these words:
"Illinois deserves better."
Flanked by supporters in Rockford, The Quad Cities, Peoria, Springfield
East St. Louis, Carbondale and Chicago, Martin said:
"Illinois deserves better than a part-time Senator who ran for President
because Mike Dukakis was not liberal enough!"
"Illinois deserves better than a Senator who sees America through a
rear-view mirror and wants to go back to the 1930's."
"Illinois deserves a leader with the vision, ideas and energy to help
our children compete in the 1990's and into the 21st Century - - and
that is the vision I will bring."
In striking a tone that will be a theme for the year-long campaign,
Representative Martin talked of looking to the future rather than to
the past for the solutions to the problems that face us today and
tomorrow.
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Martin said, "We are not locked in to any future of drugs, dependency
or despair. We can bring jobs, growth and opportunity into our poorest
neighborhoods
but we must be willing to change."
Representative Martin then agreed to a series of seven debates with
her opponent at the sites of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Martin stated, "Yes, by all means, let's debate these issues. Frankly,
I think my opponent has some explaining to do."
Concerning problems with her opponent's voting record, Martin stated,
"He continuously voted to raise taxes, he opposed the 1981 tax cuts,
he voted against the death penalty for drug dealers and terrorists
who kill Americans, he missed 1200 votes and he voted against the
1985 tax bill."
Martin said, "On issue after issue he votes against our best interests."
Martin further stated, "I'll say one more time
Illinois
deserves better. And, with your good and gracious help, we can deliver."
"I will articulate for the people of this state my positive vision of
what must be done to make this great state an even better place to live.
We have the ideas, we have the spirit, and we are going to take our
message of hope to every person, from the shores of Lake Michigan down
to the banks of the Mississippi, and we are going to help make their
dreams come true. I know that it can be done."
Martin currently represents the 16th Congressional District in
northwestern Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives where
she has held several positions of leadership since 1981. Prior to that,
Martin was a teacher, a member of the Winnebago County Board, the Illinois
House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. Lynn Martin has two
daughters and is married to U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, the
father of five.
Martin concluded by saying, "I'm in this race because I want our
children, and our grandchildren, to have their chance, their
day in the sun."
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LYNN MARTIN FOR U.S. SENATE
ILLINOIS ANNOUNCEMENT SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 6, 1989
ROCKFORD
Greater Rockford Airport
2 Airport Circle, 1st Floor
Rockford, Illinois
Announcement: 7:15 a.m.
MOLINE
Airport Holiday Inn
6902 27th Street
Moline, Illinois
Announcement: 9:00 a.m.
PEORIA
Peoria Regional Airport
Runway Room, Lower Level
1900 South Maxwell Road
Peoria, Illinois
Announcement: 10:45 a.m.
SPRINGFIELD
State Capitol
Room 212
Springfield, Illinois
Anouncement: 12:30 p.m.
METRO EAST
Bi-State Parks Airport
1400 Upper Cahokia Road
East St. Louis, Illinois
Announcement: 2:30 p.m.
CARBONDALE
Southern Illinois Airport at Carbondale
Rural Route #2 (Airport Road)
Carbondale, Illinois
Announcement: 4:00 p.m.
ROSEMONT
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Conference Center, 2nd Floor
5555 N. River Road
Rosemont, Illinois
Announcement: 7:00 p.m.
For additional information, call Lynn Martin for U.S. Senate media
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Contact: Chris Bowman or Alisa Parenti
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT
The 16th Congressional District of Illinois is one of the heartlands of the Republican Party. It
The People: Est. Pop. 1986: 512,300, dn.1.3% 1980-86; Pop. 1980: 519,035. up 2.8% 1970-80.
was here in Freeport that Abraham Lincoln forced Stephen Douglas into the most damaging
Households (1980): 76% family, 42% with children, 65% married couples; 29.8% housing units rented;
admission of their 1858 debates, and this was one part of Illinois that was overwhelmingly for
median monthly rent: $175; median house value: $42,300. Voting age pop. (1980): 364,824; 4% Black,
Lincoln then and when he ran for President. During the 1930s, when most of America voted for
2% Spanish origin.
Franklin Roosevelt, the 16th District voted for Hoover and Landon and was one of less than 100
congressional districts that always elected Republican congressmen. It did vote against Barry
1988 Presidential Vote:
Bush
(R)
116,627
(57%)
Goldwater in 1964, but only by the narrowest of margins. It was the home of one two-term
Dukakis (D)
85,552
(42%)
Republican President, Ulysses S. Grant, who made a poor living in the old Mississippi River
town of Galena, and the birthplace of another, Ronald Reagan. Yet-a nice ironic twist-
Rep. Lynn M. Martin (R)
Reagan was raised a Democrat in rented apartments in Tampico and Dixon; he has none of the
smugness and suspicion that outsiders have of the Yankee small-town bank president who was
Elected 1980; b. Dec. 26, 1939, Chicago; home, Loves Park; U. of
the archetypical Republican here, but rather the expansiveness and inclusionary impulse of the
IL, B.A. 1960; Roman Catholic; married (Harry Leinenweber).
President he continues to admire greatly though his home area never voted for him, Franklin
Career: High sch. teacher, 1960-69; Winnebago Cnty. Bd.,
Roosevelt. The ancestral Republican from the 16th District in the 1980 race-another nice
1972-76; IL House of Reps., 1977-79; IL Senate, 1979-81.
twist-was John Anderson, who ran as a liberal Republican and then as a third-party candidate
Offices: 1214 LHOB 20515, 202-225-5676. Also 308 W. State
against Reagan and Jimmy Carter.
St., Ste. 175, Rockford 61101, 815-987-4326; and 420 Ave. A.
Despite the Democratic trend in Downstate Illinois, the 16th District has remained Republi-
Sterling 61081, 815-626-1616.
can. High unemployment in and around Rockford, its largest city, hurt Republicans here in the
Committees: Rules (3d of 4 R). Subcommittee: Legislative Pro-
1980s, and so did the woes of workers who used to make agricultural implements across the line
cess (Ranking Member).
in Rock Island and Moline. But the ancestral allegiance remained strong in small towns and
farmlands, and the district went 63% for Ronald Reagan in 1984 and 57% for George Bush in
1988.
Lynn Martin, congresswoman from the 16th since Anderson retired in 1980, is one of the
national leaders of her party. In the 1960s, she was a wife and teacher; in the 1970s, she was
elected to the county board and to the Illinois House and Senate from Rockford; in the 1980s she
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has been a member of the Budget and Rules Committee and vice-chairman of the House
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Republican Conference. At each step she has shown political acumen combined with a sharp
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sense of humor. She is a moderate on cultural issues (she supported the Equal Rights
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Amendment, for example, and sometimes on foreign policy, and solidly conservative and
market-oriented on economics). Martin is also a sharp and aggressive partisan, always ready to
National Journal Ratings
point out weaknesses in the Democrats' arguments and always ready to raise a standard to which
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all Republicans can repair. She was sharp enough, in several senses of the word, to be George
Economic
26%
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73%
19%
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78%
Bush's sparring partner for his 1984 debate with Geraldine Ferraro. She combined her partisan
Social
34%
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65%
27%
-
72%
and reformist impulses in her crusade in the 100th Congress to protect congressional employees
Foreign
16%
-
78%
28%
-
70%
from discrimination and poor working conditions, and to twit the Democrats for not subjecting
Key Votes
themselves to the same laws they write for others. She had at least minor success in 1988 when
1) Homeless $
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the House established a committee to rule on discrimination against its employees.
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Martin's strengths have not always translated into popularity with her fellow Republicans.
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11) Aid to Contras
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After the 1986, election she tried for a seat on Appropriations and, despite the support of
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Republican Leader Robert Michel, lost it due to the opposition of Trent Lott and the small state
coalition that dominated the Republican Committee on Committees. After the 1988 election,
Election Results
Martin ran for chairman of the Republican Conference, and was defeated by three votes by
1988 general
Lynn M. Martin (R)
128,365
(64%)
($329,598)
Jerry Lewis of California. As a kind of consolation prize she was given a seat on Rules and, as one
Steven E. Mahan (D)
72,431
(36%)
($25,424)
of three new Republicans in four seats, has some chance to change how that committee operates;
1988 primary
Lynn M. Martin (R), unopposed
though partisan, she is also intellectually frank and personally congenial with Democrats-quite
1986 general
Lynn M. Martin (R)
92,982
(67%)
($239,059)
a contrast with Delbert Latta, whom she replaced during illness on Budget and now replaces on
Kenneth F. Bohnsack (D)
46,087
(33%)
($44,369)
Rules-and so may have more impact on House proceedings than Republicans are used to.
Martin has a tough decision to make in 1989: whether to take on the risks of running against
Senator Paul Simon in 1990. To do so, she would have to give up 10 years of seniority and an
important place-though not as important as she wanted-in the House. She would have to give
up as well a safe seat in the House; although Democrat Skip Schwerdtfeger held her under 60%
ALMANAC OF AMERICAN POLITICS 1990
in 1982 and 1984, she seems well established now. An Illinois Senate race is always iffy. Yet if
she won-and that seems by no means impossible-she would put her party significantly closer
to a Senate majority and make herself a visible and important national figure.
Fax
From U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin, R-I11.
1214 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-5676
TO:
Stephanie Blessey
White Hoose Speech office
PHONE:
456-6218
FROM:
David Fox
DATE:
7 November 1989
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Bush there to catch
a stumbling Martin
91
less!" he said wryly.
The Associated Press
While Martin joined in the
WASHINGTON - It was that
laughter, Bush turned serious and
moment everybody worries about:
urged the high school students to
You're walking down the aisle at a
"take on Lynn Martin as a role
wedding, or climbing the steps to get
model. Watch her leadership in the
your diploma, and you trip.
United States Congress. She's
For Rep. Lynn Martin, R-Ill., it
tough, she's strong and she exempli-
came Thursday as she escorted
fies the very best in public service."
President-elect Bush onto a stage at
"I'm proud to have her at my side,
the District of Columbia Armory
standing or falling," he added.
before several thousand teen-agers.
Afterwards, in her own turn at
The Illinois congresswoman, who
the microphone, Martin said, "It's
was emceeing the event, stumbled
something we all dreaded if you had
as she reached the top of the stairs.
an eighth-grade graduation or you
Only a quick hand from Bush and
stood up in a wedding, or when you
Stephen M. Studdert, the inaugural
graduate from high school: will you
executive director, kept her from
trip going up or down the stairs?
hitting the deck.
"I never did then. I waited until
For Bush, the stumble could not
now so I could do it in front of
pass unnoticed.
thousands of people," she said.
"About the dramatic entrance by
"But there's kind of a lesson. I
my friend Lynn Martin she will do
guess you just get up. And it's kind
anything to upstage the president-
of nice to get a hand from the
elect of the United States - shame-
president of the United States."
Martin scolds
Simon as she
A4 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1989
THE WASHINGTON POST
joins race
By Thomas Hardy
Martin Opens Formal Bid for Senate
Chicago Tribune
ROCKFORD-Republican, U.S. Rep.
Lynn Martin cloaked herself in the popular,
Simon's Challenger More Cautious After Initial Missteps in Illinois
conservative Reagan-Bush mantle-em-
phasizing the issues of taxes and spending-
Charging that Simon had missed
in declaring her challenge Monday to Demo-
By Bill Peterson
1,200 roll-call votes (a number Si-
cratic U.S. Sen. Paul Simon.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Martin, 49, cast herself as a "fiscal con-
mon aides described as inflated),
servative friend of the taxpayers" who is
SPRINGFIELD, III., Nov. 6-In
she told supporters here, "Illinois
in touch with voters, and she placed Simon
Washington, Rep. Lynn Martin (R-
deserves better than a part-time
at the busiest cash register of a Democratic
;III.) is regarded as a rising GOP
senator who ran for president be-
"Taxes-R-Us" spending spree in Washington.
star, admired for her wit and polit-
cause Mike Dukakis was not liberal
The former schoolteacher, state legislator
-ical savvy. But when she formally
enough."
and five-term member of Congress from the
Rockford area scolded Simon for a record of
announced her candidacy against
It was Martin's slowness in as-
absenteeism that Martin said began even be-
Sen. Paul Simon (D) today, the big-
sembling a campaign organization
fore the first-termsouthern Illinois Demo-
"gest problem she faced was dispel-
as well as her impolitic remarks
crat's pursuit of the 1988 presidential nomi-
"ling troubling questions about her
that worried Illinois Republican
nation. Since he went to Congress in 1975,
(ability to play big-time politics in
leaders, who also face races for
she said, Simon has missed 1,200 votes.
her home state.
governor, the state legislature and
"My philosophy is in harmony with yours,
Martin, a former schoolteacher
county offices next year.
mainstream Illinois," Martin told supporters.
"The priorities that I fight for will be the
now in her fifth term in the House,
This was not expected from a
bread-and-butter
;raised these questions with a series
seasoned political pro with national
issues of Illinois'
of embarrassing gaffes last summer
experience as co-chairman of
working families, not
;and a slow start organizing her first
George Bush's 1988 campaign.
a liberal wish list for
REP. LYNN MARTIN
statewide campaign.
reaction to gaffes "took me back"
Jim Edgar, the secretary of state
the wine-and-brie set
In one interview, Martin charac-
and GOP gubernatorial hopeful,
in Washington."
Simon, 60, declined
iterized downstate Illinois voters as
nouncement" tour around the state
conceded today that Martin provid-
to comment except,
"rednecks." In another, she said
was in large part an attempt by
ed opponents "some cannon fod-
t h r u g h a
voters looked on the state's 1984
Martin to jump-start a campaign in
der."
spokeswoman, to
Senate race between Simon and
what both national parties view as
"Lynn is very bright and very
welcome Martin into
then-Sen. Charles H. Percy (R) as a
one of the premier Senate contests
funny," Edgar said. "Sometimes-
the race and say he
*contest between "two twerps." In
of 1990. The Midwest will be a key
and she knows this-she has got to
looks forward to an
issues-oriented cam-
yet another interview, she sug-
Senate battleground next year with
watch it."
paign.
gested that a Simon visit to Poland
tough races also expected in Iowa,
Edgar and others contend Martin
has largely overcome her early
Martin
Although Martin
was "crapola."
Indiana and Michigan, and possibly
has pledged that hers
Reaction to the remarks, which
in South Dakota and Nebraska.
problems. She has hired pollster
will not be a personal, negative campaign,
Martin aides say were taken out of
Martin begins as an underdog.
Robert Teeter and media consul-
Monday's announcement demonstrated a
context, stunned the congresswom-
She has never run outside her home
tant Roger Ailes and put together a
willingness to forcefully make the Republican
an and made her a more cautious,
National Committee case that Democrats
congressional district around Rock-
finance committee, headed by Rich-
are tax-and-spend liberals. Simon is at the
deliberate candidate.
ford in the northwest corner of the
ard Morrow, chairman of Amoco. In
top of a GOP hit list.
"I think it took me back. When I
state and she is not widely known in
addition, President Bush has agreed
"I'm willing to echo my President on this
read about them I didn't recognize
much of Illinois. A poll taken in late
to appear at a Nov. 20 fund-raiser
one," Martin said of President Bush's "read
me," she said in an interview. "May-
August by WCIA-TV in Champaign
in her behalf in Chicago.
my lips" campaign pledge last year to not
be because I'm a woman I know.
found her trailing Simon, who first
"You're going to make some mis-
raise taxes, "Any increase in the (federal) in-
-names hurt.
ran statewide 21 years ago, 58 per-
takes in any campaign," Edgar said.
come tax would be an enormous mistake
and not one I will make.
"I felt more cautious for awhile,"
cent to 27 percent.
"But a lot better- now than a year
"It's a clear difference between Paul Simon
Martin added. "I don't think there's
Simon, meanwhile, jumped off to
from now. From this point on, as
and me," Martin told reporters after formally
anything wrong with being a little
a big fund-raising lead, collecting
long as she doesn't make any major
announcing her candidacy. "His voting re-
cautious. But the one thing no one
$1.7 million during the first half of
mistakes, she just keep building."
cord, his lack of commitment to this state,
in this campaign is going to say is
the year.
are the very things he used against an oppo-
shouldn't be direct and honest.
But Simon, who ran unsuccess-
nent six years ago and now are there as a
Must I be cautious to remember
fully for the Democratic presiden-
standard for him to meet. He has failed.
In addition to taxes-an issue already
that one sentence may be printed
tial nomination last year, also has
gaining considerable attention in Illinois, es-
rather than a whole paragraph?
weaknesses. Martin hit at some of
Sure."
them today, invoking the same "out-
pecially among Chicago-area property-tax
Today's seven-city, "formal an-
of-touch with Illinois" theme that
payers-Martin invoked another theme Bush
used against Democratic presidential
the first-term senator used in de-
nominee Michael Dukakis by endorsing the
feating Percy five years ago.
death sentence for drug kingpins.
When Simon does vote, Martin contended,
it is not in the interest of Illinois constitu-
ents. As an example, Martin said, Simon has
voted 19 times to raise taxes, was one of
only three senators who opposed the Tax
Reform Act of 1986 and opposed the 1981
tax cuts that, she said, saves a typical family
$2,200 a year.
Those who agree with him, Martin suggest-
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ed, should send their money to "Paul Simon,
in care of 'Taxes-R-Us,' Washington, and I
guarantee you, he'll spend every cent."
As a House GOP leader, Martin said, she
has been a proud partner with former Presi-
dent Ronald Reagan and now Bush. "George
Bush needs a friend in Washington, not
someone who works against him every day,"
she said.
However, Martin cautioned in a separate
interview, she is not a "Bush redux' and
noted that she recently opposed the Pre-
sident's stances against abortion and raising
the minimum wage.
Congresswoman Lynn Martin: 8 Years Later
n 1980 and 1981, State Legislatures in-
and after only two terms to a leadership
House Budget Committee and still feels
terviewed Congresswoman Lynn
position, and in 1989 a much-coveted ap-
that the money committees are the best
Martin, a newly elected U.S. Representa-
pointment to the Rules Committee, she
place to learn the system, although she
tive from Illinois, to determine her ex-
jokingly says the eight years are the
says serving on the committee in her first
pectations and frustrations with her new
longest she's ever held a job. "I'm look-
term was "a little like getting sex educa-
life on Capitol Hill. We recently revisited
ing at this as long-time employment."
tion at age six. It's a little too soon to
the Congresswoman to see how things
She attributes her rapid advancement in
understand - there's a lot of stuff you
are going.
Congress to a number of things but says,
really shouldn't know until a lot later."
In 1981, as a freshman appointee to
"Don't discount luck."
In comparing her congressional experi-
the powerful Budget Committee, Martin
ence with her years in the Illinois Gen-
said she wanted to take the time to learn
eral Assembly, Martin says that it is
the process before she became an active
much more difficult to accomplish things
player. "There's no faster way to learn
in Congress, first because the problems
than on the money committees." She was
addressed by Congress are much broader
also frustrated with the hectic pace and
and cover all 50 states. She also believes
"trying to be in three places at once."
it was easier to operate in the minority
Today, eight years later, Congress-
party in the state legislature. "The Illinois
woman Martin has served as the highest
Senate is a much more collegial body.
ranking woman in a GOP leadership
The partisanship was open, but at 5 p.m.
post and is presently the only woman
it ended. Here you don't have the same
serving on the prestigious House Rules
kind of personal ties."
Committee. She is no longer sitting on
Martin does think that there is a
the sidelines learning the ropes. She is an
changing perception of the states' ability
active and effective legislator, but one
to manage programs. She said in 1981,
who still finds the pace frustrating. She
"There seems to be an underlying fear
says it never gets better. "Now I juggle
that the states may not be ready
that
six things none of them very well."
somehow the states are dumber than the
Her colleagues would not agree with
feds." Now she points out that there are
her critique of her juggling ability. The
Congresswoman Lynn Martin
a lot more programs reverting to state
highly regarded vice chairwoman of the
control, and says the argument that the
House Republican Conference has-com-
When asked if she felt her experience
states are less capable isn't made any-
pleted a six-year term on the House
in the Illinois General Assembly helped
more. She does say that Congress isn't
Budget Committee; there she became
her to adjust to the workings of Con-
yet willing to loosen the strings that
known for her leadership ability while
gress, her quick response was, "I'm not
accompany federal money to the states,
filling in for Ohio Congressman Delbert
exaggerating when I say I cannot imagine
but argues that accountability for the
L. Latta, the ranking Republican mem-
being here without it." However, while
"people's money" is the main reason, and
ber of the committee, while he was
she readily acknowledges the value of
not a desire for control over the states.
absent from the House following heart
her state experience, Martin admits that
The Congresswoman doesn't have any
surgery. Her ability to open lines of bi-
she doesn't have much contact with the
specific legislation in mind when she re-
partisan communication within the com-
state legislature now because "like any-
flects upon her career. She says simply,
mittee was heralded by her colleagues,
thing, the farther you are from it, the
"I suppose that in 20 years' time if some-
and she was able to achieve some admir-
fewer people you know."
body's life was better because of some-
able victories during her tenure on the
About her ability to garner votes for
thing I did, even if they have no idea who
committee. She is lauded for her quick
her positions, Martin says, "It's still nice
I am or if I'm still here, that would be
wit, her outspokenness and, most of all,
to remember that when you get votes
something about your life worth living.
her effectiveness and political acumen.
they are from people. It's the same in
My goal is not to save humanity -
When questioned about her rapid
Springfield, Ill. as it is in Washington,
humanity is better than any one indi-
move from the Illinois House to the Illi-
D.C. You better know your people."
vidual. My goal is just to have life a little
nois Senate, then to the U.S. Congress,
She says she loved her six years on the
better because I did something right."
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1989
Budget Scissors
Josethon Rosen
preserve lighthouses.
as a bill, unamended and with or with-
By Gordon J. Humphrey
There are several proposals to
out recommendation, within five
and Lynn Martin
strengthen the recission power. Ours
days; each house must vote the recis-
involves a simple change in the rules
sion up or down within 10 days.
WASHINGTON
to require the House and Senate to
Colleagues who don't want to
ven though Congress
vote within 10 days on rescission re-
amend the Constitution to give the
quests from the President.
President a line-item veto should like
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feels burdened by the
Federal deficit, it has
This is not a new power for the
this proposal. It doesn't change the
been unwilling to cede
President. Congress granted recis-
balance of power between the
sion authority to the President in the
the power of the purse
branches. Indeed, only a simple ma-
1974 Budget ACL But under current
to the President. Thus,
jority in both houses is needed to re-
rules either house can kill the Presi-
Congress has been wary of giving the
ject proposed recission, whereas a
President the power of the line-item
line-item veto override requires a
two-thirds majority.
veto. But there is a better way to cut
While a line-item veto erases entire
spending.
Congress can strengthen the Presi-
A better
appropriation accounts (say, $10 bil-
lion for all water projects) enhanced
dent's authority to submit specific ap-
method
recission more precisely targets
propriations for cutting. Unlike the
wasteful spending - for example, an
line-item veto, enhanced recission
than the
unnecessary $20 million for a specific
doesn't cut muscle to get the fat. But
project. And unlike a constitutional
it does require Congress to live up to
amendment, enhanced recission au-
its responsibility to vote on recission
line-item veto.
thority can be implemented almost
requests - something Congress cur-
immediately.
rently refuses to do.
Those who say that this idea won't
Appropriations bills are full of
save much money are wrong. They
sweets. For example, in fiscal 1988,
dent's request by simply ignoring it.
ignore a fact of Washington life: Pro-
Congress funded a $24.3 million artil-
Of $20 billion in recissions re-
grams may start out modestly but
lery fire-control computer the Army
quested by President Ronald Reagan
costs increase because programs
doesn't want and $5 million for port-
between 1983 and 1988, Congress ap-
grow over time. For example, Mr.
able sonar the Coast Guard doesn't
proved a mere 2 percent, or $400 mil-
Reagan asked Congress to terminate
need. It granted $2.6 million to de-
lion. Not one of his recission requests
82 such programs in fiscal 1990, for an
velop foreign markets for U.S.
in his second term was accorded the
immediate budget saving of $4.9 bil-
fishery products and $376,000 to build
fairness of a vote.
lion. His request was ignored, and by
a private underwater laboratory in
We are asking that Congress re-
1994 the cost of those programs will
Key Largo, Fla.; $1 million to build a
spond in good faith to a Presidential
have grown to $10.2 billion.
biotechnology research park in
request for recission by doing what it
The American people are tired of
Worcester, Mass., and $1 million to
gets paid to do: vote.
hearing Congress blame the Presi-
Under this proposal, originally pro-
dent and the President blame the
Gordon J. Humphrey, Republican of
posed by Dan Quayle, then a Senator,
Congress for the budget deficits.
New Hampshire, is a member of the
a President may recommend a recis-
There are legitimate arguments over
Senate Judiciary Committee. Lynn
sion to Congress within three days of
which staples ought to be included in
Martin, Republican of Illinois, IS a
signing an appropriations bill into
our national plate. But no one can
member of the House Rules Commit-
law. The appropriations committees
argue against summoning the disci-
tee.
in each house must report the request
pline to eliminate desserts.
32 A Saturday, January 26, 1985
Editorials
The Dallas Morning News
JOHN A RECTOR JIL
Publisher
BURL OSBORNE
JEREMY 1. HALBREICH
President Editor
Executive Vice President
HARRY M. STANLEY JR
RALPH LANGER
Senior Vico President
Executive Editor
J. WILLIAM COX
Senior Vice President
Administration and Finance
WILLIAM W EVANS
JAMES A. KEELEY
Managing Editor
Vice President/Operations
JIM WRIGHT. Editorial Page Editor
Congress:
The Double Standard
Over the years, while Con-
posal any employee or appli-
gress was noisily passing
cant could file a discrimina-
anti-discrimination laws for
tion complaint with an em-
the private sector, it quietly
ployment review board.
made sure its own employ-
ces were not covered.
In the past, many Con-
As a result, inside critics
gress members have dodged
refer to Capitol Hill as "the
reform by saying it would
last plantation" - a work-
jeopardize their right to hire
place where employees are
staff members who share
not protected by civil rights,
their political views and un-
labor, health and safety stat-
derstand district concerns.
utes.
The new proposal by Rep.
For example. a survey last
Lynn Martin, R.-Ill., has
year showed that 81 percent
been drafted to ensure that
of the staff members earn-
members can take political
ing less than $20,000 were
affiliation and district prob-
women, while 75 percent of
lems into consideration in
the top congressional staff
hiring.
members earning more than
The time is long overdue
$40,000 were men.
for our elected leaders to get
Efforts are being renewed
their own house - and Sen-
this year to amend Title VII
ate and other Capitol Hill of-
of the Civil Rights Act of
fices - in order. As Rep.
1964 to include 30,000 work.
Martin pointed out, "Con-
ers in the legislative branch
gress should look at itself.
of government as well as
Nothing is more offensive to
17,000 staffers in the judicial
most humans than the ho-
branch. Under the new pro-
lier-than-thou attitude."
A4 ILLINOIS AGRI-NEWS Friday, March 31. 1989
Education woes disrupt rural America
By MARTHA POPP
great shortage of total funds.
"In the future. most of the manu-
We're talking about a drastic
facturing is not going to come
Agri News Publications
back to the rural areas. just like
change in the way education is
DIXON. 111. - Closing schools
funded.'
much of the value and assets of
in rural Illinois threatens the very
Rep. Martin agreed with the
the agriculture sector are not go-
fiber of what U.S. citizens have
panel members that people
ing to come back. either.'
come to know as rural America.
throughout Illinois are ready to
A second panel at the meeting
according to a panel member at a
make a drastic change in educa-
focused on the rural family. "I
meeting conducted here last
tion funding. "Listening to you
don't think the problems of rural
week.
today, you don't sound any dif-
families are much different from
Howard Christensen, a small
ferent from the people in Rock.
the problems of urban families.
business owner in Carroll County.
ford." she said. "We all know we
said Donna Mann. Ogle County
was a member of one of two pan-
have to do this better for our
home economics extension ad-
els at the Rural Families Facing
young people.'
viser. "The difference lies in the
the 21st Century" forum hosted
The representative pointed out
attitudes of these families and the
by U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin. R-111.
that all citizens will be required to
resources available to them."
"Our schools are in real trouble
help pay for the education sys-
Jane Sidwell. mental health
because we fund education
tem. "There's no way to make
counselor at Sinnissippi Mental
primarily through the property
everybody else pay for it," she
Health Center. said those who live
tax." Christensen stated. "The-
said. "I'm hearing especially
in rural areas are "very pro-
property tax places the burden on
from senior citizens about their
U.S. REP. LYNN MARTIN
tective of their private lives. and
the single largest industry we
great lack of desire to pay any-
sharing problems, with profes-
have in rural communities - ag-
thing for education
and
I
think
moved out of the cities and into
sionals seems to be more difficult
that's a terrific mistake.'
smaller towns and helped to pro-
riculture.'
for these people than It Is for
Jay Book. a Whiteside County
Some of today's rural problems
vide the income base.
urban people.
farmer who also served as a panel
have been caused by changes that
During the early 1980s. these
"We've been schooled to be-
member, said the education
have occurred since the 1970s.
companies took the same loss as
lieve we don't have a drug or al-
problem is a "double-edged
according to David Chicolne,
the agriculture sector because
cohol problem in the rural area
sword.' He added, "We're saying
head of the agricultural econom-
they were linked to international
and if it occurs to my family then
the way education is being funded
ics department at the University
markets, also. "The real pillars of
I'm the only one with the prob-
is grossly unfair because it's be-
of Illinois. He explained that in
the rural economy went through a
lem.' Sidwell added. "Only when
ing born by a very fragile part of
the 1970s. diversification was
more wrenching struggle than the
people discover they are not the
the economy - agriculture. In
taking place in rural Illinois and
urban areas that rely on the serv-
only one with the problem does
addition.
there's
a
many manufacturing companies
ice sector," Chicoine explained.
sharing become easier for them.'
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LYNN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARTIN FUNDRAISER
(Sen Mpj,Leode) Roke Phillip
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1989
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12:00 P.M.
Lynn Martin, Jim Thompson, Members of the great Illinois
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Congressional delegation, Members of the superb 1990 Illinois
Schrocder
Republican ticket, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends.
Thank you, -Lynn for that gracious introduction. And let me
say what a pleasure it is to be in Chicago -- and to speak on
behalf of a close and dear friend. One of the great leaders in
the U.S. House of Representatives. And soon to be one of the
greatest members of the United States Senate. // My long-time
colleague, Lynn Martin. //
( (Now, I know that Lynn wanted to get her campaign for a
Senate seat off to a flying start. // But I'm glad she let me
come here anyway.)) //
For Lynn has been a magnificent Congresswoman for her
District -- and for Illinois. And she'll make a magnificent U.S.
Senator. Lynn is what Illinois needs, and my Administration
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leader who will make the Nation proud. Lynn Martin is that
woman. //
You know, over the years I've worked with hundreds of
Members of Congress. And few have impressed me more than Lynn.
She's been there when America needed her. She's been there when
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I needed her. ( (She even helped by pinch-hitting for my opponent
in practices before the 1984 Vice-Presidential debate. Believe
me, after scrimmaging Lynn, the real thing was a breeze. ))
//
Two weeks ago, when she announced for the Senate, Lynn said
specah
her reasons could be summed up in three words: "Illinois
deserves better. Well, take it from me: Lynn Martin is a role
model for the best and brightest in public service.
When her District looked for a strong voice to speak for it
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in the House, Lynn was there. For the parent worried about
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inflation -- for seniors needing medical care -- for the student
who wants to learn -- Lynn was there. And when I looked for her
to fight for our cause in last year's Election, Lynn was there,
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too.
((Here's proof of her resiliency. Lynn co-chaired the
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it.)) //
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Earlier in 1988, 82 members of the House endorsed my
candidacy before the first Presidential Primary. And who was
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there leading the group? You're right. Lynn Martin. And when
I
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her to give up a safe Congressional seat this year and
run for the Senate, you're right again. Lynn was there.
You can see why I so admire Lynn -- and why I need her in
the Senate. On the one hand she's a gracious, smart, and
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compassionate woman. In this City of the Big Shoulders, hers may
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not rival the Chicago Bears. But this 1989 Republican Woman of
rel.
the Year is strong and tough. As someone once said: "Lynn
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Martin is the girl next door who became one of the boys."
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She's a fighter for her principles. And a go-getter for her
constituents. And next November, she's going to be a winner for
what one writer called "the best State precisely because it is so
American. More, it is heartland. As Castile is of Spain so
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Illinois is core America."
Fellow Republicans, Lynn Martin, too, is "core America."
Which explains why in January 1991 she'll become the new Junior
Senator from the State of Illinois.
Lynn Martin will win, first, because she's a real Illinoian.
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we need that in the United States Senate. Born and raised in
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Illinois. Graduated with honors. // Of course, Lynn tells me
the Fighting Illini football team will do the honors on January
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Like Illinoians, Lynn Martin is honest. ((It's like she
always tells me: "It's fine that you're here, Mr. President.
But if you really want to WOW the crowd, bring Barbara. ") ) //
And she's genuine -- she's never left her roots.
Lynn Martin knows the people of Illinois: The retired
laborer, the homemaker, the small shop owner. And their values:
Hard work, love of country, and faith in God. She's been a
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board member and State legislator. And for nine years the
Congresswoman from the 16th District. She's been a devoted
public servant. And a devoted mother and teacher. Some of you
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know how Lynn used to be a car pool mom. // Well, she still has
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out of office. //
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Next, Lynn Martin is going to win because she's a fiscal
conservative. And my Administration needs that in the U.S.
Senate. // I don't have anything against a bow-tied Senator,
but I object when he tries to hog-tie the taxpayer.
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Think about these facts. Unemployment at the lowest level
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in almost 20 years. More than 20 million new jobs since 1982.
The longest peacetime expansion in history. Lynn Martin helped
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now save a typical family $2 200 a year. By controlling
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spending. And voting for the capital gains tax cut which will
create greater opportunity. Moreover, Lynn has cared enough to
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vote full-time. Voting "for the bread and butter issues of
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Illinois' working families, not a liberal wish list for the wine
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and cheese set in Washington, D.C."
Now, please understand me: None of this is personal. I
know Lynn Martin's opponent. // Lynn Martin's opponent is a
friend of mine. // But ladies and gentlemen, her opponent is no
Lynn Martin. //
As proof, consider a third reason I need Lynn in the U.S.
Senate: Like most Illinoians, she's had it up to here with crime
and drug use.
As you know, our Administration has proposed the most
comprehensive plan to assault these plagues. Lynn supports that
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package. Because she believes that the Federal government must
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wage real not rhetorical -- war against the thugs who assault
our kids. //
Lynn Martin urges stiffer penalties for violent criminals.
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And greater certainty in sentencing. And she agrees with me that
drug kingpins and terrorists who kill Americans don't deserve the
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easy parole that lets them off scot-free. She says, as I do:
These hoods don't deserve an outing at Wrigley Field. They
deserve to pay with their lives. //
Lynn Martin says we must be free of violence at home. She
also believes we must be free from war abroad. So here's a
fourth reason I need her in the Senate: She will be a full-time
loco,
crusader for the winds of change sweeping East and Central
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Europe. Time and again, Congresswoman Lynn Martin has voted to
keep the peace by keeping America strong. Senator Lynn Martin
will do still more -- and help make the 1990s the Decade of
Democracy in Poland and Hungary and East Germany. Wherever
people yearn for a future devoid of tyranny and fear.
Lynn Martin will mold that future. And help make Warsaw,
Berlin, and Budapest what Carl Sandburg wrote of Chicago: "A
city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive.' " And she
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Things like steering our ethics legislation through Congress.
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And creating policies to benefit both the farmer and consumer.
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And as a former school teacher in Rockford and DuPage
County, Lynn Martin will help make America's educational system
No. 1 in the world. For she supports our education legislation
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give greater choice to parents and students. And demand
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greater accountability. No wonder she is going to be the next
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Junior Senator from Illinois. She's an advocate of the
educational reform that will ensure that excellence is rewarded.
And that Federal dollars help those most in need.
( (You know, Lynn, we've been through a lot. I'll never
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forget that youth event two days before the Inaugural. Remember
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how you slipped and I caught you? // You'll do anything to
For
upstage me. // Then there was the time a few years back that we
went to dinner in Rockford. Remember that Chinese restaurant?
And how I ordered for both of us -- speaking in beautiful
Chinese? The waitress kept staring at me -- and I finally said,
"What's up?" She answered, "I'm Korean. ") ) //
Yes, we've been through a lot. And you've accomplished a
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lot. Five times, you've been elected overwhelmingly to Congress.
you
Achieving the highest position of Republican leadership ever held
a woman in the House of Representatives. But this is just the
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beginning. For next year you'll lend your strength to the entire
Republican ticket. // Cubs' fans loved how this year's club was
strong up the middle. Well, the 1990 Republicans will be strong
from the top to the bottom of a championship team.
For starters, here's Jim Edgar, your next Governor. // And
Bob Kustra, as Lieutenant Governor. // Here's George Ryan, your
next Secretary of State. // And Jim Ryan, as Attorney General.
// Don't worry: I'm not forgetting. Here's Greg Baise [Bays],
your next State Treasurer. // And Gary Skoien [Skoin], as
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Comptroller. // A magnificent team, a winning team. And Lynn
Martin won't merely lead this ticket. Lynn Martin's just the
ticket for the United States Senate.
She'll be a creative Senator, a pioneering Senator. A
Senator worthy of this most American of States. Earlier, I
talked about how Lynn had always been there -- for me, her
District, and Illinois. Well, I'm confident that when the time
1989
comes to support the candidate who supports our policies of peace
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and prosperity, Illinois will be there for Lynn Martin.
One hundred and twenty-eight years ago, the greatest
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Illinoian of them all left Springfield to assume the Presidency.
Addressing his home people at the Great Western Railway Station,
Abraham Lincoln was moved to say: "To this place, and the
kindness of these people, I owe all that I have, all that I am. "
I know that Lynn would reaffirm those words. Because she
loves this place, and its people. She believes that Illinois
does deserve better. So let's be there for Lynn Martin. And
support the entire Republican ticket. Let's go out and work to
make Lynn Martin the next Junior Senator from the great State of
Illinois.
Thank you for your kindness. And for the honor of sharing
this occasion. God bless you, God bless Illinois, and God bless
the United States of America.
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Table 1. Changes in employment from November 1982 to the current month,
seasonally adjusted
Item
Nov.
Sept.
Change
1982
1989
Pavroll jobs
88,671
109,064
20,393
Household employment
99,112
117,456
18,344
employ end resident A.F.
100,772
119,158
18,386
Less: Agriculture
3,510
3,257
-253
Nonagricultural self-employed
7,320
8,569
1,249
Nonagricultural unpaid family workers
363
296
-67
Private household workers
1,245
1,054
-191
Unpaid absences
2,003
2,466
463
Total
14,441
15,642
1,201
Plus: Agricultural services
445
702
257
Adjusted household employment
85,116
102,516
17,400
Unemployment rate : overall
10.6
5.2
-5.4
Civilian
10.8
5.3
-5.5
NOTE: The change column does not reflect the population adjustments
introduced into the household survey in January 1986.
ble 2. Over-the-year changes in employment, not seasonally adjusted
Item
Sept.
Sept.
Change
1988
1989
Payroll jobs
106,601
109,453
2,852
Household employment
115,474
117,498
2,024
Less: Agriculture
3,250
3,329
79
Nonagricultural self-employed
8,592
8,586
-6
Nonagricultural unpaid family workers
232
296
64
Private household workers
1,077
1,011
-66
Unpaid absences
1,760
1,968
208
Total
14,911
15,190
279
Plus: Agricultural services
585
670
85
Adjusted household employment
101,148
102,978
1,830
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EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 1989
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
HISTORICAL
A-1. Employment status of the noninstitutional population 16 years and over, 1955 to date
(Numbers in thousands)
Labor force
Year
Noninsti-
Employed
Unemployed
Not in
and
tutional
Percent
labor
month
population
Number
of
Resident
Civilian
Percent
force
population
Total
of
Armed
Number
Total
Nonagricultural
labor
Forces
Agriculture
industries
force
Annual averages
1955
111,747
67,087
60.0
64,234
2,064
62,170
6,450
55,722
2,852
4.3
44,660
1956
112,919
68,517
60.7
65,764
1,965
63,799
6,283
57,514
2,750
4.0
44,402
1957
114,213
68,877
60.3
66,019
1,948
64,071
5,947
58,123
2,859
4.2
45,336
1958
115,574
69,486
60.1
64,883
1,847
63,036
5,586
57,450
4,602
6.6
46,088
1959
117,117
70,157
59.9
66,418
1,788
64,630
5,565
59,065
3,740
5.3
46,960
1960'
119,106
71,489
60.0
67,639
1,861
65,778
5,458
60,318
3,852
5.4
47,617
1961
120,671
72,359
60.0
67,646
1,900
65,746
5,200
60,546
4,714
6.5
48,312
1962'
122,214
72,675
59.5
68,763
2,061
66,702
4,944
61,759
3,911
5.4
49,539
1963
124,422
73,839
59.3
69,768
2,006
67,762
4,687
63,076
4,070
5.5
50,583
1964
126,503
75,109
59.4
71,323
2,018
69,305
4,523
64,782
3,786
5.0
51,394
1965
128,459
76,401
59.5
73,034
1,946
71,088
4,361
66,726
3,366
4.4
52,058
1966
130,180
77,892
59.8
75,017
2,122
72,895
3,979
68,915
2,875
3.7
52,288
1967
132,092
79,565
60.2
76,590
2,218
74,372
3,844
70,527
2,975
3.7
52,527
1968
134,281
80,990
60.3
78,173
2,253
75,920
3,817
72,103
2,817
3.5
53,291
1969
136,573
82,972
60.8
80,140
2,238
77,902
3,606
74,296
2,832
3.4
53,602
1970
139,203
84,889
61.0
80,796
2,118
78,678
3,463
75,215
4,093
4.8
54,315
1971
142,189
86,355
60.7
81,340
1,973
79,367
3,394
75,972
5,016
5.8
55,834
1972'
145,939
88,847
60.9
83,966
1,813
82,153
3,484
78,669
4,882
5.5
57,091
1973'
148,870
91,203
61.3
86,838
1,774
85,064
3,470
81,594
4,365
4.8
57,667
1974
151,841
93,670
61.7
88,515
1,721
86,794
3,515
83,279
5,156
5.5
58,171
1975
154,831
95,453
61.6
87,524
1,678
85,846
3,408
82,438
7,929
8.3
59,377
1976
157,818
97,826
62.0
90,420
1,668
88,752
3,331
85,421
7,406
7.6
59,991
1977
160,689
100,665
62.6
93,673
1,656
92,017
3,283
88,734
6,991
6.9
60,025
1978'
163,541
103,882
63.5
97,679
1,631
96,048
3,387
92,661
6,202
6.0
59,659
1979
166,460
106,559
64.0
100,421
1,597
98,824
3,347
95,477
6,137
5.8
59,900
1980
169,349
108,544
64.1
100,907
1,604
99,303
3,364
95,938
7,637
7.0
60,806
1981
171,775
110,315
64.2
102,042
1,645
100,397
3,368
97,030
8,273
7.5
61,460
1982
173,939
111,872
64.3
101,194
1,668
99,526
3,401
96,125
10,678
9.5
62,067
1983
175,891
113,226
64.4
102,510
1,676
100,834
3,383
97,450
10,717
9.5
62,665
1984
178,080
115,241
64.7
106,702
1,697
105,005
3,321
101,685
8,539
7.4
62,839
1985
179,912
117,167
65.1
108,856
1,706
107,150
3,179
103,971
8,312
7.1
62,744
1986'
182,293
119,540
65.6
111,303
1,706
109,597
3,163
106,434
8,237
6.9
62,752
1987
184,490
121,602
65.9
114,177
1,737
112,440
3,208
109,232
7,425
6.1
62,888
1988
186,322
123,378
66.2
116,677
1,709
114,968
3,169
111,800
6,701
5.4
62,944
Monthly data, seasonally adjusted²
1988:
August
186,522
123,692
66.3
116,895
1,692
115,203
3,142
112,061
6,797
5.5
62,830
September
186,666
123,688
66.3
117,074
1,704
115,370
3,176
112,194
6,614
5.3
62,978
October
186,801
123,778
66.3
117,260
1,687
115,573
3,238
112,335
6,518
5.3
63,023
November
186,949
124,215
66.4
117,652
1,705
115,947
3,238
112,709
6,563
5.3
62,734
December
187,098
124,259
66.4
117,705
1,696
116,009
3,193
112,816
6,554
5.3
62,839
1989:
January
187,340
125,124
66.8
118,407
1,696
116,711
3,300
113,411
6,716
5.4
62,216
February
187,461
124,865
66.6
118,537
1,684
116,853
3,223
113,630
6,328
5.1
62,596
March
187,581
124,948
66.6
118,820
1,684
117,136
3,206
113,930
6,128
4.9
62,633
April
187,708
125,343
66.8
118,797
1,684
117,113
3,104
114,009
6,546
5.2
62,365
May
187,854
125,283
66.7
118,888
1,673
117,215
3,112
114,102
6,395
5.1
62,571
June
187,995
125,768
66.9
119,207
1,666
117,541
3,096
114,445
6,561
5.2
62,228
July
188,149
125,622
66.8
119,125
1,666
117,459
3,219
114,240
6,497
5.2
62,527
August
188,286
125,706
66.8
119,285
1,688
117,597
3,307
114,290
6,421
5.1
62,580
1 Not strictly comparable with prior years. For an explanation, see
seasonal variation.
"Historical Comparability" under the Household Data section of the
NOTE: Revisions of seasonally adjusted monthly and quarterly data
Explanatory Notes.
(shown in tables A-1 through A-3 and A-32 through A-53) for the most
2
The population and Armed Forces figures are not adjusted for
recent 5-year period are made at the end of each calendar year.
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friend of mine. // But ladies and gentlemen, her opponent is no
Lynn Martin. //
As proof, consider a third reason I need Lynn in the U.S.
Senate: Like most Illinoians, she's had it up to here with crime
and drug use.
As you know, our Administration has proposed the most
comprehensive plan to assault these plagues. Lynn supports that
package. Because she believes that the Federal government must
wage real -- not rhetorical -- war against the thugs who assault
our kids. //
Lynn Martin urges stiffer penalties for violent criminals.
And greater certainty in sentencing. And she agrees with me that
drug kingpins and those who kill Americans don't deserve the easy
parole that lets them off scot-free. She says, as I do: These
hoods don't deserve an outing at Wrigley Field. They deserve to
pay the ultimate price. 11
Lynn Martin says we must be free of violence at home. She
also believes we must be free from war abroad. So here's a
fourth reason I need her in the Senate: She will be a crusader
for the change sweeping East and Central Europe bringing freedom
to millions who share a common heritage with so many here in this
wonderful city and state. Time and again, Congresswoman Lynn
Martin has voted to keep the peace by keeping America strong.
Senator Lynn Martin will do still more -- and help make the 1990s
the Decade of Democracy in Eastern Europe. Wherever people yearn
for a future devoid of tyranny and fear.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 15, 1989
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
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THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
CURT SMITH as
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR THE LYNN MARTIN FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
On Monday, November 20, at noon, you will address a
fundraising luncheon for Lynn Martin's Senate race. About 1,500
people are expected to attend the luncheon at Chicago's Hyatt
Regency. They include Governor Jim Thompson, Pate Phillip
(Illinois Senate Majority Leader), members of the Illinois
Congressional delegation, and the 1990 Illinois Republican
ticket.
II. DISCUSSION
The remarks (10-12 minutes; teleprompter) praise Lynn
Martin's record as a legislator concerned with the "bread and
butter" issues. The remarks also emphasize the support Lynn
Martin has provided and will provide on issues like education and
crime and drugs.
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Lynn Martin, Jim Thompson, Pate Phillip (Senate Majority
Leader), Members of the great Illinois Congressional delegation,
Members of the superb 1990 Illinois Republican ticket, Ladies and
gentlemen, Friends.
Thank you, Lynn, for that gracious introduction. And let me
say what a pleasure it is to be in Chicago -- and to speak on
behalf of a close and dear friend. One of the great leaders in
the U.S. House of Representatives. And soon to be one of the
greatest members of the United States Senate. // My long-time
colleague, Lynn Martin. //
((Now, I know that Lynn wanted to get her campaign for a
Senate seat off to a flying start. // But I'm glad she let me
come here anyway.) //
For Lynn has been a magnificent Congresswoman for her
District -- and for Illinois. And she'll make a magnificent U.S.
Senator. Lynn is what Illinois needs, and my Administration
needs: A Senator who will make the Land of Lincoln proud. A
leader who will make the Nation proud. Lynn Martin is that
woman. //
You know, over the years I've worked with hundreds of
Members of Congress. And few have impressed me more than Lynn.
2
She's been there when America needed her. She's been there when
I needed her.
Two weeks ago, when she announced for the Senate, Lynn said
her reasons could be summed up in three words: "Illinois
deserves better." Well, take it from me: Lynn Martin is a role
model for the best and brightest in public service.
When her District looked for a strong voice to speak for it
in the House, Lynn was there. For the parent worried about
inflation -- for seniors needing medical care -- for the student
who wants to learn -- Lynn was there. And when I looked for her
to fight for our cause in last year's Election, Lynn was there,
too. ((Here's proof of her resiliency. Lynn co-chaired the
National Bush-Quayle Committee with John Sununu, and lived to
tell about it.)) 11
You can see why I so admire Lynn -- and why I need her in
the Senate. On the one hand, she's a gracious, smart, and
compassionate woman. In this "City of the Big Shoulders," hers
may not rival the Chicago Bears. But this 1989 Republican Woman
of the Year is strong and tough. As someone once said: "Lynn
Martin is the girl next door who's become one of the boys."
She's a fighter for her principles. And a go-getter for her
constituents. And next November, she's going to be a winner for
what one writer called "the best State precisely because it is so
American."
Lynn Martin will win, first, because she's a real Illinoian.
And we need that in the United States Senate. Born and raised in
3
Chicago. Went to Taft High School. Attended the University of
Illinois. Graduated with honors. // of course, Lynn tells me
the Fighting Illini [ill LINE i] football team will do the honors
on January 1. //
Like Illinoians, Lynn Martin is honest. ((It's like she
always tells me: "It's fine that you're here, Mr. President.
But if you really want to WOW the crowd, bring Barbara. ")) //
And she's genuine -- she's never left her roots.
Lynn Martin knows the people of Illinois: The retired
laborer, the homemaker, the small shop owner. And their values:
Hard work, love of country, and faith in God. She's been a
county board member and State legislator. And for nine years the
Congresswoman from the 16th District.
Next, Lynn Martin is going to win because she's a fiscal
conservative. And my Administration needs that in the U.S.
Senate. // I don't have anything against a bow-tied Senator,
but I object when he tries to hog-tie the taxpayer. //
Think about these facts. The unemployment rate at the
lowest level in 15 years. More than 20 million new jobs since
1982. The longest peacetime expansion in history. Lynn Martin
helped create these conditions. Voting, as she says, "for the
bread and butter issues of Illinois' working families, not a
liberal wish list for the wine and cheese set in Washington,
D.C."
Now, please understand me: None of this is personal. I
know Lynn Martin's opponent. // Lynn Martin's opponent is a
4
friend of mine. // But ladies and gentlemen, her opponent is no
Lynn Martin. //
As proof, consider a third reason I need Lynn in the U.S.
Senate: Like most Illinoians, she's had it up to here with crime
and drug use.
As you know, our Administration has proposed the most
comprehensive plan to assault these plagues. Lynn supports that
package. Because she believes that the Federal government must
wage real -- not rhetorical -- war against the thugs who assault
our kids. //
Lynn Martin urges stiffer penalties for violent criminals.
And greater certainty in sentencing. And she agrees with me that
drug kingpins and those who kill Americans don't deserve the easy
parole that lets them off scot-free. She says, as I do: These
hoods don't deserve an outing at Wrigley Field. They deserve to
the u Humate price.
pay with their lives. //
Lynn Martin says we must be free of violence at home. She
also believes we must be free from war abroad. So here's a
fourth reason I need her in the Senate: She will be a crusader
for the change sweeping East and Central Europe bringing freedom
to millions who share a common heritage with so many here in this
wonderful city and state. Time and again, Congresswoman Lynn
Martin has voted to keep the peace by keeping America strong.
Senator Lynn Martin will do still more -- and help make the 1990s
Eastern Europe
the Decade of Democracy in Poland and Hungary and East Germany.
Wherever people yearn for a future devoid of tyranny and fear.
5
Lynn Martin will mold that future. By doing things like
creating policies to benefit both the farmer and consumer. And
as a former school teacher in Rockford and DuPage County, Lynn
Martin will help make America's educational system No. 1 in the
world. For she supports our education legislation to give
greater choice to parents and students. And demand greater
accountability. No wonder she is going to be the next Senator
from Illinois. She's an advocate of the educational reform that
will ensure that excellence is rewarded. And that Federal
dollars help those most in need.
( (You know, Lynn, we've been through a lot. I'll never
forget that youth event the day before the Inaugural. Remember
how you slipped and I caught you? // You'll do anything to
upstage me. // Then there was the time a few years back that we
went to dinner in Rockford. Remember that Chinese restaurant?
And how I ordered for both of us -- speaking in beautiful
Chinese? The waitress kept staring at me -- and I finally said,
"What's up?" She answered, "I'm Korean.") //
Yes, we've been through a lot. And you've accomplished a
lot. Five times, you've been elected overwhelmingly to Congress.
Achieving the highest position of Republican leadership ever held
by a woman in the House of Representatives. But this is just the
beginning. For next year you'll lend your strength to the entire
Republican ticket.
For starters, here's Jim Edgar, your next Governor. 11 And
Bob Kustra, as Lieutenant Governor. // Here's George Ryan, your
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next Secretary of State. // And Jim Ryan, as Attorney General.
// Don't worry: I'm not forgetting. Here's Greg Baise [Bays],
your next State Treasurer. // And Gary Skoien [Skoin], as
Comptroller. // A magnificent team, a winning team. And Lynn
Martin won't merely lead this ticket. Lynn Martin's just the
ticket for the United States Senate.
She'll be a creative Senator, a pioneering Senator. A
Senator worthy of this most American of States. Earlier, I
talked about how Lynn had always been there -- for me, her
District, and Illinois. Well, I'm confident that when the time
comes to support the candidate who supports our policies of peace
and prosperity, Illinois will be there for Lynn Martin.
One hundred and twenty-eight years ago, the greatest
Illinoian of them all left Springfield to assume the Presidency.
Addressing his home people at the Great Western Railway Station,
Abraham Lincoln was moved to say: "To this place, and the
kindness of these people, I owe all that I have, all that I am."
I know that Lynn would reaffirm those words. Because she
loves this place, and its people. She believes that Illinois
does deserve better. So let's be there for Lynn Martin. And
support the entire Republican ticket. Let's go out and work to
make Lynn Martin the next Senator from the great State of
Illinois.
Thank you for your kindness. And for the honor of sharing
this occasion. God bless you, God bless Illinois, and God bless
the United States of America.
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vice report, there are 53 committees and subcom-
Congressional
mittees in the House and 21 in the Senate that
Spotlight
appear to have jurisdiction over one aspect or
another of national drug-abuse policy.
The Honorable
Lynn Martin (R-IL)
So while Congress created a drug caar for
the Administration, it still has 74 drug czardines
Congress displayed good sense last year in creat-
under the Capitol Dome who are nibbling at bits
ing the Office of National Drug Control Policy to
and pieces of the problem.
coordinate and oversee anti-drug efforts of more
Only one committee even begins to take an
than 30 federal agencies.
overall look at the problem and suggest com-
We placed it within the Administration and
prehensive solutions. Unfortunately, this panel,
gave cabinet status to its director, whom we have
the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and
come to call the drug cear. This MMZS a timely
Control, has no legislative jurisdiction.
move, as drugs have become a cancer infecting
As a partial solution to this organizational
all of our society; our schools, our homes and cer-
hodgepodge, I have proposed replacing the rela-
tainly our workplaces. A U.S. Chamber of Com-
tively powerless select committee with a single
merce report indicates drug abuse costs
standing House Committee ON Drug Abuse and
businesses $60 billion a year.
Control which has both legislative and oversight
Although the drug crar's office is needed, its
authority. It would provide the "buck stops here"
efforts are confined to the executive branch of
accountability we so sorely need.
federal government. What have we done in the
My proposal steps on a lot of toes and infrin-
legislative branch to better organize for the
ges on a lot of turf, of course: some 53 House en-
war against drugs? Sadly, almost nothing.
tities, to be precise. But maybe, the time has
According to a Congressional Research Ser-
come to set aside some turf to save the land.
IBC
Continued
as well as the Electronic Industries
ing Timothy Richards, Director of
Western Regional Office of the
Association of Korea offered
Trade Policy for the Electronics In-
Bureau of Export Administration.
guidance on doing business in those
dustry at USTR, Mike Liikala, Direc-
where innovative computer program-
countries as well as their thoughts
tor of the Bureau of Export
ming and management techniques
on the impact of the Omnibus Trade
Administration's Western Region
have been developed to improve ac-
and Competitiveness Act on the
office, and Quintin Villanueva,
countability, industry education, and
trade policies of their countries.
Regional Commissioner of Customs.
consistency of license processing.
The conference was rounded
Interested attendees were
out with issue specific speakers for
given a tour of the impressive new
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
each of the IBC Committees, includ-
In response to a request regarding
China Sanctions by the House
Tax Council (TC)
The strong grassroots opposition to
of the changes to Section 89 that
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on
Section 89 continues to grow and
were contained in the Child Care bill
International Economic Policy
Kevin C. Richardson
drive both repeal and reform efforts
passed by the Senate on June 23.
and Trade, EIA joined with the
STAFF VICE PRESIDENT
on Capitol Hill. On July 12, the
Both the House and Senate ver-
American Electronics Association
House Ways & Means Committee
sions of Section 89 reform require
(AEA), in joint testimony outlining
Lou Castelli, AT&T
passed Chairman Dan Rosten-
CHAIR
employers to pass a nondiscrimina-
the impact of export controls and
kowski's (D-IL) Section 89 reform
tion test providing an "affordable
other current and proposed sanc-
Rick Vogel. Northrop Corporation
bill on a voice vote.
plan" that limits the employee cost
tions against the PRC on the high
VICECHAIR
The Ways and Means Section
to no more than a certain percent-
technology community in the United
89 proposal postpones until 1990 the
age (40% in the Senate bill, 50% in
States.
nondiscrimination and qualification
the House bill) of total plan costs.
rules of Section 89, and adopts many
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November 15, 1989
LYNN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARTIN FUNDRAISER
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1989
12:00 P.M.
Lynn Martin, Jim Thompson, Pate Phillip (Senate Majority
Leader), Members of the great Illinois Congressional delegation,
Members of the superb 1990 Illinois Republican ticket, Ladies and
gentlemen, Friends.
Thank you, Lynn, for that gracious introduction. And let me
say what a pleasure it is to be in Chicago -- and to speak on
behalf of a close and dear friend. One of the great leaders in
the U.S. House of Representatives. And soon to be one of the
greatest members of the United States Senate. Lynn Martin. //
( (Now, Lynn's a long-time friend -- and I wanted to come
here and, personally, support her. I know you wanted to hear a
few words from a prominent figure who can really fire up a crowd
and generate some excitement. // Unfortunately, Mike Ditka's
getting ready for next week's game -- so I'm here instead.) ) //
Believe me, I'm delighted. For Lynn has been a magnificent
Congresswoman for her District. And she'll make a magnificent
U.S. Senator. Lynn is what Illinois needs, and my Administration
needs: A Senator to make the Land of Lincoln proud. A leader to
make the Nation proud. Lynn Martin is that woman. //
You know, over the years I've worked with hundreds of
Members of Congress. And few have impressed me more than Lynn.
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She's been there when America needed her. She's been there when
I needed her.
When her District looked for a strong voice to speak for it
in the House, Lynn was there. For the parent worried about
inflation -- for seniors needing medical care -- for the student
who wants to learn -- Lynn was there. And when I looked for her
to fight for our cause in last year's Election, Lynn was there,
too. ( (Here's proof of her resiliency. Lynn co-chaired the
National Bush-Quayle Committee with John Sununu, and lived to
tell about it.)) //
You can see why I so admire Lynn -- and why I need her in
the Senate. On the one hand, she's a gracious, smart, and
compassionate woman. In this "City of the Big Shoulders," hers
may not rival the Chicago Bears. But this 1989 Republican Woman
of the Year is strong and tough. As someone once said: "Lynn
Martin is the girl next door who's become one of the boys."
She's a fighter for her principles. And a go-getter for her
constituents. And next November, she' 11 be a winner for what one
writer called "the best State precisely because it is so
American. Illinois is core America." "
Lynn Martin will win because she, too, is "core America."
Born and raised in Chicago. Went to Taft High School. Attended
the University of Illinois. Graduated with honors. // Of
course, Lynn tells me the Fighting Illini [ill LINE i] football
team will do the honors on January 1. //
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Like Illinoians, Lynn Martin is honest. ((It's like she
always tells me: "It's fine that you're here, Mr. President.
But if you really want to WOW the crowd, bring Barbara. ")) //
And she's genuine -- she's never left her roots.
Lynn Martin knows the people of Illinois: The retired
laborer, the homemaker, the small shop owner. And their values:
Hard work, love of country, and faith in God. She's been a
county board member and State legislator. And for nine years the
Congresswoman from the 16th District.
During that time Lynn's been right on issue after issue.
She thinks like I do -- like you do. And because she does, we're
going to need her more than ever in the 1990s. For the issues
that confront America have never been more urgent. And we're
going to need people like Senator Lynn Martin to help ensure
prosperity without inflation and prosperity without war.
To begin with, consider some undeniable facts. // Like the
Bears' 1986 Super Bowl victory. Or Don Zimmer being named the
1989 Manager of the Year. // An unemployment rate at the lowest
level in 15 years. More than 20 million new jobs since 1982.
The longest peacetime expansion in history. These conditions
didn't appear by magic. They came about through tax cuts and
controlling spending.
And, yes, Lynn Martin was there. And now
our Administration wants to build upon these undeniable facts.
By enacting our capital gains tax cut to create even greater
opportunity.
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Here's an undeniable fact: A clear majority of both houses
of Congress has voted to cut our capital gains tax rate. And
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another fact: Only the Democratic leadership is preventing
Congress from passing this cut that will mean more jobs and
economic security for millions of Americans.
Here's still
another fact: Only you -- the American people -- can convince
these politicians to quit wasting its time -- and the country's
future. When Lynn Martin announced for the Senate, she cited as
her reason: "Illinois deserves better.
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Well, lower taxes are
better -- for Illinois, and the Nation. Tell the leadership to
get with it -- now.
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A lower capital gains tax will help ensure prosperity at
home
But we must also have peace abroad.
Real peace, like prosperity, doesn't occur by accident. It
requires patience, vision, and I believe, personal diplomacy.
Next week, General Secretary Gorbachev and I will meet on the
island of Malta. This meeting will occur because America has
been resolute in defense of liberty. And it will occur amid the
change sweeping East and Central Europe bringing freedom to
millions who share a common heritage with so many in Illinois.
I will remember that heritage next week in Malta.
For only by
keeping America strong can we keep the peace
and make the
1990s the Decade of Democracy in Eastern Europe
Democracy, of course, means freedom from fear. And so it
must at home. And so our Administration has moved boldly,
decisively on yet another issue. Because most Illinoians -- like
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most Americans -- have had it up to here with crime and drug use.
And we say: It's got to stop. And it will. //
As you know, our Administration has proposed the most
comprehensive plan to assault these plagues. We want mandatory
time for firearms offenses. No deals when criminals use a gun.
And for the most heinous crimes -- you remember my promise. For
anyone who kills a law enforcement officer -- no legal penalty is
too tough. We want Congress to enact the steps needed to
implement the death penalty. //
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I'm proud to say: Lynn Martin supports our proposals.
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Because she believes that the Federal government must wage real
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- not rhetorical -- war against the thugs who assault our kids
// We want stiffer penalties for violent criminals. And greater
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certainty in sentencing. And we say that drug kingpins and
terrorists who kill Americans don't deserve the easy parole that
lets them off scot-free. These hoods don't deserve an outing at
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Wrigley Field. They deserve to pay a price -- the ultimate
price. // Fellow Republicans, I need your support to make our
crime proposals a reality. //
Earlier, I mentioned undeniable facts. Here are some more.
Our Administration has introduced policies to benefit both the
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farmer and consumer. And bold new environmental policies to
reduce
air toxics, and urban smog. Policies that will
preserve our wetlands and combat polluters, help to clean up our
air and hazardous wastes.
And, yes, Lynn has been there
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In addition, we are nearing passage of pioneering ethics
legislation. And we're asking Congress to act on our education
proposals -- and here, too, as a former school teacher in
Rockford and DuPage County, Lynn's been there. Our proposals
seek to give greater choice to parents and students. And demand
greater accountability. They reward excellence. And demand that
Federal dollars help those most in need. Fellow Republicans,
don't you agree? We need to do whatever it takes -- however it
takes -- to make America's educational system No. 1 in the world.
( (You know, Lynn, we've been through a lot. Fighting the
good fight -- on and off the issues. I'll never forget that
youth event the day before the Inaugural. Remember how you
slipped and I caught you? // You'll do anything to upstage
me.)) //
But I don't mind -- because you've also accomplished a lot.
Achieving the highest position of Republican leadership ever held
by a woman in the House of Representatives. And the best is yet
to come. For next year you'll lend your strength to the entire
Republican ticket.
For starters, here's Jim Edgar, your next Governor. // And
Bob Kustra, as Lieutenant Governor. // Here's George Ryan, your
next Secretary of State. // And Jim Ryan, as Attorney General.
// Don't worry: I'm not forgetting. Here's Greg Baise [Bays],
your next State Treasurer. // And Gary Skoien [Skoin], as
Comptroller. // A magnificent team -- a winning team -- a team
for all Illinois.
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One hundred and twenty-eight years ago, the greatest
Illinoian of them all left Springfield to assume the Presidency.
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Addressing his home people at the Great Western Railway Station,
Abraham Lincoln was moved to say: "To this place, and the
kindness of these people, I owe all that I have, all that I am."
I know that Lynn would reaffirm those words. Because she
loves this place, and its people. She believes that Illinois
does deserve better. So let's be there for Lynn Martin. And
support the entire Republican ticket. Let's go out and work to
make Lynn Martin the next Senator from the great State of
Illinois.
Thank you for your kindness. And for the honor of sharing
this occasion. God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
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