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SELF - PRONOUNCING EDITION
THE
Holy Bible
REVISED STANDARD VERSION
CONTAINING THE
Old and New Testaments
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES
BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A.D. 1611
REVISED A.D. 1881-1885 AND A.D. 1901
COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT
AUTHORITIES AND REVISED
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NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
NEW YORK AND SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO
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PAGE
2
1ST DOCUMENT of Level 1 printed in FULL format.
Public Papers of the Presidents
Points of Light Recognition Program
The President named the following individuals and
institutions as exemplars of his commitment to making
community service central to the life and work of every
American. The daily recognition program is intended as a
national tribute of the highest order to every single
American who makes a difference in the life of someone in
need.
26 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 269
February 16, 1990
LENGTH: 656 words
The President extends his appreciation to the following:
February 10
Pamela Calhoun and Energy Awareness in the Northern Nevada Community, of
Sparks, NV. Energy Awareness in the Northern Nevada Community consists of a
core of 50 students in grades K-12, who mobilize the student population to
create public awareness about environmental issues.
February 12
Project Good Turn, of Missoula, MT. In 1985 the Montana Council of Boy
Scouts appointed former Boy Scout Chuck Timothy to direct Project Good Turn,
with the mission of cleaning up Montana highways and lands. This effort has
grown to include the Girl Scouts, the Montana Highway Department, the Highway
Patrol, the American Radio Release League, the National Guard, and various other
civic organizations. Over the past 5 years, 5,000 tons of trash have been
collected and over 30,000 young people have participated in cleanup efforts.
February 13
Men on the Move and ESTEEM (Early Start Toward Educational Excellence and
Maturity), of Cordele, GA. Men on the Move, a civic club of black males,
provides strong role models for the members of ESTEEM. The aim of the mentors
is to help each young person develop, maintain, and consistently upgrade skills
and attitudes. This, in turn, enables the adolescents to think highly of
themselves, take pride in their accomplishments, and strive to improve the
quality of their lives and those around them. The mentors encourage parental
involvement in school activities, as well as monitor academic progress, personal
behavior, and school attendance. They also take members to sporting events,
provide educational lectures and encourage cultural activities.
February 14
South San Jose Neighborhood Association, of Albuquerque, NM. This initiative
successfully confronts the threats of gangs and drugs through the joint effort
of the police and community members. Jack Candelaria was president of South
LEXIS® NEXIS LEXIS® ® NEXIS ®
OF NOW WE OR NO OR NONE
CITY OF
J.E. BUD CLARK, MAYOR
PORTLAND, OREGON
Richard D. Walker, Chief of Police
1111 S.W. 2nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
BUREAU OF POLICE
1851
PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU
FAX MEMORANDUM
DATE:
5-14-90
TO:
Stephanie Blessely
NO. OF PAGES:
4
PHONE:
FAX: 202)456-6218
Chief Walker
FROM:
Ralph 0 Hara
Poreland Police
503 796 - 3097
PHONE: 503) 796-3019
FAX:
503) 796-3342
5
RE:
DATE
PICTURE
APPT.
DATE
AGE
NAME
of
MEANS OF DEATH
DATE
of
at
MARRIED
CHILDI
DEATH
BIRTH
DEATH
THOMAS G. O'CONNER
8-8-1867
GUNSHOT
CHARLES F. SCHOPPE
yes
6-13-1874
GUNSHOT
1832
42
yes
2
3-12-1912
GUNSHOT
1887
27
ALBERT W. MOE
1-9-1914
yes
1
yes
STRUCK WHILE DIRECTING
11-17-1914
1883
31
yes
2
JAMES R. WHITE
yes
TRASFIC
MISTAKEN FOR CAR THIEF
RALPH H. STAHL
5-13-1907
1-27-1915
SHOT BY OFFICER
yes
3
ACCIDENTAL SELF
JAMES C. GILL
yes
2-19-1908
11-30-1915
1876
39
yes
1
INFLICTED GUNSHOT
JOHN J. MC CARTHY
1-16-1911
7-21-1916
VEHICLE ACCIDENT
11-17-1920
GUNSHOT
yes
2
CEROME PALMER
yes
FALL DOWN OPEN
2-10-1912
10-11-1930
6-8-1876
54
ROBERT E. DRAKE
yes
ELEVATOR SHAFT
yes
11.1
BLOW TO STOMACHE WHILE
CHARLES M. WHITE
8-11-1921
6-30-1934
6-13-1873
61
yes
...
yes
MAKING AN ARREST
SHOT BY AN OFFICER
PHILLIP R. JOHNSON
yes
10-16-1909
5-19-1941
DURING DISPUTE
7-5-1873
68
yes
STRUCK WHILE DIRECTING
11-6-1919
26
no
JAMES A. HINES
yes
2-1-1943
11-4-1945
TRAFFIC
VEHICLE ACCIDENT
yes
4-9-1951
2-18-1956
yes
2
ROY E. MIZNER
INTOXICATED DRIVER
1-6-1919
37
VEHICLE ACCIDENT
VERNON J. STROEDER
yes
2-18-1955
2-18-1956
8-13-1935
31
yes
2
INTOXICATED DRIVER
yes
7-24-1953
4-18-1961
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
5-19-1933
31
ROGER L. DAVIES
yes
2
DATE
PICTURE
APPT.
DATE
AGE
NAME
of
MEANS OF DEATH
DATE
of
at
MARRIED
CHILD
DEATH
BIRTH
DEATH
ROBERT P. MURRAY
yes
3-26-1959
5-2-1962
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
4-11-1926
36
yes
2-23-1961
5-23-1964
VEHICLE ACCIDENT
10-26-1938 26
yes
1
ROBERT R. FERRON Jr
yes
30
STEPHEN M. OWENS
yes
6-2-1971
9-23-1973
VEHICLE ACCIDENT
4-8-1943
yes
DENNIS A. DARDEN
12-19-1968
8-19-1974
GUNSHOT
1-28-1945
29
yes
2
yes
DAVID W. CROWTHER
yes : 12-7-1977
12-27-1979
GUNSHOT
9-23-1952
27
no
STANLEY D. POUNDS
yes
11-8-1973
7-18-1984
VEHICLE ACCIDENT
7-21-44
40
yes
2
PORTLAND POLICE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
COMMEMORATING THOSE PORTLAND POLICE OFFICERS WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES
OFFICERS NAME
DATE OF DEATH
CAUSE OF DEATH
THOMAS G. 0' CONNER
August 8, 1867
Gunshot
CHARLES F. SCHOPPE
June 13, 1874
Gunshot
ALBERT W. MOE
January 9, 1914
Gunshot
JAMES R. WHITE
November 17, 1914
Directing Traffic
RALPH H. STAHL
January 27, 1915
Gunshot
JAMES C. GILL
November 30, 1915
Gunshot
JOHN J. Mc CARTHY
July 21, 1916
Directing Traffic
JEROME PALMER
November 17, 1920
Gunshot
ROBERT E. DRAKE
November 11, 1930
Killed in Fall
CHARLES M. WHITE
June 30, 1934
Blow to Stomache
PHILLIP R. JOHNSON
May 19, 1941
Gunshot
JAMES A. HINES
November 4, 1945
Directing Traffic
ROY E. MIZNER
February 18, 1956
Vehicle Accident
Vernon J. Stroeder
February 18, 1956
Vehicle Accident
ROGER L. DAVIES
April 18, 1961
Motorcycle Accident
ROBERT P. MURRAY
May ?, 1962
Motorcycle Accident
ROBERT R. FERRON Jr.
May 23, 1964
Vehicle Accident
STEPHEN M. OWENS
September 23, 1973
Vehicle Accident
DENNIS A. DARDEN
August 19, 1974
Gunshot
DAVID W. CROWTHER
December 27, 1979
Gunshot
STANLEY D. POUNDS
July 18, 1984
Vehicle Accident
05.14.90 1.1 : 01 AM
*SEN. HATFIELD D.C.
P01
MARK O. HATFIELD
CRESON
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC
TELEFAX TRANSMISSION COVER SHEET
TO:
Birt Coleman
FROM:
Jim Hemphell
Number of pages (including this sheet):
3
Notes:
IF TRANSMISSION IS UNREADABLE
PLEASE PHONE (202) 224-3753
05.14.90 11:01 AM
*SEN. HATFIELD D. C.
P02
MEMORANDUM
5/14/90
TO: Bert Coleman
FROM: Jim Hemphill
Executive Assistant to Senator Hatfield
RE:
The President's Visit to Oregon
Attached is some material that Senator Hatfield would like to
bring to the President's attention and request that mention be
made of it at some point during his stay.
Oregon has been aggressive in pursuing measurable goals for
education levels and preparedness of its workforce. The program
is known as Benchmarks and is perfectly in tune with the
President's goals.
For additional information contact:
Mr. Dave Lohman
Assistant Director
Department of Economic Development
State of Oregon
503/373-1205
(Dave is a former member of Senator Hatfield's staff)
05.
14,
90
11:01 AM
*SEN. HATFIELD D, C.
P03
May 9, 1990
THE
BRIEFING FOR PRESIDENT BUSH: Oregon Leads Nation in Setting
Education and Work Force Goals.
SUMMARY: Through its Benchmarks program, Oregon is implementing
President Bush's education goals. Oregon's education, social
OREGON
service, business and labor leaders have developed a comprehensive
PROGRESS
set of measurable goals, and Oregon leads the nation in measuring
its current performance. Oregon is a model for the nation in
BOARD
education and work force policy.
The Oregon goals match President Bush's State of the Union
775 Summer Street, NE
National Education Goals:
Salem, Oregon 97310
U.S.A.
(503) 373-1220
By the year 2000, all Oregon school children will enter school
FAX (503) 581-5115
ready to learn.
By 2000, 92% of Oregon high school students will graduate.
NEII. GOLDSCHMIDT
Governor
By 1995, Oregon students will earn top scores on the National
Chair
Assessment of Educational Progress (grades 4, 8, and 12.)
JOHN D. GRAY
Vice Chair
By 2000, 70% of adults will read and use medium to difficult
ROBERT W. CHANDLER
documents.
IRV FLETCHER
Oregon will cut drug and alcohol related deaths by 25% by 2000,
CUSSIE McROBERT
and by 75% by 2010.
MATTHEW W. PROPHER
PEGGI TIMM
Oregon's program sets other key targets, including:
ED WHITELAW
By 2000, Oregonians will reduce to virtually zero the rate of
DIANE WILLIAMS
low birthweight babies.
FRED MILLER
Ex Officio
Oregon will reduce teenage motherhood by 60% by 2000, and by
DUNCAN WYSE
Executive Director
80% by 2010.
By 2000, 60% of Oregon's adults will have gone to college. 80%
will have attended by 2010.
Adult Oregonians' health practices will be the best in the
nation by 2000.
Oregon's program is a model for the nation.
It is the most thoroughly developed: It deals with Oregonians'
lives from birth through adulthood.
It is being put into action. Oregon is now measuring adult
literacy skills. Oregon's effort is the first of its kind,
uses a survey first used by the U.S. Department of Education,
and can help the Department with its 1993 national survey.
(Smith/Blessey)
May 14, 1990
5 P.M.
POLICE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: POLICE MEMORIAL
PORTLAND, OREGON
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1990
It is a privilege to be with you -- and to officially
dedicate a monument that embodies integrity, generosity, and
above all, courage. Qualities that define the essence of police
-- and of the United States of America. 11
In the Bible we read, "Greater love hath no man than this,
than a man lay down his life for his friends." The men we salute
today laid down their lives for us. We meet to return that gift
by pledging to live for what they died for.
There are twenty-one names on this Portland Police
Memorial. Names like McCarthy, Owens, Palmer, Drake. The first
died in 1867, the last six years ago. At death, they ranged in
age from 26 to 68. Yet their story eclipses mere stone and
masonry -- as striking as they are. Each life was precious; each
loss, searing and individual. Each left behind sweethearts,
families, wives.
Think of Charles Schoppe [SHOP-ee], shot in a saloon brawl
in 1874. Or Albert Moe, killed forty years later -- he was
protecting men and women on a passenger train. Or
David
Crowther, only 27, who died in 1979 on a narcotics bust. Not
hoppy
Synsic
plaster saints. Just men who gave of themselves, and their lives
-- what Lincoln termed "that last full measure of devotion."
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In a profession where one sees -- too often -- man's
inhumanity to man, these cops strove to prove man's fidelity to
honor. They were heroes of the Great Pacific Northwest -- as are
the disabled we honor today. Each officer here is a trustee of
their posterity -- and we must honor them. But how?
First, in the most elemental sense. By remembering what
they stood for -- and against. They were men of peace, fighting
crime. They stood for good against evil. They knew that black
hats and white hats was not Hollywood fiction. They despised the
thugs who brutalize America's quiet, gentle, decent people.
Second, we can honor them by enacting laws which free our
country from the fear of crime and drugs. When we ask what kind
of a society the American people deserve, our answer is -- and
must be -- a Nation in which law-abiding citizens are safe and
feel safe. We must reject those who soft-pedal the need to be
hard on crime. 11
One year ago this week, I stood at Capital Hill before a
group of law enforcement officials and announced my comprehensive
package to combat violent crime. One year ago this week, I
called on the Congress to pass that package. I said: We need
new laws -- to punish hoods. New agents -- to arrest them. New
prosecutors -- to convict them. And new prisons -- to hold them.
Today, one year later, the Congress is still asleep -- even
as violent criminals are awake and stalking the streets. In the
last 12 months, policemen have been killed. more wounded.
Yet our crime package is being watered down in the Senate -- and
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gathering dust in the House. That's not good enough: America
deserves better. I call on the Congress to help build America up
-- and oppose those who would tear America down. Wake up, pass
that bill, and help win our war on crime.
Now, I know: Some say there are reasons for crime. I say:
There is never a reason. That's why our crime proposals are
based on three principles. Criminals must understand that if
they commit crimes, they will be caught. And if caught, they
will be prosecuted. And if convicted, they will do time. By
taking hoods off the streets, we can -- and must -- take back the
streets.
Accordingly, we propose to change the rules of the game. We
want Congress to pass our 1990 National Drug Control Strategy.
That means spending over 10 and a half billion dollars in Fiscal
Year 1991 for education, treatment, interdiction, and
enforcement. We also want mandatory time for firearms offenses.
And an exclusionary rule designed to protect the truth and punish
the guilty -- not the good cops who have acted in faith.
Our legislation provides for no deals when criminals use a
gun. Habeas corpus reforms to stop the frivolous appeals that
are choking our courts. And for the most heinous crimes -- you
know 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. Not some time. Not
some place. But across America -- and now. 11
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Together, we must strengthen the peace corps versus the
criminal forces. Yet our work cannot be on the Federal level
alone. Here in Oregon, you know crime is personal, not remote.
So you've founded "Oregonians Against Crime" -- a citizens'
crime-fighting group of 115,000 law-abiding Oregonians. We can
honor the heroes of the Great Pacific Northwest by doing,
nationally, what you are doing locally. 11
Oregonians Against Crime successfully passed the anti-crime
initiative that requires repeat, violent career criminals to
serve their full sentences behind bars. No parole. No temporary
leave. No time off for "good behavior." No weekend passes.
None of the mumbo-jumbo which blames TV, churches, schools, or
other staples of society for the evil of certain individuals.
Viewing this initiative, I think of the close to 1 million
Oregonians who supported it at the ballot box -- highest vote
total ever in this State. And how it led the Oregon Legislature
last year to pass a full slate of anti-crime legislation -- from
more prison cells to tougher sentencing.
You have shown the way -- and every State should follow. So
I call on legislatures everywhere to boost local law enforcement.
Through new prosecutors, new police, and new prisons. And by
toughening tougher crime laws at the State level -- especially
the death penalty for the killing of local enforcement officers.
Let those who SOW the wind of crime, reap the whirlwind of
punishment. Only then can we be worthy of the men we honor --
the cops before us -- Americans who, as Emerson said, gave the
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greatest gift imaginable: "A portion" -- indeed, totality -- "of
thyself. "
This brings me to the final way we can honor the heroes of
the Great Pacific Northwest: We must talk of them -- we must
tell their story -- to generations yet unborn. Think of the men
-- the living and the dead -- who gave so that we might live.
They were black and white, native-born and foreign-born, young
and old. They all were frightened. But they overcame their fear
-- which, after all, is the very definition of courage.
Nothing we say here can equal their sacrifice. What we can
do here is ensure their sacrifice was not in vain. So let us
honor the men of this memorial -- their friends, ancestors, and
the volunteers who made it possible. Saluting the salt of the
earth by opposing those who would rape, terrorize, and murder --
truly, the scum of the earth. Acting not through words, but
deeds. And so ensure a future as great as all America -- a
future devoid of crime and fear.
This memorial is a monument to everything America is, and
must remain. A Nation that is right-minded and resolute -- a
people at once unafraid and free. And now, it is my great
privilege to officially open the tribute to the greatest heroes
any Nation could ever have -- the Portland Police Memorial. God
bless them, and God bless the United States of America.
#
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#
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
Embargoed until delivered -- 12:00 p.m. (EST) - May 15, 1990
TEXT OF REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
WASHINGTON, DC
MAY 15, 1990
12:00 PM
Thank you, Dewey, for those inspiring and thought provoking
words. You are all lucky to have found a great and tough leader
in Dewey Stokes.
We are gathered here today in the name of the American
people. We have come to commemorate 163 men and women who have
made the highest sacrifice that any human being can make. These
men and women, whose names will be read shortly, gave their lives
so that we, their fellow citizens, could live freely and in
peace. We are moved by what they have done for us, by the love
we feel for them, and in the cases of the family members present
by the memories of those who were most treasured by them in life.
And so it is that we have set aside this day every year to
come together as a nation to honor those who have fallen in the
line of duty. We come here seeking each other's company, to
contemplate the terrible loss we have suffered, to express our
frustration over the senseless violent acts of criminals, and to
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ask why God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us those who
were so good and who we most loved.
There are no easy answers to questions such as these. But
perhaps we should begin by keeping in mind the example set by the
men and women who founded this country. They handed this special
land on to us as a sanctuary of freedom, a "Shining City on a
hill." But they did so only at a great cost in lives lost, both
in wars overseas and in the struggle against crime at home.
We face the same reality that our forefathers confronted --
that freedom is dearly bought and dearly maintained. And, that
the price is paid in a never ending war against crime, as well as
in ceaseless vigilance against threats from our enemies overseas.
The war against crime and drugs, which so taxes our patience
and ability to persevere as a nation, is every bit as much a
struggle for national survival as any other that this country has
faced. The enemy within -- the violent criminal and the drug
dealer -- threatens not only our freedom and way of life, but the
very idea of civilization itself.
We who have not made the ultimate sacrifice must resolve to
be as brave, as dutiful, and as generous as those whom we now
honor. Let us live up to that obligation by leaving this
Ceremony today pledged to do three things: First, to honor those
who have died; second, to carry on their life's work; and third,
to learn from their example.
We should begin by honoring those who have died this past
3
year with the recognition that they are in fact American heroes.
The fallen peace officers of 1989, and of every other year, gave
their lives for their country as valiantly and as courageously as
any of America's war heroes have done.
Today, we formally recognize and express our gratitude for
that sacrifice. The National Law Enforcement Memorial, which
will be completed soon, and which will be the site of this
Ceremony in future years, will further express our admiration as
a nation for the bravery, character, and love shown in the line
of duty by these men and women.
Second, we should leave this Ceremony today pledged to carry
on the life's work of those who have died. There is one piece of
unfinished business in particular that, above all others, we
should pledge to complete.
One year ago today, President Bush spoke at this Ceremony.
He urged us to keep faith with the sacrifice of those peace
officers who've died in the line of duty by waging a renewed and
total war on crime. He called for "a national strategy, a
partnership with America's cities and States, to take back the
streets." And, he proposed a broad legislative initiative to
fight violent crime which he sent to the Congress.
This Comprehensive Violent Crime Control Act would fight
crime: by greatly broadening the availability of the death
penalty, by reducing the power of judges to exclude evidence of
crimes, by reforming overly complicated habeas corpus
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procedures, and by keeping firearms out of the hands of
criminals.
For one whole year, the Congress of the United States has
sat on the President's anti-crime package. And it has done
nothing at all during that time. It has not even scheduled a
floor vote in either House.
Ladies and gentlemen, Congress needs to quit footdragging on
the President's violent crime control package and pass it NOW!
We owe it to the men and women whose deaths we now commemorate to
do everything we can to stop violent crime.
Third, let's leave this Ceremony today having learned from
the example of those who have died. Let's depart here determined
to remember that there are heroes and villains in this world just
as surely as there is good and evil. And, let's remember that
just as we should emulate the heroes who we commemorate today, we
should have no compunctions about punishing the villains.
Unfortunately, it sometimes seems that as a society we have
forgotten some simple, basic truths one of which is that there
are evil people in the world who are intent on doing wicked
things.
We sometimes hear it said that society is more to blame for
crimes than are criminals. Or that crime is caused by parents
who are too distant or who pamper their children too much. Or
that crime is caused by America's poverty, or that it's actually
America's prosperity that is to blame. TV violence, boredom,
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passionate impulses -- everything and everyone is blamed.
Everyone -- except the criminal.
However, those who have been out on the streets know better.
They know, as President Bush has said many times, that the
criminal chooses his way of life, his companions, and the kinds
of crimes he commits. They know that it is the criminal who
chooses to reject society and its values. And, they know the
criminal is not the victim, he is the victimizer. Any law-
abiding society has a duty to punish wrongdoers. And punishment
is not an unseemly indulgence in revenge but a civilized response
to wrongdoing.
At the same time, let us not forget that there are many good
people in the world as well as the evildoers. And, let's be
proud that among those good people, there are the heroes who we
honor with this Ceremony today.
We should be proud that our history shows some 30,000 heroes
have given their lives in the war against crime. That staggering
number does not even include those law enforcement officers who
were wounded or disabled.
It does include many men like Charlie Hill, a good family
man, who was active in his church and neighborhood and was loved
by all who knew him. On March 23rd of last year, Charlie Hill
went to serve an eviction notice and ended up losing his life. He
was killed in a shootout with a thug, who was holding a hostage
in a crack house. Another officer, Andrew Chelchowski, was
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seriously wounded in the exchange. Charlie Hill's mother, his
wife Virginia, and his sons Robert and Charles, Jr., are here
with us today.
Another of the heroes we honor with this Ceremony is State
Trooper Jerry Hines. On February 20th of last year, at 11:55
p.m., he pulled a car over on the Interstate because he suspected
the driver was drunk. The driver, who had committed several
other murders only hours before, shot Jerry Hines repeatedly with
a hand gun and left him to die. Jerry Hines' wife, Carol, his
daughter, Jennifer, and his sister, Maria, are also with us
today.
Sadly, there are so many other families, like Charlie Hill's
and Jerry Hines', represented and honored here today. Next year,
they may be joined by the families of the two latest heroes, Greg
Hauser and Ray Kilroy of Chicago, who lost their lives just this
past Sunday night when they responded to a plea for help from a
grandmother who was being harassed by her own grandson.
Let us resolve, as a society, to do more for the families of
these fallen law enforcement heroes -- and for all the other
victims of crime. As far as I am concerned, we have spent far
too much time worrying about the rights of criminals and not
nearly enough time worrying about the rights of victims.
We need to restore some balance to the scales of justice by
putting victims' rights first -- where they belong. Let us leave
this place inspired by the example of sacrifice and love set by
May 15 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
2. Pursuant to section 1121 of the 1988
The annex to the proclamation will be
Act, the tariff provisions necessary to give
printed in the Federal Register of May 17.
effect to the Nairobi Protocol were enacted
in terms of the provisions of the Tariff
Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19
U.S.C. 1202). However, because of the
repeal of the TSUS and the enactment of
Remarks at the National Peace
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
Officers' Memorial Day Ceremony
United States (HTS), effective on January 1,
May 15, 1989
1989, and pursuant to section 1204 of the
1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3004), it is necessary to
Thank you, Suzy. If it doesn't start clear-
provide for the equivalent tariff treatment
ing up, we're issuing snorkels to everybody
in the HTS of the articles covered by sec-
out there. [Laughter] Thank you, Suzy
tion 1121.
Sawyer, and of course, to-Dewey Stokes and
Craig Floyd, my respects as well. You have
3. Section 1204(b) of the 1988 Act directs
great leadership, and I salute them. I want
the President to proclaim such modifica-
to say how pleased I am that the Secretary
tions to the HTS as are necessary or appro-
of the Treasury is with me, Nick Brady; our
priate to implement the applicable provi-
Attorney General, the able Dick Thorn-
sions of statutes enacted, executive actions
burgh; and our drug czar, Secretary Bill
taken, and final judicial decisions rendered
Bennett. The fact that we four are here is
after January 1, 1988, and before the effec-
intentional. It sends the signal of our com-
tive date of the HTS.
mitment and of our interest. And I know
4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974
Members of Congress are here as well. I
(19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, authorized
spotted my own Senator, Senator Phil
the President to embody in the HTS the
Gramm of Texas, and Senator Pete Wilson.
substance of the provisions of that act, of
But I'm going to be in trouble because I
other acts affecting import treatment, and
can't see over there-who else is there. But
of actions taken thereunder.
I know many are sitting right over here,
Now, Therefore, I, George Bush, Presi-
and we salute them. I see Senator Ford and
dent of the United States of America, acting
others. And we're just delighted that they
under the authority vested in me by the
are here today.
Constitution and laws of the United States,
Last fall a retired New York police lieu-
including but not limited to sections 1121
tenant gave me badge number 14072, and I
and 1204 of the 1988 Act and section 604 of
have it with me today-the badge his son
the Trade Act of 1974, do proclaim that:
wore the day he was gunned down by a
(1) The HTS is modified as provided in
gang of cocaine cowards. Matt Byrne asked
the annex to this proclamation.
me to keep Eddie's badge as a "reminder of
(2) The amendments to the HTS made by
all the brave police officers who put their
this proclamation shall be effective with re-
lives on the line for us every single day."
spect to articles entered, or withdrawn
Matt, your son's badge, as I have told you, is
from warehouse for consumption, on or
kept in my desk at the Oval Office. And
after May 30, 1989.
during the debate on gun-related violence
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
that has raged in this country the past sev-
my hand this twelfth day of May, in the
eral months, neither it nor what it repre-
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
sents has ever been far from my mind. I've
eighty-nine, and of the Independence of
heard the many voices, the courageous and
the United States of America the two hun-
the compassionate, the wounded and the
dred and thirteenth.
widowed, and I salute the survivors that are
here today.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
We gather today to respond to those
ter, 10:22 a.m., May 16, 1989]
voices and to honor the fallen by launching
a national strategy, a partnership with
Note: The proclamation was released by the
America's cities and States, to take back the
Office of the Press Secretary on May 15.
streets. It calls for a return to common
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amation will be
gister of May 17.
sense. And it begins with a clear-eyed vision
honor roll that will be read today: of 161
of the kind of problems we face, the kind of
officers killed in the line of duty last year,
people we are, the kind of values that we
152 were State or local cops. And you are
hold, and the kind of nation we intend to
bequeath to our children.
the first line of defense, and your respective
The problem is violent crime, and in par-
governments have an obligation to adopt
Peace
tough legislation and provide the re-
Ceremony
ticular, the blood that's been shed by in-
creasingly sophisticated guns in the hands
sources-in police, prosecutors, and pris-
of a new class of criminals. Usually, but not
ons-to fully back you up.
always, the deaths are tied to a cycle of
At the trial of Eddie Byrne's executioners,
oesn't start clear-
dollars and drugs and dependency. The
there was testimony that the hit was or-
tels to everybody
principles are simple. My generation well
dered from prison to send a message to the
hank you, Suzy
Dewey Stokes and
remembers what some believe was FDR's
people behind the badge. And one witness
as well. You have
finest speech: The "Four Freedoms," an ad-
said that they hoped to see the attack on
ute them. I want
dress to a joint session of the Congress. And
the television news at Riker's Island. Well,
hat the Secretary
the last, often forgotten, but arguably the
today we have a message of our own: We're
most fundamental of those freedoms was
going to take back the streets by taking
, Nick Brady; our
ole Dick Thorn-
simply this: freedom from fear. Our sworn
criminals off the streets. And it is an attack
duty to "insure domestic Tranquility" is as
on all four fronts: new laws to punish them,
r, Secretary Bill
old as the Republic, placed in the Constitu-
new agents to arrest them, new prosecutors
four are here is
gnal of our com-
tion's preamble even before the common
to convict them, and new prisons to hold
est. And I know
defense and the general welfare. And so,
them.
when we ask what kind of society the
I am announcing today-and there is no
here as well. I
American people deserve, our goal must be
more fitting place than right here-a com-
r, Senator Phil
a nation in which law-abiding citizens are
prehensive new offensive for combating
ator Pete Wilson.
safe and feel safe.
violent crime-for Eddie Byrne, for every
rouble because I
else is there. But
To achieve this goal, people must be held
officer we honor here today, and for Amer-
accountable for their actions, and that's
ica. The first front of this campaign, new
right over here,
common sense. Most Americans are law-
laws, starts with the semiautomatic and so-
Senator Ford and
abiding, and most believe that there is such
called assault weapons that criminals have
lighted that they
a thing as right and wrong, good and evil.
taken as their gun of choice. And again,
And whether it's the brutalization of a
common sense has to play an important
York police lieu-
young runner in a park or terrorizing a
part in this discussion. The fact of the
aber 14072, and I
e badge his son
young man on to a crowded highway, these
matter is, nearly half the households in this
are acts that cannot be excused or ex-
country have guns, and guns are already
ned down by a
Matt Byrne asked
plained away. A common sense approach to
out there. And the overwhelming majority
crime means that if we're going to affect
are legitimately owned for legitimate pur-
as a "reminder of
people's behavior we must have a criminal
poses. But in contrast to legitimate gun
rs who put their
justice system in which there is an expecta-
ownership is the chilling fact that some-
very single day."
have told you, is
tion that if you commit a crime you will be
thing like 80 percent of all firearms used by
Dval Office. And
caught; and if caught, you will be prosecut-
felons are stolen or otherwise unlawfully ob-
ed; and if convicted, you will do time. For
tained. Throughout our nation's history, the
-related violence
far too long, a privileged class of violent and
hard lesson we've learned is that criminals
try the past sev-
repeat offenders have calculated that crime
will get guns. And so, let me be very clear
r what it repre-
really does pay, that our criminal justice
about our response: The right to own a gun
m my mind. I've
system is a crapshoot where the risks are
is not a license to harm others.
e courageous and
worth the rewards. Well, it's time we
ounded and the
And so, first I am calling on Congress
change the odds and up the stakes enor-
survivors that are
today to do for dangerous firearms what it
mously.
has wisely done for dangerous drugs: to
And we will lead the way. We'll do our
espond to those
double the mandatory minimum penalties
part and then some. But no Federal effort
len by launching
for the use of semiautomatic weapons in
can succeed without the full partnership of
partnership with
crimes involving violence or drugs. And the
the cities and the States that you so nobly
to take back the
math is simple. Anyone who uses a semi-
represent. Unfortunately, nowhere is your
automatic for crime, or so much as has one
urn to common
front-line role more evident than in the
on them during a crime, will do an auto-
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May 15 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
matic 10 extra years in Federal prison. No
The current debate was first sparked
probation. No parole. No matter which
when an unstable gunman in Stockton, Cali-
judge they get.
fornia, purchased an AKS-47 over the
And secondly, we just can't plea bargain
counter and used it to lay waste to an ele-
away the lives of your loved ones, the lives
mentary school playground. Patrick Edward
of our cops and kids. And I'm directing the
Purdy had no business buying that gun. He
Attorney General to advise America's pros-
was arrested on his first weapons charge
ecutors to end plea bargaining for violent
before his 15th birthday. And by his fourth
Federal firearms offenses. Those who use
firearms arrest, Purdy had finally turned 18,
guns will do time-hard time.
and with it chalked up the first of two adult
And third, when a criminal carries a gun
convictions. Although for violent and weap-
and someone dies, they must pay with their
ons offenses, both convictions were misde-
own lives. We are calling on Congress today
meanors. Purdy crawled through the loop-
to enact the steps necessary to implement
hole that bars only felons from buying guns
the death penalty and to newly designate
and got that deadly AKS-47. That is outra-
the use of a firearm as an aggravating factor
for determining whether the death sen-
geous.
tence should be imposed.
And therefore, we also propose that Con-
And I call on America's Governors to
gress close this Purdy loophole and others
match this Federal initiative and propose
like it that allow deadly weapons to fall into
these same three standards at home: man-
deadly hands. Again, that's just plain
datory time, no deals without cooperation,
common sense. We must not allow deadly
and the death penalty where appropriate.
weapons to fall into deadly hands. But we
Your States owe it to those here today, and
need to do more than just enact new laws.
to the American people.
And in a recent movie about the L.A. gang
And fourth, 2 months ago, at my direc-
wars, a woman shouts encouragement to a
tion, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
cop on patrol, telling him: "You get them
Firearms suspended the importation of cer-
off the street." And he answers: "Lady,
tain so-called assault weapons. ATF is con-
we're trying." And the woman offers a four
tinuing its examination to determine which,
word solution: "You need more help." And
if any, of those weapons are not acceptable
believe me, we know it. Our police need
under standards in existing law. And at the
more help. And I'm here today to tell you
conclusion of this study, and after careful
that we're prepared to match rhetoric with
consideration, we will permanently ban any
resources and call on our cities and States to
imports that don't measure up to these
do the same.
standards.
The second front, if you will, of our new
Recently the U.S. News cover story on
offensive calls for increased manpower and
guns summed up a related challenge: "the
a new strategy on guns, a strategy based on
difficulty in drafting laws that will separate
models of proven effectiveness. I have di-
assault weapons used in crime from semi-
rected the Attorney General and the Treas-
automatics frequently used for legitimate
ury Secretary, working together with State
hunting and sport." And there is substantial
and local enforcement, to launch a compre-
controversy and debate on this point.
hensive, coordinated offensive against our
You're all well aware of that. But one thing
nation's most violent criminals. And I am
that we do know about these assault weap-
requesting funding for hiring 825 new Fed-
ons is that they are invariably equipped
eral agents and staff-375 at ATF, 300 at
with unjustifiably large magazines. The no-
the FBI, and 150 Deputy U.S. Marshals.
torious AKS-47, for example, comes with a
Many of these hirings will permit experi-
magazine that pumps off 30 explosive bul-
enced investigators from all three agencies
lets without reloading. And that is why-
to promptly combat violent crime in the
fifth-we stand on the steps here in front of
field.
the Capitol and ask its support for legisla-
Of course, arresting these thugs doesn't
tion prohibiting the importation, manufac-
help if we don't have the muscle to pros-
ture, sale, or transfer of these insidious gun
ecute each criminal to the fullest extent of
magazines of more than 15 rounds.
the law. And that's why the third front of
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was first sparked
this campaign calls for Congress to back up
White House Fact Sheet on Combating
1 in Stockton, Cali-
these new troops with 1,600 new prosecu-
Violent Crime
KS-47 over the
tors and staff. And now, there probably isn't
a police officer here who hasn't seen a case
May 15, 1989
y waste to an ele-
d. Patrick Edward
where a dangerous felon-properly arrest-
ying that gun. He
ed, fully prosecuted, and sentenced to the
The President outlined today a compre-
hensive program to combat violent crime.
t weapons charge
maximum-walked out of jail early, some-
And by his fourth
times years early, because prisons are burst-
The program is designed to strengthen the
ing at the seams. That is not right.
Nation's criminal justice system and the
I finally turned 18,
Federal, State, and local law enforcement
e first of two adult
Part of our common sense approach is a
violent and weap-
simple recognition that it doesn't do any
partnership. The program is grounded in
tions were misde-
good to provide new Federal agents, new
the President's belief that greater certainty
through the loop-
assistant U.S. Attorneys, and new laws with
of apprehension, prosecution, and punish-
ment will help deter crimes of violence. It
from buying guns
long-term penalties if we don't have the
-47. That is outra-
prison cells to keep criminals where they
includes proposals to strengthen current
belong. A chain is only as strong as its weak-
Federal, State, and local laws, to step up
propose that Con-
est link. And so, as the fourth front in this
enforcement and to hold perpetrators of
comprehensive effort, I am calling on the
crimes fully accountable for their actions.
ophole and others
veapons to fall into
Congress to authorize an additional $1 bil-
The President is proposing a common
that's just plain
lion, over and above the $500 million al-
sense approach to crime with initiatives to
not allow deadly
ready slated for 1990, for Federal prison
limit access to weapons by criminals, to
dly hands. But we
construction. These 24,000 new beds will
reform the criminal justice system, to en-
st enact new laws.
boost Federal prison capacity by nearly 80
hance enforcement and prosecution, and to
out the L.A. gang
percent.
expand prison capacity to ensure both the
acouragement to a
Not since Lincoln has a President stood in
certainty and severity of punishment.
m: "You get them
front of the Capitol and been just a few
e answers: "Lady,
miles from the front lines of a war, never
Fundamental Principles
oman offers a four
was the toll more visible than in the faces of
1 more help." And
the brave men and women, the families,
Four principles underlie the goals of our
Our police need
gathered here today. And when I first stood
criminal justice system and the means for
e today to tell you
here as President, over there, only mo-
accomplishing them.
atch rhetoric with
ments after taking the oath of office, I
cities and States to
made a promise: "This scourge will stop."
A primary purpose of government is to
And that's a promise that we intend to
protect citizens and their property.
u will, of our new
keep. Ladies and gentlemen, I offer my
Americans deserve to live in a society
condolences for your fallen loved ones and
in which they are safe and feel secure.
ed manpower and
1 strategy based on
for your fellow officers. And I salute your
Those who commit violent criminal of-
iveness. I have di-
commitment, and I salute your courage,
fenses should, and must, be held ac-
eral and the Treas-
and as a citizen-grateful for the protection
countable for their actions.
ogether with State
you have provided for me and my family
Our criminal justice system must have
) launch a compre-
and my fellow countrymen. I thank you,
as its objective the swift and certain
ensive against our
and I wish you Godspeed.
apprehension, prosecution, and incar-
minals. And I am
Thank you all, and God bless the United
ceration of those who break the law.
ring 825 new Fed-
States of America. Thank you very much.
Success in accomplishing our criminal
75 at ATF, 300 at
Note: The President spoke at 12:29 p.m. on
justice system goals requires a sus-
uty U.S. Marshals.
vill permit experi-
the West Front of the Capitol. In his open-
tained, cooperative effort by Federal,
all three agencies
ing remarks, he referred to Suzy Sawyer,
State, and local law enforcement au-
thorities.
lent crime in the
executive director of the Fraternal Order of
Police Ladies Auxiliary; Dewey Stokes, na-
The President today proposed a compre-
hese thugs doesn't
tional president of the Fraternal Order of
hensive four-part program to strengthen
he muscle to pros-
Police; and Craig Floyd, president of the
current laws, enhance enforcement and ap-
he fullest extent of
National Law Enforcement Officers Memo-
prehension of criminals, facilitate prosecu-
the third front of
rial Fund.
tions, and expand Federal prison capacity.
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Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1989
ance through the Law Enforcement Coordi-
nating Committees (LECC's). At present, 30
I. STRENGTHENING CURRENT LAWS
States have some provision for mandatory
To ensure that those who commit violent
terms of imprisonment for use of firearms
criminal offenses are held fully accountable
in the commission of a crime.
for their actions, it is essential to eliminate
The President proposed providing a 5
certain gaps in existing law and to strength-
percent bonus to the formula portion of
en some existing statutes.
drug law enforcement grants for those
States which adopt this model legislation.
A. Enhanced Penalties for Firearms
B. Restricting Plea Bargaining
Violations
If our criminal justice system is to achieve
The President proposed seven changes in
its objective of ensuring that those who
Federal firearms laws which would:
commit violent firearms offenses are held
1. double the mandatory penalty from 5
fully accountable for their actions, plea bar-
to 10 years under 18 U.S.C. 924(c) for
gaining practices nationwide must be re-
the use of a semiautomatic firearm
formed. Too often, serious felons walk away
during the commission of a violent
from court after pleading guilty to minor
crime or drug felony;
offenses and misdemeanors because over-
2. amend the Armed Career Criminal
burdened prosecutors have accepted plea
statute to count as predicate offenses
agreements rather than going to trial. The
acts of juvenile delinquency which if
lesser charges result in lesser sentences or
committed by an adult would consti-
probation, and repeat offenders continue to
tute a serious drug offense; many
beat the system. To speed an end to such
youthful repeat offenders now escape
plea bargaining:
the enhanced career criminal penalties
1. The President directed the Attorney
because most of their prior offenses
General to issue and fully implement
were charged as juvenile delinquency;
guidelines for Federal prosecutors re-
3. allow for pretrial preventive detention
garding plea bargaining under the Sen-
of defendants in cases involving certain
tencing Reform Act to ensure that Fed-
serious Federal firearms and explosive
eral charges always reflect both the se-
offenses;
riousness of the defendant's conduct
4. authorize criminal penalties and man-
and the Department's commitment to
datory minimum sentences for theft of
statutory sentencing goals and proce-
a firearm;
dures. This will ensure that Federal
5. enhance penalties for smuggling fire-
prosecutors seek minimum mandatory
arms into the United States while en-
penalties for all violent firearms of-
gaged in, or in the furtherance of, drug
fenses.
trafficking;
2. The President urged State and local
6. require mandatory revocation of Fed-
governments to reform their plea bar-
eral supervised release for those pos-
gaining and sentencing practices along
sessing a firearm anytime before the
similar lines and to devote increased
term of their supervised release ex-
resources to prosecutions.
pires;
C. Enacting Death Penalty Procedures
7. double the current penalty for a know-
The criminal justice system must accord
ing and materially false statement on
paramount importance to the protection of
ATF Form 4473 to a maximum sen-
innocent life. The murderous assault
tence of 10 years imprisonment.
weapon armed gang member, the terrorist,
The President also urged all States to
the traitor, and the assassin, who threaten
adopt model legislation providing mandato-
American lives and the Nation's security,
ry minimum sentences for criminal offenses
must know that they will face the death
involving firearms to parallel Federal man-
penalty for their crimes.
datory minimum provisions.
The President proposed to restore an en-
He directed the Attorney General to pro-
forceable death penalty for the most aggra-
vide the States with related technical assist-
vated Federal crimes. His proposal includes
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Administration of George Bush, 1989 / May 15
orcement Coordi-
adequate standards and constitutionally
by, persons who are convicted of any seri-
"s). At present, 30
sound procedures for applying the Federal
ous drug offense.
n for mandatory
death penalty provisions that now appear in
2. Improving Mechanisms for Identifying
r use of firearms
Federal statutes for homicide, espionage,
Criminals Who Attempt to Purchase Fire-
and treason. It would also authorize the
ne.
arms. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 re-
d providing a 5
death penalty for a number of new offenses,
quires the Attorney General to develop a
mula portion of
such as murder for hire. In direct response
system for the immediate and accurate
grants for those
to the increase in firearms-related violence,
identification of felons and others who at-
nodel legislation.
the proposal specifies that the use of a fire-
tempt to purchase firearms, but are barred
arm in committing the offense or a previous
by Federal law [18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1)] from
ing
conviction of a violent felony involving a
buying or possessing firearms. The initial
stem is to achieve
firearm constitute aggravating factors justi-
stage of the study must be completed by
that those who
fying capital punishment.
November 18, 1989.
offenses are held
actions, plea bar-
D. Restricting Imported Weapons
a. The President directed the Attorney
General to expand the National Criminal
ide must be re-
When the study of imported weapons by
Records Identification System Implementa-
felons walk away
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
tion study to include a review and evalua-
guilty to minor
arms is completed, the administration will
tion of State and local procedures which
rs because over-
make permanent the temporary suspension
have effectively limited criminal access to
e accepted plea
on the imported weapons, if any, that fail to
firearms and, based on that review and in
bing to trial. The
meet the criteria specified in the Gun Con-
consultation with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
sser sentences or
trol Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 925).
bacco and Firearms, to develop recommen-
iders continue to
E. Preventing Circumvention of Import
dations for model State legislation and pro-
I an end to such
Laws
cedures to complement and enhance efforts
to reduce felons' access to firearms.
ed the Attorney
The administration will propose an
fully implement
amendment to ensure that actions taken
Model State legislation or procedures
I prosecutors re-
under the provisions of the Gun Control
might include a reasonably structured wait-
g under the Sen-
Act of 1968 shall, not be circumvented by
ing period or use other devices to facilitate
domestic assembly of such weapons or any
accuracy in determining whether an indi-
ensure that Fed-
flect both the se-
combination of domestic and foreign assem-
vidual seeking to purchase a weapon from a
bly of such weapons.
licensed gun dealer is ineligible by reason
endant's conduct
of Federal law. At present, more than 20
commitment to
F. Restricting Gun Clips and Magazines
States have waiting periods, identification
goals and proce-
re that Federal
The administration will propose legisla-
requirements, or other procedures which
mum mandatory
tion prohibiting the importation, manufac-
effectively limit criminal access to weapons.
ture, transfer, or sale of gun magazines of
b. The President urged States to transfer
ent firearms of-
over 15 rounds for use by private citizens.
criminal history conviction, sentencing, and
State and local
other case disposition records to the proper
G. Limiting Access to Weapons by
Federal authorities. He also directed the At-
n their plea bar-
Criminals
torney General to recommend additional
g practices along
devote increased
In addition to greater penalties for misus-
improvements in the criminal records data
ing firearms, it is also important to limit
system. The quality of criminal history data
ns.
access to weapons by criminals. This can be
is a critical factor in crime control and pre-
Procedures
facilitated in three ways:
vention. At present, the only criminal histo-
em must accord
1. Strengthening and Expanding Prohibi-
ry records consistently reported by States
the protection of
tions on Access to Weapons by Criminals.
and localities are arrest records.
rderous assault
a. The President proposed to bar the sale
Timely and accurate reporting of convic-
per, the terrorist,
of firearms to, or possession of firearms by,
tion, sentencing, and other case disposition
n, who threaten
persons convicted of any violent offense, ex-
records is essential to the effective oper-
Nation's security,
panding the existing prohibition to cover
ation of the Nation's criminal justice system.
face the death
individuals convicted of violent misdemean-
To improve the national data base, States
or offenses.
should make such criminal record reporting
to restore an en-
b. The President also proposed to bar the
mandatory and take steps to ensure that
the most aggra-
sale of firearms to, or possession of firearms
centralized State criminal history repositor-
proposal includes
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May 15 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
ies are adequately funded and managed. In
II. AUGMENTING ENFORCEMENT
addition, States should maintain records and
report on all serious crimes committed by
A primary purpose of government is to
juveniles who frequently continue their
protect citizens and their property. This re-
criminal careers into adulthood, but often
quires the sustained cooperative commit-
escape early identification as repeat offend-
ment of Federal, State, and local law en-
ers and recidivists because their juvenile
forcement officials. Apprehending violent
records are not reported.
offenders requires increased enforcement
3. Eliminating Loopholes and Clarifying
personnel, improved cooperation among
Existing Offenses. The President also pro-
law enforcement authorities, and not per-
posed to eliminate loopholes and clarify ex-
mitting the exclusion of evidence on legal
isting offenses related to the sale or transfer
technicalities.
of firearms, in order to:
a. facilitate the prosecution of unlicensed
A. Additional ATF Special Agents
gun dealers engaged in illegal weapons
The President proposed to increase funds
transfers to aliens or transients;
for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
b. expand Federal jurisdiction to permit
Firearms to provide for the hiring, training,
prosecution of transactions in stolen
and equipping of 375 ATF special agents,
firearms and weapons lacking serial
inspectors, and support personnel to investi-
numbers in cases where the firearms
gate assault weapon and other firearms vio-
have previously moved in interstate or
lations by armed career criminal and repeat
foreign commerce (present law re-
offenders.
quires the firearms be moving in inter-
state commerce at the time of the of-
B. Additional U.S. Marshals
fense);
c. provide a uniform standard to deter-
The President proposed to increase funds
mine whether a person is under Feder-
for the U.S. Marshals to provide for about
al firearms disabilities based upon State
150 additional positions for the Marshals
convictions;
Fugitive Investigations and Court Orders
d. require that persons convicted under
Program. This would direct greater Federal
State law of a serious drug offense or
efforts to capturing fugitives and career
violent felony apply to Federal authori-
criminals.
ties in order to have their firearms
rights restored;
C. Additional FBI Agents
e. amend provisions regarding the dispos-
The President proposed to increase funds
al of forfeited firearms; and
for the FBI to provide for about 300 addi-
f. clarify the definition of burglary in the
tional positions for the Bureau's Violent
Armed Career Criminal Act to elimi-
Crime and Major Offenders Program and
nate loopholes caused by differing State
Organized Crime Program and to assist
laws.
States and localities improve their efforts in
H. Making Drug Testing a Condition of
fighting violent crime through greater Fed-
Release
eral/State cooperation.
The President also proposed to authorize
and fund nationwide implementation in
D. Coordinated Task Forces
1990 of drug testing as a mandatory condi-
The President directed the Attorney
tion of Federal probation, parole, or super-
General and Secretary of the Treasury to
vised release. It is estimated that 81,500
develop a coordinated strategy for the de-
people will be on some form of Federal
ployment of the additional U.S. Marshals,
supervised release in 1990. The Justice De-
ATF and FBI agents. Their deployment will
partment and the Federal Judiciary will co-
emphasize working closely with State and
ordinate implementation of this program.
local authorities in task forces to target and
The President urged States to adopt simi-
investigate career criminals who are subject
lar mandatory drug testing programs as a
to prosecution as repeat offenders under
condition of parole.
Federal firearms laws and related statutes.
722
Administration of George Bush, 1989 / May 15
CEMENT
E. State and Local Resources
ciary by $40 million for FY 1990 to cover
f government is to
The President urged State and local au-
costs associated with processing increased
r property. This re-
thorities to increase their law enforcement
numbers of criminal defendants and for ad-
operative commit-
resources devoted to identifying and appre-
ditional Federal criminal prosecutions.
and local law en-
hending violent criminal offenders.
prehending violent
E. Habeas Corpus Reform
F. Exclusionary Rule Reform
eased enforcement
The President proposed to establish a
The President proposed immediate enact-
cooperation among
general "good faith" exception to the exclu-
ment of habeas corpus reform to establish a
rities, and not per-
evidence on legal
sionary rule which would permit evidence
general 1-year time limit on Federal appli-
to be admitted if the officers carrying out a
cations by State prisoners and to require
search or seizure acted with an objectively
deference in Federal proceedings to the re-
sults of fair and reasonable State court de-
reasonable belief that their conduct was in
il Agents
conformity with fourth amendment re-
terminations. This will correct the existing
d to increase funds
quirements. The reform legislation would
system of review, under which over 10,000
ohol, Tobacco and
clarify that in the absence of explicit statu-
cases are annually filed in Federal court.
:he hiring, training,
tory authority for doing so Federal courts
.TF special agents,
may only exclude evidence on the basis of
IV. EXPANDING PRISON CAPACITY
ersonnel to investi-
constitutional violations.
other firearms vio-
Prison overcrowding remains a national
criminal and repeat
III. ENHANCING PROSECUTION
problem. The most acute problem is at the
In order to assure that criminals are held
Federal level. At both the Federal and
accountable for their offenses, certainty of
State level prison overcrowding is a factor
als
prosecution must accompany severity of
in sentencing. At the State and local levels
d to increase funds
punishment. Federal, State, and local au-
it is often responsible for the early release
provide for about
thorities must expand and coordinate their
of convicted criminals.
for the Marshals
prosecutorial efforts.
A. Expanding Federal Prison Construction
and Court Orders
A. Additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys
ect greater Federal
The President proposed an additional $1
The President proposed to increase funds
gitives and career
billion for Federal prison construction,
for the U.S. Attorneys Offices to support
1,600 additional positions to handle the in-
bringing the total 1990 budget to over $1.5
creased number of Federal defendants and
billion. This will increase prison capacity by
to prosecute more drug cases, weapons of-
about 77 percent, adding over 24,000 new
di to increase funds
fenses, and other priority matters.
Federal prison beds. The present rated Fed-
eral prison capacity is 30,951 beds; the
or about 300 addi-
B. Additional Criminal Division Attorneys
present Federal prison population is ap-
Bureau's Violent
The President proposed to increase funds
proximately 48,000.
ders Program and
am and to assist
for the Justice Department Criminal Divi-
sion to support 168 additional positions to
B. Converting Unused Federal Properties
ove their efforts in
rough greater Fed-
focus on drug cases, weapons offenses, and
The President directed the Secretary of
other priority matters, including activities
Defense, the Secretary of Education, and
to foster State and local cooperation and
the Administrator of the General Services
coordinated law enforcement strategies.
Administration to work with the Attorney
es
ed the Attorney
C. Additional Housing for Unsentenced
General to identify expeditiously properties
and facilities suitable for conversion for use
Prisoners
f the Treasury to
as Federal prisons or jails.
rategy for the de-
The President proposed additional funds
nal U.S. Marshals,
for the U.S. Marshals Service to provide
C. Deporting Criminal Aliens
ir deployment will
transportation and 300,000 added jail days
ly with State and
for unsentenced prisoners and pretrial de-
The President proposed to provide the
rces to target and
tainees.
Attorney General with $14 million for the
Immigration and Naturalization Service
ls who are subject
D. Additional Judicial Branch Resources
(INS) and the Executive Office for Immigra-
offenders under
The President proposed increasing the
tion Review in order to expedite the depor-
d related statutes.
administration's budget request for the Judi-
tation of convicted criminal aliens.
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B
May 15 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
Crimes committed by aliens are rising
FUNDING SUMMARY-Continued
disproportionately in relation to the general
population and entailing more violent and
EOIR (Executive Office
drug-related crime.
for
Immigration
Review)
$1.6 million
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has identi-
State Grant Bonus:
fied 9,254 aliens in its facilities, 20.6 per-
Office of Justice Pro-
cent of its total inmate population.
grams (Bonus)
$6.0 million
Subtotal (nonprison)
$189.1 million
D. Encouraging State Prison Construction
Prisons:
The President commended and encour-
Federal Prison Construc-
aged State prison construction efforts. States
tion
$1.0 billion
currently have construction of 63,452 new
This will bring the total 1990 prison construction
bedspaces underway. An additional 78,094
budget to over $1.5 billion, which includes
bedspaces are planned, and funding has
$115 million available from the Special Forfeit-
been secured for their construction. More-
ure Fund available to the Office of National
over, States have requested construction of
Drug Control Policy, and $401 million in the
72,190 additional bedspaces.
original Bush Budget.
Total Increase
1 $1,189.1 billion
E. Review of Court-Ordered Prison Caps
1 This total can be accommodated within the
The President directed the Attorney
overall domestic discretionary spending cap set
General to conduct a review of the role of
in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement.
court orders and consent decrees in prison
crowding situations, including an assess-
ment of the scope of judicial authority in
formulating and issuing such orders, the
impact of such orders on the operation of
prison systems and public security, and non-
judicial means of addressing prison crowd-
ing. The Attorney General will report his
White House Statement on the
findings to the President and recommend
President's Meeting With Cornelio
any necessary remedial actions.
Sommaruga
Legislation to implement elements of this
May 15, 1989
initiative will be transmitted shortly by the
Attorney General.
The President met today with Cornelio
Sommaruga, president of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The
FUNDING SUMMARY
visit provided an opportunity for President
Bush to express American appreciation for
Enforcement:
the impressive humanitarian and human
BATF
$18.8 million
rights work of the ICRC around the world.
U.S. Marshals
$12.0 million
ICRC efforts on behalf of refugees, the
FBI
$19.5 million
hungry, the displaced, political prisoners,
Prosecution:
and prisoners of war are well-known and
U.S. Attorneys
$49.6 million
well-respected.
Criminal Division
$5.4 million
Unsentenced
Prisoner
The President and Mr. Sommaruga spe-
Support
$13.0 million
cifically discussed ICRC activities in Af-
Courts
$40.0 million
ghanistan and Sudan, and Mr. Sommaruga
Drug Testing:
thanked President Bush for the recent spe-
Mandatory Testing
$10.7 million
cial contribution of $10 million as a humani-
Criminal Alien Deporta-
tion:
tarian gesture for ICRC activities in these
INS
$12.5 million
countries.
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StephB.
POLICE MEMORIAL / PORTLAND, OREGON
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1990 / 4:30 P.M.
Richar JChief Walker
THANK YOU BILL FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. IT'S ALWAYS
A PLEASURE TO BE WITH THE MAN WHO IS so ABLY DIRECTING
OUR-BATTLE-AGAINST-DRUG USE-INTHIS COUNTRY. AND OF
front w
COURSE, CONGRESSMAN DENNY SMITH -- ONE OF THE PEOPLE I
COUNT ON IN WASHINGTON IN OUR EFFORTS TO FIGHT CRIME.
DAT Bennett
SECRETARY OF STATE ROBERTS ATTORNEY GENERAL
FROHNMAYER, MAYOR CLARK, CHIEF WALKER, CONGRESSMAN g
he SMITH, FRIENDS, RELATIVES, AND ADMIRERS OF PORTLAND'S
FINEST. Father Jim Harvey
Poul Linmon
time
- 2 -
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU -- AND TO
OFFICIALLY DEDICATE A MONUMENT THAT EMBODIES INTEGRITY,
SACRIFICE, AND ABOVE ALL, COURAGE. QUALITIES THAT
DEFINE THE ESSENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS -- AND
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. //
IN THE BIBLE WE READ, "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS
FRIENDS."
- 3 -
THE MEN WE SALUTE TODAY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US.
WE MEET TODAY TO THANK THEM ON BEHALF OF EVERY
AMERICAN. //
THERE WILL BE TWENTY-ONE NAMES ON THE PORTLAND
POLICE MEMORIAL. NAMES LIKE MCCARTHY, OWENS, PALMER.
THEY RANGED IN AGE FROM 26 TO 68. YET THEIR STORY
ECLIPSES MERE STONE AND MASONRY -- AS STRIKING AS THEY
ARE.
- 4 -
EACH LIFE WAS PRECIOUS; EACH LOSS, SEARING AND
INDIVIDUAL. THEY LEFT BEHIND FATHERS, MOTHERS,
CHILDREN, WIVES.
THE FIRST TO GIVE HIS LIFE, THOMAS O'CONNOR, DIED
IN 1867. HE WAS SHOT IN A SALOON, TRYING To BREAK UP A
BRAWL. LIKE OTHER COPS OF HIS DAY, HIS TASK WAS TO
CIVILIZE SOCIETY.
- 5 -
SIX YEARS AGO, STANLEY POUNDS BECAME PORTLAND'S LAST
COP KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. HE KNEW -- AS WE DO --
THAT OUR TASK MUST BE TO DEFEND CIVILITY THROUGH
AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF LAW.
ACHIEVING THIS WILL REQUIRE CHARACTER TO RIVAL
THESE TWENTY-ONE POLICEMEN WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES, AND
THEIR LIVES. COPS WHO KNEW THAT IN A JOB WHERE ONE
SEES -- TOO OFTEN -- MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN, ONE COULD
ALSO PROVE MAN'S FIDELITY TO HONOR. //
- 6 -
THEY -- LIKE THE DISABLED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HERE
-- ARE HEROES OF THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE MUST
SALUTE THEM, REMEMBER THEM. BUT HOW?
FIRST, IN THE MOST ELEMENTAL SENSE, BY RECALLING
WHAT THEY STOOD FOR -- AND AGAINST. THEY WERE MEN OF
PEACE, FIGHTING CRIME. THEY STOOD FOR GOOD AGAINST
EVIL. THEY KNEW THAT BLACK AND WHITE HATS WERE NOT
HOLLYWOOD FICTION. THEY DESPISED THE CRUELTY OF THUGS
WHO BRUTALIZE AMERICA'S QUIET, GENTLE, DECENT PEOPLE.
- 7 -
SECOND, WE CAN HONOR THEM BY ENACTING LAWS WHICH
FREE OUR COUNTRY FROM THE FEAR OF CRIME AND DRUGS.
WHEN WE ASK WHAT KIND OF A SOCIETY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DESERVE, OUR ANSWER IS A NATION IN WHICH LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS ARE SAFE AND FEEL SAFE. WE MUST REJECT THOSE
WHO SOFT-PEDAL THE NEED TO BE HARD ON CRIME. //
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK, I STOOD ON CAPITOL HILL
BEFORE A GROUP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND
ANNOUNCED MY COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE TO COMBAT VIOLENT
CRIME.
- 8 -
ONE YEAR LATER, CONGRESS HAS ADDRESSED PART OF THE
PROBLEM BY PROVIDING THE NEW FEDERAL TROOPS WE ASKED
FOR: NEW AGENTS -- TO ARREST VIOLENT CRIMINALS. NEW
PROSECUTORS -- TO CONVICT THEM. AND NEW PRISONS -- TO
HOLD THEM.
BUT OUR JOB ISN'T FINISHED -- IT'S JUST BEGUN. So
TODAY I CALL ON THE CONGRESS TO PASS THE MAJOR PART OF
THE VIOLENT CRIME AcT.
- 9 -
LEGISLATION THAT WILL BACK UP OUR NEW LAWMEN WITH NEW
LAWS -- LAWS THAT ARE FAIR, FAST, AND FINAL. //
FAIR -- AN EXCLUSIONARY RULE DESIGNED TO PUNISH THE
GUILTY -- AND NOT GOOD COPS WHO HAVE ACTED IN GOOD
FAITH. FAST -- WE NEED HABEAS CORPUS REFORMS TO STOP
THE FRIVOLOUS APPEALS THAT ARE CHOKING OUR COURTS. AND
FINAL -- FAIR, CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND DEATH PENALTY
PROVISIONS.
- 10 -
You KNOW MY BELIEF: FOR ANYONE WHO KILLS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER -- NO LEGAL PENALTY IS TOO TOUGH.
AND THAT GOES FOR DRUG KINGPINS WHO THREATEN A FEDERAL
WITNESS, JUROR, OR JUDGE. // WE WANT CONGRESS TO ENACT
THE STEPS NEEDED TO EXPAND THE DEATH PENALTY. NOT SOME
TIME. NOT SOME PLACE, BUT ACROSS AMERICA -- NOW. ///
THE VIOLENT CRIME ACT WILL ACHIEVE THESE REFORMS.
YET FOR THE PAST YEAR IT HAS GATHERED DUST IN THE HOUSE
-- AND SPAWNED WEAK IMITATIONS IN THE SENATE.
- 11 -
AMERICA DESERVES BETTER. So DO THE 163 POLICE OFFICERS
WHO DIED LAST YEAR. TOMORROW, THE SENATE BEGINS DEBATE
ON OUR CRIME LEGISLATION. I CALL ON IT TO HONOR THE
MEMORY OF POLICE BOTH LIVING AND DEAD. //
Now, I KNOW: SOME SAY THERE ARE REASONS FOR CRIME.
I SAY: THERE IS NEVER AN EXCUSE. // YES, WE SUPPORT
PROGRAMS FOR REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY. WE SUPPORT
EDUCATION -- THE GOAL OF WHICH IS TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF OF
DRUGS AND AWAY FROM CRIME.
- 12 -
WE SUPPORT COUNSELING AND OTHER STEPS TO PREVENT CRIME.
BUT WE CANNOT -- WE MUST NOT -- NEGLECT LAW
ENFORCEMENT. WHEN IT COMES To UNDERSTANDING, I SAY
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING AND CARING FOR
THE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND CERTAINLY FOR OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. ///
THAT'S WHY OUR VIOLENT CRIME ACT IS BASED ON
THREE PRINCIPLES. CRIMINALS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF
THEY COMMIT CRIMES, THEY WILL BE CAUGHT.
- 13 -
IF CAUGHT, THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED. AND IF CONVICTED,
THEY WILL BE PUNISHED. BY TAKING HOODS OFF THE
STREETS, WE CAN -- AND MUST -- TAKE BACK THE STREETS.
//
ALREADY, WE HAVE ACTED ADMINISTRATIVELY TO ENSURE
NO DEALS WHEN CRIMINALS USE A GUN. OUR VIOLENT CRIME
ACT GOES STILL FURTHER. REMEMBER: IT DOES NO GOOD TO
SEND LAW TROOPS INTO BATTLE WEARING HANDCUFFS.
- 14 -
So I URGE THE SENATE -- AND IN COMING WEEKS, THE
HOUSE -- TO ACT QUICKLY AND BUILD AMERICA UP BY
OPPOSING THOSE WHO WOULD TEAR AMERICA DOWN. TOGETHER,
LET'S PASS THIS BILL -- AND HELP WIN OUR WAR ON CRIME.
YET OUR WAR CANNOT BE WON ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL
ALONE. HERE IN OREGON, AS ELSEWHERE, YOU KNOW THAT
CRIME IS PERSONAL, NOT REMOTE. So, LED BY YOUR
OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN, DENNY SMITH, YOU'VE FOUNDED
"OREGONIANS AGAINST CRIME" -- A CITIZENS' CRIME-
FIGHTING GROUP OF 115,000 LAW-ABIDING OREGONIANS.
- 15 -
WE CAN HONOR THE HEROES OF THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BY DOING, NATIONALLY, WHAT YOU ARE DOING LOCALLY. //
"OREGONIANS AGAINST CRIME" SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE
ANTI-CRIME INITIATIVE THAT REQUIRES REPEAT, VIOLENT
CAREER CRIMINALS TO SERVE THEIR FULL SENTENCES BEHIND
BARS. No PAROLE. No TEMPORARY LEAVE. No TIME OFF FOR
"GOOD BEHAVIOR." No WEEKEND PASSES.
- 16 -
NONE OF THE MUMBO-JUMBO WHICH BLAMES THE FAILINGS OF
TV, SCHOOLS, OR THE OTHER SCAPEGOATS OF SOCIETY FOR THE
EVIL OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
THIS INITIATIVE, SUPPORTED BY CLOSE TO ONE MILLION
OREGONIANS -- THE HIGHEST VOTE TOTAL IN THIS STATE'S
HISTORY -- LED THE OREGON LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR TO PASS
A FULL SLATE OF ANTI-CRIME LEGISLATION -- FROM MORE
PRISON CELLS TO TOUGHER SENTENCING. // You HAVE SHOWN
THE WAY -- AND EVERY STATE SHOULD FOLLOW.
- 17 -
So I CALL ON ALL LEGISLATURES TO BOOST LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT. THROUGH NEW PROSECUTORS, POLICE, NEW
PRISONS. AND BY TOUGHENING CRIME LAWS AT THE STATE
LEVEL -- INCLUDING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE KILLING OF
LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THIS BRINGS ME TO THE FINAL WAY WE CAN HONOR THE
HEROES OF THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE MUST TELL
THEIR STORY TO GENERATIONS YET UNBORN. LIKE THE STORY
OF TWO MEN WHO ARE WITH US TODAY.
- 18 -
ONE IS SERGEANT EARL JOHNSON -- SHOT AND BLINDED WHILE
TRYING TO COVER HIS FELLOW OFFICERS. // THE OTHER,
STANLEY HARMON, WAS SHOT BY A DRUG ADDICT AND IS NOW A
PARAPLEGIC. To YOU -- TO YOUR COLLEAGUES: A GRATEFUL
NATION SALUTES YOU. //
NOTHING WE SAY HERE CAN EQUAL THE SACRIFICE OF
AMERICANS LIKE THESE. WHAT WE CAN DO IS ENSURE THEIR
SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN. So LET US HONOR THE MEN OF
THIS MEMORIAL: ACTING NOT ONLY THROUGH WORDS, BUT
DEEDS, TO ENSURE A FUTURE AS GREAT AS AMERICA HERSELF.
- 19 -
THIS MEMORIAL WILL BE A MONUMENT TO A NATION THAT
IS RIGHT-MINDED AND RESOLUTE -- A PEOPLE AT ONCE
UNAFRAID AND FREE. IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO NOW
OPEN THE TRIBUTE TO THE GREATEST HEROES ANY COUNTRY
COULD HAVE -- THE PORTLAND POLICE MEMORIAL. GOD BLESS
THEM, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND NOW, CHIEF WALKER, LET US LOOK AT THE MODEL.
###
StephB.
POLICE MEMORIAL / PORTLAND, OREGON
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1990 / 4:30 P.M.
DR. BENNETT, ATTORNEY GENERAL FROHNMAYER, SECRETARY
OF STATE ROBERTS, MAYOR CLARK, CHIEF WALKER,
CONGRESSMAN SMITH, FRIENDS, RELATIVES, AND ADMIRERS OF
PORTLAND'S FINEST.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU -- AND TO
OFFICIALLY DEDICATE A MONUMENT THAT EMBODIES INTEGRITY,
SACRIFICE, AND ABOVE ALL, COURAGE.
- 2 -
QUALITIES THAT DEFINE THE ESSENCE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS -- AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. //
IN THE BIBLE WE READ, "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS
FRIENDS.' THE MEN WE SALUTE TODAY LAID DOWN THEIR
LIVES FOR US. WE MEET TODAY To THANK THEM ON BEHALF OF
EVERY AMERICAN. //
THERE WILL BE TWENTY-ONE NAMES ON THE PORTLAND
POLICE MEMORIAL. NAMES LIKE MCCARTHY, OWENS, PALMER.
- 3 -
THEY RANGED IN AGE FROM 26 TO 68. YET THEIR STORY
ECLIPSES MERE STONE AND MASONRY -- AS STRIKING AS THEY
ARE. EACH LIFE WAS PRECIOUS; EACH LOSS, SEARING AND
INDIVIDUAL. THEY LEFT BEHIND FATHERS, MOTHERS,
CHILDREN, WIVES.
THE FIRST TO GIVE HIS LIFE, THOMAS O'CONNOR, DIED
IN 1867. HE WAS SHOT IN A SALOON, TRYING TO BREAK UP A
BRAWL. LIKE OTHER COPS OF HIS DAY, HIS TASK WAS TO
CIVILIZE SOCIETY.
- 4 -
SIX YEARS AGO, STANLEY POUNDS BECAME PORTLAND'S LAST
COP KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. HE KNEW -- AS WE DO --
THAT OUR TASK MUST BE TO DEFEND CIVILITY THROUGH
AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF LAW.
ACHIEVING THIS WILL REQUIRE CHARACTER TO RIVAL
THESE TWENTY-ONE POLICEMEN WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES, AND
THEIR LIVES. COPS WHO KNEW THAT IN A JOB WHERE ONE
SEES -- TOO OFTEN -- MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN, ONE COULD
ALSO PROVE MAN'S FIDELITY TO HONOR. //
- 5 -
THEY -- LIKE THE DISABLED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HERE
-- ARE HEROES OF THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE MUST
SALUTE THEM, REMEMBER THEM. BUT HOW?
FIRST, IN THE MOST ELEMENTAL SENSE, BY RECALLING
WHAT THEY STOOD FOR -- AND AGAINST. THEY WERE MEN OF
PEACE, FIGHTING CRIME. THEY STOOD FOR GOOD AGAINST
EVIL. THEY KNEW THAT BLACK AND WHITE HATS WERE NOT
HOLLYWOOD FICTION. THEY DESPISED THE CRUELTY OF THUGS
WHO BRUTALIZE AMERICA'S QUIET, GENTLE, DECENT PEOPLE.
- 6 -
SECOND, WE CAN HONOR THEM BY ENACTING LAWS WHICH
FREE OUR COUNTRY FROM THE FEAR OF CRIME AND DRUGS.
WHEN WE ASK WHAT KIND OF A SOCIETY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DESERVE, OUR ANSWER IS A NATION IN WHICH LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS ARE SAFE AND FEEL SAFE. WE MUST REJECT THOSE
WHO SOFT-PEDAL THE NEED TO BE HARD ON CRIME. //
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK, I STOOD ON CAPITOL HILL
BEFORE A GROUP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND
ANNOUNCED MY COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE TO COMBAT VIOLENT
CRIME.
- 7 -
ONE YEAR LATER, CONGRESS HAS ADDRESSED PART OF THE
PROBLEM BY PROVIDING THE NEW FEDERAL TROOPS WE ASKED
FOR: NEW AGENTS -- TO ARREST VIOLENT CRIMINALS. NEW
PROSECUTORS -- TO CONVICT THEM. AND NEW PRISONS -- TO
HOLD THEM.
BUT OUR JOB ISN'T FINISHED -- IT'S JUST BEGUN. So
TODAY I CALL ON THE CONGRESS TO PASS THE MAJOR PART OF
THE VIOLENT CRIME AcT.
- 8 -
LEGISLATION THAT WILL BACK UP OUR NEW LAWMEN WITH NEW
LAWS -- LAWS THAT ARE FAIR, FAST, AND FINAL. //
FAIR -- AN EXCLUSIONARY RULE DESIGNED TO PUNISH THE
GUILTY -- AND NOT GOOD COPS WHO HAVE ACTED IN GOOD
FAITH. FAST -- WE NEED HABEAS CORPUS REFORMS TO STOP
THE FRIVOLOUS APPEALS THAT ARE CHOKING OUR COURTS. AND
FINAL -- FAIR, CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND DEATH PENALTY
PROVISIONS.
- 9 -
You KNOW MY BELIEF: FOR ANYONE WHO KILLS A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER -- NO LEGAL PENALTY IS TOO TOUGH.
AND THAT GOES FOR DRUG KINGPINS WHO THREATEN A FEDERAL
WITNESS, JUROR, OR JUDGE. // WE WANT CONGRESS TO ENACT
THE STEPS NEEDED TO EXPAND THE DEATH PENALTY. NOT SOME
TIME. NOT SOME PLACE. BUT ACROSS AMERICA -- NOW. ///
THE VIOLENT CRIME AcT WILL ACHIEVE THESE REFORMS.
YET FOR THE PAST YEAR IT HAS GATHERED DUST IN THE HOUSE
-- AND SPAWNED WEAK IMITATIONS IN THE SENATE.
- 10 -
AMERICA DESERVES BETTER. So DO THE 163 POLICE OFFICERS
WHO DIED LAST YEAR. TOMORROW, THE SENATE BEGINS DEBATE
ON OUR CRIME LEGISLATION. I CALL ON IT TO HONOR THE
MEMORY OF POLICE BOTH LIVING AND DEAD. //
Now, I KNOW: SOME SAY THERE ARE REASONS FOR CRIME.
I SAY: THERE IS NEVER AN EXCUSE. // YES, WE SUPPORT
PROGRAMS FOR REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY. WE SUPPORT
EDUCATION -- THE GOAL OF WHICH IS TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF OF
DRUGS AND AWAY FROM CRIME.
- 11 -
WE SUPPORT COUNSELING AND OTHER STEPS TO PREVENT CRIME.
BUT WE CANNOT -- WE MUST NOT -- NEGLECT LAW
ENFORCEMENT. WHEN IT COMES TO UNDERSTANDING, I SAY
LET'S HAVE A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING AND CARING FOR
THE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND CERTAINLY FOR OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. ///
THAT'S WHY OUR VIOLENT CRIME ACT IS BASED ON
THREE PRINCIPLES. CRIMINALS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IF
THEY COMMIT CRIMES, THEY WILL BE CAUGHT.
- 12 -
IF CAUGHT, THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED. AND IF CONVICTED,
THEY WILL BE PUNISHED. By TAKING HOODS OFF THE
STREETS, WE CAN -- AND MUST -- TAKE BACK THE STREETS.
//
ALREADY, WE HAVE ACTED ADMINISTRATIVELY TO ENSURE
NO DEALS WHEN CRIMINALS USE A GUN. OUR VIOLENT CRIME
ACT GOES STILL FURTHER. REMEMBER: IT DOES NO GOOD TO
SEND LAW TROOPS INTO BATTLE WEARING HANDCUFFS.
- 13 -
So I URGE THE SENATE -- AND IN COMING WEEKS, THE
HOUSE -- TO ACT QUICKLY AND BUILD AMERICA UP BY
OPPOSING THOSE WHO WOULD TEAR AMERICA DOWN. TOGETHER,
LET'S PASS THIS BILL -- AND HELP WIN OUR WAR ON CRIME.
YET OUR WAR CANNOT BE WON ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL
ALONE. HERE IN OREGON, AS ELSEWHERE, YOU KNOW THAT
CRIME IS PERSONAL, NOT REMOTE. So, LED BY YOUR
OUTSTANDING CONGRESSMAN, DENNY SMITH, YOU'VE FOUNDED
"OREGONIANS AGAINST CRIME" -- A CITIZENS' CRIME-
FIGHTING GROUP OF 115,000 LAW-ABIDING OREGONIANS.
- 14 -
WE CAN HONOR THE HEROES OF THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST
BY DOING, NATIONALLY, WHAT YOU ARE DOING LOCALLY. //
"OREGONIANS AGAINST CRIME" SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE
ANTI-CRIME INITIATIVE THAT REQUIRES REPEAT, VIOLENT
CAREER CRIMINALS TO SERVE THEIR FULL SENTENCES BEHIND
BARS. No PAROLE. No TEMPORARY LEAVE. No TIME OFF FOR
"GOOD BEHAVIOR." No WEEKEND PASSES.
- 15 -
NONE OF THE MUMBO-JUMBO WHICH BLAMES THE FAILINGS OF
TV, SCHOOLS, OR THE OTHER SCAPEGOATS OF SOCIETY FOR THE
EVIL OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
THIS INITIATIVE, SUPPORTED BY CLOSE TO ONE MILLION
OREGONIANS -- THE HIGHEST VOTE TOTAL IN THIS STATE'S
HISTORY -- LED THE OREGON LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR TO PASS
A FULL SLATE OF ANTI-CRIME LEGISLATION -- FROM MORE
PRISON CELLS TO TOUGHER SENTENCING. // You HAVE SHOWN
THE WAY -- AND EVERY STATE SHOULD FOLLOW.
- 16 -
So I CALL ON ALL LEGISLATURES TO BOOST LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT. THROUGH NEW PROSECUTORS, POLICE, NEW
PRISONS. AND BY TOUGHENING CRIME LAWS AT THE STATE
LEVEL -- INCLUDING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THE KILLING OF
LOCAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THIS BRINGS ME TO THE FINAL WAY WE CAN HONOR THE
HEROES OF THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE MUST TELL
THEIR STORY TO GENERATIONS YET UNBORN. LIKE THE STORY
OF TWO MEN WHO ARE WITH US TODAY.
- 17 -
ONE IS SERGEANT EARL JOHNSON -- SHOT AND BLINDED WHILE
TRYING TO COVER HIS FELLOW OFFICERS. // THE OTHER,
STANLEY HARMON, WAS SHOT BY A DRUG ADDICT AND IS NOW A
PARAPLEGIC. To YOU -- TO YOUR COLLEAGUES: A GRATEFUL
NATION SALUTES YOU. //
NOTHING WE SAY HERE CAN EQUAL THE SACRIFICE OF
AMERICANS LIKE THESE. WHAT WE CAN DO IS ENSURE THEIR
SACRIFICE WAS NOT IN VAIN. So LET US HONOR THE MEN OF
THIS MEMORIAL: ACTING NOT ONLY THROUGH WORDS, BUT
DEEDS, TO ENSURE A FUTURE AS GREAT AS AMERICA HERSELF.
- 18 -
THIS MEMORIAL WILL BE A MONUMENT TO A NATION THAT
IS RIGHT-MINDED AND RESOLUTE -- A PEOPLE AT ONCE
UNAFRAID AND FREE. IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO NOW
OPEN THE TRIBUTE TO THE GREATEST HEROES ANY COUNTRY
COULD HAVE -- THE PORTLAND POLICE MEMORIAL. GOD BLESS
THEM, AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND NOW, CHIEF WALKER, LET US LOOK AT THE MODEL.
###
THE WHITE HOUSE
washington
May 16, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
CURT SMITH
SUBJECT:
PORTLAND POLICE MEMORIAL REMARKS
I. SUMMARY
On Sunday, May 20, at 4:30 p.m., you will address about
1,500 people at a ceremonial groundbreaking of the Portland
Police Memorial in the Portland Coliseum. Dr. Bennett,
Congressman Denny Smith, Mayor Bud Clark, Attorney General
Frohnmayer, Secretary of State Barbara Roberts, and Chief of
Police Walker will accompany you.
II. DISCUSSION
The attached remarks (9 minutes, speechcards) hail the
courage of those police officers who have risked and lost their
lives in the line of duty. The text also calls on the Senate and
House to pass the Violent Crime Control Act.
Friday 3:50
(Smith/Blessey)
May 16, 1990
confirmed w/Chiet Liblkers P.M.
POLICE
Becky
Gordon James
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
POLICE MEMORIAL
PORTLAND, OREGON
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1990
4:30 P.M.
Dr. Bennett, Attorney General Frohnmayer, Secretary of State
Roberts, Mayor Clark, Chief Walker, Congressman Smith, friends,
relatives, and admirers of Portland's finest.
It is a privilege to be with you -- and to officially
dedicate a monument that embodies integrity, sacrifice, and above
all, courage. Qualities that define the essence of law
enforcement officers -- and of the United States of America. //
In the Bible we read, "Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends." The men we salute
today laid down their lives for us. We meet today to thank them
on behalf of every American. //
There will be twenty-one names on the Portland Police
Memorial. Names like McCarthy, Owens, Palmer. They ranged in
age from 26 to 68. Yet their story eclipses mere stone and
masonry -- as striking as they are. Each life was precious; each
loss, searing and individual. They left behind fathers, mothers,
children, wives.
The first to give his life, Thomas O'Connor, died in 1867.
He was shot in a saloon, trying to break up a brawl. Like other
cops of his day, his task was to civilize society. Six years
ago, Stanley Pounds became Portland's last cop killed in the line
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of duty. He knew -- as we do -- that our task must be to defend
civility through America's system of law.
Achieving this will require character to rival these twenty-
one policemen who gave of themselves, and their lives. Cops who
knew that in a job where one sees -- too often -- man's
inhumanity to man, one could also prove man's fidelity to honor.
// They -- like the disabled law enforcement officers here --
are heroes of the Great Pacific Northwest. We must salute them,
remember them. But how?
First, in the most elemental sense, by recalling what they
stood for -- and against. They were men of peace, fighting crime.
They stood for good against evil. They knew that black and white
hats were not Hollywood fiction. They despised the cruelty of
thugs who brutalize America's quiet, gentle, decent people.
Second, we can honor them by enacting laws which free our
country from the fear of crime and drugs. When we ask what kind
of a society the American people deserve, our answer is a Nation
in which law-abiding citizens are safe and feel safe. We must
reject those who soft-pedal the need to be hard on crime. //
One year ago this week, I stood on Capitol Hill before a
group of law enforcement officials and announced my comprehensive
package to combat violent crime. One year later, Congress
deserves our thanks for providing the new Federal troops we asked
for: New agents -- to arrest violent criminals. New prosecutors
-- to convict them. And new prisons -- to hold them.
3
But our job isn't finished -- it's just bequn. So today I
call on the Congress to pass the major part of the Violent Crime
Act. Legislation that will back up our new lawmen with new laws
-- laws that are fair, fast, and final. // Fair -- an
exclusionary rule designed to punish the guilty -- and not good
cops who have acted in good faith. Fast -- we need habeas
corpus reforms to stop the frivolous appeals that are choking our
courts. And final -- fair, constitutionally sound death penalty
provisions.
You know my belief: For anyone who kills a law enforcement
officer -- no legal penalty is too tough. And that goes for drug
kingpins who threaten a Federal witness, juror, or judge. // We
want Congress to enact the steps needed to expand the death
penalty. Not some time. Not some place. But across America --
now. ///
The Violent Crime Act will achieve these reforms. Yet for
the past year it has gathered dust in the House -- and spawned
weak imitations in the Senate. America deserves better. So do
the 163 police officers who died last year. Tomorrow, the Senate
begins debate on our crime legislation. I call on it to honor
the memory of police both living and dead. //
Now, I know: Some say there are reasons for crime. I say:
There is never an excuse. That's why our Violent Crime Act is
based on three principles. Criminals must understand that if
they commit crimes, they will be caught. If caught, they will be
prosecuted. And if convicted, they will be punished. By taking
4
hoods off the streets, we can -- and must -- take back the
streets. //
Already, we have acted administratively to ensure no deals
when criminals use a gun. Our Violent Crime Act goes still
further. Remember: It does no good to send law troops into
battle wearing handcuffs. So I urge the Senate -- and in coming
weeks, the House -- to act quickly and build America up by
opposing those who would tear America down. Together, let's pass
this bill -- and help win our war on crime.
Yet our war cannot be won on the Federal level alone. Here
in Oregon, as elsewhere, you know that crime is personal, not
remote. So, led by your outstanding Congressman, Denny Smith,
you've founded "Oregonians Against Crime" -- a citizens' crime-
fighting group of 115,000 law-abiding Oregonians. We can honor
the heroes of the Great Pacific Northwest by doing, nationally,
what you are doing locally. //
"Oregonians Against Crime" successfully passed the anti-
crime initiative that requires repeat, violent career criminals
to serve their full sentences behind bars. No parole. No
temporary leave. No time off for "good behavior." No weekend
passes. None of the mumbo-jumbo which blames the failings of TV,
schools, or the other scapegoats of society for the evil of
certain individuals.
This initiative, supported by close to one million
Oregonians -- the highest vote total in this State's history --
led the Oregon Legislature last year to pass a full slate of
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anti-crime legislation -- from more prison cells to tougher
sentencing. // You have shown the way -- and every State should
follow. So I call on all legislatures to boost local law
enforcement. Through new prosecutors, police, new prisons. And
by toughening crime laws at the State level -- including the
death penalty for the killing of local enforcement officers.
This brings me to the final way we can honor the heroes of
the Great Pacific Northwest. We must tell their story to
generations yet unborn. Like the story of two men who are with
us today. One is Sergeant Earl Johnson -- shot and blinded while
trying to cover his fellow officers. // The other, Stanley
Harmon, was shot by a drug addict and is now a paraplegic. To
you -- to your colleagues: A grateful Nation salutes you. //
Nothing we say here can equal the sacrifice of Americans
like these. What we can do is ensure their sacrifice was not in
vain. So let us honor the men of this memorial: Acting not only
through words, but deeds, to ensure a future as great as America
herself.
This memorial will be a monument to a Nation that is right-
minded and resolute -- a people at once unafraid and free. It is
my great privilege to now open the tribute to the greatest heroes
any country could have -- the Portland Police Memorial. God
bless them, and God bless the United States of America.
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called on the Congress to pass that package. I said: We need
new laws -- to punish hoods. New agents -- to arrest them. New
prosecutors -- to convict them. And new prisons -- to hold them.
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based on three principles. Criminals must understand that if they
commit crimes, they will be caught. And if caught, they will be
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guilty -- not the good cops who have acted in good faith.
Already, we have acted administratively to ensure no deals
when criminals use a gun. Our legislation goes still further.
It provides habeas corpus reforms to stop the frivolous appeals
that are choking our courts. And for the most heinous crimes --
you know 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. Not some
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Yet our work cannot be on the Federal level alone. Here in
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to serve their full sentences behind bars. No parole. No
temporary leave. No time off for "good behavior." No weekend
passes. None of the mumbo-jumbo which blames the failings of TV,
schools, or other staples of society for the evil of certain
individuals.
This initiative, supported by close to one million
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anti-crime legislation -- from more prison cells to tougher
sentencing // You have shown the way -- and every State should
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enforcement. Through new prosecutors, police, new prisons. And
by toughening crime laws at the State level -- especially the
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like these. What we can do is ensure their sacrifice was not in
vain. So let us honor the men of this memorial: Acting not
through words, but deeds, to ensure a future as great as America
herself.
This memorial will be a monument to a Nation that is right-
minded and resolute -- a people at once unafraid and free. It is
my great privilege to now open the tribute to the greatest heroes
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2. Pursuant to section 1121 of the 1988
The annex to the proclamation will be
Act, the tariff provisions necessary to give
printed in the Federal Register of May 17.
effect to the Nairobi Protocol were enacted
in terms of the provisions of the Tariff
Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19
U.S.C. 1202). However, because of the
repeal of the TSUS and the enactment of
Remarks at the National Peace
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
Officers' Memorial Day Ceremony
United States (HTS), effective on January 1,
May 15, 1989
1989, and pursuant to section 1204 of the
1988 Act (19 U.S.C. 3004), it is necessary to
Thank you, Suzy. If it doesn't start clear-
provide for the equivalent tariff treatment
ing up, we're issuing snorkels to everybody
in the HTS of the articles covered by sec-
out there. [Laughter] Thank you, Suzy
tion 1121.
Sawyer, and of course, to Dewey Stokes and
Craig Floyd, my respects as well. You have
3. Section 1204(b) of the 1988 Act directs
great leadership, and I salute them. I want
the President to proclaim such modifica-
to say how pleased I am that the Secretary
tions to the HTS as are necessary or appro-
of the Treasury is with me, Nick Brady; our
priate to implement the applicable provi-
Attorney General, the able Dick Thorn-
sions of statutes enacted, executive actions
burgh; and our drug czar, Secretary Bill
taken, and final judicial decisions rendered
Bennett. The fact that we four are here is
after January 1, 1988, and before the effec-
intentional. It sends the signal of our com-
tive date of the HTS.
mitment and of our interest. And I know
4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974
Members of Congress are here as well. I
(19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, authorized
spotted my own Senator, Senator Phil
the President to embody in the HTS the
Gramm of Texas, and Senator Pete Wilson.
substance of the provisions of that act, of
But I'm going to be in trouble because I
other acts affecting import treatment, and
can't see over there-who else is there. But
of actions taken thereunder.
I know many are sitting right over here,
Now, Therefore, I, George Bush, Presi-
and we salute them. I see Senator Ford and
dent of the United States of America, acting
others. And we're just delighted that they
under the authority vested in me by the
are here today.
Constitution and laws of the United States,
Last fall a retired New York police lieu-
including but not limited to sections 1121
tenant gave me badge number 14072, and I
and 1204 of the 1988 Act and section 604 of
have it with me today-the badge his son
the Trade Act of 1974, do proclaim that:
wore the day he was gunned down by a
(1) The HTS is modified as provided in
gang of cocaine cowards. Matt Byrne asked
the annex to this proclamation.
me to keep Eddie's badge as a "reminder of
(2) The amendments to the HTS made by
all the brave police officers who put their
this proclamation shall be effective with re-
lives on the line for us every single day."
spect to articles entered, or withdrawn
Matt, your son's badge, as I have told you, is
from warehouse for consumption, on or
kept in my desk at the Oval Office. And
after May 30, 1989.
during the debate on gun-related violence
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
that has raged in this country the past sev-
my hand this twelfth day of May, in the
eral months, neither it nor what it repre-
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
sents has ever been far from my mind. I've
eighty-nine, and of the Independence of
heard the many voices, the courageous and
the United States of America the two hun-
the compassionate, the wounded and the
dred and thirteenth.
widowed, and I salute the survivors that are
here today.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
We gather today to respond to those
ter, 10:22 a.m., May 16, 1989]
voices and to honor the fallen by launching
a national strategy, a partnership with
Note: The proclamation was released by the
America's cities and States, to take back the
Office of the Press Secretary on May 15.
streets. It calls for a return to common
716
Administration of George Bush, 1989 / May 15
mation will be
sense. And it begins with a clear-eyed vision
honor roll that will be read today: of 161
ister of May '17.
of the kind of problems we face, the kind of
officers killed in the line of duty last year,
people we are, the kind of values that we
152 were State or local cops. And you are
hold, and the kind of nation we intend to
the first line of defense, and your respective
bequeath to our children.
governments have an obligation to adopt
Peace
The problem is violent crime, and in par-
tough legislation and provide the re-
Ceremony
ticular, the blood that's been shed by in-
sources-in police, prosecutors, and pris-
creasingly sophisticated guns in the hands
ons-to fully back you up.
of a new class of criminals. Usually, but not
At the trial of Eddie Byrne's executioners,
besn't start clear-
always, the deaths are tied to a cycle of
there was testimony that the hit was or-
els to everybody
dollars and drugs and dependency. The
dered from prison to send a message to the
hank you, Suzy
principles are simple. My generation well
people behind the badge. And one witness
remembers what some believe was FDR's
ewey Stokes and
said that they hoped to see the attack on
IS well. You have
finest speech: The "Four Freedoms," an ad-
the television news at Riker's Island. Well,
ate them. I want
dress to a joint session of the Congress. And
nat the Secretary
the last, often forgotten, but arguably the
today we have a message of our own: We're
most fundamental of those freedoms was
going to take back the streets by taking
Nick Brady; our
criminals off the streets. And it is an attack
simply this: freedom from fear. Our sworn
ble Dick Thorn-
duty to "insure domestic Tranquility" is as
on all four fronts: new laws to punish them,
r, Secretary Bill
old as the Republic, placed in the Constitu-
new agents to arrest them, new prosecutors
four are here is
tion's preamble even before the common
to convict them, and new prisons to hold
gnal of our com-
them.
defense and the general welfare. And so,
est. And I know
when we ask what kind of society the
I am announcing today-and there is no
here as well. I
American people deserve, our goal must be
more fitting place than right here-a com-
r, Senator Phil
a nation in which law-abiding citizens are
prehensive new offensive for combating
ator Pete Wilson.
safe and feel safe.
violent crime-for Eddie Byrne, for every
rouble because I
To achieve this goal, people must be held
officer we honor here today, and for Amer-
else is there. But
accountable for their actions, and that's
ica. The first front of this campaign, new
right over here,
common sense. Most Americans are law-
laws, starts with the semiautomatic and so-
Senator Ford and
abiding, and most believe that there is such
called assault weapons that criminals have
lighted that they
a thing as right and wrong, good and evil.
taken as their gun of choice. And again,
And whether it's the brutalization of a
common sense has to play an important
York police lieu-
young runner in a park or terrorizing a
part in this discussion. The fact of the
aber 14072, and I
young man on to a crowded highway, these
matter is, nearly half the households in this
e badge his son
are acts that cannot be excused or ex-
country have guns, and guns are already
ned down by a
plained away. A common sense approach to
out there. And the overwhelming majority
Matt Byrne asked
crime means that if we're going to affect
are legitimately owned for legitimate pur-
as a "reminder of
people's behavior we must have a criminal
poses. But in contrast to legitimate gun
rs who put their
justice system in which there is an expecta-
ownership is the chilling fact that some-
very single day."
tion that if you commit a crime you will be
thing like 80 percent of all firearms used by
have told you, is
caught; and if caught, you will be prosecut-
felons are stolen or otherwise unlawfully ob-
Oval Office. And
ed; and if convicted, you will do time. For
tained. Throughout our nation's history, the
I-related violence
far too long, a privileged class of violent and
hard lesson we've learned is that criminals
ntry the past sev-
repeat offenders have calculated that crime
will get guns. And so, let me be very clear
or what it repre-
really does pay, that our criminal justice
about our response: The right to own a gun
m my mind. I've
system is a crapshoot where the risks are
is not a license to harm others.
e courageous and
worth the rewards. Well, it's time we
And so, first I am calling on Congress
'ounded and the
change the odds and up the stakes enor-
today to do for dangerous firearms what it
survivors that are
mously.
has wisely done for dangerous drugs: to
And we will lead the way. We'll do our
double the mandatory minimum penalties
espond to those
part and then some. But no Federal effort
for the use of semiautomatic weapons in
llen by launching
can succeed without the full partnership of
crimes involving violence or drugs. And the
partnership with
the cities and the States that you so nobly
math is simple. Anyone who uses a semi-
to take back the
represent. Unfortunately, nowhere is your
automatic for crime, or so much as has one
turn to common
front-line role more evident than in the
on them during a crime, will do an auto-
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May 15 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
matic 10 extra years in Federal prison. No
The current debate was first sparked
probation. No parole. No matter which
when an unstable gunman in Stockton, Cali-
judge they get.
fornia, purchased an AKS-47 over the
And secondly, we just can't plea bargain
counter and used it to lay waste to an ele-
away the lives of your loved ones, the lives
mentary school playground. Patrick Edward
of our cops and kids. And I'm directing the
Purdy had no business buying that gun. He
Attorney General to advise America's pros-
was arrested on his first weapons charge
ecutors to end plea bargaining for violent
before his 15th birthday. And by his fourth
Federal firearms offenses. Those who use
firearms arrest, Purdy had finally turned 18,
guns will do time-hard time.
and with it chalked up the first of two adult
And third, when a criminal carries a gun
convictions. Although for violent and weap-
and someone dies, they must pay with their
ons offenses, both convictions were misde-
own-lives. We are calling on Congress today
meanors. Purdy crawled through the loop-
to enact the steps necessary to implement
hole that bars only felons from buying guns
the death penalty and to newly designate
and got that deadly AKS-47. That is outra-
the use of a firearm as an aggravating factor
geous.
for determining whether the death sen-
And therefore, we also propose that Con-
tence should be imposed.
And I call on America's Governors to
gress close this Purdy loophole and others
like it that allow deadly weapons to fall into
match this Federal initiative and propose
these same three standards at home: man-
deadly hands. Again, that's just plain
common sense. We must not allow deadly
datory time, no deals without cooperation,
and the death penalty where appropriate.
weapons to fall into deadly hands. But we
need to do more than just enact new laws.
Your States owe it to those here today, and
to the American people.
And in a recent movie about the L.A. gang
And fourth, 2 months ago, at my direc-
wars, a woman shouts encouragement to a
tion, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
cop on patrol, telling him: "You get them
Firearms suspended the importation of cer-
off the street." And he answers: "Lady,
tain so-called assault weapons ATF is con-
we're trying." And the woman offers a four
tinuing its examination to determine which,
word solution: "You need more help." And
if any, of those weapons are not acceptable
believe me, we know it. Our police need
under standards in existing law. And at the
more help. And I'm here today to tell you
conclusion of this study, and after careful
that we're prepared to match rhetoric with
consideration, we will permanently ban any
resources and call on our cities and States to
imports that don't measure up to these
do the same.
standards.
The second front, if you will, of our new
Recently the U.S. News cover story on
offensive calls for increased manpower and
guns summed up a related challenge: "the
a new strategy on guns, a strategy based on
difficulty in drafting laws that will separate
models of proven effectiveness. I have di-
assault weapons used in crime from semi-
rected the Attorney General and the Treas-
automatics frequently used for legitimate
ury Secretary, working together with State
hunting and sport." And there is substantial
and local enforcement, to launch a compre-
controversy and debate on this point.
hensive, coordinated offensive against our
You're all well aware of that. But one thing
nation's most violent criminals. And I am
that we do know about these assault weap-
requesting funding for hiring 825 new Fed-
ons is that they are invariably equipped
eral agents and staff-375 at ATF, 300 at
with unjustifiably large magazines. The no-
the FBI, and 150 Deputy U.S. Marshals.
torious AKS-47, for example, comes with a
Many of these hirings will permit experi-
magazine that pumps off 30 explosive bul-
enced investigators from all three agencies
lets without reloading. And that is why-
to promptly combat violent crime in the
fifth-we stand on the steps here in front of
field.
the Capitol and ask its support for legisla-
Of course, arresting these thugs doesn't
tion prohibiting the importation, manufac-
help if we don't have the muscle to pros-
ture, sale, or transfer of these insidious gun
ecute each criminal to the fullest extent of
magazines of more than 15 rounds.
the law. And that's why the third front of
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was first sparked
this campaign calls for Congress to back up
White House Fact Sheet on Combating
1 in Stockton, Cali-
these new troops with 1,600 new prosecu-
Violent Crime
KS-47 over the
tors and staff. And now, there probably isn't
May 15, 1989
y waste to an ele-
a police officer here who hasn't seen a case
d. Patrick Edward
where a dangerous felon-properly arrest-
The President outlined today a compre-
ying that gun. He
ed, fully prosecuted, and sentenced to the
hensive program to combat violent crime.
E weapons charge
maximum-walked out of jail early, some-
The program is designed to strengthen the
And by his fourth
times years early, because prisons are burst-
Nation's criminal justice system and the
1 finally turned 18,
ing at the seams. That is not right.
Federal, State, and local law enforcement
e first of two adult
Part of our common sense approach is a
partnership. The program is grounded in
violent and weap-
simple recognition that it doesn't do any
tions were misde-
good to provide new Federal agents, new
the President's belief that greater certainty
through the loop-
assistant U.S. Attorneys, and new laws with
of apprehension, prosecution, and punish-
ment will help deter crimes of violence. It
from buying guns
long-term penalties if we don't have the
-47. That is outra-
prison cells to keep criminals where they
includes proposals to strengthen current
belong. A chain is only as strong as its weak-
Federal, State, and local laws, to step up
propose that Con-
est link. And so, as the fourth front in this
enforcement and to hold perpetrators of
comprehensive effort, I am calling on the
crimes fully accountable for their actions.
ophole and others
veapons to fall into
Congress to authorize an additional $1 bil-
The President is proposing a common
that's just plain
lion, over and above the $500 million al-
sense approach to crime with initiatives to
: not allow deadly
ready slated for 1990, for Federal prison
limit access to weapons by criminals, to
dly hands. But we
construction. These 24,000 new beds will
reform the criminal justice system, to en-
st enact new laws.
boost Federal prison capacity by nearly 80
hance enforcement and prosecution, and to
bout the L.A. gang
percent.
expand prison capacity to ensure both the
acouragement to a
Not since Lincoln has a President stood in
certainty and severity of punishment.
m: "You get them
front of the Capitol and been just a few
e answers: "Lady,
miles from the front lines of a war, never
Fundamental Principles
oman offers a four
was the toll more visible than in the faces of
1 more help." And
the brave men and women, the families,
Four principles underlie the goals of our
Our police need
gathered here today. And when I first stood
criminal justice system and the means for
e today to tell you
here as President, over there, only mo-
accomplishing them.
atch rhetoric with
ments after taking the oath of office, I
cities and States to
made a promise: "This scourge will stop."
A primary purpose of government is to
And that's a promise that we intend to
protect citizens and their property.
ou will, of our new
keep. Ladies and gentlemen, I offer my
Americans deserve to live in a society
condolences for your fallen loved ones and
in which they are safe and feel secure.
sed manpower and
a strategy based on
for your fellow officers. And I salute your
Those who commit violent criminal of-
iveness. I have di-
commitment, and I salute your courage,
fenses should, and must, be held ac-
eral and the Treas-
and as a citizen-grateful for the protection
countable for their actions.
ogether with State
you have provided for me and my family
Our criminal justice system must have
) launch a compre-
and my fellow countrymen. I thank you,
as its objective the swift and certain
ensive against our
and I wish you Godspeed.
apprehension, prosecution, and incar-
iminals. And I am
Thank you all, and God bless the United
ceration of those who break the law.
iring 825 new Fed-
States of America. Thank you very much.
Success in accomplishing our criminal
75 at ATF, 300 at
Note: The President spoke at 12:29 p.m. on
justice system goals requires a sus-
uty U.S. Marshals.
will permit experi-
the West Front of the Capitol. In his open-
tained, cooperative effort by Federal,
all three agencies
ing remarks, he referred to Suzy Sawyer,
State, and local law enforcement au-
thorities.
olent crime in the
executive director of the Fraternal Order of
Police Ladies Auxiliary; Dewey Stokes, na-
The President today proposed a compre-
hese thugs doesn't
tional president of the Fraternal Order of
hensive four-part program to strengthen
he muscle to pros-
Police; and Craig Floyd, president of the
current laws, enhance enforcement and ap-
he fullest extent of
National Law Enforcement Officers Memo-
prehension of criminals, facilitate prosecu-
the third front of
rial Fund.
tions, and expand Federal prison capacity.
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Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1989
ance through the Law Enforcement Coordi-
nating Committees (LECC's). At present, 30
I. STRENGTHENING CURRENT LAWS
States have some provision for mandatory
To ensure that those who commit violent
terms of imprisonment for use of firearms
in the commission of a crime.
criminal offenses are held fully accountable
for their actions, it is essential to eliminate
The President proposed providing a 5
percent bonus to the formula portion of
certain gaps in existing law and to strength-
drug law enforcement grants for those
en some existing statutes.
States which adopt this model legislation.
A. Enhanced Penalties for Firearms
B. Restricting Plea Bargaining
Violations
If our criminal justice system is to achieve
The President proposed seven changes in
its objective of ensuring that those who
Federal firearms laws which would:
commit violent firearms offenses are held
1. double the mandatory penalty from 5
fully accountable for their actions, plea bar-
to 10 years under 18 U.S.C. 924(c) for
gaining practices nationwide must be re-
the use of a semiautomatic firearm
formed. Too often, serious felons walk away
during the commission of a violent
from court after pleading guilty to minor
crime or drug felony;
offenses and misdemeanors because over-
2. amend the Armed Career Criminal
burdened prosecutors have accepted plea
statute to count as predicate offenses
agreements rather than going to trial. The
acts of juvenile delinquency which if
lesser charges result in lesser sentences or
committed by an adult would consti-
probation, and repeat offenders continue to
tute a serious drug offense; many
beat the system. To speed an end to such
youthful repeat offenders now escape
plea bargaining:
the enhanced career criminal penalties
1. The President directed the Attorney
because most of their prior offenses
General to issue and fully implement
were charged as juvenile delinquency;
guidelines for Federal prosecutors re-
3. allow for pretrial preventive detention
garding plea bargaining under the Sen-
of defendants in cases involving certain
tencing Reform Act to ensure that Fed-
serious Federal firearms and explosive
eral charges always reflect both the se-
offenses;
riousness of the defendant's conduct
4. authorize criminal penalties and man-
and the Department's commitment to
datory minimum sentences for theft of
statutory sentencing goals and proce-
a firearm;
dures. This will ensure that Federal
5. enhance penalties for smuggling fire-
prosecutors seek minimum mandatory
arms into the United States while en-
penalties for all violent firearms of-
gaged in, or in the furtherance of, drug
fenses.
trafficking;
2. The President urged State and local
6. require mandatory revocation of Fed-
governments to reform their plea bar-
eral supervised release for those pos-
gaining and sentencing practices along
similar lines and to devote increased
sessing a firearm anytime before the
term of their supervised release ex-
resources to prosecutions.
pires;
C. Enacting Death Penalty Procedures
7. double the current penalty for a know-
The criminal justice system must accord
ing and materially false statement on
paramount importance to the protection of
ATF Form 4473 to a maximum sen-
innocent life. The murderous assault
tence of 10 years imprisonment.
weapon armed gang member, the terrorist,
The President also urged all States to
the traitor, and the assassin, who threaten
adopt model legislation providing mandato-
American lives and the Nation's security,
ry minimum sentences for criminal offenses
must know that they will face the death
involving firearms to parallel Federal man-
penalty for their crimes.
datory minimum provisions.
The President proposed to restore an en-
He directed the Attorney General to pro-
forceable death penalty for the most aggra-
vide the States with related technical assist-
vated Federal crimes. His proposal includes
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Administration of George Bush, 1989 / May 15
rcement Coordi-
adequate standards and constitutionally
by, persons who are convicted of any seri-
5). At present, 30
sound procedures for applying the Federal
ous drug offense.
1 for mandatory
death penalty provisions that now appear in
2. Improving Mechanisms for Identifying
use of firearms
Federal statutes for homicide, espionage,
Criminals Who Attempt to Purchase Fire-
e.
and treason. It would also authorize the
arms. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 re-
providing a 5
death penalty for a number of new offenses,
quires the Attorney General to develop a
mula portion of
such as murder for hire. In direct response
system for the immediate and accurate
rants for those
to the increase in firearms-related violence,
identification of felons and others who at-
odel legislation.
the proposal specifies that the use of a fire-
tempt to purchase firearms, but are barred
ing
arm in committing the offense or a previous
by Federal law [18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1)] from
tem is to achieve
conviction of a violent felony involving a
buying or possessing firearms. The initial
firearm constitute aggravating factors justi-
that those who
stage of the study must be completed by
fying capital punishment.
ffenses are held
November 18, 1989.
actions, plea bar-
D. Restricting Imported Weapons
a. The President directed the Attorney
de must be re-
When the study of imported weapons by
General to expand the National Criminal
felons walk away
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
Records Identification System Implementa-
guilty to minor
arms is completed, the administration will
tion study to include a review and evalua-
'S because over-
make permanent the temporary suspension
tion of State and local procedures which
e accepted plea
on the imported weapons, if any, that fail to
have effectively limited criminal access to
ing to trial. The
meet the criteria specified in the Gun Con-
firearms and, based on that review and in
ser sentences or
trol Act of 1968 (18 U.S.C. 925).
consultation with the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
ders continue to
bacco and Firearms, to develop recommen-
an end to such
E. Preventing Circumvention of Import
dations for model State legislation and pro-
Laws
cedures to complement and enhance efforts
ed the Attorney
The administration will propose an
to reduce felons' access to firearms.
fully implement
amendment to ensure that actions taken
Model State legislation or procedures
prosecutors re-
under the provisions of the Gun Control
might include a reasonably structured wait-
g under the Sen-
Act of 1968 shall not be circumvented by
ing period or use other devices to facilitate
ensure that Fed-
domestic assembly of such weapons or any
accuracy in determining whether an indi-
lect both the se-
combination of domestic and foreign assem-
vidual seeking to purchase a weapon from a
ndant's conduct
bly of such weapons.
licensed gun dealer is ineligible by reason
commitment to
of Federal law. At present, more than 20
goals and proce-
F. Restricting Gun Clips and Magazines
States have waiting periods, identification
re that Federal
The administration will propose legisla-
requirements, or other procedures which
mum mandatory
tion prohibiting the importation, manufac-
effectively limit criminal access to weapons.
ent firearms of-
ture, transfer, or sale of gun magazines of
b. The President urged States to transfer
over 15 rounds for use by private citizens.
criminal history conviction, sentencing, and
State and local
G. Limiting Access to Weapons by
other case disposition records to the proper
a their plea bar-
Criminals
Federal authorities. He also directed the At-
g practices along
torney General to recommend additional
devote increased
In addition to greater penalties for misus-
improvements in the criminal records data
ns.
ing firearms, it is also important to limit
system. The quality of criminal history data
Procedures
access to weapons by criminals. This can be
is a critical factor in crime control and pre-
facilitated in three ways:
vention. At present, the only criminal histo-
em must accord
1. Strengthening and Expanding Prohibi-
ry records consistently reported by States
the protection of
tions on Access to Weapons by Criminals.
and localities are arrest records.
rderous assault
a. The President proposed to bar the sale
per, the terrorist,
Timely and accurate reporting of convic-
of firearms to, or possession of firearms by,
in, who threaten
tion, sentencing, and other case disposition
persons convicted of any violent offense, ex-
Nation's security,
records is essential to the effective oper-
panding the existing prohibition to cover
face the death
ation of the Nation's criminal justice system.
individuals convicted of violent misdemean-
To improve the national data base, States
or offenses.
to restore an en-
should make such criminal record reporting
b. The President also proposed to bar the
the most aggra-
mandatory and take steps to ensure that
sale of firearms to, or possession of firearms
proposal includes
centralized State criminal history repositor-
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ies are adequately funded and managed. In
II. AUGMENTING ENFORCEMENT
addition, States should maintain records and
report on all serious crimes committed by
A primary purpose of government is to
juveniles who frequently continue their
protect citizens and their property. This re-
criminal careers into adulthood, but often
quires the sustained cooperative commit-
escape early identification as repeat offend-
ment of Federal, State, and local law en-
ers and recidivists because their juvenile
forcement officials. Apprehending violent
records are not reported.
offenders requires increased enforcement
3. Eliminating Loopholes and Clarifying
personnel, improved cooperation among
Existing Offenses. The President also pro-
law enforcement authorities, and not per-
posed to eliminate loopholes and clarify ex-
mitting the exclusion of evidence on legal
isting offenses related to the sale or transfer
technicalities.
of firearms, in order to:
a. facilitate the prosecution of unlicenséd
A. Additional ATF Special Agents
gun dealers engaged in illegal weapons
The President proposed to increase funds
transfers to aliens or transients;
for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
b. expand Federal jurisdiction to permit
Firearms to provide for the hiring, training,
prosecution of transactions in stolen
and equipping of 375 ATF special agents,
firearms and weapons lacking serial
inspectors, and support personnel to investi-
numbers in cases where the firearms
gate assault weapon and other firearms vio-
have previously moved in interstate or
lations by armed career criminal and repeat
foreign commerce (present law re-
offenders.
quires the firearms be moving in inter-
state commerce at the time of the of-
B. Additional U.S. Marshals
fense);
c. provide a uniform standard to deter-
The President proposed to increase funds
mine whether a person is under Feder-
for the U.S. Marshals to provide for about
al firearms disabilities based upon State
150 additional positions for the Marshals
convictions;
Fugitive Investigations and Court Orders
d. require that persons convicted under
Program. This would direct greater Federal
State law of a serious drug offense or
efforts to capturing fugitives and career
violent felony apply to Federal authori-
criminals.
ties in order to have their firearms
rights restored;
C. Additional FBI Agents
e. amend provisions regarding the dispos-
The President proposed to increase funds
al of forfeited firearms; and
for the FBI to provide for about 300 addi-
f. clarify the definition of burglary in the
tional positions for the Bureau's Violent
Armed Career Criminal Act to elimi-
Crime and Major Offenders Program and
nate loopholes caused by differing State
Organized Crime Program and to assist
laws.
States and localities improve their efforts in
H. Making Drug Testing a Condition of
fighting violent crime through greater Fed-
Release
eral/State cooperation.
The President also proposed to authorize
and fund nationwide implementation in
D. Coordinated Task Forces
1990 of drug testing as a mandatory condi-
The President directed the Attorney
tion of Federal probation, parole, or super-
General and Secretary of the Treasury to
vised release. It is estimated that 81,500
develop a coordinated strategy for the de-
people will be on some form of Federal
ployment of the additional U.S. Marshals,
supervised release in 1990. The Justice De-
ATF and FBI agents. Their deployment will
partment and the Federal Judiciary will co-
emphasize working closely with State and
ordinate implementation of this program.
local authorities in task forces to target and
The President urged States to adopt simi-
investigate career criminals who are subject
lar mandatory drug testing programs as a
to prosecution as repeat offenders under
condition of parole.
Federal firearms laws and related statutes.
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CEMENT
E. State and Local Resources
ciary by $40 million for FY 1990 to cover
government is to
The President urged State and local au-
costs associated with processing increased
property. This re-
thorities to increase their law enforcement
numbers of criminal defendants and for ad-
operative commit-
resources devoted to identifying and appre-
ditional Federal criminal prosecutions.
and local law en-
hending violent criminal offenders.
rehending violent
E. Habeas Corpus Reform
ased enforcement
F. Exclusionary Rule Reform
The President proposed to establish a
The President proposed immediate enact-
poperation among
general "good faith" exception to the exclu-
ment of habeas corpus reform to establish a
ities, and not per-
sionary rule which would permit evidence
general 1-year time limit on Federal appli-
evidence on legal
to be admitted if the officers carrying out a
cations by State prisoners and to require
search or seizure acted with an objectively
deference in Federal proceedings to the re-
l Agents
reasonable belief that their conduct was in
sults of fair and reasonable State court de-
conformity with fourth amendment re-
terminations. This will correct the existing
d to increase funds
quirements. The reform legislation would
system of review, under which over 10,000
hol, Tobacco and
clarify that in the absence of explicit statu-
cases are annually filed in Federal court.
he hiring, training,
tory authority for doing so Federal courts
TF special agents,
may only exclude evidence on the basis of
IV. EXPANDING PRISON CAPACITY
ersonnel to investi-
constitutional violations.
other firearms vio-
riminal and repeat
III. ENHANCING PROSECUTION
Prison overcrowding remains a national
problem. The most acute problem is at the
In order to assure that criminals are held
Federal level. At both the Federal and
accountable for their offenses, certainty of
State level prison overcrowding is a factor
ils
prosecution must accompany severity of
in sentencing. At the State and local levels
1 to increase funds
punishment. Federal, State, and local au-
it is often responsible for the early release
provide for about
thorities must expand and coordinate their
of convicted criminals.
for the Marshals
prosecutorial efforts.
and Court Orders
A. Additional Assistant U.S. Attorneys
A. Expanding Federal Prison Construction
ct greater Federal
The President proposed to increase funds
The President proposed an additional $1
(itives and career
for the U.S. Attorneys Offices to support
billion for Federal prison construction,
1,600 additional positions to handle the in-
bringing the total 1990 budget to over $1.5
creased number of Federal defendants and
billion. This will increase prison capacity by
to prosecute more drug cases, weapons of-
about 77 percent, adding over 24,000 new
1 to increase funds
fenses, and other priority matters.
Federal prison beds. The present rated Fed-
or about 300 addi-
eral prison capacity is 30,951 beds; the
Bureau's Violent
B. Additional Criminal Division Attorneys
present Federal prison population is ap-
ders Program and
The President proposed to increase funds
proximately 48,000.
am and to assist
for the Justice Department Criminal Divi-
ove their efforts in
sion to support 168 additional positions to
B. Converting Unused Federal Properties
ough greater Fed-
focus on drug cases, weapons offenses, and
The President directed the Secretary of
other priority matters, including activities
Defense, the Secretary of Education, and
to foster State and local cooperation and
the Administrator of the General Services
coordinated law enforcement strategies.
es
Administration to work with the Attorney
C. Additional Housing for Unsentenced
General to identify expeditiously properties
ed the Attorney
f the Treasury to
Prisoners
and facilities suitable for conversion for use
The President proposed additional funds
as Federal prisons or jails.
rategy for the de-
nal U.S. Marshals,
for the U.S. Marshals Service to provide
C. Deporting Criminal Aliens
ir deployment will
transportation and 300,000 added jail days
ly with State and
for unsentenced prisoners and pretrial de-
The President proposed to provide the
rces to target and
tainees.
Attorney General with $14 million for the
als who are subject
Immigration and Naturalization Service
D. Additional Judicial Branch Resources
offenders under
(INS) and the Executive Office for Immigra-
d related statutes.
The President proposed increasing the
tion Review in order to expedite the depor-
administration's budget request for the Judi-
tation of convicted criminal aliens.
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May 15 / Administration of George Bush, 1989
Crimes committed by aliens are rising
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disproportionately in relation to the general
population and entailing more violent and
EOIR (Executive Office
drug-related crime.
for
Immigration
Review)
$1.6 million
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has identi-
State Grant Bonus:
fied 9,254 aliens in its facilities, 20.6 per-
Office of Justice Pro-
cent of its total inmate population.
grams (Bonus)
$6.0 million
Subtotal (nonprison)
$189.1 million
D. Encouraging State Prison Construction
Prisons:
The President commended and encour-
Federal Prison Construc-
aged State prison construction efforts. States
tion
$1.0 billion
currently have construction of 63,452 new
This will bring the total 1990 prison construction
bedspaces underway. An additional 78,094
budget to over $1.5 billion, which includes
bedspaces are planned, and funding has
$115 million available from the Special Forfeit-
been secured for their construction. More-
ure Fund available to the Office of National
over, States have requested construction of
Drug Control Policy, and $401 million in the
72,190 additional bedspaces.
original Bush Budget.
Total Increase
1 $1,189.1 billion
E. Review of Court-Ordered Prison Caps
1 This total can be accommodated within the
The President directed the Attorney
overall domestic discretionary spending cap set
General to conduct a review of the role of
in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement.
court orders- and consent decrees in prison
crowding situations, including an assess-
ment of the scope of judicial authority in
formulating and issuing such orders, the
impact of such orders on the operation of
prison systems and public security, and non-
judicial means of addressing prison crowd-
ing. The Attorney General will report his
White House Statement on the
findings to the President and recommend
President's Meeting With Cornelio
any necessary remedial actions.
Sommaruga
Legislation to implement elements of this
May 15, 1989
initiative will be transmitted shortly by the
Attorney General.
The President met today with Cornelio
Sommaruga, president of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The
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visit provided an opportunity for President
Bush to express American appreciation for
Enforcement:
the impressive humanitarian and human
BATF
$18.8 million
rights work of the ICRC around the world.
U.S. Marshals
$12.0 million
ICRC efforts on behalf of refugees, the
FBI
$19.5 million
hungry, the displaced, political prisoners,
Prosecution:
and prisoners of war are well-known and
U.S. Attorneys
$49.6 million
well-respected.
Criminal Division
$5.4 million
Unsentenced
Prisoner
The President and Mr. Sommaruga spe-
Support
$13.0 million
cifically discussed ICRC activities in Af-
Courts
$40.0 million
ghanistan and Sudan, and Mr. Sommaruga
Drug Testing:
thanked President Bush for the recent spe-
Mandatory Testing
$10.7 million
Criminal Alien Deporta-
cial contribution of $10 million as a humani-
tion:
tarian gesture for ICRC activities in these
INS
$12.5 million
countries.
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