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June 7, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN
SUBJECT:
SENATOR KASTEN FUNDRAISER
This is a strictly political do for Senator Kasten. Elected
in '80 and again in '86, he'll be up for re-election in '92.
This will be a three-tiered event: 10 min. mix and mingle for 20,
closed press; 15 min. staff photo, standard 100 clicks; remarks
to 1,5000, open press. Governor Thompson will intro the Senator
for brief remarks. The Senator intros POTUS (who should speak
about 10 mins.)
A year ago today, POTUS did a fundraiser for Wisconsin
Governor Tommy Thompson. Kasten's people say this crowd will be
the same as the one at Thompson's even -- moreover, that speech
went over well. I've included a copy of that speech,
highlighted, for your perusal.
WHAT ABOUT BOB?
1)
Several years ago, Kasten was voted the most effective
legislator in his class. And last year his Senate
colleagues chose him to be one of their leaders.
2)
In 1980, Wisconsin was dead last in receiving it's share of
federal funds. Since that time, and under Bob's leadership,
Wisconsin has made real progress. Because of his work,
Wisconsin has moved up to 17th position in terms of federal
contracts over $100 million.
3)
As a leader on the Senate's Small Business Committee, he's
developed a new paperwork reduction plan that will cut
business costs by $6 billion a year. And he's pushing for
proposals, like a capital gains tax reduction (hey Tony!
this one's winking at you), that will spark growth,
investment and job creation across our country.
4)
Kasten is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions,
especially for his work on environmental and conservation
issues. In '72, as a State Senator, he earned the Wisconsin
"Conservation Legislator of the Year" award by the Wisconsin
Wildlife Federation. The Federation also named Kasten
"Conservationist of the Year" in '85. He was named
"Legislator of the Year" in '89 by the Great Lakes Region of
the National Recreation and Parks Association. Kasten was
awarded the '90 "Friend of the Earth" award for his decade-
long record of outstanding legislative accomplishments on
global environmental issues.
JUN 6 '91 13:35 FROM SENATOR KASTEN
PAGE. 001
F
The Honorable Robert W. Kasten, Jr.
United States Senate
Room SH-110, Senate Hart Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5323
FAX SHEET
DATE:
06-06-91
TO:
VENNIFER GROSSMAN
OF:
WHS/ SPEECH WRITING
NUMBER:
456-6218
FROM:
STEVE GALLAGHEN
Total Number of Pages,
Including Cover Sheet:
6
JUN 6 '91 13:36 FROM SENATOR KASTEN
PAGE. 002
Leadership, respect:
Event is 17th
June + hell be
49
Bob Kasten is an important Senator who has earned the respect of his colleagues. Several
years ago, he was voted the most effective legislator in his class. And last year his Senate
colleagues chose him to be one of their leaders. That's about the highest honor a U.S. Senator
can earn from his peers, and I think it says a lot about Bob Kasten.
Bob's leadership position also means a lot for Wisconsin. For one, it means that when
I call the leadership down to the White House, Bob Kasten brings Wisconsin's perspective to the
table every time.
That reminds me of one of our recent meetings. Here we were, discussing the ins and
outs of U.S.-Soviet relations and the Middle East situation, and Bob starts wanting to talk about
dairy price supports for Wisconsin farmers.
Whenever Bob Kasten is at the table, you know the needs of Wisconsin are always first
and foremost on his mind.
By the way, Bob, I should point out that my Administration has heard your message on
the plight of the dairy farmer. And that's why Secretary Madigan recently unveiled a multi-
pronged assistance package for the dairy industry.
A Fighter for Wisconsin Jobs
We in Washington have long known that Bob fights tooth and nail to get federal
assistance back to Wisconsin. In 1980, Wisconsin was dead last in receiving it's share of federal
funds. Since that time, and under Bob's leadership, Wisconsin has made real progress (now
43rd). Because of Bob's work, Wisconsin has moved up to 17th position in terms of federal
contracts over $100 million.
JUN 6 '91 13:36 FROM SENATOR KASTEN
PAGE. 003
Recently, Bob has been pushing hard to get federal assistance to help displaced Uniroyal
workers in Eau Claire. I know he worked hard to get that $1 million pushed hard to get an $8.9
million for the City and County of Milwaukee to fight the war on drugs. (HHS grant Sept. 27,
1990, $8.9 million over 3 years). This was the largest discretionary grant ever awarded to
Wisconsin.
That's real progress. That's real leadership. That's Bob Kasten.
An Innovative and Tireless Legislator
Bob has always been on the cutting edge of new ideas on how to make government work
for the people, rather than the other way around. He's not afraid to try new solutions to old
problems.
He has just written a new crime bill that contains some tough provisions, such as
mandatory minimum sentences for crimes against the elderly, crimes involving the sale of illegal
drugs to minors, and crimes involving handguns. Part of his bill is an innovative section
designed to combat rural crime, so we can make our farms and small towns safer for our
families.
Bob has recently developed two new health care initiatives, one that will help expand
health coverage for self-employed entrepreneurs and another targeted at helping increase health
care options for Wisconsin's rural families.
He's working to give farm families and other small businesspeople a 100 percent tax
deduction for their health insurance costs. And he's leading the effort to boost the incomes of
family farmers by encouraging more exports of our surplus dairy commodities to foreign
countries.
As a leader on the Senate's Small Business Committee, he's developed a new paperwork
reduction plan that will cut businesses costs by $6 billion a year. And he's pushing for
JUN 6 '91 13:37 FROM SENATOR KASTEN
PAGE. 004
proposals, like a capital gains tax reduction, that will spark growth, investment and job creation
across our country.
As many of you know, Bob has for many years been one of our most effective leaders
on the environment. His leadership and ideas have lead to landmark law in protecting wetlands
and wildlife habitat, in helping clean our air and water -- especially our Great Lakes - and in
stemming the destruction of the world's precious rainforests.
And I might add on this point -- in recent years it's become almost chic to be in favor
of saving the world's rainforests. But long before the entertainment stars of today were making
this a public issue, Bob Kasten was hard at work writing the laws that today are helping to curb
tropical deforestation. He was ahead of the curve then and we owe him a debt of thanks.
Family Man
You know, Barbara and I feel a special affinity for Bob and Eva and their three-year-old
daughter Nora.
U.S. Senator for Wisconsin
Committee Assignments
Bob Kasten's Offices
NOS
102nd Congress
Washington, D.C.
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
18:87 16, 9
Senator Robert W. Kasten, Jr.
Subcommittees:
110 Hart Senate Office Building
Foreign Operations
Washington, D.C. 20510-4902
(202) 224-5323
ten
(Ranking Member)
Defense
TDD (202) 224-1280
Transportation and
related agencies
Wisconsin Offices:
Agriculture
Commerce, Justice,
Milwaukee
State & Judiciary
517 East Wisconsin Avenue
FROM SENATOR KASTEN
Room 404
BUDGET COMMITTEE
53202
(414) 297-4160
COMMERCE, SCIENCE,
TDD (414) 297-4186
AND TRANSPORTATION
Madison
Subcommittees:
6515 Watts Road
Surface Transportation
Suite 203
(Ranking Member)
53719-1361
Aviation
(608) 264-5366
Consumer
Appleton
Science,
103 W. College Avenue
Technology & Space
Suite 720
54911
SMALL BUSINESS
(414) 738-7660
Subcommittees:
Wausau
Rural Economy &
Federal Building, Room 107
Family Farming
317 First Street
Government Contracts &
54401
500 PAGE
Paperwork Reduction
(715) 842-3307
June 17 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
named Carolyn Sharp is doing what stu-
Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for
dents of the past couldn't have dreamed
Senatorial Candidate Bob Kasten in
possible. Seventy-four years old, she's too
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
far away to get radio or TV broadcast. But
June 17, 1991
Subject
now she gets satellite. She gets satellite-de-
livered programming through the Mind Ex-
Thank you, Bob Kasten and Eva, great to
tension University and does her learning
be with you. I am so pleased to see an early
Admin
long-distance. Seventy-four, and here's what
supporter and great friend of mine who has
she says: "I'd already been boning up, doing
certainly done a wonderful job in this State,
Abortion-
some history research on my own, and I
and that is your outstanding Governor
Above and
wanted to take a class." And now, by satel-
Tommy Thompson and his wife, Sue Ann.
Academic
What a wonderful couple you have running
ACTION-
lite, she's studying French, history, and
physics. She's a great role model. And for
this State.
Administra
Advanced
my part, I've been trying to learn how to
And your Lieutenant Governor is with us,
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use a computer, and I'm going to keep on
Scott McCallum; your State treasurer Kate
Advertising
trying. I will not challenge any of the 12
Zeuske. And, of course, I want to introduce
Advisory
kids in Nintendo, however.
somebody special with whom I've been
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traveling a great deal, a former Governor
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At its most fundamental, learning in-
who is now leading our country towards
Africa
volves ambition and imagination. We Amer-
what we call America 2000, a renaissance-
See also s
icans have never been known for a lack of
a true renaissance-in education and I
Refugees
imagination, and we've had set goals for
mean Governor Lamar Alexander, who's
Agency. Sei
education as ambitious as any that we've for
Aging, Fed
standing right here. Lamar, please stand up.
Aging, Whi
the West, for space, or for any other Ameri-
And as he and I contemplate the national
Agriculture
can frontier:
problems, I can guarantee you that we can
Developi
With the active support of people like
learn an awful lot, not only from Bob
Farm safe
you, I'm confident that we will meet these
Kasten in the Senate in his commitment to
Import qu
national goals and help our children toward
education, but from the programs that
Rice-389
Trade ag:
the future that they deserve.
Tommy Thompson has already put into
May I thank you for your leadership and
effect to encourage excellence in education
merce,
Agriculture,
in this State.
interest in educating not just the kids in
Commodi
Grand Junction, not just the kids in Colora-
I'd be remiss if I didn't single out my old
Secretary-
friend, John MacIver, who worked me to
Under Se
do, but by example, you are demonstrating
an interest in helping kids all across the
death back years ago and then stayed at my
AID. See De
side when I was down and dusted me off.
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country.
And he and a handful of others have been
AIDS. See H
May God bless our young people. May
my most stalwart political supporters in this
Air Force, [
God bless our teachers. And may God bless
See also A
country. And he's actively involved in Bob
tions
each and every one of you that's willing to
Kasten's race, as I knew he would be-and
Air Force
take a leadership role in making America
thank God he is. To Mike Grebe, who is the
Chief of Si
2000 a fantastic education success.
Kasten chairman, as well as our national
Maxwell A
Thank you all, and God bless you.
committeeman: always stepping up to the
Persian G
plate, always in a role of leadership, I salute
flict
him. And I am delighted to see others—
Thunderbi
Note: The President spoke at 12:18 p.m. in
Helen Bie, our national committeewoman is
Alabama, Pro
the Mesa County Courthouse. In his re-
here. David Opitz, the chairman, our State
Alaska, flood
marks, he referred to Paul W. Rosier, super-
Albania, acce
chairman. And party's going to be impor-
Algeria, U.S.
intendent of the Mesa County Valley School
tant now as we move into 1992. And
Ambassador.
District, and Ray N. Kieft, president of
Wayne Oldenberg, who is doing such an
America 200
Mesa State College. Prior to his remarks, the
outstanding job as Bob Kasten's finance
American. Se
President attended a meeting of the Mesa
chairman.
Angola, peac
County School Board. Following his re-
All of these people are making it happen.
Arbor Day, N
marks, the President travelled to Milwau-
Bob tells me this is one of the largest fund-
Architectural
kee, WI.
raising events that he's ever had. And I
pliance Boa
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ising Dinner for
think it's a tribute to him, of course, but
peace talks, how to verify the arms control
Bob Kasten in
also to the leadership that's gone into this
agreements with the Soviets-it was a pro-
in
event.
ductive meeting, and I learned a lot. But
I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting a
every few minutes or so, Bob, who knew
little bit. I'm sorry if this has caused any
more about the subjects at hand than many
ten and Eva, great to
unfounded excitement. One man heard that
of those that were around that table, would
leased to see an early
Bush was coming to town-he started a
weave in a mention of dairy price supports
end of mine who has
rumor that a major brewery was on it's way
for Wisconsin farmers. What I'm saying is,
rful job in this State,
back here leaving St. Louis. [Laughter]
he knows who sent him there to Washing-
itstanding Governor
But Bob supports me when I need it, and
ton, and he's never forgotten it. And that's
d his wife, Sue Ann.
that's one of the reasons I accepted with
why I think he's going to be reelected, and
ble you have running
alacrity his invitation. You've heard some
reelected big. He gives a new meaning to
about his accomplishments tonight-moved
the term "sacred cow," I might add.
Governor is with us,
quickly into the ranks of senior Senate lead-
[Laughter]
State treasurer Kate
ership-part of our leadership team in the
We've reached an interesting point in this
I want to introduce
United States Senate. He stood solidly by
administration. And I think as you look back
h whom I've been
my side at times that weren't so easy lead-
in this nation's history, our performance in
a former Governor
ing up to Operation Desert Storm. He was
the Gulf-and I say ours-I'm talking about
there. He never wavered. He saw what we
ur country towards
the young men and women who were over
2000, a renaissance-
had to do to kick aggression back. And he
there, their performance in Desert Storm.
1 education and I
was steadfast in his support, and I'll always
I'm talking about the superb job done by
r Alexander, who's
be grateful to him for that.
the military commanders there and in the
We had a little receiving line earlier, and
nar, please stand up.
Pentagon and by the leadership given by
I met two or three people that had been in
emplate the national
Desert Storm-one, a member of the police
our Secretary Dick Cheney. Our perform-
tee you that we can
ance demonstrated that America will do the
department here; another who was at the
not only from Bob
dinner tonight. And I couldn't help but re-
right thing when duty calls. And they will
1 his commitment to
member that Bob went to Egypt to visit
help a country halfway around the world
the programs that
Wisconsin's own 128th and 440th-reached
that's been overrun by a brutal dictator.
S already put into
out and told them that they had his sup-
And they will work with other nations to
ellence in education
build an unbeatable consensus in an uncon-
port.
You know, he's carved out a niche as a
querable military force.
it single out my old
top spokesman for economic growth, for en-
And they will risk their finest sons and
who worked me to
vironmental stewardship, for educational
daughters all in defense of liberty. We
d then stayed at my
excellence that I mentioned, and for Ameri-
haven't lost it. We found something special
and dusted me off.
can international leadership, and, of course,
out of Desert Storm. Go with us, go with
of others have been
for cheese. [Laughter]
Barbara and me around this country. It's
al supporters in this
A few months back, we held a meeting to
not politics. You go to places we couldn't
ely involved in Bob
discuss Soviet affairs in the Middle East.
get one vote if we tried. And the American
he would be-and
And we talked then about many of the
people are out there with their flags and
e Grebe, who is the
issues that occupy the headlines these days:
their enthusiasm and the rediscovery of
ell as our national
how to promote economic reform in the
who we are: a country that will stand up
stepping up to the
Soviet Union. And I must tell you I'm look-
against aggression and win-and win
leadership, I salute
ing forward, if we can iron out these diffi-
promptly and win confidently.
ed to see others—
culties that remain on START-the Strate-
And there was another lesson-there was
committeewoman is
gic Arms Reduction Talks-to meet with
another lesson out of this. We learned that
chairman, our State
Mr. Gorbachev to talk further about reform
the Presidency as an institution is charged
going to be impor-
in the Soviet Union. And this week we'll be
to respond to such situations. The President
e into 1992. And
receiving the newly-elected, first-elected
has a unique responsibility to build the kind
is doing such an
head of the Russian Republic, Boris Yeltsin
of national and international support that is
Kasten's finance
in Washington, DC, and I'm looking for-
necessary to build democracy and to defend
ward to that.
liberty in cases that we saw halfway around
making it happen.
But as Bob and I wrestled with these
the world.
of the largest fund-
weighty problems of international affairs—
But we've also learned that the kind of
ever had. And I
where we should go next in the Middle East
consensus is more difficult to build when it
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June 17 / Administration of George Bush, 1991
comes to doing business at home. Do you
put power in the hands of people. It would
Release
remember right after Desert Storm ended,
let parents, not the bureaucrats, make the
people were saying now if the President
crucial choice of which schools their chil-
Transer
would take this newfound credibility that
dren should attend. And you in Wisconsin,
Press b:
we all earned in the Gulf-that everybody
and especially right here in Milwaukee, un-
nando
did-and use it for domestic problems, that
derstand what I'm talking about because
son, As
would be great. That would be wonderful.
you led the way in terms of choice for this
Americ
Well, the American people want to take
country.
on economic problems, educational prob-
I'm still very worried about our neighbor-
Release
lems, environmental problems. And they
hoods-those neighborhoods that can afford
want to fight crime. They want to improve
it the least are most afflicted by crime. And
Announ
race relations and fight against discrimina-
we've tried for more than 2 years to per-
Nomina
tion in the workplace and reshape, as Bob
U.S. At
mentioned, the national defense and join
suade Congress to pass a comprehensive an-
the exciting economic cooperation and
ticrime package-one that protects police,
Kentucl
competition beyond our borders.
protects citizens, helps the victims, and puts
But if we really want to mount an all-out
the dangerous criminals behind bars. And
Announ
we've asked the Congress to adopt a
Nomina
assault on these problems, we need more
U.S. Att
good people in the United States Senate,
modest transportation package to make it
more dedicated people, more imaginative
easier for commuters to travel from home
Announ
people, and we must return those that are
to work and back without having to sit for
Nomina
doing the job for this country. And I'm talk-
hours in traffic.
Attorney
ing about Bob Kasten for one.
We've created a strong civil rights pack-
ana
Some of the Democrats' ideas to how we
age to strengthen our laws against those
do this domestic Desert Storm is to do it
who discriminate. And specifically, our
Announ
their way. I wasn't elected to do it their
package seeks to eliminate discrimination in
Nomina
way. I was elected to do it our way, the
the workplace and it encourages all Ameri-
trict Ju
sensible way.
cans to view civil rights as a shared commit-
Texas
Working with this Senator, we proposed a
ment and goal rather than an invitation to
comprehensive economic growth package.
litigation. And we need more good people
Fact She
It holds the line on Federal spending. And
in the Senate and the House to get these
Trade a:
a lot came out of that budget agreement-
three initiatives moving and moving fast.
controversial though it was. It holds the line
gentina,
And we have done something that I think
on taxes. It cuts the capital gains rate. It
all Americans, regardless of party, wanted.
Releasea
facilitates savings. And everybody involved
They wanted to get this defense spending
in business knows that our country has ter-
under control. And, yes, we've proposed re-
Transcrit
ribly low savings rates. It makes it easier for
structuring our armed forces in a way that
Press bri
poor and middle class Americans to become
successful entrepreneurs, to take a risk to
pares down our military, pares it down cer-
Minister
tainly as a percentage-in terms of spend-
Kingdon
start something. Small business is the back-
bone of this country-employment and ev-
ing as a percentage of our GNP and just
Chief M
real reductions, as well, in spending.
Homelar
erything else-productivity and employ-
ment. And so we need more of it.
And we do this without reducing the
And I believe if we could get more Re-
readiness. But I need people to support that
publicans, we'd do much better on the eco-
concept and not just come into the Con-
nomic front. As it is now, I'm playing de-
gress with some meat ax without regard to
fense in the House; I'm playing defense in
whatever might come up in the future. Per-
the Senate. Thank God we had 21 vetoes,
haps there would be another Desert Storm,
and every single one of them was sustained.
and I want our forces to be able to respond,
We've got to keep bad things from happen-
respond rapidly, go in, get the job done,
ing and then get more people so we can
and come out. And that's only going to be
make good things happen in the Senate.
done if we have a program for defense that
We're embarked, as I said, with credit to
has reductions, but also keeps in mind the
Lamar Alexander, on a nonpartisan or a bi-
priorities that we must have established as
partisan educational revolution that would
we go through the last part of the nineties.
806
Administration of George Bush, 1991 / June 18
le. It would
5, make the
I cite this because I think it's reasonable.
gram. We do. We've got a good record. And
; their chil-
I think we've got a good domestic program.
I'll be darned if I'm going to knuckle into a
I Wisconsin,
I get sick and tired from hearing the Demo-
handful of people inside the beltway who
waukee, un-
crats out there crying that there's no do-
say jump and then the Democrat Senators
out because
mestic agenda. The problem is, they want
say how high. It's too late.
pice for this
their domestic agenda-the same old tired
I don't have to remind you that after the
answers of the past-try to bring them into
Gulf war we asked Congress to pass just 2
the future. And it's not going to work.
bills out of all these I've mentioned in a
ir neighbor-
How many of these important bills do
hundred days-crime and transportation,
t can afford
you think Congress has passed? You guessed
and it didn't pass either. And I mentioned
crime. And
it-zero-none. We are going to keep fight-
out there at the White House, if a hundred
ears to per-
ing for our domestic Desert Storm, for our
isn't enough, let's give them another hun-
chensive an-
domestic agenda. But we can't do it if we're
dred. But let's get something done for
ects police,
fighting against these tired old characters
America and do it right.
ns, and puts
out of the past who want to go back and say
So, economic growth, education, crime,
1 bars. And
let the Federal Government solve all our
transportation, civil rights, defense-Bob
o adopt a
problems. It's not going to work. It's failed
Kasten is fighting for all these things. And I
to make it
in the past. We need new people in the
need more like him.
from home
Senate. And we need new people in the
So, the message is simply this-you know
ng to sit for
House. They're going to look at it just exact-
it: With your support and the support of
ly that way.
others like you around the country, this ad-
rights pack-
And let me say this: You can't blame Bob
ministration won't have to rely on the veto
gainst those
for the failures up there. He has fought for
as its weapon for improving legislation. It'll
fically, our
economic growth. He drafted the reforms
be able to look to a Congress ready, willing,
imination in
that ought to save us $6 billion just in regu-
and eager to serve the people. And Bob, let
S all Ameri-
latory paperwork alone next year. And he's
me just say. you have my strong support.
ed commit-
going to continue-that would continue to
Let's do what it takes to win in 1992.
nvitation to
produce savings for years to come. He
Thank you all very much. Godspeed to all
good people
pushed for that capital gains reduction in
of you, and may God bless the United States
o get these
spite of the demagogs saying this is a tax
of America. Thank you very, very much.
noving fast.
break for the rich. He pushed for it because
he knew it would create more jobs. And
that I think
Note: The President spoke at 6:30 p.m. in
he's pushed for progrowth tax changes. And
ty, wanted.
the Milwaukee Exposition and Convention
he stood with us in promoting a new pro-
se spending
Center. In his opening remarks, he referred
gressivity in education. And he's helping us
proposed re-
to Lamar Alexander, Secretary of Educa-
very much, as I said, in our 2000-the
a way that
tion, and John Maclver, attorney with Mi-
America 2000 strategy.
chael, Best, and Friderich in Milwaukee,
t down cer-
He supported our crime legislation. Com-
WI. Following his remarks, the President
IS of spend-
pare his record with others, not just from
returned to Washington, DC.
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Wisconsin, but others on the national scene
ing.
like he is. He supported this. He supported
ducing the
better transportation for this State and for
support that
all of America. And he stood at our side on
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civil rights, trying to offer the extended
Remarks at the Arrival Ceremony for
it regard to
hand of brotherhood and hope rather than
President Fernando Collor de Mello of
future. Per-
divisive politics based on clashing claims,
Brazil
esert Storm,
lawsuits, and quotas. Quotas is not the
June 18, 1991
to respond,
American way. We don't need that. We
è job done,
need fair play.
President Bush. Good morning all, and
going to be
So, I ask you to look at the facts. Cut
welcome to the White House. It is my great
lefense that
through the rhetoric, look at the facts, and
honor to greet you, Mr. President: one of
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see what our bill does and see what the
Latin America's most dynamic statesmen.
tablished as
other bill does.
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he nineties.
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nearly two centuries. Now an alliance built
we don't have a decent civil rights pro-
on fidelity-to democracy, healthy mutual
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
June 17, 1991
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FUNDRAISER FOR
SENATOR BOB KASTEN
Milwaukee Exposition and Convention Center and Arena
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
6:30 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Bob Kasten and Eva, great to
be with you. I am so pleased to see an early supporter and great
friend of mine who has certainly done a wonderful job in this state,
and that is your outstanding Governor Tommy Thompson and his wife,
Sue Ann. What a wonderful couple you have running this state.
(Applause.)
And your Lieutenant Governor is with us, Scott McCallum;
your State Treasurer Kate Zeuske. And, of course, I want to
introduce somebody special with whom I've been traveling a great
deal, a former governor who is now leading our country towards what
we call America 2000, a renaissance -- a true renaissance -- in
education and I mean Governor Lamar Alexander, who's standing right
here. Lamar, please stand up. (Applause.)
And as he and I contemplate the national problems, I can
guarantee you that we can learn an awful lot, not only from Bob
Kasten in the Senate in his commitment to education, but from the
programs that Tommy Thompson has already put into effect to encourage
excellence in education in this state.
I'd be remiss if I didn't single out my old friend, John
MacIver, who worked me to death back years ago and then stayed at my
side when I was down and dusted me off. And he and a handful of
others have been my most stalwart political supporters in this
country. And he's actively involved in Bob Kasten's race, as I knew
he would be -- and thank God he is. To Mike Grebe, who is the
Kasten chairman, as well as our national committeeman. Always
stepping up to the plate, always in a role of leadership, I salute
him. And I am delighted to see others -- Helen Bie, our national
committeewoman is here. David Opitz, the chairman, our state
chairman. And party's going to be important now as we move into
1992. And Wayne Oldenberg, who is doing such an outstanding job as
Bob Kasten's finance chairman.
All of these people are making it happen. Bob tells me
this is one of the largest fundraising events that he's ever had.
And I think it's a tribute to him, of course, but also to the
leadership that's gone into this event.
I'm sorry to have kept you all waiting a little bit. I'm
sorry if this has caused any unfounded excitement. One man heard
that Bush was coming to town -- he started a rumor that a major
brewery was on it's way back here leaving St. Louis. (Laughter.)
But Bob supports me when I need it and that's one of the
reasons I particularly -- I accepted with alacrity his invitation.
You've heard some about his accomplishments tonight -- moved quickly
into the ranks of senior Senate leadership -- part of our leadership
team in the United States Senate. He stood solidly by my side at
times that weren't so easy leading up to Operation Desert Storm. He
was there. He never wavered. He saw what we had to do to kick
aggression back. And he was steadfast in his support, and I'll
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always be grateful to him for that. (Applause.)
We had a little receiving line earlier, and I met two or
three people that had been in Desert Storm -- one, a member of the
police department here; another who was at the dinner tonight. And I
couldn't help but remember that Bob went to Egypt to visit
Wisconsin's own 128th and 440th -- reached out and told them that
they had his support.
You know, he's carved out a niche as a top spokesman for
economic growth, for environmental stewardship, for educational
excellence that I mentioned, and for American international
leadership, and, of course, for cheese. (Laughter and applause.)
A few months back, we held a meeting to discuss Soviet
affairs in the Middle East. And we talked then about many of the
issues that occupy the headlines these days: How to promote economic
reform in the Soviet Union. And I must tell you I'm looking forward,
if we can iron out these difficulties that remain on START -- the
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks -- to meet with the Mr. Gorbachev to
talk further about reform in the Soviet Union. And this week we'll
be receiving the newly-elected, first-elected head of the Russian
Republic, Boris Yeltsin in Washington, D.C., and I'm looking forward
to that. (Applause.)
But as Bob and I wrestled with these weighty problems of
international affairs -- where we should go next in the Middle East
peace talks, how to verify the arms control agreements with the
Soviets -- it was a productive meeting, and I learned a lot. But
every few minutes or so, Bob, who knew more about the subjects at
hand than many of those that were around that table, would weave in a
mention of dairy price supports for Wisconsin farmers. What I'm
saying is, he knows who sent him there to Washington, and he's never
forgotten it. And that's why I think he's going to be reelected, and
reelected big. (Applause.)
He gives a new meaning to the term "sacred cow," I might
add. (Laughter.)
We've reached an interesting point in this
administration. And I think as you look back in this nation's
history, our performance in the Gulf -- and I say ours -- I'm talking
about the young men and women who were over there, their performance
in Desert Storm. I'm talking about the superb job done by the
military commanders there and in the Pentagon and by the leadership
given by our Secretary Dick Cheney. Our performance demonstrated
that America will do the right thing when duty calls. And they will
help a country halfway around the world that's been overrun by a
brutal dictator. And they will work with other nations to build an
unbeatable concensus in an unconquerable military force.
And they will risk their finest sons and daughters all in
defense of liberty. We haven't lost it. We found something special
out of Desert Storm. Go with us, go with Barbara and me around this
country. It's not politics. You go to places we couldn't get one
vote if we tried. And the American people are out there with their
flags and their enthusiasm and the rediscovery of who we are -- a
country that will stand up against aggression and win -- and win
promptly and win confidently. (Applause.)
And there was a another lesson -- there was another
lesson out of this. We learned that the presidency as an institution
is charged to respond to such situations. The President has a unique
responsibility to build the kind of national and international
support that is necessary to build democracy and to defend liberty in
cases that we saw halfway around the world.
But we've also learned that the kind of consensus is more
difficult to build when it comes to doing business at home. Do you
remember right after Desert Storm ended, people were saying, now if
the President would take this newfound credibility that we all earned
in the Gulf -- that everybody did -- and use it for domestic
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problems, that would be great. That would be wonderful.
Well, the American people want to take on economic
problems, educational problems, environmental problems. And they
want to fight crime. They want to improve race relations and fight
against discrimination in the workplace and reshape, as Bob
mentioned, the national defense and join the exciting economic
cooperation and competition beyond our borders.
But if we really want to mount an all-out assault on
these problems, we need more good people in the United States Senate,
more dedicated people, more imaginative people, and we must return
those that are doing the job for this country. And I'm talking about
Bob Kasten for one. (Applause.)
Some of the Democrats' ideas to how we do this domestic
Desert Storm is to do it their way. I wasn't elected to do it their
way. I was elected to do it our way, the sensible way. (Applause.)
Working with this Senator, we proposed a comprehensive
economic growth package. It holds the line on federal spending. And
a lot came out of that budget agreement -- controversial though it
was. It holds the line on taxes. It cuts the capital gains rate.
It facilitates savings. And everybody involved in business knows-
that our country has terribly low savings rates. It makes it easier
for poor and middle class Americans to become successful
entrepreneurs, to take a risk to start something. Small business is
the backbone of this country. Employment and everything else --
productivity and employment. And so we need more of it.
And I believe if we could get more Republicans, we'd do
much better on the economic front. As it is now, I'm playing defense
in the House. I'm playing defense in the Senate. Thank God we had
21 vetoes, and every single one of them was sustained. We've got to
keep bad things from happening and then get more people so we can
make good things happen in the Senate. (Applause.)
We're embarked, as I said, with credit to Lamar
Alexander, on a nonpartisan or a bipartisan educational revolution
that would put power in the hands of people. It would let parents,
not the bureaucrats, make the crucial choice of which schools their
children should attend. And you in Wisconsin, and especially right
here in Milwaukee, understand what I'm talking about because you led
the way in terms of choice for this country. (Applause.)
I'm still very worried about our neighborhoods -- those
neighborhoods that can afford it the least are most afflicted by
crime. And we've tried for more than two years to persuade Congress
to pass a comprehensive anticrime package -- one that protects
police, protects citizens, helps the victims and puts the dangerous
criminals behind bars. And we've asked the Congress to adopt a
modest transportation package to make it easier for commuters to
travel from home to work and back without having to sit for hours in
traffic.
We've created a strong civil rights package to strengthen
our laws against those who discriminate. And specifically, our
package seeks to eliminate discrimination in the workplace and it
encourages all Americans to view civil rights as a shared commitment
and goal rather than an invitation to litigation. And we need more
good people in the Senate and the House to get these three
initiatives moving and moving fast. (Applause.)
And we have done something that I think all Americans,
regardless of party, wanted. They wanted to get this defense
spending under control. And, yes, we've proposed restructuring our
armed forces in a way that pares down our military, pares it down
certainly as a percentage -- in terms of spending as a percentage of
our GNP and just real reductions, as well, in spending.
And we do this without reducing the readiness. But I
need people to support that concept and not just come into the
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Congress with some meat ax without regard to whatever might come up
in the future. Perhaps there would be another Desert Storm, and I
want our forces to be able to respond, respond rapidly, go in, get
the job done and come out. And that's only going to be done if we
have a program for defense that has reductions, but also keeps in
mind the priorities that we must have established as we go through
the last part of the '90s. (Applause.)
I cite this because I think it's reasonable. I think
we've got a good domestic program. I get sick and tired from hearing
the Democrats out there crying that there's no domestic agenda. The
problem is, they want their domestic agenda -- the same old tired
answers of the past -- try to bring them into the future. And it's
not going to work.
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How many of these important bills do you think Congress
has passed? You guessed it -- zero -- none. We are going to keep
fighting for our domestic Desert Storm, for our domestic agenda. But
we can't do it if we're fighting against these tired old characters
out of the past who want to go back and say let the federal
government solve all our problems. It's not going to work. It's
failed in the past. We need new people in the Senate. And we need
new people in the House. They're going to look at it just exactly
that way.
And let me say this: You can't blame Bob for the
failures up there. He has fought for economic growth. He drafted
the reforms that ought to save us $6 billion just in regulatory
paperwork alone next year. And he's going to continue -- that would
continue to produce savings for years to come. He pushed for that
capital gains reduction in spite of the demagogues saying this is a
tax break for the rich. He pushed for it because he knew it would
create more jobs. And he's pushed for pro-growth tax changes. And.
he stood with us in promoting a new progressivity in education. And
he's helping us very much, as I said, in our 2000 -- the America 2000
strategy.
He supported our crime legislation. Compare his record
with others, not just from Wisconsin, but others on the national
scene like he is. He supported this. He supported better
transportation for this state and for all of America. And he stood
at our side on civil rights, trying to offer the extended hand of
brotherhood and hope rather than divisive politics based on clashing
claims, lawsuits and quotas. Quotas is not the American way. We
don't need that. We need fair play. (Applause.)
So I ask you to look at the facts. Cut through the
rhetoric, look at the facts and see what our bill does and see what
the other bill does.
I'm a little sick and tired of people saying we don't
have a decent civil rights program. We do. We've got a good record.
And I'll be darned if I'm going to knuckle into a handful of people
inside the Beltway who say jump and then the Democrat senators say
how high. It's too late. (Applause.)
I don't have to remind you that after the Gulf war we
asked Congress to pass just two bills out of all these I've mentioned
in a hundred days, crime and transportation, and it didn't pass
either. And I mentioned out there at the White House, if a hundred
isn't enough, let's give them another hundred. But let's get
something done for America and do it right. (Applause.)
So economic growth, education, crime, transportation,
civil rights, defense --Bob Kasten is fighting for all these things.
And I need more like him.
So the message is simply this -- you know it: With your
support and the support of others like you around the country, this
administration won't have to rely on the veto as its weapon for
improving legislation. It'll be able to look to a Congress ready,
willing and eager to serve the people. And, Bob, let me just say you
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have my strong support. Let's do what it takes to win in 1992.
Thank you all very much. Godspeed to all of you, and may
God bless the United States of America. Thank you very, very much.
(Applause.)
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FUNDRAISER FOR SEN. BOB KASTEN
MECCA CONVENTION CENTER
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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
(414) 272 7737 Milwaukee Switchboard (Time TBD)
June 17, 1991
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find myself in Mecca. //]]
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excitement. Apparently when someone heard that Bush was coming
to town, he thought it meant that a major brewery was leaving St.
Louis. //]]
It's a pleasure to join you here today in supporting someone
who supports me when I need it: Sen. Bob Kasten.
Everyone here knows about Bob's accomplishments: His peers
have voted him one of the most effective senators in his class.
He has moved quickly into the ranks of senior Senate leadership.
He has carved out a niche as a top spokesman for economic growth,
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for environmental stewardship, for educational excellence, for
American international leadership [[and, of course, for
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agreements with the Soviets; where we should go next in Middle
East affairs, and so on. It was a productive meeting. But every
Kastinkethat.
few minutes or so, Bob who knew more about many of the other
fuff
topics than most of the people around that table would insist
on talking about dairy price supports for Wisconsin farmers.
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if anyone has any doubts about Bob's commitment to his home state
or his constituents, take it from me: You couldn't have a more
persistent advocate. // [[ Bob gives new meaning to the term,
"sacred COW. "]]
We've reached an interesting point in this Administration,
and in this nation's history. Our performance in the Persian
Gulf demonstrated that Americans will do the right thing when
duty calls. They will help a country overrun by a brutal
dictator. They will work with other nations to build an
unbeatable consensus and an unconquerable military force. They
will risk their finest sons and daughters in support of
liberty. //
We learned that the presidency as an institution lends
itself to dealing with such situations. Only the president can
build the kind of national and international support necessary to
build democracy and defend liberty in cases like Kuwait's. But
we've also learned that you can't get that kind of consensus when
it comes to doing business at home.
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The American people want to take on economic problems,
educational problems, environmental problems. They want to fight
crime, improve race relations, reshape their national defense,
and join the increasingly competitive world beyond our borders.
Unfortunately, they can't get help from Capitol Hill. Day after
day, nothing happens in Washington. Nothing happens because we
don't have enough public servants like Bob Kasten -- people who
want to do the people's business.
Our Administration has proposed a comprehensive economic
growth package. It holds the line on federal spending and taxes.
It cuts the capital gains rate -- and thus makes it easier for
poor and middle-class Americans to become successful
entrepreneurs.
We have proposed an education revolution that would put
power in people's hands. It would let parents, and not
bureaucrats, choose schools for children. You in Wisconsin --
and especially Milwaukee -- understand what I'm talking about.
You led the way.
We have tried for more than two years to persuade Congress
to pass a comprehensive crime package -- one that protects
police, protects citizens, helps victims -- and puts dangerous
criminals behind bars.
We have asked Congress to adopt some modest transportation
reforms -- the sort that might make it easier for a suburban
commuter to travel from home to work and back without having to
sit for hours in stagnant traffic.
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We have tried to craft a civil rights package that punishes
-- punishes severely -- those who discriminate against others on
the basis of race, sex, nation origin, creed -- or anything else
unrelated to work ability. Our package encourages all Americans
to view civil rights as a shared commitment and goal -- rather
than a potential threat or an invitation to litigation.
We have proposed defense reforms that pare down our military
without reducing our preparedness.
This seems reasonable enough. But how many of these
important bills do you think Congress has passed?
You guessed it: Zero. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch.
You can't blame Bob for this record.
Bob has fought for economic growth. He drafted reforms that
ought to save us $6 billion in regulatory paperwork next year.
He pushed for capital gains reductions and pro-growth tax
changes.
Bob has stood with us in promoting a new progressivism in
education -- the America 2000 strategy.
Bob has supported our crime legislation.
Andy
Bob Kasten has worked with us to promote transportation
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reform.
Bob Kasten has stood at our side on civil rights, trying to
build a politics of the extended hand -- a politics of harmony -
- rather than a divisive politics of the raised fist. No matter
what our opponents say, that's what our bill seeks to accomplish
-- and that's what it will do, with your help.
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And Bob has fought for sound national defense.
The point is simple. Our Administration has an agenda, but
it also has a problem. The agenda of some people in Washington
is to do nothing -- and right now, their side has the votes in
Congress.
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After the Gulf War, I asked Congress to pass two bills in
Ligis
100 days: crime and transportation. It didn't pass either.
Becky
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We can do better than that. We need a team that will listen
to America. In Washington, we need a team that will do the right
thing -- instead of the fashionable nothing. We need a team that
will pass sensible legislation:
On economic growth // On education // On crime 11 On
transportation 11 On civil rights 11 On defense.
Bob Kasten is fighting for all these things, and I need more
like him. With your support, and the support of others like you
around the country, this Administration won't have to rely on the
veto as its weapon for improving legislation. It will be able to
look to a Congress ready, willing and eager to serve the people.
Bob, you've got my support. Let's do what it takes to win
in 1992!
Thank you. Godspeed to you. And God Bless the United States
of America.
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June 11, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN
SUBJECT:
KASTEN FUNDRAISER
COMMENTS ON DRAFT
1)
Anti-Congress theme: re. list of the naughty things Congress
has done in first 100 days -- both Becky Anderson and Jim
Dyer of Legislative Affairs have raised legitimate concerns.
First of all, there hasn't been that much time for them to
pass much of anything. Moreover, silly things, like
National Tissue Donors Month, are things that POTUS has
signed (they're ceremonial, don't cost money, no skin off
our backs -- so to speak). In general, they cautioned
Congress-bashing at a senatorial fundraiser walks a perilous
line. Kasten may be part of the problem. I think you avoid
this to an extent with the "we need more public servants
like Bob" approach.
2)
You make some good points, but I think you could use a
little poetry in places -- make them resonant, memorable,
quotable. I've added a few feeble suggestions here and
there.
3)
****Page three and the top half of four seems to repeat
itself in the bottom half of four, page five and the first
graph of six: in the former you list the issues we'd like to
see acted upon, in the latter you list the same issues
conditioned by Bob's help on them. Isn't there some way to
better integrate these two sections?
KASTEN ANECDOTES
Anecdotes are always key in these kinds of events. We've
already the one in which the senator chews the cud at the meeting
with POTUS. Kasten's people apparently would like us to use
something that alludes to his family values. Here's what they've
got so far:
1)
I've heard that Bob's three year old daughter likes to share
her parents bed at night. She'll get up in the middle of
the night and try to get into bed on Mom's side. When Mom
puts her back to bed, she'll get up and try to get into bed
on Dad's side. \ Nora's obviously a very determined little
girl. Those who have seen Bob go after his goals know that
Nora is a girl after her father's heart.
2)
In an effort both do his work in D.C., and keep in touch
with the needs of his constituency in Wisconsin, the Kasten
family finds itself constantly traveling -- a disorienting
way of life for little Nora. For instance, when the
littlest Kasten turned three, she had to have two birthday
parties, an early one for her friends in Washington, and one
on her birthday in Wisconsin. When her parents awakened her
on the latter, the gave them a strange look and asked, "Am I
already four?"
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THE WRITINGS OF
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Theodore Roosevelt
edited by
WILLIAM H. HARBAUGH
University of Virginia
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THE AMERICAN HERITAGE SERIES
Under the General Editorship of
THE BOBBS - MERRILL COMPANY, INC.
LEONARD W. LEVY AND ALFRED YOUNG
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108 The Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
Economic Policy and Problems 109
on behalf no less of the honest man of means than of the
he vigorously attacked dissolution and defended regulation in his
honest man who earns each day's livelihood by that day's
moving address, "A Confession of Faith," to the 1912 national con-
sweat of his brow, it is necessary to insist upon honesty in
vention of the Progressive Party.
business and politics alike, in all walks of life, in big things
and in little things; upon just and fair dealing as between man
and man. We are striving for the right in the spirit of Abra-
Again and again while I was President, from 1902 to 1908,
ham Lincoln when he said:
I pointed out that under the antitrust law alone it was neither
possible to put a stop to business abuses nor possible to secure
Fondly do we hope-fervently do we pray-that this mighty
the highest efficiency in the service rendered by business to
scourge [of war] may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills
the general public. The antitrust law must be kept on our
that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsmen's
statute-books, and, as hereafter shown, must be rendered more
two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk,
effective in the cases where it is applied. But to treat the anti-
and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be
trust law as an adequate, or as by itself a wise, measure of
paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thou-
relief and betterment is a sign not of progress, but of Toryism
sand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the
and reaction. It has been of benefit so far as it has implied the
Lord are true and righteous altogether."
recognition of a real and great evil, and the at least sporadic
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness
application of the principle that all men alike must obey the
in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on
to finish the work we are in.
law. But as a sole remedy, universally applicable, it has in
actual practice completely broken down; as now applied it
works more mischief than benefit. It represents the waste of
effort-always damaging to a community-which arises from
the attempt to meet new conditions by the application of out-
worn remedies instead of fearlessly and in common-sense fash-
ion facing the new conditions and devising the new remedies
17.
THE INADEQUACY OF THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST LAW
which alone can work effectively for good. The antitrust law,
Debate over the most effective means to control the trusts con-
if interpreted as the Baltimore platform demands it shall be
tinued through the administration of William Howard Taft and
interpreted, would apply to every agency by which not merely
reached a crescendo during the presidential campaign of 1912.
industrial but agricultural business is carried on in this coun-
Taft, Woodrow Wilson, and probably a majority of Progressive
try; under such an interpretation it ought in theory to be ap-
Party leaders from the Middle West favored dissolution. But Roose-
plied universally, in which case practically all industries would
velt held to the regulatory position he had consistently occupied.
stop; as a matter of fact, it is utterly out of the question to
To the distress of the Midwesterners, who incorrectly believed he
enforce it universally; and when enforced sporadically, it
had been mesmerized by the Morgan partner, George W. Perkins,
causes continual unrest, puts the country at a disadvantage
From Roosevelt's address to the Progressive Party National Convention
with its trade competitors in international commerce, hope-
in Chicago, August 6, 1912. New York Times, August 7, 1912, pp. 8-9.
lessly puzzles honest business men and honest farmers as to
110 The Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
Economic Policy and Problems 111
what their rights are, and yet, as has just been shown in the
States' rights doctrine in thus dealing with interstate commerce
cases of the Standard Oil and the Tobacco Trusts, it is no
-an insistence which, in the first place, is the most flagrant
real check on the great trusts at which it was in theory aimed,
possible violation of the Constitution to which the members
and indeed operates to their benefit. Moreover, if we are to
of the Baltimore Convention assert their devotion, and which,
compete with other nations in the markets of the world as well
in the next place, nullifies and makes an empty pretense of
as to develop our own material civilization at home, we must
their first statement. The proposals of the platform are so con-
utilize those forms of industrial organization that are indis-
flicting and SO absurd that it is hard to imagine how any at-
pensable to the highest industrial productivity and efficiency.
tempt could be made in good faith to carry them out; but, if
An important volume entitled "Concentration and Control"
such attempt were sincerely made, it could only produce indus-
has just been issued by President Charles R. Van Hise, of the
trial chaos. Were such an attempt made, every man who acts
University of Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin has been
honestly would have something to fear, and yet no great adroit
more influential than any other agency in making Wisconsin
criminal able to command the advice of the best corporation
what it has become, a laboratory for wise social and industrial
lawyers would have much to fear.
experiment in the betterment of conditions. President Van Hise
What is needed is action directly the reverse of that thus
is one of those thoroughgoing but sane and intelligent radicals
confusedly indicated. We Progressives stand for the rights of
from whom much of leadership is to be expected in such a
the people. When these rights can best be secured by insis-
matter. The subtitle of his book shows that his endeavor is to
tence upon States' rights, then we are for States' rights; when
turn the attention of his countrymen toward practically solving
they can best be secured by insistence upon national rights,
the trust problem of the United States. In his preface he states
then we are for national rights. Interstate commerce can be
that his aim is to suggest a way to gain the economic advan-
effectively controlled only by the nation. The States cannot
tages of the concentration of industry and at the same time to
control it under the Constitution, and to amend the Constitu-
guard the interests of the public, and to assist in the rule of
tion by giving them control of it would amount to a dissolution
enlightenment, reason, fair play, mutual consideration, and tol-
of the government. The worst of the big trusts have always
eration. In sum, he shows that unrestrained competition as an
endeavored to keep alive the feeling in favor of having the
economic principle has become too destructive to be permitted
States themselves, and not the nation, attempt to do this work,
to exist and that the small men must be allowed to co-operate
because they know that in the long run such effort would be
under penalty of succumbing before their big competitors; and
ineffective. There is no surer way to prevent all successful ef-
yet such co-operation, vitally necessary to the small man, is
fort to deal with the trusts than to insist that they be dealt
criminal under the present law.
with by the States rather than by the nation, or to create a
In his main thesis President Van Hise is unquestionably
conflict between the States and the nation on the subject. The
right. The Democratic platform offers nothing in the way of
well-meaning ignorant man who advances such a proposition
remedy for present industrial conditions except, first, the en-
does as much damage as if he were hired by the trusts them-
forcement of the antitrust law in a fashion which, if words
selves, for he is playing the game of every big crooked corpora-
mean anything, means bringing business to a standstill; and,
tion in the country. The only effective way in which to regu-
second, the insistence upon an archaic construction of the
late the trusts is through the exercise of the collective power of
340 The Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Reform 341
And here I have got to make one comparison between
the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust monopolies are legalized;
Mr. Wilson and myself, simply because he has invited it and
they are being carried on under the decree of the Supreme
I cannot shrink from it. Mr. Wilson has seen fit to attack me,
Court. Our proposal is really to break up monopoly. Our pro-
to say that I did not do much against the trusts when I was
posal is to lay down certain requirements, and then require
President. I have got two answers to make to that. In the first
the commerce commission-the industrial commission-to see
place what I did, and then I want to compare what I did
that the trusts live up to those requirements. Our opponents
while I was President with what Mr. Wilson did not do while
have spoken as if we were going to let the commission declare
he was governor.
what the requirements should be. Not at all. We are going to
When I took office the antitrust law was practically a dead
put the requirements in the law and then see that the commis-
letter and the interstate commerce law in as poor a condition.
sion requires them to obey the law.
I had to revive both laws. I did. I enforced both. It will be easy
And now, friends, as Mr. Wilson has invited the comparison,
enough to do now what I did then, but the reason that it is
I only want to say this: Mr. Wilson has said that the States are
easy now is because I did it when it was hard.
the proper authorities to deal with the trusts. Well, about
Nobody was doing anything. I found speedily that the inter-
eighty per cent of the trusts are organized in New Jersey. The
state commerce law by being made more perfect could be
Standard Oil, the Tobacco, the Sugar, the Beef, all those trusts
made a most useful instrument for helping solve some of our
are organized in New Jersey and the laws of New Jersey say
industrial problems. So with the antitrust law. I speedily found
that their charters can at any time be amended or repealed
that almost the only positive good achieved by such a success-
if they misbehave themselves and give the government ample
ful lawsuit as the Northern Securities suit, for instance, was in
power to act about those laws, and Mr. Wilson has been gover-
establishing the principle that the government was supreme
nor a year and nine months and he has not opened his lips. The
over the big corporation, but that by itself that law did not
chapter describing what Mr. Wilson has done about the trusts
accomplish any of the things that we ought to have accom-
in New Jersey would read precisely like a chapter describing
plished; and so I began to fight for the amendment of the law
the snakes in Ireland, which ran: "There are no snakes in Ire-
along the lines of the interstate commerce law, and now we
land." Mr. Wilson has done precisely and exactly nothing about
propose, we Progressives, to establish an interstate commission
the trusts.
having the same power over industrial concerns that the Inter-
I tell you, and I told you at the beginning, I do not say any-
state Commerce Commission has over railroads, so that when-
thing on the stump that I do not believe. I do not say anything
ever there is in the future a decision rendered in such impor-
I do not know. Let any of Mr. Wilson's friends on Tuesday
tant matters as the recent suits against the Standard Oil, the
point out one thing or let Mr. Wilson point out one thing he
Sugar-no, not that-Tobacco-Tobacco Trust-we will have
has done about the trusts as governor of New Jersey.
a commission which will see that the decree of the court is
And now, friends, there is one thing I want to say especially
really made effective; that it is not made a merely nominal
to you people here in Wisconsin. All that I have said so far is
decree.
what I would say in any part of this Union. I have a peculiar
Our opponents have said that we intend to legalize monop-
right to ask that in this great contest you men and women of
oly. Nonsense. They have legalized monopoly. At this moment
Wisconsin shall stand with us. You have taken the lead in pro-
342 The Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Reform 343
gressive movements here in Wisconsin. You have taught the
rights. We are for the people's rights however it is necessary
rest of us to look to you for inspiration and leadership. Now,
to secure them.
friends, you have made that movement here locally. You will
Mr. Wilson has made a long essay against Senator Bev-
be doing a dreadful injustice to yourselves; you will be doing
eridge's bill to abolish child labor. It is the same kind of an
a dreadful injustice to the rest of us throughout the Union, if
argument that would be made against our bill to prohibit
you fail to stand with us now that we are making this national
women from working more than eight hours a day in industry.
movement. What I am about to say now I want you to under-
It is the same kind of argument that would have to be made;
stand. If I speak of Mr. Wilson I speak with no mind of bit-
if it is true, it would apply equally against our proposal to
terness. I merely want to discuss the difference of policy
insist that in continuous industries there shall be by law one
between the Progressive and the Democratic party and to ask
day's rest in seven and a three-shift eight-hour day. You have
you to think for yourselves which party you will follow. I will
labor laws here in Wisconsin, and any chamber of commerce
say that, friends, because the Republican party is beaten. No-
will tell you that because of that fact there are industries that
body needs to have any idea that anything can be done with
will not come into Wisconsin. They prefer to stay outside
the Republican party.
where they can work children of tender years, where they can
When the Republican party-not the Republican party-
work women fourteen and sixteen hours a day, where, if it is a
when the bosses in the control of the Republican party, the
continuous industry, they can work men twelve hours a day
Barneses and Penroses, last June stole the nomination and
and seven days a week.
wrecked the Republican party for good and all-I want to
Now, friends, I know that you of Wisconsin would never
point out to you nominally they stole that nomination from
repeal those laws even if they are to your commercial hurt,
me, but really it was from you. They did not like me, and the
just as I am trying to get New York to adopt such laws even
longer they live the less cause they will have to like me. But
though it will be to New York's commercial hurt. But if pos-
while they do not like me, they dread you. You are the people
sible I want to arrange it so that we can have justice without
that they dread. They dread the people themselves, and those
commercial hurt, and you can only get that if you have justice
bosses and the big special interests behind them made up their
enforced nationally. You won't be burdened in Wisconsin with
mind that they would rather see the Republican party wrecked
industries not coming to the State if the same good laws are
than see it come under the control of the people themselves. So
extended all over the other States. Do you see what I mean?
I am not dealing with the Republican party. There are only
The States all compete in a common market; and it is not
two ways you can vote this year. You can be progressive or
justice to the employers of a State that has enforced just and
reactionary. Whether you vote Republican or Democratic it
proper laws to have them exposed to the competition of an-
does not make any difference, you are voting reactionary.
other State where no such laws are enforced. Now, the Demo-
Now, the Democratic party in its platform and through the
cratic platform, and their speakers, declare that we shall not
utterances of Mr. Wilson has distinctly committed itself to the
have such laws. Mr. Wilson has distinctly declared that you
old flintlock, muzzle-loaded doctrine of States' rights, and I
shall not have a national law to prohibit the labor of children,
have said distinctly that we are for the people's rights. We are
to prohibit child labor. He has distinctly declared that we shall
for the rights of the people. If they can be obtained best
not have a law to establish a minimum wage for women.
through the National Government, then we are for national
I ask you to look at our declaration and hear and read our
344 The Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Reform 345
platform about social and industrial justice and then, friends,
Democracy," by Herbert Croly, and "Drift and Mastery," by
vote for the Progressive ticket without regard to me, without
Walter Lippmann, come in this category. No man who wishes
regard to my personality, for only by voting for that platform
seriously to study our present social, industrial, and political
can you be true to the cause of progress throughout this Union.
life with the view of guiding his thought and action so as to
work for national betterment in the future can afford not to
read these books through and through and to ponder and
digest them. They worthily carry forward the argument con-
tained in the authors' previous works-"The Promise of Amer-
ican Life," by Mr. Croly, and "A Preface to Politics," by
60.
"TWO NOTEWORTHY BOOKS ON DEMOCRACY"
Mr. Lippmann.
Both of these writers stand foremost among those of our
The outbreak of World War I, coupled with the failure of the
thinkers who recognize the grave abuses of our present system
Bull Moosers to establish themselves in the Congressional elections
and the need of breaking the shackles which the interested
of 1914, caused Roosevelt to lose interest in the Progressive Party
beneficiaries and the disinterested but fanatical devotees of the
as a political organization. Nevertheless, his commitment to pro-
past would impose upon us. Both thoroughly realize the abso-
gressive ideology continued. Here he endorses new books by two
of the progressive movement's foremost intellectuals, Herbert Croly
lute need that we shall move forward toward a definite goal
and Walter Lippmann, both of whom had been profoundly in-
unless we are willing to see misfortune come to our people. But
fluenced by his own presidential policies. He is especially impressed
each is as far as possible from those unwise reformers who
by Croly's brief for moderate collectivism and a strong executive,
denounce everything that smacks of the past as vicious, and
and by Lippmann's case for vigorous labor unions and constructive
who consider all change of any kind as in itself beneficial.
revision of the anti-trust laws. What is most significant about the
Both of them-and Mr. Lippmann especially so-are believers
review, however, is Roosevelt's sharp assertion that reformers must
in a great increase in the application of the principle of col-
recognize the need for, and adjust their programs to, economic
lective action. But neither of them makes a fetich of ultracol-
productivity.
lectivism any more than of ultraindividualism, and each is
entirely fearless in opposing mischievous action, even although
it is now or has been recently supported by the great majority
There are books of which it is impossible to make an epit-
of our people.
ome, and which therefore it is impossible to review save in the
Mr. Croly explicitly points out that the position which Amer-
way of calling attention to their excellence. Bryce's "American
ican conservatism has elected to defend arouses on the part of
Commonwealth," Lowell's "Study of Representative Govern-
its defenders a sincere and admirable loyalty of conviction. He
ment in Europe," Thayer's "Study of Cavour," illustrate what
recognizes that our traditional constitutional system has had a
is meant by this statement. Two new volumes, "Progressive
long and honorable career, and has contributed enormously to
American political and social prosperity, giving stability, order,
A review of Herbert Croly's Progressive Democracy (1914) and
Walter Lippmann's Drift and Mastery (1914). The Outlook, CVIII
and security to a new political experiment undertaken in a
(November 18, 1914), 648-51.
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272
The man who talks ill of his neighbors, the man who
corporation people, nor yet from the standpoint of
invites trouble for himself and them, is a nuisance.
those who are fond of denying the existence of evils
The stronger, the more self-confident the nation is,
in the trusts, or who apparently proceed upon the
the more carefully it should guard its speech as well
assumption that if a corporation is large enough it
as its action, and should make it a point, in the inter-
can do no wrong.
est of its own self-respect, to see that it does not
I think I speak for the great majority of the
say what it can not make good, that it avoids giving
American people when I say that we are not in the
needless offence, that it shows genuinely and sin-
least against wealth as such, whether individual or
cerely its desire for friendship with the rest of man-
corporate; that we merely desire to see any abuse of
kind, but that it keeps itself in shape to make its
corporate or combined wealth corrected and reme-
weight felt should the need arise.
died; that we do not desire the abolition or destruc-
That is in substance my theory of what our for-
tion of big corporations, but, on the contrary, rec-
eign policy should be. Let us not boast, not insult
ognize them as being in many cases efficient econom-
ic instruments, the results of an inevitable process
any one, but make up our minds coolly what is neces-
of economic evolution, and only desire to see them
sary to say, say it, and then stand to it, whatever the
regulated and controlled so far as may be necessary
consequences may be.
to subserve the public good. We should be false to
the historic principles of our government if we dis-
AT MILWAUKEE, WIS., APRIL 3, 1903
criminated, either by legislation or administration,
Mr. Toastmaster, Gentlemen:
either for or against a man because of either his
To-day I wish to speak to you on the question of
wealth or his poverty. There is no proper place in
the control and regulation of those great corpora-
our society either for the rich man who uses the pow-
tions which are popularly, although rather vaguely,
er conferred by his riches to enable him to oppress
known as trusts; dealing mostly with what has actu-
and wrong his neighbors, nor yet for the demagogic
ally been accomplished in the way of legislation and
agitator who, instead of attacking abuses as all abuses
in the way of enforcement of legislation during the
should be attacked wherever found, attacks prop-
past eighteen months, the period covering the two
erty, attacks prosperity, attacks men of wealth, as
sessions of the Fifty-seventh Congress. At the out-
such, whether they be good or bad, attacks corpora-
set I shall ask you to remember that I do not ap-
tions whether they do well or ill, and seeks, in a
proach the subject either from the standpoint of
spirit of ignorant rancor, to overthrow the very
those who speak of themselves as anti-trust or anti-
foundations upon which rests our national wellbeing.
274
Presidential Addresses
And State Papers
275
In consequence of the extraordinary industrial
amassed, not by injuring our people, but as an inci-
changes of the last half century, and notably of the
dent to the conferring of great benefits upon the
last two or three decades, changes due mainly to the
community, and this no matter what may have been
rapidity and complexity of our industrial growth,
the conscious purpose of those amassing them.
we are confronted with problems which in their
There is but the scantiest justification for most of
present shape were unknown to our forefathers.
the outcry against the men of wealth as such; and
Our great prosperity, with its accompanying con-
it ought to be unnecessary to state that any appeal
centration of population and of wealth, its extreme
which directly or indirectly leads to suspicion and
specialization of faculties, and its development of
hatred among ourselves, which tends to limit oppor-
giant industrial leaders, has brought much good and
tunity, and therefore to shut the door of success
some evil, and it is as foolish to ignore the good as
against poor men of talent, and, finally, which entails
wilfully to blind ourselves to the evil.
the possibility of lawlessness and violence, is an at-
The evil has been partly the inevitable accompani-
tack upon the fundamental properties of American
ment of the social changes, and where this is the
citizenship. Our interests are at bottom common; in
case it can be cured neither by law nor by the ad-
the long run we go up or go down together. Yet
ministration of the law, the only remedy lying in
more and more it is evident that the State, and if
the slow change of character and of economic en-
necessary the Nation, has got to possess the right of
vironment. But for a portion of the evil, at least,
supervision and control as regards the great corpora-
we think that remedies can be found. We know
tions which are its creatures; particularly as regards
well the danger of false remedies, and we are against
the great business combinations which derive a por-
all violent, radical, and unwise change. But we be-
tion of their importance from the existence of some
lieve that by proceeding slowly, yet resolutely, with
monopolistic tendency. The right should be ex-
good sense and moderation, and also with a firm de-
ercised with caution and self-restraint; but it should
termination not to be swerved from our course
exist, so that it may be invoked if the need arises."
either by foolish clamor or by any base or sinister
Last fall in speaking at Cincinnati I said:
influence, we can accomplish much for the better-
"The necessary supervision and control, in which
ment of conditions.
I firmly believe as the only method of eliminating
Nearly two years ago, speaking at the State Fair
the real evils of the trusts, must come through wisely
in Minnesota, I said
and cautiously framed legislation, which shall aim
"It is probably true that the large majority of the
in the first place to give definite control to some
fortunes that now exist in this country have been
sovereign over the great corporations, and which
276
Presidential Addresses
And State Papers
277
shall be followed, when once this power has been
supervision and regulation over all corporations
conferred, by a system giving to the government
doing an interstate business."
the full knowledge which is the essential for satis-
The views thus expressed have now received ef-
factory action. Then, when this knowledge-one of
fect by the wise, conservative, and yet far-reaching
the essential features of which is proper publicity-
legislation enacted by Congress at its last session.
has been gained, what further steps of any kind are
In its wisdom Congress enacted the very impor-
necessary can be taken with the confidence born of
tant law providing a Department of Commerce and
the possession of power to deal with the subject, and
Labor, and further providing therein under the Sec-
of a thorough knowledge of what should and can
retary of Commerce and Labor for a Commissioner
be done in the matter. We need additional power,
of Corporations, charged with the duty of supervis-
and we need knowledge.
Such legislation-
ion of and of making intelligent investigation into
whether obtainable now or obtainable only after
the organization and conduct of corporations en-
a Constitutional amendment-should provide for a
gaged in interstate commerce. His powers to ex-
reasonable supervision, the most prominent feature
pose illegal or hurtful practices and to obtain all
of which at first should be publicity; that is, the
information needful for the purposes of further in-
making public, both to the government authorities
telligent legislation seem adequate; and the pub-
and to the people at large, the essential facts in
licity justifiable and proper for public purposes is
which the public is concerned. This would give us
satisfactory guaranteed. The law was passed at
exact knowledge of many points which are now not
the very end of the session of Congress. Owing
only in doubt but the subject of fierce controversy.
to the lateness of its passage Congress was not able
Moreover, the mere fact of the publication would
to provide proper equipment for the new Depart-
cure some very grave evils, for the light of day is a
ment; and the first few months must necessarily be
deterrent to wrongdoing. It would doubtless dis-
spent in the work of organization, and the first in-
close other evils with which, for the time being, we
vestigations must necessarily be of a tentative char-
could devise no way to grapple. Finally, it would
acter. The satisfactory development of such a sys-
disclose others which could be grappled with and
tem requires time and great labor. Those who are
cured by further legislative action."
intrusted with the administration of the new law
In my Message to Congress for 1901 I said:
will assuredly administer it in a spirit of absolute
"In the interest of the whole people the Nation
fairness and justice and of entire fearlessness, with
should, without interfering with the power of the
the firm purpose not to hurt any corporation doing
States in the matter, itself also assume power of
a legitimate business-on the contrary to help it-
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Presidential Addresses
And State Papers
279
and, on the other hand, not to spare any corporation
below the tariff charges imposed upon the smaller
which may be guilty of illegal practices, or the meth-
dealers and the general public. These unjust prac-
ods of which may make it a menace to the public
tices had prevailed to such an extent and for so long
welfare. Some substantial good will be done in the
a time that many of the smaller shippers had been
immediate future; and as the Department gets fairly
driven out of business, until practically one buyer of
to work under the law an ever larger vista for good
grain on each railway system had been able by his
work will be opened along the lines indicated. The
illegal advantages to secure a monopoly on the line
enactment of this law is one of the most significant
with which his secret compact was made; this mo-
contributions which have been made in our time to-
nopoly enabling him to fix the price to both pro-
ward the proper solution of the problem of the re-
ducer and consumer. Many of the great packing
lations to the people of the great corporations and
house concerns were shown to be in combination with
corporate combinations.
each other and with most of the great railway lines,
But much though this is, it is only a part of what
whereby they enjoyed large secret concessions in
has been done in the effort to ascertain and correct
rates and thus obtained a practical monopoly of the
improper trust or monopolistic practices. Some
fresh and cured meat industry of the country. These
eighteen months ago the Industrial Commission, an
fusions, though violative of the statute, had pre-
able and non-partisan body, reported to Congress the
vailed unchecked for so many years that they had
result of their investigation of trusts and industrial
become intrenched in and interwoven with the com-
combinations. One of the most important of their
mercial life of certain large distributing localities;
conclusions was that discriminations in freight rates
although this was of course at the expense of the
and facilities were granted favored shippers by the
vast body of law-abiding merchants, the general pub-
railroads and that these discriminations clearly
lic, and particularly of unfavored localities.
tended toward the control of production and prices
Under those circumstances it was a serious prob-
in many fields of business by large combinations.
lem to determine the wise course to follow in vital-
That this conclusion was justifiable was shown by
izing a law which had in part become obsolete or
the disclosures in the investigation of railroad meth-
proved incapable of enforcement. Of what the At-
ods pursued in the fall and winter of I90I-I902.
torney-General did in enforcing it I shall speak later.
It was then shown that certain trunk lines had en-
The decisions of the courts upon the law had be-
tered into unlawful agreements as to the transporta-
trayed weaknesses and imperfections, some of them
tion of food products from the West to the Atlantic
so serious as to render abortive efforts to apply any
seaboard, giving a few favored shippers rates much
effective remedy for the existing evils.
280
Presidential Addresses
And State Papers
281
It is clear that corporations created for quasi pub-
direction of the Attorney-General in the enforcement
lic purposes, clothed for that reason with the ulti-
of these laws.
mate power of the state to take private property
All of this represents a great and substantial ad-
against the will of the owner, hold their corporate
vance in legislation. But more important even than
powers as carriers in trust for the fairly impartial
legislation is the administration of the law, and I
service of all the public. Favoritism in the use of
ask your attention for a moment to the way in
such powers, unjustly enriching some and unjustly
which the law has been administered by the pro-
impoverishing others, discriminating in favor of
found jurist and fearless public servant who now
some places and against others, is palpably violative
occupies the position of Attorney-General, Mr.
of plain principles of justice. Such a practice un-
Knox. The Constitution enjoins upon the Presi-
checked is hurtful in many ways. Congress, having
had its attention drawn to the matter, enacted a most
dent that he shall take care that the laws be faithfully
important anti-rebate law, which greatly strengthens
executed, and under this provision the Attorney-
the interstate-commerce law. This new law pro-
General formulated a policy which was in effect
hibits under adequate penalties the giving and as
nothing but the rigid enforcement, by suits managed
well the demanding or receiving of such preferences,
with consummate skill and ability, both of the anti-
and provides the preventive remedy of injunction.
trust law and of the imperfect provisions of the act
The vigorous administration of this law-and it
to regulate commerce. The first step taken was the
will be enforced-will, it is hoped, afford a sub-
prosecution of fourteen suits against the principal
stantial remedy for certain trust evils which have
railroads of the Middle West, restraining them by
attracted public attention and have created public
injunction from further violations of either of the
unrest.
laws in question.
This law represents a noteworthy and important
About the same time the case against the North-
advance toward just and effective regulation of
ern Securities Company was initiated. This was a
transportation. Moreover, its passage has been sup-
corporation organized under the laws of the State
plemented by the enactment of a law to expedite the
of New Jersey with a capital of four hundred million
hearing of actions of public moment under the anti-
dollars, the alleged purpose being to control the
trust act, known as the Sherman law, and under the
Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroad
act to regulate commerce, at the request of the At-
companies, two parallel and competing lines extend-
torney-General; and furthermore, additional funds
ing across the northern tier of States from the Mis-
have been appropriated to be expended under the
sissippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Whatever the
282
Presidential Addresses
And State Papers
283
purpose, its consummation would have resulted in
trust. The result was that he filed bills for injunc-
the control of the two great railway systems-upon
tion against six of the principal packing house
which the people of the Northwestern States were
companies, and restrained them from combining
so largely dependent for their supplies and to get
and agreeing upon prices at which they would sell
their products to market-being practically merged
their products in States other than those in which
into the New Jersey corporation. The proposition
their meats were prepared for market. Writs of
that these independent systems of railroads should
injunction were issued accordingly, and since then,
be merged under a single control alarmed the peo-
after full argument, the United States Circuit Court
ple of the States concerned, lest they be subjected
has made the injunction perpetual.
to what they deemed a monopoly of interstate trans-
The cotton interests of the South, including
portation and the suppression of competition. The
growers, buyers, and shippers, made complaint that
Governors of the States most deeply affected held
they were suffering great injury in their business
a meeting to consider how to prevent the merger
from the methods of the Southern railroads in the
becoming effective and passed resolutions calling
handling and transportation of cotton. They al-
upon the National Government to enforce the anti-
leged that these railroads, by combined action under
trust laws against the alleged combination. When
a pooling arrangement to support their rate sched-
these resolutions were referred to the Attorney-
ules, had denied to the shippers the right to elect
General for consideration and advice, he reported
over what roads their commodities should be shipped,
that in his opinion the Northern Securities Company
and that by dividing upon a fixed basis the cot-
and its control of the railroads mentioned was a
ton crop of the South all inducement to compete in
combination in restraint of trade, and was attempting
rates for the transportation thereof was eliminated.
a monopoly in violation of the national anti-trust
Proceedings were instituted by the Attorney-General
law. Thereupon a suit in equity, which is now
under the anti-trust law, which resulted in the de-
pending, was begun by the Government to test the
struction of the pool and in restoring to the growers
validity of this transaction under the Sherman law.
and shippers of the South the right to ship their
At nearly the same time the disclosures respecting
products over any road they elected, thus remov-
the secret rebates enjoyed by the great packing
ing the restraint upon the freedom of commerce.
house companies, coupled with the very high price
In November, 1902, the Attorney-General di-
of meats, led the Attorney-General to direct an in-
rected that a bill for an injunction be filed in the
vestigation into the methods of the so-called beef
United States Circuit Court at San Francisco against
284
Presidential Addresses
And State Papers
285
the Federal Salt Company-a corporation which
substantial achievement. They represent a success-
had been organized under the laws of an Eastern
ful effort to devise and apply real remedies; an ef-
State, but had its main office and principal place of
fort which so far succeeded because it was made not
business in California-and against a number of
only with resolute purpose and determination, but
other companies and persons constituting what was
also in a spirit of common-sense and justice, as far
known as the salt trust. These injunctions were
removed as possible from rancor, hysteria, and un-
to restrain the execution of certain contracts be-
worthy demagogic appeal. In the same spirit the
tween the Federal Salt Company and the other de-
laws will continue to be enforced. Not only is the
fendants, by which the latter agreed neither to im-
legislation recently enacted effective, but in my
port nor buy or sell salt, except from and to the
judgment it was impracticable to attempt more.
Federal Salt Company, and not to engage or assist
Nothing of value is to be expected from ceaseless
in the production of salt west of the Mississippi
agitation for radical and extreme legislation. The
River during the continuance of such contracts.
people may wisely, and with confidence, await the
As the result of these agreements the price of salt
results which are reasonably to be expected from
had been advanced about four hundred per cent. A
the impartial enforcement of the laws which have
temporary injunction order was obtained, which the
recently been placed upon the statute books. Legis-
defendants asked the court to modify on the ground
lation of a general and indiscriminate character
that the anti-trust law had no application to con-
would be sure to fail, either because it would involve
tracts for purchases and sales within a State. The
all interests in a common ruin, or because it would
Circuit Court overruled this contention and sustained
not really reach any evil. We have endeavored
the Government's position. This practically con-
to provide a discriminating adaptation of the remedy
to the real mischief.
cluded the case, and it is understood that in conse-
quence the Federal Salt Company is about to be
Many of the alleged remedies advocated are of
dissolved and that no further contest will be made.
the unpleasantly drastic type which seeks to destroy
The above is a brief outline of the most important
the disease by killing the patient. Others are so
obviously futile that it is somewhat difficult to treat
steps, legislative and administrative, taken during
the past eighteen months in the direction of solving,
them seriously or as being advanced in good faith.
so far as at present it seems practicable by national
High among the latter I place the effort to reach the
legislation or administration to solve, what we call
trust question by means of the tariff. You can, of
the trust problem. They represent a sum of very
course, put an end to the prosperity of the trusts
by putting an end to the prosperity of the Nation;
286
Presidential Addresses
And State Papers
287
but the price for such action seems high. The al-
To any American capable of any depth of reflec-
ternative is to do exactly what has been done dur-
tion whatever, it should always be a somewhat sol-
ing the life of the Congress which has just closed—
emn thing to come into the presence of two bodies
that is, to endeavor, not to destroy corporations, but
-one a legislative body; the other an educational
to regulate them with a view of doing away with
body; the legislative body, which is not only the
whatever is of evil in them and of making them sub-
method but the symbol of our free government; the
serve the public use. The law is not to be admin-
educational body, which, using educational in its
istered in the interest of the poor man as such, nor
broadest and truest sense, means the body that fits
yet in the interest of the rich man as such, but in the
us for self-government. Self-government is not an
interest of the law-abiding man, rich or poor. We
easy thing. The nations of antiquity, the nations
are no more against organizations of capital than
of the middle ages, that tried the experiment of in-
against organizations of labor. We welcome both,
dependent self-government which should guarantee
demanding only that each shall do right and shall
freedom to the individual, and yet safety from with-
remember its duty to the Republic. Such a course
out and within to the body politic itself, rarely lasted
we consider not merely a benefit to the poor man,
long, never rose to a pitch of greatness such as ours
but a benefit to the rich man. We do no man an
without having suffered some radical and, as it
injustice when we require him to obey the law.
proved ultimately, fatal change of structure. Until
On the contrary, if he is a man whose safety and
our Republic was founded it had proved impossible
weil-being depend in a peculiar degree upon the ex-
in the long run to combine freedom for the individ-
istence of the spirit of law and order, we are render-
ual and greatness for the nation. The republics of
ing him the greatest service when we require him
antiquity and of the middle ages went one of two
to be himself an exemplar of that spirit.
lines; either proved fatal. Either the individual's
interests were sacrificed, and, while retaining the
BEFORE THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE, ST.
forms of freedom, the republic became in effect a
PAUL, MINN., APRIL 4, 1903
despotism, or else the freedom of the individual was
Mr. Governor, Mr. Lieutenant-Governor Mr. Speak-
kept at the cost of utter impotence either to put
er, Members of the Legislative Body, Men and
down disorder at home or to repel aggression from
Women of Minnesota:
abroad.
I thank you for greeting me and for giving me
It has been given to us during the century and a
the chance to say a word or two in welcome and in
quarter of our national life so to handle ourselves
acknowledgment of your greeting.
as a people that we have escaped both dangers. We
RESEARCH
THE ALMANAC
OF AMERICAN
0
POLITICS
1990
The Senators, the Representatives
and the Governors:
Their Records and Election Results,
Their States and Districts
Michael Barone and Grant Ujifusa
National
Journal
Washington, D.C.
WEST VIRGINIA/WISCONSIN
1311
raging use of its competition (oil,
National Journal Ratings
ad rates, and against the coal slurry
1988 LIB - 1988 CONS
1987 LIB - 1987 CONS
e establishment of a Federal Coal
Economic
71%
-
23%
55%
-
43%
to increase the coal excise tax that
Social
54%
—
45%
65%
-
34%
nterior on bills to protect the scenic
Foreign
72%
-
28%
68%
I
30%
ent act for the New River (which is
Key Votes
on economic and foreign issues; on
1) Homeless $
FOR
5) Ban Drug Test
AGN
is record is mixed. Of Arab descent,
9) SDI Research
AGN
2) Gephardt Amdt
FOR
6) Drug Death Pen
AGN
10) Ban Chem Weaps
FOR
3) Deficit Reduc
FOR
7) Handgun Sales
FOR
11) Aid to Contras
AGN
cratic (58% for Michael Dukakis)
4) Kill Plnt Clsng Notice AGN
8) Ban D.C. Abort $
FOR
12) Nuclear Testing
FOR
as been hurt by incidents that made
asino for $60,000 in debts, a divorce
Election Results
38. His percentage of the vote fell to
1988 general
Nick Joe Rahall II (D)
78,812
(61%)
($152,271)
|-when with the most Democratic
Marianne R. Brewster (R)
49,753
(39%)
($32,039)
of the four Democratic incumbents.
1988 primary
Nick Joe Rahall (D)
56,996
(73%)
or 1992 is unclear. If legislators tried
William Sanders (D)
12,920
(16%)
nbent, he might have some trouble,
Ted T. Stacy (D)
8,503
(11%)
O elderly candidates) indicates some
1986 general
Nick Joe Rahall II (D)
58,217
(71%)
($68,970)
Martin Miller, Sr. (R)
23,490
(29%)
op. 1980: 487,526, up 11.4% 1970-80.
ied couples; 26.8% housing units rented;
ing age pop. (1980): 339,410; 6% Black,
WISCONSIN
80,531
(58%)
58,055
(42%)
Half a century ago, Wisconsin-the picture of ordinariness on a frost-bitten morning in its
rolling dairylands-was politically one of the most distinctive of states. With next-door
Minnesota, it was one of two states with a genuine three-party politics, a state that, in between
1949, Beckley; home, Beckley; Duke U.,
the four times it voted for Democrat Franklin Roosevelt, cast most of its votes in gubernatorial
divorced.
elections for Progressives and Republicans. Wisconsin owes this distinction to the German
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, 1971-74; Pres.,
heritage of most of its citizens and to the political genius-and peculiarities-of Robert
ravel Agency, 1975; Pres., WV Broadcast-
LaFollette and his sons.
North of Chicago, west of the Great Lakes, Wisconsin is the first state of the Northwest-that
515, 202-225-3452. Also 110½ Main St.,
vast stretch of the United States all the way to the Pacific settled more by immigrants from
-5000, 304-252-6507; 815 5th Ave., Hun-
Germany and Scandinavia, than by descendants of the Middle Atlantic and New England
5425, 304-529-1716; 1005 Fed. Bldg., Blue-
Yankees who populated the states just to the south. The German language is seldom heard any
2: and R.K. Bldg., Logan 25601, 304-752-
more, the once plainly German beer brands now seem quintessentially American, and not many
ties exist with the old country after two world wars. But in the 19th and early 20th centuries,
n and Labor (18th of 22 D). Subcommit-
Germans were among our most numerous immigrants and until the 1880s probably the most
dary, and Vocational Education. Interior
distinctive. They often kept their old language, maintained their separate religion, kept old
th of 26 D). Subcommittees: Mining and
customs from country weddings to drinking beer (a source of friction in temperance-minded
airman); National Parks and Public Lands.
nsportation (6th of 31 D). Subcommittees:
America); they established, on the vast empty prairies or in crowded neighborhoods of growing
cities, German communities.
Politically, they were never an entirely monolithic group; their origins were too diverse, and
they were spread too widely across the nation. But where they were concentrated, you can see
the growth of a distinctive politics, basically American, but with echoes of the ideas and
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movements also seen in German-speaking countries in Europe. Nowhere was the politics of
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German-Americans more apparent than in Wisconsin. This is one of the states that gave birth to
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the Republican Party in 1854, and German-Americans, then arriving in vast numbers, heavily
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preferred its free soil politics to the doughface stands of the Democrats. The German-Americans
abhorred slavery; they welcomed the free lands the Republicans were advocating in the
Homestead Act, the free educations they were promising by setting up land grant colleges, the
transportation routes they were constructing by subsidizing railroad builders.
Then came Robert LaFollette and his Progressive movement, which can be dated conve-
niently from his election as governor in 1900. Up to that time, a conventional Republican
politician, LaFollette completely revamped the state government before going to the Senate in
1906. At a time when Germany was Europe's leader in graduate education and the application
of science to government, LaFollette brought in professors from the University of Wisconsin,
across town in Madison, to develop the state's workmen's compensation system and income tax.
The Progressive movement favored the rational use of government to improve the lot of the
ordinary citizen-an idea borrowed, perhaps, from German liberals and adopted by the New
Dealers a generation later. LaFollette himself became a national figure, and tried to run for
President in 1912 as a Progressive, but was shoved aside by Theodore Roosevelt; in 1924 he
finally did run for President as a Progressive and won 18% of the nation's votes. Making the best
third-party showing of the last 65 years, he was strongest in the northern tier from Wisconsin to
Washington, along the West Coast, and in some hitherto Republican factory towns like
Cleveland.
After the elder La Follette's death in 1925, his sons maintained the traditions of Wisconsin's
progressivism. Robert LaFollette Jr. served in the Senate from 1925 to 1947, and was one of the
leaders of the liberal, pro-labor bloc. Philip LaFollette was elected governor of Wisconsin in
1930, 1934 and 1936, and in 1934 formed the separate Progressive party. His movement took on
ominous tones later in the decade, with a Cross in Circle symbol his critics called a circumcised
swastika, huge rally-like parades that were reminiscent of some in Europe at the time, and his
call for the governor to propose all legislation. Philip LaFollette's dream of forming a national
party was never achieved. At home, he was beaten badly in 1938 and did not run for office again.
Robert LaFollette Jr. was reelected to the Senate by only 45%-41% over a Republican in 1940;
the Progressives won the governorship once more in 1942, but won only 6% in statewide contests
in 1944 and voted to disband their party before the 1946 election. Senator LaFollette, who
decided to run for reelection as a Republican but didn't campaign much because he was busy
passing congressional reorganization in Washington, was defeated in the 1946 primary by one
Joseph McCarthy.
McCarthy's national prominence and other Republican victories made Wisconsin seem like a
Republican state in the 1950s; and McCarthy's charges that Communists were influencing
American foreign policy fed on the inarticulate convictions of many in Wisconsin and elsewhere
that we should have been fighting Russia as much as Germany in World War II. But actually,
McCarthy and other Republicans often won by narrow margins, and the energies of the old
Progressive movement, centered in Madison somewhere between the State Capitol and the
University of Wisconsin, were transferred largely to a Democratic Party led by the likes of
William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson.
But even with a two-party, liberal-conservative politics, Wisconsin remains distinctive, moving
counter to national political cycles. While the nation mostly voted Democratic from 1944 to
1964, Wisconsin was voting mostly Republican. When the nation voted mostly Republican for
President starting in 1968, Wisconsin has moved toward the Democrats, giving George
McGovern and Walter Mondale some of their best percentages, providing 11 crucial electoral
votes for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and coming close to voting for him in 1980 too, and voting for
Michael Dukakis in 1988. It has become one of the most dovish states, as if a large number of
Wisconsin voters were hit by the same impulse that has led so many voters in West Germany,
suddenly in the early 1980s, to start fearing the presence of nuclear weapons and favoring
unilateral disarmament. Yet during those same years, when most states were electing Demo-
WISCONSIN
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is of the Democrats. The German-Americans
S the Republicans were advocating in the
WISCONSIN - Congressional Districts, Counties, and Selected Places - (9 Districts)
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te government before going to the Senate in
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rofessors from the University of Wisconsin,
Note
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men's compensation system and income tax.
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rrow margins, and the energies of the de
where between the State Capitol and
0 a Democratic Party led by the likes
also cratic governors, Wisconsin was electing Republicans- in 1968, 1978 and 1986. That last year
saw the reelection of conservative Republican Senator Robert Kasten and the defeat of
tics. Wisconsin remains distinctive, movie
lengtime Democratic attorney general Bronson LaFollette.
n mostly voted Democratic from 1944
Environmental issues and cultural liberalism may work for Democrats in national contests,
en the nation voted mostly Republic
in Wisconsin the sense is that the state's high taxes are stifling economic growth. The
d toward the Democrats, giving
about teriness to forms of cultural liberation so apparent here in the past, seemed replaced by concern
percentages, providing 11 crucial elect
the consequences: Wisconsin passed a trailblazing law making parents, not the state,
voting for him in 1980,too, and
tible for supporting the illegitimate children of unmarried teenagers. Yet it's not clear
most dovish states, as if a large
Wisconsin has moved heavily to the right. The Democrats beefed up their margins in the
has led so many voters in West and Gm
stature lette and do well in congressional elections. If Wisconsin seems unlikely to extend the
resence of nuclear weapons
rs, when most states were elects
arge parts of it either.
version of the welfare state any further just now, it's not clear that it wants to do away
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WISCONSIN
Governor. From the small town of Elroy 80 miles south to Madison, Wisconsin's Governor
Tommy Thompson has been commuting most of his life, first as a student at the University of
Wisconsin, then after his election to the legislature just after finishing law school, and now as
governor. There he was part of the minority for nearly 20 years, the minority leader for most of
the 1980s, known as "Doctor No." In 1986, running against liberal Democratic Governor Tony
Earl, Thompson called for cutting taxes and cutting welfare, while Earl was being hurt by his
support of homosexual rights and a new prison in Milwaukee, by his opposition to the 21-year
drinking age, and by his off-the-cuff remark that he'd rather strike than take the 15% pay cut
offered to Oscar Mayer workers. In office, Thompson proved more practical-minded than
Democrats expected, compromising on taxes and a prison site. But he also made more than 290
line item vetoes, cut welfare and cut the income and inheritance taxes, while retaining special
treatment for capital gains. In 1989, he came out for property tax relief and also for more
spending on child care and the environment. The Democrats derided him as "Sky King" for his
travels through the state, but unemployment was low in 1988 and early 1989, and he remained
widely popular. The best known likely candidate against him in 1990 is Speaker Tom Loftus.
Senators. With the retirement of Senator William Proxmire, unexpected until he announced it
at the youthful age, for him, of 72. Wisconsin is now represented by two junior Senators of
wealthy backgrounds and little or no seniority. Proxmire, remembered for his pinchpenny
attitudes toward both defense and domestic spending, for his monthly "golden fleece" awards
for waste of federal money, for his four-mile jogs to the Capitol long before jogging was
fashionable, for his record number of consecutive roll calls answered and for his assiduous
nonstop campaigning in Wisconsin, has no successor, just as he never had a colleague precisely
in his own mode.
Wisconsin's senior Senator now is Bob Kasten. The only Republican elected to the Senate
from Wisconsin since 1956, he has run counter to the historic Progressive tradition here,
championing lower taxes in the state that had the first state income tax, full of doubt about the
efficacy of government in a state long proud of its expert government regulators. Kasten served
two terms in the House in the 1970s, when it was controlled by the Democrats 2 to 1; then in
1980, he upset Gaylord Nelson and entered a Senate where the Republicans suddenly had a
majority. There he translated into action his devotion to free-market principles and opposition to
what he considers government overregulation and overtaxation. He supported the Reagan tax
and budget cuts. He was the leading opponent of withholding from savings and brokerage
accounts and, though he lost to Bob Dole on the issue in the 1982 tax bill, he worked closely with
the banking lobby which generated a massive flood of outraged mail and persuaded an almost
unanimous Congress to backtrack in 1983. He was the co-sponsor in 1984 and 1985 of Kemp-
Kasten, the Republican alternative to the Bradley-Gephardt tax reform plan that played a role
in producing the historic tax reform of 1986. He introduced the leading measure to federalize
liability suits so as to reduce awards to plaintiffs and, presumably, insurance costs.
Over some time now, Kasten has shown the ability to stick to his guns under heavy pressure.
But he lost badly to Alan Simpson in the 1984 race for Republican whip. For Wisconsin, he
worked on local aid projects and fought to label pizzas made with casein "non-cheese" and to
protect dairy subsidies. He chaired the Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations,
supporting aid to Israel and Egypt and Administration policy in Central America.
In Wisconsin, he has had a splotchy electoral record. After being elected to the House in 1974
and 1976, he lost the gubernatorial primary in 1978; then he came back and won his Senate
In his first term, he got involved in a civil suit involving partnerships he had with a bankrupt real
estate speculator who went to jail; in 1985, he was arrested for drunk driving; in 1986, he was the
winner of one of the year's least edifying brawls. For that much blame must go to Democrst
Garvey, the onetime attorney for the National Football League players association who got them
involved in a long and not very successful strike: Garvey attacked Kasten for being remote in
WISCONSIN
1315
to Madison, Wisconsin's University Governor of
the public and for "drinking on the job" and hired a detective who posed as a reporter to snoop
into Kasten's financial affairs; Kasten ran ads opposing those tactics and attacking Garvey's
south a student at the and now as
stewardship of the football players' funds. The result was a narrow but decisive Kasten victory;
ife, irst as finishing law school, most of
Kasten lost Madison, Kenosha, Milwaukee County, but carried the broad Milwaukee metropoli-
ist after the minority leader for Tony
tan area, and won everywhere else for his second straight narrow victory.
20 years, liberal Democratic Governor by his
The result was also close in the race for Proxmire's seat. Both parties had primaries, with
gainst while Earl was being hurt the 21-year
results opposite to national trends: the most conservative candidate did not win the Republican
welfare, by his opposition to 15% pay cut
primary and the most liberal candidate did not win the Democratic nomination. Among the
Iwaukee, strike than take the
Republicans, state Senator Susan Engeleiter, labeled a moderate because of her pro-choice
1 rather proved more practical-minded than 290
views on abortion, beat former state party chairman Steve King 57%-40%. Among the
son But he also special
Democrats, the leading event was the entry of Milwaukee businessman and Milwaukee Bucks
ison site. taxes, while retaining for more
owner Herb Kohl into the race. Congressman Jim Moody, reasoning that Kohl's local celebrity
inheritance tax relief and also King" for his
and ability to spend huge sums on ads would preempt his Milwaukee base, got out of the race.
for property derided him as "Sky he remained
Garvey, though the 1986 nominee, was overshadowed and won only 10% of the vote. Former
mocrats 1988 and early 1989, and Tom Loftus.
Governor Tony Earl, still well-liked by Democrats and with a statewide network of supporters,
ainst unexpected until he Senators of it
in him in 1990 is Speaker announced
complained about Kohl's spending and attacked him for unfamiliarity with the issues. But
Kohl's theme of "nobody's Senator but yours" enabled him to beat Earl 47%-38%. A millionaire
Proxmire, pinchpenny
THE THE fleece" awards
grocery store scion, Kohl took no PAC contributions and contributed heavily to his own race. In
the general, Kohl stressed his support of defense cuts-popular in dovish Wisconsin-and for
was
requiring businesses to provide medical insurance; Engeleiter stressed her environmental stands,
ng, S for the Capitol long before jogging assiduous
her legislative experience, and her status as a wife and mother-a contrast with Kohl, a
to calls answered and for his precisely
bachelor. This turned out to be one of the closest Senate races in the country, with Kohl winning
Γ, roll just as he never had a colleague
52%-48%. Engeleiter also came to Washington as the head of Bush's Small Business Adminis-
tration. In the Senate, where Kohl has seats on the Judiciary and Governmental Affairs
Republican elected tradition to the Senate here,
Committees, he is not a prepossessing figure.
The only historic Progressive about the
Presidential politics. Wisconsin was once one of the most influential states in presidential
to the income tax, full of doubt served
contests. Its presidential primary knocked Wendell Willkie out of the race in 1944 and helped
rst state government regulators. Kasten to 1; then
John Kennedy establish his lead over Hubert Humphrey in 1960; Eugene McCarthy was all set
xpert by the Democrats 2
to win heavily here in 1968 when Lyndon Johnson withdrew on the Sunday night before the
controlled where the Republicans suddenly
election. More recently, Wisconsin was the scene of one of Morris Udall's agonizingly close
nate free-market principles and opposition Reagan
second place finishes to Jimmy Carter in 1976.
in overtaxation. to He supported the brokeray
In 1988, it was the first big contest after Jesse Jackson's surprise win in the Michigan
withholding from savings and closely
caucuses. Jackson made a point of campaigning for blue-collar workers' votes, and there was
of 1982 tax bill, he worked an almost with
much speculation that here would finally emerge the populist alliance of blacks and working
ue in outraged the mail and persuaded 1985 of
whites which some Democratic strategists and many members of the press have been
d of co-sponsor in 1984 and
S the tax reform plan that played to federation a
langing to see for years. But it did not materialize in Wisconsin any more than anywhere else.
Dukakis won the primary easily, and extinguished any doubts that he would be the Democratic
Gephardt ntroduced the leading measure costs.
sominee. The national Democrats, incidentally, have allowed Wisconsin to continue its open
and, to to his heavy
presumably, insurance
one of Bob LaFollette's reforms.
Wisconsin has often had close races in the general elections. In 1960 and 1968 it voted for
lity for Republican whip: For Vide
Ushard Nixon. Countercyclically, it has become more Democratic, voting for Jimmy Carter in
KIG and Michael Dukakis in 1988, and giving Ronald Reagan only modest margins in 1980 and
ace :cord. bizzas 78; ations ration then After partnerships policy Subcommittee he came being in Central back elected he had and America. to with won the 1984 8 House ban
ressional districting. Wisconsin's congressional district lines were drawn according to a
plan agreed to by Democrat David Obey and Republican James Sensenbrenner.
thing like that will probably happen after the 1990 Census. Population growth in the state
modest, but it's not likely to lose a seat, and the district lines need to be modified only
,Iving arrested for drunk driving; in
For League players association being
that much blame must go
otball Garvey attacked Kasten for
issues. He has been featured on the CBS News
A lifelong resident of Wisconsin, Kasten was
program, "60 Minutes," for his work on
born in Milwaukee on June 19, 1942. He received
international environmental issues. In 1972, as a
a B.A. degree in 1964 from the University of
Wisconsin State Senator, he earned the Wisconsin
Arizona and in 1966 earned a master's degree in
"Conservation Legislator of the Year" award by the
finance from the Columbia University Graduate
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation. The Federation
School of Business. Kasten was married on January
also named Kasten "Conservationist of the Year" in
4,1986, to Eva Jean Nimmons of Wapakoneta,
1985. He was named "Legislator of the Year" in
Ohio. They have a daughter, Nora Anita.
1989 by the Great Lakes Region of the National
Recreation and Parks Association.
Kasten served in the Wisconsin Air
National Guard from 1966-72, completing Air
Kasten was awarded the 1990 "Friend of the
Force Basic Training in 1966 and an Air Force
Earth" award for his decade-long record of
Officer Training program in 1967. He served with
outstanding legislative accomplishments on global
the Air Guard's 128th Refueling Group until his
environmental issues.
honorable discharge in 1972 with the rank of 1st
Lieutenant.
Bob Kasten was first elected to the
The Council for Citizens Against Government
United States Senate as a Republican from
Waste awarded Kasten a perfect 100 percent rating
Kasten is a Director of the Wisconsin Society for
JUN 6 '91 13:38 FROM SENATOR KASTEN
Wisconsin on November 4, 1980. He was re-
for his votes to cut wasteful spending.
the Prevention of Blindness, Past Regional Director
elected to a second term on November 4, 1986.
of the Milwaukee Coalition for Clean Water, and
He has received the National Federation of
Past Director of the Mequon-Thiensville Jaycees.
A former small businessman, Kasten
Independent Business' "Guardian of Small
serves as ranking member of the Senate Small
Business" award and the "Watchdog of the
Kasten is an honorary member of the
Business Committee. He also serves on the
Treasury" award in every session of Congress in
Wisconsin Association for the Deaf and a member
following key committees: Budget,
which he has served.
of the Senatorial Working Group on Disability
Appropriations and Commerce Committees.
Policy.
Kasten is also ranking member of both the
In 1988, Kasten helped lead the Republican
Appropriations Committee's Foreign Operations
Party's national platform effort as co-chairman of
Subcommittee and the Commerce Committee's
the Platform Committee. He served as chairman of
Surface Transportation Subcommittee.
the Economic Progress Subcommittee of the
Platform Committee at the 1984 GOP National
In November of 1990, Kasten was elected
Convention.
to the leadership position of GOP Conference
Secretary, one of six top GOP positions in the
President Reagan appointed Senator Kasten to
Senate.
serve as a voting delegate to the 1982 United
Nations General Assembly. In 1989, he received
Kasten has been recognized as an
the Peace Corps' "Leader for Peace" award.
effective and skillful legislative tactician. In
1986, a poll of U.S. Senators, Administration
Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Kasten
officials, key Capitol Hill aides and lobbyists
served two terms in the House of Representatives
published in the National Journal named Kasten
(1974-78), representing Wisconsin's 9th
one of two "Best Legislators" among the Senate
Congressional District. He was elected a
900 PAGE
Republican class of 1980.
Wisconsin State Senator in 1972.
Kasten is the recipient of numerous
Kasten was Vice President and Director of the
awards and recognitions, especially for his
Gilbert Shoe Manufacturing Company of
work on environmental and conservation
Thiensville prior to his election to Congress.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
CYCLOPEDIA
EDITED BY
ALBERT BUSHNELL HART
Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
AND
HERBERT RONALD FERLEGER
Roosevelt Memorial Association
FOREWORD BY
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
ROOSEVELT HOUSE
NEW YORK CITY
KNIGHT CASE
LA FOLLETTE
an order; but I wonder if you remember the
the nation's statesmen and soldiers, patriots and
conversation between Glendower and Hotspur,
commonwealth-builders, no distinction is known
when Glendower says, 'I can call spirits from
of creed or of race origin, nor even of birth-
the vasty deep,' and Hotspur answers, 'So can
place. (At Boston, Mass., November 1893.)
I, and so can any man; but will they come?'
Mem. Ed. XV, 34-35; Nat. Ed. XIII, 276.
I think he did not entirely understand the quo-
tation, and he reiterated that he would have
KNOWLEDGE-THIRST FOR. On this
ordered it to be a sea-level canal and would
trip-here while visiting this castle [Count
have listened to no protests from engineers.
Wiltczek's, near Vienna], just as at Cairo—
(To David Gray, October 5, 1911.) Saturday
I was helped for the first time in my life by
Evening Post, December 26, 1931, P. 5.
the fact that I had always gratified my thirst
for useless information. I have never demanded
KNIGHT CASE. The effect of this decision
of knowledge anything except that it shall be
was not merely the absolute nullification of the
useless. Now this means that while I know
antitrust law, so far as industrial corporations
nothing that the average scholar does not know,
were concerned, but was also in effect a declara-
yet that I know a good deal as to which the
tion that, under the Constitution, the National
average politician or man of affairs is abys-
Government could pass no law really effective
mally ignorant; and as naturally my life has
for the destruction or control of such combina-
been chiefly led among politicians and men of
tions.
affairs, when it was not led among frontiers-
This decision left the National Government,
men, there are a great many things I have stud-
that is, the people of the nation, practically
ied about which I have rarely or never had a
helpless to deal with the large combinations of
chance to speak.
Until I went abroad this
modern business. The courts in other cases as-
time I doubt if I had ever derived the slightest
serted the power of the Federal Government to
benefit, however small, from such things as a
enforce the antitrust law so far as transportation
knowledge of Moslem travels in the thirteenth
rates by railways engaged in interstate com-
century, or Magyar history, or the Mongol con-
merce were concerned. But so long as the trusts
quests, or the growth of the races of Middle
were free to control the production of com-
Europe and the deeds of their great men. Or
modities without interference from the general
this occasion, however, my knowledge of these
government, they were well content to let the
things really added to my pleasure, and brough
transportation of commodities take care of it-
me into touch with people. For instance, Wil
self-especially as the law against rebates was
tczek hugely enjoyed finding that, besides
at that time a dead letter; and the court by its
general interest in sport and in mediæval way
decision in the Knight case had interdicted any
and customs, I had taken it for granted tha
interference by the President or by Congress
his family, if not Czeck, was of Polish origir
with the production of commodities. It was on
and descended from the Piasts and from Bole
the authority of this case that practically all the
slav the Glorious; that when he showed me
big trusts in the United States
were formed.
portrait of Batory, I was familiar with th
(1913.) Mem. Ed. XXII, 486-487; Nat. Ed.
Hungarian king of Poland and his wars again
XX, 418-419.
Ivan the Terrible; that I knew the details (
Rudolph's fight with Ottocar of Bohemia; and
KNIGHT CASE. See also INTERSTATE CoM-
on and so on. (To Sir George Otto Trevelya
MERCE; NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE.
October I, 1911.) Mem. Ed. XXIV, 251
Bishop II, 219.
KNOW NOTHING MOVEMENT. The
Know-nothing Movement in every form is en-
KNOWLEDGE. See also EDUCATION; E
tirely repugnant to true Americanism and this
PLORATION; SCHOLARSHIP; UNIVERSITY.
is, perhaps, especially the case when it is di-
KNOX, PHILANDER C. See NORTHEI
rected not merely against American citizens of
SECURITIES CASE.
foreign origin, but also against even native-
born Americans of a different creed. We
Americans give to men of all races equal and
L
exact justice. That has been our boast as a
nation ever since the day when the Puritan of
LA FOLLETTE, ROBERT M. Thanks to
Massachusetts and the Catholic of Maryland
movement for genuinely democratic popu
sat in the same hall and signed the same
government which Senator La Follette led
Declaration of Independence. On the roll of
overwhelming victory in Wisconsin, that st
honor where we have engraved the names of
has become literally a laboratory for wise exp
[288]
LA FOLLETTE
LABOR
LABOR
Idiers, patriots and
mental legislation aiming to secure the social
an engine or erecting a building or handling
istinction is known
and political betterment of the people as a
deep-sea fishing-craft shows the necessary moral,
nor even of birth.
whole. Nothing is easier than to demand, on
intellectual, and physical qualities demanded by
November 1893.)
the stump, or in essays and editorials, the
his task ought to be instantly accepted as stand-
Ed. XIII, 276.
abolition of injustice and the securing to each
ing upon as high a plane of citizenship as any
man of his rights. But actually to accomplish
human being in the community. But he can
FOR. On this
practical and effective work along the line of
never stand on such a plane unless he regards
his castle [Count
such utterances is so hard that the average pub-
his work with such devotion that he is not con-
ust as at Cairo—
lic man, and average public writer, have not
tent to do less than his very best. He ought
ime in my life by
even attempted it; and unfortunately too many
to join with his fellows in a union, or in some
gratified my thirst
of the men in public life who have seemed to
similar association, for mutual help and better-
re never demanded
attempt it have contented themselves with en-
ment, and in that association he should strive to
pt that it shall be
acting legislation which, just because it made
raise higher his less competent brothers; but he
at while I know
believe to do so much, in reality accomplished
should positively decline to allow himself to be
lar does not know,
very little.
dragged down to their level, and if he does thus
1 as to which the
But in Wisconsin there has been a successful
permit himself to be dragged down, the penalty
of affairs is abys-
effort to redeem the promises by performances,
is the loss of individual, of class, and finally of
urally my life has
and to reduce theories into practice.
national efficiency. (Outlook, February 4, 1911.)
icians and men of
The Wisconsin reformers have accomplished
Mem. Ed. XIX, 102; Nat. Ed. XVII, 67.
I among frontiers-
the extraordinary results for which the whole
things I have stud-
nation owes them so much, primarily because
LABOR. See also CHILD LABOR; CONVICT
:ly or never had a
they have not confined themselves to dreaming
LABOR; DOMESTIC SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT;
[ went abroad this
dreams and then to talking about them. They
IMMIGRATION; LEISURE; UNEMPLOYMENT;
erived the slightest
have had power to see the vision, of course; if
WORK.
1 such things as a
they did not have in them the possibility of see-
S in the thirteenth
ing visions, they could accomplish nothing; but
LABOR-DUTY TOWARD. The first charge
I the Mongol con-
they have tried to make their ideals realizable,
on the industrial statesmanship of the day is to
e races of Middle
and then they have tried, with an extraordinary
prevent human waste. The dead weight of
eir great men. On
measure of success, actually to realize them. As
orphanage and depleted craftsmanship, of crip-
nowledge of these
soon as they decided that a certain object was
pled workers and workers suffering from trade
asure, and brought
desirable they at once set to work practically to
diseases, of casual labor, of insecure old age,
For instance, Wil-
study how to develop the constructive machinery
and of household depletion due to industrial
ig that, besides a
through which it could be achieved. Introduc-
conditions are, like our depleted soils, our
in mediæval ways
tion to The Wisconsin Idea by Charles Mc-
gashed mountainsides and flooded river-bot-
t for granted that
Carthy. (Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1912), PP.
toms, so many strains upon the national struc-
S of Polish origin,
vii-viii.
ture, draining the reserve strength of all indus-
sts and from Bole-
tries and showing beyond all peradventure the
1 he showed me a
LABOR. It has never been any effort on my
public element and public concern in industrial
familiar with that
part to respect the first-class railway man or
health.
id his wars against
blacksmith or carpenter or cow-hand as much as
new the details of
I respect a competent banker or lawyer; indeed,
Ultimately we desire to use the government
of Bohemia; and so
I have always felt a certain impatience with any
to aid, as far as can safely be done, in helping
ge Otto Trevelyan,
one who does not admire physical address and
the industrial tool-users to become in part tool-
Ed. XXIV, 256;
daring; and there are many men who work with
owners, just as our farmers now are. Ultimately
their hands among those whose judgment I de-
the government may have to join more efficiently
sire on any question relating to the essential
than at present in strengthening the hands of
EDUCATION; Ex-
needs, social, political, and industrial, of our
the working men who already stand at a high
UNIVERSITY.
civilization. I do not mean that a man should
level, industrially and socially, and who are able
See NORTHERN
limit himself simply to doing physical work,
by joint action to serve themselves. But the most
or adopt the principles of the well-meaning but
pressing and immediate need is to deal with the
unbalanced enthusiasts who would require every
cases of those who are on the level, and who are
man always to do manual work in addition to
not only in need themselves, but because of their
his other labor. Such conduct is not idealism
need tend to jeopardize the welfare of those
but folly. I do mean, however, that, in my
who are better off. (Before Progressive National
M. Thanks to the
judgment, it is best, where possible, to combine
Convention, Chicago, August 6, 1912.) Mem.
emocratic popular
physical and mental efficiency, and that the high-
Ed. XIX, 372, Nat. Ed. XVII, 266.
La Follette led to
est type of citizen is most apt to be a man who
isconsin, that state
can thus combine them; and I mean, further-
LABOR-DUTY TOWARD. See also SQUARE
)ry for wise experi-
more, that the high type of man who in driving
DEAL; WORKERS.
289 ]
Week Ending Friday, November 2, 1990
Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for
lifetime catching fish with names like skate,
Senatorial Candidate Pat Saiki in
perch, pike, bass, and trout-somebody told
Honolulu, Hawaii
me that Hawaii's State fish is the humuhu-
October 26, 1990
munukunukuapua'a. If I can't say it, I'll
never catch it, so anyway-[laughter]
Well, thank you all, really, for that warm
No, but Hawaii is a wonderfully welcom-
welcome back. Frank, thank you. Keep up
ing place. And you feel it in the warm
the good work as campaign chairman. You
wind, and you see it in the eyes of the
know, you can get a feeling of these cam-
young and the old. Sense it even in your
paigns, and I love the feel of this Saiki cam-
State Capitol-not some dark, exclusive
paign for the Senate. I feel we've got a
dome but a roof under the sky to the Sun
winner out there. And I was privileged to
and the stars, as if to make room for higher
be met at the airport by Senator Hiram
aspirations. And Hawaii has taught the
Fong, an old friend of my family's and a
world that men and women from Asia,
friend of Barbara's and mine. Mayor Fasi
Africa, and the Americas, and Europe can
greeted us and Fred Hemmings, our able
tie their destinies together in a common
candidate for Governor. I sure hope he'll
cause. And so, we're here to support some-
get in there. We need a little change in that
one who brings that lesson to life every
place.
single day for all people, of any party or
And then we've got two great candidates
persuasion, who want a brighter future for
for Congress: Mike Liu, we want you to
Hawaii; a great teacher; a great lady; a
win. Andy Poepoe, we want you to win. So
great leader who cares about this State and
good luck, First and Second Congressional
its people and knows how to serve them
Districts. And to David Kahanu, our Bush-
well in Washington. And of course, I'm talk-
Quayle chairman, my gratitude. To our
ing about our dear friend Pat Saiki, the next
State chairman, Andy Anderson, my re-
Senator from Hawaii.
spects and thanks for what you're doing to
hold this party and build it. To Governor
She's been one who's been beating the
Peter Coleman, who's here from American
odds. And back when the experts said she
Samoa-somewhere, my greetings to you. I
had no chance, she won her House seat
haven't seen Peter, but an old friend. And
with 60 percent. And next month, with
of course, flying out with me, the Repre-
your help, she's going to defy the odds
sentative of Guam, an old friend of mine, a
again as the first Asian American woman in
former general officer in the Means, Con-
the United States Senate. And it's about
gressman Ben Blaz. I know he's here, but I
time. She can reach out to independents, to
don't know where he is. But anyway, we
Democrats. And over her two terms in Con-
want to welcome him-Congressman from
gress, I watched her in action, admired her
Guam. And of course, one from amongst
bipartisan approach to her work, seen her
you is now head of OPIC [Overseas
build consensus across the aisle, getting Re-
Private Investment Corporation]-Ambassa-
publicans and Democrats to pull together.
dor Fred Zeder is also here. [Applause]
And she's smart, and she's effective, and she
Thank you all. I see Zeder has got two
moves government forward. And she knows
that leaders are sent to Washington not to
friends here. Well-[laughter]-thank you
all for that warm welcome. I wasn't kidding
quarrel but to lead. And I know that Amer-
when I told Pat, because it is nice to get
ica needs that spirit of aloha in the United
States Senate.
away from Washington to warmer climes
and to cooler heads. [Laughter] I was
You know, Pat Saiki adds an important
hoping to do a little fishing here, but after a
voice to this great State's presence in Wash-
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ington. She was part of a broad coalition
And she sees Hawaii as I do, a future
concerned about Japanese Americans in-
focal point for international trade and new
terned during World War II. And it was Pat
technology. For example, she and I know
who helped convince President Reagan to
how important it is to achieve success at
sign legislation reaffirming us as a nation of
these GATT [General Agreement on Tar-
integrity and fairness. And just this month, I
riffs and Trade] talks-the final part of the
was proud to personally communicate the
Uruguay round. These negotiations, if we're
Nation's regret to the noble survivors of
successful-and I was on the phone to some
those camps.
of the foreign leaders, the leaders of
Pat's commitment to justice is just one
Europe, today on this very subject-if these
way that she has helped make America
negotiations are successful, they will open
ever stronger and ever more proud. You
up new markets for Hawaii's agricultural
know, long before it became a national
products. And I am absolutely convinced
code, Pat has been a leader in the Congress
that the United States can compete with
to safeguard Hawaii's precious environ-
anyone, anywhere, as long as the playing
ment: protecting marine life from drift net-
field is level and the competition is free and
ting, expanding wildlife refuges, and work-
fair. And that's what Pat and I are fighting
ing to establish oilspill strike teams to pro-
for.
tect Hawaii's waters. And very soon I hope
Further, she knows how to harness the
to have on my desk in Washington a clean
power of Hawaiian business by unleashing
air act that I can sign-the one my adminis-
the power of the people themselves. We'll
tration proposed way back last year to the
have a brighter future with Pat in the
United States Congress. And if I do get such
Senate. You know, Pat knows the future
a bill, I know that part of the reason will be
will always be just out of reach if we follow
the steadfast support Pat Saiki has given to
the failed tradition of taxing and spending,
our environmental initiatives. She's been a
spending and taxing. And that's why she's
champion, a clear-thinking champion for
got the best spending record of anyone in
the environment. And that bodes well for
the Hawaiian delegation. In fact, her efforts
all of you when she becomes the next Sena-
against waste in government made her a
tor from this great State.
two-time winner of the Golden Bulldog
You know, I remember the visit I had
Award. You can just picture it. You've got
when Pat came to see me, urging that the
to be careful when I'm talking about these
bombing of Kaho'olawe should be halted.
dogs because Barbara was out here recently
And just this week I directed the Secretary
and you may recall that our dog, Millie, is
of Defense to discontinue the island's use as
now a famous author. [Laughter] And if she
a weapons range, effective immediately.
hears Pat wins the Golden Bulldog Award
And if that is good, give some credit to Pat
our springer spaniel may be jealous. Ever
Saiki. She's an effective, compassionate
since her book hit the bestseller list, she's
leader-sound judgment-whose voice gets
been a lot-full of herself. Give her some
heard, who makes things happen.
Alpo and she asks for a wine list around the
You know, when she did come to see me
White House these days. [Laughter]
in the Oval Office last spring, she stressed
I'm sure you've been watching the news
the importance of these environmental
about these budget negotiations with Con-
issues and also talked about trade with our
gress. Put it this way: I hope you haven't
Pacific Rim neighbors. And she's got a
been watching the news about the budget
vision of Hawaii as more than a gateway to
negotiations with Congress. [Laughter] If
the Pacific Rim. She's excited about the
you think it hasn't been pretty from 5,000
meeting I'm having tomorrow with these
miles away, you ought to try it close up.
leaders from the Islands. And I think it's a
[Laughter] No, it hasn't been pretty. But I
good time, and I think it's about time, that
think we are getting closer to an agree-
an American President sat down with the
ment-an agreement that is long, long
heads of these countries out there and tell
overdue. Because every time I see a little
them that we are as one in our respect for
guy like this one in the front row-and for
and love of the Pacific.
you in the back, he's about this big-I say to
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myself, we must stop mortgaging the future
Saiki. I know she can reach out and get
of these young kids by deficit after deficit
voters from both sides of the aisles. I know
after deficit. And the Congress better get
she can make good things happen for the
going and get something done about it.
people of her State. So, I need her as part
You know, it's different-I've discovered
of our team.
a few things. One is, it's different being
But as Senator Vandenberg said many
President. There's a weighty observation.
years ago, partisanship stops at the water's
[Laughter] And Harry Truman was right-
edge. I must tell you, in that spirit of bipar-
the buck does stop at my desk. Because as
tisanship, that I am truly grateful for the
President, I do have to put the national
bipartisan support not only from the Con-
interest first before the parochial interest.
gress but also from the American people for
And so, I am determined to do my level
our efforts to stand up firm against Saddam
best, in a spirit of compromise and in a
Hussein's aggression and brutality in the
spirit of outreach, to get an agreement that
Persian Gulf. The Democratic leaders in the
puts a stop to this congressional spending
House and the Republican leaders in the
binge. Unless you haven't noticed it, I want
House, and the Democratic leaders in the
a 5-year, $500-billion deficit reduction pro-
Senate and the Republican leaders in the
gram that is enforceable-a bill that cannot
Senate came together in a resolution sup-
be overridden the very next year and that
porting the efforts that I have taken, the
will really guarantee these young kids that
moves that I have made as President of the
they will not have their future mortgaged
United States. And I think that sends a
by the big-spending Congress of the United
good, clear symbol of unity to that invading
States. And I say this not in a spirit of parti-
dictator halfway around the world.
sanship, but if we had more people like Pat
on our side of the aisle and we had more
On Sunday, I'm going to be putting parti-
like her elected to the Senate, I can guaran-
sanship aside and head out for Hickam Air
Force Base to tell Hawaii's service men and
tee you we wouldn't be back year after year
in a deficit mode. She is a fiscal conserva-
women how much they mean to America
tive, and we need her in the United States
and to the cause of peace in the whole
world. Our thoughts and prayers are with
Senate.
Some talk about the blending of princi-
them and their family every day. And I
ples between the Democrat and the Repub-
know that Pat and all of you here join me
lican Party nationally. But principles like-I
in saluting the finest young men and
think they're clear-principles like the en-
women that have ever served in the uni-
during commitment to freedom and justice
form of the United States of America.
and individual empowerment-I think of
President Eisenhower worried about
that as a principle that unites us. The con-
global conflict in 1959. And he said:
stant determination to place our faith in
"Hawaii cries insistently to a divided world
limited Federal Government-one that's
that all our differences of race and origin
got compassion and one that's got con-
are less than the grand and indestructible
science, though. And this party and our
unity of our common brotherhood. The
leadership in Washington continues to fight
world should take time to listen to Hawaii."
the failed policies of the past. Look back.
Well, today Washington does listen to
Our 1988 platform called for limiting the
Hawaii and to Pat Saiki. And it's been a
terms on the Members of Congress. And as
close race for her. But we're beginning to
you look at the momentum growing across
see the daylight. And that means bright
the country, I am convinced that it's an
days for this State are ahead. So this No-
idea whose time has come.
vember, do absolutely all you can to get out
We are the party that empowers people,
the vote, from Hilo on the big island to
not an entrenched bureaucracy of 20,000
Maui to Kaneohe-where I flew out of
congressional staffers on Capitol Hill. And
there during World War II for a little bit-
we are determined to put the national in-
to the bustling streets of Honolulu right
terest ahead of the special interest. So I'm
here on Oahu. Get the people to the polls,
here at this event on a purely partisan mis-
and send Pat Saiki to the United States
sion-because I believe so strongly in Pat
Senate. We need her. She is outstanding.
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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater
International Organizations Immunities Act.
on the President's Meeting With
This designation is not intended to abridge
Secretary of State Agostino Cardinal
in any respect the privileges, exemptions,
Casaroli of Vatican City
or immunities that such organization has ac-
October 31, 1990
quired by international agreement or by
Act of Congress.
The President met with the Vatican Sec-
Sec. 2. This order shall be effective imme-
retary of State Agostino Cardinal Casaroli
diately.
for approximately 40 minutes in the Oval
George Bush
Office this morning.
Cardinal Casaroli came to the United
The White House,
States to receive the Prisoner of Conscience
October 31, 1990.
Award from the Appeal of Conscience
Foundation in New York. Following his
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
meeting with the President, the Cardinal
ter, 11:12 a.m., November 1, 1990]
went on to have a private meeting with the
Vice President. Later this afternoon he will
be having lunch with [United Nations] Sec-
retary-General Perez de Cuellar in New
York.
Remarks at a Republican Party
During the Oval Office meeting, the
Fundraising Breakfast in Burlington,
President and the Cardinal discussed the
Massachusetts
situation in the Gulf. The President ex-
November 1, 1990
pressed appreciation for the Vatican's sup-
port for U.N. sanctions against Iraq and reit-
Thank you all so much for that warm
erated our position that nothing short of
welcome. My only hope is that when I had
complete implementation of the U.N. Secu-
to stand you up a few weeks ago that you
rity Council's resolutions is acceptable. Both
paid again to get in here-[laughter]--be-
leaders expressed the hope that a peaceful
cause it is absolutely essential that Bill Weld
resolution to the current crisis could be
be elected the next Governor of this State.
found.
It's great to be back here, not far from
where I was born. Great to be back here,
very, very close to where my beloved sister
votes-Nan Ellis. Glad to see her again. And
great to be near Concord.
Executive Order 12732-International
When John MacGovern is elected to rep-
Fund for Agricultural Development
resent the Fifth District, it's going to be the
October 31, 1990
second "shot that was heard round the
world." John supported me way back in '78,
By the authority vested in me as Presi-
and we were reminiscing about that as we
dent by the Constitution and laws of the
flew up on Air Force One today. And I do
United States of America, including section
believe he'll be an important new voice for
1 of the International Organizations Immu-
Massachusetts, the kind of voice for change
nities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to
that Bill so articulately called for.
facilitate participation in the International
I see many friends here today, people
Fund for Agricultural Development, it is
that helped me a lot: Dave Locke and, of
hereby ordered as follows:
course, Ray Shamie and Steve Pierce, who's
Section 1. The International Fund for Ag-
in there fighting for our ticket, Andy Card,
ricultural Development, which was estab-
who's doing such a great job in the White
lished by an agreement to which the United
House now, Ron Kaufman, your national
States is a party and which entered into
committeeman. I'm delighted to be with all
force on November 30, 1977, is hereby des-
of them. And Gussy Hornblower, I'm glad
ignated as a public international organiza-
to see you, our national committeewoman.
tion entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemp-
The first thing I want to do is give my
tions, and immunities conferred by the
congratulations to the terrific team that is
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going to bring change and a clean house to
cratic majority that controls the Congress.
Massachusetts on Tuesday. It's headed by a
There were clear differences between the
man of total integrity and vision. He wants
two parties in our approach to solving this
a State without corruption. Bill Weld will
spiraling deficit problem facing our country.
turn Massachusetts into a place where
They simply wanted to raise taxes, includ-
strength means strength of character, not
ing income tax rates. I wanted to reduce
strength of old-boy connections. Another
the deficit with spending cuts in accord
leader for the nineties is my friend of long-
with the budget that I sent up to Congress
standing. We go back a long, long time in
and couldn't get passed. What we got then
the political wars. I'm talking about Paul
was a compromise, and like all compro-
Cellucci. I am grateful for his loyalty, his
mises, there was some good with the bad.
dedication, and his ability. And along with
We got about $500 billion-I think the
Bill and Paul, we've got Joe Malone, candi-
figure is $492 billion-in real deficit- reduc-
date for State treasurer. He knows what's
tion over a 5-year period, close to half a
needed to pull the economy out of tough
trillion dollars. We got $350 billion in
times, though I myself had an idea for a
spending cuts out of that-the largest cut in
creative solution to your budget mess: Just
history. We got incentives to try to stimu-
start paying the judges by the hour.
[Laughter] And of course, Paul McCarthy
late economic growth. And we put Con-
for secretary of state and Doug Murray for
gress on the pay-as-you-go plan. The en-
auditor, Bill Sawyer for the AG. It's a won-
forcement-one of the key things about this
derful team-clean, strong, able.
that is good-the enforcement provisions of
A few years ago, a Democrat teenager
this budget agreement: They are real, they
had a summer job working here for the
are strong, and no longer can these Wash-
city. When he tried to give back the leftov-
ington programs that are inflicted on the
er project money, he was told, No, spend it
States be funded with red ink. And if they
all, or else we won't get any added on next
try to raise spending one dime, they've got
year. It was at that moment that our next
to cut other excess spending or find the
Senator, Jim Rappaport, decided he'd have
money for it right there and then. The en-
nothing more to do with the tax-and-spend
forcement provisions are good, and I'm
politics of the State Democrats. He became
going to see they stay that way.
a Republican. We're glad he did. And be-
Finally, we did hold the line against reck-
lieve me, you look at that Senate, and you
less cuts of our Armed Forces. I'm deter-
can understand why I need him in Wash-
mined to ensure that this nation's defense
ington, DC. Good luck, Jim.
remains strong. We owe that much to our
You heard Bill mention this. There is no
men and women in the Persian Gulf.
higher domestic priority for the Republican
But getting our fiscal policy on track is
agenda than America's economy. The econ-
just part of what we've accomplished, as
omy-we've got to get it going, because the
what Bill and Paul and Jim called the party
economy is the job-creating engine that
of change. Well over a year ago, I chal-
every family of this country counts on.
lenged the Congress and people to work
If events that he talked about in Eastern
with me to break the stalemate that has
Europe and around the world have remind-
hindered our progress on clean air for the
ed us of anything, it's that free markets and
past decade. We put our best minds to work
enterprise are good for people. And Amer-
on both sides of the aisle, both ends of
ica still does it better than anybody else.
Pennsylvania Avenue, to turn technology
Still, in recent months, we've seen some
and the power of the marketplace to the
uncertainty and concern about slower eco-
advantage of the environment; to create; to
nomic growth in this country. That's one
innovate; to tip the scales in favor of recov-
reason for me getting a budget agreement
ery, restoration, and renewal.
was critical and why I was willing to go the
A year ago, I said, "Every American ex-
extra mile to get it.
pects and deserves to breathe clean air.
The negotiations, as we all know, were
And as President, it is my mission to guar-
difficult, and they were tough, but we final-
antee it for this generation and for genera-
ly reached an agreement with the Demo-
tions to come." Today, thanks to the inno-
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vation and cooperation of industry, govern-
Republicans want to build a better Amer-
ment, environmental experts, I can say that
ica, and it's not just Washington. To do it,
I now have a clean air bill that I can sign.
we need more Republicans. We need a
And the legislation will remove 10 million
Governor like Bill Weld in the statehouse.
tons of emissions that cause acid rain from
And of course, we need more Members of
the air. It will bring the Nation's 100 most
the United States Senate that think as we
smog-laden cities safe, healthy air. And it
do on matters of crime and the environ-
encourages the use of alternative fuels that
ment. And again, I repeat my plea for Jim
are safer for our environment and make us
Rappaport. He'll be outstanding.
far less dependent on foreign oil. This bill is
Now, I know there's an awful lot of inter-
good for us; it's good for our kids; and it's
est in what's happening halfway around the
good for Canada, our neighbor to the north,
world. And I also know that we're standing
and Mexico, our neighbor to the south. And
here at an event that is strong on partisan
it sends a signal of commitment and leader-
politics. It's the way the American system
ship to the rest of the world.
ought to be; it's the way it is. And as I was
The fulfillment of this commitment has
flying in over-making our approach,
broken a 13-year legislative logjam; but
coming into the field out here at Hanscom,
most important, it's going to make every
I couldn't help but be struck by not only
man, woman, and child breathe a little
the beauty of New England but by the im-
easier. Because Republicans care about
portance of what we're all engaged in: par-
change, and we've got a clean air bill.
ticipation in the American political process.
We've got it because we were the ones that
I'm not a cynic. I believe in it. I look at
wanted to effect change. And I think that is
these candidates; and I think we are fortu-
something to celebrate.
nate to have such outstanding, dedicated,
But of course, there's still work to be
qualified individuals running for statewide
done on our national agenda that coincides
office and congressional office in this
very closely to Jim Rappaport's agenda and
State-feel strongly about it.
Bill Weld, Paul Cellucci's agenda. See, I
So, I have no apologies, only pride in
think that our country is fed up with crime.
being at a partisan political event. But for
And the Republicans know handcuffs
the minute now, I want to ask you to just
belong not on the cops and the courts, they
set partisan politics aside, because I know
belong on the criminals.
that everyone in this country is vitally inter-
Shortly after taking office, I stood before
ested in the situation in the Middle East. So,
the Capitol, and I called on Congress to
let me just, in a few minutes, bring you up
pass new, tough laws to help America take
to date. You see, I believe that Senator
back the streets. Instead, in the final hours
Arthur Vandenberg was right when he said:
of the Congress, as we were moving toward
"Politics ends at the water's edge." We got
tougher crime legislation, Democratic liber-
away from that in the turmoil of Vietnam
als choked and completely gutted our pack-
and, to some degree, even in Korea, but
age to fight back against violent crime.
mainly out of the Vietnam experience. And
Republicans fought for the habeas corpus
I should say right here before commenting
reforms, aimed at stopping convicted crimi-
that I am grateful to the leaders and other
nals from endlessly abusing the appeals
Members of Congress, Democrat and Re-
process. Republicans fought for reforms of
publican, for their strong bipartisan sup-
the exclusionary rule, a judge-made law
port.
that lets the guilty go free. And Republicans
On August 2d, Iraq invaded Kuwait. They
fought for a real Federal death penalty for
literally raped, pillaged, and plundered this
drug kingpins and terrorists. And the liberal
once-peaceful land, this nation that is a
Democrats blocked these provisions,
member of the Arab League, a member of
blocked the will of the American people.
the United Nations. Iraq began then to bru-
We need to be tough on crimes and crimi-
tally and systematically dismantle Kuwait.
nals. We want change. Give me more Re-
There is an historical analogy here between
publicans, and we'll get the kind of change
what's happened to Kuwait and what hap-
that the Nation deserves.
pened to Poland when the world stood still,
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sat on the sidelines, including our country.
in speaking with one voice against the in-
They began to systematically dismantle it
vader's aggression. We are giving the sanc-
by shipping its medical equipment, its ma-
tions the time to work: And I hope that
chines, its records, its assets back to Bagh-
there will never be a shot fired in anger.
dad-brutal, systematic dismantling.
But let me be very, very clear: There will
They've tried to silence Kuwaiti dissent
be no compromise on the stated objectives
and courage with an old way of doing
of the United Nations Security Council reso-
that-I'm talking about the firing squads. In
lutions, none at all.
one incident, a 15-year-old boy gunned
The brutality against innocent civilians
down, his family forced to watch. His crime:
will not be tolerated and will not stand.
passing out leaflets.
Saddam's clear violations of international
The United States and the rest of the
law will not stand. And that means, yes, his
world, united in anger and outrage, deter-
brutal aggression will not stand. No one
mined to force Saddam Hussein [President
wants a peaceful end to this crisis more
of Iraq] out of Kuwait. On August 5th, he
than I do. But no one is more determined
announced that he was pulling his forces
to see this aggression turned back than I
out of Kuwait. At that very moment, he
am. And I will not change on that funda-
sent his armor and his troops south to mass
mental point of morality.
along the Saudi Arabian border, threatening
As to our own kids, our own forces in the
yet another member of the United Nations,
another member of the Arab League.
Gulf, they are the best. They're the best
Subsequently, the United Nations Securi-
young men and women ever to serve in our
ty Council passed 10 resolutions of condem-
Armed Forces. They're all volunteers.
nation and disapproval. On August 5th, I
They're all volunteers. They're all well-
said that Saddam Hussein's aggression will
trained. They are all highly motivated.
not stand. Today I am more determined
They are your sons and daughters; they're
than ever. This aggression will not stand.
your neighbors' kids. They're the finest, and
This morning, right now, over 300 inno-
we owe them an enormous vote of thanks.
cent Americans, civilians, are held against
You know, these men and women don't
their will in Iraq, denied the freedoms
take democracy for granted. Thousands
granted all under international law. Many
upon thousands of them are going to be
of them reportedly staked out as human
sending in absentee ballots from the Saudi
shields near possible military targets, some-
desert or upon the seas of the Gulf of Oman
thing that even Adolf Hitler didn't do.
and near the Straits of Hormuz. And if they
Many more Americans are in hiding in
can find the time to vote under such chal-
Kuwait, hidden by courageous Kuwaitis,
lenging conditions, so can every single
their lives at stake. A number imprisoned in
American here at home. We have an obliga-
an Embassy of the United States right there
tion to show these extraordinary GI's that
in Kuwait City. They are cut off from food
we don't take democracy for granted
and other supplies. They are surrounded by
either. So, let's make them as proud of us as
Iraqi troops. Our flag does still fly, but the
we are of them.
rights of these American citizens are, at this
Now, shifting the gears back 180, I was
very moment, being denied by Iraq's brutal
here to support an outstanding ticket for
dictator.
the statewide offices and congressional of-
So, let me be clear: We have no argu-
fices in the State of Massachusetts. You can
ment with the Iraqi people, none at all. We
be a part of significant change if you'll elect
bear no hostility to the Iraqi people, nor do
Bill Weld the next Governor and elect Jim
any of the other 25 countries represented
Rappaport the next Senator.
on land and sea, standing with us shoulder
Thank you, and God bless you all.
to shoulder in the Gulf. Our problem is
with Saddam Hussein alone.
Note: The President spoke at 9:41 a.m. in
I want desperately to have a peaceful res-
the Grand Ballroom at the Burlington Mar-
olution to this crisis. Indeed, we've worked
riott Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to
closely with the United Nations in putting
David Locke, minority leader of the State
sanctions into effect, in passing resolutions,
senate; Ray Shamie, chairman of the State
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or two, but it won't be because of the kind
And then my old friend [Representative]
of dissatisfaction with somebody's perform-
Bill McCollum. He and I have been suited
ance at all. And it damn sure won't be relat-
up in the political warfare for years. And
ed to any standing in the polls or anything
you ought to see, you ought to see the job
as-am I ever glad that I told you all-
he does on his anticrime legislation and on
[laughter]-and I would like to remind you
this whole protection of the rights of the
of it-months ago-[laughter-September.
American family. He is superb. And we
[Laughter] No, but seriously, I think it's fair
need another like him, and that's why Bill
to point out I told you, when things were
Tolley has got to be elected. Bill, good luck
soaring like eagles, don't believe the polls.
to you. For those of you in this congression-
And I think now I'm entitled to say: Hey,
al district, get out the vote and send me
we're going to come on back. Don't worry
another good member of the Florida dele-
about it. They'll be all right.
gation, someone I can work with to hold
Thank you ever so much. Thank you.
down these taxes and keep the government
Thanks a lot.
out of your pocket. Bill, we need you.
And, of course, I want to pay my respects
Note: The President's 64th news conference
to three old friends: Jeanie Austin, who's
began at 4:36 p.m. in Room D at the Marri-
doing a superb job on the national level as
ott World Center Hotel.
cochairman of the Republican National
Party; Van Poole-Mr. Chairman, we now
call him-thank you for your extraordinary
effort in leading this [Florida State Republi-
Remarks at Reception for Governor
can] party to majority status. And then, of
Bob Martinez in Orlando, Florida
course, when you want some heavy lifting
November 1, 1990
done, I'll give you a little advice: get Alec
Courtelis to do it. What a superb job he's
Thank you all very, very much. You've
done as finance chairman.
been standing there a long time. Thank
And so, I'm thrilled to be back here. This
you. I am just delighted to be here. And the
election here in Florida is close; it's crucial;
minute I got off this airplane, I felt that
it is important. And a few nights ago-I
enthusiasm, the surge that guarantees that
missed it, but I've had the instant replay-
Bobby Martinez will be the Governor come
you saw it. You saw what was at stake. You
election day once again. He deserves it, and
saw what it takes to be a great Governor.
he's got it moving. And Mary Jane, you
And you saw a Governor offer the balanced
were fantastic. If you want our dog to come
approach that you would expect from a sea-
down and campaign for you, just invite her.
soned leader of a city, now a leader of a
Barbara's already done her thing for Bob.
great and a growing State. You saw Gover-
[Laughter]
nor Bob Martinez in action win that debate
And of course, Allison DeFoor-I mean,
and go on to win the vote, now he'll do it
here's a sheriff, a man of the law, a man of
on Tuesday.
the people. He'll be an outstanding Lieu-
And some of what came through there
tenant Governor serving at Bob's side,
was much of what we've been watching as
working against the criminals in this State-
his admiring friends over the years. We saw
law and order, sound fight against narcotics.
one who believes that the people of Florida
We're lucky to have a man like this on our
know what's best for themselves. And he
ticket, I'll tell you.
believes in empowering people, empower-
Let me pay my respects to the Senator
ing communities, tapping into the power
standing next to me here, Connie Mack.
that comes when millions work for a
Although he's not running, he's out there
common vision. And little surprise then that
across this State campaigning hard, giving
under a Republican Governor, Florida is
the Florida Democrats a "Mack attack"-
moving forward for a cleaner environment,
[laughter]-and doing a first-class job. And
for better schools for these kids, for streets
we're delighted you're here today.
safe from drugs and crime.
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Florida ranks number one in the creation
budget agreement in my view was impor-
of new businesses and new jobs, especially
tant and why I was willing to go the extra
in high-tech manufacturing. And the credit
mile to get it. The negotiations were tough.
goes, of course, to the people of Florida and
And my approach was clear. The Demo-
to this man, Governor Bob Martinez.
crats wanted to raise taxes, including
You're looking at a kindred soul when it
income taxes, and I wanted to reduce the
comes to one who has respect for the Ever-
Federal budget deficit with spending cuts.
glades because I love going down there
And if we had had more Senators like
each year. And you know that I know that
Connie Mack, more Congressmen like Bill
every Floridian treasures the Everglades,
McCollum, we would have got it done ex-
that unique and irreplaceable resource. And
actly the way I wanted. Because they don't
last year, I was able to sign into law a bill
want to raise taxes on the American people.
increasing the size of the Everglades Na-
And they want to cut spending.
tional Park by more than 100,000 acres—
But every once in awhile a President has
Connie Mack being most instrumental in
to compromise to make something
this, strong supporter of this legislation; Bob
happen-to govern. And in this one, there
Martinez urging that it be done. I need a
was some good news, actually. We got $492
Governor here with whom I can work in
billion in deficit reduction, $350 billion in
the White House.
spending cuts. And then we've got some
And, yes, I think we can say-and this
incentives in there to make America less
message goes out to other States-that Flor-
dependent on foreign oil. And this is criti-
ida is tough on drugs. Bob is in the lead
cal, and it is very important: We put Con-
here-leading Governor on substance abuse
gress on a pay-as-you-go basis. The enforce-
and drug trafficking for the National Gover-
ment provisions of this agreement are real,
nors Association, fighting against these for
and they are strong, and no longer will new
the good of Florida. And he set a national
programs be funded with red ink.
precedent by appointing a State drug czar.
And he's been a leader in making sure that
And finally, we did do something that I
parolees undergo drug testing and counsel-
think is vitally important-and these two
ing to get straight and stay straight. And
Members of Congress agree is vitally impor-
the credit goes to this man, Governor Bob
tant-and that is we held the line against
Martinez.
reckless cuts in our defense spending. You
And so, whether he is standing up for the
see, I am determined that given the threats
environment or standing up to the drug
we face around the world, I am determined
dealers, he's completed a remarkable
that this nation's defense remain strong and
record of achievement that would make
prepared. And we owe that much, at least,
any Governor proud. He's never been one
to those fine young men and women who
to walk away from a job. And for Governor
are stationed in the Persian Gulf serving
Bob Martinez, even the toughest challenge
our country with such distinction.
is just another day at the office. We're lucky
But let me tell you other places where
to have him. Please reelect him.
our agenda coincides with what Bob Marti-
I was up in Massachusetts-two stops in
nez believes. We fought for a responsible
Massachusetts-and the theme there is the
child-care law, one that would put choice
same as it is here. The Republican Party is
into the hands of American families. You
the party of change, not the status quo. We
see, it is our belief that we ought to empow-
are the party of new ideas. And there is no
er parents to choose those who will care for
higher domestic priority on the Republican
their children, not let the Federal Govern-
agenda than the Nation's economy because
ment make a determination how that
our economy is the job-creating engine that
should work.
every family in this country counts on.
We fought for this, and these leaders here
And I know in recent months there's
helped enormously, and we won it. And we
been some understandable uncertainty
also fought for a responsible clean air bill.
about and concern about slower economic
And we asked Congress to cut acid rain, to
growth. And that's one reason getting a
cut smog by harnessing new technology
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with the power of the marketplace. And we
And as I make that plea for Bill Tolley to
fought for this, and we won it.
go to Congress to support Bill McCollum
And of great concern to me and to Flori-
and Connie Mack, as I do that, let me just
da is yet another landmark law, a fair and
say that Republicans can look no further
effective law to ensure the civil rights of
than what Bob Martinez has done. With his
every disabled American. And so, I was par-
leadership, it can be done. In other words,
ticularly proud in this session to sign into
with his leadership, Florida has been tough
law the Americans with Disabilities Act, his-
on crime, toughening laws to ensure that
toric legislation that protects the civil rights
the criminals stay behind bars and adding
of 43 million men, women, and children
the prison space to enforce it. He picked a
with disabilities. And that bill does prohibit
discrimination against the disabled in em-
no-nonsense sheriff-standing right here-
ployment and public accommodations and
as his running mate. And that tells you
something. Bob Martinez and Allison
transportation and communications. And all
DeFoor will make Florida an even safer
Americans with disabilities can now pass
through a once-closed door to a bright new
place to live, and you can count on it. You
era of equality and independence and free-
can count on their doing just that.
dom and opportunity.
And that's what this election is all about.
And so, there were some historic achieve-
But, of course, while the election in Florida
ments: clean air, child care, this ADA bill.
is crucial, our thoughts are also halfway
The great strides, though, are just begin-
around the world with the brave young
ning to show what Republicans can do for
men and women who are teaching us a
this country. And, of course, there is still
lesson about what it means to love liberty.
much more work to be done on the Repub-
And so, my appeal would be this: As No-
lican agenda. And at the top of our
vember 6th draws near, 5 days from now, I
agenda-and I report to you with not too
urge every Floridian to get out and vote.
much happiness on this one-was crime.
Do not take democracy for granted. And
America is fed up with crime, whether it's
when you do vote, I hope you cast your
neighborhood crime or crime in somebody
ballot for a Governor who will carefully bal-
else's city. And Republicans know handcuffs
ance the needs of Florida's abundant and
belong not on the cops and the courts,
beautiful natural resources with the needs
handcuffs belong on the criminals. And that
of man.
was the underpinning of our crime bill.
Bob Martinez-and I've been in his
And shortly after taking office, I stood
before the U.S. Capitol and called on Con-
home; I've known him for years; he's been
in our home up in Washington-he believes
gress to pass tough, new laws to help Amer-
ica take back its streets. And instead, in the
in the Florida dream. We can make the
final hours of Congress, the Democratic lib-
most of economic opportunity while pro-
erals-those in Washington like the ones
tecting this State's special way of life.
Bob is running against here-completely
And so, my appeal to you tonight on
gutted our package to fight against violent
behalf of your State and nation is to vote for
crime. Republicans-two of them right
a leader who can take Florida forward.
here-fought for habeas corpus reforms
Vote for Governor Bob Martinez.
aimed at stopping convicted criminals from
Thank you for all you have done for our
endlessly abusing the appeals process. Re-
country and for our party. And now go out
publicans fought for revision of the so-called
and give America a better deal. Thank you
exclusionary rule, a judge-made law that
all very much.
lets the guilty go free. And Republicans
fought for a real Federal death penalty for
drug kingpins and terrorists. And we've got
to be tough on crime and criminals. And it's
Note: The President spoke at 5:32 p.m. in
Republicans that want change. Give me
the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott World
more Republicans in the House and in the
Center Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to
Senate to get this job done.
Governor Martinez' wife, Mary Jane.
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million tons, and then cap them at these
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lower levels. It will cut the emissions that
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cause smog in our cities, so that by the end
in Thousand Oaks, California
of this century more than 100 major U.S.
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cities will have cleaner, healthier air. And it
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will cut these dangerous air toxic emissions
Thank you very, very much. Pete, let me
Washii
by 75 percent. And it will encourage broad-
give you my impartial view of the situation.
er use of alternative fuels.
[Laughter] It is absolutely essential to Cali-
Ever since I first joined the Congress
fornia and it is absolutely essential, I'd say,
OFFIC
more than 25 years ago, I have been com-
for the entire country that this, the biggest
Penal
State in the Union, have Pete Wilson as the
mitted to using our laws to protect the en-
next Governor, following our outstanding
vironment; and so, of course, has our Sena-
tor Pete Wilson. We both believe that in its
Governor George Deukmejian.
size and scope this clean air act isn't simply
And I'm delighted to be in Elton's con-
gressional district. We need him back there
the most significant environmental legisla-
and plenty more like him. And the same for
tion of this administration, it's the most sig-
Bob Lagomarsino for the next district. And
nificant air pollution legislation in the histo-
this year in California, we have a class-act,
ry of this country.
skilled, seasoned ticket of excellence. With
This clean air act is sound energy policy
us today, Marion Bergeson, the next Lieu-
as well because it does promote conserva-
tenant Governor; Joan Milke Flores, as sec-
tion. It encourages the use of cleaner fuels.
retary of state; Tom Hayes, State. treasur-
It strengthens America's energy security.
er-we need him there to watch these
And in a short time since we issued the
guys-and of course, Dan Lungren, my old
clean air challenge, we've seen a revolution
friend and former Congressman, who will
in thinking about alternative fuels. The
be a great attorney general; and Wes Banis-
time is right, the people are ready, and in-
ter, the insurance commissioner. We've got
dustry is responding.
a great ticket. Now you've got to vote for
Pete and the rest of them. And after
We are on the verge of a new era for
they've served their term, how about send-
clean air. And so, to commemorate a mile-
ing Eric Peterson off to be Governor of the
stone in America's environmental history,
State? The guy's tough.
today we'll plant a tree, because what we
I take great pride as President in the way
celebrate this day has roots running deeper
the Marine Band, the President's own, plays
than law. It is potential for new progress, a
"Hail to the Chief." But if they ever get
planting with a daily harvest, a promise last-
tired, what about the Thousand Oaks High
ing far longer than our lifetimes.
School Band? They were marvelous. You
And so, thank you all for joining us at this
guys were good, real good.
symbolic occasion. I am very grateful that
I am delighted to be back with you. What
we have a clean air act. And now I would
a reception I had at the airport, Point
encourage all the citizens in our country to
Mugu: red carpet, 21-gun salute, signs
follow the example of today, right on this
saying, "Welcome back!" "We love you!"
campus, and assist us in making tree plant-
And when I went down the stairs, I told
ing a major national objective-not only
someone I was surprised by the big greet-
good for the United States but it benefits
ing. He said, "Not as surprised as.I was. We
the entire world.
were expecting Barbara."
Thank you all so much for coming.
Gayle, she sends her love to you. She's
your friend, as you know. And we Bushes,
our entire family, just wish you and Pete all
Note: The President spoke at 9:50 a.m. in
the best on this very important coming
Kingsman Park on the campus of Califor-
Tuesday.
nia Lutheran University. In his remarks, he
You know, I won't regale you with the
referred to Jerry Miller, president of the
background, but you know the record: the
university.
great mayor of San Diego, superb Senator.
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President Reagan calls him principled.
That's just part of what we've accom-
Even his opponents call him wonderful.
plished as a party of change. For example,
[Laughter] And in January, everyone will
when it comes to the environment-Pete
call him Governor.
mentioned it-but he and I believe that to
He's a great manager. As mayor, he bal-
keep our environment green, we don't
anced 11 straight budgets. As an environ-
have to be Big Green. And in fact, Pete
mentalist, he's playing a great, big part in
wrote the first coastal protection act, and a
my decision to put a moratorium earlier
driving force for our environmental initia-
this year on oil and gas leasing off the coast.
tives, supported our expanded land acquisi-
An advocate for fiscal sanity, quality educa-
tion for national parks and wildlife refuges
tion. You know of his record as being tough
and forest and public lands. And all of this
on crime and wanting the laws in Washing-
explains why I asked Pete to lead our cru-
ton to do something about it. And the same
sade for clean air. And today, as a result-
approach would be brought to bear follow-
thanks to the innovation and cooperation of
ing up on Duke's magnificent record right
the industry; of government; our EPA [En-
here in Sacramento. He deserves your sup-
vironmental Protection Agency], under Bill
port, so I came out here to say: Let's elect
Reilly, who's with me here today; and the
Pete Wilson the next Governor of this State.
environmentalists across the country-we
You know, in recent months, we've seen
have broken a 13-year legislative logjam.
some uncertainty and concern about the
And finally, I have a clean air bill that I will
slower economic growth across our country.
be proud to sign when I go back to Wash-
And that's why a budget agreement of sorts
ington, DC.
was crucial. And that's why I had to com-
I wish I could give you a better report on
promise-found as Harry Truman said, that
the Congress. If we had more Republicans
the buck does stop on the President's desk.
in the Congress like these two, I could give
And every once in a while, you have to
you a better one. But let me just say this:
make a tough decision to compromise. And
There's still work to be done on our agenda.
despite tough negotiations, we finally
Ask Pete, the grandson of a police officer
reached a budget agreement with the
who gave his life in the line of duty. He
Democrats that control both Houses of Con-
knows, I know, George Deukmejian knows,
gress.
America is fed up with crime. And we want
And when it came to our approach,
people who have a little more sensitivity to
though, let me point out three big differ-
the police officers, and a little less for the
ences. The Democrats-and Elton and Bob
criminals themselves.
know this well, and Pete as well-wanted to
Shortly after I took office, I stood before
raise taxes, including income tax rates on
the Capitol and I called on the Congress to
every working man and woman in this
pass tough, new laws to help America take
country. And I wanted to reduce the deficit
back the streets. And instead, in the final
by spending cuts. We did get a $492-billion
hours of the Congress-George thinks he's
deficit reduction over 5 years-$350 billion
got troubles with Willie Brown [speaker of
of it in spending cuts, incentives to make us
the State assembly]-[laughter}-lok, in
less dependent on foreign oil. So, there
the final hours of this Congress, the Demo-
were some good things there. But the main
cratic liberals choked, and they completely
thing: Congress now is on a pay-as-you-go
gutted our package to fight back against
plan. There are real enforcement provi-
violent crime. We fought for habeas corpus
sions. And finally, although the defense
reforms aimed at stopping the convicted
budget was reduced, thanks to Pete Wilson
criminals from endlessly abusing the ap-
and others like him that know the impor-
peals process. We fought for reforms of the
tance of our national security we held the
exclusionary rule, a law that lets the guilty
line against reckless cuts to ensure that this
go free far too often. And we fought for a
nation's Armed Forces remain strong. We
real Federal death penalty for drug king-
are in a dangerous world, and we better not
pins and terrorists and those who gun down
let down our guard. And thank God for
our police officers. And the liberals gutted
Pete and Congressmen like these two.
those right out of our package. They
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blocked them, and we've got to get tough
cluding that. We have a magnificent U.N.-
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now.
based coalition standing up to the aggressor
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And I think especially of the fine, young
of Iraq. So, our problem is not with the
police officers like San Bernardino's own
young people there or the man on the
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Rob Shultis, who was brutally killed last
street there; our problem is with Saddam
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February. We will be tough on crime. And
Hussein [President of Iraq] and his determi-
Washir
give me more Republicans in Washington,
nation to be the neighborhood bully. And
more people like Pete Wilson in Sacramen-
there's a fundamental moral point here: A
to, and we'll get the job done for the Amer-
neighbor cannot take over another neigh-
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ican people and for the American families.
bor, bully it, brutalize it, rape, pillage, and
Penal
It is simply not fair-I wish you all could
plunder in Kuwait, and get away with it. If
see these little kids here-but it is simply
we permit that to happen, we'll pay the
not fair that their parents have to worry in
price another day. And I will not let that
some areas of this country when the kids go
aggression stand.
to school, have to worry about the kids'
Yesterday at Point Mugu, I climbed off
safety. It is time-not to be brutal about
the plane and had a chance to at least shake
it-but it is time to have more thoughtful
hands with some of the wives of our young
people who want to be tough on crime to
people over there. And look, they're your
take back our streets. And that's another
brothers, our neighbors, sons, daughters,
reason I'm for Pete Wilson.
friends. These aren't strangers. These are
There's a lot of wonderful young people
the finest trained American troops in the
here from this great school, and I'm grate-
history of this country. Every single one of
ful to President Miller-{applause]-[ am
them is a volunteer. And they are beautiful-
grateful to the president and Eric and the
ly motivated. And yet their families are split
students that are here today. But let me-I
asunder. And so, my message is this: I will
saw some signs out here, and I understand
give the sanctions-unprecedented econom-
them. And the signs-so let me first put the
ic sanctions-the chance to work. I will give
caveat down. I want to shift gears. I want to
them the time to work. And I can tell each
ask you now to lay aside the partisan poli-
parent, each brother, each sister, I hope
tics because this is-it's not often I have a
there never is a shot fired in anger. I hope
chance to talk to this many people in the
that every single one of those kids will
State, in the State of California-back in
come home without a shot having been
Washington all the time.
fired.
But we're at a partisan political event,
but I'm asking you to shift gears now be-
Now, having said that, we are the United
cause everyone I know is vitally interested
States. I see these signs about Hungary and
in what Pete talked about; that's the situa-
the other countries that now enjoy the free-
doms that sometimes we have taken for
tion in the Gulf. And just a few words about
our mission there, having said that I am
granted, and I can identify with that. And I
very grateful to the Republican leaders, to
can identify with the fantastic changes that
the Democratic leaders, liberals, conserv-
are taking place in Eastern Europe, but I
atives, whoever, for the support they are
also can identify with this principle that one
giving our policy in the Persian Gulf. It isn't
country must not be able to bully its neigh-
partisan; it is American. And I am very
bor. And so, I will say this: I don't want a
grateful for that support.
shot fired in anger, but there will be no
So you have it-and particularly the
compromise on the stated objectives of the
young people-so you have it in your sights:
United Nations Security Council-none at
We have no quarrel with the Iraqi people,
all. The United States will lead, and we will
none at all. We bear no hostility to the
stand, and we will prevail against the evil of
that dictator.
people of Iraq, nor do any of the other 25
countries represented on land and sea in
Pete mentioned the fact that in a few
the Gulf in the most fantastic coalition put
weeks that the kids over there will be sit-
together since World War II, or even in-
ting down to Thanksgiving dinner. And
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Barbara and I are really looking forward to
Proclamation 6222-National Week to
visiting those young people halfway around
Commemorate the Victims of the
the world. Each member of the Joint Chiefs
Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933
has told me-and to you parents, listen
November 3, 1990
carefully because you know this, but listen
anyway-each member of the Joint Chiefs
By the President of the United States
has told me that, as far as they know, in the
of America
history of the United States, there have
never been finer, more motivated, better
A Proclamation
trained soldiers than the men and women
During the brutal famine that struck the
over there now. That is a fine tribute to
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from
your sons and daughters.
1932 to 1933, more than seven million men,
And so, that's the situation as I see it
women, and children died of starvation.
today in the Gulf. I will do my level-best to
Tragically-and to the horror of all those
keep this coalition strong, together, stand-
who cherish the blessings of life and liber-
ing always for principle. But you young
ty-this deadly famine was not caused by
guys remember: It is only the United States
drought or by failed harvests. Rather, it re-
that can lead the entire world for this moral
sulted from a cruel and deliberate effort to
purpose. We're the only ones. Countries
destroy the spirit and the will of the
look to us, and that's the beautiful thing
Ukrainian people.
about the heritage groups represented here
Between 1932 and 1933 the Government
today. Every single one of them recognizes
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
that this is the country that stands for free-
under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, will-
dom, stands against aggression. And as long
fully permitted and even encouraged mass
as I'm President, I'll do my level-best to
starvation in Ukraine. In an effort to en-
portray that message to every country in
force the collectivization of agriculture and
the world.
to eliminate resistance to Moscow's rule by
And now let me shift back to the business
terror, Soviet authorities not only seized
at hand. Salute all of you. Thank the stu-
Ukrainian farmers' 1932 crop but also pre-
vented desperately needed aid from reach-
dents on this great campus. And encourage
ing impoverished villages.
you to do this: Do not take democracy for
granted. Go out there and vote in this im-
The United States Commission on the
portant national election. The elections in
Ukraine Famine, mandated by the Congress
California will affect every State in the
to study this terrible tragedy and to expand
public knowledge of it, has substantiated
entire country. So, go out and elect Pete
the belief that the famine was indeed the
Wilson and this distinguished team. Elect
result of deliberate policies of the Soviet
him Governor of this State. And do your
Government of that time. After months of
part to move California ahead.
hearings, eyewitness testimony, and the
Thank you all, and God bless you.
careful consideration of other documenta-
tion, the Commission concluded: "There is
Note: The President spoke at 10:40 a.m. in
no doubt that large numbers of inhabitants
the auditorium at California Lutheran Uni-
of the Ukrainian SSR and the North Cauca-
versity. In his remarks, he referred to Rep-
sus Territory starved to death in a man-
resentatives Elton Gallegly and Robert J.
made famine in 1932-1933, caused by the
Lagomarsino; Eric Peterson, president of
seizure of the 1932 crop by Soviet authori-
the university's Republican students speak-
ties."
ers' bureau; Jerry Miller, president of the
This year the Central Committee of the
university; Pete Wilson's wife, Gayle; and
Ukrainian Communist Party acknowledged
Big Green, the environmental protection
that the famine was caused and sustained
initiative on the November ballot in Cali-
by Stalin and his associates. The current
fornia.
Soviet Government, led by President Gor-
1749
June 6 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
Mr. Andersen graduated from the U.S.
Statement by Deputy Press Secretary
Military Academy (B.S., 1976) and Vander-
Glen on the Termination of the State of
bilt Law School (J.D., 1984). He was born
Emergency in South Africa
September 28, 1954, in Bristol, TN. Mr. An-
June 7, 1990
dersen served in the U.S. Army, 1976-1981.
He is married, has one child, and resides in
We welcome the announcement of the
Washington, DC.
ending of the state of emergency in South
Africa, except in Natal. This is another sig-
nificant step toward creating a climate con-
ducive to negotiations that will lead to a
democratic, nonracial South Africa. This an-
nouncement builds on earlier decisions by
Letter to the Speaker of the House and
President de. Klerk to release Nelson Man-
the President of the Senate
dela and certain other political prisoners, to
Transmitting National Forest and
unban the ANC [African National Congress]
Rangeland Management Proposals
and other organizations, and to permit free
political debate to take place in South
June 7, 1990
Africa.
Much work remains to be done by all
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
sides. The issue of the remaining political
I am pleased to transmit my Statement of
prisoners needs to be resolved. The con-
Policy for the Recommended 1990 RPA
tinuing climate of violence and intimidation
Program regarding Federal management
must be transformed. The senseless killings
and use of our Nation's natural resources
in Natal Province must end.
pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Re-
However, we are encouraged by the re-
newable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of
markable progress that has been made in
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1606). Accompanying the
recent months. With this latest move, the
Statement of Policy is the RPA Assessment
Government has moved to meet almost all
of the Forest and Rangeland Situation in
of the opposition's requirements to enter
the United States, 1989, and the Secretary
into negotiations. We look forward to the
of Agriculture's recommended program en-
early beginning of a negotiating process.
titled The Forest Service Program for Forest
and Rangeland Resources: A Long-term
Strategic Plan.
The Secretary of Agriculture's proposed
Remarks at a Fundraising Luncheon for
program provides important guidance for
Governor Tommy Thompson in
the conservation and wise use of the Na-
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
tion's natural resources. The proposal re-
June 7, 1990
commits the Forest Service to multiple-use
principles, while emphasizing the impor-
Thank you all very much. Thank you,
tance of seeking a proper balance among
Tommy, very, very much-and all of you-
resources and the commitment to a healthy
for that warm welcome. I'm pleased to be
environment. It is a strategy that will help
joined today by several illustrious people-
to ensure a proud legacy of diverse forests
one, my very able chief of the Small Busi-
and rangelands for future generations of
ness Administration, Wisconsin's own Susan
Americans.
Engeleiter, who is with me here today. And
Sincerely,
also, one of our most able and effective
Cabinet Secretaries, Sam Skinner, the Sec-
George Bush
retary of Transportation, is here. I want to
recognize some of Wisconsin's own. Here
Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas
today is the man who led the Bucks for so
S. Foley, Speaker of the House of Represent-
many years, the fellow with that soft-shoot-
atives, and Dan Quayle, President of the
ing touch and the size 19 shoes, Bob Lanier
Senate.
somewhere out there. [Laughter] And Pat
906
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / June 7
Secretary
Richter, who recently brought the national
as well. Just this past Sunday, President
f the State of
champs to the White House-he's here with
Gorbachev paid a visit to your neighbors in
us today, and John McLaughlin and Pete
Minnesota. I'm pleased to be here today in
Vukovich and so many others-so many of
the great State of Wisconsin, pleased to
Wisconsin Republicans' leading lights. I
share with you my thoughts on what I be-
ement of the
would be remiss—I won't single out any of
lieve was a very productive Washington
them, except for my friend John MacIver,
summit.
ency in South
my patron in the world of Wisconsin poli-
is another sig-
We signed a number of agreements: deep
tics. And of course, I want to salute our
a climate con-
reductions in our chemical weapons arse-
ticket with a special welcome to your next
will lead to a
nals; agreement on reaching rapid closure
secretary of state, Bob Thompson, who
frica. This an-
on major outstanding issues governing a
made the switch to the GOP just last week,
decisions by
strategic arms treaty, a START treaty; pro-
Nelson Man-
and we are going to support him 100 per-
tocols on nuclear testing; agreements on
cent.
I prisoners, to
trade and grain sales. But perhaps even
I'm proud, of course, to show my support
nal Congress]
more important than the agreements we
for the hardest working man in Wisconsin,
o permit free
signed is the progress we made in under-
Governor Tommy Thompson-hardest
ce in South
standing the great political challenges that
working and, if my polling data is right,
we face. A united Germany in NATO, the
best known, because I understand there's a
done by all
future of the Baltics, regional problems—
poll out that shows that Tommy's better
ning political
these aren't questions that can be solved
known than anyone in the State, even the
ed. The con-
simply or in one single summit meeting.
American League MVP on the Brewers,
1 intimidation
Robin Yount. I guess that puts him all in a
But we make progress on these difficult
seless killings
issues whenever we speak with candor,
league by himself.
We've seen a world of change this past
without animosity, about our aims and in-
d by the re-
year, and Tommy alluded to it-unforgetta-
terests. I am grateful to Mr. Gorbachev for
een made in
ble images of what I call the Revolution of
the forthright spirit in which he addressed
st move, the
'89. And now, in 1990, we've entered a new
every issue on the table, and I take it as
et almost all
period of democracy-building, a renais-
proof that we have indeed entered a new
nts to enter
sance, if you will-a renaissance of freedom.
era in our relations with the Soviet Union.
rward to the
Let me share a story with you-and there
Of course, we have differences. You're
g process.
are so many emotional stories coming out of
reading now, post-summit, a lot of analysis
Eastern Europe-but a story about an
of what I might have done different or
American visitor on a recent trip to Roma-
what they should have done. Of course, we
nia who asked the people she met what
have differences. I want to see Lithuania
incheon for
they needed most. Listen to a surprising
have its freedom. We are committed to self-
answer: In a country where food is in short
determination for the Baltic States. And al-
1 in
supply, where the streets are dark at night
though I take great pleasure and joy and
and the homes lack heat, one Romanian
am pleased that the emigration of Soviet
woman pulled from her purse a worn copy
Jews is at an all-time high, I want to see
Thank you,
of an American magazine, a 3-year-old
unfettered emigration. We differ on Cuba
all of you-
issue, with a special bicentennial copy of
and, for now, on a united Germany in
leased to be
the U.S. Constitution. And she told the
NATO and on many other issues as well.
us people-
American, "What we need now is more of
But as I chatted informally with President
Small Busi-
these." You've got to think about that
Gorbachev up there at Camp David, I kept
's own Susan
answer and what it means for America, for
thinking that this new Soviet leader, com-
the moral example we owe the world, for
mitted to reform and openness, is indeed a
e today. And
nd effective
the material help we must provide-not
remarkable man. It was a good summit.
er, the Sec-
just American aid but expertise-to people
Today I want to focus on the new era
e. I want to
the world over who seek only to have for
that we're entering here at home, on the
S own. Here
themselves and their families the freedoms
challenges that will command our attention
Bucks for so
that we enjoy and sometimes take for grant-
in the decade ahead. You all know the
at soft-shoot-
ed.
three R's. Well, today I want to talk about
s, Bob Lanier
And we're entering a new era-Tommy
the three E's: the economy, education, and
ter] And Pat
alluded to it here-in U.S.-Soviet relations
the environment-three areas that Gover-
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June 7 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
nor Thompson and I agree are crucial to
But when it comes to long-term economic
the citizens of this State and every State.
opportunity, education is the key. Among
Let me start with the economy, Ameri-
the agreements that we signed at the
ca's great engine of progress. And let's start
summit was one expanding U.S.-Soviet edu-
right here in Wisconsin. Think about the
cation exchanges, exchanges that will allow
turnaround since Tommy Thompson's been
that American and Soviet students to live
in office. You heard some of the statistics:
and learn in one another's lands so that the
unemployment down, income up-rising
foreign becomes the familiar.
faster than the national average. Two hun-
dred thousand new jobs in the first Thomp-
Those education exchanges are in keep-
ing with the crusade for excellence in edu-
son term-and he's pledged to 200,000
more the second time around.
cation now gaining momentum across this
We're working to do the same nationally:
country. It's no surprise to me that Wiscon-
sin is the scene of one of the most interest-
to maintain a business climate conducive to
growth, one that opens the door to entre-
ing experiments in education reform or that
preneurs, the small business men and
Tommy Thompson's the catalyst for change.
women who are America's great jobs ma-
Tommy's told me about the Milwaukee
chine. And I am committed to taking deci-
Choice Program. Starting next school year,
sive action against the Federal budget defi-
nearly 1,000 underprivileged kids from Mil-
cit, to keep our record 91-month economic
waukee's inner-city schools are going to
recovery going strong.
have a chance to attend the private, non-
We're also working to strengthen Ameri-
sectarian school of their choice, with the
ca's competitive edge abroad. My adminis-
State supplying their share of tax dollars for
tration's top trade priority is to lower bar-
tuition. And I think we all see that when
riers to free and fair trade the world over,
schools compete to attract students that
to bring the Uruguay round trade talks
can't help but raise the overall level of edu-
[multilateral tariff negotiations] to a success-
cation.
ful completion by the end of this year. And
Tommy found an ally in his fight for Mil-
let me tell you, any trade agreement we
waukee Choice in a former welfare mother
sign will be an agreement that is good for
and Democrat named Polly Williams, a
the American farmer, for American agricul-
woman who had heard a lifetime's worth of
ture. It has to be that way.
wornout excuses on what's wrong with our
Every State and city and town in Amer-
schools. And now some might say that's an
ica is going to feel the impact of the global
unlikely alliance. Not if they know Tommy
market. Governor Thompson knows this; he
Thompson. What matters to him is what
knows it well. And that's why he's worked
works-forging consensus with people who
to open Wisconsin industry to the world, to
share his burning desire to get the job done.
expand business-to-business contacts with
In education reform, that means parents,
Japan and South Korea and establish export
parents who are tired of waiting for the
markets. This guy doesn't miss an opportu-
system to work for them, parents who are
nity for the farmers of this State, either. He
ready to reform the system, ready to make
was the only Governor at last week's state
it work.
dinner at the White House for President
I'm counting on my friend Tommy to
Gorbachev. He tried out his Russian-I
spread the word that the Federal Govern-
think he was saying, "Eat more cheese."
ment will also do its part to help make our
[Laughter] No, actually, the star of this one
schools better. Over a year ago, I sent Con-
is Sue Ann. She sat right there next to
gress an education bill, a seven-point plan
President Gorbachev, and we Bushes took
for school reform, built on the bedrock con-
great pride in that. He was looking at one
cepts of parental choice, flexibility, innova-
of our very best first ladies, I'll tell you.
tion-initiatives aimed at encouraging ex-
Tommy had to settle for a seat next to Sec-
cellence by rewarding our teachers, our stu-
retary of State Baker. [Laughter] So, I guess
dents, our schools for what works. It's been
if the Soviets start importing Wisconsin
over a year, and I am still waiting for a bill
cheddar you have a right to thank-maybe
to sign into law. So, where is the Congress
Tommy-probably Sue Ann. [Laughter]
when our schools need help? It's time to get
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Administration of George Bush, 1990 / June 7
term economic
serious about our schools and take some
So, let me thank all of you for this warm
key. Among
commonsense steps to make them better. I
welcome back to your wonderful State of
igned at the
want your support for that Education Excel-
Wisconsin and commend you on all that
.S.-Soviet edu-
lence Act.
Wisconsin has to be proud of. As other
that will allow
Well, we mentioned the economy and
States search for solutions to today's chal-
udents to live
education, and now there's a third E, the
lenges, you can say: Take a look at what
ids so that the
environment-and here again, an issue with
works. Take a look at Wisconsin.
what I would call international dimensions.
And to the citizens of this great State,
are in keep-
Last week at the summit, we established a
who will go to the polls in November to
llence in edu-
U.S-Soviet Bering Sea Park to preserve the
choose a Governor, I say: Take a look at
im across this
unique natural environment in that string
Tommy Thompson, at all he's done to turn
that Wiscon-
of islands that mark the border between
this State around and all he'll do the next 4
most interest-
our two nations.
years working hard for Wisconsin. I am
reform or that
Right here in Wisconsin, I know the envi-
proud that he is my friend, and I am proud
st for change.
ronmental ethic is strong. And Tommy's
to enthusiastically endorse him for another
e Milwaukee
pledge to plant 110 million trees by the
term as Governor of the State of Wisconsin.
t school year,
year 2000-that fits right into our America
God bless you, and God bless the United
kids from Mil-
the Beautiful Initiative: to plant a billion
States of America. Thank you very much.
are going to
trees a year for the next 10 years. And I
private, non-
support all that Wisconsin is doing to pre-
Note: The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. at
ice, with the
serve our precious natural heritage, and I
Mecca Auditorium. In his remarks, he re-
tax dollars for
ask your help: Work with me to keep the
ferred to Bob Lanier and John McLaughlin,
e that when
pressure on in Washington. Send Congress a
former members of the Milwaukee Bucks
students that
signal to pass a sound and sensible clean air
basketball team; Pat Richter, athletic direc-
level of edu-
package-and pass it soon. It's been 13 long
tor at the University of Wisconsin; Pete Vu-
years since we last strengthened the Clean
kovich and Robin Yount, former member
fight for Mil-
Air Act, and let's make 1990 the year that
and current member of the Milwaukee
lfare mother
we take action on the environment.
Brewers baseball team, respectively; John
Williams, a
And let me say I believe we can have a
Maclver, chairman of the Wisconsin Bush/
ne's worth of
sound national environmental policy with-
Quayle 1988 campaign committee and the
ng with our
Committee to Reelect Governor Thompson;
out throwing a lot of working men and
say that's an
women out of work. I'm convinced that we
and Sue Ann Thompson, wife of the Gover-
now Tommy
can find a proper balance on these impor-
nor. A tape was not available for verifica-
him is what
tant questions.
tion of the content of these remarks.
people who
It's been my pleasure to come out here
he job done.
today to this beautiful State on a typical
ans parents,
Wisconsin day. [Laughter] I remember the
ing for the
last time I was here. It didn't seem quite
Remarks at a Fundraising Dinner for
nts who are
like this somehow. But I'll take his word for
Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Edgar in
dy to make
it if this is the way it is all the time. But
Chicago, Illinois
nevertheless, it's been a pleasure to come
Tommy to
June 7, 1990
here and speak with all of you.
ral Govern-
You know, right here in the auditorium,
Thank you, Jim Edgar, for that very gen-
Ip make our
almost 80 years ago, Teddy Roosevelt came
erous introduction. Please, you all be
I sent Con-
to meet with the citizens of Milwaukee. His
seated, will you? [Laughter] I like this kind
1-point plan
speech that day saved his life-literally. He
of event, though. No Broccoli, no head
edrock con-
was shot by a deranged assassin while on his
table. It's wonderful. [Laughter] Please
lity, innova-
way here. And TR had his draft speech
don't send it. [Laughter] First, let me just
uraging ex-
folded up in his jacket pocket, where it
be a little emotional as I pay my respects to
ers, our stu-
helped blunt the bullet. Tough guy. He de-
Gov. Jim Thompson and Jayne, who are with
ks. It's been
livered the speech anyway. But the moral
us tonight. What a magnificient service this
ng for a bill
is: It's not whether a speech is long or short;
man has rendered this State over all these
he Congress
what matters most is how thick it is.
years. A good friend, and a great-really, in
time to get
[Laughter]
the best sense, public servant. I also want to
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10" COLUMNS
were TOILET ROOM
CONCED
510
WOMEN'S
a
16'x4' COLUMNS
00000000
projo
,
Lounet
DRAIN AVAR ABLE
a
NO c
UPON RECIEST
WHY
DOCK YABL LOUNDE
BRAND N STAIR HALL
TLT.RM
UP
WARDROAD
wound's TOILET RM.
SCALE
FIRST FLOOR
AUDITORIUM
10
10
30
so
SCALE
4a
0"
NORTH
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