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DALLAS
CONVENTION
CENTER
Bonnie Davis
Event/Recycling
Coordinator
650 South Griffin Street
Dallas, Texas 75202
(214) 939-2789
JUN-19-1992 13:39 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE TO
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LATEST AS OF 5 PM, JUNE 19.
Nix/DD
June 17, 1992
Draft three
TEXAS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TEXAS STATE CONVENTION
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS]
[ [ I appreciate this great turnout -- especially with the
Home Shopping Network featuring Ross Perot today. ]]
I don't think I've ever felt it as strongly -- I'm proud to
be a Texan. Barbara and I raised our kids here, I coached Little
League here, built my business here, my Presidential campaign
started here, and when my work is over, I'll return here. I've
chosen a great site for my Presidential Library - -- the home of
the Aggies -- Texas A & M. It is great to be back home because
there is no place like Texas.
November 3rd is but a few months away. The going is a
little rough right now, but I'll let the world in on a secret you
already know: I finish what I start. To finish the job the
American people asked me to do, I need your help -- Texas, give
me four more years as your leader.
I'll do my part -- by keeping my eye on the ball. Snappy
answers and glib talk won't get the job done. Let somebody else
pitch pie-in-the-sky promises, and babble sound-good sound-
bites. Let somebody else become the darling of the talking heads
on TV, I'll keep fighting to get something done for this country.
There's too much at stake for America to forget about trust
and judgment and values -- too much at stake, as we say in Texas,
to buy a pig in a poke.
DAN:
July 1 1989 Remarks He League 122
If you have any question
Call le as X 6510
MAX Reynolds
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12024566218 P.02
2
Count on this: somebody else can cozy up to the special
interest crowd in Washington, spend the next five months being
all things to all people -- nobody else is going to stick closer
to the values that made this Party great and this country great.
No matter what the polls say or the pundits want, nobody
else is going to hang tougher on principle. And one more thing:
nobody else is going to lead this country for the next four
years. We will win in November, and we will win going away.
In just the last four years, the world we have known for the
last forty years vanished. Our mission for the next four years
is to shape our new world -- not just abroad -- but right here at
home. It's a big job to set the course for the next forty years.
It means solving big problems with a level head, tolerance, and
good judgment. But that's why I want to be President -- because
I am the right man for that job.
I understand America and her problems and I understand where
we must go. I want for my kids and my grandkids -- for every one
of America's children - what we all want: families strong and
united, good schools, safe neighborhoods, a job-creating economy,
and a world at peace. Pretty straightforward, isn't it?
Since becoming your President, I've felt the heartbeat of
this country in every single state. I've felt it closeup --
farmers, ranchers, city kids, teachers, truck drivers -- I know
the American people, and they are with us. But they are angry -
- angry at big government, small results, and big excuses. They
are right -- government is just too big and spends too much.
JUN-19-1992 13:40 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE TO
12024566218
P.03
3
This election must be a referendum on some big ideas. One
of them is a government that works right without raising taxes.
You see, I don't believe that the only way to ever balance the
budget is "a massive tax increase." The American people know I
proposed an amendment to force us to balance the budget. They
know I fought for it -- the only Presidential candidate to
support it. That's why in the fall they'll be with us -- America
wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Government is too big and spends too much. The American
people know that the President should have what forty-three
governors have to control spending. They know I've called for
it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be with us --
America wants the President to have the Line-Item-Veto.
Government is too big and spends too much. The taxpayer
knows how the budget gets busted. It's an arrogant, permanent
Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The American people are
with us - it's time to limit terms for members of Congress.
Now, there are others out there who say they are the leaders
of change. Maybe they can read polls -- but they haven't read
the American people. You and I, we know each other. Throughout
my life in Texas, you've seen me tested.
When I sent our sons and daughters into battle, Texans
anguished with me. When I agreed to pay a painful price for a
deal on the budget, Lord knows, you argued with me. And when I
defied the powerful broccoli lobby, you laughed with me. But
through it all you knew I would never break with Texas values we
JUN-19-1992 13:41 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE
TO
12024566218
P.04
4
hold most dear: freedom and faith, honor and decency, and most
of all family.
You've seen these values change the world. Eastern Europe
is free. Imperial Communism is dead and buried. Just this week
Beth Sanner Beth
Sanner
we put another nail in the coffin of the Cold War. Boris Yeltsin
and I stood in the Rose Garden to announce the most sweeping
& Nick NickBurns x3912
nuclear arms cuts in history. That's something spectacular for
our children and our grandchildren -- these kids right here will
NSC
sleep at night without fear of nuclear war. These are dreams
come true for America, and I am proud of that record.
But let me warn you: for all the great triumphs freedom has
made, the world remains a dangerous place. That's why a big idea
in this campaign is defending America's interests abroad. The
best way to keep America safe is to keep America strong.
The Soviet "bear" might now be a creature of the past, but
there are still plenty of wolves out there -- you know who they
are. But as our actions in the Gulf proved, we will defend our
interests -- we will keep the wolves at bay -- and we will never
let aggression stand.
Yes, our successes abroad have laid the foundation for
stepping up our attack on our domestic problems. But we don't
need to bring back the central planners or the social engineers.
They're on the run in Russia -- they're not welcome here. The
big government crowd has it backward: the people don't work for
the government, the government works for the people.
JUN-19-1992 13:41 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE TO
12024566218
P.05
5
No, to set things on a new track right here at home - we
must start with a moral, even a spiritual revival across our
nation, particularly when it comes to instilling values in our
kids. So here is another big idea: fads may come and go -- but
in the Bush Administration, the family will always be in fashion.
That's how we put first things first -- families united,
fathers and mothers staying together, in spite of tough times,
because they love their children and want them to grow up whole
and strong. It all begins with the family.
Some of the ideas I've put forth for changing America
unnerve those who cling to the old thinking of the status quo.
Not everyone is ready for new ideas. So it will take time. And
four years just haven't been enough to finish our mission.
On that one, give me a few more Phil Gramms -- a few more
new thinkers in the Congress ---- give me a new Congress, the kind
my great predecessor, Ronald Reagan began with, and you just
watch us get this country moving again.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is I
didn't have to get permission from some old thinker in the
Congress to kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.
Would I like to see our domestic agenda off and running?
You bet. So I understand the feeling that's out there because I
am frustrated with the same things you are: family values under
siege, second-rate schools, too much despair and too much
JUN-19-1992 13:42 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE TO
12024566218
P.06
6
violence on too many streets. Think about the fifty-year old man
laid off after thirty years with the same company when he asks,
"What about me?" or the parents who took on second jobs to
provide a daughter with a college education, when they say, "our
daughter can't find a job, what about her?" or the kids on the
streets, whose only friend is crack, whose only family is the
gang, when they ask, "What about us?"
At this historic moment when political leadership is so
necessary, we too must ask, "What about him, what about her, what
about those kids?" To the American people their government is
impotent and out of touch, still shuffling these painful protests
to the waiting room of some Congressional subcommittee. We must
change this. We must break this gridlock and recapture the trust
of the American people.
We have much to do these next four years, but I know our
strength is in our values, our determination, and our optimism
about the future. There's a right way and a wrong way to set a
new course. The wrong way is to give up -- and I will not give
up on America -- not now, not ever. America will always be a
rising nation -- but only if we continue to believe in ourselves.
After a tough recession, confidence is returning to our
economy. Some good fundamentals are in place: low interest
rates, and low inflation. Stronger growth in the first quarter.
The United States is still the largest and most productive
economy in the world. Don't ever forget that. The biggest
JUN-19-1992 13:42 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE TO
12024566218
P.07
7
mission -- the biggest idea of this campaign is to accelerate
economic growth to create hope and opportunity for everyone.
And with our exports still climbing -- there's solid proof that
Americans can outcompete anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world.
Look right down a Texas road for examples - Texas beef on
WORN
the market in Japan, Texas cotton woven in Europe, Texas oil and
gas technology in demand everywhere. I'm going to fight to keep
15-15-1645
that technology state of the art. To help keep our independent
oil and gas producers competitive, I 'll keep pushing for a
revised Alternative Minimum Tax. I'll keep pushing for cleaner
fuels like natural gas. And I'll keep pushing to reduce our
dangerous dependence on foreign oil, not only by conservation,
but also by supporting the industries right here in Texas.
A rising nation educates her young people. Well, you
wouldn't know it to read the papers, but all across America a
revolution in education is bringing back excellence to our
schools. Well, we were the ones to start it -- we are the ones
that are leading it -- we'll be the ones to complete it. And
before we're done, whether it's public, private or religious,
parents are going to have the right to choose their children's
schools.
You wouldn't know it to watch the network news, but there's
another great and dynamic movement transforming our country. It
is a movement of ordinary people solving problems right where
they live -- millions of courageous people taking direct and
consequential action on their own. This is how we help create
JUN-19-1992 13:43 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE TO
12024566218 P.08
8
whole and good communities. Lest anyone forget, under my
Presidency this movement, this big idea, is a national crusade.
The real heroes of America -- God bless them -- are the ones we
call Points of Light.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents raise
kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- linking a strong
economy with a clean environment; the Americans with Disabilities
Act -- guaranteeing the disabled their rightful place in the
mainstream. And when it comes to stopping bad legislation with
my veto pen, it's Bush 28, Congress 0.
So despite what you hear from the pundits, or the special
interests, we are already setting a new course for America. But
it is a very critical moment. To meet the tough issues of
education, of crime, or the decline in the American family -- we
must resolve not to once again walk down the old paths of the old
thinkers. The future of our country is at stake. The job is
only half-done. We must finish what we started.
I'm proud of our record. We've had to make the tough calls
-- every day and every week. Bigger government, higher taxes,
moral relativism -- that's their way -- the old way -- and we've
proposed a better way. A new track for America -- like Texas,
it's a big idea. When Congress blocked the way -- stuck in the
muck of the old thinking -- we kept the heat on -- kept pushing
for change. One specific on that note: the Congress may have a
vision problem but don't for a minute think we're going to give
JUN-19-1992 13:43 FROM LOS ANGELES STAFF OFFICE TO
12024566218 P.09
9
up on the Superconducting Supercollider. Across the board we're
going to keep on pushing the Congress until we get the job done.
When the American people send me a Congress with a
commitment to change -- we'll pass the laws, do the work the
American people deserve. But with or without the Congress we are
going to make our families stronger, our schools better, our
streets safer, and build opportunity for all Americans. That's
what the American people want, not excuses, but action.
This is an age of great change for America -- that's what
makes November 3rd so important. Change can seem to threaten the
most valuable legacies we hope to leave our children: good jobs,
strong families, a nation at peace. Change breeds uncertainty
and skepticism. I understand that. But we are the United States
of America -- one nation under God.
The genius of America is everywhere. It's in a society that
places a premium on performance, not glitz -- on service, not
selfishness. A society that captures what Texas is all about.
Let the skeptics say it can't be done. The will optimists say,
let's get to work.
I am ready. Yes, we are in the fight of our lives, but it's
worth the fight and we are in it to win.
I appreciate this warm Texas welcome. God bless you all.
# # #
FACT CHECK COPY
/ Change
"28 vetoes"
Sent 6/19
Nix/DD
June 17, 1992
Draft two
TEXAS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TEXAS STATE CONVENTION
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] [COLOR]
I don't think I've ever felt it as strongly -- I'm proud to
be a Texan. Barbara and I raised our kids here, I coached Little
League here, built my business here, my campaign for the
Presidency started here, and it will finish here. It is great to
be back home because there is no place like Texas.
Today is not the time for long talk. November 3rd is but a
few months away. The going is a little rough right now, but I'll
let the world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I
start. To finish the job the American people asked me to do, I
need your help -- Texas, give me four more years as your leader.
I'll do my part -- by keeping my eye on the ball. A lot of
glib talk won't get the job done. Let somebody else cozy up to
the special interest crowd in Washington. Let somebody else
pitch pie-in-the-sky promises, and babble sound-good sound-
bites. Let somebody else become the darling of the talking heads
on TV, I'll keep fighting to get something done for this country.
There's too much at stake for America to forget about trust
and judgment and values -- too much at stake, as we say in Texas,
to buy a pig in a poke.
And you can count on this: somebody else can spend the next
five months being all things to all people -- nobody else is
2
going to stick closer to the values that made this Party great
and this country great.
No matter what the polls say or the pundits want, nobody
else is going to hang tougher on principle. And one more thing:
nobody else is going to lead this country for the next four
years. We will win in November, and we will win going away.
In just the last four years, the world we have known for the
notract
last forty years vanished. Our mission for the next four years
is to shape our new world -- not just abroad -- but right here at
home. It's a big job to set the course for the next forty years.
It means solving big problems with a level head, tolerance, and
good judgment. But that's why I want to be President -- because
I am the right man for that job.
I understand America and her problems and I understand where
we must go. I want for my kids and my grandkids -- for every one
of America's children -- what we all want: families strong and
united, good schools, safe neighborhoods, a job-creating economy,
and a world at peace. Pretty straightforward, isn't it?
Since becoming your President, I've felt the heartbeat of
this country in every single state. I've felt it closeup --
farmers, ranchers, city kids, teachers, truck drivers -- I know
the American people, and they are with us. But they are angry -
- angry at big government, small results, and big excuses. They
are right -- government is just too big and spends too much.
repeats
This election must be a referendum on some big ideas. One
of them is a government that works right without raising taxes.
3
The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us to
balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they 11 be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Government is too big and spends too much. The American
people know that the President should have what forty-three
governors have to control spending. They know I've called for
it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they' 11 be with us --
America wants the President to have the Line-Item-Veto.
Government is too big and spends too much. The taxpayer
knows how the budget gets busted. It's an arrogant, permanent
Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The American people are
with us -- it's time to limit terms for members of Congress.
Now, there are others out there who say they are the leaders
of change. Maybe they can read polls -- but they haven't read
the American people. You and I, we know each other. Throughout
my life in Texas, you've seen me tested. When I sent our sons
and daughters into battle, Texans anguished with me. When I
defied the powerful broccoli lobby, you laughed with me. And
when I agreed to pay a painful price for a deal on the budget,
Lord knows, you argued with me. But through it all you knew I
would never break with Texas values we hold most dear: freedom
and faith, honor and decency, and most of all family.
You've seen these values change the world. The Cold War is
over -- Eastern Europe is free. Imperial Communism is dead and
buried. [ Yeltsin insert ] We all grew up with the specter of a
4
nuclear holocaust -- but our children, these kids right up here,
now go to sleep at night without fear of nuclear war. These are
dreams come true for America, and I am proud of that record.
Let me warn you: for all the great triumphs freedom has
made, the world remains a dangerous place. That's why a big idea
in this campaign is defending America's interests abroad. The
best way to keep America safe is to keep America strong.
The Soviet "bear" might now be a creature of the past, but
there are still plenty of wolves out there -- you know who they
are -- Khadafy, Castro, Kim Il Sung, Saddam Hussein. They better
know: we're going to keep the wolves at bay. If any one of them
threatens the peace, we will shut them down -- and we'll do it by
the scruff of their neck if we have to.
Yes, our successes abroad have laid the foundation for
stepping up our attack on our domestic problems. But we don't
need to bring back the central planners or the social engineers.
They're on the run in Russia -- they're not welcome here. The
big government crowd has it backward: the people don't work for
the government, the government works for the people.
Now, to set things on a new track right here at home -- we
must start with a moral, even a spiritual revival across our
nation, particularly when it comes to instilling values in our
kids. So here is another big idea: fads may come and go -- but
in the Bush Administration, the family will always be in fashion.
That's how we put first things first -- families united,
fathers and mothers staying together, in spite of tough times,
5
because they love their children and want them to grow up whole
and strong. It all begins with the family.
Some of the ideas I've put forth for changing America
unnerve those who cling to the old thinking of the status quo.
Not everyone is ready for new ideas. So it will take time. And
four years just haven't been enough to finish our mission.
On that one, give me a few more Phil Gramms -- a few more
new thinkers in the Congress -- give me a new Congress, the kind
my great predecessor, Ronald Reagan began with, and you just
watch us get this country moving again.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is I
didn't have to get permission from the Congress to kick Saddam
Hussein out of Kuwait.
Would I like to see our domestic agenda off and running?
You bet. So I understand the feeling that's out there because I
am frustrated with the same things you are: family values under
siege, second-rate schools, too much despair and too much
violence on too many streets. Think about the fifty-year old man
laid off after thirty years with the same company when he asks,
"What about me?" or the parents who took on second jobs to
provide a daughter with a college education, when they say, "Our
daughter can't find a job, what about her?" Or the kids on the
streets, whose only friend is crack, whose only family is the
gang, when they ask, "What about us?"
6
At this historic moment when political leadership is SO
necessary, we too must ask, "What about him, what about her, what
about those kids?" To the American people their government is
impotent and out of touch, still shuffling these painful protests
to the waiting room of some Congressional subcommittee. We must
change this. We must break this gridlock and recapture the trust
of the American people.
We have much to do these next four years, but I know our
strength is in our values, our determination, and our optimism
about the future. There's a right way and a wrong way to set a
new course. The wrong way is to give up -- and I will not give
up on America -- not now, not ever. America will always be a
rising nation -- but only if we continue to believe in ourselves.
After a tough recession, confidence is returning to our
economy. Some good fundamentals are in place: low interest
rates, and low inflation. Stronger growth in the first quarter.
The United States is still the largest and most productive
economy in the world. Don't ever forget that. The biggest
mission -- the biggest idea of this campaign is to accelerate
economic growth to create hope and opportunity for everyone.
And with our exports still climbing -- there's solid proof that
Americans can outcompete anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world.
[ OIL AND GAS INSERT ? ]
A rising nation educates her young people. Well, you
wouldn't know it to read the papers, but all across America a
revolution in education is bringing back excellence to our
7
schools. Well, we were the ones to start it -- we are the ones
that are leading it -- we'll be the ones to complete it. And
before we're done, whether it's public, private or religious,
parents are going to have the right to choose their children's
schools.
You wouldn't know it to watch the network news, but there's
another great and dynamic movement transforming our country. It
is a movement of ordinary people solving problems right where
they live -- millions of courageous people taking direct and
consequential action on their own. This is how we help create
whole and good communities. Lest anyone forget, under my
Presidency this movement, this big idea, is a national crusade.
The real heroes of America -- God bless them -- are the ones we
call Points of Light.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents raise
kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- linking a strong
economy with a clean environment; the Americans with Disabilities
Act -- guaranteeing the disabled their rightful place in the
Kearston Per
mainstream. And when it comes to stopping bad legislation with
my veto pen, it's Bush 26, Congress 0.
So despite what you hear from the pundits, or the special
altover
interests, we are already setting a new course for America. But
it is a very critical moment. To meet the tough issues of
education, of crime, or the decline in the American family -- we
must resolve not to once again walk down the old paths of the old
8
thinkers. The future of our country is at stake. The job is
only half-done. We must finish what we started.
I'm proud of our record. We've had to make the tough calls
-- every day and every week. Bigger government, higher taxes,
moral relativism -- that's their way -- the old way -- and we've
proposed a better way. A new track for America -- like Texas,
it's a big idea. When Congress blocked the way -- stuck in the
muck of the old thinking -- we kept the heat on -- kept pushing
for change. And we're going to keep on pushing until we get the
job done.
When the American people send me a Congress with a
commitment to change -- we'll pass the laws, do the work the
American people deserve. But with or without the Congress we are
going to make our families stronger, our schools better, our
streets safer, and build opportunity for all Americans. That's
what the American people want, not excuses, but action.
This is an age of great change for America -- that's what
makes November 3rd so important. Change can seem to threaten the
most valuable legacies we hope to leave our children: good jobs,
strong families, a nation at peace. Change breeds uncertainty
and skepticism. I understand that. But we are the United States
of America -- one nation under God.
The genius of America is everywhere. It's in a society that
places a premium on performance, not glitz -- on service, not
selfishness. A society that captures what Texas is all about.
9
Let the skeptics say it can't be done. Let the optimists say,
let's get to work.
Yes, we are in the fight of our lives, but it's worth the
fight and we're in it to win.
I appreciate this warm Texas welcome. God bless you all.
# # #
WHITE HOUSE
SITUATION ROOM
PRECEDENCE: IMMEDIATE
RELEASER:
PRIORITY
ROUTINE
DTG:
MESSAGE NO.
Michele (Name) Nix
CLASSIFICATION Unelassified
PAGES 2
FROM
X 7750
111½
(Phone Number)
(Room No.)
MESSAGE DESCRIPTION
TX GOP
LOCATION
DELIVER TO
Senior California Staff
Christina Martin
"
REMARKS:
URGENT
:
June 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
TX GOP SPEECH
Here's a list Political Affairs brought over of acks they want to
be sure are in the speech.
I talked to a Texas Department of Ag Deputy Secretary about the
Texas trade language on pg. 7. She suggested that we change the
word "woven" to "worn" -- it has a positive connotation
(Europeans buying Texas cotton) rather than giving Europeans
"Texas jobs."
Please check through the draft at some of the time periods
mentioned to be sure they read exactly as you want them. For
example, "five months," "in the last four years," etc. I know
the effect you're going for here, but I just want to be sure
you're comfortable with not qualifying these -- e.g., three and a
half years, close to five months, etc.
Pg. 9, Delete extra word in last line of third to last graph:
The will optimists say, let's get to work.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
FROM:
RONALD C. KAUFMAN
RUE
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS
SUBJECT:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT
IN HIS REMARKS TO THE DALLAS STATE GOP
CONVENTION, DALLAS, TEXAS
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1992
The Office of Political Affairs recommends that the following
individuals be acknowledged by name in the President's remarks
at the Texas GOP State Convention on Saturday, June 20, 1992.
1)
Fred Meyer, Chairman of the Texas State GOP
2)
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas State Treasurer
3)
Rick Perry, Texas State Agriculture Commissioner
4)
E/D Arnie Angelo, Texas GOP National Committeeman
5)
Penny Butler, Texas GOP National Committeewoman
6)
Jim Oberwetter, Texas Bush-Quayle '92 State Chairman
7)
Barbara Patton, Texas Bush-Quayle '92 Co-Chairman
8)
Robert Mosbacher, Chairman of Texas Victory '92
9)
Fred McClure, Mater of Ceremonies for Program
10)
It is requested that the Republican members of the
Texas Congressional Delegation attending the
Texas State GOP Convention be acknowledged as a
group, not individually by name.
June 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
TX GOP SPEECH
Here's a list Political Affairs brought over of acks they'd want
to be sure are in the speech.
I talked to a Texas Department of Ag Deputy Secretary about the
Texas trade language on pg. 7. She asked that we change the word
"woven" to "worn" -- it has a positive connotation (Europeans
buying Texas cotton) rather than giving Europeans "Texas jobs." "
Please check through the draft at some of the time periods
mentioned to be sure they read exactly as you want them. For
example, "five months, If "in the last four years, " etc. I know
the effect you're going for here, but I just want to be sure
you're comfortable with not qualifying these -- e.g., three and a
half years, close to five months, etc.
Pg. 9, Delete extra word in last line of third to last graph:
The will optimists say, let's get to work.
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June 18, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Dmcr
SUBJECT: COMMENTS -- GEORGE W. BUSH, JR., JIM OBERWETTER
Both Jim Oberwetter and George W. Bush, Jr. called in this
morning with comments on the latest draft.
General comment from George W. Bush, Jr.: "Speech is good,
getting better -- but there's still a ways to go." He is anxious
to see the next draft -- especially the section on oil and gas
(see comments below).
Jim Oberwetter thinks speech has many strong applause lines.
He sends along two comments:
1) Re oil and gas: Add reference to a) revised AMT, b) pushing
natural gas as an alternative fuel c) fact that two members of
Federal Energy Commission come from Midland.
2) Super-collider: Add one strong line committing the
President to the fight.
Comments, line edits from George W. Bush, Jr. follow:
p. 1 -- Delete "it will finish here." Substitute, after "my
campaign for the Presidency started here,":
"I've chosen as the site of my Presidential library the
great university, Texas A&M -- and when my work is over, I'll
finish my life here." (Continue with "It is great to be back
home, etc.)
p. 1 para 2 -- Delete "Today is no time for long talk." Didn't
like this line in the first draft, and still doesn't.
p. 3 -- Likes balanced budget, line-item veto section.
p. 4 -- Likes central planners government-works-for-the-people
section.
p. 4 para 2 -- Likes the "bear-wolves" section. Change last line
to read: #-- and if we have to, we'll grab them by the scruff of
their necks and throw them out."
p. 5 -- Thinks there may be a little too much repetition of
"pain"/"tough times" language. Notch this back a bit?
p. 6 -- Wants to-see short but strong plugs for Texas
ranchers/farmers and oil and gas, such as the following:
ADD, in place of oil and gas insert, p. 6:
"After all, right here in Texas, ranchers exported [xx] tons
of beef to Japan last year alone.
"Speaking of producers, we will fight for independent oil
and gas producers -- for a revised Alternative Minimum Tax. For
the clean fuel of the future, made from natural gas."
(George Jr. did not think F.E.C. Midland members worth
mentioning.) **Michele will fax you Texas trade numbers when she
gets them.
p. 7 -- Likes school choice language.
# # #
27
Texas' Leading Newspaper
1981, The Dellar Morning Name
Dallas, Texas, Thursday, June 18, 1992
FROM:JIM OBERWETTER
House votes to kill Super Co
Dean Vanderbilt, president 0
By Anne Reifenberg
Washington of The Dellar Morning News
Supporters VOW to press case in Senate
the North Texas Commission, said
the demise of the collider program
WASHINGTON - The Supercon-
would be a "major blow" to the re
HUNT FINANCE-
ducting Super Collider fell victim
How Texans voted.
crowds," said Rep. Joe Barton, the
clans were astonished at the unex-
gion. According to the commission
to budget-cutting zeal Wednesday
11A
pected end to years of House en-
- an economic development group
Ennis Republican whose district in-
with a powerful House vote of 232-
the eroding support for the collider
dorsement. Dallas Mayor Steve Bart-
the collider in the past two year
cludes collider territory and who
181 to kill the $8.25 billion project
in just the past week - vowed to
last week helped lead the balanced-
lett called the vote "a real shock"
has injected more than $1 billion
under construction in Texas.
press on and hoped for a reversal of
budget amendment drive.
Gov. Ann Richards said It was in-
into the economies of Dallas, Tax
rant and Ellis counties.
If the Senate upholds the deci-
fortunes in the Senate. They be-
"It sends a terrible message to
dicative of the economic woes of
slom, the collider program will take
the entire country.
"Certainly it's already been 0
moaned what they said was mis-
the world, that we're not serious
its last breath at the end of the fis-
directed enthusiasm for spending
"This is a temporary setback for
substantial economic benefit to th
about maintaining our leadership
cal year, the SSC Laboratory in Dal-
cuts in their chamber.
in science, that we're not serious
the Superconducting Super Col-
area and would continue to be the
las will be shuttered, and North
"The vote was the result of a de-
about engaging in peaceful re-
lider," Ms. Richards said. "But what
but it's also very important to th
Texas will lose billions of dollars in
sire on the part of a lot of folks to
worries me the most is that this
country's long-term investments in
search projects. We've shot our-
potential economic benefits.
make a budget scalp that they could
selves in the foot."
project is not about jobs in Texas. It
research, new technology and edi
Project backers - stunned by
take home and wave to the roaring
In Texas, civic leaders and politi-
is about our vision of our future."
Please see COLLIDER on Page 11A.
SENT BY XEROX 7032 DALLAS. TX 6-18-92 9:00AM
Extended Page
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of
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WHAT
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HAPPENS NEXT
A
a The House energy and
on
water development appropriations
bill, including an amendment to kill
up
the Superconducting Super
IS
Collider, now goes to the Senate,
on
which could restore funding to the
M-
project.
B # the Senate restores collider
of
funding, the measure would go to
be
a conference coramities to resolve
at,
differences in the two versions of
be
the bill
in
. Both houses would then vote on
its-
the compromise bill.
The Dallar Marning News
H
Thursday, June 18, 1992
@
Collider funds fall victim to budget-cutters
Continued from Page 1A.
Rep. Dennis Eckart, D-Ohio, the
states and several foreign coun-
this week, "I take my share of the
"Every once in a while the guys
ation," Mr. Vanderbilt said. "We
leader of the anti-collider con-
tries.
blame."
in the House fall asleep at the
an't lose sight of that."
tingent, urged colleagues to "put up
Rep. Pate Geren, D-Fort Worth,
The collider, the largest scien-
switch," said one collider operative
The collider vote was the first
or shut up."
said that even if the Constitution
tific instrument ever designed, is
in the upper chamber. "Then it
House roll call on funding since the
"We have the opportunity to put
forbade deficit spending, "I would
under construction in Eilis County
comes over to the Senate and we fix
aarrow defeat last week of a consti-
our votes where our voices were
be arguing that this is the sort of
south of Dallas in the congressional
it."
utional amendment to ban deficit
last week," he said before the vote.
investment we need to be making
districts of Mr. Barton and Demo-
Russ Wylie, a spokesman for the
pending. which next year could
"We can't continue spending
with the money we have."
crat Martin Frost of Dallas. If
SSC Laboratory, said he hoped the
such $4 billion.
money we don't have on projects we
Mr. Barton, the sponsor of the
funded, it would go on line line
collider would receive "more re-
Although the balanced-budget
don't need."
strictest balanced-budget amend-
around the turn of the century. Scl-
flective consideration" in the Sen-
mendipent won too few votes for
Because Texans spearheaded last
ment considered last week, called
entists hoped that collider expert-
ate.
passage; the 280 ballots cast in its fa-
week's balanced-budget charge -
the collider too important to fall
ments would reveal secrets of mat-
"If this is not reversed, the loss
or were enough to inspire anti-def-
and because the collider is being
victim to cut-and-slash fever.
ter and the birth of the universe.
will be felt throughout society," Mr.
cit forces in the House - and to ax
built in Texas the state's 27 House
"How could I not justify voting
The $483.7 million collider allo-
Wylle said.
he $483.7 million earmarked for
members came under special scru-
for it? It is a priority science project
cation approved by the House Ap-
Energy Secretary James Watkins
he collider next year.
tiny. Collider foes accused them of
for this nation, which has always
propriations Committee last week
echoed Mr. Wylle.
Mr. Barton pleaded with his col-
hypocrisy.
done basic science at the federal
as part of the energy and water de-
"While 1 am painfully aware of
eagues not to make the project "a
"Intellectually, their position is
level," Mr. Barton said.
velopment appropriations bill was
the environment of severe fiscal re-
acriftcial lamb" to the budget-cut-
awfully hard to rationalize, except
Rep. Larry Smith, D-Fla., said Mr.
$166.3 million shy of President
straint, it would nonetheless be a
ing crusade. But the challenge to
to other Texans," said Rep. Sher-
Barton was "obviously a contortion-
Bush's request for fiscal 1993, which
major mistake to eliminate this
rove that they had the will to
wood Boehlert, R-N.Y., who called
ist" for managing to hail the bal-
begins Oct. 1.
project," Mr. Watkins said in a pre-
make tough budget choices proved
the project *& textbook example of
anced-budget amendment and the
The House approved the overall
pared statement. "I trust that fund-
overpowering for dozens of
what we ought to do without if we
collider with equal enthusissm.
energy appropriations package, 365-
ing for the project will be restored."
awmakers who just last year sup-
want to cut the deficit."
Although he said he saw no con-
$1.
Mr. Bartlett said he and others
corted the collider.
But even the staunchest of
tradiction in his positions, Mr. Bar-
The president sent the same col-
would work to convince senators of
Passionate
project
foes
budget-cutters saw nothing illogi-
ton said that to the extent that his
lider request to the Senate, which
the project's worth to the nation.
inmmered at the deficit theme in
cal in their support for the collider,
press last week for a balanced-
in recent years has been more sup-
"I think that in the end, reason
nore than eight hours of debate
a high-energy physics project with
budget amendment contributed to
portive of the collider than the
will out and Congress will reverse
and won unexpected converts.
subcontractors in more than 33
the cut-and-slash mood in the House
House.
itself," he said. "We'll do whatever
1X
SENI
The Pailmst
Morning
11 A
Here in how Texane voted in the the 232-181
roll call Wednesday by which the House re-
jected continued handing of the Supercen-
ducting Super Collider research project. A
"yes" vote was a vote for an amendment
deleting money for the collider project from
and Energy Department spending bill
:.'
YES
NO
NOT VOTING
DEMOCRATS
Michael Andrews
Henry Gonzalez
Jack Brooks
Ralph Hall
John Bryant
Grog Laughlin
Alomit Busternants
Solamon Orthz
Jim Chapman
J.J. Pickle
Rosald Coleman
Bill Sarpellus
Chet Edwards
Charles Sianholm
Martin Frost
Craig Washington
Kika de la Garn
Charles Wilson
Pate Geren
REPUBLICANS
Bill Archer
Tom DeLay
Dick Armay
Jack Fields
Joe Barton
Sam Johnson
Larry Combest
Lamer Smith
The Dallas Merning News
it takes to help to reverse it.
Staff writer Steve Scott in Dallas-
contributed to this report.
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speech- insert that may go into
name of contact on fax
George In.
-would like PORS to nof
trade stats Texas specific
Texas Dep of Agric
-beef experts
manuf ex parts
"last yr alone, TX navely
export Japa X tons of beef to
June 18, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVE DEMAREST
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
JENNIFER GROSSMAN
SUBJECT:
EXPORT FIGURES FOR DALLAS GOP
TEXAS EXPORTS
1)
Last year, a record number of livestock were exported
through the Texas Department of Agriculture's export pens in
Houston and along the border. Almost 1.3 million head,
valued at approximately $200 million, moved through the
pens. Lined up head to tail, those animals would stretch
all the way from Eagle Pass to the other side of Mexico
City.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry says of his state:
"We are fast becoming the world's livestock supermarket."
2)
CATTLE ONLY: In 1991, Texas exported 116,934 head valued at
$106.8 million -- up form 41,094 in '90.
NOTE: In '91, sheep made up a majority of the year's record
breaking 1.3 million head of livestock exports.
3)
In 1990, Texas agricultural exports totaled $2.5 billion.
Exports of live animals and meat totaled $366 million.
4)
The average Texas farmer and rancher produces enough food
and fiber for 128 people (94 in the U.S. and 34 abroad).
Texas is the second largest producer of food and fiber in
the nation.
5)
Last year, Texas exported almost $400 million of electronic
equipment to Japan. In 1990, Texas exports to Japan totaled
$2.3 billion.
6)
Texas leads the nation in cotton exports.
RELEVANT TO NAFTA
1) U.S. exports to Mexico have jumped 35% from just last year.
2)
Two years ago, we had a 2 billion dollar trade deficit with
Mexico. Now we have a trade surplus of 10 billion dollars.
3)
Mexico is Texas' largest export market. Texas exports to
Mexico more than doubled from $6.5 billion in 1987 to $13.3
billion in 1990.
4)
Last year, Texas alone exported well over a billion dollars
worth of metal (Primary Metal Industries) to Mexico.
06/18/92
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF.AGRICULTURE
RICK PERRY
1700 North Congress
Commissioner
Austin, Texas 78711
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Topis
2nd
a full 32 percent of Texas' exports.
Leading exports to Mexico in 1990 were
electric and electronic equipment ($3.2
billion), transportation equipment ($2.0
billion), computers and industrial
machinery ($1.5 billion), and chemicals
($935 million).
Texas' exports to Canada-the
leading U.S. trade partner and Texas'
second-largest foreign market-were
$3.4 billion in 1990 and accounted for
8.2 percent of the state's total exports.
Texas' 1990 exports to other impor-
tant markets were: Japan ($2.3 billion),
exas, the second-ranking, state
the United Kingdom ($1.8 billion),
South Knrea fif billion) the in Nether, 11111
N
ew York, which follows Califor-
T
amount California in value of
I -/n I Titu Trees, TH - -6,
exports. shipped $41 billion worth
lands ($1.3 billion), Singapore ($1.2 bil-
exports, shipped $31 billion
of goods overseas in 1990. That was 8.6
lion). Taiwan ($1.1 billion). and
worth of products abroad in 1990. That
parsent higher than in (930) and 63 per
Relgium ($1.1 billion).
was 17 percent higher than in 1989 and
rent higher than in 1987 Other export
In 1987, the latest year for which
58 percent above the 1987 level. Other
facts about Texas
export-related employment data are
export facts about New York:
Ф Texas top five export industries in
available, about 391,700 workers in New
New York's top five export indus-
1990 were chemicals ($9.5 billion),
York owed their jobs to exports of man-
tries in 1990 were electric and electronic
computers and industrial machinery
ufactured goods. An estimated 187,700
equipment ($4.4-billion), computers
($7.8 billion). electric and electronic
manufacturing jobs were directly sup-
industrial machinery ($3.6 billion).
equipment ($5.9 billion). transportation
ported by export sales of manufactures.
transportation equipment ($3.6 billion),
equipment ($3.7 billion). and refined
Another 204.000 jobs in non-manufac-
scientific and measuring instruments
petroleum products ($2.5 billion). These
turing industries such as services, whole-
($3.0 billion). and miscellaneous equip-
industries together accounted for 71 per-
sale and retail trade, communications,
ment ($2.8 billion). These five industries
cent of the state's total shipments
and transportation were indirectly sus-
together accounted for only 55 percent of
abroad.
tained by manufactures exports.
the state's total shipments abroad-their
Texas' exporters diversified into 29
The Dallas-Ft. Worth metropolitan
relatively low share suggests that New
additional foreign markets during
area in 1986 exported an estimated $5.5
York's exports are more diversified than
1987-90. The state exported to 163 mar-
billion of manufactures, which sustained
those of most states.
kets in 1987 and to 192 markets in 1990.
about 47,700 workers in the manufactur-
New York's exporters diversified
The state's exports to Mexico-the
ing sector. The Houston-Galveston met-
into 27 additional foreign markets during
third-ranking U.S. trade partner and
ropolitan area exported about $5.7
1987-90. The state exported to 166 mar-
Texas' largest export market-more than
billion of manufactures. This export
kets in 1987 and to 193 markets in 1990.
doubled from $6.5 billion in 1987 to
activity supported about 26,800 man-
New York's exports to Canada-the
$13.3 billion in 1990. This accounted for
ufacturing jobs.
leading U.S. trade partner and New
The Top 5 Exports Accounted for
The Top 5 Exports Accounted for
71 Percent of Texas'
55 Percent of New York's
Total Exports In 1990
Total Exports in 1990
Billion $
Billion $
Electric &
Chemicals
$0.48
$4.35
Electronic Eqp.
+
I
$7.78
$3.00
Industrial Mach.
Industrial Mach.
Electric &
Transportation
$5.91
Equipment
$3.01
Clastronia Exp.
Transportation
Scientific &
$3.71
$2.08
Equipment
Measuring instr.
Preducts
$0.81
Equipment
52.78
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10
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BUSINESS
AMERICA
March 9, 1992
THE MAGAZINE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Our
Ambassadorsial
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June 18, 1992
Texas Export Update
cattle products
stute
In 1990, Texas agricultural exports totaled $2.5 billion (Texas ranked fifth in the
the
nation and accounted for 6 percent of the total value of U.S. exports). USDA,
Foreign Agricultural Service
Exports of live animals and meat totaled $366 million (Texas ranked third).
USDA, FAS
Texas led the nation in the export of cotton and linters ($669 million) and
cottonseed and products ($24 million). USDA, FAS
Texas is America's second largest rice exporter ($120 million) and third largest in
peanuts ($29 million). USDA, FAS
Last year, a record number of livestock were exported through the Texas
Department of Agriculture's export pens in Houston and along the border.
Almost 1.3 million head, valued at approximately $200 million, moved through
the pens. Lined up head to tail, those animals would stretch all the way from
Eagle Pass to the other side of Mexico City, Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas has more than 1.6 million head of Angora goats -- a number equal to the
population of Maine -- and these goats produce nearly half of the world's supply
of mohair. Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Approximately 110 million pounds of agricultural commodities processed in
Texas are exported each month. U.S. Department of Commerce
The Port of Houston is the nation's largest deepwater port and ranks third in the
nation in the volume of foreign trade. In 1991, more than $1.6 billion in
agricultural commodities were exported from the Port of Houston. Foreign
Trade Statistics, Port of Houston
The average Texas farmer and rancher produces enough food and fiber for 128
people (94.3 in the U.S. and 33.7 abroad). Production from approximately one in
five acres is exported. About one-fifth of total farm sales is generated by exports.
USDA
Every $1 billion of farm exports creates about 27,000 new jobs and $1.59 billion of
additional economic activity. USDA
Texas is the second largest producer of food and fiber in the nation, and
agriculture is the second largest industry in the state. Agriculture generates
almost $12 billion a year in sales and pumps more than $36 billion into our
economy. Agriculture generates every one in five jobs in Texas. Texas
Department of Agriculture, Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
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June 18, 1992
Texas Export Update
In 1990, Texas agricultural exports totaled $2.5 billion (Texas, ranked fifth in the
nation and accounted for 6 percent of the total value of U.S. exports). USDA,
Foreign Agricultural Service
Exports of live animals and meat totaled $366 million (Texas ranked third).
USDA, FAS
Texas led the nation in the export of cotton and linters ($669 million) and
cottonseed and products ($24 million). USDA, FAS
Texas is America's second largest rice exporter ($120 million) and third largest in
peanuts ($29 million). USDA, FAS
Last year, a record number of livestock were exported through the Texas
Department of Agriculture's export pens in Houston and along the border.
Almost 1.3 million head, valued at approximately $200 million, moved through
the pens. Lined up head to tail, those animals would stretch all the way from
Eagle Pass to the other side of Mexico City. Texas Department of Agriculture
Texas has more than 1.6 million head of Angora goats - a number equal to the
population of Maine -- and these goats produce nearly half of the world's supply
of mohair. Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Approximately 110 million pounds of agricultural commodities processed in
Texas are exported each month. U.S. Department of Commerce
The Port of Houston is the nation's largest deepwater port and ranks third in the
nation in the volume of foreign trade. In 1991, more than $1.6 billion in
agricultural commodities were exported from the Port of Houston. Foreign
Trade Statistics, Port of Houston
The average Texas farmer and rancher produces enough food and fiber for 128
people (94.3 in the U.S. and 33.7 abroad). Production from approximately one in
five USDA acres is exported. About one-fifth of total farm sales is generated by exports.
Every $1 billion of farm exports creates about 27,000 new jobs and $1.59 billion of
additional economic activity. USDA
Texas is the second largest producer of food and fiber in the nation, and
agriculture is the second largest industry in the state. Agriculture generates
almost $12 billion a year in sales and pumps more than $36 billion into our
economy. Agriculture generates every one in five jobs in Texas. Texas
Department of Agriculture, Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
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California Still Top Agricultural
two highest valued export commodities in FY 1990.
Exporting State In FY 1990
Nebraska dropped from second place in FY 1989 to
fourth in FY 1990, mainly because of Its lower share of
feed grain exports. Kansas also dropped in the
California remained the top exporting State for
rankings, from third to sixth, largely due to the overall
agricultural products for the sixth year in a row. Also
decline in the value of wheat, of which Kansas is the
ranked in the top 10 were: lowa, Illinois, Nebraska,
Texas, Kansas, Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, and
primary exporter.
Ohio (table 9). The same States formed the 1989 top
Value of Export Commodities Shift
10, although the order changed slightly in 1990 These
States accounted for 59 percent of all U.S. agricultural
While the total value of agricultural exports increased
exports.
just 1 percent from FY 1989, the differences In the
value of individual commodities varied widely. Wheat
State agricultural export estimates are based on the
export value, for example, dropped 30 percent from
State's production of a commodity and the assumption
FY 1989. The decline mirrored decreased demand for
that it receives export revenues in the same proportion
U.S. wheat and a drop in the price as world production
as its production. Additional information, such as
reached a record high. Dairy products, animal fats,
customs data by port of export or wheat shipments by
rice, and soybeans also declined in value.
type, are incorporated where appropriate.
California accounted for 11 percent of all agricultural
Export value increased for vegetables (34 percent),
cotton (32 percent), and fruits (22 percent). Fruit and
exports, ranking first in fruits and vegetables, export-
vegetable gains partially reflected revised data collec-
ing about half of each, and first in seeds, exporting 24
tion procedures. Cotton exports rose because tighter
percent. California finished second in exporting cotton,
world supplies increased the demand for U.S. cotton.
cottonseed, and dairy products.
These increases boosted exports from California and
Texas, which ranked among the top 10. Increases
lowa and Illinois ranked second and third among all
also occurred In poultry, seeds, feed grains, hides,
States. Each contributed 8 percent and were the
tobacco, and nuts. (Susam Pollack, Commodity and
leaders in exports of feed grains and soybeans, the
Trade Analysis Branch, 202-219-0822)
Tom Warden
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Table 9--U.S. agricultural export shares, by leading States: Estimated value, by commodity group, FY 1990
Commodity group
United
Leading 10 States, by value
States
1
2
3
4
>
6
7
0
9
10
Million dollars
Cal.
Iowa
III.
Neb.
Texas
Kan.
Minn.
Ind.
Mo.
ohio
Total
40,181.8
4,424.2
3,220.4
3,193.1
2,591.2
520.7
2,217
978.3
1,568.3
1,096.6
1,082.1
Iowa
Ill,
Neb.
Minn.
Ind.
Kan.
Texas
Ohio
Wis.
MO.
466.8
408.9
389.4
357.0
315.7
Feed graine and preds.
9,070.9
1,644.4
1,520.5
1,111.0
828.7
786.4
111.
Iowa
Minn.
Ind.
Ohio
Mo.
Reb.
Ark.
Kan.
S.D.
5,271.8
970.1
885.0
507.0
455.1
343.6
333.8
224.5
206.1
136.9
134.0
Soybeans and products
Kan.
oxla.
Wash.
N.D.
Mont.
Idaho
111.
Ore.
Mo.
Colo.
590.3
426.5
354.4
316.6
278.0
276.4
207.8
183.0
172.0
167.2
Wheat and products
4,430.3
Ky.
Colo.
111-
Cal,
Minn.
Wis.
Neb.
Kan.
Texas
Iowe
Live animals and meat
2,817.3
400.8
400.5
366.1
245.3
188.3
149.6
119.0
94.5
93.0
82.6
Tex.
Cal.
Miss.
Ariz.
LA.
ATK.
Tenn.
Ala.
Ga.
Mo.
Cotton and linters
2,719.5
668.9
602.5
347.1
251.1
193.6
189.8
106.2
85.4
76.3
60.0
Cal.
Fla.
Wash.
Ore.
Mich.
Ariz,
N.Y.
Haw.
Texas
Penn.
351.8
229.1
80.4
74.1
53.8
$2.4
30.2
24.5
22.9
Fruits and prep.
2,188.1
1,184.8
Cal.
wash.
Wis.
Idaho
Mich.
OTe.
Minn.
Fia.
Colo.
Neb.
2,078.7
1,021.6
182.4
102.8
98.7
87.2
86.5
73.3
70.2
51.7
39.6
Vegetables and prop.
Ken.
Neb.
Texas
Colo.
Iowa
W13.
111.
Cal.
Minn.
Penn.
Hides and skins
322.6
308.7
289.5
117.1
99.7
66.2
54.0
52.8
$5.7
$5.2
1,795.6
N.C.
Ky.
S.C.
Va.
Ga.
Tenn.
Cean.
Fls-
Ohio
Маяя.
Tobacco, unmanufactured
1,373.5
590.7
291.2
114.0
107.7
95.9
67.3
37.5
19.5
12.3
12.2
Neb.
Iowa
I11.
Texas
Minn.
Kan.
Fle.
Ind.
Cal.
Wis.
Feeds and fodders
1,047.3
113.5
108.9
84.7
80.9
80.7
74.5
45.1
41.8
41.7
37.6
Ark.
Ga.
Ala.
N.C.
Cal.
Miss
Texas
penn.
Del.
Ind.
853.5
122.3
110.3
93.4
85.2
55.5
49.4
44.0
34.3
30.2
29.7
Poultry and products
Ark.
Texas
La.
Cal.
Miss.
Mo.
829.7
383.
120.3
110.3
105.7
84.5
25.7
no
na
na
na
Rice
Cal.
Haw.
Ga.
Ore.
Texas
N.M.
Ala.
La.
01:3a-
Miss.
Tree nuts
734.9
686.4
14.5
9.8
7.4
6.3
3.3
2.5
1.6
1-0
1.0
Cal.
ore.
Wash.
Idaho
Neb.
Iowa
TAB-
Texas
N.D.
Ill.
45.6
43.3
27.1
21.9
20.2
19.6
17.3
16.7
Seeds
576.4
136.9
77.4
Kan.
Neb.
Texas
Colo.
Iowa
Wis.
Ill.
Cal.
Minn.
Penn.
84.7
81.0
76.0
30.7
26.2
17.4
16.8
16.5
14.6
14.5
Animal fats
458.8
Wis.
Cal.
Minn.
N.Y.
Penn.
Wash.
TOWA
Mo.
Texas
Idaho
87.4
48.8
39.8
19.3
19.2
11.8
11.0
9.5
8.8
7.9
Dairy products
347.7
Ga.
Ala.
Texas
N.C.
Va.
Fla.
okla.
N.M.
S.C.
111.9
32.5
29.3
22.4
14.9
13.0
12.7
2.6
2.0
na
Peanuts and products
241.4
N.D.
S.D.
Xan.
Minn.
Texas
139.2
97.7
19.3
9.4
7.5
5.3
no
no
na
na
DA
Sunflowerseed and oil
Texas
Cal.
Miss.
Ariz.
Ark.
La.
Tenn.
Ala.
Ga.
Mo.
24.0
21.0
12.1
8.5
6.8
6.4
3.5
2.0
2.5
2.1
Cottonseed and prode.
94.3
na . not applicable.
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Table 10--U.S. agricultural experts: Estimated value, by commodity group and State, FY 1988-90--continued
Live
State and year
Vegetables
animals
Hider
Poultry
Fats, oils,
Dairy
Feeds
and
and meat,
and
and
and
products
and
Seeds
other
Total
ending
skins
greases
todders
1/
September 30
preps.
ex. poultry
products
Million dollars
New Jersey:
4.9
5.6
0
1.8
5.1
0
1.2
1.3
47.9
1988
8.0
6.4
5.4
0
1.7
3.9
0
1.5
1.9
47.2
1989
7.1
0
.8
2.9
0
1.7
2.4
44.3
1990
7.0
3.7
3.2
New Mexico:
0.1
9.9
5.9
0
1,9
0
1.1
.8
1.6
58.4
1988
12.0
5.4
0
1.7
0
1.3
1.0
3.0
77.1
1989
5.1
0
1.6
1.2
4.8
98.4
1990
7.9
11.9
5.7
0
1.5
New York:
1988
28.4
$0.3
9.8
18.5
3.1
31.6
10.5
4.1
6.8
244.3
24.6
$1.7
9.1
21.0
2.9
27.1
12.7
5.0
10.3
266.9
1989
5.8
12.6
244.9
1990
35.0
41.2
5.2
12.2
1.4
19.3
10.2
North Carolina:
.8
o
58.1
0
3.4
0
2.1
24.3
871.4
1988
9.6
.7
11.7
0
65.2
0
3.0
0
2.5
35.4
917.7
1989
962.1
1990
1.1
13.4
0
85.2
0
1.9
0
2.9
46.6
North Dakotal
0
1.3
3.0
40.4
12.4
27.1
974.8
1988
31.7
7.3
4.0
31.8
13.8
8.1
2.6
3,0
49.0
15.0
32.1
832.4
0
1989
0
2.9
2.3
30.0
17.3
34.0
703.7
1990
27.9
14.9
11.0
Ohio:
34.0
24.4
14.4
7.7
12.8
30-8
8.3
30.6
1,101.9
1988
27.9
16.0
6.5
11.3
37.3
10.0
44.8
1,162.1
1989
32.9
39.9
20.2
33.6
15.2
15.2
4.0
7.6
20.1
11.5
52.4
1,082.1
1990
38.5
Oklahoma:
22.5
13.3
6.0
4.2
3.6
5.6
3.7
14.1
507.6
1988
0
1.7
3.5
6.7
4.3
26.0
696.6
1969
0
18.5
5.4
6.5
1990
0
12.0
3.8
14.0
1.0
2.7
8.6
5.2
27.8
574.4
Oregon:
4.1
2.7
0
,,
8.0
6.7
55.5
10.0
360.4
1986
53.9
8.2
67.0
19.7
510.4
69.3
4.7
2.5
0
.8
4.3
1969
1990
86.5
4.9
3.1
0
.8
3.4
6.8
77.4
24.5
476.8
Pennsylvania:
5.4
54.2
53.2
23.4
16.9
26.7
9.2
1.7
6.7
239.8
1988
10.4
270.2
1989
6.2
69.0
49.9
26.4
16.0
26.4
11.1
2.0
1990
10.0
55.2
34.3
14.5
19.2
14.9
2.3
14.7
295.1
74.9
Rhode Island:
0
0
0
0
o
0
0
0
1988
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1990
0
0
0
South Carolina:
1.8
0
7.7
0
0
0
2.1
6.2
222.3
1988
2.3
0
8.6
0
0
0
2.5
8.5
221.5
1989
2.2
2.6
0
10.4
0
0
0
2.9
12.2
248.8
1990
3.2
2.9
South Dakota:
.5
9.5
6.9
27.0
6.2
22.1
795.3
1988
D
46.6
29.9
0
61.6
30.1
.5
9.7
5.8
32.7
7.5
28.3
734.2
1989
0
65.0
34.6
.3
9.1
4.1
26.7
8,7
36.2
750.2
1990
Tennessee:
7.2
2-8
3.7
9.4
338.6
1988
1.2
20.8
10.7
1.6
3.4
1989
1.2
21.9
7.4
1.6
2-4
6.3
3.3
4.5
13.1
340.2
1.1
17.8
4.8
11.4
1.3
6.8
5.6
5.2
15.8
326.3
1990
Texas:
14.1
62.5
2,247.5
1986
14.9
286.5
285.3
31.5
90.6
12.5
40.3
1989
20.8
362.6
260.2
35.5
85.9
11.8
49.0
17.0
101.6
2,636.7
29.0
366.1
289.5
44.0
76.0
0.8
80.9
19.6
122.0
2,520.7
1990
Continued--
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Table 10--U.S. agricultural exports: Botimated value, by commodity group and State, FY 1988-90--continued
Feed
Cotton-
state and year
Whoat
grains
Soybeans
Sunflower-
Peanuts
Cotton
seed
Tobacco,
Fruits
Tree
and
Rice
and
and
seed
and
and
and
unmfd.
and
nuts
ending
products
and 012
products
linters
products
preps.
September 30
products
products
Hillion dollars
New Jersey:
0
0
0
11.6
0
0
0
0
0
8.4
0
1988
0
10.4
0
0
0
0
0
9.0
0
1989
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
12.9
0
1990
0
0
0
9.9
New Nexico:
0
0
13.4
0
0
1.3
16.6
is
0
0
.7
1988
0
27.4
0
D
1.6
16.8
.9
0
0
.9
1989
0
2.6
27.8
.0
0
0
3.3
1990
0
0
29.4
0
0
New York:
0
0
53.3
0
0
0
0
0
27.8
0
0
1988
0
72.6
0
0
0
0
0
0
29.7
0
1989
0
0
0
0
42.4
0
1990
0
0
60.5
0
0
0
North Carolina:
1988
27.5
0
0
0
17.0
14.6
.7
589.5
5.8
.1
110.1
0
0
132.9
0
22.5
17.8
.8
539.8
6.2
.2
1989
79.1
1.0
590.7
8.8
.1
1990
42.0
0
0
114.7
0
22.4
31.4
North Dakota:
1968
539.5
0
60.2
184.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
62.6
435.8
0
85.5
46.7
109.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1989
0
0
0
1990
316.6
0
111.2
38.0
97.7
0
0
0
Ohio:
1988
75.1
512.2
0
0
0
0
9.3
5.0
0
0
302.3
151.6
0
399.6
375.5
0
0
0
0
11.2
5.3
0
1989
7.6
0
1990
123.1
0
389.4
343.6
0
0
0
o
12.3
Oklahoma:
0
o
21.6
0
9.7
51.1
2.7
0
.2
.4
1988
348.9
548.1
0
0
18.3
12.0
40.5
2.1
0
.2
1.7
0
1989
.3
0
0
18.7
0
12.7
38.6
1.5
0
1.0
1990
426.5
Oregon:
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
52.7
11.6
1988
153.4
0
270.5
0
0
0
0
0
o
0
0
56.3
7.1
1989
7.4
0
0
0
D
0
0
0
80.4
1990
183.0
0
Pennsylvania:
22.6
0
0
0
0
4.8
15.0
0
1988
0
0
0
0
0
0
29.5
0
0
0
0
7.2
16.0
0
1989
0
28.4
0
0
0
0
4.3
22.9
0
1990
0
0
Rhode Island:
0
0
0
0
0
o
0
0
0
1988
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1989
0
0
9
0
0
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
#
1990
South Carolina:
0
0
57.8
0
1.4
16.1
.8
120.3
6.9
.1
1988
0
69.8
0
1.7
18.7
is
98.4
7.4
.2
0
0
0
1989
0
0
55,2
0
2.0
34.3
1.1
114.0
10.6
.1
1990
0
South Dakota:
239.6
0
210.0
162.5
34.4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1988
17.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
1989
148.1
0
236.1
156.0
165.1
0
247.1
134.0
19.3
0
0
0
D
0
0
1990
Tennessee:
0
0
103.4
0
0
94.9
5.0
74.5
0
0
1988
0
0
78.0
4.2
76.1
0
0
0
0
0
120.2
0
1989
1990
0
0
0
81.6
0
0
106.2
3.5
67.3
0
0
Texas:
264.3
104.7
254.6
15.1
1.5
19.1
€79.1
38.0
0
31.6
1.2
1988
705.8
37.6
0
34.7
2.2
284.9
155.5
415.5
23.7
2.2
22.3
1989
1990
163.4
120.3
408.9
34.1
5.3
29.3
668.9
24.0
0
24.5
6.3
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AUSTIN - Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry today said sheep
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"Livestock exports through TDA pens more than doubled last year,"
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* Hogs - 327,379 head valued at $44.1 million -- up from 39,525
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The exports reflect an about 125 percent increase in value compared
to the 1990 livestock exports. In 1990, 621,713 head valued at $90 million
were exported through the pens.
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Jennifer
Exports to Wexico (us. not Texas) since 1990
0/6 A from preceding year
1990 $28.3 bilton
13.2%
1991 $ 33.3 billion
17.6%
1992 $ 44.9 billion
34.9%
annualized from 4 months
Trade Balcence w/ wexico
1990 - 1.9 billion
1991 +2.1 billion
1992 +9.8 + billion
annua lized from 4 wonths
DavidWalkers 6/18/92
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Texas Export Facts
TEXAS
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Time:
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Top 10 Growth Exports for Texas'
Top 10 Export Countries
Ranked by Value of Top Exports
Percent
Value 90
Value 91
Change
SIC Code:
Mexico
08 Forestry
$4,211,043
$11,148,505
164.7
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$11,426,725
$28,474,373
149.2
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$47,081,207
$116,070,347
146.5
21 Tobacco Products
$2,069,052
$4,808,851
132.4
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$47,308,015
$100,899,270
113.3
24 Lumber and Wood Products: Except Furniture
$64,337,775
$124,787,399
94.0
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$211,059,093
$378,132,591
79.2
09 Fishing, Hunting, Trapping
$15,355,549
$27,272,631
77.6
33 Primary Metal Industries
$847,776,701
$1,392,978,480
64.3
20 Food and Kindred Products
$480,766,144
$778,141,727
61.9
14
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1990-91 Texas Exports
by Country of Destination
Mexico
Percent
SIC Code:
Value 90
Value 91
Change
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components: Except Computer
$3,249,326,724
$3,426,066,820
5.4
37 Transportation Equipment
$2,046,501,546
$2,256,238,838
10.2
35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
$1,462,774,582
$1,584,336,709
8.3
33 Primary Metal Industries
$847,776,701
$1,392,978,480
64.3
28 Chemicals and Allied Products
$934,852.563
$976,519,355
4.5
34 Fabricated Metal Products: Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$694,045,261
$829,838,027
19.6
20 Food and Kindred Products
$480,766,144
$778,141.727
61.9
01 Agricultural Production, Crops
$486,189,009
$546,414,291
12.4
38 Measuring. Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical
$438,588.829
$503,351,690
14,8
30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
$448,704,422
$424,939,804
-5.3
26 Paper and Allied Products
$359,600,437
$415,482,642
15.5
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$252,360,049
$389,090.051
54.2
25 Furniture and Fixures
$211,059,093
$378,132,591
79.2
29 Petroleum Refining and Related Industries
$323,646,950
$338,466,270
4.6
22 Textile Mill Products
$256,574,589
$196,268,506
-23.5
39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
$169,084,678
$165,222,221
-2.3
32 Stone, Clay. Glass and Concrete Products
$145,521,042
$161,177,381
10.8
91 Scrap and Waste
$131,022,958
$135,245,593
3.2
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$64,337,775
$124,787,399
94.0
02 Agricultural Production. Livestock and Animal Specialties
$47,081,207
$116,070.347
146.5
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$47,308,015
$100,899,270
113.3
31 Leather and Leather Products
$70,819,412
$66,230,237
-6.5
39 Miscellaneous Equipment
$45,302,196
$55,993,954
23.6
27 Printing. Publishing, and Allied Industries
$29,160,183
$37,921.504
30.0
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$11,426,725
$28,474,373
149.2
09 Fishing. Hunting, Trapping
$15,355.549
$27,272,631
77.6
08 Forestry
$4,211,043
$11,148.505
164.7
92 Second Hand Goods
$7,329,075
$7,310,289
-0.3
10 Metal Mining
$3,940,261
$5,997,231
52.2
21 Tobacco Products
$2,069,052
$4,808,851
132.4
12 Coal Mining
$982,088
$553.183
-43.7
Total
$13,287,718,158
$15,485,378,770
16.5
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from the Texas Department of Commerce
TO: Jennifer Grossman
Date: 18 June 1992
At: White House/Research
Time:
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Fax Number: (202) 456-6218
Number of pages (including cover): 3
From: Tom Staley
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2024566218 2
Leading Texas Exports by Two-Digit SIC Code
(As Percent of Total)
30
20
Percent
10
0
28
35
36
37
1
29
33
20
38
34
30
23
26
100
SIC Code
1990 Percent
1991 Percent
28
Chemicals and Allied Products
35
Industrial and Computer Machinery and Computer Equipment
36
Electronic and Other Electronic Equipment and Components not Computers
37
Transportation Equipment
01
Agricultural Production, Crops
29
Petroleum Refining and Related Industries
33
Primary Metal Industries
20
Food and Kindred Products
38
Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical, Etc.
34
Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
30
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
23
Apparel and Other Similar Products Made from Fabrics and Similar Materials
26
Paper and Allied Products
100
Other
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Texas Exports by Two-Digit SIC Code
Ranked by 1991 Value
SIC
Percent
Code Industry Description
1990
1991
Change
28 Chemicals and Allied Products
$9,480,892,871
$10,074,009,764
6.3%
35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
$7,753,909,331
$9,292,961,322
19.8%
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components; Except
$5,910,557,111
$6,523,477,035
10.4%
37 Transportation Equipment
$3,709,217,799
$4,373,161,275
17.9%
01 Agricultural Production, Crops
$2,347,060,351
$2,443,896,966
4.1%
29 Petroleum Refining and Related Industries
$2,511,515,126
$2,269,461,932
-9.6%
33 Primary Metal Industries
$1,445,918,713
$2,240,874,117
55.0%
20 Food and Kindred Products
$1,692,135,572
$1,818,517,606
7.5%
38 Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic,
$1,440,389,496
$1,659,859,278
15.2%
34 Fabricated Metal Products; Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$1,233,325,974
$1,632,955,492
32.4%
30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
$664,270,402
$690,658,389
4.0%
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar
$402,842,095
$602,160,647
49.5%
26 Paper and Allied Products
$551,652,212
$583,738,372
5.8%
39 Miscellaneous Equipment
$432,659,894
$456,358,064
5.5%
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$247,668,234
$438,053,456
76.9%
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$296,922,679
$354,693,107
19.5%
91 Scrap and Waste
$274,253,468
$261,454,395
-4.7%
22 Textile Mill Products
$312,884,197
$246,804,249
-21.1%
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$80,646,349
$207,074,375
156.8%
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$135,044,440
$185,301,397
37.2%
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$68,033,282
$139,623,957
105.2%
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals: Except Fuels
$66,185,181
$111,961,784
69.2%
31 Leather and Leather Products
$105,653,669
$108,850.504
3.0%
27 Printing. Publishing. and Allied Industries
$65,615,394
$95,679.694
45.8%
Canadian Goods Returned and Non-Canadian Goods Returned to Canada
$37,819,719
$51,521,595
36.2%
08 Forestry
$29,147,284
$37,537.170
28.8%
09 Fishing, Hunting. Trapping
$22,104,472
$32,780,273
48.3%
92 Second Hand Goods
$20,279,229
$32,376,028
59.7%
10 Metal Mining
$5,905,178
$27,174,379
360.2%
12 Coal Mining
$7,934,041
$10,147,054
27.9%
21 Tobacco Products
$2,069,052
$4,811,116
132.5%
99 Miscellaneous Equipment
$151.784
$20,596
-86.4%
Total Exports
$41,354,664,599
$47,007,955,388
13.7%
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Top 10 Growth Exports for Texas'
Top 10 Export Countries
Ranked by Value of Top Exports
Percent
SIC Code:
Value 90
Value 91
Change
Japan
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$12,458,828
$29,429,301
136.2
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$565,992
$1,291,990
128.3
22 Textile Mill Products
$1,589,934
$3,440,644
116.4
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals: Except Fuels
$1,427,241
$3,063,667
114.7
26 Paper and Allied Products
$8,776,191
$15,822,085
80.3
31 Leather and Leather Products
$3,749,100
$5,765,690
53.8
92 Second Hand Goods
$932,147
$1,368,689
46.8
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components; Except Computer
$296,013,899
$387,550,118
30.9
91 Scrap and Waste
$15,500,152
$20,222,272
30.5
38 Measuring. Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical
$71,942,919
$90,555,780
25.9
Canada
10 Metal Mining
$92,291
$7,394,229
7,911.9
12 Coal Mining
$2,376
$74,990
3,056.1
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$956,948
$3,479,302
263.6
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$21,882,201
$65,092,334
197.5
27 Printing. Publishing, and Allied Industries
$10,593,778
$28,813,457
172.0
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$2,896,516
$6,186,698
113.6
33 Primary Metal Industries
$125,516,721
$203,222,165
61.9
34 Fabricated Metal Products; Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$136,037,783
$217,948,098
60.2
91 Scrap and Waste
$3,303,839
$4,890,663
48.0
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$25,348,154
$34,953,820
37.9
Venezuela
24 Lumber and Wood Products: Except Furniture
$3,438
$507,586
14,664.0
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$1,025,878
$18,530,448
1,706.3
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$182,658
$925,210
406.5
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$50,766
$242,930
378.5
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$67,709
$269,694
298.3
33 Primary Metal Industries
$19,320.533
$74,417,483
285.2
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals: Except Fuels
$1,150,404
$4,153,378
261.0
37 Transportation Equipment
$13,593,911
$43,625,660
220.9
35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
$268,046,419
$728,969,531
172.0
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components; Except Computer
$12,021,130
$30,558,177
154.2
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Top 10 Growth Exports for Texas'
Top 10 Export Countries
Ranked by Value of Top Exports
Percent
SIC Code:
Value 90
Value 91
Change
Belgium And Luxembourg
31 Leather and Leather Products
$95,067
$495,911
421.6
39 Miscellaneous Equipment
$686,442
$3,136,852
357.0
27 Printing. Publishing, and Allied Industries
$70,324
$236,017
235.6
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$2,283,285
$7,315,230
220.4
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$489,700
$1,076,861
119.9
38 Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical
$8,610,923
$14,694,465
70.6
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$157,405
$266,294
69.2
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$95,023
$146,895
54.6
34 Fabricated Metal Products; Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$8,246,505
$11,488,825
39.3
01 Agricultural Production, Crops
$4,198,541
$5,571.537
32.7
Korea, Republic Of (South)
27 Printing. Publishing, and Allied Industries
$50,241
$455,847
807.3
31 Leather and Leather Products
$211,853
$1,222,817
477.2
30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
$1,728,769
$9,149,506
429.2
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$2,966,932
$12,252,965
313.0
37
$16 406
$191 022 966 $101 056
2013
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THE OF
FAX
from the Texas Department of Commerce
TO: Jennifer Grossman
Date: 18 June 1992
At: White House /Research
Time:
2:00 p.m
Fax Number: (202) 456-6218
Number of pages (including cover): 3
From: Tom Staley
If any problems arise, please call:
Fax: 512/ 320-9475
512/320-9667
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2024566218:# 2
Leading Texas Exports by Two-Digit SIC Code
(As Percent of Total)
30
20
Percent
10
0
28
35
36
37
1
29
33
20
38
34
30
23
26
100
SIC Code
1990 Percent
1991 Percent
28
Chemicals and Allied Products
35
Industrial and Computer Machinery and Computer Equipment
36
Electronic and Other Electronic Equipment and Components not Computers
37
Transportation Equipment
01
Agricultural Production, Crops
29
Petroleum Refining and Related Industries
33
Primary Metal Industries
20
Food and Kindred Products
38
Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical, Etc.
34
Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
30
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
23
Apparel and Other Similar Products Made from Fabrics and Similar Materials
26
Paper and Allied Products
100
Other
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2024566218:# 3
Texas Exports by Two-Digit SIC Code
Ranked by 1991 Value
SIC
Percent
Code Industry Description
1990
1991
Change
28 Chemicals and Allied Products
$9,480,892,871
$10,074,009,764
6.3%
35
Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
$7,753,909.331
$9,292,961,322
19.8%
36
Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components; Except
$5,910,557,111
$6,523,477,035
10.4%
37
Transportation Equipment
$3,709,217,799
$4,373,161,275
17.9%
01
Agricultural Production, Crops
$2,347,060,351
$2,443,896,966
4.1%
29
Petroleum Refining and Related Industries
$2,511,515,126
$2,269,461,932
-9.6%
33 Primary Metal Industries
$1,445,918,713
$2,240,874,117
55.0%
20
Food and Kindred Products
$1,692,135,572
$1,818,517,606
7.5%
38 Measuring. Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic,
$1,440,389,496
$1,659,859,278
15.2%
34 Fabricated Metal Products; Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$1,233,325,974
$1,632,955,492
32.4%
30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
$664,270,402
$690,658,389
4.0%
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar
$402,842,095
$602,160,647
49.5%
26
Paper and Allied Products
$551,652,212
$583,738,372
5.8%
39
Miscellaneous Equipment
$432,659,894
$456,358,064
5.5%
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$247,668,234
$438,053,456
76.9%
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$296,922,679
$354,693,107
19.5%
91
Scrap and Waste
$274,253,468
$261,454,395
-4.7%
22 Textile Mill Products
$312,884,197
$246,804,249
-21.1%
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$80,646,349
$207,074,375
156.8%
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$135,044,440
$185,301,397
37.2%
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$68,033,282
$139,623,957
105.2%
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$66,185,181
$111,961,784
69.2%
31 Leather and Leather Products
$105,653,669
$108,850,504
3.0%
27 Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries
$65,615,394
$95,679,694
45.8%
Canadian Goods Returned and Non-Canadian Goods Returned to Canada
$37,819,719
$51,521,595
36.2%
08 Forestry
$29,147,284
$37,537,170
28.8%
09 Fishing. Hunting. Trapping
$22,104,472
$32,780,273
48.3%
92
Second Hand Goods
$20,279,229
$32,376,028
59.7%
10
Metal Mining
$5,905,178
$27,174,379
360.2%
12
Coal Mining
$7,934,041
$10,147,054
27.9%
21
Tobacco Products
$2,069,052
$4,811,116
132.5%
99
Miscellaneous Equipment
$151,784
$20,596
-86.4%
Total Exports
$41,354,664,599
$47,007,955,388
13.7%
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Top 10 Growth Exports for Texas'
Top 10 Export Countries
Ranked by Value of Top Exports
Percent
SIC Code:
Value 90
Value 91
Change
Japan
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$12,458,828
$29,429,301
136.2
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$565,992
$1,291,990
128.3
22 Textile Mill Products
$1,589,934
$3,440,644
116.4
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$1,427,241
$3,063,667
114.7
26 Paper and Allied Products
$8,776,191
$15,822,085
80.3
31 Leather and Leather Products
$3,749,100
$5,765,690
53.8
92 Second Hand Goods
$932,147
$1,368,689
46.8
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components: Except Computer
$296,013,899
$387,550,118
30.9
91 Scrap and Waste
$15,500,152
$20,222,272
30.5
38 Measuring. Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical
$71,942,919
$90,555,780
25.9
Canada
10 Metal Mining
$92,291
$7,394,229
7,911.9
12 Coal Mining
$2,376
$74,990
3,056.1
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$956,948
$3,479,302
263.6
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$21,882,201
$65,092,334
197.5
27 Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries
$10,593,778
$28,813,457
172.0
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$2,896,516
$6,186,698
113.6
33 Primary Metal Industries
$125,516,721
$203,222,165
61.9
34 Fabricated Metal Products: Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$136,037,783
$217,948,098
60.2
91 Scrap and Waste
$3,303,839
$4,890,663
48.0
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$25,348,154
$34,953,820
37.9
Venezuela
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$3,438
$507,586
14,664.0
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$1,025,878
$18,530,448
1,706.3
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$182,658
$925,210
406.5
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$50,766
$242,930
378.5
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$67,709
$269,694
298.3
33 Primary Metal Industries
$19,320,533
$74,417,483
285.2
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$1,150,404
$4,153,378
261.0
37 Transportation Equipment
$13,593,911
$43,625,660
220.9
35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
$268,046,419
$728,969,531
172.0
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components; Except Computer
$12,021,130
$30,558,177
154.2
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Top 10 Growth Exports for Texas'
Top 10 Export Countries
Ranked by Value of Top Exports
Percent
SIC Code:
Value 90
Value 91
Change
Belgium And Luxembourg
31 Leather and Leather Products
$95,067
$495,911
421.6
39 Miscellaneous Equipment
$686,442
$3,136,852
357.0
27 Printing, Publishing. and Allied Industries
$70,324
$236,017
235.6
32 Stone, Clay. Glass and Concrete Products
$2,283,285
$7,315,230
220.4
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$489,700
$1,076,861
119.9
38 Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical
$8,610,923
$14,694,465
70.6
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$157,405
$266,294
69.2
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$95,023
$146,895
54.6
34 Fabricated Metal Products; Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$8,246,505
$11,488,825
39.3
01 Agricultural Production, Crops
$4,198,541
$5,571,537
32.7
Korea, Republic Of (South)
27 Printing. Publishing, and Allied Industries
$50,241
$455,847
807.3
31 Leather and Leather Products
$211,853
$1,222,817
477.2
30 Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products
$1,728,769
$9,149,506
429.2
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$2,966,932
$12,252,965
313.0
37 Transportation Equipment
$46,496,879
$181,932,866
291.3
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$175,964
$460,174
161.5
08 Forestry
$2,119,713
$4,734,206
123.3
22 Textile Mill Products
$1,066,167
$1,929,936
81.0
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$1,370,056
$2,385,840
74.1
34 Fabricated Metal Products; Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$17,522,110
$29,878,939
70.5
Singapore
12 Coal Mining
$36,953
$279,357
656.0
08 Forestry
$387,722
$1,061,716
173.8
27 Printing. Publishing, and Allied Industries
$359,354
$869,015
141.8
33 Primary Metal Industries
$7,423,103
$16,765,913
125.9
20 Food and Kindred Products
$1,010,642
$2,189,300
116.6
01 Agricultural Production, Crops
$1,104,574
$1,937,883
75.4
28 Chemicals and Allied Products
$307,605,566
$366,230,256
19.1
35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
$415,672,406
$468,108,469
12.6
38 Measuring, Analyzing and Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical
$43,258,257
$46,280,663
7.0
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components; Except Computer
$290,732,371
$305,551,610
5.1.
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Top 10 Export Countries
Ranked by Value of Top Exports
Percent
SIC Code:
Value 90
Value 91
Change
Mexico
08 Forestry
$4,211,043
$11,148,505
164.7
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals; Except Fuels
$11,426,725
$28,474,373
149.2
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$47,081,207
$116,070,347
146.5
21 Tobacco Products
$2,069,052
$4,808,851
132.4
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$47,308,015
$100,899,270
113.3
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$64,337,775
$124,787,399
94.0
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$211,059,093
$378,132.591
79.2
09 Fishing. Hunting. Trapping
$15,355,549
$27,272,631
77.6
33 Primary Metal Industries
$847,776,701
$1,392,978,480
64.3
20 Food and Kindred Products
$480,766,144
$778,141,727
61.9
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Top 10 Export Countries
Ranked by Value of Top Exports
Percent
SIC Code:
Value 90
Value 91
Change
China (Taiwan)
10 Metal Mining
$2,503
$20,559
721.4
08 Forestry
$16,990
$110,663
551.3
33 Primary Metal Industries
$8,616,071
$29,658,084
244.2
02 Agricultural Production, Livestock and Animal Specialties
$286,755
$898,018
213.2
39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
$771,353
$1,450,023
88.0
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$90,849
$166,322
83.1
01 Agricultural Production, Crops
$22,812,575
$41,494,477
81.9
14 Mining and Quarrying of Non-Metallic Minerals: Except Fuels
$2,561,129
$4,243,118
65.7
35 Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
$64,270,826
$103,020,808
60.3
28 Chemicals and Allied Products
$593,781,048
$873,347,850
47.1
Netherlands
92 Second Hand Goods
$38,604
$782,875
1,928.0
25 Furniture and Fixtures
$322,859
$1,840,053
469.9
34 Fabricated Metal Products: Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$15,790,404
$49,094,747
210.9
23 Apparel and Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics and Similar Materials
$194,520
$601,791
209.4
22 Textile Mill Products
$136,342
$355,900
161.0
39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
$1,111,654
$2,653,233
138.7
27 Printing, Publishing. and Allied Industries
$402,337
$726,979
80.7
24 Lumber and Wood Products; Except Furniture
$1,609,647
$2,895,181
79.9
08 Forestry
$1,625,647
$2,275,168
40.0
32 Stone, Clay, Glass and Concrete Products
$1,969,476
$2,708,826
37.5
United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
13 Oil and Gas Extraction
$1,680,123
$7,407,464
340.9
26 Paper and Allied Products
$3,135,556
$7,350,577
134.4
12 Coal Mining
$4,022,748
$7,709,032
91.6
31 Leather and Leather Products
$929,323
$1,416,209
52.4
91 Scrap and Waste
$985,329
$1,306,639
32.6
38 Measuring. Analyzing and Controlling Instruments: Photographic, Medical
$75,952,028
$89,684,003
18.1
39 Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
$14,318,915
$15,767,668
10.1
33 Primary Metal Industries
$14,520,360
$15,088,246
3.9
34 Fabricated Metal Products; Except Machinery and Transportation Equipment
$29,012,414
$29,590,972
2.0
36 Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components; Except Computer
$292,382,866
$296,826,120
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MEMORANDUM TO CHRISTINA MARTIN W
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
VETO NUMBER IN TEXAS SPEECH
The reference re POTUS vetoes (i.e., Bush 26, Congress 0) is
incorrect. The correct number is 28.
June 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM TO CHRISTINA MARTIN WV
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
VETO NUMBER IN TEXAS SPEECH
The reference re POTUS vetoes (i.e., Bush 26, Congress 0) is
incorrect. The correct number is 28.
June 17, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAVID DEMAREST
AP
SUBJECT:
TEXAS STATE CONVENTION
Sir, on Saturday, June 19, 1992 you will address the Texas
State Convention. The audience will be comprised of 25,000
people and you will speak at approximately 3:30 p.m. The
attached remarks are 16 minutes in length and will be
teleprompted.
Nix/DD
June 17, 1992
Draft two
TEXAS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: TEXAS STATE CONVENTION
[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS] [COLOR]
I don't think I've ever felt it as strongly -- I'm proud to
be a Texan. Barbara and I raised our kids here, I coached Little
League here, built my business here, my campaign for the
Presidency started here, and it will finish here. It is great to
be back home because there is no place like Texas.
Today is not the time for long talk. November 3rd is but a
few months away. The going is a little rough right now, but I'll
let the world in on a secret you already know: I finish what I
start. To finish the job the American people asked me to do, I
need your help -- Texas, give me four more years as your leader.
I'll do my part -- by keeping my eye on the ball. A lot of
glib talk won't get the job done. Let somebody else cozy up to
the special interest crowd in Washington. Let somebody else
pitch pie-in-the-sky promises, and babble sound-good sound-
bites. Let somebody else become the darling of the talking heads
on TV, I'll keep fighting to get something done for this country.
There's too much at stake for America to forget about trust
and judgment and values -- too much at stake, as we say in Texas,
to buy a pig in a poke.
And you can count on this: somebody else can spend the next
five months being all things to all people -- nobody else is
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going to stick closer to the values that made this Party great
and this country great.
No matter what the polls say or the pundits want, nobody
else is going to hang tougher on principle. And one more thing:
nobody else is going to lead this country for the next four
years. We will win in November, and we will win going away.
In just the last four years, the world we have known for the
last forty years vanished. Our mission for the next four years
is to shape our new world -- not just abroad -- but right here at
home. It's a big job to set the course for the next forty years.
It means solving big problems with a level head, tolerance, and
good judgment. But that's why I want to be President -- because
I am the right man for that job.
I understand America and her problems and I understand where
we must go. I want for my kids and my grandkids -- for every one
of America's children -- what we all want: families strong and
united, good schools, safe neighborhoods, a job-creating economy,
and a world at peace. Pretty straightforward, isn't it?
Since becoming your President, I've felt the heartbeat of
this country in every single state. I've felt it closeup --
farmers, ranchers, city kids, teachers, truck drivers -- I know
the American people, and they are with us. But they are angry -
- angry at big government, small results, and big excuses. They
are right -- government is just too big and spends too much.
This election must be a referendum on some big ideas. One
of them is a government that works right without raising taxes.
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The American people know I proposed an amendment to force us to
balance the budget. They know I fought for it -- the only
Presidential candidate to support it. That's why in the fall
they'll be with us -- America wants a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Government is too big and spends too much. The American
people know that the President should have what forty-three
governors have to control spending. They know I've called for
it, fought for it. That's why in the fall they'll be with us --
America wants the President to have the Line-Item-Veto.
Government is too big and spends too much. The taxpayer
knows how the budget gets busted. It's an arrogant, permanent
Congress -- unaccountable to the people. The American people are
with us -- it's time to limit terms for members of Congress.
Now, there are others out there who say they are the leaders
of change. Maybe they can read polls -- but they haven't read
the American people. You and I, we know each other. Throughout
my life in Texas, you've seen me tested. When I sent our sons
and daughters into battle, Texans anguished with me. When I
defied the powerful broccoli lobby, you laughed with me. And
when I agreed to pay a painful price for a deal on the budget,
Lord knows, you argued with me. But through it all you knew I
would never break with Texas values we hold most dear: freedom
and faith, honor and decency, and most of all family.
You've seen these values change the world. The Cold War is
over -- Eastern Europe is free. Imperial Communism is dead and
buried. [ Yeltsin insert ] We all grew up with the specter of a
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nuclear holocaust -- but our children, these kids right up here,
now go to sleep at night without fear of nuclear war. These are
dreams come true for America, and I am proud of that record.
Let me warn you: for all the great triumphs freedom has
made, the world remains a dangerous place. That's why a big idea
in this campaign is defending America's interests abroad. The
best way to keep America safe is to keep America strong.
The Soviet "bear" might now be a creature of the past, but
there are still plenty of wolves out there -- you know who they
are -- Khadafy, Castro, Kim Il Sung, Saddam Hussein. They better
know: we're going to keep the wolves at bay. If any one of them
threatens the peace, we will shut them down -- and we'll do it by
the scruff of their neck if we have to.
Yes, our successes abroad have laid the foundation for
stepping up our attack on our domestic problems. But we don't
need to bring back the central planners or the social engineers.
They're on the run in Russia -- they're not welcome here. The
big government crowd has it backward: the people don't work for
the government, the government works for the people.
Now, to set things on a new track right here at home -- we
must start with a moral, even a spiritual revival across our
nation, particularly when it comes to instilling values in our
kids. So here is another big idea: fads may come and go -- but
in the Bush Administration, the family will always be in fashion.
That's how we put first things first -- families united,
fathers and mothers staying together, in spite of tough times,
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because they love their children and want them to grow up whole
and strong. It all begins with the family.
Some of the ideas I've put forth for changing America
unnerve those who cling to the old thinking of the status quo.
Not everyone is ready for new ideas. So it will take time. And
four years just haven't been enough to finish our mission.
On that one, give me a few more Phil Gramms -- a few more
new thinkers in the Congress -- give me a new Congress, the kind
my great predecessor, Ronald Reagan began with, and you just
watch us get this country moving again.
Some people say, why can't you bring the same kind of
purpose and success to the domestic scene as you did in Desert
Shield and Desert Storm? Fair question. And the answer is I
didn't have to get permission from the Congress to kick Saddam
Hussein out of Kuwait.
Would I like to see our domestic agenda off and running?
You bet. So I understand the feeling that's out there because I
am frustrated with the same things you are: family values under
siege, second-rate schools, too much despair and too much
violence on too many streets. Think about the fifty-year old man
laid off after thirty years with the same company when he asks,
"What about me?" or the parents who took on second jobs to
provide a daughter with a college education, when they say, "Our
daughter can't find a job, what about her?" Or the kids on the
streets, whose only friend is crack, whose only family is the
gang, when they ask, "What about us?"
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At this historic moment when political leadership is SO
necessary, we too must ask, "What about him, what about her, what
about those kids?" To the American people their government is
impotent and out of touch, still shuffling these painful protests
to the waiting room of some Congressional subcommittee. We must
change this. We must break this gridlock and recapture the trust
of the American people.
We have much to do these next four years, but I know our
strength is in our values, our determination, and our optimism
about the future. There's a right way and a wrong way to set a
new course. The wrong way is to give up -- and I will not give
up on America -- not now, not ever. America will always be a
rising nation -- but only if we continue to believe in ourselves.
After a tough recession, confidence is returning to our
economy. Some good fundamentals are in place: low interest
rates, and low inflation. Stronger growth in the first quarter.
The United States is still the largest and most productive
economy in the world. Don't ever forget that. The biggest
mission -- the biggest idea of this campaign is to accelerate
economic growth to create hope and opportunity for everyone.
And with our exports still climbing -- there's solid proof that
Americans can outcompete anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world.
[ OIL AND GAS INSERT ? ]
A rising nation educates her young people. Well, you
wouldn't know it to read the papers, but all across America a
revolution in education is bringing back excellence to our
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schools. Well, we were the ones to start it -- we are the ones
that are leading it -- we'll be the ones to complete it. And
before we're done, whether it's public, private or religious,
parents are going to have the right to choose their children's
schools.
You wouldn't know it to watch the network news, but there's
another great and dynamic movement transforming our country. It
is a movement of ordinary people solving problems right where
they live -- millions of courageous people taking direct and
consequential action on their own. This is how we help create
whole and good communities. Lest anyone forget, under my
Presidency this movement, this big idea, is a national crusade.
The real heroes of America -- God bless them -- are the ones we
call Points of Light.
Despite the odds, we've had some successes on Capitol Hill -
- legislation like our Child Care Act -- which said parents raise
kids, not government; the Clean Air Act -- linking a strong
economy with a clean environment; the Americans with Disabilities
Act -- guaranteeing the disabled their rightful place in the
mainstream. And when it comes to stopping bad legislation with
my veto pen, it's Bush 26, Congress 0.
So despite what you hear from the pundits, or the special
interests, we are already setting a new course for America. But
it is a very critical moment. To meet the tough issues of
education, of crime, or the decline in the American family -- we
must resolve not to once again walk down the old paths of the old
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thinkers. The future of our country is at stake. The job is
only half-done. We must finish what we started.
I'm proud of our record. We've had to make the tough calls
-- every day and every week. Bigger government, higher taxes,
moral relativism -- that's their way -- the old way -- and we've
proposed a better way. A new track for America -- like Texas,
it's a big idea. When Congress blocked the way -- stuck in the
muck of the old thinking -- we kept the heat on -- kept pushing
for change. And we're going to keep on pushing until we get the
job done.
When the American people send me a Congress with a
commitment to change -- we'll pass the laws, do the work the
American people deserve. But with or without the Congress we are
going to make our families stronger, our schools better, our
streets safer, and build opportunity for all Americans. That's
what the American people want, not excuses, but action.
This is an age of great change for America -- that's what
makes November 3rd so important. Change can seem to threaten the
most valuable legacies we hope to leave our children: good jobs,
strong families, a nation at peace. Change breeds uncertainty
and skepticism. I understand that. But we are the United States
of America -- one nation under God.
The genius of America is everywhere. It's in a society that
places a premium on performance, not glitz -- on service, not
selfishness. A society that captures what Texas is all about.
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Let the skeptics say it can't be done. Let the optimists say,
let's get to work.
Yes, we are in the fight of our lives, but it's worth the
fight and we're in it to win.
I appreciate this warm Texas welcome. God bless you all.
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HEADLINE: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB LUNCHEON SPEAKER
TOM FOLEY (D-WA), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
MODERATOR: GREGORY SPEARS
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB BALLROOM
KEYWORD:
NPC LUNCHEON FOLEY
BODY:
SPEAKER FOLEY: Thank you very much. I'd certainly like to thank President Greg
Spears and Chairman John Peterson for the opportunity to come back again to the
National Press Club. It's an honor to be here once; it's a special and single
honor to be here more than once. And I will not impose long on your patience,
understanding that peculiar recognition.
I will say about the remark that President Spears made about the so-called
bunker, that this is an example -- whatever you think about the idea of
sheltering 800 or more members of the House and the Senate and the Supreme Court
in time of national emergency -- really it was made for the nuclear threat that
was perceived to be very real and imminent in the 1950s and beyond -- this is a
secret that Congress kept. (Laughter.) And it's -- we are widely accused of
being a leaky ship in terms of security information.
Perhaps this is an example of an idea that was too closely held and too secret
-- too closely kept. Only a handful of members knew about it, and in fact the
members of the Congress who knew about plans to protect the President and
cabinet in times of national emergency complained that there was no provision
for the judiciary and for the Congress and the succession of constitutional
government. And actually, a kind of commission was established to investigate
this, none of the members of the commission being informed the facility already
existed and had existed for two decades.
By the way, it's not an expensive one, just again while we're on the subject. I
think we pay about $50,000 a year for the lease of it. When you consider that
- sadly, as I'm about to report - the House Budget and the Senate Budget
Committees round off to $100 million, the expenditure of $50,000 is not a
horrendous expenditure. But for reasons beyond that, I think it is coming to an
end.
Let me also comment at the moment about the suggestion of President Ford that
the reforms of the '60s and '70s were a mistake because it robbed the leadership
in both parties of their ability to make decisions. I yield to no one in my
respect for President Ford. I think that the nation continues to owe him a very
great debt that, at a time when confidence in the presidency was low and the
circumstances of public concern about the continuity of our government was very
high, he came forward with dignity and honor to restore the confidence of the
nation. And I think that is something for which we all should be
extraordinarily grateful. I think it was the singularly most significant
contribution of his presidency. I say that with no lack of recognition for the
other things he did during his term of office, but that certainly was of very
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great importance.
I remember when he was sworn in as President. I was in the Democratic
cloakroom, and when there are, of course, suggestions about rank partisanship in
the Congress, we all know -- those of us who serve there -- that it's tempered
by human friendships, associations, and understandings. And as these Democrats
-- exclusively Democratic Members and staff in the Democratic cloakroom --
watched President Ford take the oath of office -- you said you remember in his
remarks that he asked people to pray for him -- and I heard a single Member
whisper in the absolute silence, "We will, Gerry, God bless you. " We who had
served with him carried that admiration through his presidency and beyond.
This is all preparatory to saying I'm not sure I agree with him -- (laughter) --
that the reforms were a mistake, but certainly I think the reforms or something
like them were almost inevitable. The country has changed dramatically in so
many ways. Every institution of our nation's national life has undergone
change: the military, the business community, the church, the press.
I commented to my head table guests here that I come from a town where the
editor of the local newspaper only a few years ago insisted that male
journalists put on their jackets and button them before they made their way down
the corridor to the men's room. It was considered inappropriate for them to be
out in the hallway in shirtsleeves.
Time and circumstance have changed all of our conceptions about what is ordinary
and regular. And I think in the Congress it would have been difficult for us to
go through the last 20 years with the power of committee chairmen ensconsed as
strongly as it was in the '50s and in the '60s, where Arthur Crock (sp) of The
New York Times could report that the committee chairmen of the standing
committees of the House and the Senate and their ranking Republican counterparts
were, as he said, the lords proprietors of the Congress.
I opened my congressional career with a chairman of one of my committees saying
that he hated and detested to hear new members of Congress interrupting senior
members when they were asking questions. The new members would ask -- or the
old members would ask all the important questions, resolve all the problems, and
decide all the issues without the interference of the new members. Some of
them, he said, unfortunately some of you -- he put it more pointedly -- might
take years before they could constructively participate in our work. Now, if
you said that to new members of the Congress today in either party, they would
laugh at the joke, but it was not considered a joke at the time.
One other brief comment in defense against being able to order the members to do
the right thing, as I guess that President Ford thinks that Bob Michel and I
ought to be more able to do. I've told this story a number of times, and
forgive me if you've heard it before. It's a true story that when I was given
an orientation course by Speaker McCormack in 1965 in December -- 1964 in
December, actually, he said to us that he thought it was possible for a member
of Congress to be elected by accident, but seldom possible for him or her to be
reelected by accident. The message was subtle, but clear: come back in two
years time and we'll take you more seriously.
The second speech of the two-speech orientation -- now it's very elaborate. It
takes weeks and they go to -- all of the members go to the Brookings Institution
and to the Kennedy School together with their Republican colleagues. At that
time, WE had two speeches.
The second one was given by Michael Kerwin, who said he wanted to warn us new
members against the single greatest danger that could occur to a new member
beginning his or her congressional career. And we leaned forward to hear what
that danger was, some ethical trap or other. And he said, "That danger is
thinking for yourself." (Laughter.) He said, "For heaven's sake, don't do that."
He said, "Do almost anything but that. Don't think for yourself. Maybe if
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it's some small matter in your own congressional district. Otherwise," he said,
"trust the leadership. Trust the chairman of the subcommittee." He said, "Trust
the subcommittee chairman. Trust the chairman of the Democratic Caucus. Trust
the majority whip. Trust the majority leader. And especially," he said, "pray
God, trust the Speaker. Trust the Speaker."
I remember being outraged myself. I thought that I'd been elected to Congress
to deal with the problems and circumstances of the '60s and the '70s and beyond,
and here was the senior member of my party saying that we shouldn't even think
for ourselves. It was outrageous.
In the 27 years since that time, it has been my honor to be a subcommittee
chairman, a committee chairman, the chairman of the Democratic Caucus, the
Democratic Whip, the Majority Leader and now the Speaker. The wise words of Mr.
Kerwin come across - (laughter) - that generation of time as a reminder of how
right he was. (Laughter.)
But the problem persists, Members of Congress quite naturally and understandably
think for themselves. This week they are going to have to make a critical
decision and they are going to have to think very carefully for themselves and
to a large extent in a lonely way by themselves as to whether they wish to amend
the Constitution of the United States to provide for a requirement of a balanced
budget.
I defer to no one in my belief that the deficits of the '80s and early '90s have
become shocking, a scandal if you will, and that we need to make a firm
commitment to those measures necessary to achieve the goal of returning the
budget to balance or close to balance in most years. In other years we probably
should have surpluses. But I believe no constitutional amendment presently
hefore the Congress or likely tn hp 50 in the near future will assist in that
noal and will in fact make the goal more difficult.
With the passage nf a. balanced hudget amendment WP would hecome a weaker nation
in my view, wraker at home, weaker ahroad, weaker economically, weaker
militarily, and weaker politically. These consequences, T helieve would evalve
from. the fact that this amendment. and almost any amendment tn the Constitution
that attemnts tn force a mechanistic halanced hudget requirement would undermine
the financial credihility n.f the United States and would prode the confidence of
Americans and international community members in the commitment of our country
to its ohligations and it would produce unexpected, unanticipated and largely
unknown shifts in nur present constitutional and institutional arrangement.
Third, it. would leave our government without the needed flexibility to respond
in times of crisis and emergency and in making necessary investments for the
future.
Our present deficit problem by the way is relatively short lived, reaching its
present proportions only in recent years, the last decade or SO. It's cure is
also clear. We have to control spending and adjust resources to do what the
country decides it important for the federal government to do. And I say that
the President's support for this amendment is unfortunately, and I say this with
respect, not untypical of the President's predilection for constitutional
amendments across the entire landscape.
I consider myself somewhat of a constitutional conservative, believing that we
should rarely amend the Constitution. The President wants a constitutional
amendment for a balanced budget, he also wants a constitutional amendment on
abortion, he wants a constitutional amendment on term limits, he wants a
constitutional amendment on flag burning. I mean there is hardly a year that
goes by that the President doesn't have another constitutional amendment that he
is endorsing.
I think his support and his administration's support for a constitutional
amendment on a balanced budget would come with greater credibility if the
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President or his predecessor, President Reagan, had submitted a balanced budget
to the Congress. But as you know, not once in the lasst 12 budget submissions
has the administration submitted a budget either in balance or capable of being
in balance, even if all of the optimistic projections of the administration on
economic factors or all of the recommended legislative program had been enacted.
The President and his predecessor and the administrations of President Reagan
and President Bush first suggested to us that deficits didn't matter. They
more or less endorsed the supply side view that deficits were relatively
irrelevant. Secondly, they suggested that it could be accomplished by cutting
taxes, and we had the great riverboat gamble, as Howard Baker put it, the Senate
Republican leader, in 1981, where we cut taxes steeply and inherited, as a
result, from that and the recession and the military buildup, the beginning of
the dramatic increase in the national debt and the beginning of a long period of
high budget deficits.
The administration then suggested that one of the things that would help would
be a line item veto. President Reagan executed, as I remember, about 43 vetoes.
All but nine of them were sustained. And only one of those vetoes that was
overridden dealt with appropriations, and that was vetoed because it was $1.2
billion less in the defense budget than President Reagan had asked for. So it's
very hard, and of course, all of the 28 vetoes of President Bush have been
sustained, and most of them had nothing to do at all with finance or
appropriation issues. They have dealt with political issues such as abortion
and other issues.
President Bush continues to advance a kind of a homeopathic cure by suggesting
that we ought to cut taxes, that we ought to adopt a capital gains tax, that we
ought to take other actions which, together with the healthy economic growth
that will follow, in his view, will make the budget fairly easy to balance.
There was another, harder school on the Hill, led in the House, probably, by
Leon Panetta, the distinguished chairman of the Budget Committee, who suggests
that if we're going to balance the budget or do the more appropriate thing of
getting the budget in surplus and in balance, or close to balance in most years,
we have to take hard choices that involve cutting spending and in some cases
adjusting resources, or taxes, if you will, to meet requirements.
I am an unabashed supporter - and I say this not as the spokesman of my party,
not as the Speaker - for the increase in the gasoline tax. I think it's a
ridiculous situation that we should have a physical declining infrastructure -
a declining physical infrastructure, I should say, the continued deterioration
of the physical means by which we move goods and services in the country and by
which we improve our productivity and compete with our trading partners around
the world, at the same time that we have one of the lowest, if not the lowest
gasoline taxes in the industrial world. Only Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and
Venezuela and a few other countries that are old-rich countries have lower
gasoline taxes than do we, yet the President refuses to support even a one cent
addition to the gasoline tax. That's just an example of where I think we're not
receiving leadership from the executive branch in dealing with these issues.
Even one of the best decisions that the President made in his administration,
the decision to join with Congress in 1990 to reach a budget agreement, has been
repudiated recently by the President, who suggested that he thought on
reflection it was probably a mistake to do this. I gave him great credit at the
time for the necessary political courage and determination to enter into the
budget agreement. I think it was a successful agreement given too little
credit. It has saved virtualy $500 billion which would otherwise be added to
the deficit over a five year period. But the President has moved away from that
decision, unfortunately.
His promise not to raise taxes I suggested was a mistake, not because we want
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to raise taxes. I think most people, including the -- my own view, the opinion
of most people is that we should first go to reducing spending levels before WE
look at tax increases. But one way or the other, we need a certain flexibility
in dealing with this problem, and the President's resistance to any flexibility
on this side has been a mistake.
I said one time, borrowing a bit on Bernard Shaw, that there are two sins
committed by politicians. One is committed by the politician who does not keep
his campaign promises. But that is a relatively venal sin, often, compared to
the sin of the politician who keeps his campaign promises. (Laughter.) It is
not always wise to keep a campaign promise unwisely given.
Now we have a situation where the future of our fiscal system is jeopardized by
deficits that are in the range of $370 to perhaps $400 billion. And we have
come to the proposal to require that this be balanced by constitutional
amendment. Part of the appeal of the amendment is that every other effort, it
is argued, has failed, or seems to fail. It's kind of the argument for any
cure, even the most outlandish, if other cures don't seem to have been
effective. But I would suggest to you that what we know about the balanced
budget amendment in both its utilization by the states under similar and also
different circumstances and what we know about the Congress as an institution
and the American government as an institution leads me to believe that it would
be not only a mistake, but it would set the process back. And let me just give
you a couple of quick examples.
One of the things that most of the balanced budget proposals involve is
enforcement by the courts. I'm the son of a judge who gave his life to legal
service, judicial service in the state, and I have enormous admiration for the
judiciary, as you might imagine. But I think it is unwise in the extreme to
place upon the judiciary the responsibility for making decisions on spending and
on taxes and those other key elements that belong classically to a legislature
and to the executive.
I received a letter last year from a very distinguished jurist --- Robert Bork, a
voice in conservative thinking that I think needs no particular embellishment
from me. He is one of the most respected conservative legal thinkers in the
country. He wrote a very strong letter opposing the balanced budget amendment
and suggesting that its imposition would lead the courts to an effort to
reconcile differences which would be, he said, at best either a vain hope or a
dismal prospect. And he cited the possibility -- even if you limit standing the
members of Congress and state attorneys general. He cited the example of the
hundreds of lawsuits being filed in the district courts all over the United
States demanding this, compelling that, urging this. The legal nightmare that
would result would be serious enough, but the imposition of judicial
interference in these central decisions that a free people must make in the
branch that, however respected, is the least democratic in the small "d" sense,
the least participatory of all the branches is not, I think, a movement toward
reform for improvement of our institutional or constitutional system.
Secondly, he also cited what I think is an interesting notion, coming as it does
from a conservative critic. He said that there's a theory around that it's a
simple matter of either raising taxes or cutting spending or both in order to
achieve the balanced budget. But he suggested, on the contrary, that there were
other things that could be done and would likely to be done -- would likely be
done.
One of the things that the cities and the states have most resented, and Mayor
Flynn may be my witness here, is the mandates of the federal government to local
authority to do a series of actions in the social or other areas of our
country's legislation without providing the resources to do it, telling the
cities, telling the states that they must adjust medical care or Medicaid or
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whatever and not giving them the resources to carry that out. It is predictable
that if you have a balanced budget amendment, one of the categories that will be
seized upon by the Congress in order to desperately reach that conclusion
mandated will be in turn to mandate upon the states and the local governments
responsibilities, to take it off the federal budget and put it on local and
state budgets.
Secondly, with respect to private business, Judge Bork pointed out that he
thought regulation would be increased to require that private business assume
responsibilities of government, again not so much through the tax system as
through the price system, and that would be, he thought, a very bad and
unfortunate consequence.
We will have, of course, a situation in which under most of these amendments you
would have to have a so-called supermajority in order to increase the debt.
This is considered an enforcement tool, 60 percent vote. The reality about
supermajorities is that they not only arm whatever political minority exists in
the Congress, they not only enhance its authority, because 60 percent is
obviously tougher to get than 50 or 51, they enhance, in my experience, the
position of any minority group.
I'm not talking about racial minorities. I'm not talking about religious
minorities. I'm talking about opinions of political special interest groups
reflected in the Congress. I'm talking about the fractionation of opinion on a
particular subject, which can be organized to push forward and demand that the
leadership accept their legislative program as a condition of their support.
And I think that it's absolutely predictable that if the critical decisions of
the budget have to be met by a 60 percent majority, you are going to see
fractionization and the politics of special interests played with an even
greater vengeance in the Congress, and I don't think that is healthy.
Finally, in times of national emergency, we would have to declare war in order
to release ourselves from the mechanical restrictions of the balanced budget
amendment. In international crises as recent as the Gulf war, I think it's
clear that it would not be advantageous or desirable for the President to have
to call ahead of time for the Congress to declare war against Iraq in order to
provide Desert Shield support ------------------------- prior to the Desert Storm decision, to provide
Desert Shield support, which everyone supported, to protect Saudi Arabia and the
other states in the Gulf.
There is an old American view that somehow by changing the mechanics of our
political system and our Constitution, we can bring about desired results. John
Adams thought that a Constitution brought about all kinds of good consequences,
not only to the political life of a country, but its moral life as well. And
while we all recognize the great virtue of the idea of individual rights and
democracy and representative government contained in our Constitution, we should
be careful to believe that the Constitution by itself can impose good
consequences resulting in political or other decisions simply by mandating a new
amendment.
I am deeply troubled that this amendment, if it is adopted -- and it may be
adopted; I have not said it will be adopted, but it may be adopted -- will make
the course of our country's efforts to deal with the fiscal problems of the
nation more difficult. It will raise from fiscal to a political to a
constitutional issue what we need to face and need to deal with on a less
elevated, but no less urgent, basis.
The federal budget committee, the Committee For a Responsible Federal Budget, is
made up of very distinguished former members of Congress. I don't know whether
Mr. Vannick is a member of it. I think he has been associated perhaps with it.
Certainly one of our former Budget Committee chairmen, Bob Jimel (ph), and
others. David Stockman. There are a number of very distinguished Democrats
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and Republicans who are supporting the effort to reach a balanced budget by the
political decision of the Congress and the executive branch. Most of them are
opposed to this amendment. Most of the economists in the country who have
recorded their opinion on the subject are opposed to the amendment. Most, I
think, of the thoughtful constitutional scholars who have thought about the
issue are opposed to it.
And yet, it may actually become the next amendment to the Constitution because
of a sense of vulnerability today on the part of many members in dealing with
this issue, a sense of frustration in the country in dealing with this issue,
and a -- while I recognize the very sincere opinions of 50 many members who are
supporting it and respectfully disagree with them, I think there is a terrible
tendency to believe that this is an easy way, that if we adopt this amendment,
it will satisfy and replace the hard decisions that should be made even now to
deal with the federal deficit, perhaps to put off for a year or two -- many of
its proponents deny this and want to act now, but I think the desire on the part
of many members to separate the vote, to separate the vote on a balanced budget
amendment from its enforcement indicates to me that this is the easier way than
the often hard and difficult decisions of ordinary, everyday budgeting.
We are faced with the possibility, of course, of even more serious consequences.
If it takes a two-thirds vote to increase the debt ceiling and that does not
happen, it is not just a minor matter, it is default by the United States
government on its obligations. If the United States defaults on its
obligations, the cost of US government securities would rise, perhaps rise
dramatically. That would affect the interest rates of every borrower, private
and public. It could create a situation where we would add tens of billions of
dollars to the deficit by failing to meet the obligations of full faith and
credit to the public undertakings of the United States.
In a time of recession, the absolute requirement to cut across the board all
expenditures if the Congress did not reach a balanced budget would risk further
deepening, perhaps tragic deepening of the recession into an even more serious
economic slowdown, complicating and multiplying the problems of reaching a
balanced budget. But this notion persists and it is with us this week, that
we've tried everything else, that everything else has failed, so why not. I
hope we will apply reason and care in dealing with the Constitution of the
United States and accordingly reject this amendment.
When I first took the oath of office 27 years ago in the House of
Representatives, I thought about the words I was repeating, that I was promising
to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and
domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same. I now have as one
of my proudest opportunities, the giving of that oath to new Members of
Congress. I think it is the most serious responsibility that we undertake in
the Congress, to decide whether to change that basic document of our national
life. We have changed it seldom, we have changed it usually only to enhance the
individual rights of our citizens or deal with the most fundamental issues of
our national governance. This is a problem which deserves attention, the
problem of the deficit. It is not a problem which should be transferred to the
Constitution of the United States, and I hope this week the Congress will reject
the amendment. Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. (Applause)
MR. SPEARS: Thank you, Speaker Foley. If any amendment to balance the budget -
constitutional amendment to balance the budget before the Congress will make
this a weaker nation, will you vote against the Gephardt-Brooks proposal which I
understand would exempt Social Security from the process?
SPEAKER FOLEY: I don't intend to vote for any amendment to the Constitution on
the balanced budget. I don't. I say I have the greatest respect for Members
who have other opinions, both Mr. Stenholm and others that are supporting his
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amendment, and obviously Mr. Gephardt and Mr. Obey, who are offering an
alternative, but my own personal position is opposed to all amendments.
I would support legislative actions including enforcement actions that might be
brought out by the Budget Committee in the coming weeks to ensure that we deal
promptly and effectively with the deficit, but not by constitutional amendment.
MR. SPEARS: Are you persuaded by arguments recently advanced that the passage of
this amendment would inevitably lead to gutting Medicare and end any promise for
national health care reform?
SPEAKER FOLEY: Well I don't think we can predict what will happen. If the
amendment is adopted one of the suggestions is that the courts would enforce it.
It isn't clear from the amendment itself how they would do that, But Senator
(Gramm or Graham ?) among others has proposed that if the courts found the
Constitution was being violated by a deficit, that they could offer an across
the board cut in all expenditures, that of course would include Medicare,
Medicaid, and all other expenditures of that kind.
One of the things we must need --- we must do however, the questions prompts this
comment, we must get a handle on the expenditures for health in our budget. We
are presently spending about 12 percent of our gross national product on health
care. It's affecting every business in the United States, it's affecting labor
unions and all their employees, it's affecting individuals, local governments.
There isn't an area of public or private life that isn't being threatened by
these rising health care costs. And by the end of the century it's expected
that this cost of 12 percent of our gross national product will reach you know,
something like 15 or 16, or perhaps even 20 percent into the next century which
is horrendous, unthinkable, and frankly unbearable, and some reform will have to
come soon.
Whatever reform comes has to come with some effective cost control and the
Congress has not been ready yet to march up to that issue. Dick Gephardt, who
led the opposition to cost control efforts in 1976, has had a complete
conversion, is now the strongest spokesman in the House for effective cost
control. And I think and I hope we will make some steps in that direction this
year. But the greatest element of entitlement increase has been in the health
care area and in the interest on the national debt, unfortunately.
MR. SPEARS: Isn't the battle against the balanced budget amendment too little
and too late, in the House at least?
SPEAKER FOLEY: Well, I'm not ready to concede that. I think the chief sponsor,
Charles Stenholm, would agree that it's very close. He was claiming 305 votes,
he's now claiming 290 firm votes ---- that's the necessary two-thirds number, so I
think even by his estimate - and I would certainly say by ours -- it's going to
be passed or lost by a few votes one way or the other.
MR. SPEARS: If, as you suggest, that this is a risky gambit, why is it so
difficult to communicate that to the American people and to the Members of the
House?
SPEAKER FOLEY: Well, here I may be accused of press bashing or media bashing
I hope you will put that out of your mind -- (scattered laughter) - but I think
there has been more ink expended and more tape expended on Monica Seles' hair
color change than perhaps - I say that with great respect to her as a tennis
player - - than there has on this issue, an issue of the fundamental organization
of our national economic life. It's not a very exciting subject for many
people, it's not the kind of thing that automatically stirs conversation at the
dinner table -- I understand that - but it is an extraordinarily important
issue, and I think, if anything, it has been given too little attention in and
out of Congress, in and out of the state legislatures. And again, without, I
hope, being accused of less than adequate respect for the state legislatures,
one of the reasons I'm worried about the congressional decision is I don't
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think the legislatures are going to take sufficient time with it if it gets out
of the Congress with a two-thirds majority.
The second bulwark -- and theoretically the greatest bulwark against inopportune
and ill-advised constitutional amendments is the ratification of the states.
Three-fourths of them have to concur. Only two-thirds of the members of the
House and the Senate, but three-fourths of the states. But I fear that if this
amendment is submitted to the states, it will be ratified next year. Many of -
most of the states -- if not most of the states -- have already memorialized the
Congress in support of it, and it falls into the category, unfortunately for
many of them, as a sort of "no skin off our nose" issue. "You know, we already
have balanced budget amendments," you hear state legislatures say, "why not the
federal government?" And I think it would go through the legislatures in
sufficient numbers very easily without adequate debate or consideration. That's
why I'm especially concerned about the decision in the House, because it's the
first decision, there has to be a second decision by the Senate, and then of
course a decision by the states.
MR. SPEARS: Speaking of the Constitution, would you discuss and explain if the
presidential election were held and, as the polls show now, the election was
thrown to the House of Representatives to be determined?
SPEAKER FOLEY: Well, this has to do with the 12th Amendment to the Constitution,
and as I think many of you know, under that amendment, if no candidate for the
presidency receives a majority of the electoral college, when that fact is
determined, and it's pretty clear that the formal date of determination would be
January 6th, 1993. That is the date set by statute for the formal counting of
the electoral ballots in the House chamber. In the event that it became clear
at that time that there was no majority for any candidate, the House is ordered
by the Twelfth Amendment to begin forthwith to ballot for President, each state
voting one vote.
An inherent problem, because under the amendment, California, the eighth largest
economy in the world, one-eighth of the population of the United States, and in
1993 represented by 52 members of the House, would have one vote, and Wyoming,
fine state that it is, would have one vote. New York would have one vote, and
Alaska would have one vote. Texas would have one vote, and Delaware would have
one vote.
The problem is compounded by the fact that if a state has a divided delegation,
on the precedence of the 1824 election in the House, its ballot would marked
"divided" and not counted at all. California, with 52 representatives, 26 of
whom are now Democrats, could -- I hope it doesn't happen, but could elect the
other 26 as Republicans. And we could have a divided ballot if people voted
generally along party lines. They might not do that -- probably wouldn't do it.
But nonetheless, it is possible for California to be disenfranchised entirely.
Anyway, the Senate is ordered at the same time to the similar, although lesser
duty of electing the Vice President from among the top two. We have to elect
among the top three. All of them have to be actual candidates, by the way. We
can't go outside the number. And if the Senate fails to elect a Vice President
by noon on the 20th of January, when the term of Vice President Quayle expires,
and the House should be unable to elect a President by the same time -- noon on
the 20th of January, when President Bush's term expires -- who do you think
becomes the temporary, provisional, accidental --- (laughter) -- President of the
United States for a few hours or a few days? The Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
I have actually been asked whether I would accept such a responsibility for
only, perhaps, a few days, considering the fact that you would have to resign --
one would have to resign as Speaker and as a member of the House in order to
accept the responsibility. And I've answered, "Unquestionably yes." And
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people have said, "Well, why are you so sure about this?" And my answer, only
partially tongue-in-cheek, is to say that the Presidency is the second best job
in the United States -- political job in the United States. The best is former
President. (Laughter.) And to become the former President of the United States
without having to fight wars or elections, without having to go through
recessions or any other difficulties -- (laughter) -- would be very, very
tempting, indeed. (Laughter.)
But let me say to you, kidding aside -- and that is a joke. I hope people
accept that as a joke. (Laughter.) I was in my state recently and said that as
a joke and got a standing ovation, which is - (laughter) --- which is nice, but
hardly something that's likely to happen. I don't think the race is going to go
into the House. And I think the American people will decide this issue in the
usual way, with the electoral college eventually finding a majority for one
candidate. And that candidate, I hope, will be Governor Clinton. I believe it
will be Governor Clinton, but it will not, in my judgment, go to the House.
However, on the experience of this possibility, I'm going to back up and say
that although I'm a constitutional conservative, I think that one of the reasons
the Constitution should be amended is if we find it necessary to guarantee the
basic, fundamental rights of Americans, whatever that is. And certainly one of
their rights, I think, is to be that group of people who are the true electors
of the presidency. And as much as I respect the House and honor my colleagues
and believe that they would do what in their conscience and judgment was best
for the nation, I don't think this possibility is a good one to have hanging out
there and maybe sometime, not this time perhaps, actually be invoked. And I
think, under those circumstances, we ought to seriously look at the abolition of
the Twelfth Amendment and the election of the president of the United States by
a popular vote.
If that makes me back up a little bit on my conservative notion about amending
the Constitution, I insist that what the Constitution should do is address those
kinds of basic questions and not other questions that are more properly and
promptly decided by the political system itself.
MR. SPEARS: Well, you asked the three -- you answered the three succeeding
questions that I had for you on that subject. Thank you.
If Ross Perot is elected president, what type of advice would you give him as
House Speaker? Could you and would you work with him in a bipartisan fashion?
SPEAKER FOLEY: Well, the answer to the last question, of course. Any president
who is the choice of the American people to be the chief executive of this
country has the right to call upon the Congress for bipartisan support in
achieving the objective that we all share of dealing with the nation's problems
and moving the country forward. It goes without saying, I hope.
But I would give the same advice to him as I would give to President Clinton or
as I have, I think to some extent, tried to give to President Bush, which is
that we need to work together between elections, which are going to be hard
fought, and should be. All of us in the United States, Democrats, Republicans,
Independents, need to address the significant problems of the country.
And elections are for the purpose of determining who has responsibility. And
they're critical. They're fundamental to a democracy. And we shouldn't
complain about a certain strain on good temper and civility. That will happen
sometimes in elections, not, I hope, too egregiously, but it will happen. But,
after elections are over, there has to be a time when we accept the judgment of
the country and we move on to work together to solve its problems.
And I would offer, if I and I hope I will be not only a member of Congress, but
the Speaker, all of my cooperation to the next president of the United States.
I know Bob Michel and the Republican leadership would feel the same way. We
have honest differences. We have to find a way of reconciling those in favor
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of action.
What is frustrating the country today as much as anything else is they see the
nation drifting. It's not that they resent government for imposing too many
controls and restrictions and influences on them. That was the concern perhaps
of other elections. Today, most people worry that the country's problems are not
being addressed, it is drifting toward inaction and confusion. And for a
country that led the way for the last 45 years in finding a way to establish the
values of Western society, to provide economic and political liberty and has
been the champion, the captain of the West as DeGaulle referred to us, it is a
little tragic to think that after being emulated by so many hundreds of millions
who seek political and economic liberty, we won't be able to use those long
standing institutions ourselves to deal with our own problems. So that would be
my advice to any president.
And I think and I hope that we will find a spirit of - a new spirit of
determination to find a path to decision and to solution for the problems of the
country. If we can't do it in this nation with all the resources we have,
because we have great resources. We've got physical resources that rival Saudi
Arabia's in terms of energy, surpass it in terms of our coal production and
capacity. We have technology that still leads the world in so many areas.
We've got a hardworking population that goes to work every day and works in
difficult and dangerous and hard and monotonous jobs by the tens of millions.
We have others that desire and seek nothing more than to have a job and to
provide for themselves and their families. We have academic institutions
unrivaled in the world. We need to do something about our elementary and
secondary education, but we have higher education that still draws hundreds of
thousands of students from all over the world, and we have political
institutions and economic institutions of liberty and freedom. If we can't deal
with our problems there is very little chance for any other country. (Applause)
MR. SPEARS: A question on another presidential aspirant. A questioner wants to
know given the current unpopularity of Congress in public opinion, what do you
think of Bill Clinton's decision to promote himself as the presidential
candidate who can work with Congress? Is this like jumping on a sinking ship?
SPEAKER FOLEY: No, indeed. In fact, I would argue that Congress' popularity is
always a little bit marginal to say the least. I mean if you look at American
history with any perspective the Congress as an institution has never been
terribly popular, whether it's Joe Nye, or Will Rogers, or for that matter Jay
Leno, the Congress is always an easy target. And by the way, comparisons
between the Congress and the presidency are not fair in a way because the
President's a person and we all know who the President is. The Congress is an
institution, like the press, talking about the press.
The press is not particularly popular, but commentators and writers are
extremely popular. I mean probably we've had among the most trusted people in
the country recently have been journalistic figures, figures of journalism and
particularly media figures. So I would say first of all that it's not quite as
bad as it seems. Secondly, if anything, I think the country, as I just said, is
complaining about not having sufficient action to deal with the problems of the
country. And I think since the Congress is going to be controlled, in my firm
judgment, in both the House and the Senate by Democratic majorities, Governor
Clinton has an opportunity to offer not only perspective and programs of his
own, but to get the Congress to commit ahead of time to working with him to
achieve that, to bring back a united government that would have a specific
series of objectives. Not too many. I don't think there ought to be 27. There
ought to be a relatively few, clearly enunciated programs to deal with the
problems such as economic growth and the deficit, education and health, for
example, those areas, and jobs. I think it would be helpful to the campaign
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rather than damaging to it. Governor Cuomo has suggested that, and I think it's
one of the wise decisions of recent weeks -- or wise recommendations of recent
weeks.
MR. SPEARS: Do you envision or is it happening that GOP or Democratic
congressional candidates are promising to support Perot if he is elected in
order to hitch a ride on Mr. Perot's coattails?
SPEAKER FOLEY: Well, I have heard only about one member of Congress that I know
who has allegedly or reportedly signed up for the Perot campaign. There may be
others. But I wouldn't even want to mention this member's name because I'm not
really sure yet. Frankly, I think the more likely question is going to be the
one we talked about a moment ago: What will you do if it's thrown into the House
of Representatives? Will you vote your party? Will you vote your conscience?
Will you vote your district? Will you vote your state? Will you vote the
popular vote of the country?
And while every member of Congress likes to be forthcoming and straightforward
with constituents, I think this is a difficult question to answer because we
don't know what the election could produce. But I would say this. If there was
a decisive judgment by the American people -- a decisive one, not a few votes or
a few tenths of a percent, but a very clear, decisive vote in the popular vote,
and the other two candidates were far, far behind, under those circumstances, I
think it would be difficult for the Congress or any institution not to recognize
the will of the American people.
But other than that, it's dangerous to say my state or my district, and 50 one
doesn't really know yet what all the circumstances would be. And what the best
and final standard should be is the judgment of the member on what helps his
nation, what helps his country go forward, what gives confidence in the American
people to their political institutions and the legitimacy of the presidency.
MR. SPEARS: Before I ask today's final question, I'd like to present you with a
certificate of appreciation -
SPEAKER FOLEY: Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
MR. SPEARS: --- from the National Press Club, and a workout bag -
SPEAKER FOLEY: Hey! Great!
MR. SPEARS: --- with a National Press Club golf shirt, and we hope it's your
size.
SPEAKER FOLEY: Thank you very much. I'll put this on the wall, and I'll wear
this tomorrow at the University Club. (Laughter.) Maybe even in the House gym
on one of my rare appearances there. (Laughter.)
MR. SPEARS: Today's last question is this. What would the goals be in a Foley
administration, and is there any way you would seek the White House except
through the back door? (Laughter.)
SPEAKER FOLEY: I would not even - if it ever happened that for a few days I was
president of the United States, I don't think I would even go in the front door.
I think I'd go over to Blair House and try to decide what a President of the
United States could do meaningfully in three or four or five days, concentrating
first of all on how to help bring about a successor as quickly as possible -- in
a matter of hours if not days, who would have the confidence of the country and
the Congress in grappling with one of the most difficult and important periods
in our history. And if I could make a contribution of that kind, seriously
speaking, whether in or out of the presidency, I would count the time very well
served and the objective one of great importance.
Thank you very much for the opportunity to be with you today.
(Applause.)
MR. SPEARS: Thank you for coming. That concludes today's luncheon.
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MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID DEMAREST
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SUBJECT:
CONVERSATION WITH ERNEST ANGELO
I've put a call in to Barbara Patton -- she's out, but her
daughter will get a message to her. In the meantime, I just
talked to Ernie Angelo. He was very nice, but was very matter of
fact in making his points about the political climate and what
POTUS needs for this speech. He mentioned:
"George W. told me that as of Tuesday, there was no mention
of the Oil and Gas Industry." Angelo mentioned the Markey-
Scheuer Amendment and stressed its importance -- "it
basically is taking away state rights, telling the state how
it can regulate its natural resources."
One big problem the President is having, said Angelo, is
he's "doin" things right, but nobody knows it." The
President is opposed to this Amendment, but the Oil and Gas
Industry doesn't know this. They are very upset with the
President for not coming out hard against this. A strong
assertion in POTUS' speech on this could let them know he is
on their side.
He'd like to hear the President call for a repeal of the
Alternative minimum tax. This is also hurting the Oil and
Gas Industry.
The number one key: the speech needs to be very upbeat.
The President needs to have the audience laughing, cheering
and believing. The more charming and clever he can be with
his words the better. "Funny lines and tough lines. Also
lines that are so good the audience will remember them."
No defensive language. No language that offers explanation.
POTUS should be aggressive. His support is wavering because
he is not coming across as a tough leader or a leader who
knows where he's leading. They want words of confidence.
Hit family values. There will be a lot of young family
types in the audience. Needs to come out strong after his
weak response to Quayle's Murphey Brown speech.
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May 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR Linda G. Stuntz
Acting Deputy Secretary
FROM:
Mark C. Schroeder MCA
Deputy General Counsel
Energy Resources and Legislation
Subject:
Markey/Scheuer Prorationing Amendment
1. Introduction
You have asked for an assessment of the potential impact of the
Markey/Scheuer natural gas "prorationing" amendment on state
prorationing laws. These laws, the regulations they spawned, and
the individual state case law amount to a vast body of material.
In order to provide you with useful information in a near-term
time frame, this memorandum will focus on natural gas
prorationing in the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana,
whose recent activities to revise their prorationing laws and
regulations provoked the Markey/Scheuer amendment.
2. The Amendment
The Markey/Scheuer amendment to H.R. 776 amends section 602 of
the Natural Gas Policy Act by adding a new subsection(c), State
Regulation of the Production of Natural Gas. The amendment (copy
attached) is divided into four parts. Subsection (c) (1)
explicitly grants states the authority to regulate natural gas
production to promote resource conservation, prevent physical
waste, and protect the correlative rights of producers in a
common reservoir. It recognizes the "incidental effect" of such
regulation on production and price. Subsection (c) (2) prohibits
states from engaging in natural gas production regulation "which
has the substantial purpose or effect of generally restricting
natural gas production and raising the general price of natural
gas." It specifically prohibits: (1) market demand prorationing,
(2) statewide prorationing, (3) prorationing between nonconnected
reservoirs, and (4) prorationing which prevents the purchase of
lower priced gas in preference to higher priced gas. Subsection
(c) (3) provides for judicial enforcement and subsection (c) (4)
exempts state-owned production from the legislation.
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3. State Prorationing Laws (Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana)
Prorationing can generally be defined as the laws, including
regulatory rules and procedures, by which a state determines how
much natural gas a producer can extract during a given time
period. The rationale for prorationing is to conserve natural
resources, prevent waste, and protect the correlative rights of
property owners. Producing states have been regulating the
production of oil and natural gas for decades. In Texas,
Oklahoma, and Louisiana prorationing of production has been
delegated by statutes to state regulatory bodies which are
authorized to control production of natural gas in order to
prevent "waste" and/or prevent production in excess of reasonable
market demand. It is the definition of waste to
include production in excess of market demand, or specific
statutory provisions regarding such production, that spur
allegations by consuming states that prorationing is being used
to restrict supply and raise prices.
The major producing states discussed in this memorandum
(according to EIA, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana accounted for
74% of U.S. marketed gas production in 1991) have some mechanism
available to prorate production based on market demand. The
constitutionality of prorationing has been sustained. See, e.g.,
Champlin Refining Co. V. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, et
al., 286 U.S. 210 (1932).
Texas law prohibits the production of gas in a wasteful manner.
The definition of waste includes production of oil (but not gas)
in excess of market demand. See Vernon's Texas Code Annotated
(V.T.C.A.) Natural Resources Code $85.045 and $85.046. In
addition, Texas law specifically allows the Texas Railroad
Commission (TRC) to prorate natural gas in common reservoirs if
production is in excess of market demand. V.T.C.A. Natural
Resources Code $86.012.
Oklahoma also prohibits waste of natural gas. 52 Oklahoma
Statutes Annotated $236. Waste is defined twice in the Oklahoma
Conservation of 011 and Gas statute. In the general provisions,
"waste" is defined to include "waste incident to the production
of natural gas in excess of
reasonable
market
demand".
52 Okl.St. Ann. $86.3. In the gas-specific provisions, the
definition of waste does not specify production in excess of
demand. 52 Okl. St.Ann. $237. In addition, the Oklahoma
Corporation Commission can prorate production from common
reservoirs if full production exceeds market demand. 52 Okl. St.
Ann. $239. Also, Oklahoma law specifically puts restrictions on
the amount of gas that can be produced from a common reservoir.
52 Okl.St. Ann. $232. The restrictions are based on a percentage
of the natural flow of gas from the well. It is the recent
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amendment of this section to reduce the allowable production
which has, in part, provoked the recent Congressional activity on
this subject.
Louisiana prohibits the waste of gas. Louisiana Statutes
Annotated-Revised Statutes (LSA-R.S) 30:2. Waste is defined to
include the production for gas in excess of reasonable market
demand. LSA-R.S. 30:3.
Recent efforts to pro-rate natural gas production on the basis of
demand include the promulgation of new rules for allocating
production volumes for gas wells in Texas. The TRC eliminated a
system that prorated production based on purchaser nominations
and will determine market demand using statistical data,
production history in each reservoir, and possibly producer
estimates. Production for each reservoir will be allocated based
on the market demand estimate.
As noted above, Oklahoma amended its statutory production
restriction provision, limiting production in the four winter
months to the greater of 1 MMcfd or 40% of the natural flow of
the well, and the rest of the year to the greater of 750 Mcfd or
25% of natural flow. The provision previously allowed year-round
production at the greater of 1 MMcfd or 50% of natural flow.
In Louisiana, the Office of Conservation recently conducted a
hearing on prorationing, at which it was urged that the Office
needed to use a more accurate demand forecast to prevent
proration production limits from being set above actual demand.
4. Possible Impact of Amendment on State Laws
The Markey/Scheuer amendment, if enacted, will place a Federal
proscription on the regulation of natural gas production, a
function traditionally performed by the states and specifically
excluded from Natural Gas Act jurisdiction in section 1(b) of
that Act. What the practical effect of that proscription would be
is unclear, in part because the wording of the amendment is
unclear and arguably self-contradictory. Key terms ("market
demand prorationing", "statewide prorationing") are undefined.
However, it is certainly possible that, while the amendment
purports to codify the current law regarding prorationing, the
subsection (c) (2) prohibitions could severely impact state
regulation of production.
As stated above, subsection (c) (1) of the amendment allows state
regulation of natural gas production for resource conservation,
prevention of physical waste, and protection of correlative
rights of producers in a common reservoir. It also states that
such regulation is authorized notwithstanding any incidental
effect such regulation might have on restricting production and
increasing prices. Subsection (c) (2), on the other hand,
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prohibits regulation which has the "substantial purpose or effect
of generally restricting natural gas production and raising the
general price level of natural gas." Therefore, state regulators,
and presumably Federal courts, would have to make delicate
balancing decisions on what is a permissible regulation under
subsection (c) (1) (that may have incidental effects on supply and
price) and what is prohibited under subsection (c) (2)
as being for the substantial purpose or effect of decreasing
supply and raising prices.
Moreover, some of the prorationing regulations specifically
prohibited under subsection (q) (2) are the ones traditionally
employed by states to protect legitimate state interests
permitted under subsection (c) (1). Specifically, producing states
have employed market demand prorationing to prevent waste and
protect the correlative rights of producers in common fields. As
discussed in the state law section above, Texas, Oklahoma, and
Louisiana all have traditionally used production in excess of
market demand to define waste and have prohibited such
production. These market demand prorationing regulations have
been held to be valid exercises of state power protecting
legitimate state interests. See, Champlin, supra. Therefore, if
market demand prorationing were prohibited, it would profoundly
effect current state production regulation, as well as hinder the
ability of states to protect the interests recognized as
legitimate under subsection (c) (1) of the amendment.
5. Conclusion
The Markey/Scheuer amendment presents the complex issues of
prorationing and state regulation of natural gas production in
overly simple terms. It appears to allow continuation of
legitimate state regulations while prohibiting state actions
designed to interfere with the function of the free market in
natural gas. However, in barring specific actions, such as market
demand and statewide prorationing, it may be eliminating
regulatory tools that can be properly used, and are necessary, to
achieve legitimate state regulatory goals.
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Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585
&
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STATES
b
May 27, 1991
The Honorable Jack Fields
U. S. House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Congressman Fields:
In your letter of May 27, 1992, you requested that the Energy
Information Administration prepare an analysis of three questions
which arose from the recent debate concerning the impact of state
proration upon the recent behavior of spot and future natural gas
prices and the consequences of those price changes. Each of your
specific questions are addressed in order:
1.
What has happened to spot and future natural gas prices
since the recent revision in prorationing regulations in
Oklahoma and Texas? Figure 1 shows that after the usual
seasonal fall in natural gas cash prices, which occurred in
January and February 1992, natural gas prices began to rise
sharply in March 1992, and have continued to rise. From an
historical standpoint this is unusual. Natural gas prices
usually bottom out some time in late summer and begin to
rise in early fall. As Figure 2 shows, natural gas futures
prices for June through August contracts also rose during
the April to May period, reflecting the same unusual
pattern. While discussed in February the changes in
prorationing for Oklahoma did not take effect until April 1,
1992. Texas' new procedures begin in July 1992, and
Louisiana is still considering changes but has not taken any
action.
2.
Why have these prices changed? This price pattern can be
explained by looking at both market fundamentals and market
uncertainties. To begin, natural gas prices in February
1992 were at recent historic lows. It was the general
consensus among analysts and traders that these low prices
could not be sustained. Production remained high throughout
the winter months of December 1991, and January and February
1992. It began to decline in late February. While
production typically declines in February and March, the
1992 declines were abnormally high due to the low prices.
Consumption also remained firm despite the warm weather
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which depressed residential demand. Gas demand by industry
and for non-utility generation did grow during this period
due to lower prices and an economy which grew faster than
originally had been anticipated.
Storage inventories are traditionally drawn down in February
and March, but the 1992 draw downs were apparently larger
than usual due in part to colder than normal weather in
March and April in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
The results of declining production, firm consumption, and
drawdowns in inventories which occurred in the February-
March period gave fundamental support to rising natural gas
prices. Demand was also firmed by companies buying gas for
reinjection into storage during April and May 1992.
At the same time the gas market faced a number of
uncertainties, in addition to the prospect or actuality of
tighter prorating of gas supplies in Texas, Louisiana and
Oklahoma. Almost all of which tended to move the market
upward. Among the uncertainties were:
a.
The higher than expected projected growth rate for the
economy in the second and third quarters of 1992.
b.
The outcome of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) discussions regarding Order 636.
C.
The resolution of tax issues surrounding coal bed
methane and tight gas.
d.
The role of gas in meeting the requirements of the
Clean Air Act Amendments.
e. The resolution of issues surrounding the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act and wetlands legislation.
All of these uncertainties, when resolved, would either
increase demand or reduce supply, adding further support to
the market. It is impossible to separate the impact of any
one of these uncertainties from the others.
3.
What would be the cost to consumers if these prorationing
laws remain in effect: Is the $6 billion justified? We are
not sure of the basis for the projected $6 billion in gas
costs for the consuming states. If one assumes that the
$0.32 per thousand cubic foot increase cited is applied to
domestic marketed production at a repeated 1991 volume of
18.7 trillion cubic feet, this would generate a 1992 result
of almost $6 billion.
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There are two problems with this analysis. The first is the
assumption that the $0.32 increase would remain constant in
the coming year, which ignores both the probability of
future destabilizing events and the established seasonality
of the overall gas market. The second problem is the
blanket assumption that the price increase would apply
uniformly to all gas marketed in the country, which it would
not, for a variety of reasons. The $6 billion estimate is
an absolute worst case estimate.
The assumption that natural gas prices will remain $0.32 per
thousand cubic feet above the 1992 levels is not supported
by the prices currently in the futures market. As Figure 1
shows, futures prices only for January and February 1993,
indicate this large a spread. For the other months futures
prices are comparable with those experienced in 1992 and
previous years. It should be noted that January and
February do tend to be the highest months for consumption,
particularly residential consumption.
The low prices for natural gas and the uncertainties which
characterize the market make it impossible to provide more
definitive answers. The Energy Information Administration will
continue to monitor developments in the natural gas market. In
the near future the Department of Energy and the FERC will
announce the release of the Report of the Natural Gas
Deliverability Task Force which will contain recommendations for
improving the gathering of data concerning deliverability.
Calvin A. Kent, Ph.D.
Administrator
Energy Information Administration
2 Enclosures
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FIGURE 1
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HENRY HUB NATURAL GAS CASH PRICE
AND NYMEX FUTURES PRICES
(Dollars per MMbtu)
$2.50
$2.00
$1.50
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1,71
1.80
1.30
1,21
1.66
-0.04
MAR
1.49
1.55
1.34
1.28
1.46
-0.04
APR
1.53
1.49
1.33
1.45
1.43
-0.03
MAY
1.66
1.47
1.31
1.54
1.43
-0.03
JUN
1.70
1.47
1,20
1,69
1.44
-0.03
JUL
1.64
1.41
1.19
1.55
1.46
0.02
-0.02
AUG
1.58
1.36
1.31
1.51
1.48
0.02
-0.01
SEP
1.53
1,44
1.63
1.52
1.54
0.00
0.00
OCT
1.60
1.69
1.77
1.60
1.65
-0.02
-0.01
NOV
1.90
2.10
1.81
1.80
1.83
-0.01
0.00
DEC
2.24
2.11
1.92
1.96
2.01
0.00
0.00
Source: Natural Gas Week, Gas Daily
and New York Mercantile Exchange.
Note: Futures settlement prices on 5/22/92.
Futures prices in italics. Change column
is change from previous week futures price.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
FIGURE 2
Natural Gas Futures Prices for June - August Contracts
Mid-April to Late May 1992
1.80
06/17/92
1.70
13:52
1.60
-
June 92
1.50
-
July 92
-- Aug. 92
1.40
CONG/L & INTERGOVERNMENTAL
1.30
1.20
900
20-Apr
27-Apr
4-May
11-May
18-May
TX Republican State Convention
Saturday, June 20
Event time 3:00 p.m.
POTUS Remarks 15 minutes, prompter
Introduces POTUS
Dais Participants
Convention Center, downtown Dallas
Joke material on program/intraduce
Entertainment Banner /Backdrop
Other Speakers
Junetzenth? Street name- Reunion Blvd.?
Open press
Mood of audience
Bio/info of Introducer
Event CooRdinatoR Bonnie
Dallas - economy T, Real estate upcoming, corporate headquarters
Convention site - statue, cemetary, brochures office
FRed Meyer -
Karen Hughes Resublican Party
Arrive Convention Center 3:20 pm by motorcade
30 minutes on stage
30 min photo of
Leave at 4:20 pm.
3Rd day of 3 -day convention
2:ab Delegates will be in meetings during day
Opening
Tower Tribute - Video, moment of silence
Rally environment for POTUS
Enthusiasm building before Potus
5-15,000 Reunion Republican arena
Republica DRimary 8,-10,000 Voters Families
Bill Archer Remarks
POTUS goes straight to podium
Jimberwatter
Kay Baitey Huchinson might introduce
SR elected Republican
A couple months ago, we were at convention
center for Homebuilders
TX Pledge
Reunion Arena
" Honor the TX ance Hag
I the Texas -
one of indivisible,"
Info on Statues, tombstones
Info /Joke Material
Texas Pledge
FLOTUS overnight tornect stays POTUS good She comes backzo-minute Salute to her
Rally before he speaks
FLOTUS here day before at - gives 5-6 minute remarks
Friday, opening ceremony
jokmaterial
that night
Party Officials on stage Congressmen, Rob Mosbacher
Other State Packy Officials
game site as 84 National Convention
Oberwetter
Getting him close to people" - second drop by
for 5,000 Regular folks
him himeople. heop
Logo - copy of banner
16"x 44x 4 Stage
Karen - Thursday at convention
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X7750
June 16, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
TX REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
Here's just a few notes from my preadvance trip yesterday for you
and Jennifer to mull over.
POTUS rolls in on the third day of a 3-day convention. An agenda
is included in the folder.
Approximately 8,000 - 10,000 delegates will attend. In addition,
all Republican primary voters are invited (expected response is
5,000 - 15,000). The primary voters will include families. Some
boys and girls type clubs might also attend (e.g., Boy Scouts).
POTUS will probably enter after an introduction by Kay Bailey
Hutchison, which follows an address by Fred McClure.
I had conversations with Jim Oberwetter and Fred Meyer. I
understand Jim has been in contact several times with Dan. Fred
Meyer gave me a piece he wrote for the Dallas Morning News
Viewpoints Column. He said he's hoping to see it in the paper by
Thursday or Friday.
Fred's main comments to me included: "No urban reform mention;
Texas Victory was fine, but he got too caught up in the details.
We want a lot of rah rah lines. We want to keep the momentum
going. He needs a lot of punchy lines, funny and witty lines
that might subtly hit at Perot or Clinton. We want the crowd
screaming and walking out hoarse."
I've included letters from George W. and Fred Meyers to the
convention goers.
Re color:
The convention theme: "A Republican Majority
...
For a
Change."
There will be a recitation of the Texas Pledge: "Honor the
Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas -- one and
indivisible." This will be before POTUS gets there, but he
could always refer back to it, if you want to use it in the
speech. (The very last line of the Acceptance Speech in '88
was POTUS reciting the pledge of allegiance. An interesting
tie-in could be POTUS' recitation of the Texas Pledge at the
end of this speech in front of thousands of cheering
Texans.)
There will be a tribute to the late Senator John Tower --
consisting of a video, speeches, and probably a moment of
silence at the end. (This happens about 10 minutes before
POTUS arrives.)
On Friday, FLOTUS will participate in the opening ceremonies
Friday morning and give 5-6 minutes of remarks. Later that
night, she returns for a 30-minute salute to Barbara Bush.
(This could provide a good joke for POTUS' speech or perfect
reference to introduce FLOTUS into the speech for another
tribute and cheer line.)
Nestled next to the main entry way of the convention center
is Pioneer Cemetery -- one of Dallas' oldest cemeteries.
Fourteen original settlers are buried there, as are four
early Dallas Mayors, veterans of the War of 1812, the War
with Mexico, and the War Between the States -- also state
and city officials, like John Crockett, a Lt. Governor (a
few high schools in Texas are named after him.)
Viewpoints Column
by Fred Meyer, Chairman, Republican Party of Texas
This week, approximately 10,000 Republicans will gather in Dallas
for a once-every-two year event (some might say spectacle) known
as a state convention. During speeches, debates and some family
feuds, we will elect leaders and adopt a platform stating our
fundamental beliefs and principles.
The people who are coming to Dallas from throughout Texas were
elected to be here as representatives of their home areas. We
won't always agree, but all views will get a fair hearing and the
majority will prevail.
The process is called democracy, and this year it is under at-
tack. The very role of the political parties and the grassroots
people who comprise them is being questioned by the independent
and self-funded candidacy of Dallas resident Ross Perot.
Democracy, he seems to say, is too slow, too cumbersome, too
resistant to change. Yet those of us who have given our time and
energy and some of our money to political cause for years have
done so because we believe we can make a difference -- and we
have.
I have not made as much money as Ross Perot, however, as Chairman
and CEO of a major company, I am viewed as a successful business
leader. Unlike Ross Perot, who has not even made a regular habit
of voting, I have been active in the political process for
years.
I've done so, and other Republicans have done so, because we
share a basic philosophy. We believe in a government that is
limited, efficient and responsive to the people. We believe the
private sector is the best creator of jobs. We believe an Ameri-
ca that is strong and willing to stand up for freedom is the best
guarantee of peace and freedom in the world. We believe public
service is truly that, a public service, not a lifetime guarantee
of cushy benefits.
Perhaps most importantly, no one individual is indispensable to
our cause. While those who support Ross Perot appear to be bound
only by frustration and the force of one personality, Republicans
are united by a conservative philosophy and deeply held convic-
tions.
To those who want change, I invited you to come to our convention
and hear some of our Republican candidates for Congress. They
believe a big-spending, check-bouncing, Democrat-dominated system
needs change with a line-item veto for President Bush, a balanced
budget amendment for the constitution and term limits for elected
officials.
For those who want change and reform in Texas, I invite you to
come hear some of our Republican candidates for the Texas Senate
and Texas House. They want to reform our schools, crack down on
crime and stop the Democrats from enacting a personal income tax
for Texans, a tax also supported by Ross Perot.
Finally, for those who question what the Republican Party can
offer, take a look at your local government at home here in
Dallas. You have good, conservative, responsible local govern-
ment being led by some very dedicated public servants who also
happen to be life-long Republicans: Dallas County Judge Lee
Jackson and Dallas Mayor Steve Bartlett. Good government indeed
begins at home. We urge all those looking for change this elec-
tion year to consider the tremendous opportunity for change with
a Republican majority in the Texas Legislature and the United
States Congress, led by the strongest leader for America: Presi-
dent George Bush.
GEORGE W. BUSH
DALLAS, TEXAS
FINAL
June 12, 1992
Dear Fellow Republicans:
I'm writing to invite you to join with Republicans from throughout Texas next Saturday
afternoon, June 20, at the Dallas Convention Center for a Texas-sized demonstration of our support
for someone whose leadership and integrity symbolizes the very best American values: my Dad,
President George Bush.
If you've worked too hard for too many years supporting Republicans to let others attempt
to steal our message of reducing the deficit, creating more jobs, reforming welfare and making
government more responsive to the people, we need you!
If you've supported George and Barbara Bush and appreciate the leadership our President
has provided for this country and the world, we need you!
If you believe a big-spending Congress is much of the problem and agree with President Bush
that a line-item veto and balanced budget amendment is much of the solution, we need you!
If you are tired of hearing others talk about grassroots people when you know the
Republican Party is made up of grassroots people who share conservative principles and family
values, we need you!
We need you to join with fellow Republicans from throughout Texas to show our support
for our Texas Republican candidates and President Bush during the Republican State Convention
in Dallas!
You've voted for many Republicans, but may have never had the opportunity to attend a state
convention. We want you and your family to join us for the final session of the 1992 Republican
State Convention on Saturday, June 20, at 2 p.m.
We have arranged a convenient shuttle bus service from the outside parking lots at Reunion
Arena to the Dallas Convention Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. The convention session begins at
2 p.m. and President Bush will speak during the session.
The national media will be traveling to Dallas along with the President. Please bring your
family and help us show the rest of the country that Texas Republicans plan to rally together to
re-elect our President!
Sincerely,
George W. Bush
Paid for by Breh-Quayle $2 Primary Committee, Inc.
State Executive Committee
PARTY
Fred Meyer
State Chairman
June 2, 1992
Dear Convention Delegates and Alternates:
Exciting news! First Lady Barbara Bush has confirmed she will
join us at our state convention in Dallas.
We will honor the First Lady late Friday afternoon, June 19, with
a special "Salute to Barbara Bush. " This event will begin with
a special program honoring the First Lady, followed by a seated
dinner.
This is our opportunity to thank the First Lady for the tremen-
dous example she sets for the children and families of America,
and we want to show an outpouring of warmth and affection as
large as the Lone Star State.
Seats are limited, so if you have not already purchased tickets
to the tribute event at the state convention, please use the
enclosed form to do so today. The form also allows you another
opportunity to order tickets for the prayer rally, and to support
our Republican pay-as-you-go philosophy with a voluntary contri-
bution to help defray the costs of the convention.
We are still optimistic that another member of the Bush family
may join us in Dallas -- it should be an exciting three days!
We are looking forward to a great convention. Our theme, "A
Republican Majority For a Change, " sums up our message and our
opportunity to elect a Republican majority to the Texas Senate
and Texas Supreme Court and bring much-needed reform to our state
government.
Thanks for all your work for the Republican Party of Texas. We
look forward to seeing you in Dallas!
Very truly yours,
Fred Joney
211 East 7th Street, Suite 620 Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 477-9821
Prepared and paid for by State Executive Committee, Republican Party of Texas
AGENDA
FINAL GENERAL SESSION
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1992
2:00 P.M.
Reconvene
Permanent Chairman
Invocation
Beverly Kaufman, President
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Presentation of Colors
Pledge of Allegiance
Roy Barrera, Jr.
Texas Pledge
The Hon. Troy Fraser,
Candidate for State Senate, District 25
National Anthem
Tammy Hays
Final Report of Credentials Committee
Bonnie Maynard, Chairman
Tribute to United States Senator John Goodwin Tower
Introduction of Texas Congressmen:
The Hon. Bill Archer, U.S. Representative, Texas District 7
Possible addition of
The Hon. Dick Armey, U.S. Representative, Texas District 26
The IIon. Joe Barton, U.S. Representative, Texas District 6
Religious singers
The Hon. Larry Combest, U.S. Representative, Texas District 19
The Hon. Tom DeLay, U.S. Representative, Texas District 22
The Hon Jack Fields, U.S. Representative, Texas District 8
The Hon. Sam Johnson, U.S. Representative, Texas District 3
The Hon. Lamar Smith, U.S. Representative, Texas District 21
someone possibly intro
Address
Fred McClure
Keynote Address
President George Bush
(National) Nominations Committee Report
The Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chairman
Introduction of Candidates for Congress
Kars
Finance Chairman's Report
David Dewhurst
Badey Hutcherson
Treasurer's Report
Martha Weisend
Auxiliary Reports
Benediction
Lynne Tweedell, State Republican Executive Committee Member
Adjournment
Entertainment during convention provided by Dallas Jazz Orchestra
12
June 16, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAVID DEMAREST
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
TX REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
Here's just a few notes from my preadvance trip yesterday for you
and Jennifer to mull over.
POTUS rolls in on the third day of a 3-day convention. An agenda
is included in the folder.
Approximately 8,000 10,000 delegates will attend. In addition,
all Republican primary voters are invited (expected response is
5,000 - 15,000). The primary voters will include families. Some
boys and girls type clubs might also attend (e.g., Boy Scouts).
POTUS will probably enter after an introduction by Kay Bailey
Hutchison, which follows an address by Fred McClure.
I had conversations with Jim Oberwetter and Fred Meyer. I
understand Jim has been in contact several times with Dan. Fred
Meyer gave me a piece he wrote for the Dallas Morning News
Viewpoints Column. He said he's hoping to see it in the paper by
Thursday or Friday.
Fred's main comments to me included: "No urban reform mention;
Texas Victory was fine, but he got too caught up in the details.
We want a lot of rah rah lines. We want to keep the momentum
going. He needs a lot of punchy lines, funny and witty lines
that might subtly hit at Perot or Clinton. We want the crowd
screaming and walking out hoarse."
I've included letters from George W. and Fred Meyers to the
convention goers.
Re color:
The convention theme: "A Republican Majority
For a
Change."
There will be a recitation of the Texas Pledge: "Honor the
Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas -- one and
indivisible." This will be before POTUS gets there, but he
could always refer back to it, if you want to use it in the
speech. (The very last line of the Acceptance Speech in '88
was POTUS reciting the pledge of allegiance. An interesting
tie-in could be POTUS' recitation of the Texas Pledge at the
end of this speech in front of thousands of cheering
Texans.)
There will be a tribute to the late Senator John Tower --
consisting of a video, speeches, and probably a moment of
silence at the end. (This happens about 10 minutes before
POTUS arrives.)
On Friday, FLOTUS will participate in the opening ceremonies
Friday morning and give 5-6 minutes of remarks. Later that
night, she returns for a 30-minute salute to Barbara Bush.
(This could provide a good joke for POTUS' speech or perfect
reference to introduce FLOTUS into the speech for another
tribute and cheer line.)
Nestled next to the main entry way of the convention center
is Pioneer Cemetery -- one of Dallas' oldest cemeteries.
Fourteen original settlers are buried there, as are four
early Dallas Mayors, veterans of the War of 1812, the War
with Mexico, and the War Between the States -- also state
and city officials, like John Crockett, a Lt. Governor (a
few high schools in Texas are named after him.)
Viewpoints Column
by Fred Meyer, Chairman, Republican Party of Texas
This week, approximately 10,000 Republicans will gather in Dallas
for a once-every-two year event (some might say spectacle) known
as a state convention. During speeches, debates and some family
feuds, we will elect leaders and adopt a platform stating our
fundamental beliefs and principles.
The people who are coming to Dallas from throughout Texas were
elected to be here as representatives of their home areas. We
won't always agree, but all views will get a fair hearing and the
majority will prevail.
The process is called democracy, and this year it is under at-
tack. The very role of the political parties and the grassroots
people who comprise them is being questioned by the independent
and self-funded candidacy of Dallas resident Ross Perot.
Democracy, he seems to say, is too slow, too cumbersome, too
resistant to change. Yet those of us who have given our time and
energy and some of our money to political cause for years have
done so because we believe we can make a difference -- and we
have.
I have not made as much money as Ross Perot, however, as Chairman
and CEO of a major company, I am viewed as a successful business
leader. Unlike Ross Perot, who has not even made a regular habit
of voting, I have been active in the political process for
years.
I've done so, and other Republicans have done so, because we
share a basic philosophy. We believe in a government that is
limited, efficient and responsive to the people. We believe the
private sector is the best creator of jobs. We believe an Ameri-
ca that is strong and willing to stand up for freedom is the best
guarantee of peace and freedom in the world. We believe public
service is truly that, a public service, not a lifetime guarantee
of cushy benefits.
Perhaps most importantly, no one individual is indispensable to
our cause. While those who support Ross Perot appear to be bound
only by frustration and the force of one personality, Republicans
are united by a conservative philosophy and deeply held convic-
tions.
To those who want change, I invited you to come to our convention
and hear some of our Republican candidates for Congress. They
believe a big-spending, check-bouncing, Democrat-dominated system
needs change with a line-item veto for President Bush, a balanced
budget amendment for the constitution and term limits for elected
officials.
For those who want change and reform in Texas, I invite you to
come hear some of our Republican candidates for the Texas Senate
and Texas House. They want to reform our schools, crack down on
crime and stop the Democrats from enacting a personal income tax
for Texans, a tax also supported by Ross Perot.
Finally, for those who question what the Republican Party can
offer, take a look at your local government at home here in
Dallas. You have good, conservative, responsible local govern-
ment being led by some very dedicated public servants who also
happen to be life-long Republicans: Dallas County Judge Lee
Jackson and Dallas Mayor Steve Bartlett. Good government indeed
begins at home. We urge all those looking for change this elec-
tion year to consider the tremendous opportunity for change with
a Republican majority in the Texas Legislature and the United
States Congress, led by the strongest leader for America: Presi-
dent George Bush.
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P.02
GEORGE W. BUSH
DALLAS, TEXAS
FINAL
June 12, 1992
Dear Fellow Republicans:
I'm writing to invite you to join with Republicans from throughout Texas next Saturday
afternoon, June 20, at the Dallas Convention Center for a Texas-sized demonstration of our support
for someone whose leadership and integrity symbolizes the very best American values: my Dad,
President George Bush.
If you've worked too hard for too many years supporting Republicans to let others attempt
to steal our message of reducing the deficit, creating more jobs, reforming welfare and making
government more responsive to the people, we need you!
If you've supported George and Barbara Bush and appreciate the leadership our President
has provided for this country and the world, we need you!
If you believe a big-spending Congress is much of the problem and agree with President Bush
that a line-item veto and balanced budget amendment is much of the solution, we need you!
If you are tired of hearing others talk about grassroots people when you know the
Republican Party is made up of grassroots people who share conservative principles and family
values, we need you!
We need you to join with fellow Republicans from throughout Texas to show our support
for our Texas Republican candidates and President Bush during the Republican State Convention
in Dallas!
You've voted for many Republicans, but may have never had the opportunity to attend a state
convention. We want you and your family to Join us for the final session of the 1992 Republican
State Convention on Saturday, June 20, at 2 p.m.
We have arranged a convenient shuttle bus service from the outside parking lots at Reunion
Arena to the Dallas Convention Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. The convention session begins at
2 p.m. and President Bush will speak during the session.
The national media will be traveling to Dallas along with the President. Please bring your
family and help us show the rest of the country that Texas Republicans plan to rally together to
re-elect our President!
Sincerely,
George W. Bush
Paid for by Bush-Quayle 92 Primary Committee, Inc.
State Executive Committee
RETEXAS PARTY
Fred Meyer
State Chairman
June 2, 1992
Dear Convention Delegates and Alternates:
Exciting news! First Lady Barbara Bush has confirmed she will
join us at our state convention in Dallas.
We will honor the First Lady late Friday afternoon, June 19, with
a special "Salute to Barbara Bush. " This event will begin with
a special program honoring the First Lady, followed by a seated
dinner.
This is our opportunity to thank the First Lady for the tremen-
dous example she sets for the children and families of America,
and we want to show an outpouring of warmth and affection as
large as the Lone Star State.
Seats are limited, so if you have not already purchased tickets
to the tribute event at the state convention, please use the
enclosed form to do so today. The form also allows you another
opportunity to order tickets for the prayer rally, and to support
our Republican pay-as-you-go philosophy with a voluntary contri-
bution to help defray the costs of the convention.
We are still optimistic that another member of the Bush family
may join us in Dallas -- it should be an exciting three days!
We are looking forward to a great convention. Our theme, "A
Republican Majority For a Change," sums up our message and our
opportunity to elect a Republican majority to the Texas Senate
and Texas Supreme Court and bring much-needed reform to our state
government.
Thanks for all your work for the Republican Party of Texas. We
look forward to seeing you in Dallas!
Very truly yours,
Fred Joney Meyer
211 East 7th Street, Suite 620
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 477-9821
Prepared and paid for by State Executive Committee, Republican Party of Texas
AGENDA
FINAL GENERAL SESSION
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1992
2:00 P.M.
Reconvene
Permanent Chairman
Invocation
Beverly Kaufman, President
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Presentation of Colors
Pledge of Allegiance
Roy Barrera, Jr.
Texas Pledge
The Hon. Troy Fraser,
Candidate for State Senate, District 25
National Anthem
Tammy Hays
Final Report of Credentials Committee
Bonnie Maynard, Chairman
Tribute to United States Senator John Goodwin Tower
Introduction of Texas Congressmen:
The Hon. Bill Archer, U.S. Representative, Texas District 7
Possible addition of
The Hon. Dick Armey, U.S. Representative, Texas District 26
The IIon. Joe Barton, U.S. Representative, Texas District 6
Religious singers
The Hon. Larry Combest, U.S. Representative, Texas District 19
The Hon. Tom DeLay, U.S. Representative, Texas District 22
The Hon. Jack Fields, U.S. Representative, Texas District 8
The Hon. Sam Johnson, U.S. Representative, Texas District 3
The Hon. Lamar Smith, U.S. Representative, Texas District 21
someone possibly intro
Address
Fred McClure
Keynote Address
President George Bush
poss
(National) Nominations Committee Report
The Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chairman
Introduction of Candidates for Congress
Barjey Hutcherson
Finance Chairman's Report
David Dewhurst
Treasurer's Report
Martha Weisend
Auxiliary Reports
Benediction
Lynne Tweedell, State Republican Executive Committee Member
Adjournment
Entertainment during convention provided by Dallas Jazz Orchestra
12
1992 REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
Dallas Convention Center
June 18-20, 1992
General Schedule
Tuesday-Wednesday: Preliminary committee meetings at Fairmont
Hotel
Thursday-Saturday: At Dallas Convention Center
REGISTRATION: West Exhibit Hall
GENERAL SESSIONS: East/Center Exhibit Halls
CAUCUSES: Convention Center Meeting Rooms
SALUTE TO BARBARA BUSH: Arena
PRAYER RALLY: Theater
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1992
9:00 a.m.
Registration Begins
4:00 p.m.
First General Session
6:00 p.m.
Senatorial District Caucus
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992
7:00 a.m.
Registration Begins
9:00 a.m.
Senatorial District Caucus
12:00 p.m.
Second General Session
5:30 p.m.
Salute to Barbara Bush
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1992
7:45 a.m.
Prayer Rally
9:30 a.m.
Congressional District Caucus
2:00 p.m.
Final General Session
Republican Party of Texas Key Contacts
Decorations
Freeman Decorating
Contact: Kellee Washburn
214/634-1463
Balloons
(Bid from Les Lurey at Balloons Fantasique, 214/964-2488)
Lighting and Audio
Crossroads Audio, Inc.
Contact: Blake Dewberry
214/358-2623
Big-Screen
Lee Martin Productions
Contact: Tony
214/566-1991
Busing
Carey Transportation
Contact: John Fisher
214/630-0127
Republican Party of Texas
Chairman: Fred Meyer, 214/754-1800
Administrative Assistant: Judy Moran
Executive Director: Karen Hughes (Fairmont)
Convention Manager: Andi Ball (Fairmont)
Fairmont Hotel
Main Number: 214/720-2020
RPT Staff Office: 214/720-5375, 5376, 5377
Staff Room is the Executive Room
Convention Center
Contact: Bonnie Davis, Convention Services
214/939-2789
Stage Manager Jimmy Moxley, 214/939-2764
RPT Staff Room (beginning Thursday) 214/658-8480, 8481, 8482
Staff Office is room E405, Press is room E408
Convention Center Security
Contact: Joe Farley
214/658-7132
AGENDA
FIRST GENERAL SESSION
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
4:00 P.M.
Call to Order
Fred Meyer, Chairman,
Republican Party of Texas
Invocation
The Hon. Faith Johnson, Judge,
363rd District Court
Presentation of Colors
Pledge of Allegiance
Dan Fernandez, Chairman,
Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Texas
Texas Pledge
Susan Combs, Candidate for State Representative, District 47
National Anthem
Welcome to Dallas
The Hon. Lee Jackson, Dallas County Judge
The Hon. Steve Bartlett, Mayor of Dallas
Report of the Temporary Credentials Committee
Bonnie Maynard, Chairman
Report of the Temporary Organization Committee
Mamie Proctor, Chairman
George W. Bush Assumes Temporary Chair
A New Majority for Justice
The Hon. Eugene Cook,
Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
and Candidates for the Texas Supreme Court
The Hon. John Montgomery
The Hon. Craig Enoch
Introduction of Candidates for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Keynote Address
The Hon. Rick Perry,
Commissioner of Agriculture
Report of the Temporary Rules Committee
Ernest Angelo, Chairman
Introduction of State Representatives and
Candidates for State Representative
The Hon. Tom Craddick, Chairman,
The House Republican Caucus
Address
Commissioner Marta Greytok, Public Utility Commission
Address
The Hon. Ted Poe, Judge, 228th District Court
Report of the Temporary Platform and Resolutions Committee
The Hon. Tom Craddick, Chairman
Remarks of the Candidates for Chairman and Vice Chairman
Benediction
Buddy West, Candidate for State Representative, District 81
Adjournment
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AGENDA
SECOND GENERAL SESSION
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992
NOON
Reconvene
Fred Meyer, Chairman
Invocation
The Hon. Ed Kinkeade, Judge
Court of Appeals District 5
Presentation of Colors
Fledge of Allegiance
Florace Kling, State Republican
Executive Committee Member
Texas Pledge
Anchi Ku
National Anthem and
My Country 'Tis of Thee
The Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc.
Curtis King, Founder and President
Address
First Lady Barbara Bush
Report of Permanent Credentials Committee
Bonnie Maynard, Chairman
Report of Permanent Organization Committee
Mamie Proctor, Chairman
Report from the Texas Federation of Republican Women
Beverly Kaufman, Chairman
Keynote Address
The Hon. Phil Gramm, United States Senator
Report of (State) Nominations Committee
George Strake, Chairman
Address: The State of Texas
The Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison, State Treasurer
Address
Barry Williamson, Candidate for Railroad Commissioner
A New Majority for Texas
Texas Senators and Candidates for the Senate
Address
Rob Mosbacher, Chairman, Victory '92
Report of the Permanent Rules Committee
Ernest Angelo, Chairman
Remarks from Candidates for National Committeeman and Committeewoman
Report of Permanent Platform and Resolutions Committee
The Hon. Tom Craddick, Chairman
Benediction
Adjournment
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JUN- 4-92 THU 8:38
Bush to address Texas GOP convention
FRED MEYER
By Kathy Lewis
Thursday, Mr. Bush will hold a
Washington Burnam of The Dellars Marning News
time news conference of Mr. Bush's
prime-time news conference at the
presidency.
WASHINGTON - President Bush
White House at 7 p.m. Dallas time.
An aide said the president wants
will address the Texas Republican
Although CNN said it would
to hold the news conference "it's a
Convention on June 20 in Dallas, a
broadcast Mr. Bush's news confer-
good forum for him, a chance to
campaign official said Wednesday.
ence, CBS, NBC and ABC officials
speak directly to the people."
The trip will be the president's
said they would not. After the news
Mr. Bush hosted a $2 million
third to Dallas in five weeks, and it
conference, CNN will feature a re-
Texas Republican fund-raiser Satur-
reflects the attention his campaign is
sponse from a Perot campaign offi-
day in Dallas. Two weeks earlier he
paying to Texas as Dallas billionaire
cial and ari appearance by Democrat
delivered the commencement ad-
Ross Perot moves closer to an inde-
Bill Clinton on Larry King Live.
dress at Southern Methodist Univer-
pendent challenge:
It will be only the second prime
sity.
FAX NO. 214 880 0401
Thursday, June 4, 1992
P.01
State Executive Committee
MEDIA ADVISORY
CONTACT:
Karen Hughes
512/477-9821
TEXAS REPUBLICANS TO ATTEND STATE CONVENTION IN DALLAS JUNE 18-20
DALLAS An estimated 10,000 Texas Republicans will
gather in Dallas June 18-20 for the 1992 Republican Party of
Texas state convention. Convention delegates will elect Party
officers, adopt a platform of principles and elect delegates to
this summer's Republican National Convention during their three-
day meeting.
The convention will convene at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 18,
1992, in the East Hall of the Dallas Convention Center. The
second general session begins at noon on Friday, June 19, and the
final session begins at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 20.
State business, including the election of the Republican
Party chairman, vice-chairman and executive committee and the
reports of the credentials, rules, organization, nominations and
platform committees, will be conducted during Friday's session.
National convention delegates and Texas' representatives to the
Republican National Committee will be elected on Saturday.
Preliminary committee meetings will begin on Tuesday after-
noon, June 16, at the Fairmont Hotel, which will serve as the
headquarters hotel for the convention.
A press office will be open from 9 until 5 p.m. at the
Fairmont on Tuesday and Wednesday, then will move to the conven-
tion center on Thursday. Members of the media should plan to
(more)
211 East 7th Street, Suite 620
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(512) 477-9821
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bring a photo identification and proof of media affiliation to
the press office to obtain credentials to cover the convention.
Members of the media who need hotel rooms at one of the ten
convention hotels should fill out the enclosed housing form and
return it as soon as possible to Republican Party of Texas head-
quarters, 211 East 7th Street, Suite 620, Austin, Texas, 78701.
Convention speakers will include representatives of the
Bush-Quayle '92 campaign, United States Senator Phil Gramm, Texas
Treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison, Agriculture Commissioner Rick
Perry and a number of Republican candidates.
A more detailed schedule of major speeches and times will be
available the week before the convention.
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MICROPHONE
PIONEER CEMETERY
In 1841, John Neely Bryan camped on the east bank of the Trinity River
where the triple underpass now carries Elm, Main, and Commerce Streets
under the Union Terminal railroad tracks. He established a town and named
it Dallas. One of the early visitors to the fledgling village was
Samuel Billingsley and his son, John. Arriving in the fall of 1842, John
recalls seeing his first burial take place in the following manner:
The first person I saw buried was buried without a coffin. It
was an old man McComace by name (Steve McCommas); his grave was
dug down to the white rock that formed the foundation of all
portions of that country, a nice vault was cut in the rock,
and he was wrapped in a sheet and layed in the solid rock,
there to wait the summons
There was no lumber yard or
1
furniture houses in the land.
The location of this grave is unknown.
At first, before cemeteries were established, burials took place near family
dwellings, in as beautiful a location as could be found. Once a site was
used, additional burials were made there. This procedure of grouping grave
sites often resulted in the creation of a cemetery. The story of the
Pioneer Cemetery follows such a pattern. It is clear that burials took
place in this area before it was legally set aside as a cemetery. A lovely
spot, it was on a high hillside covered by post oaks and within a short
distance from the town of Dallas.
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The area encompassing these burials is actually the remants of four old
cemeteries: the Tannehill Lodge No. 52 Masonic Cemetery; the Dallas Lodge
No. 44, Independent Order of Odd Fellows²; the Old City Cemetery³: 3 and two
tracts once used by the Hebrew Benevolent Association. 4 Located on the
north perimeter of the Dallas Convention Center, the graveyard is bounded
by Marilla Street on the north, Griffin Drive on the south. It has been
called Pioneer Cemetery for at least thirty years because of the many early
settlers and civic leaders who are buried here. As many as 500 graves were
once a total of the four cemeteries.
Part of this land is included in the John Neely Bryan Patent and part in
the John Grigsby Patent. 5 Efforts to acquire a burying ground for the
Masonic Brothers began in 1854. 6 The death of Mason James B. McDermitt may
have initiated these efforts. Four months after his death, J. M. Crockett,
Worshipful Master of the Lodge, appointed a committee to select a Masonic
Burying Ground and to confer with the committee on the part of the Odd
Fellows. Before the year was out, the committee had been authorized to
clear the ground, sell wood and do "any thing necessary" for preparation of
grounds.
7 At the January 26, 1855 meeting of the Masons, B. W. Stone,
John C. McCoy, G. W. Barnett and deceased Mason J. B. McDermitt, presumably
buried here, were permitted to make their choice of lots from the map or
plan of the Masonic Cemetery.
From 1885 until the present, vandalism of monuments has been a problem.
Earliest records available indicate that two children, whose parents were
later buried in the Masonic Section, died in 1849. 8 Earliest Odd Fellow
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graves date to 1852. 9 Mrs. Barton Stone (Martha) died in 1855 and is buried
10
at the NW corner of the Masonic area.
In 1857, John W. Smith, James N. Smith, W. L. Murphy, W. P. Martin, and
Alexander Cockrell deeded three acres to the Tannehill Lodge No. 52 of
Ancient York Masons and to the Dallas Lodge No. 44 I.0.0.F. for the sum of
$50 "to be used by said lodges as a cemetery. 11 In the deed's legal
description of the boundaries of the acreage, B. W. Stone's cemetery lot is
used as a reference point.
The earliest marked monuments in the cemetery are that of Elizabeth McPherson
(1823-1853) in the Masonic area, occupying a side of the J. B. McDermitt
(1790-1854) monument and R. P. Rogers (1832-1852) in the Odd Fellows section.
Earliest in the City Section is that of John Henry Long (1792-1870).
The latest marked is Rev. W. M. C. Young's monument also in the Masonic
Cemetery (1827-1921), but a lengthy 1928 article on the cemetery in The
Dallas Morning News states "Although interment has rarely disturbed the
hillside quiet in recent years, in 1926, Howard C. Burlew was laid to rest
there. ,12 Perhaps he was buried in the old city section as records for
that area are scant at best.
The Old City Cemetery and a part of the Jewish Cemetery are included in a
three acre tract deeded to the City of Dallas by Nancy Tuberville in 1871.
This deed reserved 1/8 acre "to include the grave of my late husband,
William Tuberville, deceased, to be laid off as I may desire. 13 The Jewish
Cemetery comprised two small tracts. The first was deeded by the city to
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the Hebrew Benevolent Association in 1872. 14 The second tract was deeded
to the Association by George M. Swink in 1874. 15 In 1912 these two tracts
were deeded to the Congregation Emanuel. 16 These graves were later moved
to other Jewish cemeteries in the city.
It is clear that available space in the two lodge cemeteries was carefully
monitored and in short supply by 1870. Numerous notices were placed in the
newspapers advising that only Master Masons and their immediate families
could-be buried in the Masonic area. Attempts to purchase additional land
17
in 1874 from Mrs. Akard failed.
John Henry Brown as city alderman led the naming of city streets after
early pioneers. Consequently, the names recorded in this cemetery read as
a directory of downtown Dallas streets. Some of those included are the
following: Akard, Browder, Crockett, Crowdus, Harwood, Latimer, Porter,
Cadiz, Martin, Newton, Bogel, Good, Marilla, Stemmons Ave., Patterson Ave.,
Sale, Stone, Young, Field, Peak, and Pearl. 18
The survival of these sacred grounds is a story of struggle and heart ache.
In an effort to correct the disrepair and prevent further vandalism, the
two lodges built a sexton's house on the grounds in 1890. "His duties
were to keep the street clean and keep all stock and intruders off the
premises. For the first year or two he had a great deal of trouble with
intruders who would come into the cemetery and steal flowers and even dig
up shrubbery and take it away During this time some person or persons
went into the cemetery, broke down part of the fence and turned over a
number of the head stones. 19 The railroad, in 1907, while making excavations
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for a spur line on the west boundary of the cemetery, disturbed several
20
graves and removed many bones.
Then, in 1922, an option was taken on
the site of the cemetery for construction of a large warehouse. Cries of
21
protest were loud and many, and, as a result, the plans abandoned.
Nevertheless, thirty graves were moved in the years from 1923-28, and the
22
last burials were made during those years.
The city purchased the Masonic
23
and Odd Fellows sections of the cemetery in 1951.
Mrs. Sam P. Stahr, niece of James K. Polk Record (buried in the Masonic
Cemetery), and Mrs. George Carlisle head of the James Butler Bonham
Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, led in efforts to
restore many monuments and re-establish a written record of the graves,
while prodding city officials to help in maintenance, most times with
24
little success.
The local DRT Chapter sponsored the erection of a
large white granite marker to John Neely Bryan, "First Citizen of Dallas,"
in 1954. Bryan is buried in an unmarked grave in Austin so that the stone
in this cemetery is the only official grave commemoration to him.
Four years later the city announced plans for a City Auditorium along with
a desire to acquire the Old Cemeteries area. In 1961 the City of Dallas
moved the Confederate Monument from Sullivan Park where it had stood since
1896 to the Pioneer Cemetery to make room for the R. L. Thornton Freeway.
Mayor Earle Cabell suggests in a Dallas Morning News article that if the
City Parks Department is able to purchase the Old City Cemetery, they could
create "an attractive city park near the auditorium
and that any existing
25
graves could be moved to a central location with an appropriate marker.
26
At this time the total area of the cemetery was about 7 acres.
By 1969
Poy. (
the city had acquired the old City Cemetery and city manager Scott McDonald
is quoted, "the cemetery contains just a few scattered graves and is not
maintained. The rest of the cemetery area will be utilized as downtown
open space." The city agreed to go to court to remove the dedication of the
land for cemetery purposes and pay for re-interment of the bodies at a
different location. 27
A historical summary of the burials is as follows: fourteen Peters Colonists;
four early Dallas mayors; John M. Crockett, Lt. Governor of Texas; Nicholas
H. Darnell, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas,
and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Texas; nine
veterans of the Mexican War, three Veterans of the War of 1812; twenty-eight
veterans of the Confederate States Army; four colonels of the Confederacy;
five members of Reunion Colony; two county judges; two district judges; and
numerous other city and county elected officials of the earliest governments
of Dallas County. There are early doctors, clergymen, lawyers, merchants,
and mothers and children, often the victims of frontier living conditions.
The City of Dallas Parks Board is responsible for maintenance of the cemetery,
and the Dallas County Historical Commission, city, and private sources have.
plans to fence the graveyard and commemorate many of the burials with in-
dividual grave markers. In a city experiencing extreme growth and develop-
ment, where building cranes number at least 100 at the present time, the
survival of this cemetery area is a monument to the fact that there was some-
one who cared during each year of its existence. Those 'someones' kept the
area intact so that today many of the visitors to Dallas may catch a glimpse
of Dallas' past.
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Researched by: Mrs. Frances James
Judge Newton Fitzhugh
I
Mrs. Shirley Caldwell
Written by:
Mrs. Shirley Caldwell
END NOTES
1. Texas Writer's Project, "Social Groups: The Community Pattern," Vol. 3,
Page 464, Unpublished.
2. Dallas County Deed Records, Vol. F, Page 26.
3. Ibid., Vol. P, Page 84.
4. Ibid., Vol. R, Page 182, Vol. V, Page 534.
5. Dallas County Maps and Plats, Abstracts No. 494 and 149.
6. Minutes of Tannehill Lodge, A41136, July 15, 1854; Nov. 27, 1854.
7. Ibid., Dec. 1, 1854.
8. Mrs. George F. Carlisle, "History of the Old Cemetery-City-Masonic-
Odd Fellow," 1948, Page 13.
9. Mrs. George V. Peak, Odd Fellows Part of Old Cemetery, Block #91.
10. Dallas Public Library, Mrs. George V. Peak, Masonic Cemetery Map and
Listing.
11. Dallas County Deed Records, Vol. F, Pages 26-27. A 1862 entry in the
Tannehill Lodge minutes records a resolution noting that John W. Smith,
James N. Smith, W. L. Murphy, W. P. Martin, and J. M. Patterson had
donated "in part" the land for the cemetery. Alexander Cockrell was
killed in 1858.
12. Vivian Richardson, Dallas Morning News, "Dallas Has Its Own Trinity
Churchyard," 5/20/28.
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13. Dallas County Deed Records, Vol. P, Page 84.
14. lbid., Vol. R, Page 182.
15. Ibid, Vol. V, Page 534.
16. Ibid., Vol. 554, Page 91.
17. Minutes of Tannehill Lodge, Aug. 8 and 29, 1874.
18. Carlisle, Page 5.
19. Minutes of Tannehill Lodge, Dec. 13, 1898.
20. Richardson, op. cit.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Dallas County Deed Records, Vol. 3575, Page 432.
24. Mrs. H. L. Tenison, Dallas Historical Society, Letter to Hon. Woodall Rodgers,
Mayor of Dallas, Oct. 18, 1940.
25. Dallas Morning News, "Talks Held on Getting Park Site," 7/11/62.
26. Francis Raffetto, Dallas Morning News, "City Plans Park for Auditorium,"
3/30/58.
27. Dallas Morning News, "City Authorizes Cemetery Purchase," 3/18/69.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dallas County Deed Records
Dallas County Maps and Plats
Dallas Historical Society Archives, Hall of State
Dallas Morning News Records
Dallas Public Library Texas Collection
Handbook of Texas, Texas State Historical Assoc., Vol. I
"History of the Old Cemetery-City-Masonic-0dd Fellow," Mrs. George F. Carlisle,
1948
Minutes of Tannehill Lodge No. 52
Texas Writer's Project, Unpublished Manuscript
ADDENDA TO
PIONEER CEMETERY
RE: Additional Information Request of June 27, 1985
A1
1. The size of the cemetery area is approximately 3 acres today.
A1
(This is verified by Mr. Thrasher of City of Dallas Public Works
Dept. and by virtue of the relinquishment of the Old City Cemetery
three acre plot [Vol. P, p. 84, Dallas Co. Deed Records, Dec. 13, 1871]
for expansion of the Convention Center in 1969. One of the Jewish
tracts, which was acquired from George Swink [Oct. 7, 1874, Vol. V,
p. 534] and a 1/8 acre tract set aside by Nancy Turberville when she
deeded the 3 acres in 1871, comprise the other relinquished acre.
This totals as follows:
3 acres - today's cemetery - the orignal Masonic and
Odd Fellows sections.
3 acres plus about 1 acre relinquished by 1969.
2. A recent survey by Shirley and Marilyn Caldwell shows more than 370
marked graves remaining in the cemetery. Many of the stones are destroyed
or in poor condition. Yet, a good record exists on who is buried here
based on two sources: a survey done by Mrs. George Carlisle from 1938 to
1948; and a survey done in July, 1961 by W. R. Conger, a DISD history
teacher and two other men.
As best as can be determined, none of the Old City Cemetery graves were
moved to other Dallas cemeteries. Of the 22 identifiable graves in the
1938-48 survey, approximately 22 were moved to the Masonic and Odd Fellows
sections. New stones have been placed to commemorate the 22 plots.
William Turberville is included in this number. Jewish graves were
reinterred in the Emanuel Cemetery in 1956 (November 15). Vandalism of
the monuments continues to be a problem.
*2
(Dallas Public Library, 7th Floor, Texas Collection, Cemetery File)
3. As explained in addendum #2, apparently no graves were moved outside the
cemetery. We are unable to determine how the Old Cemetery section was
reclaimed for Convention Center expansion. (See pages 4 and 5 of the
narrative.) If this information is vital to the text of the marker,
our probing could open old wounds and hinder this project as it was
quite controversial when the city went to court to acquire that acreage.
Since 1970, the preservation movement has become established in Dallas.
No one can understand the frustrations of being involved in such work
unless one has been "in the trenches" under similar circumstances, and
not all confrontations have ended to the satisfaction of preservationists.
But, longtime Dallas residents will tell you that the City of Dallas and
Dallas County officials have become much more sensitive to historical
preservation since the Pioneer Cemetery controversy.
Pioneer Park Cemetery
Visitors to the Dallas Convention
Lawn. Sale, Dickason and other
Center are often amazed to note
streets bear family names.
that nestled next to the main entry
Rev. James A. Smith
area is one of Dallas' oldest ceme-
(1801-1863) moved here in 1845
teries. Pioneer Park Cemetery, con-
and organized Dallas' first Method-
taining the markers of some of the
ist congregation. He also built the
city's earliest residents. is located
first cotton gin in the county.
along the north side of Ceremonial
Rev. Smith performed many of the
Drive at the entrance to the Dallas
marriage ceremonies for pioneer
Convention Center.
couples.
The park today contains
John Martin Stemmons
markers dating back to 1849 from
(1830-1890) made Dallas his home
the Tannehill Lodge No. 52 Masonic
in 1868. He was an attorney and
Cemetery: Dallas Lodge No. 44
interested in real estate develop-
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
ment. Stemmons Avenue in Oak
Old City Cemetery. and two small
Cliff bears his name.
tracts originally used by the Hebrew
Rev. W.M.C. Young (1827-1921)
Benevolent Association. Today, the
served as District Clerk from
City of Dallas Park and Recreation
1866-1868. He was active with
Department maintains the land.
Methodist Church organizations
The Dallas County Historical Com-
and Young Street is named after
mission. the City of Dallas. and
him.
private sources commemorate bur-
Eleanor Heady Russell
ials with individual markers.
(1813-1890) is said to have molded
The history and development of
the bullets used by her husband,
Dallas are reflected in Pioneer Park
Capt. Wm. Jarvis Russell. and his
Cemetery: Fourteen original settlers
company of men who released
are buried here. along with four
William B. Travis and other colo-
early Dallas Mayors, veterans of the
nists held prisoners at Anahuac by
War of 1812. the War with Mexico,
Mexican soldiers. Her bullets were
and the War Between the States.
also used at the battles of Velasco
In addition. five members of La
and San Jacinto. She is credited,
Reunion Colony: Lt. Gov: John M.
along with Mrs. Josiah Bell. with
Crockett and numerous city and
tending the wounds of Gen. Sam
county officials are buried here.
Houston after the San Jacinto battle.
A headstone can be found
Nicholas H. Darnell
for W.C.C. Akard. died March 26.
(1807-1885) moved to Dallas after
1870. Akard Street, which runs by
serving in the Tennessee Legisla-
the Dallas City Hall. was named for
ture. He served in the Legislature
this early merchant.
of the Republic of Texas and was
Juliette Peak Fowler, died June
elected Speaker of the House in
4, 1889, spent her time and money
1842. He was a member of the Con-
educating orphaned children. At
stitutional Conventions of 1845 and
her death, she left land and money
1875, served with a Texas Regiment
to establish the Juliette Fowler
in the War with Mexico, was a Cap-
Home for Children and the Aged
tain in the Dallas County Rangers
now located in east Dallas.
and a Colonel in the Confederate
Jefferson Peak (1801-1885)
Army.
came to Dallas in 1855. He pur-
James K. Polk Record
chased land known as East Dallas or
(1834-1876) was elected City Alder-
Peak's Addition, and donated prop-
man of Dallas in 1858. In 1866, he
erty for many East Dallas streets
was elected State Senator and a dele-
including Peak Street. Healso
gate to the State Constitutional
donated the land for the Christian
Convention. Record Street now
Church at Bryan and Pearl Streets,
bears his name.
with the proviso that if ever in-
B. Warren Stone was an early
strumental music was used in the
Dallas lawyer. As a Confederate
church, the ground would revert
Colonel, he organized the Sixth
to his heirs.
Texas Cavalry known as Stone's Sec-
Frank Owen Sale (1836-1874)
ond Regiment. Dates of his birth
came to Dallas to
owned property in what is now Oak
The 2nd Annual Summer Fiesta and
The neighborhood organizations hosting
Munger Place Homeowners Association,
Celebration of Neighborhoods was held at El
this revelry were: Bryan Place
Oak Lawn Committee, Old Oak Cliff Conser-
n
Gallito Cafe and Bar, 4202 Ross Avenue on
Homeowners' Association, Deep Eilum
vation League, South Boulevard/Park Row
$
Sunday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m. Larry Offut's
Neighborhood Association, Deep Ellum/Near
Historic Preservation, Swiss Avenue Historic
t
fabulous fajitas and marvelous margaritas
East Side Property Owners Association,
District Association and Winnetka Heights
t
were served, along with complimentary soft
Friends of State/Thomas, Lakewood
Neighborhood Association.
T
drinks. Entertainment included festive music
Homeowners Association, Maple Avenue
IS
and drawings for door prizes.
Economic Development Corporation,
d
n
Pioneer Cemetery Tells Story of Struggle
By Shirley Caldwell
Why would a city the size of Dallas have
city alderman and later a noted historian in
a cemetery next to its convention center?
Texas, led the naming of city streets after
Visitors ask that question and so do members
e
early pioneers. Consequently, the names
d
of the news media who come to see Dallas.
recorded in this cemetery read like a direc-
5
The survival of the Pioneer Cemetery is
tory of downtown Dallas streets. Some of
a story of struggle and heartache, but it is
S
those included are the following: Akard,
also a story of accomplishment.
Browder, Crockett, Crowdus, Harwood,
The area encompassing these burials is ac-
Latimer, Porter, Canton, Cadiz, Martin,
tually the remnants of four old cemeteries
u
Newton, Bogel, Good, Marilla, Stemmons,
that once covered seven acres and contained
n
Patterson, Sale, Stone, Young, Field, Peak,
a total of approximately 500 graves: the Tan-
y
Record and Pearl. Each name tells a story
d
nehill Lodge No. 52 Masonic Cemetery, the
Dallas Lodge No. 44 Independent Order of
and a contribution to the history of Dallas.
Odd Fellows, the Old City Cemetery and two
The city of Dallas through the Dallas Park
al
Board is responsible for maintenance of the
1.
small tracts once used by the Hebrew
Benevolent Association. It has been called
cemetery. Board members plan to com-
memorate an official Texas Historical Marker
Pioneer Cemetery for at least 30 years
because of the many early settlers and civic
in the cemetery during the sesquicentennial
celebration in 1986.
leaders who are buried here.
Working with private sources to be named
Efforts to establish this hillside shaded by
post oaks as a cemetery began in 1854 when
in the near future, the Dallas County
the Tannehill Masonic Lodge together with
Historical Commission and the city hope to
fence the cemetery and commemorate the
the Dallas Lodge of Odd Fellows appointed
notable early Dallas leaders with official
a committee to clear the ground, sell wood
Texas Historical grave markers.
and do "anything necessary" for preparation
of a burial grounds.
In a city that is experiencing extreme
growth and development, where building
cranes number at least 100 at the present
Photo by Mary Crawford
time, the survival of this cemetery area is a
mittee Report
The earliest burials in the area probably
monument to the fact that there was some-
date to 1849, possibly earlier. Elizabeth
one who cared during each year of its ex-
McPherson was buried in the Masonic area
istence. Those "someones" kept the area
anxiously anticipated late July completion of
in 1853, and records say that R.P. Rogers
intact so that today many of our visitors may
the "inner city historic resources inven-
was interred in the Odd Fellows section in
catch a glimpse of Dallas' past.
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tory," the city hopes to begin exploring what
1852. The Old City Cemetery (including the
The Mmes. Sam Stahr, George Carlisle
incentives might be adopted to encourage the
area later used by the Hebrew Benevolent
and H.L. Tenison (all deceased) were "Lit-
t
restoration and adaptive reuse of designated
Association was acquired in 1871 from Nan-
the old ladies" who promoted the preserva-
landmarks. It is anticipated that the
cy Tuberville. The Jewish graves were
tion of this cemetery. Because of their work
Downtown Dallas Preservation Incentives
moved to other Dallas Jewish cemeteries
from 1930 to 1957, the area is intact today.
t
package will provide an outline from which
after the 1920s.
Membership News
an inner-city preservation incentives program
When a railraod spur line in 1907 disturbed
New Regular Members
might be modeled. The staff hopes that a
the graves and many bones were hauled
Mrs. Betty Baird
r
draft proposal will be prepared for Landmark
away, cries of outrage came from the com-
Dee Brown
Committee review before the end of the
munity. In 1922, an option was taken on the
Robin Burgin
a
year.
site of the cemetery for construction of a
Mrs. Martha Crowley
e
large warehouse. Protests were loud and
David Dike
y
1985 Bond Program Proposals: Historic
many, and the plans were abandoned. Never-
Mrs. J.B. Edwards
e
neighborhood, Task Force and Landmark
theless, 30 graves were moved in the years
Mrs. William F. Fuerriero
0
Committee recommendations for projects to
from 1923-28, and the last burials were made
Mrs. M.R. Harrington
3
be included in the 1985 Bond Program were
during those years.
Mrs. Arvon Jones
presented to the City Plan Commission and
The city purchased the Masonic and Odd
Marvin Krout
unanimously accepted at that commission's
Fellows sections in 1951. By 1969, the city
Dr. and Mrs. William G. Maddox
June 27 meeting. Recognizing the value of
had acquired the Old City Cemetery.
Cathlyn Messer
these historic districts to the city, these bond
Who is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery?
Mrs. Joe Nix
program proposals demonstrate the city's
The list reads like a who's who of early
Mrs. Thomas A. O'Dwyer
ongoing commitment to the continued
Dallas. It includes the following: 14 Peters
Gordon Sibeck & Assoc.
revitalization.
Colonists; four early Dallas mayors; John M.
Terri Wells
Crockett,
Barbara womble
Darnell, speaker of the House of Represen-
and finally: the Landmark Committee's
tatives of the Republic of Texas and speaker
Upgrade To Capital Club
Publicity Task Force is in the process of up-
of the House of Representatives of the State
E.L. Dunn
dating its mailing list for upcoming city land-
of Texas; nine veterans of the Mexican War;
mark dedication ceremonies and other items
three veterans of the War of 1812; 28
New Capital Club Members
of interest to the citizens of Dallas. Any in-
veterans of the Confederate States Army;
Mrs. J.C. Benedum
dividual interested in being added to this mail-
one Union soldier; four colonels of the Con-
Norman Christopher Cheatham
ing list should send his name and address to:
federacy; five members of Reunion Colony;
Mr. and Mrs. David P. McElvain
"Dedication Ceremony Mailing List, Depart-
two county judges; two district judges; two
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Thornhill
ment of Planning and Development, Section
historical women; one state senator and
Rebecca B. Wallace
5-B-North, Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas
numerous other city and county elected of-
75201."
ficials of the earliest governments of Dallas
New Corporate Members
Preservation, neighborhood and other
County.
O'Reilly Advertising
organizations are encouraged to forward a
There are doctors, clergymen, lawyers,
Taylor-Hewlett, Inc.
copy of their current mailing list so that their
merchants, and mothers and children. often
The Rosewood Corporation
membership might be notified of upcoming
the victims of frontier living conditions.
Shamburger Building Centers
Landmark Committee events.
In the 1020s. John Henry Brown then a
300 West Jefferson. loint Venture
THE COUNTY CHRONICLE
The Newsletter Of The
Dallas County Historical Commission
100 South Houston Street Dallas. Texas 75202
VOLUME XII. NUMBER 5
JULY-AUGUST, 1985
Dallas County Historical
The four Dallas County Commissioners met
Commission News
in Executive Session on Monday, July 8,
and unanimously selected Dallas home
builder and civic leader, Dave Fox, to
County Judge Frank Crowley Dies Suddenly
serve out Crowley's term. Fox is well-
Dave Fox Appointed
known to preservationists for his role
in helping save the Wilson Block. He
Judge Frank Crowley died suddenly at his
will take office on July 15.
home on Wednesday morning, July 3, of an
apparent heart attack. He had undergone
Restoration Architects
heart surgery in 1975 and suffered a sub-
sequent attack in January, 1985.
The Dallas County Space Utilization Com-
mittee has made recommendations to the
The news of his death shook the city where
Commissioners' Court concerning restora-
Crowley had lived all of his life. Those
tion architects for two important projects.
who had worked with him admired his keen
Selections for the Old Red Courthouse and
intellect and sharp wit.
the 3rd and 4th Floors of the Dallas
County Administration Building should be
"Frank found a humorous side to nearly
announced soon.
every circumstance and used hilarious
analogies to drive home a point. But, he
These two projects deal with the two
always expected hard work and performance,
most important historical buildings in
too. That's what made him so much fun to
Dallas County.
work for," said Mrs. Shirley Caldwell,
appointed as Chairman to the Dallas County
Adolphus Hotel Takes Lead in Pioneer
Historical Commission by Crowley in Jan-
Cemetery
uary, 1983 and reappointed in 1985.
Forgotten for a long while but not for-
Appointments made by Judge Crowley to the
ever, the Pioneer Cemetery will receive
DCHC in February, 1985 were: Mrs. Caldwell,
an Official Texas Historical Marker in
Mrs. Frances James (Chairman of the Marker
appropriate ceremonies sometime during
Committee and member of the Landmark Com-
the Sesquicentennial Year. The City of
mittee), Mrs. Gloria Clayton (Chairman of
Dallas Parks and Recreation Department
the History Appreciation Program), Mrs.
will sponsor the marker with the DCHC
Marjel Freeman (Chairman of the Sesqui-
providing the research and writing of
centennial Committee), Mrs. Nancy Husbands
the narrative. Application has already
(Chairman of the Meetings, Workshops, and
been made.
Special Events Committee), Mrs. LaVern Lank-
ford, and Mrs. Kathleen Johnson.
The Adolphus Hotel is assisting the City
and County in marking the cemetery.
Miss Betsy Field, Director of Public
VOLUME XII, NUMBER 5
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JULY-AUGUST, 1985
Relations, has arranged for Mrs. Shelia
Markers Pending Dedications
Douthit, Chairman of the History Depart-
ment at Highland Park High School, to
Addison State Bank, Ahab Bowen Home,
select two of her outstanding history
City of East Dallas, Continental Gin Co.,
students to research and write grave
Lowrey-Hurst Homestead, Oak Cliff
markers for the four early Dallas mayors
Cemetery, Turtle Creek Pump Station.
buried here. Susan Cook and Steve Stephens
have been chosen.
Markers Pending
The Adolphus Hotel will sponsor the mark-
City of Cedar Hill, City of Irving,
ing of the following:
City of Rowlett, Dallas County Records
Building, The Dallas Morning News,
John M. Crockett - Mayor, Peter's
Heritage House, McCree Cemetery, Naviga-
Colonist, and Lt. Governor
tion of the Upper Trinity River, Pioneer
Cemetery, South MacArthur Church of
John W. Crowdus - Mayor
Christ, St. Luke Catholic Church, St. Paul
Dr. Anderson D. Rice - 2nd Mayor,
Freewill Baptist Church, Warner Cemetery.
County Treasurer, and Physician
Old Red Courthouse
John J. Good - Mayor and Lawyer
Additionally, the Dallas County Historical
Have you seen the beautiful lawn around
Commission is interested in encouraging
the Courthouse lately? It looks great!
The ground was slanted away from the
the City to fence the area. Anyone
foundation to divert any water away from
interested in sponsoring official grave
the basement walls, and sod was laid
markers for other noteworthy pioneers
buried here or in assisting with plans for
down around the perimeter of the building.
Inside the basement, the dead mortar be-
an appropriate iron fence should contact
tween the limestone blocks was ground
the DCHC office, Mrs. Sharion Moore,
out and replaced with new mortar. The
Administrative Aide, 749-6238.
basement stabilization work and re-
Sesquicentennial Update Planned for Map
landscaping work was done by Landmark
Restoration and Waterproofing and James
Pratt was the consultation architect.
Marjel Freeman, Chairman of the DCHC Sesqui-
Texas Historical Commission architects
centennial Committee, needs help in updating
Gerron Hite and Stan Graves worked with
the Dallas County Heritage Trails Map which
Pratt in defining the scope of work.
was published during the Bicentennial ten
years ago.
Progress is also being made on the north
side of the Courthouse. A planter box
Forty-two county heritage organizations
was removed and the steps will be re-
have been asked to assist in adding to or
stored after drainage pipes beneath the
correcting the 1976 map. It is vital that
the new material be submitted to the DCHC
steps have been diverted and capped.
Bond monies will provide funds for the
office as soon as possible.
restoration of the north porch.
Historical Marker Dedications
Friends of Old Red
Three historical marker dedications were
The members of the DCHC recently did an
held in June as follows: Abraham Carver
Cemetery on June 1 along with Sandsprings
8,000 piece mailing to the State Bar
Association, soliciting funds for the
Park, developed by Crow Development Company.
restoration of Old Red. Already more
William Sachse Cemetery on June 23, and
than $3,000 has been received. Tincy
Merrell Cemetery on June 30.
Miller is the new Chairman of the Friends
of Old Red.
PIONEER CEMETERY
Why would a city the size of Dallas have a cemetery next to its convention
center? Visitors ask that question and so do members of the news media who
come to see Dallas, the vibrant urban giant of the southwest.
The survival of these sacred grounds is a story of struggle and heartache.
But, it is also a story of accomplishment.
The area encompassing these burials is actually the remnants of four old
cemeteries--the Tannehill Lodge No. 52 Masonic Cemetery, the Dallas Lodge
No. 44 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Old City Cemetery, and two
small tracts once used by the Hebrew Benevolent Association. It has been
called Pioneer Cemetery for at least thirty years because of the many early
settlers and civic leaders who are buried here.
As many as 500 graves were once a total of the four cemeteries, covering
an area of seven acres.
Efforts to establish this hillside shaded by post oaks as a cemetery began
in 1854 when the Tannehill Masonic Lodge together with the Dallas Lodge of
Odd Fellows appointed a committee to clear the ground, sell wood and do
"any thing necessary" for preparation of a burial grounds. The urgent
sound of lodge minutes resulted from the deaths of family and lodge members
already buried in the hillside.
The earliest burials in the area probably date to 1849 or earlier.
Elizabeth McPherson was buried in the Masonic area in 1853, and records say
that R. P. Rogers was interred in the Odd Fellows section in 1852. The
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Old City Cemetery (including the area later used by the Hebrew Benevolent
Assoc.), was acquired in 1871 from Nancy Tuberville. The Jewish graves
were moved to other Dallas Jewish Cemeteries after the 1920s.
When a railroad spur line in 1907 disturbed the graves and many bones were
hauled away, cries of outrage came from the community. Then, in 1922, an
option was taken on the site of the cemetery for construction of a large
warehouse. Protests were loud and many and the plans abandoned. Never-
less, thirty graves were moved in the years from 1923-28, and the last
burials were made during those years.
The city purchased the Masonic and Odd Fellows sections in 1951. By 1969,
the city had acquired the Old City Cemetery.
Who is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery? The list reads like a who's who
of early Dallas. It includes the following: fourteen Peters Colonists;
four early Dallas mayors; John M. Crockett, Lt. Governor of Texas;
Nicholas H. Darnell, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic
of Texas, and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Texas;
nine veterans of the Mexican War; three veterans of the War of 1812;
twenty-eight veterans of the Confederate States Army; one Union soldier;
four colonels of the Confederacy; five members of Reunion Colony; two county
judges; two district judges; two historical women; one state senator; and
numerous other city and county elected officials of the earliest governments
of Dallas County.
There are early doctors, clergymen, lawyers, merchants, and mothers and
children, often the victims of frontier living conditions.
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In the 1880s John Henry Brown, then a city alderman and later a noted
historian in Texas, led/the naming of city streets after early pioneers.
Consequently, the names recorded in this cemetery read as a directory of
downtown Dallas streets. Some of those included are the following: Akard,
Browder, Crockett, Crowdus, Harwood, Latimer, Porter, Canton, Cadiz,
Martin, Newton, Bogel, Good, Marilla, Stemmons, Patterson, Sale, Stone,
Young, Field, Peak, Record, and Pearl. Each name could tell a story and
a contribution to the history of Dallas.
The City of Dallas and the Dallas Parks Board is responsible for maintenance
of the cemetery. They plan to commemorate an official Texas Historical
Marker in the cemetery during the Sesquicentennial celebration in 1986.
Working with private sources, to be named in the near future, the Dallas
County Historical Commission and the city hope to fence the cemetery and
commemorate the notable early Dallas leaders with official Texas Historical
grave markers.
In a city that is experiencing extreme growth and development, where build-
ing cranes number at least 100 at the present time, the survival of this
cemetery area is a monument to the fact that there was someone who cared
during each year of its existence. Those 'someones' kept the area intact
so that today many of our visitors may catch a glimpse of Dallas' past.
Mrs. Sam Stahr, Mrs. George Carlisle, and Mrs. H. L. Tenison (all deceased)
were 'littlerole ladies' who promoted the preservation of this cemetery.
Their work resulted in having the area still intact. Their work from 1930-
1957 deserves all the credit.
DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER
Meeting Room
N401
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MEETING ROOMS E401-E410 & N401
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 12, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR PRE-ADVANCE PARTICIPANTS
FROM:
ED MURNANE
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND
DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVANCE
SUBJECT:
PRE-ADVANCE TO DALLAS, TX ON
JUNE 15, 1992
Attached for your information is a list of participants and an
outline schedule for the Pre-Advance to Dallas, TX on June 15,
1992.
PRE-ADVANCE PARTICIPANTS
Office of Presidential Advance
John Herrick, Special Assistant to the President for Presidential
Advance
Patricia Conrad, Trip Coordinator
United States Secret Service
Tom Farrell, ASAIC
White House Military Office
Mike Gould, Military Aide
Cal Dixon, HMX Advance
White House Communications Agency
Jim Strait, Operations
Office of Speechwriting
Michelle Nix, Researcher
Office of Political Affairs
Walter White,
PRE-ADVANCE SCHEDULE
Monday, June 15, 1992
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
6:45 am Vans depart West Basement en
route Washington National
Airport.
6:45 am
Vans depart West Basement en route Washington
National Airport.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
7:00 am
Arrive Washington National Airport and proceed
to Gate.
7:40 am
American Flight 537 departs Washington National
(E.D.T.)
Airport en route Dallas, Texas.
(Flying Time: 3 Hour 30 Minutes)
(Time Change: Back 1 Hour)
(Food Service: Breakfast)
9:40 am
Arrive Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, Dallas, Texas
(C.D.T.)
and proceed to vans.
Met by:
Ms. Karen Hughes
512/477-9821
Walter Moran
214/754-1800
STAFF HOTEL:
Hyatt Hotel
300 Reunion Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75207
Michael Grossman, 214/651-1234
fax. 214-651-0018
9:50 am
Vans depart Airport en route Convention Center.
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
10:15 am
Arrive Convention Center and begin Meeting/Site
Survey.
*
TEXAS REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
(3:00 pm - TBD pm)
- Open Press
- Remarks
- Teleprompter TBD
1:00 pm
Conclude Site Survey, board vans and depart
Convention Center en route Dallas/Ft. Worth
Airport.
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
1:25 pm
Arrive Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport and proceed to
Gate.
2:20 pm
American Flight 1322 departs Dallas, Texas en
(C.D.T.)
route Washington, DC.
(Flying Time: 3 Hours)
(Time Change: Ahead 1 Hour)
(Food Service: Lunch)
6:15 pm
Arrive National Airport, Washington, DC.
(E.D.T.)
6:20 pm
Vans depart National Airport en route White House.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
6:40 pm
Arrive White House.