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Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
Dallas, TX
30 July 1992
10:30 a.m.
Thank you, and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
The SuperCollider is the greatest scientific project in the
world. This place attracts scientific genius the way our U.S.
basketball players attract autograph seekers in Barcelona. So it
is an incredible honor to be among you, and to hear of your
dreams and accomplishments.//
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new -- a
place where "boot" means something you wear on your feet, and
what you do to turn on your computer each morning. And so I come
here to talk just a little bit about what we need to do -- to
prepare for the economy of the 21st Century.
Listening to all the talk about our economy these days reminds
over at SMU for his
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me of the freshman who walked onto the field over at DRIV ***
first football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw
the ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my
punts usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at
the young man and said, "Kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said, "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
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Sure we have our problems, yes we have our challenges, but
let's not forget a few facts. We are the world's largest economy
-- and no other nation sells more products outside its borders.
Inflation is the lowest in two decades ... and if you want to
talk to the world's most productive workers, don't brush up on
your Japanese or your German, the "Dream Team" of workers can be
found right here -- in the USA. /
The question today is not can America compete? We know we
can. The question is -- how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans?
First, we face some short-term challenges. As every
American knows, the economy is growing today, but not fast
enough. This morning, new numbers were released showing what you
probably can pick up from conversations down at your local
hardware store. Our economy grew by 2.9 percent in the first
quarter -- stronger than originally reported -- but only 1.4
percent in the second quarter. We're still growing, but not fast
enough.
will tell you that this uneven growth is not
Now, economists Will LELL I
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unusual. Since World War II, the first year of every recovery
has shown the same pattern, with one quarter up, and the next
quarter down a little bit. Most blue-chip economists predict the
economy will get stronger the rest of the year, and I agree. But
we must act now to guarantee it.
( (Yesterday, right near this facility, we saw some more
layoffs. Further proof of the restructuring all nation's
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economies are going through, as we get used to this "new world
order.")) I want to get the American job-creating machine
cranked back up, right now, so that our good, qualified people
can get back to work immediately.
I have a plan to do that, but I need your help.
On January 29th, I put forward a specific program to spur
the American economy with incentives to encourage businesses to
hire new workers and help Americans who want to buy a new home.
If my plan was in place, it would create almost 15,000 new
jobs a day -- over a half a million jobs since February.
Finally last night, after 183 days of waiting, the Senate
Finance Committee approved many of the incentives I've been
pushing. I applaud the Senate's action, and I urge the full
Congress to approve this plan
without delay. I hope you and
every American will join me in saying this to Congress: Don't
hold the American economy hostage to politics. Vote for an
economic recovery program, and put more Americans to work ---
now!//
That's the short-term program, but the real question on
now? What about
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American minds is: what about five years from now:
ten years? Twenty? Will America still be the world's leading
economy? That's the question I want to focus on this morning.
You know, our economy has changed in many ways since I staked
my first claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, everybody
was talking about the new developments in television and atomic
energy. This was just after World War II, and everyone in the
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neighborhood would turn out when somebody drove home a brand new
car.
Today the new industries are computers, biotechnology and
material science. ((You can not only get a new car, you can get
a car with a new FAX machine inside it. Although I still for the
life of me can't figure out why anyone wants to get faxed
something while they are driving down the road at sixty miles an
hour?))
Back when I started out in business, you could get a job
based on what you could lift with your shoulders. Today a good
job depends on what you can fit inside your head.
Back then, America reigned supreme in steel and the emerging
industries like electronics, today we are competing for the lead
in the emerging basic industries of the 21st century --
computers, biotechnology, and material science.
It is fashionable this year for people to talk about change
-- about preparing for the future. But for the past three years
-- without a lot of hype or fanfare -- we've put forward a series
of dramatic ideas to change America -- so that we will win the
new economic olympics.
to
our
new
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our unprecedented effort to open new markets LU www
products, From to our program to make our grade and elementary basic schools
as our colleges. From record increases in
as laboratory great research to new ways to help our companies get
ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace. From new
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incentives for American businessmen and women ... to new efforts
to rip away the regulations that hinder innovation.
From top to bottom ... our entire program is designed to
build America for the 21st century.
We have primarily two goals.
First, in an age when knowledge is King, we want Americans
to wear the crown. I admit, while I'm very proud of our young
people's domination in swimming and basketball, by the year 2,000
I want our kids to be number not just in the pool and on the
court, but in the math class and the science lab./
Our second priority is to extend America's heritage as the
world's leader in technology. The new industries I've mentioned
this morning will potentially create millions of new jobs.
America has always been the cradle of innovation, we want to
raise these new industries here, first.
I admit something. The programs we've put forward to build
America are all prejudiced. They are prejudiced to the future -
- loyal only to our children. But we can make this investment,
without new taxes or budget-busting spending today.
of
your
William
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The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion OF your
money every year. So I have proposed do what you do with your
family budget every weeked -- set priorities. Cut back on
mandatory spending today and do away with almost 250
government programs that simply don't work anymore.
((Randy Travis sings something about "love going on forever
and ever." I'm not sure Randy would sing the same tune about a
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taxpayer-supported research program on the mating habits of
minks.))
This SuperCollider is big priority - a big part of our
investment in America's future. When you talk basic research,
this is where it will happen. This is the Louvre, the Pyramids,
Niagra Falls - all rolled into one.//
Where once we reached for the moon above to explore new
frontiers of our universe, soon we will begin to tunnel below to
learn about the fundamental question of science -- how our
universe began.
A couple weeks ago, I hosted a meeting on this project in
the White House with seven preeminent scientists -- including
four Nobel lauretes. They started talking about "quarks" and
"quenches," and I wondered for a minute if they had all spent the
weekend bird hunting./ / But beneath all the discussion about
"matter" and "anti-matter, was real talk about what matters to
our kids future --- maintaining America's technological
supremacy.
History has shown again and again that by pushing
technology to ever-higher levels of accomplishment, we can
Here for example, a
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new
achieve immensely practical consequences.
new electronics industry will be born. Here, tommorrow's jobs
will be nurtured.
Some in Congress don't see it this way. While they talk a
good game about investment -- while they proclaim to be
:
they have repeatedly blocked programs I have
"future's friend"
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put forward in education and research. Now, they've set their
sights on the SuperCollider.
The House last month voted to shut down this project, and
the Senate will consider it soon. No one should be under any
illusion: savings from killing the SuperCollider will not be used
to reduce the deficit. Runaway spending is prohibited by
budget caps that I fought for and won two years ago.
If Congress stops this project, they will direct this
investment to support organized interests whose backing they need
in an election year. They will squander taxpayer's money today,
rather than invest in our economy tomorrow. Make no mistake:
this is a battle between the "patrons of the past," and the
"architects of the future."
It may not be popular in all places -- but I want to do
what's right for America. Today I say: I stand with Texas. I
stand with our future. I will fight for the SuperCollider. 11
Five hundred years ago this Monday, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
Centuries after
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soil in wagon trains, and two centuries after that, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new frontiers beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lies before us. our adventure is not to sail the open
ocean but rather to go to the edge of the universe and see the
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birth of space. our vessel is not called the Santa Maria, it is
the SuperCollider. But human imagination is still our compass -
- and human ingenuity and yearning for progress, our only power.
To those who would sacrifice tomorrow for today, I say --
trust in our future. Trust in America's incredible capacity for
renewal and innovation. Trust in the spirit that is here today,
ours is an eternal voyage to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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Fort last or 190
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
in 1990
Dallas, TX
30 September 1992
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Thank you and good morning everyone.
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(Acknowledgements)
Andy Jaskow
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new -- a
place where "boot" means something you wear on you feet, and what
you do to get on your computer each morning. And so I come here
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to talk to you about what we need to do, to prepare for the
economy of the 21st century.
Listening to all the talk these days about our economy reminds
me of the freshman who walked onto the field over at SMU for his
first football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw
the ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my
punts usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at
the young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to work for the other political
party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but lets not
forget a few facts. We are still the world's largest economy --
and no other nation sells more products outside its borders.
Inflation is the lowest in two decades ... and if you want to
J.D.
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talk to the world's most productive workers, don't brush up on
your Japanese or your German, the "Dream Team" of workers can be
found right here -- in the USA./
The question today is not can America compete, we know we
can. The question is -- how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans.
Right now a debate is raging. On one side are people who
are fearful of the future. They don't trust our people, they
only trust government to hang on to what we have today.
I take a different approach. I don't fear the future, I
embrace it. I believe America can win the new economic Olympics,
if our government is wise enough to trust our people and get them
ready for the big event.
Can't
Today, new statistics came out revealing what you already
know, our economy is growing but not fast enough. This This summer
say
our economy grew ( ) percent, compared to 2.790 in the first
New
quarter of this year. This isn't unusual. Even after World War
II, the first year of recoveries have been uneven, with one
quarter up, another down a little.
Like most private economists, round I'm confident the economy will
continue to grow -- probably at 3 percent the rest of the year.
But we must guarantee their growth, by acting now.
On January 29th, I put forward a specific plan to create new
jobs, using tax incentives to encourage businesses to hire new
workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
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simple fact is: I trust you to spend your money and get the
economy moving.
If
15,000 jobs on January 30th! 15,000 jobs on May yesterday 30th! 15,000 today
My plan is in place? it would create almost 15,000 new jobs. day
jobs today!
tomorrow.
Congress took my plan, and sent me back a tax increase -- or
idea that put government ahead of people. So I vetoed it. For
183 days I've waited for Congress to act again. Today I say to
the Congress, we need those 15,000 jobs today. Don't hold the
American economy hostage to politics. Vote for an economic
recovery program. and put Americans to work --- now!//
That's what we need to do today. But changes occurring in
the world's economy are fundamental -- and they demand long-term
action. As we watch the Olympics on TV this week, we marvel at
the competitive energy. (I still can't get over the guy who shot
the arrow to light the flame. How'd you like to do that with a
hundred million people watching?)
The Olympics are a metaphor for our new economy. Today,
people in Eastern Europe and China want our computers and cars,
even our colas. We can fill the need.
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
more space
partially open since 1986. U.S. exports have tripled with Texas
companies are leading the way.
I'm fighting for a North American trade treaty that will
increase Mexican demand for Texas fruits, computers, and hundreds
of other products. Some people look at this new world of trade
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and get scared. They talk protectionism, suggesting we should
pack our bags before the games begin. I trust American
companies, and I trust American workers. Our national symbol is
not the Ostrich, but the Eagle. Let other nations stick their
head in the sand we will spread our wings and fly to jobs for
you, and your family. //
Our economy has changed in many ways since I staked my first
claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, you could get a job
because of what you could lift with your shoulders, today a good
job depends on what you can fit inside your head.
Think about this: In 1980
a man with a college
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education made an average of $11,000 more per year than a man
July
with a high school education. By 1990, that gap had increased to
$16,000. And the same thing happened with women.
Higher
and
Knowledge has become the foundation of our economy. Whether
our kids will work in the military, the marketplace or on a
mainframe computer, what they know will determine what they do
with their lives.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call
the America 2 000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as great as our colleges. I'm proud of our world
dominance in basketball and swimming, but don't you want our kids
to do just as well in trigonometry and biology?/
1
A hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Edison said "if you
Ralph Waldo Emerson
build a better mousetrap A the world will beat make a path beater to your his door,
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door." Today those world-beating mousetraps are advances in
computers, biotechnology and material sciences.
New computers mean that in an age when information is king,
we can all wear a crown. (We can even get at FAX in our car,
which leads to the philosophical question: who wants to get a
FAX in their car?)
Advances in biotechnology allow us to cure illnesses that
have plagued mankind for generations. Breakthroughs in
material science mean that we can build everything from airplanes
to cars in ways that will make them faster, stronger and
cheaper.
America has always been the cradle of technology - the
best in the world. In the 21st century --- we must make sure
that translates into being the best in the marketplace.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, and
improve the National Science Foundation, and to spur the
development of biotechnology and supercomputers.
These programs are not a form of "industrial policy" -- they
provide the technological leaps that make economic leaps
possible. I put my trust in American companies and American
workers. But they need incentives to invest in their own
research, their own ideas.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- the idea of
making permanent the research and experimentation tax credit, to
cut the cost of private research by 20 percent. We
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understand -- what happens in laboratories today, shows up in
your paycheck tomorrow. //
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future --- loyal to our
children. And we can make the investment with no new taxes, no
budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money every year. So I propose we set priorities. Cut back on
mandatory spending today ... and do away with almost 250
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government programs that don't simply work anymore.
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One of my favorite singers is Randy Travis. Randy has a
song that says, "our love would last forever." I'm not sure
Randy would say the same thing about a taxpayer supported federal
research program on the mating habits of minks.
This Superconducting SuperCollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. It is the worlds greatest
scientific project, a magnet for scientific geniuses from around
the world. Where once we reached for the moon above to explore
new frontiers of our universe, soon we will begin to tunnel below
to learn about the fundamental question of science --- how our
universe began.
It's hard to explain the benefits to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider "the scientific
equivalent of that crazy new sport -- bungee jumping." I guess
what he means is that when it come to colliding atoms, it's not
I so
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the experience itself that counts, but what you learn along the
way. 11
History has shown that pushing technology to ever higher
levels of accomplishment brings immensely practical consequences
--- here for example, a new electronics industry will be born of
the discoveries that you make.
1
Some in Congress disagree. The House last month voted to
in the next few
shut to shut this project down, and the Senate may vote as soon
days.
as today. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year.
If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to support organized interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander taxpaper's money today,
rather than invest in our economy tomorrow. Make no mistake,
this is a battle between the "patrons of the past," and the
"architects of the future."
It may not be popular in all places, but I want to do what's
right for America. Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand
with our future. I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this Monday week, a man named Columbus set
$10
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
year
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
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Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries after that, scientists at
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Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new frontiers beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lies before us. Our adventure is not to sail the open
ocean but rather to go to the edge of the universe and see the
birth of space. Our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
Supercollider -- but human imagination is still our compass, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power.
I believe you can trust the ideas I have outlined to carry
our economy to calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change
America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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Columbus
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The Columbus Santa Maria
The Columbus Santa Maria is the world's most authentic, museum-quality
representation of Christopher Columbus' flagship. Because it will not sail on the open
sea, the ship does not require alteration to be fitted with a motor and propeller to
conform to international maritime specifications, as does the other existing Santa
Maria replica built in Spain.
The original plans for the Santa Maria, if they ever existed, have been lost. The
Columbus-based replica is built from historically accurate plans based on ancient
archives and drawn by internationally recognized authority Jose-Maria Martinez-
Hidalgo. The plans were presented to Columbus city leaders by the Kingdom of Spain in
April, 1990. The Columbus Santa Maria was built by Scarano Boat Building, Inc. of
Albany, New York.
The Story of the Santa Maria
The world was changed forever when Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492, looking
for a direct route to the Indies. Carrying him was a merchant's cargo ship named the
Santa Maria.
The Santa Maria was a three-masted, square-rigged "nao." A typical cargo vessel owned
and captained by Juan de la Cosa, it was originally known as La Gallega, or the
Galecian, and was docked in the Spanish port of Palos on a routine trading mission
when Columbus chartered it to be his flagship. He registered the ship's official name as
the Santa Maria.
Half an hour before sunrise on August 3, 1492, the Santa Maria, along with the Nina
and the Pinta, sailed out of Palos. The ships traveled to the Canary Islands, where they
stayed for four weeks while the Pinta's rudder was repaired.
The long journey was finally started on September 6, and the crew last saw familiar
land on September 9.
From the beginning, Columbus deliberately understated the distance sailed each day to
keep the crew from becoming alarmed on the long voyage. Steady trade winds and a
calm sea helped the ships travel a long distance in the first week, but the winds soon
become changeable and Columbus had to contend with a restless crew on several
occasions. By the end of the voyage, the crew was near mutiny.
After false alarms by several crew members, land was sighted from the prow of the
Pinta at two hours after midnight on October 12, 1492.
The Santa Maria was destined to remain in the New World forever. The ship ran
aground on the island of Hispaniola, now known as Haiti, exactly at midnight on
Christmas Day, 1492. Unable to save it, Columbus ordered that the cargo be salvaged
and the ship's wood be used to build a fort called "La Navidad."
770 Twin Rivers Drive
P.O. Box 1010
Columbus. Ohio Ber
(611) 460-3725
FAX (61+) 900-2812
Construction Milestones
November, 1990
Construction begins in Albany, N.Y.
July 17-18, 1991
First half of the ship's hull is transported via interstate
highway from Albany to the parking lot of Veterans Memorial in
Columbus. The second half of the hull arrived July 24.
October 1, 1991
The ship is placed in the Scioto River using three 125-ton cranes
and floated to its mooring berth at Battelle Park adjacent to
downtown Columbus.
October 11, 1991
The Santa Maria is christened during Columbus '92
4 p.m.
Celebration kick-off activities and Columbus USA Weekend
festivities.
Funding
The Santa Maria is owned and operated by Columbus Santa Maria, Inc., a non-profit
Ohio corporation, and is completely privately funded. NO PUBLIC FUNDS ARE BEING
USED FOR THE PROJECT.
Dimensions
Overall length: 98 feet
Height, from bottom of hull to top of mast: 89 feet
Hull dimensions at load water line: 72 feet by 26 feet
The hull is 2.5 inches thick below the water line and 1.75 inches thick above the water
line.
Weight: 135 tons (with ballast)
Main mast height, including top mast: 84 feet
Main deck: 75 feet by 25 feet
Forecastle: 26 feet by 18 feet
Sterncastle: 14 feet by 22 feet
Afterdeck: 38 feet by 25 feet
Materials
Main mast: The 65-foot main mast is carved from a single Douglas Fir tree
Hull planking: 44,000 board feet of Port Orford Cedar
Deck planking, spars: 2,200 board feet of Douglas Fir
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Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
Themselves
As much as any Americans, Texans know how to pick yourself
out of the dust and get back in the saddle, to ride and win
another day. So I come here this morning to talk a little bit
about America's challenges, and how we are going to meet them.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert
Ludlum and others who write fiction for a living. Think about
it. With all that's been going on in the world -- is there any
room left for imagination?
Ever think the Germans would never tear down the Berlin
Wall? Guess what: they did! / / Ever think the Russians would
never choose their own leaders? Guess what: they are! / / Would
you ever believe the world could pull together to say "enough" to
a Baghdad bully. Guess what: we did, and we will again if we
have to!//
The world is safer today. Our children and grandchildren
may ask us for Barbie dolls and softball bats, but freedom from
fear --- the fear of nuclear destruction is not a bad gift to
give. //
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Now, I'm sure you all know the old story about the New
Yorker, who came to Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a
Yankee, lived a Yankee, and I'll die a Yankee." And a grizzled
Texan responded: "What's the matter son, lack ambition?"//
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, it is time to
consider America's ambition. Our belief that now that we have
changed the world, we can change America for the better.
America is like one of those high school football teams that
play here in Waxahachie every Friday night. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else stuck to the
ground game. Now the rest of the world is using our playbook.
The score is counted in good jobs and high wages. And the
question is: can we stay ahead?
From what you hear on TV, you might think the answer is no.
Listen to the negative side talk about our economy reminds me of
the freshman who walked onto the field at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach, "look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little."//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the largest economy in
the world -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
3
borders. If you want to talk to the world's most productive
workers, don't brush up on your Japanese or your German, grab a
Texas twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of
workers can be found right here -- in the USA. / /
Remember inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and locked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. //
In almost every industry, our companies and our workers have
become more competitive. But this progress has had a price.
Global economic changes have thrown people out of work in
virtually every nation. Here at home, too many young people
can't find a job, and too many people have worked for the same
company for 20- or 30-years only to worry that the next mail run
will bring a pink slip.
How do we respond? That is the issue before America. Today
I have come here to talk a little bit about what we need to do
to put America back to work. As you know, I worked in the
oil business for many years. Trying to create jobs and meet a
payroll. I believe that America's heartbeat can be found in
places like Waxahachie, not Washington D.C. And so I stake my
claim in a simple faith, to lead a great nation, you must trust
the people you lead.
My plans for the economy reflect this philosophy. I believe
that government never created a long-term job, although
government may have kept Johnny Carson on the air for three
decades. I trust America's business leaders and workers to
4
outperform the world, if we give them the support and incentives.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive program to jump
start the American economy, using tax incentives to encourage
businesses to hire new workers, and help Americans who want to
buy a first home.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create (10,000)
new jobs. That's (10,000) jobs yesterday, today and tomorrow,
and every day thereafter.
But for 180 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
"wait till after the election." Meanwhile, our economy gets
softer. Today I say to the Congress, lets trust the people to
get this economy moving again. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- now!//
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
Look at the world we live in today. A world in which more
men wear Armani suits in New York than in Rome. More walkmans
play music in Caracas than in Tokyo. And while a heck of a lot
of Texans love (insert Texas product), even more are sold in (
) than over in Dallas.
If we can compete in this new economy, we can take advantage
of more opportunity than ever before. Good jobs for us and our
children.
5
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Here in Texas, (insert local companies growth)
We're fighting for a trade treaty that will further increase
demand for these products. Some say, wait a minute, should we do
this. I ask them to remember that our national symbol is not the
Ostrich, it's the Eagle. I trust our companies, I trust our
workers, and I will match them against any competition. Let
other nations stick their head in the sand, we will spread our
wings and fly to a new level of jobs and prosperity./ /
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my
first claim in Odessa four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. Whether you're working in the military, the
marketplace or on a mainframe computer, in the next century, what
you know will determine what you do with your life.
Government cannot create knowledge, but, we can make sure
the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four years, I have
tilled the fertile soil of our schools and laboratories so that
we may sprout good jobs for our children.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call the
America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges. To let you decide where your
child should go to a school be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
6
I have proposed --- and I have fought for --- a national
effort, to guarantee that in just eight years our children will
once again know more about trigonometry and biology than any
other students in the world. //
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, to
improve the National Science Foundation, and hasten advancements
in everything from biotechnology to high performing computers.
Just as oil once built these parts, and steel the Midwest,
science will be the foundation of 21st century jobs all across
this great nation. //
Finally, I have proposed --- and I have fought for ---
programs to strengthen private sector research through government
partnerships and by making permanent a tax credit for private
research and exploration. Because we have to understand
...
the
advances in our laboratories today will show up in your paychecks
tomorrow. //
These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future, loyal to our
children. Let others talk about investments, we make them. And
we can do it with no new taxes, and no budget busting spending.
The federal government already spends 1.4 trillion of your
money. I believe we can make these investments, and prepare for
the 21st Century economy, without forcing you to turn out your
pockets today.
7
I propose we cut back on mandatory spending, and do away
with over 200 government programs that don't simply work anymore.
(Insert country music song) says that "time goes on forever, but
he didn't mention anything about government programs.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of my investment in America's
future. We have already reached for the moon to explore new frontiers of our solar
system, next month we will begin construction of the greatest scientific instrument ever
conceived by men to explore some of the most fundamental questions in all of science -
how did our universe begin, of what fundamental building blocks is it constructed and
what forces hold these blocks together in the rich fabric of materials from rocks through
plants to humans like ourselves.
Laymen, like me, have very real difficulties in grasping even a rough idea of
what is involved in such work but the enthusiasm of young scientist is very contagious
and even I can begin to understand that what we are dealing with here is one of the
greatest adventure to which humans have access. Pushing back the frontiers of
ignorance is an activity that truly separates us from all other species. What Dr.
Schwitters and colleagues from around the world are planning with this facility is to
pour even more energy into ever smaller volumes in the hope that heavy particles, never
before observed - particles that may hold vital secrets about both the birth and death
of our universe and of our place in it will flash into existence for brief instants - brief,
but still long enough for critical measurements to be made on them using the fantastic
information instrumentation that has always been one of the hallmarks of leading edge
physics. And while a triumph of the human intellect and inspiration to citizens of all
nations, work of the kind that the supercollider will make possible, pushing technology
to ever higher levels of accomplishment, has been shown - throughout history - to have
the most eminently practical consequences.
But the issue at stake is far more than
the thousands of direct jobs associated with building this
project. The issue is the hundreds of thousands and potentially
millions of jobs in health care, computers and other industries
that could eventually be created from the discoveries that you
will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they have voted to shut this
project down. No one should be under any illusion, savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year. Just to make sure your wallet is protected, I
keep a veto pen right here in my pocket.
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If Congress stops this project they will direct this
investment to organized special interests whose support they need
in an election year. They will squander your money today, rather
than invest in our economy and our children tomorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future.
I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries later, scientists at
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new frontiers worlds beckon, new discoveries await, new
adventure Theoren
mather to
progress lie before us. Our horizon is not ocean but the
The edge and to The birth of both space and time rather
underground -- our vessel not called the Santa Maria but the
a
Supercollider -- human imagination is still our compass, and
human ingenuity and yearning for progress our only power. I
believe you can trust these ideas to captain our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change our nation, by
putting our faith in people, not government. Trust these ideas
to change for America, so that we may continue our eternal voyage
to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
# # #
(Provost)
Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
Dallas, TX
30 September 1992
Thank you and good morning everyone.
As much as any Americans, Texans know about tough challenges --
about picking yourself out of the dust and getting back in the
saddle, to ride and win another day.
So I come here this morning to talk a little bit about America's
latest challenge, and how we are going to meet it.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert Ludlum
and other fiction writers. With all that's been going on in the
world, is there any more room left for imagination?
They said that Germans would never tear down the Berlin Wall, but
guess what: they did!/ /
They said the Russians would never choose their own leaders, but
guess what: they are//!
They said that people from Managua to Moscow would never reap the
fruits of free enterprise, but because of our leadership and
inspiration: they will!//
This is good news, not just for Prime Ministers and Presidents,
but for all of us who can now be free from fear -- fear of
nuclear destruction. And tonight, when our children go to bed,
they are safer than a decade ago, safer than a year ago, safer
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than even a few months ago, when I sat down with Boris Yeltsin
and eliminated some nuclear weapons. //
Now, you all know the old story about the New Yorker, who came to
Dallas proclaiming . -- "I've been born a Yankee, lived a Yankee,
and I'll die a Yankee."
And an old Texan responded, "what's the matter son, lack
ambition?"//
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, this election is about
Is
ambition America's ambition. My gut level feeling that now
that we have changed the world, we can change America.
America is like a high school football team. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else has stuck to
the ground game. Now the question is: can we compete, now that
the rest of the world is using our playbook?
From what you hear on TV, you might think that America today is -
-in Texanese -- "lower than a snake in a wagon rut. " But before
you sell us down the Rio Grande, let's keep our challenge in
perspective.
Who is the world's largest economy? The United States.
Who is the world's export king? The United States.
Who'se workers can outproduce every other worker in the world.
You can. Good ole U.S. of A.
of all our achievements, none is greater than the simple fact
that we have taken inflation -- the Jesse James of the middle-
class -- and locked him away in a maximum security cell, so your
wallet won't be picked by rising prices.
But this progress has had a price. Global economic changes have
thrown people out of work in virtually every nation. Here at
home, too many young people can't find a job, and too many people
who've worked for the same company for 20- or 30-years now worry
that the next mail run will bring a pink slip.
What do we do about it?
Well, the other side has put forth their proposal. Don't be
fooled by the new instruments -- we've heard this tune before.
It's called "The Middle Class Blues" -- increase government
spending and raise taxes.
I propose a different way to put America back to work.
In January, I put forward a comprehensive plan to jump start the
American economy, using tax incentives to encourage businesses to
hire new workers, and help Americans who want to buy a first
home. The plan would have created half a million new jobs, had
it been approved immediately.
For (180) days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has held the
economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads: "wait till
after the election."
Today I say to the U.S. Senate, don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work ---- now!//
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are profound -
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
As more of the world's nations turn to freedom and free
enterprise, that means more opportunity for our companies ...
and
more jobs for our workers.
Think about our world today, there are more (Michelle, examples
of U.S. products that are more popular abroad than in U.S.)
If we can compete, we confront more opportunity than ever before.
Let me give you one example, from close to home. Since the
Mexican market opened in 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have
tripled. In Texas alone (
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The treaty that will tear down the economic walls between our two
nations will soon be ready for approval. To anyone who has any
doubts about it, I remind you that our national bird is the
Eagle, not the Ostrich. American workers can compete with
anyone, let's have the courage to stand up for our jobs and our
workers./
Our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my first
claim in Midland four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. A century ago, a good job was determined by what you
could lift with your arm, today it is based on what you can fit
in your head.
Whether you're working in the military, the marketplace or on a
mainframe, in the next century, what you know will determine what
you can do with your life.
No government cannot create knowledge, but like a gardner, we can
make sure the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four
years, I have put forth what you might call "knowledge-growth
programs" --- programs that are biased to our children, loyal
only to the future, so that we will be ready when the 21st
century arrives.
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- something called the
America 2 000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges, and to guarantee that in just
nine years, our children will once again be number one in math
and science. / /
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen basic research, improve the National Science
foundation, and hasten advancements in everything from
biotechnology to high performing computers. Just as oil once
built these parts, and steel the Midwest, science will be the
foundation of 21st century jobs all across this great nation. //
I have proposed --- and I have fought for --- ways to strengthen
private sector research through government partnerships and by
making permanent a tax credit for private research and
exploration. Because don't kid yourself
...
progress in our
laboratories today will show up in your paychecks tomorrow. //
This is my agenda. There's something you won't find in it. No
taxes, and no new deficit spending. I've proposed we make these
investments by in the future by holding spending down mandatory
spending today, and by eliminating over 200 government programs
that simply don't work anymore.
To me, it's simple. While we invest in our future, we should not
burden our children with our fiscal folly.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of our program
for America's future. Once we reached for the moon above to
explore new frontiers of our universe, next month we will begin
to tunnel below to learn how our universe was formed in the first
place.
The issue is more than the thousands of direct jobs associated
with building this project. The issue is the hundreds of
thousands and potentially millions of jobs that could eventually
be created from the discoveries that you will make.
Some in Congress disagree, they ask if we can afford this project
and they have voted to shut it down. I say "Don't mess with
Texas. Don't mess with America's future!"
Today I say that no one should be under any illusion, that any
savings from killing the Supercollider will be used to reduce the
budget deficit. Runaway spending is prohibited by budget caps
that I fought for last year, and I have enforced with constant
use of my veto pen.
The Democrats in Congress who want to shut down this project will
spend the money on public housing subsidies and other payoffs to
organized special interests whose support they desperately need
in this election.
They will choose to squander your money today, rather than invest
in tommorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future. I
will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set sail
for a new horizon, and ended on the shores of this great land.
But in many respects, America's voyage is never ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this soil
in wagon trains and a century after that, scientists at Johnson
Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the stars.
Today, new horizons beckon, new discoveries await, new progress
lie before us like the plains of West Texas. Our vessel is not
called the Santa Maria, but the Supercollider, but human
imagination is still our compass, and human ingenuity and
yearning for progress our only power.
This is the spirit of America. This is the spirit of Texas.
Despite all our challenges, this is the spirit that will carry us
forward to a new century, with America landing on a new shore --
- stronger, more secure, more prosperous, than ever before.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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Presidential Remarks
SuperCollider Event
Dallas, TX
30 September 1992
Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new - a
place where "boot" means something you wear on you feet, and what
you do to get on your computer each morning.
And so I come here to talk to you about what we need to do,
to prepare for the economy of the 21st century. The first thing
we must do is define the challenge, put it in perspective.
Listening to all the talk about our economy reminds me of the
freshman who walked onto the field over at SMU for his first
football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw the
ball sixty yards on a spiral, run-the forty in 4.4, and my punts
usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at the
young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
t
yours?" And the freshman said: "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be hired as an economist for
the other party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts that the media doesn't talk alot
about. We are still the world's largest economy - and no other
nation sells more products outside its borders. In fact, we've almost
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doubled our exports in just five years. If you want to talk to
the world's most productive workers, don't brush up on your
Japanese or your German, grab a Texas twang or a Yankee accent,
because the "Dream Team" of workers can be found right here -- in
the USA. //
Remember inflation - the Jesse James of the middle-class?
We took that crook and locked him away in a maximum security
prison, because I don't want him touching your paycheck. 11
The question today is not can America compete, we know we
can. The question is - how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans. A debate raging in America. On
one side are people who are fearful of the future. They don't
trust our people, they only trust government to hang on to what
deteke we have today.
I take a different approach. I don't fear the fear, I
welcome it. I believe America can win the new economic Olympics,
if our government is smart enough to trust our people.
Two different philosophies. You can see them in every
economic question we confront from taxes, to trade, to how to
build new industries of the future.
Let's look at the taxes first. Today, new statistics came
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out revealing what you already know from your neighborhoods, Our
economy is growing -- but not fast enough. We need to jump start
our economic battery, and we need to attach the cables nowl//
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workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
simple fact is: I trust you to spend you money and get the
economy moving.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create 3,000 new
jobs. 3,000 jobs on January 30th! 3,000 jobs on May 30th!
3,000 jobs on July 30th!
For 183 days I've waited for Congress to act again. Today I
say to the Congress, we need those 3,000 jobs today, tomorrow
and every day after. Don't hold the American economy hostage to
politics. Vote for an economic recovery program, and put
Americans to work --- now!//
That's what we need to do today. But the changes occurring
in the world's economy are fundamental --- and they demand long-
term action. As we watch the Olympics on TV this week, we marvel
at the competitive energy. (I still can't get over the guy who
shot the arrow to light the flame how'd you like to do that with
a 100 million people watching?)
But the Olympics are a metaphor for our new economy. Today,
people in Eastern Europe and China now computers and cars even
(). We can fill the need.
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
The Texas companies lead the way.
I'm fighting for a North American trade treaty that will
increase demand for Texas fruits, computers, thousands of other
products. Some people look at this new world of trade and ger
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scared. They talk protectionism, wanting us to pack our bags
before the games even begin. I trust American companies. I
trust American workers. Just look at this project. Companies
form Germany, Austria, Britian and Japan all competed to provide
the ( ) But it was a company for Pennsylvania
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a U.S.
company
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that won the competition hands down. Our national
symbol is not the Ostrich, but the Eagle. Let other nations
stick their head in the sand, we will spread our wings and fly to
a new level of jobs and prosperity. //
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand,
that our economy has changed a great deal since I staked my first
claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, you could get a
good job because of what you could lift with your shoulders,
today a job depends on what you can fit inside your head. The
facts tell the story. In the past decade, men without college
educations saw their income fall by ( ) percent, while college
educated men's incomes were up ( ) percent. And the same thing
happened to women.
The foundation of our economy is knowledge. Whether workers
will work in the military, the marketplace or on a mainframe
computer, in the next century, what they know will determine what
they do with their lives.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call
the America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as great as our colleges. I have put forth a record GI
bill
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to give low-income parents the support to decide where
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On Jan 29, I But forward a
spec tax incentwes to create new to create
workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
simple fact is: I trust you to spend you money and get the
economy moving.
Every day this plan is in place, it would create 3,000 new
jobs. 3,000 jobs on January 30th! 3,000 jobs on May 30th!
3,000 jobs on July 30th!
But for 183 days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has
held the economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads:
"wait till after the election." Today I say to the Congress, we
need those ( ) jobs today, tomorrow and every day after. Don't
hold the American economy hostage to politics. Vote for an
economic recovery program, and put America back to work ----
now! /
That's our short-term program. But the changes occurring in
the world's economy are fundamental -- and they demand long-term
action. As we watch the Olympics on TV this week, we marvel at
the competitive energy. (I still can't get over the guy who shot
the arrow to light the flame, how'd you like to do that with a
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100 million people watching
But the Olympics are the metaphor for our new economy.
today, people in Eastern Europe and China now crave computers and
cars our colors. If we can compete, it means opportunity.
Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
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Thank you and good morning everyone.
(Acknowledgements)
As much as any state, Texas is a land of old and new -- a
place where "boot" means something you wear on you feet, and what
you do to get on your computer each morning. And so I come here
to talk to you about what we need to do, to prepare for the
economy of the 21st century.
Listening to all the talk these days about our economy reminds
me of the freshman who walked onto the field over at SMU for his
first football practice. He told the coach: "Look -- I can throw
the ball sixty yards on a spiral, run the forty in 4.4, and my
punts usually carry 75 yards into the wind." The coach looked at
the young man and said, "kid, everybody has a weakness, what's
yours?" And the freshman said "some people might tell you I
have a tendency to exaggerate a little. "//
I wonder if that kid grew up to be work for the other
polical party. Sure we have our problems, our challenges, but
lets not forget a few facts. We are still the world's largest
economy -- and no other nation sells more products outside its
borders. Inflation is the lowest it has been in two decades
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and if you want to talk to the world's most productive workers,
don't brush up on your Japanese or your German grab a Texas
twang or a Yankee accent, because the "Dream Team" of workers can
be found right here -- in the USA. //
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The question today is not can America compete we know we
can. The question is -- how do we stay number one, and share our
prosperity with more Americans?
Right now a debate is raging. On one side are people who
are fearful of the future. They don't trust our people, they
only trust government to hang on to what we have today.
I take a different approach. I don't fear the future
I
embrace it. I believe America can win the new economic Olympics,
if our government is wise enough to trust our people and if we
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Two different philosophies. You can see them in every
what?
economic question we confront -- from taxes, to trade to how to
build the new industries of the future.
What?
Today, new statistics came out revealing what you already
again
know from your neighborhoods. Our economy is growing -- but not
fast enough. We need to jump-start our economic battery -- and
we need to attach the cables now!//
On January 29th, I put forward a specific plan to create new
jobs, using tax incentives to encourage businesses to hire new
workers and help Americans who want to buy a first home. The
simple fact is: I trust you to spend your money and get the
economy moving.
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Every day this plan is in place, it would create almost
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15,000 new jobs. 15,000 jobs on January 30th! 15,000 jobs on
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May 30th! 15,000 jobs on July 30th!
For 183 days I've waited for Congress to act again. Today I
say to the Congress we need those 15,000 jobs today, tomorrow
and every day after. Don't hold the American economy hostage to
politics. Vote for an economic recovery program, and put
Americans to work
---
now!//
That's what we need to do today. But the changes occurring
in the world's economy are fundamental -- and they demand long-
term action. As we watch the Olympics on TV this week, we marvel
at the competitive energy. (I still can't get over the guy who
shot the arrow to light the flame. How'd you like to do that
with over a hundred million people watching?)
But the Olympics are a metaphor for our new economy.
Today,
people in Eastern Europe and China now want our computers and
cars, even colas. We can fill the need.
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Just look south at Mexico, where the border has been
partially open since 1986. I U.S. exports to Mexico have tripled.
Texas companies lead the way.
I'm fighting for a North American trade treaty that will
increase demand for Texas fruits, computers, and thousands of
other products. Some people look at this new world of trade and
ger scared. They talk protectionism, suggesting we should pack
our bags before the games even begin. I trust American
companies, and I trust American workers. Our national symbol is
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not the Ostrich, but the Eagle. Let other nations stick their
head in the sand we will spread our wings and fly to a new level
of jobs and prosperity. //
So I believe we can compete. But we have to understand that
our economy has changed a great deal since I staked my first
claim in Odessa four decades ago. Back then, you could get a
good job because of what you could lift with your shoulders,
today a job depends on what you can fit inside your head.
The facts tell the story. In 1980
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a man with a college
education made an average of $11,000 more per year than a man
with only a high school education. By 1990, that gap had
increased to $16,000. And the same thing happened with women.
The foundation of our economy has become knowledge. Whether
our kids will work in the military, the marketplace or on a dashes
mainframe computer in the next century, what they know will
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determine what they do with their lives.
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So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- what I call
the America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
kind of
schools as great as our colleges. I have put forth a new GI bill
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to give low-income parents the support to decide where kids
should go to a school
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be it a public school, a private
school, or a church school.
I'm proud of our world dominance in basketball and swimming,
but don't you want them to do jsut as well in trigonometry and
biology?//
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A hundred and fifty years ago, Thomas Edison said that "if
you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your
door. " Today those world-beating mousetraps are advances in
computers, biotechnology and material sciences.
New computers amean that in an age when information is king,
we can now all wear a crown. (We can even get a FAX in our car,
which leads to the philosophical question -- who wants to get a
FAX in their car?)
Advances in biotechnology allow us to cure illnesses that
have plagued mankind for generations.
Breakthroughs
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material science mean that we can build everything from airplanes
to cars in ways that will make them faster, stronger and
cheaper.
America has always been the cradle of technology the
best in the world. In the 21st century we must make sure
that translates into being the best in the marketplace.
So I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen the basic research we conduct in our laboratories, and to
improve the National Science Foundation, and to spur the
development of new technologies like biotechnology and
supercomputers.
These programs are not any form of "industrial policy" --
they provide the technological leaps that make the economic leaps ??
possible? policy. I put my trust in the American companies and American
workers. But our companies can use incentives to invest in their
own research, their own ideas. If they can, then
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So I have proposed and I have fought for -- the idea of
making permanent the research and experimentation tax credit, to
cut the cost of private research by 20 percent a year. We should
understand -- what happens in laboratories today, shows up in
your paycheck tomorrow.
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These programs are all prejudiced. That's right --
prejudiced. They are biased to the future -- loyal to our
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government programs that don't simply work anymore.
One of my favorite singers is Randy Travis. Randy has a
song that says, "our love would last forever." I'm not sure
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Randy would say the same thing about a taxpayer supported federal
research program on the mating habits of little minks.
This Superconducting SuperCollider is a big part of my
investment in America's future. Once we reached for the moon
above to explore new frontiers of our universe, soon we will
begin to tunnel below to learn about the fundamental question of
science --- how our universe began.
It's hard to explain the benefits $ to a layman like myself.
One young scientist calls the SuperCollider "the scientific
equivalent of that crazy new sport, bungee cord jumping." I
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guess what he means is that when it come to colliding atoms, it's
not the experience itself that counts, but what you learn along
the way. //
History has shown that pushing technology to ever high
levels of accomplishment brings immense practical consequences -
-- new jobs, even new industries, born of the discoveries that
you will make.
Some in Congress disagree. The House last month voted to
shut to shut I this project down, and the Senate may vote as soon
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as today. No one should be under any illusion 2 savings from
killing the SuperCollider will not be used to reduce the deficit.
Runaway spending is prohibited by the budget caps that I fought
and won last year.
If Congress stops this project they will direct this
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investment to support organized special interests whose support
they need in an election year. They will squander your money
today, rather than invest in our economy and our children
tomorrow. Make no mistake this is a battle between the "patrons
of the past, and the "architects of the people."
It may not be popular in all places, but I want to do what's
right for America. Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand
with our future. I will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set
sail on a journey that brought him to the shores of this great
land. But in many respects, America's voyage is never-ending.
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Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this
soil in wagon trains and two centuries after that, scientists at the
Johnson Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the
stars.
Today, new frontiers beckon, new discoveries await, new
progress lies before us. Our adventure is not the open ocean but
rather to the edge of the universe and the birth of space and
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imagination is still our compass, and human ingenuity and
yearning for progress our only power.
I believe you can trust these ideas to carry our economy to
calmer waters. Trust these ideas to change America, so that we
may continue our eternal voyage to greatness.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
July 23, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
IN SIGNING CEREMONY
FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION REAUTHORIZATION BILL
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, Virginia
1:48 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated and thank you very,
very much. Dr. Ernst, thank you, sir, for that very nice explanation
and that wonderful introduction. And let me say how pleased I am to
be here on this campus, be here at this marvelous community college
about which I've heard so many good things.
I'm delighted to be with Lamar Alexander. I know the
members of Congress here have met him and worked with him, but some
of the students here and some of the faculty may not have. And in my
view -- nonpartisan view, a purely objective view -- (laughter) --
Lamar Alexander is really doing a superb job for the nation's
education; and I'm delighted he's here.
I want to salute the members of Congress that came all
the way over. Lamar was telling me and our own people in the White
House have told me that this was truly a bipartisan effort. The
leaders out here today reflect that and they have stood by education
for a long, long time. And so I welcome them, salute them,
particularly the members of the Senate Labor and Human Resources
Committee, the House committee, the House Education and Labor
Committee.
I also want to salute the members of the NOVA community.
And it's a pleasure, as I say, to be here in Virginia, the cradle of
American education; and then to sign into law this higher education
bill, the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, and help thereby move
our schools into the 21st century.
After this is over, we're going to pass these out to
everybody and then tonight we will have a quiz -- (laughter) -- on
the ingredients therein. But I told Dr. Ernst that I'm impressed
with NOVA's mission -- curriculum -- and most especially your choice
of last year's commencement speaker -- (laughter) -- a silver-haired
philosopher named Barbara Bush, who still feels honored and
delighted.
But there are a couple of things I just don't like to
do. You know one, eating broccoli. But the other is speaking where
Barbara has already spoken. It's sort of like being asked to play
guitar after Garth Brooks. (Laughter.) So I want to break my rule
one time because this occasion is important and the hospitality that
she received was so memorable.
We do gather at a momentous time in our country's
history. Over the past four years, we've seen changes of almost
biblical proportions in the world. I think we rejoice that the Cold
War is over. What does that mean for you and your families? Well, I
think when children go to bed at night they'll be safer from the
specter of nuclear war -- and safer than they were a decade ago,
safer than they were a year ago, and safer, I think, than just a
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month or so ago when we had that rather historic agreement with Boris
Yeltsin. And so I think that's good news. It's good news for the
young people that are with us today. It's good news for our country.
I happen to feel it's good news for the whole world.
But this new world does pose enormous challenges; big
opportunities, though. From Poland to Paraguay, other nations are
trying to copy our system of free enterprise. And here's the
question: How do we win when more of the nations world's nations
are playing our game?
The opportunity is huge. And the economists say when we
win we will share in a maximized proportion of ever-increasing global
prosperity. I had that translated into English, and that means good,
steady jobs for you and your families. And so then you've got to
ask, how do you win those jobs? I believe we cannot renew America
without renewing our schools.
Consider a couple facts. In 1980, a man with a college
education made on an average $11,000 more per year than a man with
only a high school education. By 1990, that gap had increased to
more than $16,000. And the exact same pattern happened with women's
income. Those facts shout a simple truth: education makes the
difference. Every American deserves the chance to get on the ladder
of opportunity and climb up.
I want to tell you about a woman I admire. She's not
someone you'll read about in the paper, won't see her on television.
She is someone who might be your neighbor or the mother of one of
your kids' friends. She has two disabled children, and a life that's
had many good breaks and then a couple of bad ones. But she also has
a dream that she won't let go she wants to be a nurse. And now
she will get the financial help that she needs to fulfill that dream.
Some day this courageous lady's children will sit in the audience and
watch Mom receive her nursing degree. This woman who's done so much
for so many will now be able to serve even more people. The
President of Phi Theta Kappa, Frances McIntire. (Applause.)
When I heard her story and saw her determination, I was
mighty proud. Proud of Frances, proud that we're giving thousands of
men and women like her a better chance to get the education they
desire and deserve.
This act that I'm signing today gives a hand up to
lower-income students who need help the most. But it also reaches
out into the middle-income families -- the ones who skipped a
vacation and drove the old clunker so that their kids could go to
college. Too often, the funding cracks have been so big that these
solid, decent families have slipped on through -- and their
children's dreams have been in danger of slipping away. Well, no
longer. It's a matter of fairness. It's a matter of our future.
And this act also reflects an important new phenomenon.
We used to think of education like measles vaccines, like first dates
or like learning to drive -- something we only did when we were
young. Today, education never ends. Although our temples may be
graying and our jogging routes a little shorter, we always have to
learn. And this act recognizes that simple fact just as this
great community college has recognized that fact making federal
aid available for part-time students who are taking a class or two
toward their degree while still holding down a job.
How much richer our nation's future will be. Each year,
millions of families will be able to get more federal assistance and
then pass on to their kids the legacy of education.
But this Higher Education Act does more than open up
federal funding to middle-income and to part-time students. It also
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sets tough standards to rid federal aid programs of fraud and abuse
both by sham schools and by students who default on their loans. And
in addition, some student aid will now be contingent on academic
performance. And the act includes parts of what we call proudly our
America 2000 program, including academies for teachers and school
leaders and something called alternative certification.
Now, that's a program near and dear to my heart, so let
me try to explain it. When I lived out in Odessa, Texas, in 1948 --
I'd just graduated from college and I went out there and had a little
extra time on my hands. And I tried to volunteer to teach night
courses. And my college economics degree was not good enough because
I didn't have the required courses, mandatory courses, then in
education. And that bothered me. And then I learned that without a
teaching degree, even Albert Einstein couldn't teach high school
science. And now, I might understand keeping me out of there --
(Laughter.) I might get embarrassed around the computer or
something. But Albert Einstein? Come on.
In my first months in office, I proposed legislation to
allow the Einsteins to teach without traditional certification. And
after three years and three tries, now the Congress has agreed to
this. And this helps, in my view, open up huge talent pools to bring
into our classrooms. Now, we can find a way, for example, to
encourage more of our men and women who are leaving the Armed
Services to put their skills to work leading future generations in
the classroom.
And by the way, I'm pleased to note that this past
spring, I did receive my alternative teaching certificate from the
state of Texas. And the woman who sent me my certificate, Delia
Stafford, is with us today. She's a champion of change, willing to
try something different because our children deserve nothing less.
And I think it's good to give here a round of applause for her
innovative approach. (Applause.)
Our system of higher education is indeed the best in the
entire world because it's rooted in American ideals that make it
excellent, accessible and accountable. America 2000 is the
revolution that believes those ideals must be transferred to our
elementary and secondary schools. And just yesterday Senator
Danforth and Congressman Gradison introduced my state and local G.I.
Bill for children which will transform precollege education by giving
middle- and low-income families $1,000 scholarships to send their
kids to their choice of schools. And I don't know about you, but
that gives me a 1,000 reasons to cheer.
Higher education thrives on competition -- thrives on
choice. And we must bring those incentives to elementary and
secondary schools. It's time we let parents, not the government,
choose their kids' schools -- public, private or religious.
I mentioned earlier how I believe that education is now
a lifelong endeavor. And so I feel it is only appropriate to
conclude with a quote I remember from my own school days, a quote
from Longfellow -- something about, "great heights not being achieved
by sudden flight but by toiling upward in the night." Longfellow's
advice could apply to the task of renewing our schools. It won't be
done with headlines; it won't be done with slogans, or even money
alone. What it takes is innovation, courage, a willingness in every
community to roll up our sleeves and reform this vital American
institution.
We are toiling upward in the night. And today we climb
a little bit higher. And when we've reached our plateau, we will
look out upon a new generation of American schools and a stronger
foundation for our nation.
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And so now, on behalf of Frances McIntire and the
legions of students at NOVA and across this country who will benefit,
it is with great pride and great gratitude to the Congress,
particularly the members here today, that I sign into law the Higher
Education Amendments of 1992. As I sign I would like to ask
Secretary Alexander, Dr. Ernst and Delia Stafford to come forward.
And, Frances, you too. And then I'd love to invite the members of
Congress to come up and say hello and turn around to demonstrate at
least the nonpartisan or the bipartisan spirit of this occasion.
And again, my thank to you ladies and gentlemen for
being with us today. (Applause.)
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30 September 1992
Thank you and good morning everyone.
As much as any Americans, Texans know about tough challenges --
about picking yourself out of the dust and getting back in the
saddle, to ride and win another day.
So I come here this morning to talk a little bit about America's
latest challenge, and how we are going to meet it.
The past four years have been a rough stretch for Robert Ludlum
and other fiction writers. With all that's been going on in the
world, is there any more room left for imagination?
They said that Germans would never tear down the Berlin Wall, but
guess what: they did!//
They said the Russians would never choose their own leaders, but
guess what: they are//!
They said that people from Managua to Moscow would never reap the
fruits of free enterprise, but because of our leadership and
inspiration: they will!//
This is good news, not just for Prime Ministers and Presidents,
but for all of us who can now be free from fear -- fear of
nuclear destruction. And tonight, when our children go to bed,
they are safer than a decade ago, safer than a year ago, safer
than even a few months ago, when I sat down with Boris Yeltsin
and eliminated some nuclear weapons.//
Now, you all know the old story about the New Yorker, who came to
Dallas proclaiming -- "I've been born a Yankee, lived a Yankee,
and I'll die a Yankee."
And an old Texan responded, "what's the matter son, lack
ambition?"//
Well, for New Yorkers and Texans alike, this election is about
ambition -- America's ambition. My gut level feeling that now
that we have changed the world, we can change America.
America is like a high school football team. For years, we've
been running and passing, while almost everyone else has stuck to
the ground game. Now the question is: can we compete, now that
the rest of the world is using our playbook?
From what you hear on TV, you might think that America today is -
-in Texanese -- "lower than a snake in a wagon rut." But before
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you sell us down the Rio Grande, let's keep our challenge in
perspective.
Who is the world's largest economy? The United States.
Who is the world's export king? The United States.
Who'se workers can outproduce every other worker in the world.
You can. Good ole U.S. of A.
of all our achievements, none is greater than the simple fact
that we have taken inflation the Jesse James of the middle-
class -- and locked him away in a maximum security cell, so your
wallet won't be picked by rising prices.
But this progress has had a price. Global economic changes have
thrown people out of work in virtually every nation. Here at
home, too many young people can't find a job, and too many people
who've worked for the same company for 20- or 30-years now worry
that the next mail run will bring a pink slip.
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What do we do about it?
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Well, the other side has put forth their proposal. Don't be
fooled by the new instruments -- we've heard this tune before.
It's called "The Middle Class Blues" -- increase government
spending and raise taxes.
I propose a different way to put America back to work.
meght.,In would have helped 4
a million Jamiles young by that first
In January, I put forward a comprehensive plan to jump start the home.
American economy, using tax incentives to endourage businesses to
hire new workers, and help Americans who want to buy a first
home. The plan would have created half a million new jobs
had
it been approved immediately.
before years end.
Instead we've seen a political stall.
For (180) days I've waited, while the U.S. Congress has held the
economic recovery hostage. Their ransom note reads: "wait till
after the election."
why just Senabe?
Today I say to the U.S. Senate, don't hold the American economy
hostage to partisan politics. Vote for an economic recovery
program, and put America back to work --- now!//
That's our short-term program.
But the changes occurring in the world's economy are profound -
fundamental -- and they demand the same action in return.
As more of the world's nations turn to freedom and free
enterprise, that means more opportunity for our companies
and
more jobs for our workers.
Think about our world today, there are more (Michelle, examples
of U.S. products that are more popular abroad than in U.S.)
If we can compete, we confront more opportunity than ever before.
Let me give you one example, from close to home. Since the
Mexican market opened in 1986, U.S. exports to Mexico have
tripled. In Texas alone (
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The treaty that will tear down the economic walls between our two
nations will soon be ready for approval. To anyone who has any
doubts about it, I remind you that our national bird is the
Eagle, not the Ostrich. American workers can compete with
anyone, let's have the courage to stand up for our jobs and our
workers./
Our economy has changed a great deal, since I staked my first
claim in Midland four decades ago.
Today, the black gold, the "Texas tea" of our economy is
knowledge. A century ago, a good job was determined by what you
could lift with your arm, today it is based on what you can fit
in your head.
Whether you're working in the military, the marketplace or on a
mainframe, in the next century, what you know will determine what
you can do with your life.
No government cannot create knowledge, but like a gardner, we can
make sure the soil is moist so knowledge can grow. For four
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years, I have put forth what you might call "knowledge-growth
programs" --- programs that are biased to our children, loyal
only to the future, so that we will be ready when the 21st
century arrives.
what I call
I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- something called the
America 2,000 program --- to make our grade schools and high
schools as good as our colleges, and to guarantee that in just
nine years, our children will once again be number one in math
and science. II (FIND A WAY TO HAMMER MESSAGE
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I have proposed -- and I have fought for -- programs to
strengthen basic research, improve the National Science
foundation, and hasten advancements in everything from
biotechnology to high performing computers. Just as oil once
built these parts, and steel the Midwest, science will be the
foundation of 21st century jobs all across this great nation./ /
I have proposed --- and I have fought for --- ways to strengthen
private sector research through government partnerships and by
making permanent a tax credit for private research and
experimentation exploration. Because don't kid yourself
progress in our
laboratories today will show up in your paychecks tomorrow. //
This is my agenda. There's something you won't find in it. No
taxes, and no new deficit spending. I've proposed we make these
investments by in the future by holding spending down mandatory
weah, compared also, to cutting evolves deficit. No Newtures - pledge
spending today, and by eliminating over 200 government programs
that simply don't work anymore.
To me, it's simple. While we invest in our future, we should not
burden our children with our fiscal folly.
This Superconducting Supercollider is a big part of our program
for America's future. Once we reached for the moon above to
explore new frontiers of our universe, next (?) month we will begin
to tunnel below to learn how our universe was formed in the first
place.
The issue is more than the thousands of direct jobs associated
with building this project. The issue is the hundreds of
thousands and potentially millions of jobs that could eventually
be created from the discoveries that you will make.
Some in Congress disagree. July they ask if we can afford this project
and they have voted to shut it down.
Today I say that no one should be under any illusion, that any
savings from killing the Supercollider will be used to reduce the
budget deficit. Runaway spending is prohibited by budget caps
that I fought for last year, and I have enforced with constant
use of my veto pen. .)True?
DEMS claim They're all for "inveotment"
The Democrats in Congress who want to shut down this project will
spend the money -on public housing subsidies and other payoffs to
organized special interests VV whose support they desperately need
in this election.
They will choose to squander your money today, rather than invest
in tommorrow.
Today I say: I stand with Texas. I stand with our future. I
will fight for the SuperCollider. //
Five hundred years ago this week, a man named Columbus set sail
that brought has to
for a new horizon, and ended on the shores of this great land.
But in many respects, America's voyage is never ending.
Centuries after Columbus set sail, our forebears tread this soil
in wagon trains and a century after that, scientists at Johnson
Space Center watched as brave Americans set sail for the stars.
Today, new horizons beckon, new discoveries await, new progress
lie before us like the plains of West Texas. Our vessel is not
called the Santa Maria, but the Supercollider, but human
imagination is still our compass, and human ingenuity and
yearning for progress our only power.
This is the spirit of America. This is the spirit of Texas.
Despite all our challenges, this is the spirit that will carry us
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- stronger, more secure, more prosperous, than ever before.
Thank you for listening. God bless Texas, and God bless the
United States of America.
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
TO:
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Washington, D.C. 20230
STATES OF
June 27, 1992
TO:
Bob Pearson
Director, OPCERN
FROM: Lawrence B. Ryan JBR
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Technology and Aerospace Industries
SUBJ: U. S. Products Preferred in Foreign Countries
NOTE: THESE INDUSTRY/PRODUCT CATEGORIES ARE THOSE IN WHICH THE
U.S. HAS BITHER CONSISTENTLY DOMINATED THE MARKET OR ENJOYS A
COMPETITIVE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARE.
OFFICE OF COMPUTERS AND BUSINESS EQUIPMENT (OCBE)
Artificial intelligence products: worldwide; in particular
Europe, Japan.
Photographic film: worldwide; in particular, Latin America
Personal computers: worldwide; in particular, Europe
Most packaged software products; for example: systems software,
data base management systems, spreadsheets: worldwide; in
particular, Europe, Japan
Laser printers: worldwide; in particular, Europe, Japan
Supercomputers: worldwide; in particular, Europe
AEROSPACE
Large transport aircraft: United Kingdom, Germany, Japan
Aircraft engines (all sizes: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Japan
Business jet aircraft: worldwide
OFFICE OF MICROELECTRONICS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION
(OMMI)
Medical equipment: All markets, except Europe and Japan
Instrumentation products: Latin America, Korea
Safety and security equipment: worldwide
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
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In the area of semiconductors, U.S. preference ONLY IN THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCT AREAS:
Flash memories: worldwide, except Japan
Microprocessors: all markets
OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Communications satellites: worldwide
Earth stations: worldwide
Cellular infrastructure equipment: worldwide
Search and navigation equipment: worldwide
Fiber optic transmission equipment: worldwide
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White House Request for Product Preferences by country
Office of Textiles and Apparel
Product (a)
Country
Active and Leisure Sportswear;
Japan
Special Occasion Children's
Dresses; Carpet Tiles
Sportswear; Large-Size Women's
Germany
Evening Wear
Intimate Apparel
France
Men's and Boys' Trousers
United Kingdom
and Shorts; Dresses;
Hosiery; Specialty
and Industrial Fabrics
Women's Suits; Dresses
Mexico
Sportswear; U.S. Carpets
Canada
Sportswear
Australia
Foundation Garments; Cotton
Chile
Broadwoven Fabrics; Man-
Made Fiber Fabrics
Hosiery; Cotton Broadwoven
Argentina
Fabrics; Man-Made Fiber
Fabrics
U.S. Carpets; Textile
Singapore
Homefurnishings
Textile Homefurnishings;
Hong Kong
Carpets; Decorative and
Upholstered Fabrics; Wool
Woven Fabrics
Carpets; Underwear;
Saudi Arabia
Jogging and Athletic Suits;
Man-made Fiber Broadwoven
Fabrics
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UNIX is the preferred operating system for Japanese mainframe computers.
Lotus 123 and dBase are recognized as the standard worldwide for databases and
spreadshcets.
When Saudi royalty needed medical care they chose American hospitals superior care.
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American Products Preferred in Foreign Countries
Office of Consumer Goods
Product
Country
Marlboro
Most developed countries
o Most popular and available cigarette
Jack Daniels/Jim Beam
Most developed countries
0 U.S. whiskey export brands - available in most
countries
M&M Chocolate Candy
Most developed countries
McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut
Most developed countries
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American Products Preferred in Foreign Countries
Product
Country
Cross Pen
Most developed countries
Tiffany Jewelry
Most developed countries
Mattel Toys
Most developed countries
Fisher-Price Toys
Most developed countries
Hartman Luggage
Most developed countries
Easton baseball bats
Most developed countries
Outboard Marine Corp. motors
Most developed countries
Coca-Cola
Most countries
Pepsi-Cola
Most countries
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EASY ACCESS
EASY ACCESS.
North Texas' intricate rail system
The Intricate Metroplex highway
features reciprocal switching
system makes it. virtually
agreements and intermediate
impossible to find a location that
facilities.
is more than 10 minutes away
from an Interstate highway.
The majority of North Texas'
prime industrial parks are served
Because of North Texas' central
by main rail lines and spurs.
location, it is the same truck time
to both major coastal markets.
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Dallas' Union Station is serviced
by Amtrak.
North Texas Railroads and Rail Companies
Amtrak
Atchison Topeka
Burlington Northern
Conrail Freight
Cotton Belt
Fort Worth and
Kansas City
Western
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Southern Lines
TRUCKING
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Because of its central location,
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Universities Research Association, Inc.
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
2550 Becklaymeade Ave.
Dallas. Texas 75237
Contact:
Russ Wylie
(214) 708 1045
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DALLAS, TX, -- (Thursday, May 7, 1992) - The first educational programs for
teaching science and math using the new interactive compact disc (CD-D) technology that
allows a viewer to virtually turn a home TV set into a private tutor will be developed
through a cooperative research and development agreement between the Superconducting
Super Collider Laboratory and Threshold Communications, Inc., of Burbank, CA.
The agreement was signed today by Dr. Roy F. Schwitters, director of the Super
Collider Laboratory, and Alan Ericksen, co-chairman and executive vice president of
Threshold Communications, which has committed up to $2-million to develop and produce
the precedent-setting educational program. The agreement also provides for Threshold
Communications to pay royalties once the program is marketed and to provide 400 copies
of the programs and 10 interactive CD-I players for use in the Laboratory's educational
programs.
The Super Collider Laboratory will provide scientific and technical support and a
teaching curriculum that will serve as the basis for the project's instructional programs, Dr.
Schwitters said. The curriculum, developed by the Laboratory's Office of Education, is
nearing completion for pre-kindergarten through fifth grades following extensive testing
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and evaluation by area schools. Named "Adopt-A-Magnet." the curriculum is designed for
introducing students to the excitement of science and for teaching basic concepts in
physics, science, and math. It uses experiments, demonstrations, games, songs, stories,
and other activities related to the Superconducting Super Collider particle accelerator, the
leigual wingils scientific insurement in history that is being built in Ellis County, TX, near
the Dallas-Ft Worth Metroplex. Scientists will use the Super Collider when it is completed
in September of 1999 to learn more about the fundamental nature of energy and matter.
Bernard Barron, president and co-chairman of Threshold and one of the founders
of Philips Interactive Media. said that CD-I is the most advanced development in media
technology since the home VCR. Invented by Philips N.V. and co-developed by Sony
Corporation, CD-I looks like a standard audio compact disc, but, it is far more
sophisticated and designed specifically for multi-media applications, i.e., text, graphics,
and still and moving plotures.
Barron said his company will develop four compact disc programs, one for
elementary students, a second for junior high students, a third for high school students,
and a fourth for the general public. Additionally, Threshold is working with the Super
Collider Laboratory's Office of Education to develop a "Model Schools" program that will
employ CD-I technology in the teaching of math and science.
"Compact disc interactive offers a powerful technology for instruction," Barron
said. "It is built on the proven technology of compact discs similar to those we now use in
homes for music. But interactive CD-I adds the power of computer technology so that we
can interact with the information stored on the CD. Through the art of programming. we
are able to combine these technologies into a powerful tool for individual learning."
Each interactive CD, he said, can contain the equivalent of 360,000 single-spaced
printed pages, which, along with an almost endless variety of other kinds of information,
can be displayed on a smndard television screen.
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To use a CD-I, the viewer needs a special CD player that includes "user friendly"
controls for interacting with the material, Barron said. Using 3 "thumb stick" and buttons
similar to those in interactive home video games, viewers move through materials, selecting
their own learning paths, asking for fuller explanations when needed, reviewing as
necessary, or accessing fascinating interactive demonstrutions. Unlike video games,
though, CD-I technology stores information and program instructions on CDs, a more
flexible and higher quality medium with far greater storage capacity than the tape cartridges
used for most video garnes.
The compact disc interactive units attach to standard television sers and to standard
stereo sound systems, although the latter are optional. The units will also play both
standard CD audio discs and the new Kodak Photo Discs. CD-I players are already
commercially available, and more than 30,000 have been sold since their introduction last
October in the United States.
William O'Hare, Threshold's director of markering, said that the firm plans to
complete development of the four instructional programs by late 1994, at which time the
discs will be distributed to schools and the general public.
The cooperative research and development agreement between the Super Collider
Laboratory and Threshold Communications was reached as a consequence of government
policies encouraging transfer of technology from federally-funded laboratories to the
private sector, said Dr. Schwitters.
"The Department of Energy, which funds the Super Collider Laboratory, has been a
leader in encouraging such technology transfers," he said. "I am particularly pleased,
though, that our first agreement holds promise for helping to improve the teaching of
science and mathematics. It is an area of particular national need and one that has been
recognized and vigorously responded to by Secretary of Energy James Watkins."
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The Laboratory's agreement will be carried out under the supervision of Dr.
Thomas Gadsden, director of the Office of Education. Ericksen and Dale Hastings, vice
president for governmental affairs, will represent Threshold Communications.
The Super Collider Laboratory is operated for the Department of Energy by
Universides Research Association, Inc., 1. not-for-profit corporation of 79 leading research
universities in the United States and Canada.
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Super Collider
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Universities Research Association, Inc.
2550 Beckleymeade Ave.
Dallas, TX 75237
Contact:
Super Collider
Russ Wylie
(215) 708 1045
UT Southwestern
Tommy Bosler
(214) 688 3404
(Note to Editors: The following news announcement was issued at 10 am, Tuesday, June
16, 1992, by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.)
CANCER TREATMENT MAY BE DIVIDEND OF SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER
COLLIDER
DALLAS -- Excess protons generated by the Superconducting Super
Collider could be efficiently used for state-of-the-art cancer treatment, a study sponsored by
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has found.
The study, conducted in collaboration with the
Super Collider Laboratory and scientists at the Particle Acceleration Corporation of
Downers Grove, IL, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California, concluded that the
proton beam of the Super Collider's linear accelerator (linac) could be used for medical
applications without additional operating costs or interruption of physics research.
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Dr. Roy Schwitters, director of the SSC Laboratory, said providing medical
therapy with proton beams from the collider may be the first tangible scientific benefit of
the SSC since consultants determined that patients might be treated as early as 1996, when
the linac is finished.
"We won't begin to fully realize the magnificent possibilities for discovery
in the mysteries of energy and matter until three years later when the completed SSC goes
on line, "Dr Schwitters said. "But this spinoff benefit to medical science can be utilized
almost immediately."
Dr. Kern Wildenthal, president of UT Southwestern, noted that a cancer
therapy program at the collider site would have the advantage of bringing together "some of
the world's outstanding minds in medicine and physics.
"We would avoid the problems and expense of a medical school or hospital
trying to maintain a dedicated high-energy proton source since we would be operating with
surplus collider beam and experts constantly available to maintain it," he said.
"This is a natural and fortuitous byproduct of the physics work," said Dr.
William Neaves, dean of Southwestern Medical School. He pointed out that only two
other proton facilities for patient therapy exist in the United States -- at the Harvard
Cyclotron Laboratory and Loma Linda University Medical Center in California.
"Proton radiation therapy is superior for certain types of cancers," Neaves
said. "A facility here would benefit patients in this region of the country and would
become a national resource for research in new medical applications of proton bearns."
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Dr. Eli Glatstein, chairman of UT Southwestern's Department of Radiation
Oncology explained that the collider's immense beam power could be focused on the most
inaccessible areas of the human body to treat deep-seated masses, such as brain tumors or
prostate cancer, and new applications of the proton bearns could be explored.
"Protons release most of their energy within a narrow range of tissue along
a beam path," Gladstein said. "This permits us to focus on a specific target -- diseased
tissue -- with minimal damage to surrounding tissue. Consequently patients receive more
effective doses and avoid many of the side-affects of conventional radiation treatment."
Traditional treatment using X-rays, neutron beams or gamma rays releases
significant tissue-damaging energy through the beam path.
"Proton radiation will probably be the treatment of choice for some types of
deep tumors for the next thirty years or so - until new approaches using genetic therapy are
developed and in use, " Glatstein added. "We are most fortunate to have this opportunity."
Consultants provided plans in their study for a facility with two treatment
rooms and suggested that it be constructed about 200 feet west of the point of beam
extraction from the linac, which is being built at a site about five miles west of I-35 in Ellis
County. It would accommodate outpatients and allow research into new applications of
radiation therapy.
The tunnel making the linac compatible with medical use could be added
now. The medical facility is expected to cost about $20 million to complete.
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how the facility can be funded, but every option will be considered.
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Table of Contents
BANKING
Banking
!
North Texas is one of the
Corporate Headquarters
3
nation's largest and bustest
Economy
5
banking centers.
Education
10
HIGH RANKINGS
Favorable Government Autitude
13
Dallas is ranked fifth in the
nation as a banking center.
Health Care
15
North Texas hosts the regional
High Tech/Manufacturing
17
headquarters for the Federal
Reserve Bank of Texas and the
Real Estate
19
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Dollas.
Small Business
21
Texas ranks third in the nation
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in terms of total equity capital
Transportation
25
among commercial banks.
Texas ranks sixth in the nation
in terms of the size of venture
capital funds.
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HEALTHY RECOVERY.
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Banks in Texas earned $710
million in 1990 a the first profit
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North Texas is 2 center for
in five years. The state wide
business decision makers and
profit represents a $1.3 billion
one of the most active areas In
swing in one year.
the world in terms of attracting
new businesses, corporate
Texas is the only one of three
relocations and expanding
states that bounced back from
companies.
tough economic times to achieve
a profit in 1990.
HIGH RANKINGS
1986 interstate banking
The Metroplex was ranked as the
legislation allows foreign banks to
seventh least expensive market to
establish offices in Texas with
operate 1 corporate
direct corporate banking powers.
administrative office.
In 1990, Dallas/Fort Worth is
ranked third in the nation for the
number of Fortune 500 corporate
headquarter locations it hosts,
behind only New York-Stamford
and Chicago.
In 1989, the Dallas/Fort Worth
area was ranked as the number
one most profituble growth
market in the nation.
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The Metroplex ranks ninth in the
world in terms of transnational
ECONOMY
headquarters and fourth in
North America.
North Texas is 2 leader in
economic growth and has a track
Texas has attracted over 12
record in attracting new, growing
percent of all new headquarters
and relocating businesses.
reported in Size Selection's 1989
survey. The Dallas/Fort Worth
HIGH RANKINGS.
area attracted the majority of
those new headquarters.
In 1989. Newsweek selected Fort
Worth as one of America's
The Dallas/Fort Worth area
hottest cities.
ranked number five in Dun &
Bradstreet's million dollar
D/FW was identified in 3 1990
corporate headquarters.
Cushman & Wakefield study as
the 8th best location in the
The October 1989 Issue of
nation to locate a business.
Fortune said the Metroplex
offered the best array of
By the year 2010, North Texas is
advantages to corporate
predicted to be the fourth largest
relocatees, including low costs of
region In the U.S. in terms of
commercial space and of housing
employment and population.
in a benign climate.
The October, 1989 issue of
D/FW hosts the nation's fifth
Fortune said the Metroplex
largest pool of workers employed
offered the best array of
in executive, administrative and
advantages to corporate
managerial occupations.
relocatees, including low cost of
commercial space and housing in
In 1989, Fortune magazine ranked
a henign climate.
North Texas as the best region In
the country to do business.
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QUALITY OF LIFE...
in 1990, North Texas saw record
employment numbers. Currently, the
The cost of living In the
Dallas area has a low 5.4%
Metroplex is lower than the U.S.
unemployment rate, while Fort Worth's
average, making it one of the
stands at 5.7%.
least expensive metropolitan
markets in the U.S.
North Texas will be one of the
United States' most rapidly
Compared to other major
expanding employment centers
metropolitan regions, the
through the year 2000.
Metroplex has one of the lowest
daily costs for hotel, car rental
Out of the top 24 metropolitan
and food.
regions, the Metroplex has the
lowest cost of distributing
APPAREL AND MERCHANDIZING CENTER...
products and services to the top
50 U.S. consumer markets.
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North Texas is the second largest
apparel and Eashion center in the
In 1991, Texas is predicted to be
nation.
one of the five strongest states in
the country in employment
North Texas features the world's
growth.
largest wholesale merchandizing
complex.
FOREIGN INVESTMENT...
EMPLOYMENT.
More than 500 foreign-owned
companies are located in the
Over the last decade, the D/FW
region.
economy generated more jobs
than any other major city in
Foreign owned-companies employ
Texas -- ending the decade with
over 34,000 people in North
300,000 more jobs than in 1980.
Texas.
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AGRICULTURE
A company leasing office space in
Dallas at $14.70 per square foot
Texas trails only California in
could expect to pay $55 per
agricultural cash receipts as it is
square foot for comparable office
the largest cotton and wool
space in New York
producer in the U.S.
The U.S. Department of
Texas is the third largest
Transportation says the average
vegetable producer in the
daily time devoted to commuting
country.
to and from work takes 48
minutes in Tarrant County and
LOW DISTRIBUTION COSTS
52 minutes In Dallas County: 64
minutes in Chicago, 81 minutes
When compared to the 12 largest
in New York and 65 minutes in
metropolitan areas in the U.S.,
Washington, D.C.
D/FW had the least expensive
market access cost Index.
For a firm wanting to enter a
national market, transportation
LOW OPERATING COSTS
cost savings in the range of 35%
to 45% would be realized in
Texas Utilities Electric Company
North Texas over many mid-
has some of the lowest rates in
continent and Great Lakes
the country. $100 worth of
locations.
Industrial electricity in Fort
Worth would cost $195 in New
When compared to the 12 largest
York, $145 in Chicago, $154 in
metropolitan regions. D/FW has
Boston, $187 in Denver, and $217
the lowest average hourly wage in
in Los Angeles.
the country.
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EDUCATION
The Fort Worth Chamber's
Project C3 was recognized by
Businesses can continuously
Fortune magazine in 1990 as one
of the nation's outstanding
Invest in the education of their
educational outreach campaigns.
employees here in North Texas.
The Fort Worth Chamber, local
school districts and corporations
QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
united to study the skills in
In 1989, Richardson Independent
demand by corporations over the
School District was selected as
next 3 to 5 years. In Fort Worth,
one of America's 25 best school
C3 means communities,
corporations and classrooms. To
systems.
better match work force supply
with demand, executives from
Plano Senior High School was
selected by the U.S. Department
Fort Worth's largest businesses -
of Education as one of the Ten
among them American Airlines,
Outstanding High Schools in the
General Dynamics and Tandy
nation In 1985.
Corporation as well as smaller
companies, are trying to identify
The Dallas Independent School
what skills will be most in
demand.
District is the eighth largest
urban school district, with an
enrollment of 130,000 students.
UNIVERSITIES
North Texas has a large Junior
college system with 13 branches
located in every section of the
region.
North Texas features 16 four-year
institutions of higher learning.
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North Texas has one of the most
highly educated workforces in the
FAVORABLE GOVERNMENT
United States. Of the total
ATTITUDE
workforce in Texas, 17% have at
teast four years of college. When
North Texas has one the most
compared to the rest of the
"business friendly" tax structures
country, Texas ranks third in the
in America.
percentage of its workforce with
at least four years of college.
NO TAXES
Southern Methodist University's
The state of Texas assesses no
Edwin L Cox School of Business
corporate income tax.
has been selected as one of the
top 40 business schools in the
There is no state Inventory
country by Business Week's Guide
property tax.
to the Best Business Schools.
Texas has no personal income
The University of Texas at Dallas
tax.
School of Management was
recognized by the U.S. News and
Texas has a low corporate
world Report as une of the top
franchise tax of $6.7 per $1.000.
five business schools in the
South. It was also recognized by
We are a right to work state
the American Association of
which fosters a strong work ethic
Collegiate Schools of Business.
BUT TAX INCENTIVES...
Local governments offer tax
abataments to businesses.
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CAMPAIGN: NORTH TEXAS
The Freeport Amendment is another
Texas tax plus as it exempts tangible
HEALTH CARE
business property in transit if the
property comes from outside Texas or is
North Texas le a center for
acquired in Texas and is sent out of the
excellence in health care.
state within 175 days or less. The
Freeport Amendment has been passed by
HIGH RANKINGS.
numerous municipalities in North Texas.
The University of Texas
FAVORABLE STATE AND MUNICIPAL
Southwestern Medical Center at
Dallas is one of the nation's top
GOVERNMENTS...
ten medical centers.
Businesses In North Texas enjoy
The University of Texas
a pro-business environment.
Southwestern Medical Center has
featured three Nobel Prize
There are over $5 contiguous
winners in the last three years.
cities in the Dallas and Fort
Worth metropolitan area and
Parkland Hospital is recognized
over 150 independent
as one of the top ten civillen
communities in the North Texas
burn units in the U.S.
area.
Medical Center is the
Texas state government ended the
nation's second largest pediatric
1990 fiscal year with positive cash
liver transplant program. CMC
balance of $767 million, the
is also $ major pediatric, kidney
largest ending cash balance since
and heart transplant center.
1983.
E
Baylor Hospital is ranked second
The cities of Fort Worth and
nationally in the number of liver
Dallas were ranked number five
transplants performed.
and seven in the nation for city
management with 8 B+ rating in
M
Methodist Hospital ranks fourth
the February 1991 issue of
nationally in the number of
Financial World magazine.
kidney transplants.
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Cook-Fort Worth Children's
Medical Center's pediatric bone
HIGH TECH/MANUFACTURING
marrow self-donor transplant
program is one of only three of
North Texas is a global leader in
Its kind in the United States.
high tech manufacturing.
FIRSTS.,
HIGH RANKINGS
The University of Texas Center's
A survey showed the Dallas/Fort
Parkland Hospital established the
Worth area to be the number
nation's first pediatric traums
one area for attracting new
center.
manufacturing operations in the
nation.
Baylor Medical Center's
Sammons Cancer Center sponsors
The Metroplex ranks among the
clinical trials In cancer research.
top live employment centers in
The center is the only facility in
three high-tech manufacturing
Texas that performs unrelated
industries: computer hardware,
bone marrow transplants and is
telecommunications equipment
one of the largest patient support
and precision Instruments.
centers In the country.
Dallas Fort Worth is the second
Harris Methodist Hospital of
largest telecommunications
Fort Worth is the Texas base for
manufacturing employment
CareFilie, an air ambulance
center in the United States.
operation treating adult and
pediatric trauma victims.
The Metroplex is one of the
Recognized as outstanding by the
largest regions in the nation In
American College of Surgeons,
terms of an in-place
Harris' CareFilte is one of the
concentration of producers and
busiest air ambulance programs
users of advanced technology.
In the nation, making more than
1600 flights per year.
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a
Texas ranks fifth In the nation in
the number of new plants and
REAL ESTATE
expansions in manufacturing.
Dallas/Fort Worth renks number
North Texas is one of the best
one in new plants and expansions
real estate buys in the country.
when compared to the top 10
metropolitan areas.
HIGH RANKINGS-
D/FW ranked number one in the
The North Texas real estate
nation in 1990 for being a prime
market ranked number two in the
location for new plants and
nation as a market where general
expansions.
business conditions are expected
to improve within the next 12
Dallas/Fort Worth hosts 16 of the
months.
state's top 25 Texas based high
technology firms.
D/FW was ranked as one of the
top ten locations in the U.S. for
EMPLOYMENT.
real estate activity by Mead
Ventures, Inc. of Phoenix.
The Metroplex ranks sixth in the
nation in terms of the size of its
The Metroplex is predicted to be
workforce with skills in machine
one of the most rapidly
operation, assembly. precision
expanding employment centers
production, crafts and repairs.
through the year 2000. As a
result, vigorous growth In
North Texas ranked fourth
residential construction is
nationally in high tech
predicted by the Rand
employment growth between 1980
Corporation.
and 1986.
a
The Metroplex WAS runked
Texas is renked second in terms
seventh nationally by commercial
of manufacturing efficiency as
real estate executives In terms of
measured in labor force
overall real estate investment,
productivity.
lending and development
prospects for 1991.
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HEALTHY RECOVERY...
SMALL BUSINESS
Significant recovery is predicted
in the housing market, which is
New businesses find growth and
anticipated to stabilize at a
success In the North Texas
healthy rate of growth, about
marketplace.
40,000 new structures every year.
HIGH RANKING...
In 1991, a healthy 27% annual
expansion is predicted in
Dallas/Fort Worth ranked
construction activity.
number one nationally In new
business birth rate from 1983-87.
A house costing $79,000 in Fort.
Worth would COSE $224,000 In
PRO-BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT...
New York and $198,000 in Los
Angeles.
Small businesses in North Texas
have staying power. 81% of the
A recent study showed that
businesses that survived through
D/FW buyers use a smaller
the mid-eighties employed less
personange of thair istal income
than 20 workers.
to pay for home ownership. In
1990, Dallas/Fort Worth residents
In North Texas, between 1983
paid almost 1/3 less than the
and 1988, one job in six was
average American buyer to
attributable to small businesses.
purchase a home.
LOW OPERATING COSTS...
A midpriced home in the
Metroplex was 31% less than the
Texas Utilities Electric Company
nationwide median home sales
has some of the lowest rates in
price.
the country, $100 worth of
industrial electricity in Fort
The average price for a home in February,
Worth would cost $195 in New
1991 in Dallas was 100,700; and in Fort
York, $145 In Chicago, $125 in
Worth - $72,490.
Atlanta. $154 in Boston, $187 in
Denver, and $217 in Los Angeles.
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SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER
The SSC will feature a large
COLLIDER
permanent staff of 2,500 scientists
and technicians. or that number,
1,000 of those scientists are
The SSC places North Texas at
already at work on the project.
the forefront of scientific Inquiry.
M
Despite its great size, the SSC
WHAT IS THE SSC?
will have little impart on the
environment. The SSC, if it were
The SSC, located 40 miles south
bullt above ground, would be the
of the Metroplex in Ellis County,
second largest man-made project
will be the world's premiere
to be seen from space. (The
particle accelarator, attracting the
largest is the Great Wall or
best particle physicists from
China)
around the globe.
SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE...
The SSC is the key to
understanding the fundamental
#
The SSC strengthens the
nature of matter and energy.
research capabilities of
universities throughout the
The SSC will serve not only as a
country.
major research institution, but
also a center of higher education
The SSC will be a major force in
and technological Innovation.
the education of many of our
finest young scientists.
The SSC symbolizes America's
commitment to scientific
a
The high tech industry will be
leadership and will enhance the
enriched by the presence of the
competitive position of American
SSC in North Texas.
Industry In the global
murketplace.
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POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT..
The SSC brings anormous
TRANSPORTATION
economic benefits to North
Texas. During the SSC's first
DALLAS FORT WORTH
year, it contributed $60 million
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
directly Into the North Texas
economy. That sum returned
a
DFW Airport is a catalyst for
over three times to bring a total
economic growth and a major
impact of $181 million to the
Dictor attracting businesses to
North Texas economy. The SSC
the North Texas region.
will continue to be 2 stimulus for
economic growth.
HIGH RANKINGS
-
Other states have been positively
DFW Is the second largest
Impacted by the SSC. Following
airport 35% the world.
Texas, Illinois, New York and
Messachusetts have been the
DFW is the second buslest
biggest beneficiaries of SSC
sirport in the world in terms of
procurements.
operations and the third busiest
airport in terms of passengers.
Texas, during the first year of
SSC operations received 27.9% of
DFW is the largest hub for
the $113.8 million SSC
American Airlines and second
procurement, making the first
Inrgest for Delta Airlines.
year's Impact over $31.8 million.
ALL THIS AND CONVENIENCE TOO...
Development and construction of
the $8.6 billion SSC will Involve
Customs and Immigration
universities, laboratories and
facilities in three terminals are
businesses throughout the United
available 24 hours a day.
States.
DFW hosts 1800 flights daily,
36% more daily flights than Los
Angeles International Airport,
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ONGOING EXPANSION...
ALLIANCE AIRPORT...
NY
By the year 2010, DFW Airport
UNIQUE...
will accommodate over 100
million passengers annually,
Fort Worth's Alliance Airport is
virtually double today's number.
the nation's first industrial-only
airport.
et
Aircraft operations are expected
to grow to 1.2 million over the
BIG...
next two decades.
Fort Worth's Alliance Airport is
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION...
the second largest airport in
North Texas.
DFW Airport is one of only two
U.S. airports which can host
CONVENIENT...
executives from major North
American cities at a business
Fort Worth's Alliance Airport is
meeting in the Metroplex and
only 15 miles away from DFW
have them home again on the
International Airport.
same day.
RAILROADS
GENERAL AVIATION
a
North Texas is a major rellroad
North Texas is the nation's third
center.
largest aviation center.
A 100-YEAR TRADITION...
LOCAL AIRPORTS...
Fort Worth, since its designation
Love Field in Dallas and
as the last outpost on the
Meacham Airport in Fort Worth
Chisolm Trail 100 years ago, has
provide regional and intrastate
been a major railroad center.
service to North Texas.
About twenty other area airports
support general aviation.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
STATE STATES $ /
Washington. D.C. 20230
FACSIMILE COVER SHEET
OFFICE OF MEXICO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230
TEL: (202) 377-4464
FAX: (202) 377-5865
DATE: 7-27-92
TO: Michell Rix
ORGANIZATION:
FAX #: 454-6218
TELEPHONE #:
NUMBER OF PAGES TO FOLLOW:
FROM: Merriam Mashatt
COMMENTS:
Per our convisation
or
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TRADE
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DEPARTMENTO
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
STETES of /
Washington. D.C. 20230
FACSIMILE COVER SHEET
OFFICE OF MEXICO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230
377-0300
TEL: (202) 377-4464
-Meriam
FAX: (202) 377-5865
DATE: 7-27-92
TO: Michelle Rix
ORGANIZATION:
FAX #: 454-4218
TELEPHONE #:
NUMBER OF PAGES TO FOLLOW:
FROM: Merrian Mashatt
COMMENTS:
Per our convisation-
AHached are the two stories anria have
not been diared yet. If the information
Changes - Ill call you.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
atargs of /
Washington, D.C. 20230
FACSIMILE COVER SHEET
OFFICE OF MEXICO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230
TEL: (202) 377-4464
FAX: (202) 377-5865
DATE: 7/27/92
TO: Michelle nix
ORGANIZATION: white House Press off is
FAX #: (202)456-6218
TELEPHONE #:
NUMBER OF PAGES TO FOLLOW: 2
FROM: Laura Buss /merriam mashatt 377-5564 *
COMMENTS: attached is an additional Texas success story
for mexico sales for use in the President's
speech. Lawa can W reached at the * number
until later this evening if Chere are
any questions.
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Crest Packaging
San Angelo, Texas
Crest Packaging, of San Angelo, Texas, manufacturers corrugated boxes. It was awarded the
Small Business Association's Exporter of the Year for 1991-1992, from a five state region.
Business in Mexico accounted for 55 percent of Crest Packaging's total sales. Since 1987,
Crest's sales have doubled, primarily because of maquiladora business. In the last year alone,
the company's sales to Mexico have increased twenty percent.
In order to keep pace with Mexican demand, the company had to double its work force since
1989. Mike Brest, President, expects sales to maquiladoras to keep increasing at a steady rate.
Brest says he has "hitched his business" to the maquiladoras.
Contact
Mike Brest
General Manager
Crest Packaging
Box 1109
San Angelo, TX 76902
Tel: (915) 653-1347
Fax: (915) 653-2831
Authorization of Release
On behalf of the company referred to above, I authorize the U.S. Department of Commerce to
use the above information in speeches, publications, and other Commerce events. I understand
that this copy is only a draft and that changes may be made for editing purposes prior to final
printing.
Signature
Date
27. 92 05:43 PM *MEXICO DIVISION
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TEL No .214 709 6191
Jul 27.92 16:21 P.01/02
A
Quality # Simplicity K Dependability
FS
Autonnated Food Systems, Inc.
(214) 298-5719 1030 Explorer . Duncanville, Texas 75137
FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION
DATE -7-27-92
TO: MS. LAURA BUSS
WANDA D. WALSER
FROM:
CO: U.S. DEPT OF COMMERCE
REF:
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH 7/28/92
FAX: 202-377-5865
FAX: 214-709-6191
PAGE 1 OF 2
ATTACHED: a short statement on Alimentos Funtastic S.A. de C.V.,
Please note: it is a separate corporation from Automated Food System,
and 1a also owned by Glenn & Wanda Walsar.
Hope this helps. Please advise if I can answer any questions or
provide additional info.
Jost Thank you
Wands D. Walser
Vice President
WDW:mms
No. of pages including this coversheet: 2 , If this transmission Is incomplete
or illegible please call 214-298-5719.
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TEL No .214 709 6191
Jul 27.92 16:22 P.02/02
A
Quality . Simplicity Dependability
FS
Automated Food Systems, Inc.
(214) 298-5719 M 1030 Explorer 0 Duncanville, Texas 75137
Automated Food Systems, Inc., in business since 1974, introduced
the world's first automated corndog processing machine in 1976. Today's
largest AFSI system is production-rated at 12,000 corndogs an hour and
18 used by the largest commercial food processors in the U.S.A. and
Canada. AFSI has semi-sutomated equipment in other countries as well.
In 1990. Glann and Wands Walser, owners of AFSI. decided to test
market the corndog itself in Mexico. The product, # batter-wrapped
sausage on a stick, did well, and in 1991, the Walsers and three Mexican
partners formed Alimentos Funtastic, S.A. de C.V. in Monterrey.
Alimentos Funtastic produces corndogs--not equipment--for distri-
bution in Monterrey, Mexico City and Chihushus. While corndog sales
don't equal the approximate 1.5 billion consumed in the U.S. last year,
they are growing.
The Mexican corporation, 4 esparate entity from AFSI, has created
jobs in Mexico, and the Walsers expect it to increase future employment
for AFSL as Alimentos grows and needs the larger corndog processing
equipment which will be bought from AFSI.
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Cavazos Wholesale Company, Inc.
Laredo, Texas
"Our workforce has doubled since 1987, and half of that growth is a direct result of
our sales to Mexico".
Laura Cavazos Zepeda
Company Spokesperson
Cavazos Wholesale Company of Laredo distributes fruits, vegetables, candy and related
products to the U.S. and Mexican market. Current sales for the minority-owned company
are $8.5 million, with 50 percent of revenues coming from sales in Mexico. All of the
products Cavazos' distributes are made in the United States.
In 1987, the company had 20 employees, but has since added 20 more to keep up with the
growth of sales in the U.S. and Mexico. Almost all of Cavazos' employees speak Spanish,
which has helped the company eliminate the need for middlemen in its dealings with the
Mexican market.
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3-G Electric Supply, Inc.
Laredo, Texas
"I always had trouble picking up prestigious product lines, but now with Mexico, I'm
able to sell those lines out of Laredo instead of referring my customers to larger
distributors. The Mexican market makes me better able to compete with larger
distributors."
Adolfo Gutierrez
President and CEO
Laredo-based 3-G Electric Supply, Inc. is an electrical supplies and systems distributor and
installer with annual sales of $3.5 million. Ninety percent of the products 3-G distributes are
manufactured in the U.S. The minority-owned company's labor force has grown from two
to fourteen as a result of the growth in commerce with Mexico. The added sales volume
resulting from the company's Mexican success has attracted more prestigious suppliers and
allowed 3-G to expand its product line.
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Johnny & John New and Used Tires
Laredo, Texas
"We're adding four people this year to help sell in Mexico."
Juan Garcia
President
Johnny and John New and Used Tires is a Rio Grande Valley-based tire dealer and
wholesaler serving South Texas and Northern Mexico. Founded in 1985 with just two
employees, the minority-owned company now employs 12 people and sells $432,000 worth
of goods annually in the Rio Grande Valley region. Ninety percent of Johnny and John's
sales are to Mexico. The company plans to add four new employees in 1992 and estimates
sales to be $650,000.
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El Centro Electronics Company, Inc.
McAllen, Texas
"We would never have been able to expand or thrive without our Mexican customers.
In the future we're hoping to increase sales to Mexico by 20 percent per year."
Armando G. Ybarra
Partner
El Centro Electronics is a McAllen, Texas-based audio and video equipment distributor and
exporter with $800,000 in sales to Mexico. The minority-owned company began in 1987
with two employees and has since hired five new people, due largely to its success in
exporting to Mexico. Eighty percent of El Centro's $1 million in annual revenues come
from Mexican customers.
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JEFA International, Inc.
Plano, Texas
"The Mexican market offers endless opportunities, not only in higher technology areas
such as ours, but in many others as well."
Dan Fernandez
Director, Latin American Marketing
Texas-based JEFA International is a Native American-owned radio telecommunications
service provider with annual sales of $8.5 million. In addition to providing equipment for
the telecommunications industry, the company provides a full range of engineering and
technical services.
JEFA recently won a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract with Teléfonos de México's
Telcel cellular company to engineer and install the cellular microwave interconnect system
for several Mexican cities. The agreement will allow JEFA to increase the number of its
U.S. employees by 10 people in 1992 and an additional 12 people in 1993.
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North American Trade Corp.
Houston, Texas
"The potential to Increase exports to Mexico is excellent. Mexico has
developed a good climate for international trade and business. They have
come a long way in just a few years."
Jorge Guiloff
Founder and President
North American Trade Corp. (NORAMCO) is a diversified export trading company with $10
million in annual sales. Specializing in the transportation, construction, and electronics
industries, NORAMCO currently exports to most of Latin America, Africa and the Far East.
The 18 person company has been exporting to Mexico since 1984. Mexico generated
$500,000 in sales for NORAMCO last year. Jorge Gulloff, Hispanic founder and President,
of NORAMCO says that Mexico will be one of his top markets in the 90's.
To: Michelle
From: Steve
Re: SuperCollider Speech.
Here's my rough draft of the SuperCollider speech. Please share
a copy with Dan. This speech has some holes, which I'd like you
to fill with some research.
Commerce Regina
I need some specific examples of how Texas has benefitted from
the opening of Trade with Mexico. I'd love an anecdote about one
firm that has doubled or tripled sales after the border opened.
Varg
I'd also like you to find some an anecdote that describes the
opportunity in a global economy. This could include examples of
ITA
American products that are now more popular abroad than in the
U.S. Examples might include GM cars and Colgate-Palmolive
consumer products.
Share this draft with Dan, to get his input. Please start fact
checking and have Drussie run a spellcheck. I will call you from
the road, if possible, I would like to staff this by tomorrow
afternoon.
By the way, please mention to Dan that as of late Sunday night,
there was a move afoot to cancel the California defense speech on
Thursday. He should check with Skinner's office to find out for
sure on Monday morning.
(clocument iscndo "supe")
July 28, 1992
STEVE --
RE TEXAS:
In mentioning the Old Texas -- Molly Ivins spoke of the old
Texas up until the mid 1960s -- when "one cow, one vote" was
the operating principle of the land.
"One cow, one vote" could be a funny phrase to use in a
graph describing Texas yesteryears.
Ann Richards used the theme of a "New Texas" during her
campaign. We should watch the direct use of this term. Her
big promise was to create a New Texas, where opportunities
abound for everyone, where Texas "is rushing into the 21st
Century," where "the sun never sets." Some of the articles
I read believe she's make her way there, but by using the
tactics of an "Old Texas" -- hard ball, behind closed doors
good ol' boy kind of politics.
"Don't mess with Texas" -- an extremely popular saying down
in Texas. Originally used for an anti-littering campaign,
this expression is now the unofficial motto of Texas. Red,
white and blue bumper stickers bearing these words adorn the
rear bumpers of cars in Texas. There are also t-shirts,
buttons, etc.
This would be a perfect applause line for POTUS --
something along the lines of "When they say you can't have
this Super Collider, I say what you say: DON'T
MESS
WITH
TEXAS.
"
POTUS uses the "[something will happen] faster than
=
line very often, in speeches and in his own conversation
style. We could create a phrase to illustrate Texas'
advance into the future, using a Texas spin. "Texas is
heading into the 21st century faster than you can say
'Waxahachie!""
Another Texas phrase: "deep in the heart of Texas. " Maybe
a good phrase for the SC -- something about the SC resting
deep in the heart of Texas.
Texas Pledge:
"Honor the Texas flag.
I pledge allegiance to the thee,
Texas -- one and indivisible."
Texas state motto: "Friendship"
Texas, or Tejas was the Spanish word pronunciation of a
Caddo Indian word meaning "friends."
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14TH STORY of Level 1 printed in FULL format.
Copyright 1990 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., All
rights reserved.
ABC NEWS
SHOW: PRIMETIME LIVE
August 16, 1990
LENGTH: 8187 words
HEADLINE: Mideast Crisis; Toby's Journey; Texas Crude
BODY:
ANNOUNCER: August 16th, 1990.
DIANE SAWYER, ABC News: [voice-over] As the two sides exchange blistering words
over the crisis in the Persian Gulf, Sam Donaldson reports live from Saudi
Arabia on the American men who are poised for combat, and the man who would
command them.
Gen. CHARLES HORNER: And every day, I have to ask, "What will I do if he attacks
tonight?"
SAM DONALDSON, ABC News: All morning long, U.S. troops have been landing here at
the air base near [bleep].
SAWYER: That beep isn't for profanity, it's for security. And we'll tell you
the rules. Also tonight, Pierre Salinger on Saddam Hussein's secret movements
inside Iraq. Brother Toby's gift of love.
Brother TOBY McCARROLL: How the hell a kid can smile through all of this!
SAWYER: [voice-over] Last week, his story touched people across the country.
Brother TOBY: [reading] "I saw you on Primetime. My heart is breaking."
SAWYER: [voice-over] Tonight, Toby joins us live, and you'll meet the volunteers
he's training to work with AIDS babies in Romania. He likes to brag about
womanizing, boozing and brawling. Judd Rose introduces you to Clayton Williams.
JUDD ROSE, ABC News: [voice-over] If you haven't met him, step right up and say,
"Howdy," Bubba.
SAWYER: [voice- over] He's the multi-millionaire oil man who wants to be the
next governor of Texas.
ANNOUNCER: From ABC News, with anchors Diane Sawyer in New York, Sam Donaldson
in Saudi Arabia, chief correspondent Chris Wallace, Judd Rose, Jay Schadler and
chief foreign correspondent Pierre Salinger, this is Primetime.
[Commercial break]
Mideast Crisis
SAWYER: Good evening, and welcome to Primetime. As we watched developments in
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the Mideast today, it seemed pretty clear to us that the next 48 hours of the
crisis are going to be very tricky. As of tonight, the U.S. and Iraq have
pushed each other into separate corners, and it's not going to be easy to get
out. For one thing, as you probably know, Iraq has asked that all 2,500
Americans in Kuwait be brought to a single location. As of tonight, the U.S.
has rebuffed the request. But if hostages are seized, then Saddam Hussein will
have forced the President's hand. Not only that, the Gulf is still reverberating
with all those inflammatory and personal insults. President Bush called Saddam
Hussein a liar, and today Hussein returned the honor, adding that "combat will
mean Americans come home in boxes." So now we're going to go to that inflamed
part of the world. [voice-over] And as we do, we thought you might like to see
the kind of pictures our military planners have when making their calculations.
These are enhanced satellite photographs taken before the Iraqi invasion, but
the kind of pictures that the military can freeze-frame, blow up and use to
study Iraqi troop movements here along the Kuwaiti border, or decide where to
position the 30,000 forces, American soldiers, in Saudi Arabia. And with them
there in the desert, Sam Donaldson. Sam?
DONALDSON: Diane, as we heard in the opening of our program, I made the mistake
earlier today of saying exactly where I am, and it turns out that's a no-no, and
50 we had to bleep it. It's not that this is such a secret location. The
casual reader of any newspaper knows where the staging areas are for U.S. forces
in Saudi Arabia. It's that the Saudis are 50 sensitive about the troops being
here that they simply don't want the location published. Not since the founding
of the modern Saudi state have 50 many foreign troops been in this country. And
this impressive build-up of Americans is an impressive sight, indeed.
[voice-over] What is happening here in Saudi Arabia is the biggest build-up of a
U.S. expeditionary force since Vietnam. The general there, whose name became
associated with that effort was William Westmoreland. And while it is unlikely
that, given the limited nature of this mission, that any military figure will
emerge as a household name because of it, it is worth meeting the top U.S.
military man on the scene. His name is Charles Horner, an Air Force lieutenant
general from Iowa who flew combat missions in Vietnam, and must now try to
prevent combat in Saudi Arabia. [interviewing] How much does it take to be able
to deter Saddam Hussein?
Lt. Gen. CHARLES HORNER: That'd be the question. If you could answer that,
you'd be the logistics expert in the world. All they do is they send it to me,
and every day I have to ask, "What will I do if he attacks tonight?" And based
on that, I take what I have in country, build a plan, and then we look at what
we're going to have the next night and the next night and the next night 50 that
it's all relevant.
DONALDSON: What do you think of Saddam Hussein?
Gen. HORNER: Obviously, as a person, I sit and think a lot about him. As a
military professional, he's kind of out of my league. I just worry what his
troops are capable of doing.
DONALDSON: [voice-over] An Iraqi invasion Saudi Arabia would be spearheaded by
hundreds of tanks, driving down the oil- rich Persian Gulf coast. It would be
the same blitzkrieg tactics used to take Kuwait. [interviewing] How do you stop
a tank advance?
Gen. HORNER: Well, you stop it several ways. You use your weapons, such as
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artillery, tanks and aircraft. You also attack the logistic structure that
supports that drive.
DONALDSON: Who is it that directs the battle? Because it's the Saudis' country.
Gen. HORNER: Certainly.
DONALDSON: And yet you've got the major forces.
Gen. HORNER: We have a very significant force.
DONALDSON: So I'm just trying to determine who is it that says, "No, put them
here rather than there."
Gen. HORNER: That's worked out in coordination with one another. It really is.
DONALDSON: [voice-over] In fact, it is General Horner and the U.S. side that
will direct the battle. But such are the sensitivities that no one will say
that out loud. The Saudis have an air force that can certainly inflict a good
deal of damage on a tank column. The Saudis are proficient pilots. But it will
be American service personnel who provide the heavy shock power to stop an
attack. [interviewing] You know, I've talked to a few of the troops. They seem
eager, but a little apprehensive. What's your estimate of how they feel?
Gen. HORNER: You know, I think that's the real story in this whole thing, is the
young people. They really do reflect something great about our country- their
attitude, their excellence in the way they do their job, their enthusiasm.
Sure, this is a tough environment, and they know that. But I think you've found
also, they're really willing, selflessly, to do the job, and they're proud to be
here and they're proud of what they do.
DONALDSON: One complaint I hear over and over is "It's hot!"
Gen. HORNER: I can understand that.
DONALDSON: [voice-over] The heat- 115 in the shade. On the coast, extremely
high humidity. The casualties 50 far have come from heat exhaustion.
Everyone's aware of it, and all the doctors spread the word about it.
1st OFFICER: What we teach our folks is to drink when you're not thirsty, and to
keep your stomach a little bit full all the time.
DONALDSON: [voice-over] So the water concession here would make someone a
multi-millionaire.
2nd OFFICER: Go ahead and relax. Drink plenty of water! Boy, you drink plenty
of water. You've already sweated three quarts since you've been here. You've
only been here 20 minutes, you know?
DONALDSON: Napoleon said that an army travels on its stomach. Perhaps, but this
army in this desert travels on its water bottle. Diane?
SAWYER: Well, Sam, you know, it surprised a lot of people that yesterday, when
there still seemed to be a lot of diplomatic maneuvering room, or at least some
diplomatic maneuvering room, President Bush decided to launch a personal
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attack on Saddam Hussein, calling him a liar, and turning up the heat. In fact,
it was surprising enough that we asked chief correspondent Chris Wallace to help
us read between the lines to try to figure out who was really saying what to
whom.
CHRIS WALLACE, ABC News: For the last two days, the presidents of the United
States and Iraq have exchanged insults like two kids in a school yard. But this
high-stakes game of "So's your old man" is, in fact, an effort by both leaders
to marshal support at home and to undermine the enemy. [voice-over] President
Bush began the war of words yesterday at the Pentagon with an unusually personal
attack.
President GEORGE BUSH: It is Saddam Hussein who lied to his Arab neighbors. It
is Saddam who invaded an Arab state. And it is he who now threatens the Arab
nation.
WALLACE: [voice-over] Senior U.S. officials say Mr. Bush was expressing American
resolve, saying there will no compromise with Saddam. But Arab experts say the
name-calling backfired, that it put the Iraqi and American leaders on equal
footing in a game Saddam was only too happy to play in this statement, read by
an announcer on Iraqi television.
IRAQI TELEVISION ANNOUNCER: [through interpreter] You, the President of the
United States, have chosen to be a liar in order to agree with the band you have
chosen, and consider to represent the Arab nation. You have lied to your people
and to public opinion when you accuse Saddam Hussein of lying.
WALLACE: [voice- over] The next argument is over who speaks for the Arabs.
Aides say Mr. Bush was concerned about anti-American demonstrations in Jordan
and other countries, and felt he had to take on Saddam's claims to be the leader
of the Arab nation.
Pres. BUSH: And Saddam has claimed that this is a holy war of Arab against
infidels. This from the man who has used poison gas against the men and women
and children of his own country, who invaded Iran in a war that cost the lives
of more than half a million Muslims, and who now plunders Kuwait.
WALLACE: [voice-over] All this is true, but some Mideast analysts wonder whether
it will be as effective with the Arab masses as Saddam's attempt to portray this
as a battle between the haves and the have- nots.
IRAQI TELEVISION ANNOUNCER: [through interpreter] The Arabs, President of the
United States of America, are not those rulers who serve you, obey your orders,
and join you in plundering the wealth of the nation. The Arabs are the poor,
the honest and the genuine patriots.
WALLACE: [voice-over] Finally, the two men engaged in a test of wills over who
is more committed to this fight. U.S. officials said this was the prime
objective of the President's speech: muster domestic support while persuading
skeptical Arab allies the U.S. won't cut and run.
Pres. BUSH: Well, the American people are with us, Congress is with us, our
allies are with us, and the vast majority of the Arab people are with us. No
one should doubt our staying power or our determination.
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WALLACE: [voice-over] But experts say, after fighting Iran for eight long years,
Saddam sneers at talk about staying power, as he seemed to in a veiled reference
to the U.S. experience in Vietnam.
IRAQI TELEVISION ANNOUNCER: [through interpreter] We will continue to pray to
God that there will be no clash, as this will lead to thousands of the Americans
you placed in this dark tunnel being sent home shrouded in sad coffins.
WALLACE: In the end, both U.S. officials and Arab experts say it's a mistake for
President Bush to get into a personal fight with Saddam Hussein, that it becomes
even harder for the two men to make a deal. And it's interesting to note that
when Mr. Bush was given a chance today to respond to Saddam's latest attack, he
turned down the opportunity. Diane?
SAWYER: You know, Chris, yesterday I kept thinking about the model of Libya's
Muammar Qaddafi. The U.S. clearly thought that he buckled a bit under the
pressure after the attack on him back in 1986. He even went into hiding, and
seemed to back off a little bit. Very little, however, has been known about
Saddam Hussein these days. But chief foreign correspondent Pierre Salinger made
contact with sources who have talked to Hussein. And Pierre Salinger joins us
now. Pierre, how did he seem?
PIERRE SALINGER, ABC News: Diane, he appears to these people as a very confident
man. He appears as a man who believes that time is on his side. Now, the only
concern he's got is the possibility that somebody inside his country or outside
his country will try to assassinate him. And he has created a special security
system for himself. He is not staying in any location more than six hours. He
is moving around the country. He is often holding meetings in caravans. He has
his own security force around him. That security force is joined by about 2,000
other troops as he moves around. But he keeps exchanging those 2,000 troops 50
they're not the same ones. And that is his principal concern. But what he
believes is-
DONALDSON: Pierre?
SALINGER: Yes?
DONALDSON: Pierre, I was just going to interrupt to ask you about your phrase
that Saddam believes that "time is on his side." I know in Lebanon, the United
States pulled out, and there was an example to the Arab world of perhaps no
staying power. But in this case, the United States, as you know, has a vital
interest- oil- at stake. Why do Arabs believe that we'll pull out here?
SALINGER: I don't think that's Saddam Hussein's point of view. He thinks that
the longer the U.S. stays in Saudi Arabia, the larger the Arab support will
grow for him in Arab nations. He sees a growing Arab unhappiness- in fact, a
growing hate of the Arabs for the United States' penetration into the Middle
East, and playing the role that they are. And he says that he is not going to
make any kind of attack, but if he is attacked, he plans to return by missile
attacks on Saudi Arabia and on Israel.
DONALDSON: Well, let me pull in someone now who may give us some insight on
another one of Saddam Hussein's plans, and that is for the stranded Americans
who are in Kuwait, and who are in Baghdad. Forrest Sawyer is in Baghdad
tonight. Forrest, what can you tell us about the plight of the Americans
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there?
FORREST SAWYER, ABC News: [via telephone] I can tell you that a call, Sam, came
to the U.S. ambassador in Kuwait today from the Iraqi military forces in
control, and the message was pretty clear: Have all the 2,500 or so Americans in
Kuwait report to a hotel near the embassy- in effect, round them up. And the
answer came back very quickly we wouldn't do that if we could. And now it's a
little past 6 o'clock on Friday morning, and it certainly does not look like the
Americans are going to comply with the request that came in from the Iraqis, and
the next move is going to be theirs.
DONALDSON: I take it we don't have any idea what they'll do.
SAWYER: [via telephone] Well, we haven't had any idea what they would do up to
this point, 50 I guess that's true. And there are certainly problems up here
with Americans, as well, Sam.
SAWYER: Sam and Forrest, we should point out that the President said that
contact was made with the hotel where allegedly the Americans were to be taken,
and the hotel had been told nothing about it. Pierre, was there any word from
your sources about Saddam's current view of hostage-taking?
SALINGER: Well, the word "hostages" has not been used, but Saddam Hussein told
my sources that he would release, occasionally, a few Americans, but that he was
going to keep the large number of Americans inside Iraq and Kuwait. He also
said that if he thought he was being threatened by U.S. attacks, he might move
some of the Americans to some of the missile sites in Iraq that might be targets
of U.S. attacks.
SAWYER: So he clearly plans to hold onto some Americans.
SALINGER: That is what my sources tell me.
SAWYER: Sam?
DONALDSON: Well, I just wanted to ask Pierre one final question. If Saddam
believes this is going to play out on his side, does he have a timetable? How
long will it take?
SALINGER: Well, what he said to the sources I talked to, he said "We have enough
food in Iraq. We may have to be a little careful how we eat it, but we have
enough food to last for a year. Therefore, we're going to hold out. We're
going to wait, and we're going to see the evolution of the Arab world," and what
he believes- Saddam Hussein believes- the beginning of growing-
DONALDSON: All right. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Pierre
Salinger. Well, if the United States and Iraq were to begin fighting, it would
give the United States the chance to use a whole slew of new weapons that have
never been- or seldom been- used before. [voice-over] Let's take a look at some
of them. There is the F-117 Stealth fighter, which is supposed to evade radar;
the F-18 Hornet, a lightweight fighter capable of taking off from an aircraft
carrier; the M-1 tank, a highly accurate tank that can shoot on the move, day or
night; the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, an armored tank companion to the M-1;
multiple-launch rocket systems, which can fire 12 rockets in less than a minute;
and chemical weapons suits as protection against Iraqi poison gas, should that
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be used. We'll be back with more of our program in just a moment.
ANNOUNCER: When we return: the children of StarCross, Brother Toby's little
ones. They love picnics, playgrounds and polar bears just like other children.
But they are not like other children, they have AIDS. Toby's work with AIDS
babies at home and in Romania has inspired people from coast to coast. Coming
up, we'll talk to him live.
[Commercial break]
SAWYER: Last week, we introduced you to a man named Toby McCarroll. You'll
remember he's the lay minister who travelled to Romania to bring love to AIDS
babies who have no one else to love them, to hug all the children who have no
one to touch them. Well, during this past week, we received hundreds and
hundreds of phone calls and letters from all of you. Some offered money, some
offered time, and a lot of them just asked for more information. And because of
that, we asked Jay Schadler to bring us more tonight on Brother Toby and his
tender mission to put smiles on the faces of suffering children.
Toby's Journey
JAY SCHADLER, ABC News: [voice- over] When you're two years old and you have
AIDS, a healthy moment is a moment to be celebrated. And 50 it was earlier this
week for the children and adults of the StarCross Community who took a trip to
the San Francisco Zoo in celebration of Tina. One of the Community's four
adopted children infected with the AIDS virus, Tina had just battled back from
two weeks of terrible sickness, and was feeling stronger again.
Brother TOBY McCARROLL: Yeah! What did the elephant say?
SCHADLER: [voice-over] But for Brother Toby McCarroll, these days when his
children are free of pain remind him of the little ones still imprisoned in
theirs, and of his recent visit to the wards of AIDS babies in Romania.
Brother TOBY: Time after time, as I've been with the kids in the last several
days, my feeling is that if these children had been in Romania, they would be
dead. In Romania, there is the feeling they're somewhat less than human,
they're going to die anyway.
SCHADLER: [voice- over] Brother Toby's feelings are about life, not death, that
children with AIDS don't belong in hospitals, they belong in the sunshine.
There'll be time enough for cold needles and steel beds, not enough time for
warm hands and big shoulders.
Brother TOBY: Well, I have to put you down. This is very rough for me, so
let's- oh, you don't want to go down? Okay.
SCHADLER: [voice-over] During two weeks here, Brother Toby saw more than 300
Romanian infants with AIDS, a small fraction of children who have the disease.
Brother TOBY: Yeah. Yeah. You have one, too. I have a nose, you have a nose.
All God's children have noses. Yeah, that's right.
SCHADLER: [voice-over] Since returning home a few weeks ago, Brother Toby has
been consumed with helping the children he left behind. He never stops
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telling their story. Only now, people are starting to listen.
Brother TOBY: Like, how does it translate into actually doing some good for the
kids who are over there?
SCHADLER: And it seems that those who weren't picking up a phone to call Brother
Toby were picking up a pen to write him. His story touched off a small
landslide of letters here at Primetime, too- letters from lawyers and
waitresses, students and store keepers- different people, but all with the same
question: "How can I help the children?" This letter, for example, is from a
single mother, and she writes "I can cook, clean, comfort and hug, and I read a
good bedtime story, too. I hope that you'll be able to use me." And a bank
executive writes, "To turn our backs on these children is to turn our backs on
ourselves. I have a big heart, a steady hand and a strong back."
KAREN THEOBALD: "I also know a lot of children's songs and games, although I
have been accused of singing off-key. My lap is large, and made for rocking
children."
Brother TOBY: Our purpose, I think, is to convince the world that these children
are humans, and are worth investing in. And we do it by example, by taking care
of the kids ourselves.
SCHADLER: [voice-over] Teaching by example- that's what Brother Taby and these
six volunteers will try to do. Yesterday, he gathered them together for their
first lesson in what will be two months of training, learning to care for the
children living with AIDS, learning to cope with the harsh realities of working
in Romania. That done, they will leave their lives here to spend at least six
months over there. The banker, Karen Theobald:
Ms. THEOBALD: People always say, "Why?" And I think, for me, the question is,
"Why not?"
SCHADLER: [voice-over] Sally Ludwall is a travel agent.
SALLY LUDWALL: I've raised my children. My two sons are out on their own now.
And I'm looking for a way to continue to give.
Brother TOBY: But right here on the Danube is Chernyvoda, which is a real
hell-hole for the children. So our interest is in this area.
SCHADLER: [voice-over] At first, the Starcross volunteers will help in Romanian
hospitals, but the goal is to quickly open homes, shelters, far from these gray
walls. Eventually, the Romanians themselves will operate the homes- perhaps a
wave of compassion from a ripple of hope.
Brother TOBY: But we will have to sustain them. There will have to be enough of
a financial base here that would be an ongoing thing.
VOLUNTEER: An ongoing commitment.
Brother TOBY: That's correct, it's from here on out.
SCHADLER: [voice-over] But in the midst of all this planning for Romania, a
fresh reality closes in at home. AIDS has come calling again. Tina has
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fallen sick again.
Sister JULIE DeROSSI: When she was taking a nap, I noticed on the back of her
arm shingles, which she'd had for about a month earlier this summer.
MEDICAL STAFFER: I'm going to listen to your heart.
Sister MARTI AGGELER: She has AIDS. Her immune system is not functioning. And
it's very hard to control things that other people don't have any trouble with,
such as chicken pox can be deadly.
SCHADLER: [voice- over] By late last night, the crisis had passed. Tina was
home for bedtime stories and songs. Time to "Wish Upon a Star," time to forget.
When children are running from AIDS, time is never on their side.
Brother TOBY: I don't want to live in a world where we can just forget a couple
of thousand children and look the other way until some time when someone tells
us, "Oh, okay. Open your eyes, they're dead now."
SAWYER: Brother Toby joins us now, live from his farm in Annapolis, California.
Brother Toby, there's clearly a lot of heart out there, but does it translate
into practical help for you? What kind of commitment do you want from people who
want to volunteer?
Brother TOBY: Well, we need very flexible people, obviously. We don't know what
the future is going to hold. We need people who can put aside any self-interest
and just focus on the needs of the children. But I think, Diane, the underlying
thing is we need people who are not afraid to cry, and who are not afraid to
keep on going.
SAWYER: What's the minimum amount of time that you think is worth it?
Brother TOBY: Well, I really think we have to have people who are able to give
at least six months, and hopefully more than that.
SAWYER: So, in your-
Brother TOBY: Because-
SAWYER: I was going to say, in your view, with six months, that's a lot of time.
Does money make more sense than an offer to volunteer at this point?
Brother TOBY: Well, unfortunately, right now, we haven't received the kind of
cooperation from the Romanian government we had hoped for. And 50 we are being
held up by money, because we're going to have to go out and get facilities which
we had hoped would be made available to us.
SAWYER: Why? Why isn't the Romanian government cooperating?
Brother TOBY: There's been a problem in the last four months or so, and many
organizations have been very discouraged. I think it may be a certain
callousness. It may be not quite understanding the problem, maybe being
embarrassed by it. Or it may simply be that they don't have the means to
respond. But whatever it is, I don't think we can look for much help from the
official circles in Romania.
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SAWYER: Well, if they don't have the means to respond and are not helping, what
would happen if you went to them and said, "Let us bring the babies here"?
Brother TOBY: Well, I think that they would probably agree. I think the problem
there would be getting our own government to agree to- especially to the medical
expenses that might come involved with it. The Romanians were very happy to
have many of the children adopted. I think they would not resist having
children with AIDS leave their country, but I think we'd have a lot of trouble
in this country getting legislation.
SAWYER: Just to be clear, now, before we leave you, you want the letters to keep
coming? You still want the volunteers? You're going to train them?
Brother TOBY: Yeah. We need- there's no limit to how many people we need. And
we want everything to keep coming. AIDS- any part of the AIDS epidemic is a
very lonely business, and this kind of outpouring, which I think says a lot, not
only about Romania, but also about the nature of caring Americans, has really
meant a lot to us.
SAWYER: How is Tina tonight?
Brother TOBY: Well, Tina is fine. As I came to meet with you, she was having
her third dinner of the evening, and so I think she's okay. Her medication has
increased, but we're all together here tonight, and that's the important thing.
SAWYER: Well, we wish a blessing for her, and for all your work. Thank you very
much.
Brother TOBY: Thank you.
ANNOUNCER: When we come back: He's a macho, good old boy who puts down gays,
jokes about rape-
MOLLY IVINS, "Dallas Times Herald": A woman was actually raped by a man here, by
a man who quoted Clayton Williams to her, who said to her, "Relax and enjoy it."
ANNOUNCER: Who is Clayton Williams? The Republican nominee for governor of
Texas, when Primetime continues after this from our ABC stations.
[Commercial break]
ANNOUNCER: Primetime continues. Once again, Diane Sawyer.
SAWYER: Get out your hip boots and mud guards. We are going to wade into Texas
politics, where a man named Clayton Williams is running for governor. The
election is this fall, and the state faces a lot of tough problems: a shattered
economy, a school system 50 bad that it's been taken over by the court. But the
man now swaggering down Main Street is running first and foremost as a cowboy,
and making a lot of Texans ponder that old Will Rogers saying, "Things aren't
like they used to be, and probably never were.' Judd Rose rides shotgun next to
the man who would be governor.
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JUDD ROSE, ABC News: [voice-over] This is the new Texas, where the prairies
sprout skyscrapers, the cattle drives never seem to get anywhere, and the king
of the cowboys is some preppy from New England. Well, read our lips: No new
Texas. Ah, now that's better. This is the old Texas, the one we all think
of when we think of Texas, the Wild West of legend, where the men were proud and
tough, bigger than life, men like- well, like John Wayne.
CLAYTON WILLIAMS: John Wayne is a dream of what we wish we were. He's six foot
four, I'm five foot eight. But I wished I were six foot four. I wished I were
macho and tall and handsome. Here I am, five foot eight- I'd like to be like
John Wayne. I'll never be like John Wayne. But my drive and desire- I wished I
could be.
ROSE: [voice-over] Clayton Williams owns a building in Midland, Texas. And in
the lobby, he put a statue of John Wayne. He has a smaller one in his office,
and he's even got a portrait on the wall. He's also got a dream of Wayne in his
head. In this dream, he is the Duke- riding tall, talking tough- a modern-day
Marlboro Man come to bring law and order to an untamed land. Oh, yes, Clayton
Williams has a dream. [campaign commercial]
Mr. WILLIAMS: My dream is to bring Texas back to greatness like it has been most
of my life. If somebody tells you Texas can't be great again, you tell them they
haven't met Clayton Williams.
ROSE: [voice-over] If you haven't met him, well, step right up and say, "Howdy,"
Bubba
Mr. WILLIAMS: Clayton Williams.
1st VOTER: Hey, how're you doing?
Mr. WILLIAMS: Nice to see you.
ROSE: [voice-over] Call him "Claytie," everybody does. He's a rancher, a
banker, an oil and gas man. He runs a $100 million empire in everything from
cattle to communications. One of the few things he's never done is run for
public office. But now he's the Republican candidate for governor.
Mr. WILLIAMS: How're you? How about a sugar? Is this your baby?
ROSE: Go back to December, 1988. A reporter asked you whether you had any
ambitions to run for political office, and you said, "I may be dumb, but I'm not
stupid." What happened?
Mr. WILLIAMS: I may be stupid.
ROSE: [voice-over] Say what you want about Williams, he's as subtle as a garlic
sandwich. Tales of his flamboyance abound, like the time he rode a horse up the
steps of the state capitol to lobby against a bill he didn't like. Here is a
man who can't resist a silly costume, never met a mariachi he didn't like- a
candidate who will take you to his favorite greasy spoon, order spicy food, and
show off the results.
Mr. WILLIAMS: These hamburgers make your head swim. If you look at the top of
my head, it's glistening. Look here.
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ROSE: Is that why you keep the hat on?
Mr. WILLIAMS: That's one reason. But when you eat those jalapenos, the heat
comes right out the top. No kidding, look at this.
MOLLY IVINS, "Dallas Times Herald": There are some people back East who think
that old Clayton Williams can't be elected because he'd make the state an
international laughing stock. Well, one of the odd charms about Texas is that
we really don't give much of a damn what other people think of us. So we like
cowboys. We never wanted to be New Jersey anyway.
JOHN WAYNE: Now, that ain't a bad stab at putting it into words.
Mr. WILLIAMS: [singing] While they're putting the bull in the chute, I'm
a-lashing my spurs to the heels of my boots looks that bull over and to my
surprise, there's a foot and a half in between his blue eyes!
ROSE: [voice-over] Crooning like a cowboy around a campfire has carried Claytie
a long way in a short time. Barely a year ago, he was a political unknown. Now
the polls say he'll be doing a victory dance come November. But he hasn't done
it on old-fashioned charm alone. [on cameral No, this race is all about the
weapons of modern politics, like money- it's already the most expensive race for
governor in American history- and mud- it's a dirty campaign, and getting
dirtier all the time- and sex- is Texas ready for a woman governor? They're
calling this race "Claytie versus the lady.' The lady is Texas Treasurer Ann
Richards. [voice- over] You might remember Richards from the 1988 Democratic
convention where she took a memorable shot at George Bush.
ANN RICHARDS: Poor George. He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in
his mouth.
ROSE: [voice-over] Now she and Williams are headed for a showdown at Gender Gap.
Polls show a majority of women favor Richards, but Williams is even stronger
with men, especially what's known in Texas as "the Bubba vote."
Mr. WILLIAMS: I like to hunt and fish. Bubba generally does. I've never
denied I enjoy a beer or two when I'm singing with the mariachis or picking my
guitar. A lot of my life, I had calluses on my hands, and I identify with the
working man. I am a working man.
ROSE: [voice-over] Claytie may be at home on the range, but he admitted recently
he's not 50 comfortable running against a woman. Richards teased him about that
when they met on the campaign trail.
Ms. RICHARDS: Well, Clayton!
Mr. WILLIAMS: Hello, Ann. How are you [unintelligible].
Ms. RICHARDS: I'm 50 glad to see you. You don't have to be scared of me,
Claytie.
ROSE: [voice-over] In fact, Richards has done far less to cost Claytie the
women's vote than he's done himself. A few months back, he provoked howls of
outrage with a joke comparing bad weather to rape. "If it's inevitable," he
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said, "just relax and enjoy it."
Ms. IVINS: Five days after the publicity about Clayton Williams's crack about
rape, a woman was actually raped by a man here, by a man who quoted Clayton
Williams to her, who said to her, "Relax and enjoy it. Like Claytie Williams
says, it's inevitable." And I think with that, although it did not get as much
publicity as the original crack by Williams, it became clear even to the dimmest
souls what was wrong with that joke.
ROSE: [voice-over] Williams apologized, but soon got in more hot water by
admitting that as a young man, he'd gone to Mexican brothels because, as he put
it- [interviewing] -"The houses were the only place where you could get service
back then. =
Mr. WILLIAMS: Yeah. Poor choice of words.
ROSE: Is that the way you looked at it, "getting serviced"?
Mr. WILLIAMS: Oh, it was just something I did back in those days that I wouldn't
do again.
ROSE: You're saying you're ashamed of it?
Mr. WILLIAMS: Oh, I'm not saying I'm ashamed of it. I'm just saying it
happened. I wouldn't do it again. I'm not a perfect man.
ROSE: [voice-over] It's not that Texans were so shocked by Williams's past, far
from it.
2nd VOTER: Oh, good grief. I'm from Texas, and I know that's part of what young
boys did when they grew up in those ages.
ROSE: [voice-over] That may be the way it used to be, but Williams's critics
worry that he hankers a little too much for the old ways, that his mistakes
reveal a disturbingly narrow view of the modern world. For instance, in an age
when candidates routinely court the gay vote, Williams has no use for gays, and
no apologies.
Mr. WILLIAMS: I don't support the- I don't believe in the gay lifestyle. I
don't believe that's the right way for mankind.
ROSE: Do you foresee that that could cause you any problems with the voters?
Mr. WILLIAMS: Well, I hope not.
ROSE: I mean, you look at San Francisco and New York, Chicago, Los Angeles-
Mr. WILLIAMS: I'm running for mayor- governor of Texas, not mayor of San
Francisco, you know.
ROSE: [voice-over] He's got a point. That's the kind of attitude Bubba can
relate to, and it only enhances Claytie's cowboy credentials, just like when he
'fessed up to a fist fight with a disgruntled ex-employee.
Mr. WILLIAMS: I decked him, and I'd do it again.
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3rd VOTER: He believes what he says, and he backs it up with action, and that's
what Texans are about.
4th VOTER: He's just our kind of people. He's a man.
ROSE: [voice-over] A man who's brawled and boozed and whored, and doesn't cotton
to any alternative lifestyle- a throwback to the Old West, not unlike the image
his ads promote so relentlessly. [campaign commercial]
Mr. WILLIAMS: You give this fellow a whack at that budget, and I'll find enough
money to build some prisons, hire some lawmen and save some, to boot. And you
can count on that.
ROSE: [voice-over] Williams has a war chest of more than $12 million, half of it
from his own pocket. And he's spent a lot of it on TV time. He's outspent Ann
Richards three to one.
Ms. RICHARDS: Clayton Williams is going to have a lot of money to try to buy
this race, and I think he's going to have some really slick TV. But I think in
the long haul, he's trying to be governor of Texas, and the people want to know
what he knows about government.
ROSE: Which is?
Ms. RICHARDS: Not much. Not much.
JOHN WAYNE: Maybe you're right.
ROSE: [voice-over] Maybe, but Williams's lack of political experience actually
seems to be one of his biggest assets.
5th VOTER: Lots of people didn't have any political experience. How about
George Washington?
ROSE: Are you comparing Clayton to George Washington?
5th VOTER: Well, sure!
6th VOTER: Clayton Williams is like the Ronald Reagan of Texas.
ROSE: [voice-over] Exactly SO. When Claytie rides into town, it is morning in
Texas again.
Mr. WILLIAMS: We stand for God and our country, and for our own basic values of
a day's work for a day's pay; for honesty, integrity, Boy Scouts.
ROSE: [voice-over] He wraps himself in the flag, he talks tough. Kids who get
busted for drugs, Claytie says, send them to military-style work camps.
Mr. WILLIAMS: That's where I'm going to introduce those kids to the joys of
busting some rocks.
ROSE: [voice-over] The crowds love it. "A man of the people," they say. "One
of us."
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JIM HIGHTOWER, Texas Secretary of Agriculture: We're being presented this image
of a man kind of sweeping in from the prairie, but this guy swept in on his own
corporate jet. He's supposed to be this ordinary man, and he's ordinary- as
ordinary as anybody else who's got $100 million in personal wealth.
ROSE: [voice-over] It's true, Williams has a jet nicknamed "Lonesome Dove." He
wears only boots, but he's also got a taste for expensive, custom-made suits and
Hermes ties. Which is not to say Williams is some bogus buckaroo. He's a
fourth-generation Texan who grew up roping and riding. He's an Aggie- a
graduate of Texas A&M- and proud of it. So proud he painted his oil rigs in the
school colors. So proud that when we asked him to sing the school song, he got
all choked up.
Mr. WILLIAMS: I try not to show that, but you get- I am emotional!
ROSE: This is a side of you that we don't see very often.
Mr. WILLIAMS: Well, you're not supposed to do it that way. John Wayne wouldn't
do it that way.
JOHN WAYNE: Huh?
ROSE: [voice-over] The walls of Williams's office in Midland are lined with
mementos of his years as an entrepreneur, of the many businesses he's built and
managed, the oil wells he's drilled, the cattle ranches he owns, the magazine
that listed him among the 400 hundred richest Americans. Here, too, is a
menagerie of exotic animals, souvenirs of the passion for big game hunting that
Williams shares with his wife. [interviewing] Is that one of yours there?
MODESTA WILLIAMS: Yes.
ROSE: What is that?
Ms. WILLIAMS: That's a little bush buck from Africa.
ROSE: But I guess that's one of the smaller kills.
Ms. WILLIAMS: Yes. I was proud of that, because they're very quick little
animals, and I was pleased to be able to take that one.
ROSE: Some people would look around at all the stuffed animals and 50 forth, and
say that that's blood sport.
Mr. WILLIAMS: Well, you know, everybody's entitled to their opinion, like the
gays.
ROSE: [voice-over] Loose talk? Maybe. But lately, gays and gay causes have
become a running theme for Williams. He's attacked Ann Richards for supporting
the repeal of a law that makes sodomy a crime, and his new ads note ominously
that she's getting money from gays. [campaign commercial]
ANNOUNCER: The real Ann Richards is running her campaign with the support of the
Gay and Lesbian Caucus, inmates of death row and every tax-and-spend liberal in
Hollywood and New York
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ROSE: [voice-over] Even worse, says Williams, she's accepted contributions from
a group that includes Jane Fonda.
Mr. WILLIAMS: Farmers contribute to me thinking I might understand farmers'
problems. Businessmen support me. I might understand business problems. If a
traitor contributes to you, hoping that you'll believe like they do.
Ms. RICHARDS: To suggest somehow that we are less than patriotic is absolutely
outrageous! And I never thought- I never thought!- that Clayton Williams would
stoop to that level.
ROSE: [voice-over] Why not? It works. In 1988, the Bush campaign linked
Michael Dukakis with Willie Horton. [campaign commercial]
ANNOUNCER: Horton fled, kidnaped a young couple, stabbing the man and repeatedly
raping his girlfriend.
ROSE: [voice-over] The rest is history. And as it happens, the White House is
keeping an active hand in this campaign. This is, after all, the President's
home state, even if he is sort of a Kennebunkport cowboy. [interviewing] George
Bush says he's a Texan. Is he your idea of a Texan?
Mr. WILLIAMS: There's no question in my mind he's a Texan. He came to the oil
patch, which was tough, made his way. You don't have to be a cowboy to be a
Texan. It doesn't hurt.
ROSE: [voice-over] And that's a lesson that hasn't been lost on Claytie
Williams, 50 he gallops forward, guns blazing, hell-bent for November, just like
John Wayne. Of course, in the movies, the Duke always won. But then, this is
not the movies. [interviewing] What do you think of John Wayne?
Ms. RICHARDS: Well, he's a whole lot bigger than Clayton.
JOHN WAYNE: I'll be damned if she didn't get the last word in again!
DONALDSON: If you think some of Texas' customs can be quaint, and some Texans
can be somewhat different, you should come here to Saudi Arabia. We'll tell you
about some of the Saudi customs when Primetime continues.
[Commercial break]
DONALDSON: Every country has its own customs that take some getting used to.
But American soldiers arriving here have had to take a crash course to learn how
to act. Saudi Arabia ain't Pennsylvania. No liquor is allowed in this country,
and such magazines as Playboy and Penthouse 20are prohibited as obscene. And
there's more. Mike Von Fremd asked some GIs what they've learned.
1st SOLDIER: There are certain cultures, and so certain problems that could
happen between them people and us.
MIKE VON FREMD, ABC News: Like what?
1st SOLDIER: As far as- just as simple as crossing your leg. They do not- they
get insulted if you put- show your sole of your foot at them. That is an
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insult to them.
VON FREMD: I want to know, how about you're walking into- down the street, and
you see a Saudi woman. Can you smile at her?
1st SOLDIER: No, you can't. In fact, they tell you not to- not even to look at
the women, nor even stare a man in the eye, because that's a sign of aggression.
VON FREMD: And what could happen to you?
1st SOLDIER: He will probably come out and try to beat you up.
2nd SOLDIER: The hardest thing to deal with here, for me, was the prayer times.
When you go downtown, or any of the off-base involvement or anything like that,
you had to deal with watching- taking- making sure you didn't interrupt in their
prayer times. They have specific times during the day that you can't go
anywhere. And that's just the way it is. You know, this is their culture, and
it's the procedure we go by.
VON FREMD: Do they do things any slower, or do they- what happens if they offer
you food? Tell me about the pace of things, and if you're offered food, what do
your bosses tell you to do?
2nd SOLDIER: They're very cordial about that. They make very important that
they're very cordial. They offer you things. And it's expected that you accept
that from them, you know? That's their way of saying, "Thank you," and, you
know, they're very diligent people.
VON FREMD: And if you're in a hurry?
2nd SOLDIER: You don't be in a hurry. This is no place to be in a hurry, not at
all.
DONALDSON: In addition to all that, here are some other points. It is
considered barbaric here for a person of importance to do any kind of manual
labor, and that includes working at home as well as the office. And an Arab
stands about a foot away from another Arab in private conversation. If you
stand farther away, as most Americans do, an Arab thinks you don't like him.
And here's one. Never use here that American self- deprecating phrase, "I don't
know, but I'll find out." A Saudi will never listen to you again. Experts know
everything. Diane?
SAWYER: Well, Sam, there was even a story back here about the female soldiers
with the American troops causing quite a ripple over there. In the 115-degree
heat, some of them took off their jackets. They had on sleeveless shirts. In a
country where women don't even show an ankle, it was a national shock, a real
scandal, right?
DONALDSON: That's absolutely correct. Soldiers have had to learn how to deport
themselves. And for the most part, I must tell you, things seem to be going
well. It's only been a few days, but all of the Saudis that I've talked to say
they are very impressed about how polite the Americans are. I hope they don't
learn differently.
SAWYER: What about the Arab troops we hear are coming in? Have you seen any
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of them?
DONALDSON: No, I haven't. I know that there are some Egyptians here, and
Moroccans are either here or on the way. That, of course, is very important to
the idea of a multi-national force, to an idea of Arab solidarity, to try to
refute the idea that Pierre Salinger was expressing earlier, that Saddam Hussein
really has the Arab man in the street behind him.
SAWYER: Let me ask you about alert status there, as well. I've wondered, is it
always red alert, always maximum alert? And what does that mean for the
American troops? Do they ever get a chance to relax? Are there varying
degrees?
DONALDSON: Well, there are varying degrees. The troops are not on maximum
alert, I can assure you. Now, in forward locations near the Kuwaiti border, of
course the alert status is much higher. But people don't have their gas masks
on, they don't have their gas mask suits ready. And right here- and, of course,
once again, I can't tell you where we are- right here, troops are lounging
around in a state of alert that would take them about, what, three hours,
fellows, to get moving?
SAWYER: Any sense, yet, of the command central that they're working out, there?
You say the Arab troops haven't been seen by you yet. Any sense how that's
going to work, who really is going to be in charge?
DONALDSON: Well, let's face it, the American commanders will be in charge of
American troops. And because the firepower that we've brought to the Persian
Gulf in our navy and on the ground, here, and in the air is so overwhelming, we
would direct any sort of battle that might erupt down from the Kuwaiti border.
At the same time, as I say, they're very sensitive- and we're very sensitive to
the Saudi pride. We've been invited in. There are a lot of Arabs who are
already saying, "The Americans will never leave. Now that they're there,
they're going to take over the kingdom." And I think everybody here is very
sensitive to showing that that's not going to be the case.
SAWYER: All right, Sam. Well, don't say, "I don't know, but I'll find out."
DONALDSON: I never say, "I don't know."
SAWYER: No, that's true! Never in doubt. We'll wrap it up from here. That's
it. 20/20 up tomorrow night with George Steinbrenner in an interview with
Barbara Walters. Good night from New York, and good night to you, Sam.
DONALDSON: Good night, Diane. I am Sam Donaldson, somewhere in Saudi Arabia.
Don't forget Ted Koppel will be along, and many of us will join him on Nightline
later tonight. And please join us again next Thursday evening for another
edition of Primetime Live.
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The New York Times
January 19, 1992, Sunday, Late Edition I Final
SECTION: Section 1; Part 1; Page 16; Column 1; National Desk
LENGTH: 1095 words
HEADLINE: Texas Governor Proves Adept in Her First Year
BYLINE: By ROBERTO SURO, Special to The New York Times
DATELINE: AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 17
BODY:
The day after Ann W. Richards was elected Governor of Texas in November 1990,
she described politics in Texas as "a contact sport" and "not for the weak or
the lily-livered."
While no one would accuse her of being docile in her year in office, Governor
Richards has behaved more like a chess player than a linebacker.
She has made deals and compromises with other powerful politicians, and when
she has resorted to head-on tackles, she has picked easy targets like the
insurance industry or the operators of troubled nursing homes. Having campaigned
as a no-nonsense reformer impatient with the good-old-boy system of Texas
governance, in office she has shrewdly practiced the art of the possible.
And, as she begins her second year, Governor Richards seems very mindful of
the limitations she faces.
In a news conference Thursday to mark her anniversary, she bemoaned court
orders on legislative redistricting and school finance as well as the
difficulties of taming the state bureaucracy and, most of all, the uncertainties
of a souring economy.
"Texas is now very much vulnerable to the vagaries of the national economy,"
said Governor Richards, a Democrat. "We no longer have the insulation of cotton
or cattle or oil. We are going to feel this recession very much."
When she entered office, Governor Richards said she counted on a rising
economy to help Texas avoid tax increases. Asked Thursday how the recession
would affect the state's fiscal prospects, she was unusually gloomy and
uncertain, saying, "Well, I really don't know."
Just six months ago she faced the prospect of a $4.5 billion deficit in the
1992-93 biennial budget, and for the first time the idea of imposing a state
income tax was receiving serious attention. She was saved that pain when John
Sharp, the state Comptroller, came up with proposals for $4 billion in spending
cuts, many of which were enacted.
The air of crisis helped her persuade the Democratic-controlled Legislature
to narrowly approve a lottery, one of her chief campaign proposals, but even 50
the state adopted a $2.7 billion tax increase that included a revision of the
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state's major tax on businesses. Although the levy is not strictly an income
tax, businesses that used to pay taxes only on their capital assets now pay
either on assets or income, whichever is greater.
In a statement marking the Governor's first year in office, Fred Meyer,
chairman of the Texas Republican Party, said she "campaigned against an income
tax, promised in July there would not be an income tax, then signed Texas' first
income tax into law in August."
Avoiding Political Disaster
But 50 far Governor Richards has escaped the political disasters visited on
other governors who have increased levies: The tax increase here affected
businesses rather than individuals and Governor Richards has avoided being
perceived as its author.
"Everyone knew there was going to have to be a tax increase when she came
into office, just as everyone knew George Bush was going to have to go back on
his 'no new taxes' pledge," said David Prindle, a professor of government at the
University of Texas at Austin. "But she certainly put forth a consistent public
face of being forced to accept something unwillingly, and she did it much more
successfully than the President did with his tax increase."
Mr. Meyer said that the state is heading for "disaster of titanic
proportions," and while such a claim may be partisan, a number of the Governor's
fellow Democrats acknowledge that the fiscal crisis was merely postponed last
summer and that another reckoning is due when the Legislature draws up the next
two-year budget in 1993.
Looming over the state and its Governor is the unresolved question of how to
equalize financing among school districts that vary widely in their ability to
raise money from property taxes. Having already rejected two previous school
finance plans, the Texas Supreme Court is considering challenges to a law
enacted last year that boosts state spending and redistributes locally raised
money among rich and poor school districts.
This law is expected to increase state spending by as much as $5 billion over
the next four years, and there is still the possibility that the court will
demand more.
Governor Richards displayed some of her trademark verbal ferocity Thursday
when she accused the court of "inappropriate and capricious" behavior in
continuing to ponder the case even as school districts are set to collect taxes
under the new plan at the end of this month. "We are all mystified at this
point," she said.
A I New Texas' ?
Ann Richards, 58 years old, came to the Governor's office after eight years
as State Treasurer by defeating a rancher and oilman, Clayton Williams, who
strutted his nostalgia for Texas's myths. Last January, Governor Richards
proclaimed her inauguration "the first day of the new Texas. II
But, unlike other governors who have taken office determined to remake their
states and who have immediately begun battles against the established powers
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-- the recently defeated Buddy Roemer of Louisiana being an example -- Governor
Richards has operated within the constraints of political reality.
While she has not been able to enact all of the ambitious agenda she set out
in her early days, she can point to some notable accomplishments. A package of
measures to stabilize insurance rates and combat fraud is perhaps her clearest
victory. She also has far more minority and female appointees than her
predecessors had. But on the environment and on ethics in government she has
bargained rather than battered and has accepted compromises.
Sometimes her methods have seemed more akin to the old Texas than the new
one she proclaimed.
Republicans and news organizations accused her of violating the Texas Open
Meetings Act when she plotted strategy with members of the powerful Legislative
Budget Board at a private retreat on a virtually inaccessible coastal island
last June, and at other key moments she has been caught operating behind closed
doors.
Mary Beth Rogers, the Governor's chief of staff, said, "The Governor is
certainly an outsider in terms of the industries that have traditionally tried
to dominate this state government, but in terms of understanding how you make
things happen in this very cumbersome legislative process, she's no outsider."
She added: "You don't always have to hit people over the head with a baseball
bat to get things done. When you have the power of this office there are other
ways you can effect change."
GRAPHIC: Photo: Gov. Ann Richards (Paul Conklin)
TYPE: Biography
SUBJECT: ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND TRENDS; POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
NAME: RICHARDS, ANN (GOV); SURO, ROBERTO
GEOGRAPHIC: TEXAS
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Copyright 1991 - American Lawyer Newspapers Group, Inc.
Texas Lawyer
October 14, 1991
SECTION: COMMENTARY; Pg. 13
LENGTH: 937 words
HEADLINE: THE I NEW TEXAS' ISN'T SO NEW
BYLINE: TAKING LIBERTIES by James C. Harrington; James C. Harrington is director
of the Texas Civil Rights Project in Austin, where he teaches and practices law.
His column appears regularly in Texas Lawyer.
HIGHLIGHT:
People on death row are still fit offerings on the altar of political
expedience.
BODY:
Ann Richards won the election (or, more probably, Clayton Williams lost it)
because people really did want a new Texas. They just couldn't stomach
Williams' warmed-over good ol' boy smorgasbord, complete with meanness, sexist
jokes, simplistic world views and tax-dodging.
Williams was not one whom voters wanted projecting Texas to the nation. Our
reputation is already difficult enough. Besides, he may have run a phone
company, but he did not seem to have it together enough to bring the Legislature
around to fixing the systems that deliver education, run corrections facilities
and provide service for people with mental disabilities ---------- all of which were
under court supervision because of prior incompetence and lack of attention.
To be sure, Richards has taken giant steps in some areas. Probably her array
of diverse appointments to the bench and agency boards is the governor's
greatest contribution to date.
But the 11 New Texas" about which she speaks so eloquently is not yet upon
us, and nothing underlined this more than Richards' willingness to send James
Russell to his death on Sept. 19, even in the face of questionable trial
evidence and discriminatory jury selection.
Russell was convicted of killing 24-year-old Thomas Stearns in Houston in
1974. The all-Anglo jury, chosen through the district attorney's use of
peremptory strikes to exclude blacks, convicted him solely on circumstantial
evidence. His fingerprints were not found at the scene or on the murder weapon.
Police did not find the victim's buried body for a month after he was killed,
and only then at the direction of Sonny Harris, the admitted purchaser and owner
of the gun that was used to kill Stearns. Harris told the police that Russell
had confessed to him, and that is how Harris knew where the body was. Two of
the prosecution's main witnesses changed their stories repeatedly over the
three-year period leading up to Russell's trial, and his court-appointed
attorney was reported by Nokoa, an Austin weekly newspaper, to have shown up
during the trial itself with the smell of alcohol on his breath. This
allegation was raised in the petition asking for a 30-day reprieve.
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As more and more contradictions came to light, the NAACP Legal Defense &
Education Fund began a drive to block Russell's execution, at least temporarily,
until all this could be more thoroughly investigated. That included joining
with Amnesty International in seeking a 30-day reprieve from Richards. They
were unsuccessful.
In fact, the most alarming facet of the Russell execution was Richards'
unwillingness even to grant a 30-day stay, during which new evidence, or claims
of new evidence, could have been evaluated. Richards even refused to meet with
a group of Russell's friends and people fearing the possibility of wrongful
execution, who waited eight hours to see her.
Texas has taken the lives of 41 individuals since it reinstated the death
penalty in 1982, after the U.S. Supreme Court had declared the earlier version
of the statute unconstitutional. Since then - and before -- African Americans
have suffered execution in greater proportion than Anglos; and no white person
has ever been executed for taking the life of a black person. Texas leads all
other states in the number of people who have been put to death since
reinstitution of capital punishment in this state.
Texas has less than a good record with regard to the guilt of those on death
row. Had Clarence Brandley, for example, not won a temporary stay in the face
of new evidence, we would have seen one more innocent man executed.
This is not a refusal to feel deep sympathy for the family of the murder
victim in Russell's case. It was a senseless and shameless crime; but, on the
other hand, we cannot let a sense of revenge guide our criminal justice system.
It may be that ultimately, some new evidence would have made no difference in
the guilt of Russell. But, given the chance that it might have, and given the
finality of capital punishment, what would it have hurt Ann Richards to grant a
30-day stay? Even the most ardent proponents of the death penalty would agree
that those given lethal injections must not have the slightest chance of
innocence about them.
During the gubernatorial campaign, Williams made capital punishment a heated
issue. Richards, rejecting the notion that she had ever opposed the measured
use of the death penalty, affirmed over and over again that she would not
hesitate to allow its use.
Three years from now, Richards will be running again; and she certainly does
not want it to be said that she was any slacker when it came to executing those
on death row.
In the = Old Texas, и Mark White, as attorney general while running for
governor in 1982, once made a dash to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to persuade
the justices to lift a lower court's order blocking an execution. The court
turned him down, essentially telling him, as cartoonist Ben Sargent caricatured
50 well, that it would not "toss him one" for the election.
Ann Richards has shown us that the " New Texas" may not be that much
different: that people on death row, even when substantial questions are raised
about the legitimacy of their convictions, are still fit offerings on the altar
of political expedience.
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But the blame is not just Richards'. Where are the voices of those believers
in the New Texas, calling on the governor for accountability to the new era
into which she promised to lead us? Those who want to live in the New Texas
must hold its politicians just as accountable as they held those in the old
days.
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The Houston Chronicle
March 8, 1992, Sunday, 2 STAR Edition
SECTION: OUTLOOK; Opinion; Pg. 2
LENGTH: 772 words
HEADLINE: New Texas' fate rides on 3 Democrats
BYLINE: CLAY ROBISON; Staff
DATELINE: AUSTIN
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AUSTIN - If the Democratic Party were to mail out a brochure touting the
# # New Texas' ---- and maybe it has --- the cover would feature photos of Lena
Guerrero, Morris Overstreet, Pete Benavides and Dan Morales, right alongside the
one of Ann Richards.
At one time, Supreme Court Justice Raul Gonzalez' photo would have been there
too. But he has fallen from Democratic grace for such political indiscretions
as ruling against the Democrats in a redistricting case and writing the majority
opinion that struck down a school finance law that significantly benefited poor
school districts.
Gonzalez, initially appointed by former Gov. Mark White, made history as the
first Hispanic elected to statewide office in Texas, and history is the context
in which many Democrats now would prefer to place him. Judicial abilities
notwithstanding, it wouldn't be surprising if he has tough competition in the
Democratic primary in 1994, the next time he is on the ballot.
Since Richards and Morales won't be on the ballot again until 1994 either,
Guerrero, Overstreet and Benavides are representing the New Texas in this
year's elections. And it is extremely important to the state Democratic
leadership that they win.
One obvious reason is the potential that minority officeholders on next
fall's statewide ballot could have for increasing the minority voter turnout
that traditionally is heavily Democratic. It could prove crucial for some
Democratic legislative candidates and, unless it's another Republican landslide,
for the party's presidential nominee as well.
But there's more to it than that. Richards and other Democratic leaders
have proclaimed the dawning of a New Texas, one with opportunity for all, and
they don't want to see the sun set.
In modern times, only two Hispanics --- Gonzalez and Morales, the attorney
general - and one black - Overstreet, a judge on the Court of Criminal Appeals
- have been elected to statewide office in Texas. Now, Democratic leaders have
an opportunity to increase those numbers, and they are trying to avoid any
unpleasant surprises, including any in their own primary.
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One of the first things Richards did after winning the 1990 gubernatorial
election was to announce that she would appoint Guerrero, then a state
representative from Austin, to the Railroad Commission seat being vacated by
Comptroller-elect John Sharp.
Richards did, and now Guerrero has to win election to retain the post.
Along the way, the governor has been giving Guerrero all the support she can,
including a personal appearance at a controversial fundraiser that netted
Guerrero thousands of campaign dollars from industry executives the evening
before the commission had a major natural gas production hearing.
The timing was as smelly as the bad ol' ethics of the Old Texas and
supposedly out-of-place in Ann Richards' Texas. But since Guerrero will need
every campaign donation she can get in a race that has attracted two Republican
contenders -- who also are receiving industry contributions -- and a Democratic
opponent, the governor held her nose.
Benavides, who became the first Hispanic to serve on the Court of Criminal
Appeals when he was appointed by Richards to fill a vacancy last year, is
unopposed in the Democratic primary but will face a Republican opponent in
November.
Overstreet, who in 1990 unseated Louis Sturns, a black Republican appointee
of former Gov. Bill Clements, has a Democratic and a Republican challenger in
his criminal court race.
Overstreet's Democratic opponent, Gene Kelly, has no judicial experience.
But he has a famous name that helped him upset a well-financed and much more
qualified opponent for another court seat in the 1990 Democratic primary before
eventually losing that race to a Republican.
With that in mind, Overstreet and his supporters are taking no chances.
Overstreet is even running a TV commercial in some cities -- perhaps a first for
a Court of Criminal Appeals candidate -- that attacks Kelly's lack of
qualifications.
Last week, Morales stumped in South Texas and E1 Paso with Overstreet,
Benavides and Guerrero, and Texas Democratic Chairman Bob Slagle, who normally
stays neutral in primary races, has endorsed Overstreet and Guerrero against
their Democratic opponents.
Since most voters don't pay much attention to the lesser-known state
offices, Democratic leaders are painfully aware that upsets could occur in their
primary. And that would be pretty disconcerting for those who have been
promoting the New Texas as a land of political opportunity -- and very painful
for those in need of opportunity.
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Richards says she wants to return to her theme ''A New Texas. 11 As she
tells crowds: 'We can no longer keep ourselves rooted in the notion that we all
ride white horses, have big hats and we're on our way into a glorious and
prosperous sunset.'
But she faces a suprising challenge from White, governor from '83-'86, whose
political comeback bid includes a grisly TV ad in which he poses in front of the
blow-up mug shots of executed criminals and says that as governor, ''I made
executions happen.
But he also broke a campaign VOW and raised taxes.
White now blames the oil price crash and says he was a ' tough governor'' who
made tough choices.
Those choices cost White the 1986 race to Gov. Bill Clements, Texas' first
Republican governor in a century, who's retiring.
In the GOP race, Williams appears to be way ahead only 15 months after he
dismissed a question about running for office, saying, ''I may be dumb, but I'm
not stupid.
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Copyright 1989 Technical Insights, Inc.
Advanced Manufacturing Technology
(formerly Industrial Robots International)
September 15, 1989
SECTION: Vol. 10, No. 9; Pg. 3
LENGTH: 190 words
HEADLINE: TOOL DESIGN CENTER PLANNED
BODY:
Setec (semiconductor equipment technology center) has been set up at the
Sandia National Laboratories to develop tool design models and methodologies to
enhance future generations of semiconductor manufacturing. Semitech, the U.S.
semiconductor research consortium, signed a technical assistance agreement with
Sandia that covers develoment of the center.
Setec will take tools identified as critical to the manufacturing process and
extend their reliability. As an example, the range of Mean Time Between Failure
(MTBF) for semiconductor manufacturing equipement is about 10 to 200 hr. The
organization's goal is to increase the MTBF rates by a factor of 5 to 10.
The program at Setec falls under the Sematech University and National
Laboratory Program, which has identified leading scientists and educators at
institutions around the United States to form a network of Centers of Excellence
to work under research grants from Sematech.
Details: Miller Bonner, Sematech, 2706 Montopolis Dr., Austin, TX 78741.
Phone: 512-356-3137. A. C. Etheridge, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM 87185. Phone: 505-844-7767.
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Note: The President spoke at 1:40 p.m. in
H.R. 4210 would increase taxes by more
America, on my long-term plans to help
that I have proposed to help the economy
the East Room at the White House. A tape
than $100 billion. More than two-thirds of
America compete in the global economy of
all taxpayers facing tax increases as a result
the future.
now. Do so without raising taxes, and I'll sign
was not available for verification of the con-
it. And then let's get on to the long-term
tent of these remarks.
of this bill would be owners of small busi-
Now is the time for real, significant
agenda. But stop holding the American econ-
nesses and entrepreneurs. Small businesses
change. And I am disappointed in Congress.
omy hostage in a partisan game.
are the primary source of new job creation.
In fairness, some Democrats did not want
Passing a tax increase is bad enough, but
H.R. 4210 would raise income tax rates
to put a tax increase in the bill. And I salute
here's what really troubles me, the irrespon-
Message to the House of
substantially for some individuals, in some
them for courageously standing up against
sibility of Congress on this plan. It's a part
Representatives Returning Without
cases increasing marginal rates by more than
more taxes. But politics prevailed. A slim ma-
of a pattern. It reflects a more serious prob-
Approval the Tax Fairness and
30 percent.
jority passed the bill in the face of a certain
lem, a deeper, systemic problem that is
Economic Growth Acceleration Act
This is the wrong time to raise taxes, to
veto. But they aren't blocking my economic
gnawing at the strength of our Nation. It is
of 1992
increase the deficit, or to send a message of
recovery plan because they're afraid it won't
no wonder that Americans are angry.
March 20, 1992
fiscal irresponsibility to financial markets.
work; they're blocking it because they're
Today, looking at the accumulated evi-
I am therefore returning H.R. 4210, and
afraid it will work.
dence of several years, it must be said our
To the House of Representatives:
I ask the Congress again to pass my economic
I do not take this step lightly. No President
congressional system is broken. We have a
I am returning herewith without my ap-
growth program, without raising taxes.
has vetoed a major tax bill since Harry Tru-
long tradition in this country of pulling to-
man did it in 1948. But I submitted an eco-
proval H.R. 4210, the "Tax Fairness and Eco-
George Bush
gether when national need demands that we
nomic Growth Acceleration Act of 1992." In
nomic growth plan to Congress for a reason:
do so. And over the years, many accomplish-
The White House,
my State of the Union Message, I proposed
to promote a recovery in which every Amer-
ments, large and small, have been truly bi-
March 20, 1992.
a responsible, balanced economic growth
ican has an interest. The package I proposed
partisan.
program. I challenged the Congress to pass
was carefully tailored. It was paid for without
But Congress today is different. It's more
incentives for growth by March 20. The Con-
raising taxes. It was designed to encourage
partisan. Its campaigns are financed by spe-
gress failed to meet that challenge. The Con-
and strengthen the positive economic signs
cial interests. It's grown out of control. It's
Address to the Republican Members
we're beginning to see: home sales and hous-
gress' response, H.R. 4210, is a formula for
lost the ability to police itself. And perhaps
of Congress and Presidential
ing starts up as interest rates stay down; retail
economic stagnation, not economic expan-
most importantly, it is no longer accountable
sion.
Appointees
sales improving; 164,000 new jobs last month
to individual American citizens and voters.
My Administration's economic growth
March 20, 1992
alone.
And this must change.
program would create jobs, generate long-
In response, the Democratic Congress has
One party has controlled the House of
term economic growth, and promote health,
Welcome to the White House. Fifty-two
returned to form. It's produced a bill that
Representatives for almost four decades.
education, savings, and home ownership. My
days ago in my State of the Union Address,
will not strengthen the economy; it will weak-
Staff has become institutionalized. In 1950
plan would encourage investment and en-
I asked Congress to act on my agenda for
en it. It's produced a bill that will not stimu-
there were about 2,000 personal staff in Con-
economic growth. And I asked for immediate
late growth; it will stifle it. As if by reflex,
hance real estate values-without tax in-
gress. And today, there are almost 12,000
action by March 20th on a series of proposals
the Democrats in Congress could not resist
creases.
staff for Members of Congress themselves,
to help rekindle the economic recovery. And
their natural impulse to raise taxes. But I as-
Tax increases would undermine the
and almost 40,000, if you include the entire
I asked the Democratic leadership to put
sure you of this: I simply will not let them
legislative branch. The number of commit-
emerging recovery and act as a barrier to
partisanship aside, pledging to do the same,
do it.
long-term growth. I call on the Congress to
tees and subcommittees has quadrupled.
in order to enact seven sensible steps to in-
So, moments ago I signed the veto mes-
pass the seven commonsense measures that
And for this, we get a Congress incapable
crease investment, strengthen the value of
sage for the Democrats' tax increase because
I asked for by this date, without tax increases,
of passing the simple plan that I presented
American homes, and create jobs. Well,
raising taxes will not help create jobs. And
and to join me in pursuing a long-term agen-
almost 2 months ago, a Congress controlled
March 20th has arrived, and no recovery bill
the bill is not yet here, but the conference
by the Democratic caucus which cannot
da for growth.
of any kind has come to the White House
report tells me all I need to know. And when
manage a tiny bank or a tiny post office.
I am disappointed that after 52 days the
as of now.
the bill is sent down tonight, this signed mes-
In the 1990 elections, special interest polit-
Congress has produced partisan, flawed leg-
This morning the congressional conferees
sage will be waiting for it, and my veto will
islation. Rather than work in a constructive
ical action committees, PAC's, gave almost
finished work on a tax bill. It would increase
go back to the Hill the minute the bill arrives.
$117 million to incumbent Congressmen and
manner to strengthen the economy and to
taxes and harm the economy. And so, today
And needless to say, I will not send it back
Senators. Only about $15 million were do-
create jobs, congressional leaders chose the
I am doing three things. First, I have just
via the House post office. [Laughter] The
nated to challengers. With this eight-to-one
path of partisanship. H.R. 4210 would jeop-
signed the veto message to stop the Demo-
message is clear: My veto and a block of votes
spending advantage, obvious voter discontent
ardize the recovery. It would not create jobs.
crats' tax increase. And second, I am taking
ready to sustain it stands ready to stop any
was buried in a wave of PAC-financed tele-
It would not create incentives for long-term
several additional steps on my own to help
tax increase on the American people.
vision advertising. And so, nearly every in-
investment and growth, it does not contain
the recovery with or without action by Con-
With that clear, I ask the Democratic lead-
cumbent won.
a tax credit for first-time homebuyers, and
gress. And third, while the Democratic lead-
ership to put aside once and for all the idea
The time has come for change because
it contains wholly inappropriate special inter-
ership in Congress is in disarray, I am pro-
of a tax increase. And I ask the Congress
when the system is broken, you do have to
est provisions.
posing action on the real challenges facing
again, pass the seven commonsense measures
fix it. And I have proposed to eliminate the
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PAC's which are poisoning our system. And
trollable spending is a major cause of the
through the morass of regulation and agri-
exports have more than doubled. Manufac-
the time has come to eliminate these political
Federal deficit that I'm working to contain,
culture.
turing productivity has increased. And we are
action committees in their entirety.
and it must be addressed.
And today, we're launching a new public-
capturing new markets around the world
And I propose also to increase accountabil-
Today I am sending to Capitol Hill the
private partnership to promote research and
from Europe to Africa to Latin America. But
ity. I'm ordering several steps to implement
first of a series of additional measures to cut
development by bringing the good ideas from
in order to keep succeeding in this global
promptly the Supreme Court's Beck decision.
Federal spending now, this year. I have also
our Federal labs into the marketplace. Over
economic competition we've got to change
No worker should be forced to have money
directed all Agency heads to look for further
the coming months, we will be announcing
America in five key ways. We need a strategy
taken out of his or her paycheck to fund poli-
areas where spending cuts can be made now.
many more such steps to chop away at need-
that is confident, forward-looking, future-ori-
ticians that he or she disagrees with. We
The line-item rescissions, identified so far in
less regulation and paperwork wherever we
ented, and we need to be willing to change.
should apply to Congress the same laws, from
total, will cancel out about $4 billion in un-
can. Too much regulation smothers innova-
First, we must expand markets for Amer-
employment practices to civil rights to the
necessary spending: funds for local parking
tion, eliminates jobs, and makes America less
ican products. So, I will continue to pursue
Freedom of Information Act, which it im-
garages, $100,000, for asparagus yield de-
competitive.
a GATT agreement to open markets further.
poses on everyone else.
clines, mink research, prickly pear research.
I realize that these are only modest steps,
I will push for a North American free trade
And I believe the time has come to limit
The examples would be funny if the effect
but they reflect a fundamental attitude. And
agreement to unlock the potential of markets
the terms of Congressmen. The terms of
weren't so serious. And this kind of wasteful
if the Democratic leadership that runs the
in Mexico and Canada. And I will work for
Presidents are limited. It's time for the terms
spending destroys public confidence in the
status quo Congress will not help us change
bilateral agreements to knock down barriers
of Congressmen to be limited.
integrity of the Government. And Americans
America, we have to change it without them.
to American exports. To win these markets
The bottom line is that we all need a new
have every right to be outraged and dis-
And if the Democratic leadership that runs
we must guarantee that America will lead the
Congress, one that can and will work with
gusted. It's their money.
the status quo Congress will not help us re-
world in knowledge, in new ideas, in making
me for constructive change. And in the
form Government, we must reform it without
And I will work with the Republicans in
products of the highest quality.
meantime, I will take additional actions on
them.
the House to bring these items to a vote indi-
And that requires specific investments
my own with every legal means at my dis-
You see, change is nothing to fear. For
vidually. Forcing the Democratic leadership
today. I've proposed to invest more in basic
posal to keep the economy moving up. And
more than two centuries, America has been
to allow line-by-line votes on items of pork
R&D, research and development, and in key
I will do so in spite of the hopelessly tangled
a force for change. Our restlessness is leg-
technologies like high-performance comput-
congressional web of PAC's, perks, privi-
will bring us a step closer to the accountabil-
endary. Our energy is boundless. Because of
ing, new and advanced materials in bio-
leges, partnership, and paralysis.
ity and the power that 43 Governors have,
this, today America, even given our economic
technology. Congress should approve these
the line-item veto.
There is, of course, a serious limit on what
problems, is the most productive Nation on
investments. And not only the Government
a President can do without Congress. But, I
Some argue that the President already has
the face of the Earth, with the highest stand-
must invest more in the future. To maintain
am determined to do all I can to effect
that authority, the line-item veto authority,
ard of living. And we have only one-twentieth
our edge by increasing private sector invest-
change. And first, I want to underline a fun-
but our able Attorney General, in whom I
of the world's population. But we produce
ment, Congress should pass the capital gains
damental point: Government is too big, and
have full confidence, and my trusted White
one-fourth of the world's output, twice that
tax cut and make the R&D tax credit perma-
it spends too much.
House Counsel, backed up by legal opinions
of Japan, four times that of Germany.
nent.
I have already proposed to freeze domestic
from most of the legal scholars, feel that I
Today America's credibility and prestige in
And second, we must prepare our work
discretionary spending in Federal employ-
do not have that line-item veto authority.
the world, not to mention our strength, have
force to compete, through better education,
ment next year. And I've also proposed to
And this opinion was shared by the Attorney
never been greater. But we didn't get where
better training. And I've proposed a set of
curb the growth of mandatory programs
General in the previous administration.
we are by standing still. We got where we
dramatic reforms in education called Amer-
without touching Social Security. Mandatory
And I ask the American people then to
are by always striving to do better. And that's
ica 2000 and a new approach to job training,
spending, spending on programs that need
demand that a President be given line-item
why the current paralysis of the Congress,
Job Training 2000. The idea of America 2000
no annual congressional action to keep grow-
veto authority legislatively or, if necessary, by
controlled over and over again by that liberal
is simple, to revolutionize American edu-
ing, consumes almost two-thirds of the entire
changing the Constitution. The line-item
Democratic majority, is so troubling. It's
cation. And that means creating new kinds
Federal budget. Over the next decade, this
veto is essential, and I need it now.
caused too many Americans, at the exact mo-
of schools with new technology and new ways
spending, if left unchecked, will grow by $2
And secondly, I've directed the Vice Presi-
ment of triumph for American values around
of learning. It means measuring progress and
trillion more than is needed for inflation and
dent to step up the assault on unnecessary
the world, to lose confidence.
holding schools accountable for their per-
new beneficiaries. Currently, most of these
regulation and paperwork. Let me give you
Americans are understandably worried
formance. And it means giving all families,
programs grow automatically without con-
a progress report that he gave to me, and
about their future, not only about the econ-
including low- and middle-income families,
gressional review or even a chance for a Pres-
he's doing a superb job on this. Though some
omy right now, all of that is a key problem,
choice in picking their children's schools.
idential veto.
in Congress oppose regulatory relief, I've al-
but about the economic competition of the
We've put the resources behind our ef-
My proposal, which is before Congress
ready taken specific steps to remove the reg-
future, about the central question that lies
forts. Although budget dollars are very tough,
now, would permit these programs to grow
ulatory roadblocks to growth. We've imple-
at the heart of the American dream: Will our
education is so important to me that I've in-
for inflation and new beneficiaries and,
mented plans to promote biotechnology, to
children have a better life than we do?
creased funding, funding for education, by
where necessary, some amount above that.
lower construction costs, help small business,
Make no mistake: We will compete and
42 percent just since 1989 and gave it the
But we need some ceiling to keep their
ease the credit crunch, help clean up the air,
win in the global economy. In the last 10
biggest increase this year. I put in place a
growth within reasonable bounds. Uncon-
reduce costs in transportation, and cut
years we've become more productive. Our
new program to help train teachers in math
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On every one of these challenges there are
Proclamation 6415-National Safe
As these fundamentals of safety indicate,
and science and increased funding for math
two very different ways of looking at the
Boating Week, 1992
smart boating goes hand in hand with com-
and science education by over 69 percent.
world, one is reformist and the other protects
March 20, 1992
mon sense-and with a sense of personal re-
But more money alone won't do it. We need
the status quo. And that difference is driven
sponsibility and concern for others.
by values. The special interests and the foot-
By the President of the United States
To help promote safe boating practices,
reform. And thirdly, we must reform health care.
draggers do not believe in the kind of change
of America
the Congress, by joint resolution approved
America has provided the best quality health
that we seek, change which respects markets
A Proclamation
June 4, 1958 (36 U.S.C. 161), as amended,
care in the entire world. But we are plagued
than Government dictates, which rec-
has authorized and requested the President
more ognizes fundamental American values and
America's marine resources are a national
by two problems: Too many Americans are
to proclaim annually the week beginning on
not covered by health insurance, and health
the difference between right and wrong,
treasure. The vast systems of lakes, rivers,
the first Sunday in June as "National Safe
costs too much. And I have proposed
which rewards excellence and punishes
and bays across this great land, and the
Boating Week."
care a comprehensive plan to make health care
oceans which touch our shores have played
Now, Therefore, I, George Bush, Presi-
affordable, more available, more sen-
wrong-doing. They do not believe that actions should
a pivotal role in the development of United
dent of the United States of America, do
more sible. It guarantees access for affordable
have consequences. Well, one set of actions of
States industry, agriculture, energy produc-
hereby proclaim the week beginning June 7,
health care, affordable health insurance for
should have conscquences. The failure
tion, and commerce. Beautiful and inviting,
1992, as National Safe Boating Week. I en-
all Americans. Congress should pass it, and
Congress to move on our program of change
our Nation's inland waterways and coastal re-
courage the Governors of the 50 States and
that will help our competitiveness all around
means only one thing: It is time for a new
gions have also provided generations of
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and offi-
the world.
Congress. Give others a chance to control the
Americans with opportunities for relaxation
cials of other areas subject to the jurisdiction
Fourth, we've got to fix our legal system.
the United States Congress. You give me
and fun. This year, it is anticipated that more
of the United States to provide for the ob-
America is drowning in a sea of litigation.
right lawmakers, and I'll give you the right
than 19 million Americans will engage in rec-
servance of this week. I also urge all Ameri-
reational boating.
cans to take this opportunity to learn more
Too many lawsuits mean higher prices for for
laws. Over the coming weeks I'll be speaking
While we Americans are fortunate to have
about boating safety.
consumers and reduced competitiveness
all America. It is estimated that fear of medi-
more about these changes, and I'll be laying
the freedom to enjoy boating and related ac-
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
cal malpractice alone generates up to about
out further specific plans that I have for each.
tivities on the open water, at the same time,
my hand this twentieth day of March, in the
$20 billion per year in increased health costs.
And I ask the American people to compare
it is important to remember that an improp-
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and nine-
This must change. In some cases we should
those plans to the response of the Demo-
erly handled watercraft can be dangerous or
ty-two, and of the Independence of the Unit-
require the loser to pay the winner's legal
cratic-led status quo Congress and the do-
even deadly. Tragically, about 900 persons
ed States of America the two hundred and
sixteenth.
fees, and that would stop some of these frivo-
nothing caucus that has dominated that
die each year on our Nation's waterways. All
lous lawsuits. You know the problem. When
Democratic Party for too long.
too often, these deaths are caused by human
George Bush
Patrick Henry said, "I like the dreams of
carelessness and neglect.
parents won't coach Little League teams, and
when obstetricians won't deliver babies,
the future better than the history of the
To help prevent boating-related accidents,
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register,
when community pools are closed in the
past.' Well, Patrick Henry was right. Imagine
the United States Coast Guard is working to-
11:35 a.m., March 23, 1992]
summertime, all because of the fear of liabil-
the irony, as the world is beating a path to
gether with other government agencies and
Note: This proclamation will be published in
ity, we know that something is wrong. And
freedom's door, if we, ourselves, were to turn
with private organizations around the country
the Federal Register on March 24.
now is the time for Congress to pass my legis-
back now. If we carry the change forward,
to encourage Americans to "Boat Smart."
can have a nation of productive workers
lation to fix it.
we and competitive companies, of healthy and
Smart boating begins with making safety the
And fifth, we must tackle each of these
first priority of every pilot and passenger.
challenges without higher taxes or more Gov-
secure communities, of schools that are the
Every watercraft operator should know his
Executive Order 12793-Continuing
ernment spending. America doesn't need
best in the entire world. And America can
or her vessel-its equipment, its condition,
the Presidential Service Certificate
remain a nation whose exuberant confidence
and its capabilities-as well as the rules and
and the Presidential Service Badge
bigger Government; it needs better Govern- the
ment. On every one of these issues
and commitment to freedom are admired
courtesies of navigation. Pilots should have
March 20, 1992
Democrats in Congress are standing in the
worldwide. I am ready to build such an America. Be-
knowledge of and respect for the marine en-
By the authority vested in me as President
of reform. They've cut my budgets for
vironment in which they will be operating,
way R&D and investing in the future and then
cause if we can change the world, we can
by the Constitution and the laws of the Unit-
and all boaters should be aware of prevailing
ed States of America, and as Commander in
change America.
and forecasted weather conditions. Pilots and
voted instead for pork.
Thank you all. And may God bless the
Chief of the Armed Forces of the United
They've stripped choice and accountability
passengers alike should be equipped with life
out of the education bill. They are working
United States of America. Thank you very
States, it is ordered as follows:
jackets and know what to do in the event
a Government takeover as a solution to
of an emergency. Moreover, because the
Section 1. Presidential Service Certificate.
much.
The Presidential Service Certificate ("Cer-
on our health care program, to be financed by
Note: The President spoke at 4:04 p.m. in
ability to "Boat Smart" requires clear judg-
tificate") is hereby continued, the design of
a massive tax increase. And the special inter-
the East Room at the White House. A tape
ment and physical readiness, no one should
which accompanies and is hereby made a
have made them afraid of legal reform.
was not available for verification of the con-
operate a watercraft while under the influ-
part of this order. The Certificate shall be
ests Well, it is time for Congress to either lead,
ence of alcohol or drugs.
awarded in the name of the President of the
tent of this address.
to follow, or simply get out of the way.
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Copyright 1992 The Time Inc, Magazine Company
Fortune
June 15, 1992, Domestic Edition
SECTION: BOOKS & IDEAS; Pg. 156
LENGTH: 1800 words
HEADLINE: DEBATING THE 1980s --- AND WHAT'S NEXT
BYLINE: BY ROBERT Z. LAWRENCE, ROBERT Z. LAWRENCE is Albert L. Williams
professor of international trade and investment at Harvard's Kennedy School of
Government.
BODY:
Assessing the performance of the U.S. economy during the 1980s is akin to
staring at the blot of ink in a Rorschach test: We each see what we want to see.
Still, some views are saner than others.
In The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again (Free Press, $22.95) Robert L.
Bartley, director of the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, sees an
America that finally did something right and was rewarded with exceptionally
strong growth. The Federal Reserve used high interest rates and tight money to
squeeze out inflation, while Ronald Reagan's tax cuts and deregulation unleashed
and stimulated the supply side of the economy. With markets freed and incentives
improved, the U.S. regained its rightful position as global leader. The trick
now, according to Bartley, is to keep those policies on track. America must
not be diverted by the politics of envy into raising taxes - above all,
marginal tax rates.
Bartley, a leading apologist for the political economic movement that marches
under the supply-side banner, is enamored of ideas. He spends much of his book
expounding the esoteric arguments of professional economists. His guru is
Columbia University economist Robert Mundell, whose theories supported the
notion that the way to defeat stagflation was to clamp down on the money supply
while simultaneously stimulating growth with tax cuts. Looking back over the
1980s, Bartley believes the Reaganites' biggest mistake was in delaying their
tax cuts until after tight money had plunged the economy into the deepest
recession of the postwar era.
I think he's wrong. I believe these policies worked precisely because they
were applied sequentially. First, Paul Volcker licked inflation the
old-fashioned way, with a deep recession. Then the economy was boosted the
old-fashioned way, with tax cuts.
But never mind theory. Bartley's case stands or falls on the empirical
evidence. His main contention is that U.S. economic performance in the 1980s was
exceptionally good. Was it?
Not if you measure the evidence properly. When it comes to dealing with
disagreeable data --- unprecedented budget and trade deficits and weak net
investment -- Bartley displays a keen awareness of the complexities that
underlie each number. But when buttressing his own thesis, he relies
uncritically on statistics he likes.
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In any business cycle productivity rises faster during a recovery and falls
more quickly in a recession. That's why economists typically compare performance
either from the trough of one recession to the trough of the next or from peak
to peak. By focusing only on the seven fat years -- the bottom of the 1982
recession to the 1990 peak -- Bartley always puts the 1980s in the best possible
light.
Yet even by this exaggerated measure, the era doesn't look all that plump.
Bartley apparently believes that a 10.6% rise in output per hour over seven
years is something to be proud of. True, this was an improvement over the late
1970s. But it is still barely half the average annual pace at which American
productivity rose during the century prior to 1973. Now the U.S. is facing at
least a decade of sluggish labor force growth. If productivity doesn't grow
faster than it did in the 1980s, the American economy is destined to remain
stuck on a mediocre long-run growth path of around 2% a year.
The subtitle of Bartley's book suggests we can prosper by repeating the
policies of the 1980s. In fact, they were a one-time splurge. Ronald Reagan may
have been able to stimulate the economy through tax cuts, but George Bush,
saddled with Reagan's budget deficits, certainly doesn't have that option. Even
Bartley talks only of holding the line on tax rate increases rather than making
new cuts.
IN Head to Head: The Coming Global Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America
(Morrow, $25), Lester Thurow, dean of MIT's Sloan School, sees a totally
different America. Where Bartley dismisses the outsize trade and budget
deficits of the 1980s as no big deal, Thurow argues that they prove the U.S. was
a spendthrift nation over the past decade. If trade deficits had coincided with
unusually strong investment, Bartley's lack of concern might be warranted. But
Thurow points out that investment declined from 17.5% of GNP in the last four
years of the 1970s to 15.3% in the last four years of the 1980s. Indeed, since
national savings were just 12.6% of GNP, even this low level of investment was
possible only because foreigners were willing to lend the U.S. money. In short,
the seven fat years were a consumption binge, underwritten by overseas capital.
Thurow also has a better fix than Bartley on America's fiscal follies. He
accepts the conservative claim that the chief culprit is unchecked spending. The
20% of GNP collected by the federal government in taxes in 1990 - about the
same share as in 1980 -- would have been enough to balance the budget if
expenses had not climbed to 23% of GNP. But the main reason for that extra
spending is the need to service the interest on the debts that piled up in the
1980s. "The longer a deficit runs," Thurow cautions, "the higher marginal tax
rates must eventually become to finance any given level of public service."
UNLIKE BARTLEY, who believes the U.S. is a model for the world, Thurow argues
that America has much to learn from others. The country's individualistic,
laissez-faire approach to business and policymaking, he contends, is no match in
head-to-head competition with the teamlike, communitarian approaches of its
European and Japanese opponents. Moreover, the global trading system is breaking
up into regional blocks -- with free trade within them but managed trade between
them -- in part because America's ability to lead a system based on market
forces has been severely reduced. Indeed, unless the U.S. invests more in
education and training, breaks down the regulatory walls that prevent banks from
investing in industries, and adopts national economic strategies, the 21st
century will belong to others.
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Some of Thurow's crystal-ball gazing on trade is dangerous and wrong. It is
dangerous because the argument for more managed trade, meaning bilateral deals
that set specific market shares for a country's sales or exports, could become a
self-fulfilling prophecy. It is wrong because regional free-trade arrangements,
which are perfectly legal under GATT rules, are more likely to serve as building
blocks to a more integrated world economy than as stumbling blocks that push us
back to protectionism.
Take Europe. Most analysts see protectionism toward Japan as the driving
force behind the growth of managed trade. Thurow claims managed trade between
blocs is inevitable because an integrated Europe, as the world's largest
economy, will require it and because floating exchange rates have not operated
to balance trade.
But with the exception of agriculture, the European Community certainly does
not seek managed trade with the U.S. Nor is it about to become a fortress. As a
share of GNP, its extraregional trade is substantial and actually larger than
North America's. The removal of most internal trade barriers in Europe after
1992 will benefit outsiders by stimulating growth. Single European product
standards make the Old World an easier place for both local and foreign firms to
sell in or export to.
Another Thurow allegation: Europe needs the glue of higher trade barriers to
keep itself together. In fact, over the post-war era we have seen centripetal
forces expand the EC from six to 12 members while simultaneously liberalizing
its trade with the rest of the world. With a single currency, a common
parliament, and increased labor and capital mobility, Europe does not need a
trade wall to bind it.
THUROW also misrepresents both the theory and the evidence on exchange rates.
Theory never suggested they would guarantee balanced trade. Indeed, in a world
in which nations can borrow and lend on international capital markets, there is
no reason for trade to be balanced, even over the long run. Moreover, as a
recent study by MIT economist Paul Krugman makes clear, the effect of changes in
exchange rates on trade flows in the 1980s has been precisely in line with what
conventional economic models would have predicted.
Though Thurow is a professional economist, he occasionally presents his
arguments like a careless journalist. He relies heavily on anecdotes and
statistics and, unlike Bartley, rarely quotes the studies of his professional
colleagues. While this makes his work readily accessible, it prompts him to
deploy statistics inaccurately. For example, he states that U.S. "civilian R&D
spending is 40% to 50% less than that of Germany and Japan." In fact, the dollar
amount is higher. What Thurow really means is that the U.S. spends a lower share
of GNP on civilian R&D.
He also uses evidence that productivity in German services grew more rapidly
than in the U.S. to conclude that by world standards the American service sector
is inefficient. In fact, while U.S. service productivity growth has been slow,
American service productivity levels are higher than those of other countries.
Thurow spends much of his book roaming around the world. For my taste,
particularly when dealing with the developing countries, he spreads himself too
thin. But he is at his best in his final chapter, when he finally comes home and
concentrates on U.S. domestic policies. This prescriptive chapter, "An
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American Game Plan," should be required reading for those occupying high office
in this nation. Most of its proposals make sense, even if you disagree with the
analysis in the rest of his book.
Thurow accurately identifies America's most important problems -- among
them, low investment and a poorly trained work force -- and offers some
imaginative and workable proposals for dealing with them. One example: Get
high-wage companies in each state to help raise standards by writing an
achievement test that high school students would need to pass in order to be
employed by them. Many of Thurow's remedies will undoubtedly offend those on
both the left and right of the political spectrum, especially his controversial
support for replacing the payroll and corporate income taxes with value-added
taxes. But they are a place to start.
The big unanswered question is, Will the U.S. take these steps? As former
French Foreign Minister Jean Francois Poncet once observed of America, "It's
hard to take seriously that a nation has deep problems if they can be fixed with
a 50-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax." But that is precisely the issue. What's
hobbling the U.S. is not the severity of the remedies it needs to take to set
itself on a better course. Its problem lies in its seeming inability to adopt
measures as simple and as sensible as a 50-cent-a-gallon tax.
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Copyright 1990 The Economist Newspaper Ltd.
The Economist
December 15, 1990
SECTION: Business, finance and science; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Pg. 82 (U.K.
Edition Pg. 116)
LENGTH: 724 words
HEADLINE: Paying for science in New York;
Manhattan projects
DATELINE: ALBANY, NEW YORK
BODY:
COMPARED with California and Texas, New York is at a distinct disadvantage in
the public financing of high-technology research. Pentagon dollars flood into
aerospace and electronics research in California, a state that has sent two of
its politicians, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, to the White House in the past
few decades. Lyndon Johnson's political muscle brought NASA's manned space
centre to Houston; under "Texan" George Bush the $ 8 billion Superconducting
Super Collider has gone to Texas, too.
Lacking a similar head start, New York has to try harder. This is where the
New York State Science and Technology Foundation comes in. When it was set up
in 1963 in the state capital of Albany, the main aim of the foundation was to
stem the "brain drain" of scientists. New York politicians were then much
agitated by a finding that most of the 13 Nobel Prize winners at the University
of California at Berkeley had come from the East, and from New York state in
particular.
Since then, the foundation has evolved into the chief means of promoting
collaboration on high-technology research between businesses and universities
in New York. It must satisfy two distinct constituencies to have any chance of
fulfilling this aim: the state politicians who provide its budget, and the
scientists in universities and industry who do the work. The politicians have
notoriously short horizons; the scientists long ones. Mr Graham Jones, the
executive director of the foundation, has to find ways to keep both groups happy
while putting taxpayer's money to good use.
For its political constituency, the foundation supports prestige projects
that sound good in campaign literature. Mr Mario Cuomo, the governor of the
state, was overjoyed when in 1985 the National Science Foundation (NSF) chose
New York's Cornell University to be a nationally designated supercomputing
facility, and again when the NSF in the following year chose the New York State
University at Buffalo as the home for the National Centre for Earthquake
Engineering Research. In both cases lobbying by Mr Jones's staff, plus a
financial contribution from his foundation, helped bring home the bacon.
Aid for technological research for a small business also pleases the
politicians, especially when the firm is engaged in a struggle against the
dreaded Japanese. The foundation likes to cite the example of Steinway & Sons
of Long Island City. Steinway wants to employ a robot to perform some of the
labour-intensive work that goes into finishing the cabinets of the 3,000
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pianos it makes each year. With money from the foundation, Steinway is
collaborating with Columbia University on the development of a sensitive robotic
hand to give Steinway pianos their smooth, low-gloss finish. The aim is to help
Steinway to compete better against Yamaha of Japan, which makes more pianos in
three years than Steinway has done in the past 135.
But Steinway is a sideshow for the foundation. So are the medical-research
projects it provides grants for - eg, the development of synthetic-speech
devices that produce voices appropriate for the age, sex or dialect of people
who use them. "A small girl from the South doesn't want to sound like an adult
male from the North," says Eloquent Technology, the Ithaca company engaged in
this research with Cornell.
These are worthy projects, but they are not at the core of the foundation's
work. Its main aim is not to play to the political gallery but to promote
scientific and technological excellence in New York through the Centres of
Advanced Technologies (CATs) it has designated at universities in the state.
Syracuse University, for instance, is the CAT for computer applications and
software engineering, the University of Rochester for optics. The CATs are
involved in collaborative research with big business in the state.
The initiative has to come from the business side - the foundation will not
put up state money before a company puts its own money into a CAT. During
1983-89 the foundation's contribution of $ 45m to 60 CAT projects was
over-matched by $ 145 m from business. Quality control is assured by the
independent technological auditors: boffins from out of state. Each CAT project
is set two tests: academic creativity and industrial relevance. If it fails
one, it fails both.
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