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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Los Angeles, California)
For Immediate Release
July 30, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO ODETICS ASSOCIATES
odetics, Inc.
Anaheim, California
1:53 P.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much for that
wonderfully warm Odetics welcome. (Applause.) Joel, let me tell.
you why Odetics was selected: it's innovation, achievement and
attitude. (Applause.)
And may I thank your fellow founders, Mr.
Gudmundson, Mr. Muensch, Daly, Schulz and Jim Welch, for the
hospitality; and all of you most of all for this hospitality.
On board every American space shuttle is Odetics.
You're everywhere -- (applause) -- I'm told in the security
camera in the convenience and the corner ATM machine.
(Applause.) I've always wondered where all this stuff came from.
I think you've for robotics what the guy at that Olympics
ceremony has done for the under fire archery, if you remember
that fellow. (Laughter.)
And as Joel pointed out to me early on, the credit
goes to the people behind the technology -- the Odetics
Associates, the workers here who have done such a great job.
(Applause.)
Barbara was especially thrilled when she heard I was
coming out here. And she said, if everything you tell me about
Odetics is true -- (applause) -- then maybe you can find someone
out there who can teach you how to set the time on our VCR.
(Laughter and applause.) We need help. I don't know how you all
handle it, we just leave ours flashing -- (laughter) -- 12:00,
12:00 -- that way you're right two times every 24 hours.
(Laughter and applause.)
And I think you all have played a significant part
in what I believe is the central triumph of our time, the free
world's great victory in the Cold War. But as you know, that
triumph means changes in the very industry that helped us carry
the day. Many defense-related firms are grappling with the new
realities. And not all are doing it with the success that you're
having right here.
We know we can reduce defense spending, cut it
substantially and responsibly. The victory in the Cold War makes
it mandatory for a President to do just that. And I have
proposed a sensible defense build-down, a blueprint that
recognizes -- boasts post-Cold War realities but still gives this
country the muscle that we need to meet whatever danger comes our
way.
And we also -- we also know that we need to help
defense firms and defense workers make the adjustment to help
technology-intensive companies like yours compete and win in the
economic Olympics, where the prizes aren't medals, but they're
good jobs and are bigger paychecks.
And I happen to believe that the best defense
conversion program is a strong national economy. And that is my
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first and overriding priority. And this morning there were some
economic numbers out showing that you can probably pick up -- you
can probably pick this up from conversations with your neighbors
-- the American economy is growing nationally, but not fast
enough. And most economists predict the economy's going to get
stronger the rest of the year -- nationally. That's true, I
believe. But your friends and neighbors do not want to wait for
new jobs to be created, they want them now.
And on January 29th, I put forward a specific
program to spur the economic economy -- would not have increased
this deficit -- but to spur the economic economy with incentives
to encourage businesses to hire new workers and help Americans
who want to buy a home. And if that plan was in place, it would
have created 15,000 jobs. a day, over half a million jobs since
February. And for 183 days, the Congress has dillydallied with
this plan while we could be creating new jobs for Americans.
And so do me a favor -- help me send the United
States Congress a message, the one institution that hasn't
changed control for 38 years. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to politics, tell them to vote for a recovery program and
get this country back to work right now. (Applause.)
A stronger economy -- a stronger economy is going to
help a lot of your associates in related companies who might be
looking for work these days. But we also need to help the
defense firms and the workers make the adjustment and transfer
your technological expertise to other parts of our economy.
And that's the idea behind what we call a national
technology initiative, to help bring new technologies, those that
have been developed at taxpayers' expense in our labs, out of the
federal labs and into the marketplace. And that's why we're
pioneering a new program to help members of the defense community
-- civilian and military -- to find new careers in America's
classrooms.
And it's why we're doing away with something called
-- this is technical -- but called the recoupment fee. This is a
tax charged against military and commercial products sold to
customers other than the U.S. government. And these fees hurt
American companies -- American workers by making it more
difficult for them to compete for business here and abroad.
And I've told the Secretary of Defense to eliminate
these fees. And if the government unties the hands of
businesses, I know that we can beat the pants off foreign
competition. (Applause.) And that's -- I think we can help
through this transition.
But, you know, as another Californian used to say,
"Peace through strength never goes out of style." And we cannot
lose sight of the fact that for all the great gains that we've
made for freedom and for all the peace of mind we've secured for
our children because of the elimination or certainly the
reduction -- significant reduction of the threat of nuclear war
-- the world still is a dangerous place.
And I think back to the oath that I took on the
Capitol steps there when I first became President -- "to
preserve, to protect and to defend the Constitution of the United
States," and of the trust placed in me, the trust I've done my
best to repay to keep this nation safe and secure. And I am
proud of these accomplishments here and thankful that we've been
able to give the order that so many Presidents long to give: for
many of our nuclear forces to stand down from alert.
And yet in many ways, I know that our world today is
more uncertain, far more unpredictable than the world we left
behind. And the soviet bear, that unified international
communist Soviet bear may be extinct, but there are still plenty
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of wolves out there in the world -- renegade rulers, outlaw
regimes, terrorist regimes, Baghdad bullies. And I won't allow
them to get a finger on the nuclear trigger. (Applause.)
This President will never allow a lone wolf to
endanger American security. And we owe that to these kids right
here today. Yes, the world is a safer place, but we've got to
keep it safe. (Applause.)
I've been told about a certain political speech not
too many weeks ago. I missed it; I was fishing in Wyoming.
(Laughter.) And it went on about the future of this country --
(laughter) -- it went on about the future of the country, I'm
told, for about an hour. And out of all that time, that speech
spent about one minute on the national security of this nation
-- one minute, 141 words to be exact. And if you blinked or had
to do something else or even heated up a ham and cheese sandwich
in the microwave, you missed the entire part about the national
security and world peace.
Well, I guess it's all part of the change thing.
But when it comes to national defense, I am worried that the
other side is for change -- they want to change the subject. And
their silence speaks volumes. And I don't believe that foreign
policy and national security is a footnote, a loose end we wrap
up and then safely forget. And the defense budget is more than a
piggy bank for folks who want to get busy beating swords into
pork barrels. And we've got to fight to keep this country
sufficiently strong. (Applause.)
And so someone has to set the record straight and
has to speak up for the muscle -- not the waste, not that we
can't cut -- but has to speak up for the needed muscle that gives
meaning to American leadership. And someone has to say even now
that we've won the Cold War -- America is safe -- but just so
long as America stays strong.
And if we took the course that some recommend, we
literally wouldn't know what we're missing until we found it out
in the heat of battle. But the truth is that Odetics and other
frontline firms around California, you'd feel it first. The
other side proposes to cut nearly $60 billion in defense cuts
beyond and below the level we see as the minimum necessary for
national security. And we cannot let that happen -- almost four
times more cuts than we believe is responsible so that I can
certify to these young people here that your future is going to
be safe.
And cuts of that magnitude would jeopardize
America's ability to defend our citizens, our interests and our
ideals. And let me bring it very close to home. Cuts of that
magnitude would cost workers in the defense industry as many as
one million jobs. so we've got two reasons. The first and most
important, we've got to do what my oath committed me to do:
guarantee the national security of this country. And then we've
got to also think about the American worker and not needlessly
push him out of work. (Applause.)
I know that the California economy is struggling
these days, and that some of it comes -- and I'll accept the
blame for this -- from what I think are the responsible cuts that
we've approved. As the Cold War ended, it was appropriate that
we make some defense cuts.
But think of the shockwaves that reckless defense
cuts would touch off in construction and electronics and
aerospace. And think of what those layoffs will do to housing
prices. And think of the workers. Think of the families -- from
die cutters and welders to design teams and engineers thrown out
of work and then over onto the welfare.
You know, when a ship is decommissioned it's said to
be put in mothballs. well, if we follow that plan, the
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opposition's plan, the only industry hiring would be the mothball
industry. We cannot let that happen to our country. (Applause.)
And as long as I am President, I make this pledge:
I will not let our economy be wrecked and our security threatened
by the politically-appealing idea of gutting our national
defense. They want to gut the defense and we cannot let that
happen. (Applause.)
And so in conclusion, let me just say this year
you're going to hear a lot of talk about change. But to me this
election, like every other one, is also about trust. Who do you
trust to change America? who do you trust, not to do what's easy
or sounds good -- it might be responding to some poll out there
-- but to do what is right for you and for your children and for
the families of this country and for America?
And I make this pledge to you, not to do what is
unwise or politically expedient, but I pledge to fulfill the
trust that you have placed in me by doing what is right for this
country. (Applause.)
I am very, very pleased to be here. And now I will
end with the word that I know will get me a nice standing
ovation: Odetics! Go for it! Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CLINTON BUDGET
House Budget Committee
Republican Staff
A budget should lay out a coordinated plan of action, providing
sufficient detail for readers to understand the choices and tradeoffs that led
to its recreation. Where savings are claimed, they should be identified with
specific program cuts or policy initiatives which the average reader can
understand.
The Clinton budget fails this test. While promising to reduce the
budget deficit by 50 percent, true reductions amount to only 10 percent. Even
this is possible only because of wildly optimistic growth projections and
vague budget "plugs". Ross Perot discovered that he could not reduce the
deficit without breaking a sweat. The budget deficit cannot be eliminated
without tough choices and pain. The Clinton proposal contains neither.
Instead, its most noticeable feature is its contradictory promise of both less
government and more spending.
In many respects the Clinton budget is laudatory in its aims. It adopts
bipartisan goals such as better health care, increased investment, and greater
education which no one disagrees with. Indeed, in some places the text could
be mistaken for a statement of traditional Republican values:
"I believe in free enterprise and the power of market forces. I know
economic growth will be the best jobs program we'll ever have.' (page
2, emphasis added)
"our political system has failed us, too. Washington is dominated by
powerful interests and an entrenched bureaucracy." (page 2)
"To restore economic growth, we need to help free enterprise flourish,
put our people back to work and learn again how to compete." (page 4,
emphasis added)
"Those who can work will have to go to work, either by taking a job in
the private sector or through community service." (page 9)
"To get rid of spending programs than no longer serve their purpose, I
will eliminate taxpayer subsidies for narrow special interests, reform
defense procurement and foreign aid, and slash boondoggle projects."
(page 17, emphasis added)
The Clinton proposal contains many initiatives traditionally favored by
Republicans. In some cases the traditional opposition to these proposals has
come from Democratic special interest groups. These include:
3 of his 4 proposals to encourage private investment in America:
The targeted investment tax credit
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The income tax exclusion for those who make new long-term
investments. (Similar to the capital gains reduction opposed by
the Democratic leadership in Congress).
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The extension of the research and development tax credit.
His support for a North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico.
Negotiating authority to conclude this Treaty narrowly passed the
Democratic controlled Congress last year.
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3 of his 5 proposals to reward work and families:
Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Welfare reform aimed at encouraging people to find work. This has
been opposed by the Democratic leaders in Congress.
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Tougher enforcement of child support laws.
Supporting parents' right to choose which public school their child
attends. This proposal has been vigorously opposed by the National
Education Association, a traditional Democratic ally.
4 of his 8 proposals for quality, affordable health care:
Universal coverage. The President's current proposal calls for a
tax credit which would allow each citizen to afford insurance.
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Increased use of managed care networks. In the past, this
proposal has been rejected by the Congressional leadership.
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Reform and streamlining of the insurance industry.
Increased efforts to fight bureaucracy and billing fraud.
Most of the goals listed in this proposal are unobjectionable. We all
agree with efforts to "inspire parents to take responsibility, and empower
them with the knowledge they need to help their children enter school ready
to learn (page 11) " or to ensure that "the cost of health care must not be
allowed to rise faster than the average American's income" (page 14). Finding
ways to do this is more difficult.
Yet when it gets to specifics, the Clinton budget fails to make the hard
choices needed to match resources with wants. Instead, it relies on a variety
of vague promises. Rather than propose easily identifiable policy changes,
which readers could verify, the Clinton budget makes the following broad
promises without explaining how these would be achieved (with four year
savings)
"Reform Defense Department procurement management" $5.7 billion
"RTC management reform" $17.1 billion
"Reform debt financing" $6 billion
"Administrative savings" $22 billion
"Prevent tax fraud on unearned income for the wealthy" $8.8 billion
"Prevent tax avoidance by foreign corporations" $45 billion
These savings would be laudable if they could be achieved. However,
without specifics, it is difficult to tell why Governor Clinton would have
more success in these efforts than the present Administration or the
Democratic Congress.
Where concrete proposals are adopted, Governor Clinton begins to sound
more like a Republican than a Democrat. However, he fails to acknowledge that
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the failure to implement these initiatives lies in the Democratic-controlled
Congress, not in a failure of leadership by the Administration. Examples:
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$58.5 billion in unspecified defense cuts beyond those already called
for by President Bush. These cuts are even larger than the most extreme
projections by the House Armed Forces Committee. As members of Congress
slowly realize the short term economic impact of these reductions in
spending and personnel in their own districts and states, they will be
increasingly reluctant to approve even the President's proposed cuts.
Already this year Congress has forced the Administration to continue
funding for expensive weapons systems, including the Seawolf submarine
and the Osprey aircraft, that no longer serve a military purpose.
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$9.8 billion in savings from a line-item veto to eliminate wasteful
spending. President Bush has repeatedly requested this authority and
Congress has repeatedly refused to allow even a vote on the proposal.
0
$4.4 billion from increased premiums on Medicare recipients with incomes
over $125,000. This repeats a proposal contained in each of the last
two Bush budgets. This year the Chairman of the House Budget Committee
refused to allow even a vote on the proposal.
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$400 million in savings from a 25 percent reduction in Congressional
staff. Congress has steadily increased its staffing over the past
decade. It is unlikely that Democrats would agree to such a cut since
their committee staffs are proportionately larger than those of
Republicans, and SO would be hit harder.
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$40 million from the elimination of the honey program. The
Administration unsuccessfully urged the cancellation of this program two
years ago. The Democratic controlled Congress voted to keep it.
Even using its own numbers, the Clinton budget misleads the reader when
it claims to reduce the deficit by 50 percent. CBO forecasts that the deficit
will fall by 40 percent by 1996, even if no changes are made to current
policy. Thus only 10 percent of the reduction claimed is due to additional
policy changes. CBO also predicts that the deficit will again rise by $75
billion between 1996 and 1998, but since the Clinton projections stop at 1996,
they avoid showing this increase. There are other problems as well:
o
The Clinton budget claims to save $305 billion over 4 years. However,
only $75 billion comes from specified cuts. The other $230 billion is
produced by assuming that the economy grows far more rapidly than
conventional estimates. To achieve the required savings GNP would have
to grow by 5.5 percent next year and average 3.5 percent over the next
four years. This is roughly double the current CBO estimate.
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The total claimed savings of $75 billion over four years represents a
minuscule percentage of the $1.5 trillion the federal government will
spend in each year and even this is only accomplished by relying on the
vague labels mentioned above. The "savings" amount to less than 7
percent of the current budget deficit.
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Although deficit reduction amounts to only $75 billion, taxes go UP by
$150 billion. Where does the additional $75 billion go? New spending,
of course, on a variety of new ideas. This reflects the Democrats'
traditional assumption that the Government will spend this money much
more wisely than its current earners would.
Finally, the proposal completely omits any estimate of the cost
associated with the middle-income tax reduction. A recent Congressional
proposal has been estimated at $45 billion over four years.
However, even these new taxes do not expand government by enough to
satisfy Governor Clinton. Since government cannot afford to pay for
everything he wants done, he imposes new mandates on private employers:
Employers would have to devote 1.5 percent of their payroll to continued
education and training. This training would have to be available to all
workers, regardless of interest or payoff. This could impose an
additional burden of up to $10 billion on the private sector.
All employers would have to participate in a play-or-pay medical
insurance plan. This mandate would significantly increase the cost to
an employer of hiring additional employees. A similar proposal has been
estimated to increase taxes over $80 billion and federal spending by
over $200 billion over four years.
By making it more costly to employ additional people, these mandates
would result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. Arguments about
the fairness of these mandates seldom take into account the unfairness
associated with the additional unemployment they cause.
Overall, the Clinton budget fails to make the hard, specific choices
necessary to solve the nation' budget deficit. This is not surprising since
it overlooks two of the most fundamental facts regarding our national
government:
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The first is that the federal government already spends 24 percent of
our nation's income. In 1993 the federal government will spend over
$1.5 trillion. This should be more than enough both to meet the
reasonable needs of those who deserve our help and to provide those
social services which the private sector cannot. Instead, most of this
money will be spent on programs that benefit neither the majority of our
citizens nor the minority most in need of help. These programs no
longer bear any relation to the problems that led to their creation.
These programs are maintained by powerful interest groups, the strongest
of which is Congress itself. The last 35 years of Democratic control
has produced powerful Chairmen who regard these programs as their
personal fiefdoms, immune from questioning or change and always in need
of expansion. It is unlikely Governor Clinton do better at bringing
these programs under control than President Bush. It is far more likely
that, in order to please special interest groups, he will acquiesce in
Congressional attempts to increase them dramatically.
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Think about that. Right now, $1 dollar out of every $5
dollars spent on defense is spent right here in California.
Think of the shock waves that would touch off in the construction
and electronics and aerospace industries -- and the after-shock
for real estate markets. Think of the workers -- from die
cutters and welders to design teams and engineers -- thrown out
of work ... and onto welfare. // I won't let that happen.
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Copyright 1992 The Houston Chronicle Publishing Company
The Houston Chronicle
July 21, 1992, Tuesday, 2 STAR Edition
SECTION: A; Opinion; Pg. 16
LENGTH: 720 words
HEADLINE: Clinton mighty quiet on global issues
BYLINE: LESLIE H. GELB
KEYWORD: Elections Presidential
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OF the 4,250 words in Bill Clinton's acceptance speech last
week, a grand total of 141 were devoted to international concerns.
Those who nodded off briefly at the 40-minute mark of the
54-minute oratorical stew might have have gotten no taste at all of
a potential commander in chief.
It is hard to avoid drawing two conclusions from this
horrendous slighting of foreign affairs: The Democratic
presidential nominee believes that the subject hardly matters to
Americans. And he seems to be running away from this unfamiliar,
international arena for fear of blundering.
He should re-examine both judgments.
First, Americans are now far more worried about domestic than
foreign affairs, and should be. But they also have to be reassured
that Clinton understands the world sufficiently to be entrusted
with their security.
Americans have almost always treated foreign policy as a
metaphor for leadership. President Bush knows this full well and
will push his advantages with the voters. If Clinton does not take
the time to define himself on world politics, Bush will do the job
for him.
International issues were unimportant to the Democratic
primaries. And this may have lulled Clinton and his advisers into
thinking the general election will be no different. But neither the
Arkansas governor nor any of his closest aides have ever worked at
the center of a national campaign. They soon will discover that
Bush and the press will not leave the world alone. Clinton's own
antsiness about slipping on a foreign banana peel suggests that
deep down he grasps this.
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ought to make him wary. But based on the little he has said thus
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Most of the 141 words he uttered in the New York speech
showed good instincts. ""I know well that the world needs a strong
America, he said, ""but we have learned that strength begins at
home.
An excellent premise that seems to elude Bush.
""The end of the Cold War permits us to reduce defense
spending while still maintaining the strongest defense in the
world. Fine again. He also rightly stressed using force " "when
necessary, preserving the ""common environment'' and promoting
global democracy and growth.
The two speeches where he elaborated on these themes were
both of high quality. But they left a lot of tough questions to
answer and holes to fill.
Clinton shamelessly dances around free-trade issues.
Sometimes he backs free trade; sometimes ""fair trade,' a code for
protectionism.
In his acceptance speech, he spoke of ""exporting products,
not jobs. That code again. To Bush's great credit, he champions
free trade to create jobs.
Clinton's ambivalence here is particularly distressing
because of the centrality he attaches to economics in world
politics. He even talks of money-mighty Japan as America's most
important partner. If global economics is so crucial, and it is, he
ought to give at least one speech saying what he has in mind.
Nor has he been much more specific about how he intends to
cut military spending and remain the world's strongest power. He
says he would reduce the $ 300 billion defense budget by $ 100
billion, but his proposed cuts do not add up to that total.
This is something Al Gore, the vice presidential candidate,
might have tackled last week. He is an expert. But he, too, skirted
national security in his acceptance speech. Of his 2,565 words, a
mere 120 dealt directly with world politics.
Gore's main foreign offering was rather apocalyptic: ""The
task of saving the Earth's environment must and will become the
central organizing principle of the post-Cold War world. What on
earth does that mean, and how on earth would a Clinton -Gore
administration pay that bill?
The dynamic duo will hurt their campaign if they focus almost
exclusively on domestic affairs and virtually brush off
international matters. Bush and the press will knock their heads
off.
It may be hard for a team now running more than 20 points
ahead in some polls to see this punch coming. But it will come, and
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land. Clinton's and Gore's scant words about revolutionizing
national security policy won't protect them, or reassure Americans.
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Copyright 1992 The New York Times Company
The New York Times
July 19, 1992, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 4; Page 17; Column 1; Editorial Desk
LENGTH: 710 words
HEADLINE: Foreign Affairs;
A Mere 141 Words
BYLINE: By LESLIE H. GELB
BODY:
Of the 4,250 words in Bill Clinton's acceptance speech, a grand total of
141 were devoted to international concerns. Those who nodded off briefly at the
40-minute mark of the 54-minute oratorical stew might have have gotten no taste
at all of a potential Commander in Chief.
It is hard to avoid drawing two conclusions from this horrendous slighting of
foreign affairs: The Democratic Presidential nominee believes that the subject
hardly matters to Americans. And he seems to be running away from this
unfamiliar international arena for fear of blundering.
He should re-examine both judgments.
First, Americans are now far more worried about domestic than foreign
affairs, and should be. But they also have to be reassured that Mr. Clinton
understands the world sufficiently to be entrusted with their security.
Americans have almost always treated foreign policy as a metaphor for
leadership. President Bush knows this full well, and will push his advantages
with the voters here. If Mr. Clinton does not take the time to define himself
on world politics, Mr. Bush will do the job for him.
International issues were unimportant to the Democratic primaries. And this
may have lulled Mr. Clinton and his advisers into thinking the general
election will be no different. But neither the Arkansas Governor nor any of his
closest aides have ever worked at the center of a national campaign. They soon
will discover that Mr. Bush and the press will not leave the world alone. Mr.
Clinton's own antsiness about slipping on a foreign banana peel suggests that
deep down he grasps this.
Second, Mr. Clinton's limited background on international issues ought to
make him wary. But based on the little he has said thus far, he should have the
confidence to say more.
Most of the 141 words he uttered Thursday showed good instincts. "I know well
that the world needs a strong America," he said, "but we have learned that
strength begins at home." An excellent premise that seems to elude Mr. Bush.
"The end of the cold war permits us to reduce defense spending while still
maintaining the strongest defense in the world." Fine again. He also rightly
stressed using force "when necessary," preserving the "common environment" and
promoting global democracy and growth.
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The two speeches in which he elaborated on these themes were both of high
quality. But they left a lot of tough questions to answer and holes to fill.
Mr. Clinton shamelessly dances around free-trade issues. Sometimes he backs
free trade; sometimes "fair trade," a code for protectionism. In his acceptance
speech, he spoke of "exporting products, not jobs. IT Code again. To Mr. Bush's
great credit, he champions free trade to create jobs.
Mr. Clinton's ambivalence here is particularly distressing because of the
centrality he attaches to economics in world politics. He even talks of
money-mighty Japan as America's most important partner. If global economics is
so crucial, and it is, he ought to give at least one speech saying what he has
in mind.
Nor has he been much more specific about how he intends to cut military
spending and remain the world's strongest power. He says he would reduce the
$300 billion defense budget by $100 billion, but his proposed cuts do not add up
to that total.
This is something Al Gore, the Vice Presidential candidate, might have
tackled on Thursday. He is an expert. But he, too, skirted national security
in his acceptance speech. Of his 2,565 words, a mere 120 dealt directly with
world politics.
Mr. Gore's main foreign offering was rather apocalyptic: "The task of saving
the Earth's environment must and will become the central organizing principle of
the post-cold war world." What on earth does that mean, and how on earth would a
Clinton -Gore Administration pay that bill?
The dynamic duo will hurt their campaign if they focus almost exclusively on
domestic affairs and virtually brush off international matters. Mr. Bush and the
press will knock their heads off.
It may be hard for a team now running more than 20 points ahead in some polls
to see this punch coming. But it will come, and land. Mr. Clinton and Mr.
Gore's scant words about revolutionizing national security policy won't
protect them, or reassure Americans.
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Clinton supports more than $60 billion defense cuts and that
means 1 million jobs
She questioned our backup on the numbers
Bill Richards 703-697-2332 at DOD won't be in until noon today
OMB also called -- Gene Ebner -- can't use $317 number he's
calling Bill Richards on this too -- but he stands behind the $60
billion Clinton is calling for in defense cuts
Bill Richards -- DOD Comptroller
in the last three defense budgets - his plans have taken out over
300 billion from defense spending that was planned / projected
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Our values are their values. And in this time of
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transition, they are reaching out to us. They seek our help. And if
we're to act, we must see clearly what is at stake.
Forty years ago, Americans had the vision and the good
sense to help defeated enemies back to their feet -- as democracies.
Well, what a wise investment that proved to be. Those we helped
became close allies and major trading partners.
Our choice today just as clear: With our help, Russia,
Ukraine, other new states, can become democratic friends and
partners. And let me say here, they will have our help. What
difference can this make for America, you might ask? We can put
behind us for good the nuclear confrontation that has held our very
civilization hostage for over four decades. The threat of a major
ground war in Western Europe has disappeared with the demise of the
Warsaw Pact.
A democratic Russia is the best guarantee against a
renewed danger of competition and the threat of nuclear rivalry. The
failure of the democratic experiment could bring a dark future -- a
return to authoritarianism, or a dissent into anarchy. In either
case, the outcome would threaten our peace, our prosperity, and our
security for years to come.
FROMS DAN! SPEECH of
But we should focus not on the dangers of failure, but
on the dividends of success.
budget authority
First, we can reap a genuine peace dividend this year,
and then year after year, in the form of permanently-reduced defense
budgets. Already we've proposed $50-billion worth of defense
spending reduction between now and 1997. Now that cut comes on top
of savings totally $267 billion, more than a quarter of a trillion
dollars in projected defense expenditures since the fall of the
Berlin Wall. Make no mistake: I am not going to make reckless
defense cuts that impair our own fundamental nation security.
Second, working with our Russian partners and our
allies, we can create a new international landscape -- a landscape
where emerging threats are contained and undone, where we work in
concert to confront common threats to our environment, where
terrorists find no safe haven, and where genuine coalitions of like-
minded countries respond to dangers and opportunities together.
And finally, third, the triumph of free governments and
free markets in the old Soviet Union will mean extensive
opportunities for global trade and economic growth. A democratic
Russia, one dedicated to free market economies, will provide an
impetus for a major increase in global trade and investment. The
people of the former Soviet Union are well-schooled and highly
Jeannic-
skilled. They seek for their families the same better future each of
us wishes for our own.
And together, they form a potentially vast market that
crosses 11 time zones and comprises nearly 300 million people. No
economist can pinpoint the value of trade opportunities we hope to
have. It's impossible to compute. But the potential for prosperity
is great. Increased trade means vast new markets for American goods,
new opportunities for American entrepreneurs, new jobs for American
workers. And I'm committed to giving American business every
possible opportunity to compete fairly and equally in these new
markets.
For example, last week I asked the Congress to repeal
the Stevenson and Byrd amendments that limit Export-Import Bank's
ability to help promote American exports to the former USSR. And I'm
pleased that Congress has acted. I'm also seeking to conclude trade,
bilateral investment and tax treaties with each of the new
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Everyhodos
ceremony has done for "under-fire" archery. And the credit goes
to the people behind the technology -- Odetics' associates. Let
not
me salute you for the energy and enterprise you bring to your employees
work. //
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Barbara was especially excited when she heard I was visiting
today. She said, if everything you tell me about Odetics is true
-- then maybe you can find someone out there
who can teach
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believe is the central triumph of our time: the Free World's
great victory in the Cold War. You may have thought you were
building
weapons
but you were really building a safer world
for our children. //
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But as you know, that triumph means changes in the very
industries that helped us carry the day. Many defense-related
firms are grappling with the new realities -- and not all are
doing it with the success you're having right here. //
We know we can reduce defense spending -- cut it
substantially. I believe there ought to be a payoff for the
unsung hero of the Cold War -- the American taxpayer. Between
Bob Howard
now and 1997, defense spending will drop $478 billion dollars
from the levels we projected before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
over
That breaks down to about $xx, 000 in savings for every American
66,322,000
family. //
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I've proposed a sensible defense build-down, a blueprint
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that recognizes post-Cold War realities -- but still gives this
66,322,100
country the muscle we need to meet whatever danger comes our way.
We also know we need to help defense firms and defense
workers make the adjustment -- to help technology-intensive
companies like yours compete and win in the economic Olympics --
where the prizes aren't medals, but good jobs and bigger
paychecks.
That's the idea behind our National Technology Initiative -
- to help bring new technologies -- technologies developed at
taxpayer expense -- out of federal labs and into the marketplace.
That's why we're pioneering a new program to help members of
community Cam Fundly
the defense establishment -- civilian and military -- find new
careers in America's classrooms. We want to put their discipline
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and drive, their energy and expertise to use -- teaching our
kids.
And it's why on June 19, I announced an important regulatory
change that will help companies with defense-related businesses
make the transition to the post-Cold War era. One unnecessary
obstacle has been what is called the recoupment fee. The tax
charged against military and commercial products sold to
customers other than the U.S. Government. These fees hurt
American companies
...
American workers, by making it more
difficult for them to compete for business here and abroad.
That's why I've directed Dick Cheney to take every action he can
to eliminate these fees, and help American companies compete.
Finally, it's the reason my budget calls for an investment
civilian
of $17 billion dollars in applied R&D Mcivian
But we can't lose sight of the fact that for all the great
gains we've made for freedom
...
for all the peace of mind we've
secured for our children
the world remains a dangerous place.
I think back -- to the oath I took on the Capitol steps
three and a half years ago, to preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution. Of the trust placed in me -- the trust I've done
my best to repay -- to keep this nation safe and secure.
I'm proud of our accomplishments -- thankful that I've been
able to give the order so many Presidents longed to give, for
many of our nuclear forces to "stand down" from alert. And yet
in many ways, I know that our world today is more uncertain --
far more unpredictable -- than the world we've left behind. //
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The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still plenty
of wolves in the world. Renegade rulers / outlaw regimes /
Baghdad bullies. Madmen we can't allow to get a finger on the
nuclear trigger. //
You have my word: This President will never allow a lone
wolf to endanger American security. //
When it comes to clear and present dangers like the ones I'm
talking about, we can't afford to keep our heads in the sand.
I've been told about a certain political speech not too many
weeks ago
it went on about the future of this country for
almost an hour. Out of all that time, it spent about 1 minute on
the national security of this nation -- 1 minute -- 141 words, to
be exact. If you blinked -- or even heated up a ham and cheese
sandwich in the microwaved -- well, you missed it.
I guess it's all part of "the change thing." When it comes
to national defense, I'm worried that the other side is all for
change, alright. They want to change the subject.
Well, their silence speaks volumes.
You see, I don't believe foreign policy is a footnote
a
loose end we wrap up, and then safely forget. And the defense
budget is more than a piggy bank for folks who want to get busy
beating swords
into pork barrels.
//
Someone has to set the record straight. Someone has to
speak up for the military muscle that gives meaning to American
leadership. Someone has to say, even now that we've won the
Cold War: America is safe
so long as America stays strong.
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If we took the course that some recommend, we literally
wouldn't know what we were missing -- until we found out in the
heat of battle. But the truth is, at Odetics and other frontline
firms around California and this country -- you'd feel it first.
The other side proposes to cut more than $60 billion dollars
in defense cuts beyond -below -- the level we see as the minimum
necessary for national security. Cuts of that magnitude would
jeopardize America's ability to defend our interests and ideals.
And let me bring it close to home: Cuts of that magnitude would
cost workers in the defense industry as many as one million jobs.
//
If we followed their plan, tough times now would only get
worse -- and the only winner would be the mothball industry. //
For the sake of national security -- for the sake of just
plain economic common sense --- for the sake of California and
this country: we've got to keep America strong -- and we will.
//
I spoke a few moments ago about what we're doing to help
firms like yours make a strong post-Cold War conversion. But the
best program for defense conversion is a dynamic economy.
Yes, our economy is still growing --- but even today, we saw
new evidence that it is not growing fast enough. That's why (183)
) days ago in my State of the Union, I proposed a common-sense,
comprehensive plan to get this economy moving faster -- right
now. My plan includes tax incentives to encourage businesses to
hire new workers -- breaks for young families who want to buy
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that first home, participate in the American Dream.
(
Half a
million jobs would have been created if the Congress had acted
right away.
You know the story. Congress sat on my plan -- and sent me
one full of new government spending, and new taxes.
So I sent their plan back. And I'm still waiting -- almost
200 days later. This economic recovery plan is being held
hostage and the ransom note reads, "wait 'till after the
election."
It's not the first time Congress has let the people down.
Just a few weeks back, I was in Utah with my good friend
Fake
Senator Garn -- stepping down after 18 years in the Congress --
and one unforgettable ride aboard the space shuttle. / I asked
him the question I know is on many Americans' minds: If we can
send one Congressman to space --- why can't we
....
( (Long
pause))
Now there's a project for Odetics.
Today I say to the Congress: release the economy, approve
this jobs program, and help me put America back to work -- now.
Yes, America will change, just as we have changed the world.
The question now is: Who will change America for the better? It
won't be people whose only enthusiasm is for government, who
measure progress by programs created and special interests
satisfied.
If you want to know who's going to change America -- look
around you. Look around. It's going to be the guy who works an
7
extra shift every week so his son can go to the school of his
choice. It's going to be the small businesswoman who takes a
risk on a new product. The computer hacker working in a lonely
garage, the merit scholar from South Central L.A.
There's your answer. The people who are going to change
America
are people like you.
may God
Thank you once again for this warm welcome -- and now, for
the tough part: I'll take your questions.
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Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release
July 30, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO ODETICS ASSOCIATES
Odetics, Inc.
Anaheim, California
1:53 P.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much for that
wonderfully warm Odetics welcome. (Applause.) Joel, let me tell
you why Odetics was selected: it's innovation, achievement and
attitude. (Applause.)
And may I thank your fellow founders, Mr.
Gudmundson, Mr. Muensch, Daly, Schulz and Jim Welch, for the
hospitality; and all of you most of all for this hospitality.
on board every American space shuttle is Odetics.
You're everywhere -- (applause) -- I'm told in the security
camera in the convenience and the corner ATM machine.
(Applause.) I've always wondered where all this stuff came from.
I think you've for robotics what the guy at that Olympics
ceremony has done for the under fire archery, if you remember
that fellow. (Laughter.)
And as Joel pointed out to me early on, the credit
goes to the people behind the technology -- the Odetics
Associates, (Applause.) the workers here who have done such a great job.
Barbara was especially thrilled when she heard I was
coming out here. And she said, if everything you tell me about
Odetics is true -- (applause) -- then maybe you can find someone
out there who can teach you how to set the time on our VCR.
(Laughter and applause.) We need help. I don't know how you all
handle it, we just leave ours flashing -- (laughter) -- 12:00,
12:00 -- that way you're right two times every 24 hours.
(Laughter and applause.)
And I think you all have played a significant part
in what I believe is the central triumph of our time, the free
world's great victory in the Cold War. But as you know, that
triumph means changes in the very industry that helped us carry
the day. Many defense-related firms are grappling with the new
realities. And not all are doing it with the success that you're
having right here.
We know we can reduce defense spending, cut'it
substantially and responsibly. The victory in the Cold War makes
it mandatory for a President to do just that. And I have
proposed a sensible defense build-down, a blueprint that
recognizes -- boasts post-Cold War realities but still gives this
way. country the muscle that we need to meet whatever danger comes our
And we also -- we also know that we need to help
defense firms and defense workers make the adjustment to help
technology-intensive companies like yours compete and win in the
economic Olympics, where the prizes aren't medals, but they're
good Jobs and are bigger paychecks.
And I happen to believe that the best defense
conversion program is a strong national economy. And that is my
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first and overriding priority. And this morning there were some
economic numbers out showing that you can probably pick up -- you
can probably pick this up from conversations with your neighbors
-- the American economy is growing nationally, but not fast
enough. And most economists predict the economy's going to get
stronger the rest of the year -- nationally. That's true, I
believe. But your friends and neighbors do not want to wait for
new jobs to be created, they want them now.
And on January 29th, I put forward a specific
program to spur the economic economy -- would not have increased
this deficit -- but to spur the economic economy with incentives
to encourage businesses to hire new workers and help Americans
who want to buy a home. And if that plan was in place, it would
have created 15,000 jobs a day, over half a million jobs since
February. And for 183 days, the Congress has dillydallied with
this plan while we could be creating new jobs for Americans.
And so do me a favor -- help me send the United
States Congress a message, the one institution that hasn't
changed control for 38 years. Don't hold the American economy
hostage to politics, tell them to vote for a recovery program and
get this country back to work right now. (Applause.)
A stronger economy -- a stronger economy is going to
help a lot of your associates in related companies who might be
looking for work these days. But we also need to help the
defense firms and the workers make the adjustment and transfer
your technological expertise to other parts of our economy.
And that's the idea behind what we call a national
technology initiative, to help bring new technologies, those that
have been developed at taxpayers' expense in our labs, out of the
federal labs and into the marketplace. And that's why we're
pioneering a new program to help members of the defense community
-- civilian and military -- to find new careers in America's
classrooms.
And it's why we're doing away with something called
-- this is technical -- but called the recoupment fee. This is a
tax charged against military and commercial products sold to
customers other than the U.S. government. And these fees hurt
American companies -- American workers by making it more
difficult for them to compete for business here and abroad.
And I've told the Secretary of Defense to eliminate
these fees. And if the government unties the hands of
businesses, I know that we can beat the pants off foreign
competition. (Applause.) And that's -- I think we can help
through this transition.
But, you know, as another Californian used to say,
"Peace through strength never goes out of style." And we cannot
lose sight of the fact that for all the great gains that we've
made for freedom and for all the peace of mind we've secured for
our children because of the elimination or certainly the
reduction -- significant reduction of the threat of nuclear war
-- the world still is a dangerous place.
And I think back to the oath that I took on the
Capitol steps there when I first became President -- "to
preserve, to protect and to defend the Constitution of the United
states," and of the trust placed in me, the trust I've done my
best to repay to keep this nation safe and secure. And I am
proud of these accomplishments here and thankful that we've been
able to give the order that so many Presidents long to give: for
many of our nuclear forces to stand down from alert.
And yet in many ways, I know that our world today is
more uncertain, far more unpredictable than the world we left
behind. And the soviet bear, that unified international
communist Soviet bear may be extinct, but there are still plenty
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of wolves out there in the world -- renegade rulers, outlaw
regimes, terrorist regimes, Baghdad bullies. And I won't allow
them to get a finger on the nuclear trigger. (Applause.)
This President will never allow a lone wolf to
endanger American security. And we owe that to these kids right
here today. Yes, the world is a safer place, but we've got to
keep it safe. (Applause.)
I've been told about a certain political speech not
too many weeks ago. I missed it; I was fishing in Wyoming.
(Laughter.) And it went on about the future of this country --
(laughter) -- it went on about the future of the country, I'm
told, for about an hour. And out of all that time, that speech
spent about one minute on the national security of this nation
-- one minute, 141 words to be exact. And if you blinked or had
to do something else or even heated up a ham and cheese sandwich
in the microwave, you missed the entire part about the national
security and world peace.
Well, I guess it's all part of the change thing.
But when it comes to national defense, I am worried that the
other side is for change -- they want to change the subject. And
their silence speaks volumes. And I don't believe that foreign
policy and national security is a footnote, a loose end we wrap
up and then safely forget. And the defense budget is more than a
piggy bank for folks who want to get busy beating swords into
pork barrels. And we've got to fight to keep this country
sufficiently strong. (Applause.)
And so someone has to set the record straight and
has to speak up for the muscle -- not the waste, not that we
can't cut -- but has to speak up for the needed muscle that gives
meaning to American leadership. And someone has to say even now
that we've won the Cold War -- America is safe -- but just so
long as America stays strong.
And if we took the course that some recommend, we
literally wouldn't know what we're missing until we found it out
in the heat of battle. But the truth is that odetics and other
frontline firms around California, you'd feel it first. The
other side proposes to cut nearly $60 billion in defense cuts
beyond and below the level we see as the minimum necessary for
national security. And we cannot let that happen -- almost four
times more cuts than we believe is responsible so that I can
certify to these young people here that your future is going to
be safe.
And cuts of that magnitude would jeopardize
America's ability to defend our citizens, our interests and our
ideals. And let me bring it very close to home. Cuts of that
magnitude would cost workers in the defense industry as many as
one million jobs. so we've got two reasons. The first and most
important, we've got to do what my oath committed me to do:
guarantee the national security of this country. And then we've
got to also think about the American worker and not needlessly
push him out of work. (Applause.)
I know that the California economy is struggling
these days, and that some of it comes -- and I'll accept the
blame for this -- from what I think are the responsible cuts that
we've approved. AS the Cold War ended, it was appropriate that
we make some defense cuts.
But think of the shockwaves that reckless defense
cuts would touch off in construction and electronics and
aerospace. And think of what those layoffs will do to housing
prices. And think of the workers. Think of the families -- from
die cutters and welders to design teams and engineers thrown out
of work and then over onto the welfare.
You know, when a ship is decommissioned it's said to
be put in mothballs. well, if we follow that plan, the
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opposition's plan, the only industry hiring would be the mothball
industry. We cannot let that happen to our country. (Applause.)
And as long as I am President, I make this pledge:
I will not let our economy be wrecked and our security threatened
by the politically-appealing idea of gutting our national
defense. They want to gut the defense and we cannot let that
happen. (Applause.)
And BO in conclusion, let me just say this year
you're going to hear a lot of talk about change. But to me this
election, like every other one, is also about trust. Who do you
trust to change America? who do you trust, not to do what's easy
or sounds good -- it might be responding to some poll out there
-- but to do what is right for you and for your children and for
the families of this country and for America?
And I make this pledge to you, not to do what is
unwise or politically expedient, but I pledge to fulfill the
trust that you have placed in me by doing what is right for this
country. (Applause.)
I am very, very pleased to be here. And now I will
end with the word that I know will get me a nice standing
ovation: Odetics! Go for it! Thank you very much. (Applause.)
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firms are grappling with the new realities -- and not all are
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substantially, I believe there ought to be a payoff for the
unsung hero of the Cold War -- the American taxpayer. Between
now and 1997, defense spending will drop $478 billion dollars
from the levels we projected before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
That breaks down to over $7,000 in savings for every American
family
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(Christina - These changes MUST
BE MADE. DMCG)
I've proposed a sensible defense build-down, a blueprint
that recognizes post-Cold War realities -- but still gives this
country the muscle we need to meet whatever danger comes our way.
The world still looks to the United States for leadership.
In an uncertain world, America must remain a force for stability.
We also know we need to help defense firms and defense
workers make the adjustment -- to help technology-intensive
companies like yours compete and win in the economic Olympics --
where the prizes aren't medals, but good jobs and bigger
paychecks.
That's the idea behind our National Technology Initiative -
- to help bring new technologies -- technologies developed at
taxpayer expense -- out of federal labs and into the marketplace.
That's why we're pioneering a new program to help members of
the defense community -- civilian and military -- find new
careers in America's classrooms. We want to put their discipline
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If we took the course that some recommend, we. literally
wouldn't know what we were missing -- until we found out in the
heat of battle. But the truth is, at Odetics and other frontline
firms around California and this country -- you'd feel it first.
The other side proposes to cut more NEARLY than $60 billion dollars
in defense cuts beyond -- below -- the level we see as the
minimum necessary for national security. Cuts of that magnitude
would jeopardize America's ability to defend our citizens, our
interests and our ideals. And let me bring it close to home:
Cuts of that magnitude would cost workers in the defense industry
as many as one million jobs. //
If we followed their plan, tough times now would only get
worse -- and the only winner would be the mothball industry. //
For the sake of national security -- for the sake of just
plain economic common sense -- for the sake of California and
this country -- for the sake of the brave men and women in our
armed forces, whose equipment must remain the best in the world:
we've got to keep America strong -- and we will.
//
I spoke a few moments ago about what we're doing to help
firms like yours make a strong post-Cold War conversion. But the
best program for defense conversion is a dynamic economy.
Yes, our economy is still growing -- but even today, we saw
new evidence that it is not growing fast enough. That's why, 183
days ago in my State of the Union, I proposed a common-sense,
comprehensive plan to get this economy moving faster -- right
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1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
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1992-97
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323.8
331.5
343.8
356.9
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288.6
283.8
281.0
281.6
284.3
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290.6
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Odetics: Typifying the American Industrial Renaissance
LA SIGNAL
Throughout Orange County as well as the many global markets it serves,
LA STAFF
Odetics is known for innovation. This ability to look beyond the obvious; to
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challenge oneself as well as the competition; to have the courage to be
creative has led to an example of the American industrial renaissance.
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Odetics is a market-driven company that develops technology to compete in
specialty markets. The company was formed in 1969 to design and
manufacturer tape recorders used on satellites and other space vehicles. Like
most entrepreneurs, the company's founders believed they could improved
upon their industry's state-of-the-art technology and production. Unlike
most entrepreneurs, however, the founders had a second mission. They
believed they could also improved the state-of-the-art in work environments.
The company's founders believed that Odetics should be built around people
who care, people who have a "can do" attitude. Odetics employees are
called associates, a term that implies that a person chooses to enter an
association with the company and is an active part of the company's process.
The cornerstone of Odetics' operations is discipline. The company has a
reputation for caring about the details for analyzing, simulating and
testing. By "peeling off the layers" continuous improvement is achieved.
[
In a world economy that stresses consumerism, Odetics successfully blends
government and commercial marketing. Originally a 100 percent
government enterprise, today the more than half of the company's customer
base is commercial. Odetics has proven that technology developed for
government and defense can cost-effectively benefit commercial markets.
concented
According to the American Electronics Association, Odetics has one of the
lowest associate turnover rates of any comparable California electronics
company. The continuity of the company's work force, combined with a
corporate culture that stresses communication, training and quality allows
Odetics to establish a solid base of operations.
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Odetics
Odetics Company Profile:
Odetics manufacturers automated tape libraries, data recorders and other automated
products that store and control information. Founded in 1969 to design and produce high
reliability space tape recorders, Odetics today has five major operating division that serve
commercial as well as government markets.
Odetics Major Operating Divisions Are:
/
Odetics Space Division:
Manufactures highly reliable data recorders that store information derived from both
operational and experimental space programs. In addition, Odetics space recorders are
used as the main memory for the computers onboard the Space Shuttle. Odetics Space
Division averages a 60 percent share of the worldwide space recorder market.
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Gyyr:
The first commercial division of Odetics and the originator of the time-lapse video
cassette recorder concept. Manufacturers time-lapse video tape recorders and other
closed-circuit video equipment used for security applications. Gyyr provides more value-
added features than any other manufacturer of time-lapse video tape recorders.
3
Odetics Precision Time Division:
Develops and manufactures products that provide timing information used to synchronize
telecommunications networks such as digital cellular telephone systems and computer
networks. Odetics PTD has the widest range of precision time equipment from a single
company.
Odetics Broadcast
Manufactures tape libraries known as "cart machines" that are used by cable and
television stations around the world to automate the storage and televising of
commercials, news spots and other programming stored on video tape.
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Automated Tape Library Division
The most recently formed Odetics division, Odetics ATL Products Division manufactures
automated tape libraries that store and control computer tapes. Products range from very
large libraries for government applications to smaller libraries for the midrange computer
market.
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Odetics
Fact Sheet
Profile:
Odetics manufacturers automated tape libraries, data recorders and other
products that control and store information.
Year established
1969
Annual Sales, FY 1992 ended 3/31
$70 million
Corporate Headquarters
Anaheim, California
Other facilities
El Paso, Texas
Reading, England
Average number of employees
600
Major Operating Divisions:
Odetics Space Division
Gyyr
Odetics Precision Time Division
Odetics Broadcast
Odetics ATL Products Division
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Joel Slutzky
POIUS INTRO
President
Crandall Gudmundson
Chief Technical Officer
Kevin Daly, Ph.D.
Media Contact
Holly Barnett
Miscellaneous Facts:
A
Original business was 100 percent government. Migrated Technology to
commercial products. Now, more than 50 percent commercial.
A
Odetics space recorders fly on every Space Shuttle mission.
A Odetics Space Division has contracts with every space agency in the Free
World.
A
Listed in The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America by Levering &
Moskowitz.
The company has successfully translated technology developed for
government sector into products for commercial markets.
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Growing European sales. Opened an Odetics UK facility for sales,
service and light manufacturing.
A
All major product lines successfully compete in international markets.
The Smithsonian Institute has inducted Odex I, a robotic technology
demonstrator developed by Odetics, into its permanent collection of
significant technological advancements.
According to the American Electronics Association, Odetics has one of
the lowest employee turnover rates of any comparable California
electronics company.
One associate is the founder of the Future Scientists and Engineers of
America, an organization that matches companies with schools to provide
America 2000
a hands-on learning environment for American youth, grades 4 - 12.
FSEA has been Adopted by the American Electronics Association.
FSEA's goal is make the U.S. number one in math and science by the
Year 2000.
A Company awards include:
Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences for Developments in Automated/Robotic Record-play Video
A Technology Congressional Caucus on Science and Technology/Advancing
Robotics
More than 20 performance awards from customers such as
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Dibold and NASA
A
Pubic Relations Society of America, Distinguished Service Award for
Public Service in Orange County
Associate awards include:
A ASME Leonardo Divinci Award
A SME John Vertut Award
A IEEE Outstanding Achievement Award
A IEEE Fellow Distinction
A Four associates received NASA's Certificate of Appreciation for work
in successfully extricating valuable information from the recorders found
in the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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When the US went into the Persian Gulf, one
Odetics Associate, Hector Vega, a machinist with
Odetics Omutec Division and member of the US
Army Reserve, went too. Concurrently, the
company has a tradition of having a fun event for
Valentine's Day. However, with the war foremost
in every one's mind, the usual gaiety seemed
inappropriate. Instead, we decided to combine the
two, sending a Valentine wish from our company to
Hector's military company in the Gulf.
Research: The project did not call for research, per se, other than
finding out how
to send packages to Hector, learn his whereabouts, and other task-
oriented information gathering.
Planning: Our objectives were to create a connection between the
associates at the
plant with our company's only associate in the Gulf War, promote
patriotism and send a goodwill message to the troops.
The program was actually divided into three phases. Hector Vega
Day I took place on Valentine's Day and honored Hector and his
company in his absence. Hector Vega Day II celebrated his return and
also commemorated all of the company's veterans. And finally, on
Veterans Day we had a ceremony that honored all of our veterans.
A conscious decision was made not to invite news media to the
events, as we did not want anyone to get the impression that we were
using Hector to garner media coverage. In stead we positioned the
events as private celebrations.
Execution: Materials used for Hector Vega Day I included a series of
specially designed post
cards that were available for mailing to Hector, a video message, and a
scrapbook that he was given upon his return to commemorate the
event. We also sold yellow ribbon pins and T-shirts, with proceeds
being donated to aid Gulf War families from the El Toro Marine Base.
Hector Vega Day II was an all American celebration at a park area
adjacent to Odetics Corporate Headquarters, complete with red-white-
and blue bows and yellow ribbons, a yellow-balloon release, all
Americana music (we had a one-man band on order, but he canceled
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at the last minute) and fried chicken box lunches. We also unveiled a
plaque that lists all of the company's veterans.
On Veteran's Day we had a ceremony to honor all of our veterans,
published a book of their military photos, and provided all of our
hero's with a mess-hall style lunch.
Evaluation: With Hector Vega Day we knew we ran the risk of
"jumping on the Gulf
War Bandwagon", however since we positioned the events as personal
celebrations as opposed to media events we received only positive feedback.
Participation in all three of the event's far surpassed typical attendance at
company programs. The program truly brought our associates together for a
common cause. And, Hector more than appreciated the attention -- at Hector
Vega Day II the usually shy and soft-spoken Hector thanked all of his fellow
associate for their care and concern.
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MORE FACTS ABOUT ODETICS MORE TO FOLLOW
A Odetics' first products were space tape recorders used onboard satellites
and other space vehicles. Interestingly, the most promising marketing
opportunities for these products are coming from the Earth resource
observation programs. These programs use satellites to gather information
about environmental issues. For example, the old-growth forests of the
Pacific Northwest are currently being monitored by SPOT Satellites (which
use Odetics recorders) that are owned and operated by SPOT Image, a
division of the French Space Agency. Satellite imaging provides the most
cost effective means of monitoring our natural resources.
A Odetics began its shift into commercial products in 1975 with the
formation of its Gyyr (pronounced gire) Division. Gyyr manufactures time-
lapse video recorders used in security applications. Typical applications
include convenience store security systems. Gyyr recorders are also built
into automatic teller machines (ATMs) used by banks.
A Odetics provides an excellent example of the possible synergistic
relationship between government programs and commercial products. For
example the automated tape library sold into the midrange computer
marketplace by Odetics ATL Products Division is a direct outgrowth of a
robotic tape library system that was developed for a government mass
storage program.
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4 While it may be too soon for a peace dividend, there is definitely a peace
opportunity to change companies' investment strategies. By building upon
government-based R&D we can provide leading edge technology for the
commercial market. Likewise, government programs can then benefit from
the time-to-market and cost advantages of commercial products.
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A Odetics has a reputation for supporting the dreams of its associates.
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A Steve Bartholet, a electro-mechanical engineer for Odetics Space
Division believed that it was possible to develop a walking robot that could
be used in the nuclear power industry. He presented his idea, and a wooden
model he had built in his garage, to management. Management agreed that
the
the program had merit and a development program was put in place. In
1983, Odetics unveiled Odex I a robotics technology demonstrator that now
I
is on display in the Smithsonian Institute of Technology. The French
Atomic Power Commission took delivery of the latest model of Odex III in
1991.
May it 'll be someone the G.W.
George Westrom, senior engineer, believed that there was a need to
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interest children in becoming engineers and scientists. He developed a
working model for an organization called the Future Scientists and
Engineers of America (FSEA) and presented his ideas to Odetics
Management. Again, the company backed this associate's vision. Today,
the manyle
FSEA is a growing organization that matches companies with students
grades 4 - - 12. The American Electronics Association recently adopted the
organization (see earlier transmitted data).
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who's gone
into the classroom
looking for future secentary
among today b 4th gradus,
Fax Memorandum
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jeanie bunton
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Odetics
714-774-5000 (telephone)
714-774-9432 (fax)
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Message:
Regarding our average tenure:
the average tenure of an Odetics associate is 7.07 years
30 % of associates have been with Odetics for 10+ years
40 % of associates have been with Odetics for 7+ years
50+ % of associates have been with Odetics for 5+ years
579 associates work the day shift, 16 work 2nd and grave
yard shifts.
I will continue to fax information as it becomes available.
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Odetics
Telephone: 714-774-5000
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ree
MAY DAY 1992
And finally, even though we have made a con-
OUT ON A LIMB
scious effort not to publicize Odetics' role in the
Frequent readers of this column- and anyone
formation of FSEA (we don't want company
who has talked to /George Westrom /during the past
publicity to overshadow the FSEA organization),
year or so-are probably well aware of the fact that
the company's efforts have earned us 2 nomina-
just about one year ago, the company decided to
tion for the Public Relations Society of Orange
work with George to begin an educational outreach
County's Distinguished Service Award for Public
program called the Future Scientists and Engineers
Service.
of America (FSEA). Recently, however, the organiza-
We can be proud of George and all of the other
tion met a number of important milestones. Some of
Odetics associates who have worked to make this
these accomplishments are so important that this
dream become a reality. The success of FSEA has the
week's Out on a Limb is dedicated to recent happen-
potential of benefiting all of us as well as future
ings at PSEA.
generations of Americans:
POINT oF wESTROM LIGHT
BUT FIRST SOME BACKGROUND:
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The concept for FSEA came about after George
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visited some elementary and high schools to help
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students become interested in science and math. As
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be did so, he was amazed at the fact that so few
Brea-Olinda High
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students understand what an engineer does. But
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Long Beach
ARCO
Capistrano Valley High
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rather than sit back and complain, George decided to
Dayer Junior High
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McDornell Douglas
take action by developing a plan to start FSEA.
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Aerospace Corp.
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Imperial , High
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and the Future Farmers of America. Students work
La Habra High
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their way up through the organization and as they
Lincoln Bementary
Long Beach
McDonnell Douglas
do, they work on increasingly difficult programs.
Mi Carmel High
San Diego
Northern Telecom
What PSEA has become in one short year proves
Poway High
Powzy
Hewien Packard
Rosemont Bernentary
Los Angeles
The Gas Company
that individuals really can make a difference Just
Serrano ) High
Lake Forest
Odetics
look at these recently met milestones:
St. Cecelia / High
Tustin
Holmes & Namer
Currently, there are 19 PSEA Chapters in 17
Travis Ranch to High
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schools throughout the Southern California area
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George to go to Boston and discuss bringing
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coming a national organization.
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Notes on Odetics:
Odetics is a small business located in Anaheim, CA.
NASA does not have many active prime contracts with odetics. The
largest is an $8.1M contract with GSFC for tape recorders for the
SOHO Cluster program.
Odetics has been a subcontractor to NASA contractors Boeing,
Rockwell, McDonnell Douglas, Fairchild, and Lockheed. (The values
of the subcontracts have not been terribly significant.) As a
subcontractor, Odetics has principally provided flight recorders
for the Shuttle program.
Odetics is not currently on the debarred/suspended contractors
list. (We are still trying to verify whether the firm was on the
list within the last few years.)
HP has checked protest files back to 1989. Odetics does not show
up.
The firm is currently experiencing an overrun (in the amount of
$1.4M due to design problems requiring design rework and additional
test) on the GSFC prime contract, but that's about all we've been
able to come up with so far in talking to the centers and the HQ
program offices.
In the August '91 NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 15, Issue #8, there was an
article that stated that Odetics was one of the best contractors in
the field of robotic manipulators. We have been told there is a
rumor that Odetics is pulling out of that field because they "can't
go it alone" and American business is not expressing enough
interest in robotics. We can't verify that.
Bottom line--Since this morning, we have not been able to discover
anything of major significance or potential embarrassment
concerning Odetics.
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Major Operating Divisions
Odetics manufactures automated products that store and control
information. The company was founded in 1969 to produce high-
reliability tape recorders for use in space vehicle applications.
However, through both internal development and acquisition, Odetics
has broadened its scope to include numerous commercial markets.
Odetics' major operating divisions are:
Odetics Space Division
Manufactures highly reliable data recorders that store information
derived from both operational and experimental space programs.
Odetics Space Division averages a 60 percent share of the worldwide
space recorder market.
Gyyr Manufactures time-lapse recorders and other closed-circuit video
equipment used for security applications. Gyyr provides more value-
added features than any other manufacturers of time-lapse recorders.
Odetics Precision Time Division
Develops and manufactures products that provide timing information
that synchronizes and controls communications systems. Odetics PTD
has the widest range of precision timing equipment from a single
company.
Odetics Broadcast
Pionoered the large library automation concept in the television
broadcast industry. Television stations worldwide use Odetics
Cart Machines to store and play-to-air tapes containing
commercials, nows stories and programming. A relative
newcomer to the relevision broadcas: Industry, today Odetics has
approximately 50 percent market share in North America.
Odefics ATL Division
The newest of Odetics divisions, Odetics AIL Products Division
manufactures automated Ebraries that store and control
computer tapes. Products range from very large, high-density
tape libraries for government applications to smaller 3480-forme:
tabe libraries for the midrange computer and network file server
marketplaces.
These
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In 972, 4 NASA report of the Tape Recerder Action
Plan Committee stated the: tape recurders were the
mos: IDNLIE promo component in U.S. spacecraft. Yet
only B low years later, 11:30 ike hnulegical achievements of
an Anahem California-hased company had elevated the
striftm magnetic (aps recorder to one of 15.2 most
durable and reliable spececraft components.
Today Quatity digital instrumentation : recorders
By on valually every major *pace mission in the free
world. realising in Odetics' providing more than an 82
percent share of the worldwide market for spaceborne
remiders.
Recording Mission-Critical Data
a the reughly 300 recorders Odetics has delivered,
note than one third have gone to NASA. At least live
Design recor have bee on avery flignt of the Un 100
States' Space Shurie, with a total of ten Odetics
recorders flyt Lirens mission. Moot recorders are used
MORE than - Charles magnetic tope name
lounshod on unmanned since 4991
in orbit around the Earth to record telemetry, scientific or
mission success refe
Image information received in digitized form.
Tape is a very sificient Illease of recording dats
obtained in space due to its low weight and kw power
Extending Mission Life
requirements.
With the exception of those recorders loot due to
With A TERM grace of interest in college ring Earth
launch problems, most Odera recorders have either
date, demand for Odetics recorders has increased.
exceeded their space life requirements or have continued
inder NASA's Mission To Pla Earth and Earth Obser-
to function until the ksed crawd 10 operate.
vation System DIOGRAME, space is viewed as the Ideal
Odetice recorders have been designed. hullt, and tested
vantage point from which to examine pollution, weather,
to withstand extremes in the environment and to provide
crop and inrest sites. changes IN the oceans, and other
exceptional Bis expectancies. the 300 all ctro-mechanical
environmental conditions.
state-of-the-art recorders the company has produced for
NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and foreign space
agencies have consistently met or exceeded customer
requirements.
With the advent of higher reliability electronic devices
in the late 1970s. Odetion recorders have experienced
creater than a 100,000 hour mean time between fature
(MTBF). This MTSP rate exceeds the predicted reliabs
ity of the electronics alone, not to mention the critical
machanical commonents.
Odetics 1133 passed every custom survay conducted
by DCAS. NASA. and over :5 prime contractors,
Crietics recordere have often performed above and
becond the call of duty. On the 1984 OSTA Space
Shurrie mission, à tape recorder took over when prob.
lems with a Shalle anienna temporarily incapacitated
As NABA - Me forth esservation afforts 1 Mindlits from
the Tracking and Data Relay Sarellite communications
Super Haw In Busin requires date selection systems
ink. Thanks to the Oderies recorder, vita! telematry data
thei would have otherwise been lost, Wind recorded and
Odesics spacehorne recorders on board the French
mored.
SPOT Earth INSURER satetina have stored digitized data
resulting in the most detailed photographs of Earth
sommercially avadable. The recorders can alore 68 bf:
on Dite of digitized information (upproximately equitum.
lant to 7.000 times the text in this book) which can be
recorded and played back at 50 magniss per second (or
5 books per record).
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honored for Excellence
Odetics has received several performance awards
from customers, including two consecutive Westing-
house Electric Corporation Buyer's Awards to Outstand.
ing Suppliers.
Odeber was awarded NASA'S Group Achievement
Award for participation in the successful design, devel-
opment. integration and launch of three separate space-
craft from UK United Sistes, Pederal Republic of Get.
many, end the United Kingdom in 1965. Public Service
Group Achievement Awards for participation In the
Spacelab European Cuntractor Development Team and
the Space Shuttie Program were presented by NASA to
Odetice in 1022 and 1984. NASA also presented four
Oderics associates with "Cartificates of Appreciation": in
recognition of the associates' work in successfully ex.
triceting the valuable tApes from the recorder: lound in
the wreckage of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Beginning with the
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fachniques,
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The Next Generation of Space Tape
Establishing the company Γ. 1969 specifically to pro-
duce apacebome recorders, Odetics' founders SEAM a
Recorders
need within the aurospace industry to: a higher-quality,
The new generation of Oderice recorders is supable of
longer We machine.
must data and transmitting the date more repisity.
Two innovations dramatically improved the space
One state-of-thert Odetics speceborno recerder can
recorder's reputation: Odetics' Delta Drive and the use
store date equivalent to 1,000 years of Wall Street Jour-
w Larger bali bearings.
nalo, transferring that data at a rate equivalent to one
The Delta Drive is the key to accurate data recordine.
year of Wall Street Journals every second
With this tape drive mechanism. the tape can move over
Oderles k meeting the demands for increased capabil-
the heads In a controlled motion, with extreme tautness
ity while maintaining or reducing recorder weight, size
and precise speed, throughout the entire Notime of the
and power requirements. Although limited by the re-
recorder, regardiess of the ambient temperature.
corder's mechanical parts in size reduction, Odeties has
Also contributing TC the control over tape motion was
placed the recorder's electronics on high density allieon
the drive's configuration. The Delta Drive's capsians
chips and developed a means of recording more bits 01
were positioned in close proximity to the gaps of the
information on every square inch of tape.
heads, providing for extremaly rigid coupling of the
Under upcoming contracts, Oderics will be supplying
motors and the capatans.
more of the total date storage subsystem. For d recent
Oderica engineers also observed that the highestloads
Thrusted Vector mission (or the Strategic Defense Initia-
that & precision ball bearing recorder must endure occur
tive, Odetice was responsible for the recorders, the data
not during actual operation. but during the process of
storage pallet, and the system's environmental protection.
esocmbly. Incretore. 10 ensure active endurance a safety
As Odelics' commitment to space programs worldwide
margon, they used bell cearings 'arger than had pre-
continues, Odetice will okpand Its role, applying its suc.
House been milleari.
cowe rates and desendability 16 larger sob-sustams.
This change few is the face of convendenal wedom
that said ball bearings must be smail In order to in into
what MES then the state-of-the-art recorder. Odetics took
the risk that NASA would opt for s slightly larger, but
longer-life recorder over a more compact. unrellable
recorder. Now larger ball bearings are the industry
standard.
Odetica unique manufacturing methods play & hey
rule in the high success sales and extended lives of the
recorders Critical recorder assemblies, including bear-
1958, teshometer optics and drive motors, are assemblec
by Odetice personnel to ensure that the recorder com.
picted with optim precision and the desired rellability.
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Furea Inc.
Laguna Niguel. California
CEO: Monty Howdeshell, 714.831.5350
Number of employees: Less than 50 (3,000 nation wide)
Business: Plastice -- polymer parts
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Astach Manufacturing
Santa Ana, CA
Division of MCI
CBO: Edward Lindhart, 714.250.2144
Business: Noise supprossion structures; exhaust duots and turbine
frames.
Odetics
1515 South Manchester, Anaheim, California
Contact: Joel Sintzky, 714.774.5000, Fax: 714.774.1932
Number of employees: 600
Sales: $70 million
Business: Robotics and recorders. In Persian Gulf, tracked troop
movements from space. Today, rebotics for videotape handling for
commercial television. libraries, computers, etc. Today 2/3
commercial. 1/3 aerospace.
Believe Odetics started Future Scientists and Engineers of
America - now grown to 22 chapters.
Source: Ron Cedilies via day Williams
And here are a couple of very small business that might be nice
examples:
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Superior Jis, Inc. Anabeim
Jim Morrissey, president
Number of employees: 24
Business: Tooling for defense systems: now diversifying
into civil applications. Sales were 80% military/space. now are
30% military/spaco. though they have suffered M drop-off in total
sales.
Morrissey is also President of the Republican Small Business
Association. a group of Orange County business executives who
have banded together 10 right issues like workers' comp and
AQMD regulations.
Paracel Inc.
Pasadena, CA
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[odetics]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ODETICS
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
JULY 30, 1992
11:00 A.M.
Thank you all for that warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
[Joel Slutsky] told me about the work you do
...
that
Odetics is on board ever American space shuttle
high above
the battlefield, helping our troops chart the movements of their
enemy
in the convenience store's security camera and the
corner ATM machine. FACT SHEET
I know that by the end of every workday Odetics has pushed
the state of the art
...
a little farther forward. But most of
all, I've heard about the people behind the technology --
Odetics' associates. Let me salute you for the energy and
enterprise you bring to your work. //
Barbara was especially excited when she heard I was visiting
today. She said, if everything you tell me about Odetics is true
-- then maybe you can find someone out there
...
who can teach
you how to set the time on our VCR. //
Every day here at Odetics, you give the future shape and
form. You're focused on the breakthrough technologies most
Americans only dream about.
That's right: Satellites / space flight. // 24-hour,
continuous Olympic coverage -- without pay cable. //
Companies like this one have played a key part in what I
believe is the great triumph of our time: the Free World's great
help from Lucy Allen
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in
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the
Cold
War.
But
the
fact
is,
that
great
triumph
bigger in the
means changes in the very industries that helped us carry the
day. Many defense-related firms are grappling with the new
realities -- and not all are doing it with the success you're
having right here. //
703-697-2332 Richards / (DOD)
We know that we can reduce defense spending -- cut it
sees
substantially. Now, there ought to be a payoff for the unsung
no prob
using this
hero of the Cold War -- I'm talking about the American taxpayer.
number
feels both
And there is: Between now and 1997, defense spending will drop
are longet
[More than] 300billin
authority
than
$317 billion dollars from the levels we projected before the fall
More billing
$4,500 (based 300 busin
of the Berlin Wall. That breaks down to about $xx, 000 savings both If are
for every American family //
(66,322,000)
propit defene
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that recognizes post-Cold War realities -- but still gives this
Cut dfense
country the muscle we need to meet whatever danger comes our way bught $317
billion
We also know we need to help defense firms and defense
/
workers make the adjustment -- to help technology-intensive
companies like yours compete and win in the global marketplace.
That's the idea behind our National Technology Initiative -
Tim ADAMS
- to help bring new technologies -- technologies developed at
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taxpayer expense -- out of federal labs and into the marketplace
to help American businesses compete.
That's why we're pioneering a new program to help members of
the defense establishment -- civilian and military -- find new
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careers in America's classrooms, to put their discipline and
drive, their energy and expertise to use -- teaching our kids.
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And it's why on June 19, I announced an important regulatory
change that will help companies with defense-related businesses
June 19. 92
make the transition to the post-Cold War era. One unnecessary
SREECH TO
obstacle has been what is called the recoupment fee -- or tax, if
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE OF
ORANGECO.
you will -- that the Defense Department charges on military and
commercial products sold to customers other than the U.S.
Government. These fees hurt American companies and American
workers, by making it more difficult for them to compete for
business here and abroad. That's why I've directed Dick Cheney
to take every action he can to eliminate these fees, and help
American companies compete.
But we can't lose sight of the fact that for all the great
gains we've made for freedom
...
for all the peace of mind we've
secured for our children
the world remains a dangerous place.
I think back -- to the oath I took on the Capitol steps, to
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. Of the trust
placed in me -- the trust I've done my best to repay -- to keep
this nation safe and secure.
I'm proud of our accomplishments -- thankful that I've been
able to give the order so many Presidents must have longed to
give, for many of our nuclear forces to "stand down" from alert.
And yet in many ways, I know that our world today is more
uncertain -- far more unpredictable -- than the world we've left
behind. //
4
The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still plenty
of wolves in the world. Renegade rulers / outlaw regimes /
madmen we can't allow to get a finger on the nuclear trigger.
And you have my word: This President will never allow a
lone wolf to endanger American security. //
When it comes to clear and present dangers like the ones I'm
talking about, we can't afford to keep our heads in the sand.
I've been told about a certain speech not too many weeks ago
...
it went on about the future of this country for almost an hour.
Out of all that time, it spent about 1 minute on the national
Leslie belb
security of this nation --- 1 minute ---- 141 words, to be exact. NYT
If you blinked -- or took a refrigerator break -- well, then you
missed it.
I guess it's all part of "the change thing." When it comes
to defense, I'm worried that the other side is all for change,
alright -- they want to change the subject.
Well, the silence speaks volumes. -FUNDAQUE
You see, I don't believe foreign policy is a footnote
a
loose end we wrap up, and then safely forget. And the defense
budget is more than a piggy bank for folks who want to get busy
beating swords
into pork barrels. //
Some one has to set the record straight. Speak up for the
military muscle that gives meaning to American leadership.
Someone has to say: America is safe
so long as America stays
strong.
5
If we took the course our opponents recommend, I want to say
the truly worrisome part would be the fact that we literally
wouldn't know what we were missing -- until we found out in the
heat of battle. But the truth is, at Odetics and other frontline
firms around California and this country -- you'd feel it first.
Here's one place where the other party is on the record: he
ANDERSON / HBAGUND ANDERSON HOAGUIND
- DAN CONVO
supports more than $60 billion dollars in defense cuts beyond -- BARRY
below -- the level we see as the minimum necessary for national
ANDERSON
AND
security. Cuts of that magnitude would jeopardize America's
Bill Hougherd
ability to defend our interests and ideals. And let me bring it
Gene SACD Ebner (ams)
ok 150
see
close to home: Cuts of that magnitude would cost workers in the
FAX
ANDERSON/HOASLUNO
defense industry as many as one million jobs. //
If we followed their plan, tough times now would only get
worse -- and the only winner would be the mothball industry. //
For the sake of national security -- for the sake of just
plain economic common sense -- for the sake of California and
this country: we've got to keep America strong -- and we will.
I spoke a few moments ago about what we're doing to help
firms like yours make a strong post-Cold War conversion. But the
best program for defense conversion is a dynamic economy.
Jan 28, 92
Six months ago in my State of the Union, I proposed a
common-sense, comprehensive plan to get this economy moving
faster -- right now. My plan includes tax incentives to
encourage businesses to hire new workers -- breaks for young
families who want to buy that first home, participate in the
an additional LUCY WISCONSIN/MIKIT. Allen CEA 5147 SPEECHES
6
American Dream. Half a million jobs would have been created if
the Congress had acted right away.
You know the story. Congress sat on my plan -- and sent me
one full of new government spending, and new taxes.
So I sent their plan back. And I'm still waiting -- almost
200 days later. This economic recovery plan is being held
hostage and the ransom note reads, "wait 'till after the
election. "
MARYJANE
It's not the first time Congress has let the people down. CALLIPRIEST
GARN'S
Just a few weeks back, I was in Utah with my good friend
Senator Garn -- stepping down after 18 years in the Congress Senat
(1974)
PRESS SEC.
:
and one unforgettable ride aboard the space shuttle.
Discover
/
I
asked
51D/85 Discover
him the question I know is on many Americans' minds: If we can
send one Congressman to space -- why can't we send them all
there? //
Now there's a project for Odetics.
Today I say to the Congress: release the economy, approve
this jobs program, and help me put America back to work -- now.
Yes, America will change, just as we have changed the world.
The question now is: Who will change America for the better? It
won't be people whose only enthusiasm is for government, who
measure progress by programs created and special interests
satisfied.
If you want to know who's going to change America -- look
around you. Look around. It's going to be the guy who works an
extra shift every week so his son can go to the school of his
7
choice. It's going to be the small businesswoman who takes a
risk on a new product. The computer hacker working in a lonely
garage, the merit scholar from South Central L.A
There's your answer. The people who are going to change
America
are people like you.
Thank you once again for this warm welcome -- and now, for
the tough part: I'll take your questions.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Mor
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS TO ODETICS
I. SUMMARY
On Thursday July 30 at 1:30 p.m. you will deliver remarks to
an audience of 300 associates at Odetics in Anaheim, California.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 12 minutes / cards), focus on
the new realities the defense industry faces now that the Cold
War has ended, and highlights your plan for defense conversion to
consumer markets.
McGroarty/Bunton
July 29, 1992
2:30 p.m.
[odetics]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ODETICS
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
JULY 30, 1992
11:00 A.M.
Thank you all for that warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
Joel [Slutsky] told me about the incredible work you do
that Odetics is everywhere: On board every American space
shuttle
...
high above the battlefield, helping our troops chart
the movements of their enemy ... as well as in the security
camera in the convenience store and the corner ATM machine.
Odetics has done for robotics what that guy at the Olympic
ceremony has done for "under-fire" archery. And the credit goes
to the people behind the technology -- Odetics' associates. Let
me salute you for the energy and enterprise you bring to your
work. //
Barbara was especially excited when she heard I was visiting
today. She said, if everything you tell me about Odetics is true
-- then maybe you can find someone out there
...
who can teach
you how to set the time on our VCR. //
We just leave our clock flashing: 12 o'clock, 12 o'clock.
Barbara says that way, it's right twice a day.
Companies like Odetics have played a key part in what I
believe is the central triumph of our time: the Free World's
great victory in the Cold War. You may have thought you were
building weapons -- but you were really building a safer world
for our children. //
2
But as you know, that triumph means changes in the very
industries that helped us carry the day. Many defense-related
firms are grappling with the new realities -- and not all are
doing it with the success you're having right here. //
We know we can reduce defense spending -- cut it
substantially. I believe there ought to be a payoff for the
unsung hero of the Cold War -- the American taxpayer. Between
now and 1997, defense spending will drop $478 billion dollars
from the levels we projected before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
That breaks down to over $7,000 in savings for every American
family. //
I've proposed a sensible defense build-down, a blueprint
that recognizes post-Cold War realities -- but still gives this
country the muscle we need to meet whatever danger comes our way.
The world still looks to the United States for leadership.
In an uncertain world, America must remain a force for stability.
We also know we need to help defense firms and defense
workers make the adjustment -- to help technology-intensive
companies like yours compete and win in the economic Olympics --
where the prizes aren't medals, but good jobs and bigger
paychecks.
That's the idea behind our National Technology Initiative -
- to help bring new technologies -- technologies developed at
taxpayer expense -- out of federal labs and into the marketplace.
That's why we're pioneering a new program to help members of
the defense establishment -- civilian and military -- find new
3
careers in America's classrooms. We want to put their discipline
and drive, their energy and expertise to use -- teaching our
kids.
And it's why on June 19, I announced an important policy
change that will help companies with defense-related businesses
make the transition to the post-Cold War era. One unnecessary
obstacle has been what is called the recoupment fee. The tax
charged against military and commercial products sold to
customers other than the U.S. Government. These fees hurt
American companies
American workers, by making it more
difficult for them to compete for business here and abroad.
That's why I've directed Dick Cheney to eliminate these fees, and
help American companies compete.
Finally, it's the reason my budget calls for an investment
of $17 billion dollars in applied civilian R&D.
But we can't lose sight of the fact that for all the great
gains we've made for freedom
for all the peace of mind we've
secured for our children
the world remains a dangerous place.
I think back -- to the oath I took on the Capitol steps
three and a half years ago, to preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution. Of the trust placed in me -- the trust I've done
my best to repay -- to keep this nation safe and secure.
I'm proud of our accomplishments -- thankful that I've been
able to give the order so many Presidents longed to give, for
many of our nuclear forces to "stand down" from alert. And yet
4
in many ways, I know that our world today is more uncertain --
far more unpredictable -- than the world we've left behind. //
The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still plenty
of wolves in the world. Renegade rulers / outlaw regimes /
Baghdad bullies. Madmen we can't allow to get a finger on the
nuclear trigger. //
You have my word: This President will never allow a lone
wolf to endanger American security. //
When it comes to clear and present dangers like the ones I'm
talking about, we can't afford to keep our heads in the sand.
I've been told about a certain political speech not too many
weeks ago
it went on about the future of this country for
almost an hour. Out of all that time, it spent about 1 minute on
the national security of this nation -- 1 minute -- 141 words, to
be exact. If you blinked -- or even heated up a ham and cheese
sandwich in the microwave -- well, you missed it.
I quess it's all part of "the change thing." " When it comes
to national defense, I'm worried that the other side is all for
change, alright. They want to change the subject.
Well, their silence speaks volumes.
You see, I don't believe foreign policy is a footnote
a
loose end we wrap up, and then safely forget. And the defense
budget is more than a piggy bank for folks who want to get busy
beating swords
into pork barrels. //
Someone has to set the record straight. Someone has to
speak up for the military muscle that gives meaning to American
5
leadership. Someone has to say, even now that we've won the
Cold War: America is safe
so long as America stays strong.
If we took the course that some recommend, we literally
wouldn't know what we were missing -- until we found out in the
heat of battle. But the truth is, at Odetics and other frontline
firms around California and this country -- you'd feel it first.
The other side proposes to cut more than $60 billion dollars
in defense cuts beyond -- below --- the level we see as the
minimum necessary for national security. Cuts of that magnitude
would jeopardize America's ability to defend our citizens, our
interests and our ideals. And let me bring it close to home:
Cuts of that magnitude would cost workers in the defense industry
as many as one million jobs. //
If we followed their plan, tough times now would only get
worse -- and the only winner would be the mothball industry. //
For the sake of national security -- for the sake of just
plain economic common sense -- for the sake of California and
this country -- for the sake of the brave men and women in our
armed forces, whose equipment must remain the best in the world:
we've got to keep America strong -- and we will.
//
I spoke a few moments ago about what we're doing to help
firms like yours make a strong post-Cold War conversion. But the
best program for defense conversion is a dynamic economy.
Yes, our economy is still growing -- but even today, we saw
new evidence that it is not growing fast enough. That's why, 183
6
days ago in my State of the Union, I proposed a common-sense,
comprehensive plan to get this economy moving faster -- right
now. My plan includes tax incentives to encourage businesses to
hire new workers -- breaks for young families who want to buy
that first home, participate in the American Dream. ( (Half a
million jobs would have been created if the Congress had acted
right away. ))
You know the story. Congress sat on my plan -- and sent me
one full of new government spending, and new taxes.
So I sent their plan back. And I'm still waiting -- almost
200 days later. This economic recovery plan is being held
hostage and the ransom note reads, "wait 'till after the
election. "
It's not the first time Congress has let the people down.
Just a few weeks back, I was in Utah with my good friend
Senator Jake Garn -- stepping down after 18 years in the Congress
-- and one unforgettable ride aboard the space shuttle. / I
asked him the question I know is on many Americans' minds: If we
can send one Congressman to space -- why can't we
((Long
pause))
Now there's a project for Odetics.
Today I say to the Congress: release the economy, approve
this jobs program, and help me put America back to work -- now.
Yes, America will change, just as we have changed the world.
The question now is: Who will change America for the better? It
won't be people whose only enthusiasm is for government, who
7
measure progress by programs created and special interests
satisfied.
If you want to know who's going to change America -- look
around you. Look around. It's going to be the guy who works an
extra shift every week so his son can go to the school of his
choice. It's going to be the small businesswoman who takes a
risk on a new product. The computer hacker working in a lonely
garage, the merit scholar from South Central L.A. Maybe it'll be
someone like George Westrom, who's gone into classrooms looking
for future scientists among today's fourth graders.
There's your answer. The people who are going to change
America
...
are people like you.
Thank you once again for this warm welcome -- and now, for
the tough part: I'll take your questions.
# # #
29 July 92 -- 10:45 a.m.
Steve:
J. Bunton go
183 days since SOTU [Jan 28, 92 -- July 30, 92]
500,000 jobs divided by 183 days = 2,732 jobs per day
Revised
McGroarty/Bunton
July 28, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[odetics]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ODETICS
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
JULY 30, 1992
11:00 A.M.
Thank you all for that warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
[Joel Slutsky] told me about the work you do
...
that
Odetics is on board ever American space shuttle
...
high above
the battlefield, helping our troops chart the movements of their
enemy. That by the end of every workday Odetics has pushed the
state of the art
...
a little farther forward. But most of all,
I've heard about the people behind the technology -- Odetics'
associates. Let me salute you for the energy and enterprise you
bring to your work. //
Barbara was especially excited when she heard I was visiting
today. She said, if everything you tell me about Odetics is true
-- then maybe you can find someone out there
...
who can teach
you how to set the time on our VCR. //
Every day here at Odetics, you give the future shape and
form. You're focused on the breakthrough technologies most
Americans only dream about.
That's right: Satellites / space flight. // 24-hour,
continuous Olympic coverage -- without pay cable. //
Companies like this one have played a key part in what I
believe is the great triumph of our time: the Free World's great
victory in the Cold War. But the fact is, that great triumph
OMB RONALD PETERSON 7302
DEFENSE CONVERSION
6194
Tom STANNERS NSC 3780
2
TIM ADAMS
means changes in the very industries that helped us carry the
day. Many defense-related firms are grappling with the new
realities -- and not all are doing it with the success you're
having right here. //
We know that we can reduce defense spending -- cut it
substantially. Now, there ought to be a payoff for the unsung
hero of the Cold War -- I'm talking about the American taxpayer.
[ And there is: We will bring down defense spending from
projected levels nding for the next five years
-- that breaks
down to about $xx, 000 per family. ]] //
I've proposed a sensible defense build-down, a blueprint
that recognizes post-Cold War realities -- but still gives this
country the muscle we need to meet whatever danger comes our way.
We also know we need to help defense firms and defense
workers make the adjustment -- to help technology-intensive
companies like yours compete and win in the global marketplace.
language This Adams is
That's the idea behind our National Technology Initiative -
- to help bring new technologies -- technologies developed at
taxpayer expense -- out of federal labs and into the marketplace
to help American businesses compete.
That's why we're pioneering a new program to help members of
the defense establishment -- civilian and military -- find new
7 Adams ok
careers in America's classrooms, to bring their discipline and
drive, their energy and expertise with our kids.
co.
And it's why on June 19, I announced an important regulatory
change that will help companies with defense-related businesses
INSPECH
3
make the transition to the post-Cold War era. One unnecessary
obstacle has been what is called the recoupment fee -- or tax, if
you will -- that the Defense Department charges on military and
commercial products sold to customers other than the U.S.
Government. These fees hurt American companies and American
workers, by making it more difficult for them to compete for
business here and abroad. That's why I've directed Dick Cheney
to take every action he can to eliminate these fees, and help
American companies compete.
But we can't lose sight of the fact that for all the great
gains we've made for freedom
for all the peace of mind we've
secured for our children
the world remains a dangerous place.
I think back -- to the oath I took on the Capitol steps, to
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. of the trust
placed in me -- the trust I've done my best to repay -- to keep
this nation safe and secure.
I'm proud of our accomplishments -- thankful that I've been
able to give the order so many Presidents must have longed to
give, for so many of our nuclear forces to "stand down" from
alert. And yet in many ways, I know that our world today is more
uncertain, far more unpredictable than the world we've left
behind. //
The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still plenty
of wolves in the world. Renegade rulers / outlaw regimes /
madmen we can't allow to get a finger on the nuclear trigger.
4
And you have my word: This President will never allow a
lone wolf to endanger American security. //
When it comes to clear and present dangers like the ones I'm
talking about, we can't afford to keep our heads in the sand.
I've been told about a certain speech not too many weeks ago
it went on about the future of this country for almost an hour.
Glb
Out of all that time, it spent about 1 minute on the national
lesler
NYT
security of this nation -- 1 minute -- 141 words, to be exact.
If you blinked -- or took a refrigerator break -- well, then you
missed it.
I guess it's all part of "the change thing." When it comes
to defense, I'm worried that the other side is all for change,
alright -- they want to change the subject.
Mark Twain?
Well, the silence speaks volumes. [FIND AQUOTE]
You see, I don't believe foreign policy is a footnote
a
loose end we wrap up, and then safely forget. And the defense
budget is more than a piggy bank for folks who want to get busy
beating swords
into pork barrels. //
Some one has to set the record straight. Speak up for the
military muscle that gives meaning to American leadership.
Someone has to say: America is safe so long as America stays
strong.
If we took the course our opponents recommend, I want to say
the truly worrisome part would be the fact that we literally
wouldn't know what we were missing -- until we found out in the
heat of battle. But the truth is, at Odetics and other frontline
5
firms around California and this country -- you'd feel it first.
Here's one place where the other party is on the record: he
supports more than $[xxx] billion dollars in defense cuts beyond
--below -- the level we see as the minimum necessary for national
security. Cuts of that magnitude would jeopardize America's
ability to defend our interests and ideals. And let me bring it
close to home: Cuts of that magnitude would cost workers in the
defense industry as many as one million jobs. //
If we followed their plan, tough times now would only get
worse -- and the only winner would be the mothball industry. //
For the sake of national security -- for the sake of just
plain economic common sense -- for the sake of California and
this country: we've got to keep America strong -- and we will.
I spoke a few moments ago about what we're doing to help
firms like yours make a strong post-Cold War conversion. But the
best program for defense conversion is a dynamic economy.
Six months ago in my State of the Union, I proposed a
common-sense, comprehensive plan to get this economy moving
faster -- right now. My plan includes tax incentives to
encourage businesses to hire new workers -- breaks for young
families who want to buy that first home, participate in the
FROM
American Dream. Half a million jobs would have been created if
WISCONSIN
SPEECHES
the Congress had acted right away.
You know the story. Congress sat on my plan -- and sent me
one full of new government spending, and new taxes.
MARY TANE Collipriest
6
So I sent their plan back. And I'm still waiting -- almost
200 days later. This economic recovery plan is being held
hostage and the ransom note reads, "wait 'till after the
Jane
election.'
Machipriest
It's not the first time Congress has let the people down.
Just a few weeks back, I was in Utah with my good friend
1974 (1)
18
Senate
Senator Garn -- stepping down after [xx] years in the Congress -
menb of even
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51D
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85
asked him the question I know is on many Americans' minds: If Discovery we
can send one Congressman to space -- why can't we send them all
there? //
Now there's a project for Odetics.
Today I say to the Congress: release the economy, approve
this jobs program, and help me put America back to work -- now.
Yes, America will change, just as we have changed the world.
The question now is: Who will change America for the better? It
won't be people whose only enthusiasm is for government, who
measure progress by programs created and special interests
satisfied.
If you want to know who's going to change America -- look
around you. Look around. It's going to be the guy who works an
extra shift every week so his son can go to the school of his
choice. It's going to be the small businesswoman who takes a
risk on a new product. The computer hacker working in a lonely
garage, the merit scholar from South Central L.A..
pesonalize "if one of your associates can dream about bu bling a robot.
7
There's your answer. The people who are going to change
America
...
are people like you.
Thank you once again for this warm welcome -- and may God
bless this great country, the United States of America.
# # #
Think about that. Right now, $1 dollar out of every $5
dollars spent on defense is spent right here in California.
Think of the shock waves that would touch off in the construction
and electronics and aerospace industries - and the after-shock
CAMB PEEENSE CONVERSION
221
McGroarty/Bunton
July 28, 1992
3:00 p.m.
[odetics]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: ODETICS
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
JULY 30, 1992
11:00 A.M.
Thank you all for that warm welcome. [Acknowledgements.]
[Joel Slutsky] told me about the work you do
...
that
Odetics is on board ever American space shuttle
...
high above
the battlefield, helping our troops chart the movements of their
enemy
in the convenience store's security camera and the
corner ATM machine.
I know that by the end of every workday Odetics has pushed
the state of the art
...
a little farther forward. But most of
all, I've heard about the people behind the technology --
Odetics' associates. Let me salute you for the energy and
enterprise you bring to your work. //
Barbara was especially excited when she heard I was visiting
today. She said, if everything you tell me about Odetics is true
-- then maybe you can find someone out there
...
who can teach
you how to set the time on our VCR. //
Every day here at Odetics, you give the future shape and
form. You're focused on the breakthrough technologies most
Americans only dream about.
That's right: Satellites / space flight. // 24-hour,
continuous Olympic coverage -- without pay cable. //
Companies like this one have played a key part in what I
believe is the great triumph of our time: the Free World's great
Bill Richards DOD
703-697-2332
NOON TODAY
2
victory in the Cold War. But the fact is, that great triumph Gene Ebree
means changes in the very industries that helped us carry the
day. Many defense-related firms are grappling with the new
realities -- and not all are doing it with the success you're
having right here. //
We know that we can reduce defense spending -- cut it
substantially. Now, there ought to be a payoff for the unsung
hero of the Cold War -- I'm talking about the American taxpayer.
And there is: Between now and 1997, defense spending will drop
$317 billion dollars from the levels we projected before the fall
of the Berlin Wall. That breaks down to about $xx, 000 savings
for every American family. //
I've proposed a sensible defense build-down, a blueprint
that recognizes post-Cold War realities -- but still gives this
country the muscle we need to meet whatever danger comes our way.
We also know we need to help defense firms and defense
workers make the adjustment -- to help technology-intensive
companies like yours compete and win in the global marketplace.
That's the idea behind our National Technology Initiative -
- to help bring new technologies -- technologies developed at
taxpayer expense -- out of federal labs and into the marketplace
to help American businesses compete.
That's why we're pioneering a new program to help members of
the defense establishment -- civilian and military -- find new
careers in America's classrooms, to bring their discipline and
drive, their energy and expertise with our kids.
3
And it's why on June 19, I announced an important regulatory
change that will help companies with defense-related businesses
make the transition to the post-Cold War era. One unnecessary
obstacle has been what is called the recoupment fee -- or tax, if
you will -- that the Defense Department charges on military and
commercial products sold to customers other than the U.S.
Government. These fees hurt American companies and American
workers, by making it more difficult for them to compete for
business here and abroad. That's why I've directed Dick Cheney
to take every action he can to eliminate these fees, and help
American companies compete.
But we can't lose sight of the fact that for all the great
gains we've made for freedom ... for all the peace of mind we've
secured for our children
...
the world remains a dangerous place.
I think back -- to the oath I took on the Capitol steps, to
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. Of the trust
placed in me -- the trust I've done my best to repay -- to keep
this nation safe and secure.
I'm proud of our accomplishments -- thankful that I've been
able to give the order so many Presidents must have longed to
give, for so many of our nuclear forces to "stand down" from
alert. And yet in many ways, I know that our world today is more
uncertain, far more unpredictable than the world we've left
behind. //
4
The Soviet bear may be extinct -- but there are still plenty
of wolves in the world. Renegade rulers / outlaw regimes /
madmen we can't allow to get a finger on the nuclear trigger.
And you have my word: This President will never allow a
lone wolf to endanger American security. //
When it comes to clear and present dangers like the ones I'm
talking about, we can't afford to keep our heads in the sand.
I've been told about a certain speech not too many weeks ago
...
it went on about the future of this country for almost an hour.
Out of all that time, it spent about 1 minute on the national
security of this nation -- 1 minute -- 141 words, to be exact.
If you blinked -- or took a refrigerator break -- well, then you
missed it.
I guess it's all part of "the change thing." When it comes
to defense, I'm worried that the other side is all for change,
alright -- they want to change the subject.
Well, the silence speaks volumes.
You see, I don't believe foreign policy is a footnote
a
loose end we wrap up, and then safely forget. And the defense
budget is more than a piggy bank for folks who want to get busy
beating swords
into pork barrels. //
Some one has to set the record straight. Speak up for the
military muscle that gives meaning to American leadership.
Someone has to say: America is safe
so long as America stays
strong.
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If we took the course our opponents recommend, I want to say
the truly worrisome part would be the fact that we literally
wouldn't know what we were missing -- until we found out in the
heat of battle. But the truth is, at Odetics and other frontline
firms around California and this country -- you'd feel it first.
Here's one place where the other party is on the record: he
supports more than $[xxx] billion dollars in defense cuts beyond
--below -- the level we see as the minimum necessary for national
security. Cuts of that magnitude would jeopardize America's
ability to defend our interests and ideals. And let me bring it
close to home: Cuts of that magnitude would cost workers in the
defense industry as many as one million jobs. //
If we followed their plan, tough times now would only get
worse -- and the only winner would be the mothball industry. //
For the sake of national security -- for the sake of just
plain economic common sense -- for the sake of California and
this country: we've got to keep America strong -- and we will.
I spoke a few moments ago about what we're doing to help
firms like yours make a strong post-Cold War conversion. But the
best program for defense conversion is a dynamic economy.
Six months ago in my State of the Union, I proposed a
common-sense, comprehensive plan to get this economy moving
faster -- right now. My plan includes tax incentives to
encourage businesses to hire new workers -- breaks for young
families who want to buy that first home, participate in the
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American Dream. Half a million jobs would have been created if
the Congress had acted right away.
You know the story. Congress sat on my plan -- and sent me
one full of new government spending, and new taxes.
So I sent their plan back. And I'm still waiting -- almost
200 days later. This economic recovery plan is being held
hostage and the ransom note reads, "wait 'till after the
election.'
It's not the first time Congress has let the people down.
Just a few weeks back, I was in Utah with my good friend
Senator Garn -- stepping down after [xx] years in the Congress -
- and one unforgettable ride aboard the space shuttle. / I
asked him the question I know is on many Americans' minds: If we
can send one Congressman to space -- why can't we send them all
there? //
Now there's a project for Odetics.
Today I say to the Congress: release the economy, approve
this jobs program, and help me put America back to work -- now.
Yes, America will change, just as we have changed the world.
The question now is: Who will change America for the better? It
won't be people whose only enthusiasm is for government, who
measure progress by programs created and special interests
satisfied.
If you want to know who's going to change America -- look
around you. Look around. It's going to be the guy who works an
extra shift every week so his son can go to the school of his
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choice. It's going to be the small businesswoman who takes a
risk on a new product. The computer hacker working in a lonely
garage, the merit scholar from South Central L.A.
There's your answer. The people who are going to change
America
are people like you.
Thank you once again for this warm welcome -- and now, for
the tough part: I'll take your questions.
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Our values are their values. And in this time of
transition, they are reaching out to us. They seek our help. And if
we're to act, we must see clearly what is at stake.
Forty years ago, Americans had the vision and the good
sense to help defeated enemies back to their feet -- as democracies.
Well, what a wise investment that proved to be. Those we helped
became close allies and major trading partners.
Our choice today just as clear: With our help, Russia,
Ukraine, other new states, can become democratic friends and
partners. And let me say here, they will have our help. What
difference can this make for America, you might ask? We can put
behind us for good the nuclear confrontation that has held our very
civilization hostage for over four decades. The threat of a major
ground war in Western Europe has disappeared with the demise of the
Warsaw Pact.
A democratic Russia is the best guarantee against a
renewed danger of competition and the threat of nuclear rivalry. The
failure of the democratic experiment could bring a dark future -- a
return to authoritarianism, or a dissent into anarchy. In either
case, the outcome would threaten our peace, our prosperity, and our
security for years to come.
DAN! FROMS SPECIAL
But we should focus not on the dangers of failure, but
on the dividends of success.
First, we can reap a genuine peace dividend this year,
and then year after year, in the form of permanently-reduced defense
budgets. Already proposed $50-billion orth of defense
spending reduction.by top
262 more than a guarter ope trillion
dollars improjected defense expenditures since the fall of the
Berlin Walls Make no mistake: I am not going to make reckless
defense cuts that impair our own fundamental nation security.
Second, working with our Russian partners and our
allies, we can create a new international landscape -- a landscape
where emerging threats are contained and undone, where we work in
concert to confront common threats to our environment, where
terrorists find no safe haven, and where genuine coalitions of like-
minded countries respond to dangers and opportunities together.
And finally, third, the triumph of free governments and
free markets in the old Soviet Union will mean extensive
opportunities for global trade and economic growth. A democratic
Russia, one dedicated to free market economies, will provide an
impetus for a major increase in global trade and investment. The
people of the former Soviet Union are well-schooled and highly
Jeannic-
skilled. They seek for their families the same better future each of
us wishes for our own.
And together, they form a potentially vast market that
crosses 11 time zones and comprises nearly 300 million people. No
economist can pinpoint the value of trade opportunities we hope to
have. It's impossible to compute. But the potential for prosperity
is great. Increased trade means vast new markets for American goods,
new opportunities for American entrepreneurs, new jobs for American
workers. And I'm committed to giving American business every
possible opportunity to compete fairly and equally in these new
markets.
For example, last week I asked the Congress to repeal
the Stevenson and Byrd amendments that limit Export-Import Bank's
ability to help promote American exports to the former USSR. And I'm
pleased that Congress has acted. I'm also seeking to conclude trade,
bilateral investment and tax treaties with each of the new
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RECOUPMENT
On June 19, I announced an important regulatory change that
will help many companies with defense-related businesses make the
transition to the post-cold-war era. One unnecessary obstacle
has been what they call the recoupment fee or tax, if you will,
that DOD charges on military and commercial products sold to
customers other than the U.S. Government. These fees hurt
American workers by making it more difficult for them to compete
for business here and abroad. Given the historic changes we've
seen during the last year, this burden is no longer justified.
And on June 19, I directed the Secretary of Defense to take what
actions he could to eliminate these fees.
ECONOMIC PLAN
In January, I proposed a common-sense, comprehensive plan to
get this economy moving faster right now. The plan includes tax
incentives to encourage businesses to hire new workers, breaks
for young families who want to buy that first home. A tax break
for them so they can participate in the American Dream. Half a
million jobs would have been created if the Congress had acted
right away.
But they didn't. Instead Congress sent back what you might
call an antitrust program. New government spending, and new
taxes. And I vetoed it and said, I am not going to increase
taxes on the American people at this time.
So I sent their plan back. And I'm still waiting -- almost
200 days later. This economic recovery plan is being held
hostage and the ransom note reads, "wait 'till after the
election. " Today I say to the Congress -- House of
Representatives and the Senate especially -- release the economy,
approve this jobs program, and put America back to work -- now.
(applause)
TRUST
So you see, it all does come down to a question of trust. I
trust you to spend and save your money more wisely than a budget
planner in Washington.
You'll say, this is common sense, and I agree. But there's
a certain type of person attracted to government for who the word
"trust" has a strange meaning. Most of them have spent their
lives in government and don't have much experience in the real
world. Half of my adult life, spent in service; and the other
half, trying to work for a. living and make a paycheck and build a
business. I think that's a good qualification for a President of
the United States of America.
They say they want to put people first. But if you look
real close at what they're proposing, the people they put first
are all on the government payroll. I stand with the flag-waving,
yes, and the God-fearing, yes, and the tax-paying, hard-working
people of America.
A leader of free people must understand that government can
not only help, it can hinder. He must have the confidence to
say, "I trust you.' I trust the people.
And ultimately, you must decide who you trust -- who has the
experience, the ideals and ideas to find the appropriate balance.
WHO WILL CHANGE AMERICA
Yes, America will change, just as we have changed the world.
The question now is: Who will change America for the better? It
won't be people whose only enthusiasm is for government, who
measure progress by programs created and special interests
satisfied.
If you want to know who's going to change America -- look
around you. Look around. It's going to be the guy who works an
extra shift every week so his son can go to the school of his
choice. It's going to be the small businesswoman who takes a
risk on a new product. The computer hacker working in a lonely
garage, the merit scholar from South Central L.A., the
entrepreneur with the crazy idea of putting players faces on
cards and turning us all in to wonderful kids once again.
There's your answer. The America people are going to change
America.
But only if they have a government, particularly a Congress,
with the wisdom to know its own limits, with a leadership who
knows where the true American imagination lies. Countries around
the world have at long last understood the power of trusting the
people. America will change by reaffirming the lesson that we
have taught the entire world -- by trusting a leader who trusts
you.
Continued
ces, Board
Week Ending Friday, June 26, 1992
Acting
Remarks and a Question-and-Answer
talking about Members of the House. My
Session With the Industrial League
dear friend, "B-1" Bob Dornan is not here,
of Orange County in Irvine,
regrettably, but he's a good friend, and he's
California
a champion of American values. But Chris
June 19, 1992
Cox is with us, and he embodies the entre-
preneurial spirit here today, and he's pushing
d Space,
The President. Thank you, Reed, very
great new ideas like turbo-enterprise zones.
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Control
much. Please be seated. I was riding over
I salute him. And Dana Rohrabacher I'm told
here today with Senator John Seymour, our
is here-I'm having a little trouble with the
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outstanding Senator in Washington who's
lights-but anyway he is a stalwart advocate
rectors-
fighting a good battle for everything those
of reform, too, fresh off his surfboard.
Directors—
of us interested in business believe in, and
[Laughter]
he told me I was walking into the most influ-
All three of these Congressmen-the point
Cooperation
ential group of people in Orange County. I
I want to make is this: All three of them stood
ment
want to just say to Reed Royalty, thank you,
solidly with me in the fight to do what the
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sir. To the Mayor, Sally Sheridan, I'm
American people want, to pass a balanced
tant to the
pleased to be back on her turf. I want to
budget amendment to the Constitution. And
Affairs-
salute the other Orange County mayors.
we are not going to give up that fight. That
And I would single out once again my good
will discipline the executive branch, and it
friend Senator Seymour, who's out here
will discipline the United States Congress.
Presidential
some place. And let me just say this is sup-
And it will facilitate the day when we can
posedly nonpolitical, but I want to see him
get done what the American people want and
ver
2
return to the United States Senate; let's get
are properly demanding: the elimination of
riations
it right up front. While we're at it, if we are
these deficits that are mortgaging the future
going to move the growth and opportunity
of our children.
agenda forward, we must select Bruce
Today, I want to talk about our Nation's
Herschensohn, and so permit me yet another
transition into the post-cold-war era and what
partisan plug. Both of them have earned it,
this means to a competitive economy. Three
deserve it, being in the United States Senate.
days ago I met there at the White House
And we need their leadership and support.
with Russia's freely elected President, Boris
Now, Todd Nicholson and everyone from
Yeltsin. It was indeed an historic meeting.
the Industrial League, the Orange County
We rejoiced at the new breeze of freedom
Forum, the many leaders of the local cham-
that has swept the entire globe, scattering
bers of commerce who helped with this
the last dust of that grim totalitarianism. And
event, my sincere gratitude to you. You had
we spoke of the dreams that we share for
one week, and look at this, it's unbelievable.
our people, the American people, the people
I'm glad to be here with so many business-
of Russia. It really was an extraordinary mo-
men and businesswomen. Forty years ago I
ment in history.
Committee of the
nt (37 FR 23607;
did start a business and that made me, I
We stood next to each other in the Rose
think, have some sensitivity and understand-
Garden and together announced the most
tendent of Docu-
ing what it means to take risks, to meet a
sweeping nuclear arms cuts in history, reduc-
ngton, DC 20402.
Documents will be
payroll, and to add to the productivity of this
tions far deeper than we could have hoped
or $55.00 per year
great country.
for even 6 months ago. And in the process
gn subscribers for
I'm proud to work with three solid, strong
we will eliminate the most destabilizing
ent of Documents,
DC 20402. The
leaders, not only for Orange County but for
weapons of all, those that terrify mankind the
or foreign mailing).
this country. Two of them are here, and I'm
most, those multiple warhead ICBM's. Rus-
lication of material
Presidential Docu-
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sia will eliminate all 308 of those giant
on the face of the Earth. We owe that to
su
ICBM's, those SS-18's which alone carry
our children. Who knows where the next dif-
OF
more than 3,000 warheads. Each one of those
ficulties will crop up. And it's only the United
warheads aimed at the United States, each
States, only our country, that can lead for
W:
one of them is more than 10 times more pow-
democracy and freedom.
erful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
The new challenges we face in the post-
O
That means that you and I will no longer
cold-war go beyond world security. There are
P
fear for our children and grandchildren the
still pioneer days ahead. At one point in the
threat of nuclear war that plagued us all for
movie "Awakenings," a fellow who's been
40 years.
asleep for decades finally wakes up and has
I know people in Orange County love poli-
the whole world in front of him. When his
tics, but I wish you could have seen Boris
doctor asks him what he wants to do that
Yeltsin at work with the crowds and the peo-
day, his face breaks into a huge grin, and
ple and the waving. We took him out on the
he shouts, "Everything!" That is the spirit
Truman Balcony just before he left. I said,
that we need to call up right now, that purely
"I want you to see how a President spends
American belief that America's future knows
some time," because we had the Presidential
no limits.
scholars out there on the lawn. No sooner
I am tired of all the pessimists in this politi-
do we get to the balcony and all of them
cal year telling us what is wrong with the
were facing the other way. I really wanted
United States of America. I'm tired of it. The
him just to see the event. The next thing I
fact is we're entering a different economic
know, he was waving so vigorously they all
world than the one we grew up in. William
left the event, turned around, and came up,
Jennings Bryan captured the bold spirit
and he was greeting them like a long-lost
which will lead us to success when he said,
brother. This guy really has a flair for public
opinion, I'll tell you. But it says something.
"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a mat-
He was elected democratically. He came
ter of choice. It's not a thing to be waited
here as the first democratically elected leader
for; it's a thing to be achieved." The world
of Russia, and the American people under-
economy of the 21st century will be a new
stood that and gave him a warm welcome.
age of American competition in a fiercely
But now with the cold war behind us, we
challenging global marketplace. And we sim-
have that freedom to focus more resources
ply have to make some changes if we expect
and more talent on the concerns that trouble
to compete.
us at home. And with the new partnership
First, we have to realize the intensified
of peace we forged with Russia, we have the
need for sophisticated, well-educated work-
chance to expand trade, and that means then
ers. The worldwide, high-tech explosion will
creating jobs and opportunities for Ameri-
leave us behind unless we literally reinvent
cans that will benefit both of our nations in
American education, make our schools the
the process.
best in the world, to turn out the best pre-
While we look ahead to these exciting new
pared workers in this world. To do this, let's
horizons, there is one critical element that
borrow a page from business. I want to bring
we must never forget: The cold war is over,
competition into our schools through ideas
but we still need a strong deterrent. Our re-
like school choice. Parents should have the
quirements are changing, but the need will
right to choose their children's schools. And
never disappear. Look at the threat posed
beyond that, I'll use every resource I can to
by global instabilities, by terrorists, by rene-
pave our way into the future.
gade regimes looking to get control of sophis-
Our national technology initiative brings
ticated weapons. We must continue to invest
Government officials together with private
in military R&D, and we will.
businesses to let them know what Govern-
And in order to keep the peace, I make
ment can offer in technology. This moves
you this pledge: As long as I am President
new discoveries out of the Federal lab-
of the United States, I guarantee you that
oratories into the marketplace to save existing
our country will remain the strongest country
jobs and create new jobs.
Recompent
n of George Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992
June
19
1107
arth. We owe that to
ows where the next dif-
Today, for example, I'm announcing an
growth of the mandatory programs. And It
nd it's only the United
important regulatory change that will help
does it without raising taxes on the American
try, that can lead for
many companies with defense-related busi-
people or on American business. Here It is
n.
nesses make the transition to the post-cold-
war era. One unnecessary obstacle has been
in considerable detail. But we need, again,
we face in the post-
the discipline and the sense of urgency that
rld security. There are
what they call the recoupment fee or tax, if
d. At one point in the
you will, that DOD charges on military and
the balanced budget amendment will bring.
And while I'm at it, I would like to ask the
a fellow who's been
commercial products sold to customers other
than the U.S. Government. These fees hurt
American people this fall to give me what
ally wakes up and has
43 Governors have, the line-item veto, and
nt of him. When his
American workers by making it more difficult
for them to compete for business here and
let the President have a shot at getting spend-
he wants to do that
ing under control.
to a huge grin, and
abroad. Given the historic changes we've
"!" That is the spirit
seen during the last year, this burden is no
Nationally, our economy is recovering
Some good fundamentals are in place: low
ight now, that purely
longer justified. And today, I am directing
interest rates, low inflation, exports are
herica's future knows
my Secretary of Defense to take what actions
he can to eliminate these fees.
strong. But in California, as everyone in this
I will continue fighting for American jobs
room knows, it is a challenging time. It's been
ssimists in this politi-
a tough time. But you've risen to the chal-
by encouraging trade and opening markets
t is wrong with the
abroad. You know how vital that is since
lenge before. In particular, as the Defense
a. I'm tired of it. The
America is the world's leading exporting na-
from a military to a competitive civilian mar-
Department downsizes, you face adapting
different economic
tion. And California leads America, account-
grew up in. William
ing for one of every 8 U.S. export dollars,
ket. It's tough for companies and employees,
ed the bold spirit
one out of every 8 to California. Just last year,
but remember: Our Nation's economy is the
ccess when he said,
a 13-percent increase over 1990, this State
most productive in the world. Together,
of chance; it's a mat-
exported over $50 billion in goods, creating
we're going to use our strengths to bring back
thing to be waited
jobs up and down this golden coast. I will
County. growth and opportunity right here to Orange
hieved." The world
keep pushing for the North American free
tury will be a new
trade agreement. And some say NAFTA will
tition in a fiercely
cost jobs, and they are dead wrong. It will
from our ability to innovate, to create, to
For 200 years, our prosperity has sprung
place. And we sim-
lower trade barriers, and it will establish one
change as the world changes. And now is
langes if we expect
of the biggest and richest markets in the
your time to shape your own identity in an
evolving economy. That's the heart of what
world with the potential of creating hundreds
ize the intensified
of thousands of jobs.
we call entrepreneurial capitalism, a heart
ell-educated work-
that I still hear beating in Southern Califor-
For the long term, Washington must have
nia. This area is like an R&D lab for the
tech explosion will
the courage to make hard choices. The Fed-
whole country.
e literally reinvent
eral Government is too big, and it spends
e our schools the
too much. It is time that the Congress woke
All around us are marvelous examples of
out the best pre-
up and listened to the American people.
the technological transition from the cold war
d. To do this, let's
Most Americans believe as I do that the only
to the era of global economic competition.
SS. I want to bring
way to discipline both Houses of the Con-
We will depend upon companies like many
ols through ideas
gress, both the executive branch and the
in Orange County who still develop and use
should have the
Congress is a constitutional amendment to
technology that was begun for defense. I've
en's schools. And
balance the Federal budget. For years I've
seen examples here of some remarkably cre-
resource I can to
called for just such an amendment because
ative thinking. During the cold war, the mili-
to ensure long-term economic growth, we
tary funded the development of many new
must get the Federal spending under control.
manufacturing techniques. And now you're
initiative brings
Now, I have a detailed plan before the
demonstrating astounding innovation by
ther with private
)W what Govern-
Congress right now. It is up there. I brought
turning systems developed for national de-
ogy. This moves
along a copy just to show it to you. You might
fense towards the commercial market, world-
wide, I might add.
ne Federal lab-
not have read much about it in this strange
year out there. But the way it does it is the
Right here, Hughes Aircraft is applying the
e to save existing
only way that the budget can be brought
military's global positioning satellite system
under control, and that is to control the
to a new procedure controlling shipping traf-
fic along our coastal waters. McDonnell
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Douglas, their SDIO-funded Delta Clipper
Be glad to take some questions out there.
Sl
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program will dramatically reduce the costs
Moderator. The President has graciously
of reaching into orbit. This will ensure that
agreed to answer some of your questions for
W
we lead the world's commercial aerospace in-
a few minutes. So what questions do you
dustry. Rockwell is developing ways of using
have?
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SDI's high-tech offshoots to give us smart
The President. You've got to yell so I can
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cars and smart freeways and breaking
hear you. Yes, ma'am?
gridlock on our highways. Now, that's got to
be good news for Southern California. To
Uruguay Round
them I say: Hurry up.
Q. [Inaudible]
The more closely we look at these compa-
The President. The question is, how do
nies, the more we understand why they're
we move forward the GATT, or what's the
thriving. It's because they are able to adapt
opportunity for it. As you know, the major
and they're at the cutting edge of the post-
stumbling block to a successful conclusion in
cold-war era, transforming this world into a
the Uruguay round has been agriculture. We
productive peace. Defense conversion puts
have had difficulties with the EC, particularly
Orange County back in the business of job
on agriculture. We are pushing to get this
creation, a skill that you mastered in the
done, certainly to get it all but done before
eighties with the high-tech start-ups that
I go to Munich for the G-7 meetings.
made this area famous. And now you're rede-
This woman has put her finger on some-
fining it for the nineties. Here, job creation
thing that is vital, not just for the American
doesn't mean job training. Your workers are
economy but to Third World economies all
already the most qualified in our labor force.
over the world: the knocking down of these
What they need is opportunity. And if we
barriers. Because it is my belief that we can
give a budding entrepreneur a chance, he'll
compete with anybody provided the playing
bring training, experience, and old-fashioned
field is level. So we're going to keep on. The
American hunger to his own business and
stumbling block is agriculture. We still have
create jobs for dozens, maybe even hundreds
some property rights differences. But I be-
of fellow workers.
lieve we'll get a deal.
Venture capital regrettably has dried up.
The question is, how soon. We have
And so we must take action to get it flowing
pushed on it. We've had meetings recently
again. And so I am going to keep pushing
with the EC ministers. I am now pressing
Congress to slash the capital gains tax. They
for an EC ministerial before the Munich
can call it a tax break for the rich, and I call
summit. I can't predict to you that GATT
it job opportunity for those that need jobs
will be concluded before the G-7 meeting
and need work. I'm going to keep pushing
in Munich, but I am hopeful that then or
the Congress to make the research and ex-
shortly thereafter we will finally conclude a
perimentation tax credit permanent. As a Na-
GATT deal. It is in our interest. There's a
tion, this is how we must support our risk-
lot of special interest in various categories
takers, for their vision of today will be our
that are going to fight whatever agreement
future of tomorrow. We must bequeath to
we get, but no longer should we be a pro-
the next generation the legacies that define
tected society. We want to be the most com-
our future: strong families, good jobs, and
petitive and the most productive society, and
world peace. As a Nation, we will chart a
the way to do that, I think, is to knock down
course to guide America into the new century
the barriers to our trade and just watch us
where confidence and self-reliance produce
move.
greatness. I believe we're going to find that
And so, we'll keep pushing on it. You want
greatness.
to put this in terms of benefiting the Third
I am delighted to be here. I appreciate
World, incidentally, I can't think of any ac
this marvelous turnout and this warm wel-
tion that would help them more than freer
come. Thank you all very much. And may
and fairer trade. The best answer is not these
God bless the United States of America.
ever-increasing aid programs but trade. And
Thank you very much.
that's all tied up in GATT. So we'll keep
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1109
some questions out there.
e President has graciously
working on it. And we keep plugging away
I came out of a business background. I
some of your questions for
on knocking down the agricultural barriers
believe that the market should set these goals
0 what questions do you
that really have been holding up the GATT.
and targets, not the Government. But we do
Yes, sir.
have an enormous bunch of research that will
You've got to yell so I can
benefit certain industries. And that is correct
Budget Rescissions
m?
because what we've done is use that in terms
Q. [Inaudible]
of Government service, and now what we're
The President. We've tried that on the
saying is let's open up this lab technology
rescission. And we've sent them up there.
and let it spill forth into the private sector.
The question is, how do
The Justice Department advises me that the
So some industries will benefit, but I am
the GATT, or what's the
President does not have the power that I wish
going to stop short of an industrial policy.
As you know, the major
he had. So I also have to be somewhat-
I am going to stop short of the targeting that,
a successful conclusion in
well, I have to be very diligent in safeguard-
for example, MITI-I think you're probably
has been agriculture. We
ing the Presidency. But I don't believe that
referring to the MITI minister, what those
with the EC, particularly
that power exists, but if I can get an opinion
officials do in Japan. It has worked hardship
are pushing to get this
from Justice, on whom I depend for these
on some of our businesses, but I don't think
et it all but done before
legal matters, to say, okay, it's all right on
that makes the policy correct.
e G-7 meetings.
this particular piece of legislation for some
put her finger on some-
reason, then I'd like to try it because I really
Capital Gains Tax
ot just for the American
believe the President should have it.
Q. I'd like to see a lower capital gains tax
ird World economies all
I am not told by our experts that that in-
rate, not across the board, that would benefit
knocking down of these
herent power lies in the Presidency. I don't
speculators in real estate, stocks; I'd like to
is my belief that we can
know that Bob Dole feels that it does, either.
see a lower capital gains tax only on securities
dy provided the playing
What I think he'd like to find is what I'd
newly issued by companies, large or small,
e going to keep on. The
like to find, is a case to test it without doing
at-[inaudible]-debt. This would reduce
griculture. We still have
violence to the protection of the office. So
their need for bank loans, allow them to raise
S differences. But I be-
we're going to keep pushing.
capital at a more advantageous rate, expand
In the meantime, though, we have tried
facilities, employ more people, and compete
how soon. We have
the rescission route. What I'd like to see is
better in the world marketplace.
had meetings recently
a repeal of the impoundment bills that were
The President. I can understand that, and
ers. I am now pressing
put into effect in the seventies which really
I'd rather have that than nothing. But I'd
ial before the Munich
removes from the President the right to con-
rather have the broader application to capital
dict to you that GATT
trol spending. And I think we need that, par-
gains, and let me give you a good reason as
efore the G-7 meeting
ticularly when we're operating at these big
it relates to Los Angeles. Peter Ueberroth
1 hopeful that then or
deficits. But that's the way I'm approaching
is undertaking an assignment to try to bring
will finally conclude a
it, and I hope like heck we can find a case
private business into the heavily impacted
to test this in the courts, one that my top
urban areas. It is his belief, and I agree with
our interest. There's a
in various categories
attorney at Justice, Attorney General, says is
him, that if we can get a broad elimination
it whatever agreement
okay to do.
in these areas of capital gains that that would
I should we be a pro-
Who's next? Yes, ma'am.
serve as a magnet to entrepreneurs to start
new businesses.
it to be the most com-
Federal Industrial Policy
So what you suggest may be the way that
productive society, and
hink, is to knock down
Q. I just returned from a study trip to
it evolves in the legislative process, but I
de and just watch us
Japan and Singapore and-[inaudible].
would prefer to do what happened under the
The President. We spend $90 billion in
Steiger amendment in 1978, and that is have
ushing on it. You want
the United States in the Government level
a broader across-the-board reduction of cap-
f benefiting the Third
on research and development, $90 billion.
ital gains because I really believe that's what
can't think of any ac-
What we don't do-and you're correct, some
it's going to take to stimulate creation of new
hem more than freer
of the Asian countries do do-is target. I do
businesses. I understand your point, but I
not believe in what is known as industrial pol-
would much prefer to see it broader.
est answer is not these
grams but trade. And
icy where the Government decides which
Russia and Yugoslavia
GATT. So we'll keep
businesses are winners and which businesses
Q. Mr. President, when President Yeltsin
are losers. I don't believe in that.
was here, did you discuss with him the situa-
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tion in Yugoslavia? Are there constructive
States going to give Russia the support it
acts that he can take to help that situation
needs to get its act together?
improve?
The President. What is going on there
The President. We did discuss Yugoslavia
right now is indeed a manifestation of hard-
at length. You may remember a boat trip out
ship. Yeltsin, I am convinced, really believes
of Annapolis on the Severn that I took with
in democracy. I am convinced of that. It
him. That was billed as R&R, but I think
wasn't just the courage that he showed stand-
it was probably the most fascinating session
ing on the tank to put down the coup, but
that I had with him in terms of a give-and-
it was more than that. He has now put into
take on specific issues. I'll get to your ques-
effect some changes that really, really ad-
tion in a sec, but I just wanted to share with
versely impacts for the short run the lives
you what we were talking about out there
of many of the people in Russia.
because we started with what the French
And so they're going through extraor-
called a tour de raison, but we're talking
dinarily tough times. He warns things can get
about just a wide review of policies as it af-
more difficult, things can get tougher. He is
fects the new states in the former Soviet
absolutely convinced that the path for pros-
Union. It was fascinating hearing him discuss
perity lies through these fundamental re-
what's going to happen in Azerbaijan or Ar-
forms that lead to the convertibility of the
menia or how they're going to treat the prob-
ruble, for example; that leads to fairer trade;
lems of Ukraine. It was just a marvelous ex-
that invites investment in partnership. There-
perience, and I gave him the U.S. view on
in lies tremendous potential for the United
this thing.
States, jobs and investment from America.
We did talk about Yugoslavia. In answer
Jobs in American investment and investment
to your question, I do not believe that the
from America, it's there when you look at
Soviets have any special role anymore. There
the tremendous potential of Russia.
was a time when Yugoslavia, and I think
But it is my view that we must not miss
that's what you're referring to, really was al-
this opportunity to help them. We have spent
most a satellite to some degree, less so than
trillions of dollars standing up against the
some of Eastern Europe, but a satellite of
Communist menace, and it was proper that
the Soviet Union. That has been dissipated
we do that. We are now the undisputed lead-
er of the world because we did it, and Russia
now, and Russia doesn't want the responsibil-
ity to deliver the Serbs, for example.
is free and democratic, going through some
of the darndest democratic gymnastics you've
I think the role for them is in the United
ever seen, challenging each other and fight-
Nations. I think the role for Russia is as a
ing each other in the congress. Yeltsin's got
veto-holding member of the United Nations
problems worse than I do with the Congress.
family to go along with the common objec-
I mean, this guy's got real problems over
tives of getting a cease-fire, of having the
there. But we want to help them. We want
U.N. keep the peace, of helping with human-
to pass the "FREEDOM Support Act" which
itarian aid which we simply have got to do.
unloosens tremendous amounts of money
But I don't see them having a special assign-
from the IFI's, international financial institu-
ment, although in fairness, he did say that
tions, particularly the IMF and the World
they would like to be helpful. But I don't
Bank. The U.S. contribution in cash is sub-
think that their history gives them, he doesn't
stantial but not all that substantial; it's in the
feel, the special leverage that we might think
hundreds of millions, not in the billions. But
just looking back a year or two.
we are trying to get an increased quota for
Aid to Russia
the IMF through our Congress. I am com-
mitted to the "FREEDOM Support Act,"
Q. Mr. President, what is your personal
and I am challenging the Congress to move
assessment of what is going on in Russia right
on this as an insurance policy for the people
now? We've heard a lot about the hardships
of the United States.
there, and it seems that they are having a
And yes, the demands are tough at home.
hard time. And, secondly, is the United
A lot of people don't understand it, but once
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1111
Russia the support it
in a while a President has to be out front
Well, here's the last one, and then I prom-
ether?
for what is right. I don't want to have on
ise to go peacefully and let you all eat or
hat is going on there
my conscience missing this chance to solidify
leave or whatever is next for you. I heard
manifestation of hard-
the democratic experience, the move to a
you were having broccoli, so I'm out of here.
vinced, really believes
market economy. So I'm urging the Congress
[Laughter] Now, what's next?
convinced of that. It
to move, hopefully as expeditiously as next
that he showed stand-
week, to support the "FREEDOM Support
Racial Harmony
t down the coup, but
Act" because I believe it's in our interest.
He has now put into
This isn't in the interest just of Russia. I've
Q. Mr. President, Bob Johnson, from
that really, really ad-
got to see what's in the best interest of the
Washington, DC. What's your message to
ne short run the lives
United States of America. I believe that if
black and white Americans to help bring
in Russia.
we go forward with the "FREEDOM Sup-
about racial harmony?
bing through extraor-
port Act" we will be doing just that, doing
The President. That's a good question,
ie warns things can get
what's best for our country and for the gen-
Bob, and the answer is that the President
can get tougher. He is
erations to come, not just in peace and pros-
must speak out at every opportunity, whether
hat the path for pros-
perity and democracy but in markets and in
it relates to problems in the cities or whether
hese fundamental re-
opportunity, investment opportunity.
it relates to the country in general, for racial
e convertibility of the
harmony against discrimination of any kind.
at leads to fairer trade;
Job Opportunities for Youth
In addition to that, I point with considerable
in partnership. There-
tential for the United
pride to legislation that some consider con-
Q. Mr. President, do you believe that start-
troversial.
stment from America.
ing a major program of work projects to put
stment and investment
youth to work would be a good idea at this
I stood up against a civil rights bill that
ere when you look at
time?
I felt would result in quotas. I don't believe
Lial of Russia.
in quotas. We passed a civil rights bill that
hat we must not miss
The President. We think that we've de-
I can say does not result in quotas and takes
) them. We have spent
signed a good program. I will sign soon legis-
a step towards the elimination of discrimina-
nding up against the
lation across the country to add to the sum-
tion in the workplace. We passed under our
end it was proper that
mer job program $500 million. I believe that
administration the ADA, which deals with
V the undisputed lead-
what we've done in terms of helping the
people with disabilities. That is forward-look-
e we did it, and Russia
cities and through our SBA and FEMA re-
ing legislation.
C, going through some
sponse to what happened in Los Angeles,
ratic gymnastics you've
coupled with our what is called a "Weed and
My point is, I'm not sure that more legisla-
each other and fight-
Seed" initiative, weed out the criminals and
tion is required. I do think more brotherhood
congress. Yeltsin's got
then seed the urban areas with enterprise,
is required; more compassion is required. I
do with the Congress.
is the approach we ought to take.
have tried very hard as President to speak
t real problems over
out against discrimination, and I will con-
help them. We want
I would stop short of yet a new federally
tinue to do so because we are one Nation.
M Support Act" which
run bureaucracy to create jobs outside of the
We're one Nation under God, and we ought
5 amounts of money
private sector. I really believe that jobs with
never to forget it.
ional financial institu-
dignity in the private sector is not only help
short-run but is a longer run answer to the
Thank you all very, very much. We're out
IMF and the World
bution in cash is sub-
problems, whereas the Government pro-
of here.
substantial; it's in the
grams start off well-intentioned and some-
not in the billions. But
times have pretty good short-run effects, but
Note: The President spoke at 12:26 p.m. at
a increased quota for
in the long run do not provide the kind of
the Hyatt Regency Irvine. In his remarks, he
Congress. I am com-
jobs that good job training and entrepreneur-
referred to Reed Royalty and Todd Nichol-
DOM Support Act,"
ship and capital gains, bringing people to the
son, president and executive director of the
the Congress to move
cities, can provide. And so I am not in favor
Industrial League of Orange County; and
policy for the people
of a broad Government program, although
Peter Ueberroth, chairman of the Rebuild
I am strongly supporting aid that I have men-
L.A. Committee. This item was not received
ds are tough at home.
tioned for the cities largely in terms of the
in time for publication in the appropriate
nderstand it, but once
summer job program.
issue.