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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Columbus, Ohio)
For Immediate Release
September 26, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT SPIRIT OF AMERICA SEND-OFF
old Mound Street Freight Yard
Columbus, Ohio
9:45 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, what a great day in Ohio. And
Barbara and I are delighted to be here. May I salute our
longstanding friends, George and Janet Voinovich, and say you are
very lucky in this state to have this man as your Governor.
(Applause.) And also I want to single out another one, and
that's Chalmers Wylie. He and I went to Congress on the same day
and he served Columbus with great distinction. If we had more
like him they wouldn't be yelling all the time, "Clean House, to
get rid of all those Democrats that have been there in control
for 38 years. For 38 years. (Applause.)
And I want to see John Kasich reelected. I
want to thank your great Mayor, Greg Lashutka. My gosh, you've
got a good one here in Columbus, Ohio. (Applause.) And also, if
you really want to help change this country, elect Mike DeWine to
the United States Senate. (Applause.)
And may I thank and give a special salute to the
Marching Tigers. Let others blow the saxophone -- (applause.)
Others can blow the saxophone, but I'll stand with the Purple
Pride of Pinkerton. You try to say that. (Laughter and
applause.)
No, it's great to be back in Ohio. It's a great,
beautiful day -- football weather. I should say Buckeye weather
here. (Applause.)
You know, over the next couple of days we're taking
our crusade to Ohio and to Michigan. Eight towns and cities;
over 233 miles. And we're going to talk about what it takes to
match peace around the world with peace of mind here at home.
And for four months another candidate for President has been
tearing down the United States of America, running the country
down. Maybe he's inhaling too many of those bus fumes.
(Applause.) I think he did inhale them.
Well, let's get that bus off the side of the road,
because on this train trip we're going to blow the whistle on
Governor Clinton. I am tired of his lousy record in Arkansas.
(Applause.)
And here's what we're going to do. We're going to
talk about what's right about America and what we're doing to
change it; what we need to do to change Congress -- change the
direction of the country. And then we're also going to talk
about what's going on down in Arkansas and who is doing that to
the good people of that state. He has a lousy record in Arkansas
and we don't need that for the United States of America:
(Applause.)
So for the next two days it's "all aboard, America."
The Spirit of America is on its way, and it's all aboard for a
better future where government serves the people, not the other
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way around. And it's all aboard for the freedom to save and
invest and, yes, to keep more of what you earn. And it's all
aboard for an agenda which can renew and literally change
America, just as America -- and I am proud to have been a
significant part of this -- has reduced the threat of nuclear war
for these young people here today. (Applause.)
And so what do we want for America? We want smart
schools and safe streets. We want to lower taxes and less
regulation. We want to strengthen families that are working,
hoping and building and dreaming. And that's very different than
what the Governor of Arkansas is proposing. (Applause.)
You know, my granddad knew how America was blessed,
and he lived here in Columbus. His company, Buckeye Steel, made
couplings for the railroads. And my father was born here in
Columbus, Ohio. He was raised as a child, lived over on East
Broad Street for a while. And he knew how this city loved the
American spirit; how you lived it from one generation to the
next. And today, Barbara and I are very proud to begin this
voyage in a city which has blessed our family, a city that we
love.
For, you see, this train trip is much more than
about my reelection. It's about creating an America where every
day has that spirit of the 4th of July, the kind of America these
young people here today deserve. (Applause.)
And that is the real spirit of America. Always been
and always will be.
And now we're off to Marysville and Arlington and
Bowling Green, and then on into Michigan -- the heart of America;
the real America. And with this spirit we see here today we are
going to win this election. (Applause.)
Thank you all very, very much. May God bless each
and every one of you. Thank you very, very much, indeed.
(Applause.) All aboard.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
END
9:50 A.M. CDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Michigan)
For Immediate Release
September 27, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT HISTORIC HOLLY BROAD STREET WELCOME
Holly, Michigan
1:15 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: What a great day. My heavens.
(Applause. ) Beautiful. Thank you, thank you very, very much. What
a beautiful day in Holly. My heavens. Thank you, President Reagan.
Has a nice ring to it. (Laughter.) And may I salute Governor Engler
and Michelle Engler, who have been on this train for us. You've got
a great Governor here, a great Governor in this state. (Applause.)
You know, everyplace I go I see people yelling, "Clean
House. Clean House." Elect Dick Chrysler now and help us clean
House. (Applause.)
Mayor Reagan, I'm told that your full title is the
President of the Village of Holly. Well, I'm also told you're a
Democrat, but you stopped wearing a Clinton button about a week ago,
I'm told. I don't know if it's just to be polite, but thank you very
much. (Laughter.) Keep the Clinton button in the drawer and come on
over to our side.
I salute you as the President of this township And
thank you all, every single citizen, for this wonderful, ware
welcome. You can't help but feel great about America when you sèe
something like this. (Applause.)
I'm told that this 1s the last day of your Renaissance
Festival. I might ask to borrow some of the knight's armor -- it
would sure come in handy with Governor Clinton's daily attacks.
But Barbara and I are in the middle of a great tour of
this heartland of America -- 233 miles from Ohio up through Michigan
-- building up for November 3rd. And I have spelled out a
comprehensive Agenda for America's Renewal -- a comprehensive,
integrated, detailed plan -- 50 that in the 21st century America will
reign as the economic superpower in the entire world. (Applause.)
Governor Clinton and Senator Gore seem to think that
foreign affairs is not important; leadership for world peace is not
important. Well, let me say this -- I am proud of our record in
standing up against aggression halfway around the world. (Applause.)
I am proud that we put an end to the Cold War: And I am proud that
Poland and the Baltic States are free and I'm proud of America's role
in ridding our children dream of the nightmare of nuclear war. That
is big progress, dramatic progress. (Applause.)
And thank God these kids don't worry about it. And we
should get credit for having fought hard against -- standing true
against that Soviet empire, now working with new and democratic
countries around the world. Yes, national security is important.
And don't let Governor Clinton and Senator Gore cut into the muscle
of our defense. We've got to stay strong. (Applause.)
I believe, having been in business and meeting a
payroll, that my experience qualifies me to handle this new economy.
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Because foreign today, the path to prosperity and jobs lies in
retreats, markets he for our products. Because the American opening worker never
competes. And we will win. (Applause.)
Clinton system that completely opposes me -- I want to see us reform where
I also want to see us -- and here's one Governor
victim in because of crazy lawsuits, people scared afraid to coach
Little League because of lawsuits; some dads are are scared
deliver babies is out of control. (Applause.) Doctors a legal to
we've got to a highway accident along the road because of to help a
to do it. put an end to these crazy lawsuits, and I lawsuits. And
each other (Applause.) We've got to sue each other less need and your care help for
more in this great country of ours. (Applause.)
every Clinton parent when it comes to education and child care. I Governor
I've got a very different approach from
it's public, the right to choose their children's want to give
make it work And I want to fundamentally reform the families.
(Applause.) private or religious. Put the power with schools, whether
says, "well, for you and not the other way around. our government Clinton
of the members change offered this year -- and that's single most
important I'm for change" -- but he opposes the Governor
(Applause.) of Congress. The time has come to limiting limit those the terms terms.
insists about this on country, to build up the United States -- am optimistic
While I'm trying to find ways, because I
it's a engaged in a deliberate campaign of distortion. on the future think
and he's cutting America down. While I am focusing Governor Clinton
America. everybody We are how bad things are. Look, we are the United election is to
tell sorry thing when the only way you can win and And I
better for the best in the entire world. Now let's make States things of
the workers here at home. (Applause.)
Bill. pulled this train in here this afternoon to "blow distortion, the so we
5 3 You know, I'm a little tired of the
happening, knocking me down. Let's take a look a what's
11 months (Laughter.) of You know, let's really take look, whistle" after about on
if you've got a minute, on Arkansas itself. at
people they deserve of Arkansas are decent and wonderful and door and
The people -- the first place, I lived next the
Arkansas. to do for the national economy what he's you.
Clinton wants a lot better than they got, I'll warm tell people. Governor And
promise, But if you look at his record you'll see that's done not for a
that's a threat. And we don't need it.
he raised taxed and mobile extended the sales tax over and over. Governor Clinton
Let me tell you why I feel that way.
raised the tax homes, he doubled the tax on gasoline, He taxed groceries,
of taxation at on beer. Enough is enough. We do not need and that he even kind
the federal level. (Applause.)
counting campaign, taxes he's proposing $150 billion in new taxes -- In
Now, Governor Clinton says he's seen the light. this
about that. He billion new spending. But don't worry, care --
at least $220 that he put on small business for health that's not plus
top two percent. says it's all going to come from the rich don't guys worry -- the
promised To get the in money he needs for his plan -- the $150 truth on
But the problem is -- and here's the real it.
rates new taxes -- Governor Clinton would have billion he's
$36,600. on every And individual with incomes over $36,600 a to raise tax
deserve a break. are Do good people who work hard eyery Rich you
Famous" -- these these are not people on the "Lifestyles of year: the That and is
American people. (Applause.) not let him get in there and do that day to and the
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need he's going to pay for all these new programs. He'd
how around he's got a new way to spend your money. But he hasn't said
Depending who he's speaking to, every time he turns
While hundreds of billions of dollars more. And don't kid literally
hand, Governor Clinton is pulling promises out of the sky with yourself. one
he's pulling the dollars out of your wallet with the other.
Arkansas listen to this newspaper from his own front yard, in Pine
Listen to this newspaper -- don't take my word for it,
-- the Pine Bluff Commercial. Here's what it said. Bluff,
Arkansas, it would pass a program that hit the middle class
Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton set as Governor "If of
him hardest.' do And I am not going to let him win. I am not going the to let
that to the United States of America. (Applause.)
to the income. Governor Clinton would have you give another year in
taxable example. Say you've got a good job earning 38,000 bucks a you
We figured this out coming up heré. Let me give an
for tax man. And I say you ought to be able to use that to $1,700
into your kids' education, to meet the mortgage on the house, to pay put
the savings, not send it back to the IRS. (Applause.)
Now when I point but what Governor Clinton
he stands for, he says, hey, forget my record. Forget the facts. really But,
voted him? for George McGovern -- he worked for him. Jimmy Carter different -- he
about says, "I'm a different kind of Democrat." But what's
He's about Walter Mondale -- he borrowed the tax increase didn't him.
forget him. Michael Dukakis -- he nominated 'him. And he
country. not different in the way we want difference and change in from this
Democrats it. on Capitol Hill. It gives me ulcers just up those
And now just think about his teaming with
And Misery Index unemployment and inflation was country at 20 that.
The stamp President: And remember the last time this had a
(Laughter.) We would have a rubber check Congress thinking and about rubber
Avenue. Misery Index days of Democratic control of both ends go of Pennsylvania to the
now we've beat it back to 10. We don't need to back percent.
(Applause.)
had to help the taxpayer is vetoing 33 bills in the United
I need this change in Congress. The only defense I've
then you give me that line item veto; Congress can't you do what, it --
Congress, though: standing up for fiscal discipline. I'll tell Sates
watch us get the job done. (Applause.)
way (Applause.) as the Michigan offense treated the Houston Cougars The
Congress together will treat the middle income taxpayers. and the same
I just ask you to think how Governor Clinton
pounce Michigan pounced on the Cougars -- Clinton's yesterday. going to
on your wallet. Watch it. Guard it. (Laughter.)
better deserve to keep your hard-earned dollars, and you can invest more
I say forget his plans to spend more and tax you
Presidency, is we simply cannot afford to take a risk. comes The to the
than any government bureaucrat. And when it them
and ready, interest the economy is ready. We've moving now with inflation government
must not down -- we're moving towards a better down we
set it back by more spending and more taxes. recovery. (Applause.) But
members of Congress a responsible government, but a smaller
And I've proposed and will insist on with these new
way government -- a government that serves the people and not the
America around; is a government that understands that the real other
in right here in places like Holly, Michigan. It strength is not of back
Washington, D.C. (Applause.)
this beautiful heartland of America, we see some wonderful middle sights of --
As Barbara and I take this train across the
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the smiling faces of kids out there. But we hear the voices of
concern. And keep in mind, that the entire world has been in an at
global recession. It's not just the United:States 'that' had
difficulties. Not one single one of those economies in Europe would
be unhappy to trade with us. They all envy us. Every single one.
But now re ready to move. And the very nations that have adopted
the strategy that Governor Clinton proposes -- those nations of
Europe are enduring higher unemployment and hardship than we are.
And I bèlieve this economy is ready now. America will
lead the way. But not if we take the risk of adopting the failed
strategies that are being rejected in Europe and that have failed the
socialist country in Eastern Europe. (Applause:) $Not if we take the
risk of socking the middle-class taxpayer again. Not again. And I
say to America we will not risk our future by adopting the failed
policies of the past.
You know, our world is filled with opportunity. You
wouldn't get it from the press, you darn sure won't get it out of
Clinton and Gore. But we are great and we are strong, and we have a
marvelous opportunity now with a better education system, a better
child care system. I'm fighting for health care reform. I'm
fighting to back up these police officers here who are trying to help
us bring peace and tranquility to our neighborhoods -- frustrated at
every turn by the liberal Democrats. we are going to get a new crowd
in Congress and we are going to move this country forward.
(Applause.)
You know, Governor Clinton talks about -- this guy kills
me when you come across this country in a train -- he talks about
this country being something less than Germany and a little more than
Sri Lanka. He ought to open his eyes. We are the most respected
country on the face of the Earth, and I'm glad I've had a part in
helping restore that respect for America. (Applause.)
So here's the difference: I stand for freedom. Freedom
from big government. Freedom from the arrogance of the bureaucrat.
Freedom from the long arm of the tax man. And I stand for these
things because they are the way we can build a safer and more secure
America, and SO that you can fulfill your dreams.
There's a lot of debate out there these days. But let
me say this: I am proud that I served this military and our country
in wartime. I am proud I served my nation. I am proud that I
brought change -- peaceful change for democracy and freedom around
the world. I am fighting hard to get this economy on the move, and I
need your help. And don't let the other side tear down the greatest
country on the face of the Earth. (Applause.)
Thank you all. And may God bless you on this beautiful
day. (Applause.) And I happen to think we've got the best First
Lady in the entire world, too. (Applause.) Thank you all. What a
wonderful welcome. (Applause.)
Turn it around. Show them. (Applause.) Thank you very
much. What a great day. What a welcome. Thank you all. Hi, kids.
(Applause.)
END
1:31 P.M. EDT
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(st. Louis, Missouri)
For Immediate Release
September 28, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT ST. FRANCIS DE SALES WELCOME
St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church Parish Hall
st. Louis, Missouri
10:21 A.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much for that kind
introduction, Chief Harmon. Let me say that I've heard a good
deal about the work of this chief and of this police force. And
I salute every man and woman who's out there in the St. Louis
police Force laying their lives on the line for us every single
day of their life. We ought to be grateful to those who wear the
uniform, and I'm certainly grateful to this group. (Applause.)
And may I salute our great Governor, John Ashcroft,
and fantastic Senator, Senator Danforth. (Applause.) It's
delightful to be in Fox Park. St. Louis, a friendly city.
(Applause.) Actually, my mother grew up here. MY brother lives
here, cousin lives here. And I love that heartbeat of st. Louis.
so thank you for this welcome. (Applause.)
A word to those in this parish -- I want to
apologize to everyone who was counting on the usual Sunday Bingo
game last night. (Laughter.) I hear that the Secret Service
spoiled your fun when they had to check out the building.
(Laughter.) And I'm sorry you missed the game. It was smart,
though, to stay away. Believe me, you don't want to be jumping
up suddenly and yelling "Bingo!" around these Secret Service
guys. (Applause.)
This has all the earmarks of a political gathering,
but I really want to talk to you today about what I consider a
foremost -- a first and most basic function of government: to
protect every American citizen from violence -- at home and on
the streets.
NOW, there's nothing new about that. Security is
one big reason government was created in the very first place.
But what is new are the terrible forms that violence has taken
recently -- beyond anything our founding fathers could have
imagined.
A whole generation has grown up with the threat of
nuclear terror hanging like a sword over its head. And it's been.
horrible. Our kids had nightmares. It seemed like it would
never end. Well, it did end. And today I can stand up here and
say something that no other President could ever say before: the
Cold War is over. Freedom finished first. (Applause.)
NOW, we must win the peace. Right here at home, in
the streets of Fox Park. In too many places our grandparents and
grandchildren lock themselves behind the bars on their windows,
afraid to come out from a jail called home. This simply must
end.
We've made progress against violent crime. We've
slowed it dramatically the past 12 years. And we're beginning to
turn the tide on the drugs that so often fuel it. But we got
soft on crime way back in the '60s, and we paid for it. And then
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by the time we cracked down again in the '805, violent crime had
gone up 400 percent in 20 years. since we cracked down, it's
gone up just 27 percent in a little over 10 years, and the
overall crime index is actually down:
so we've stemmed the tide, in a sense -- prevented
millions of crimes. But, of course, that is simply not enough.
It's never enough. The face of crime is changing fast, and we
need our laws to react just as quickly, so that we can beat it.
Let me give you a timely example. Carjacking -- a
brand-new word for a brand-new crime. someone figured out it's
easy to steal a car when it's already running, with the keys in
the ignition. of course, the owner's behind the wheel. so the
criminal uses a gun. I want to tell you a story that literally
sickens me, as I'm sure it will you -- but describes what we're
up against.
Just a few weeks ago, in a nice neighborhood near
Baltimore, a woman was sitting in her car at a stop sign. In
broad daylight, two men forced her out of her car and drove off.
But she was tangled in the seatbelt -- trying desperately to save
her baby. The mother was dragged for almost two miles. The
thieves tried to knock her off by banging into a fence. And
tragically, she died.
And you know what they did with her little baby?
They tossed her out of the car like a piece of trash.
Miraculously, that baby survived.
And you know what? America is going to survive,
too. we cannot put up with this kind of animal behavior.
(Applause.) These people have no place in a decent society. And
as far as this President's concerned, they can go to jail, and
they can stay in jail, and they can rot in jail for crimes like
that. (Applause.)
For that to happen, we need tough laws that don't
bend over backwards protecting the criminal while saying to the
victim, "tough luck, buddy."
Let's look for a minute at the Arkansas record and
see where Governor Clinton stands. (Laughter.) The average
inmate in Arkansas served less than one-fifth of his sentence
last year. Most federal inmates serve at least 85 percent of
their full sentence. Violent crimes in that state, in Arkansas,
went up almost 60 percent in the '80s -- over twice the national
average. Arkansas had the nation's biggest increase in overall
crime -- and the third-biggest in violent crime.
This kind of record is not right for Arkansas -- and
it is not right for America. If you don't believe me, just ask
the Fraternal Order of Police in Little ROCK, Arkansas. They
know Governor Clinton's record best, and they're endorsing me for
President of the United States. (Applause.) The police know
better than anyone that we're all vulnerable: men, women,
children; white, black, brown; young, old; rich and poor. To a
bullet or a blade -- we all look just the same.
Americans deserve a government that goes after the
problem -- that prevents and punishes crime, and helps the
victims, lifts up the victims of crime. That's why I want to see
America make a move at the federal level, to step forward and
support state and local police around the country -- in real,
concrete ways. We need to help them fight.
That's why 1,201 days ago, on June 5, 1989' -- the
same day Mikhail Gorbachev first hinted that the Berlin Wall
might someday fall -- I sent a comprehensive crime bill to
* June 15, 1989
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Capitol Hill, And I offered the hand of partnership to Congress
and asked it to help me fight crime on a national level.
Listen to this: Since I first sent that bill to the
Hill in 1989, here in the United States, we've had almost 60,000
murders, 260,000 rapes, 1,600,000 robberies and 2,600,000
assaults. BY the way, 506 of those violent crimes took place
right here in Fox Park.
Think about that. Across America, that's enough
assault victims to fill the city of St. Louis more than six times
over. Victims brutalized while that bill languished on Capitol
Hill.
NOW, I know the numbers are staggering. I know that
Americans sit down in front of their TVs at night, watch the news
and say, why doesn't somebody do something about this incredible
mess? People are dying in the streets, for heaven's sake. well,
1,201 days later, Congress still has not acted on my crime bill.
And I think if they had a glacier on Capitol Hill, they'd name it
"speedy." You ought to try and get something done there.
But frustrating as this crime bill has been for me,
it's still my job as President to get results. There are good
people on both sides of the issue, working in good faith for a
compromise. And I will not rest until this matter is settled.
This very week, we are now close to an agreement on
a bill the Congress could send me -- and I'll sign. The
compromise bill should include, for example, a workable death
penalty for horrible murders, committed by terrorists, assassins
and drug lords. It should target the shocking violence we see on
television -- the drive-by shootings and gang turf wars. This
deadly behavior deserves deadly punishment. It should include
provisions recommended by former Supreme Court Justice Powell to
short-circuit an endless process of appeals that make a mockery
of justice. (Applause.)
There are other items prompting strong feelings on
all sides, but we're making a good-faith effort to reach a
compromise.
so I want you to know what's on my crime agenda.
I'm not asking for anything but common sense and reasonable
justice, especially for women, children and the elderly victims
of crime. I think I can get some of these items this year --
then, I'll come back to get more of them next year. (Applause.)
Let me click off about eight key points here.
First, apprehend and severely punish these carjackers, like the
ones I just described. I want to make carjacking a federal
offense with harsh penalties. And I want thugs who take cars at
gunpoint to stay in a cell so long that when they get out they're
too old to drive. (Applause.)
second -- I keep talking about strengthening the
family -- well,- here's one for you: call deadbeat dads onto the
carpet. (Applause.) Right now, a single mother here in Missouri
can be struggling to keep the kids fed and clothed on her small
salary, while their father's up in Chicago somewhere, picking out
a new Chevy truck with terrycloth pom-poms and a gun rack. NOW,
he could be way behind in child support, but no one can touch him
because he's across the state lines. Well, I think that's a
disgrace, and it's about time the long arm of the law reaches out
over that state line, taps that deadbeat dad on the shoulder and
says loud and clear -- time to pay up. Cough up the cash or go
to jail. (Applause.)
And the third, strengthen the laws dealing with
sexual and domestic violence. For starters, we need to protect
the victim. It is bad enough a rape victim is attacked in the
first place. Then she takes the stand and then she gets worked
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over and attacked by the rapist's lawyers. I say that makes two
too many attacks.
And I want repeat sex and domestic-violence
offenders behind bars until trial. Today. even a repeat offender
can get arrested, be out on bond hours later, stalking his next
victim or beating his wife and kids for turning him in. I want
him detained until trial, and I want the prosecution to be able
to use past convictions against him. (Applause.)
Any law enforcement officer knows this, but right
now, certain details can't even be mentioned in court. so-
called little details -- like the fact that everyone and their
dog within a country mile knows the guy acts this way pretty
regularly. And that's wrong. Let him pay for what he's done.
Fourth, crack down on gang violence. I want gangs
to be treated like the criminal enterprises they are. That way,
we can go after the leaders, and we can deal harshly with them,
and we can untie the hands of good cops so they can clean up
decent neighborhoods. I also want to toughen the penalties for
using juveniles in crimes. Some of the gangs right now can send
under-age kids out to do their dirty work because they're minors
and they'll get off if they' re caught. And I think the older
gang members should be punished harshly for treating these little
kids like bullet fodder. (Applause.)
Fifth, protection for the elderly. It is absurd
that the folks who have contributed to this society all through
their lives have to live in terror when they re old and frail,
just because some young punks see them as an easy target.
They're as low as the thugs who pick on children. And I want to
beef up the laws that put these thugs behind bars. (Applause.)
Sixth, the habeas corpus reform. Habeas corpus is
supposed to protect the innocent, but it's turned into a
ridiculous perversion of the law. Can you believe that a lot of
these petitions drag on for more than a decade? Criminal lawyers
use it to postpone justice. A guilty verdict can mean seemingly
endless appeals that choke our courts and delay justice. It's
about time we put a stop to this travesty. Let them have one
habeas corpus petition and be done with it. (Applause.) And
that's what I'm trying to do in that crime bill right now.
(Applause.)
And the seventh, a federal death penalty. I think
certain acts of violence deserve the ultimate penalty. I'm
talking about assassinations, murder for hire, terrorism and
other depraved acts. And add to that the new urban violence we
see with gangs. Drive-by shootings, random violence, gang
massacres these people are merchants of death, who trade in
death. And the death penalty is warranted in these cases. And I
wish Congress would move and do about it. (Applause.)
And eighth.-- and this one's short -- firearms. I
want much tougher penalties for criminal use of firearms, period.
(Applause.) Tighten up the law and take the risk\ away from these
law enforcement officers. (Applause.)
NOW, I'm not saying that tougher laws are going to
fix absolutely everything. I'm a firm believer in justice, but I
think punishment is only part of the solution. And the other
part has a more human face. Tomorrow's criminals are still just
kids today. And while I believe in resources for law enforcement
and in reform for law enforcement, I also believe that at some
point early in life, a youngster at a critical juncture can be
steered to a life of right or a life of terrible wrong. And it
all depends on the kind of soil you plant these kids in and how
you nourish them.
I just had a wonderful briefing upstairs by the
Chief and some of our community leaders, including the Pastor of
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this church, and what impressed me is what the community is doing
to help these kids before they get caught up in this wave of
criminality.
All of this is why I believe that our Weed and Seed
program -- the federal program -- is so very crucial. Weed and
Seed -- that means going into a rough neighborhood, eradicating
the "weeds" of violent crime that can choke a young life, and
replacing them with "seeds" of social opportunity and reform.
And that's what Operation Crackdown in st. Louis is all about:
the federal government, working with local law enforcement,
reclaiming crack houses and giving them back to the community.
And that's what your -- the Chief talked about COPS
program, here in Fox Park, is all about, too, on a local level.
Real people making real changes in your own neighborhood.
You know, just the other day, only a few blocks from
here, police officers raided a crack house on Ohio Avenue. And
as those officers came out of the house with those drug dealers
handcuffed, the neighbors -- maybe some of you all were there --
came out to their porches and gave those police a standing
ovation and a cheer. And that's what this country is hungry for.
Americans want to take crime out of their neighborhoods and put
the neighbors back. And we've got to weed the poison growth from
the soil, and in its place, plant the seeds of hope. (Applause.)
I know there's a craving. I know you just want to
be able to walk down to Worth's Market, or down to Fox Park here
for a stroll, or over to Bartlett's Grocery store for a
newspaper, or Mary's Restaurant for a cup of coffee even if she
is a Democrat -- (laughter) -- and you want to do it knowing
you're safe in your own neighborhood, that you've helped build
and kept alive.
I think John Mirgaux said it best. He lives in this
neighborhood and knows about that old crack house over on Ohio.
And he said he and his wife, Eleanor, had been thinking about
selling their house and just moving out -- moving away from the
drugs and all the ugly crime. But you know. he's lived in Fox
Hill his whole life. It's his neighborhood. And after the raid,
he and Eleanor did some thinking. And he put it this way. He
said, "You know, I've been waiting for this to happen. Now we're
going to make a stand."
Please join us -- join John and Eleanor and Ohio
Avenue and Fox Park and St. Louis and Missouri and this whole
United States -- and make a stand against crime today, because
the people deserve it.
Thank you all so very much for listening.
(Applause.) And may God bless -- (applause) -- may God bless Fox
Park, Missouri. And God bless the United states of America.
Thank you all very, very much. (Applause.)
END
10:44 A.M. CDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press. Secretary
(Ohio)
For Immediate Release
September 26, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT ARLINGTON CENTENNIAL FAMILY PICNIC
Arlington Park
Arlington, Ohio
2:21 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very, very much. What a
wonderful welcome to Arlington. (Applause.) Thank you so much.
I just wish each and every one of you could have been on this, on
this train ride from Columbus here. It has been magnificent -- a
wonderful turnout of the true American spirit; a welcome by Ohio
that has warmed our hearts. And then to come here for this icing
on the cake, this fantastic rally. We are very, very glad to be
with you on your 100th anniversary. (Applause.)
In case you didn't see him when we walked in, I want
to be sure you salute and honor a great -- a truly great
Governor, George Voinovich. What a job he's doing for this
state. (Applause.)
And your Congressman, Mike Oxley, and I go back a
long, long time. You've got one of the best. If we had more
like him everybody wouldn't be yelling, "clean House." We need
to clean House, but we need more like Mike Oxley to get the job
done for America. (Applause.)
And I believe Mike Dewine is with us. But is he --
I haven't seen him on this stop. He's been along with us. But
let me say, whether he's here or not, we must clean House, and
that means we need a new senator. Please elect this great
Lieutenant Governor to the United States Senate. (Applause.)
And Mayor Suter, may I thank you and all the
citizens here for this warm welcome. I'll tell you, as we were
leaning out of the train coming around the bend here, you could
just sense the feeling of this marvelous community gathering.
And we are very, very grateful to you.
I understand that your local deputy, Kreg Sheets, is
here -- or he was here a minute ago -- he's the guy all dressed
up because he's getting married in less than an hour. And I
wanted to single -- there he is, right here. We wish him well.
(Applause.) Kreg, we want to wish you and Kris Martin all the
very, very best in a great life of happiness ahead.
Now, today's been a wonderful day for Barbara and
me. The sendoff from my dad's birthplace in Columbus, Ohio.
Then a stop in Marysville, which is where Barbara's mother was
born. And then the trip here through this gentle, beautiful,
highly productive Ohio farmland. (Applause.) People greeting us
on both sides of "The Spirit of America." Great sounds and
sights. It has been a wonderfully moving day, where you can't
help but count your blessings and say America is. the greatest,
freest country on the face of the Earth. (Applause.)
We saw all kinds of farmers lined up along the
railroad tracks. We saw a dairy farmer holding up a sign -- it
said he'd be "pulling for me." (Laughter.) Well, that ought to
ruin your lunch, but that's what I saw. (Laughter.)
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But we knew the best still lay ahead of us. This
town, this lunch, Rosemary Orwick's pasta noodles. I'm not quite
sure what's more difficult -- working with Congress or getting
Rosemary to divulge her secret recipe I'm about to sample here.
But there's a lot at stake in this election. We
have won great victories around the world. The kids here in this
beautiful cross-section of America can go to bed at night without
the same fear of nuclear war that the older generation had. And
that is a wonderful accomplishment for the United States of
America, and we ought to take great pride in it. (Applause.)
Now, it's time, with all these dramatic changes
around the world that we've help bring about -- decline and fall
of the Soviet empire; Middle Eastern enemies talking to each
other; democracy on the move south of our border; the great
countries of Eastern Europe free, free at last -- it's now time
to roll up our sleeves and renew America, just as our ancestors
did. We want an America of the best schools in the world. We
want safe neighborhoods and safe streets. And that's what I'm
fighting for against this Congress in Washington, D.C.
(Applause.)
We want lower taxes and less regulation. An America
working and hoping and building. Where every day is like the 4th
of July -- for our families and for these young people here
today.
I'm not going to ruin this magnificent picnic with a
long political speech, but let me just say that the question
before you in this election is very simple. My; opponent believes
that America should pay more taxes -- because government
planners, senior little chairmen up there in the Congress,
bureaucrats can spend your money more wisely than you can. And I
don't believe that for one single minute. (Applause.)
You know, all of this talk about class warfare and a
talk of moderation and going after the rich, he's got a big tax
increase aimed right at the heart of middle America. And I don't
think we need that. I believe you should keep more of your hard-
earned dollars -- because you can invest them more wisely.
In my second term -- and believe me, there will be
one -- I will be (applause) -- I will continue to be doing for
this nation which your great Governor is doing for Ohio --
opening up new markets for our products and creating new jobs for
our workers. We can outhustle the workers in any other country
if we open those foreign markets to American expertise. And
that's what I'm trying to do. (Applause.)
And so we will be working to hold the line on
government spending and taxes and regulation, to cut the health
care costs down with my health care program that provides
everybody in this country that needs it insurance. We keep the
quality of health care, but we then provide insurance to people
and we do not get the government further involved like some of
the socialist systems around the world We' got the best; we
want to make it better and make it available to all. (Applause.)
And the liberals in Washington don't like it, but
let me tell you something: I am going to keep trying to find
ways to strengthen the American family. The family is our
strength; and the family needs to be supported, not divided.
(Applause.) And how do you do that? You do it by giving parents
more choice in child care or in schools. You do it by reforming
welfare so that the young girl is in school and tries to save a
little money, save over $1,000, her mother doesn't get thrown off
of welfare. Reform the system to keep families together, rather
than trying to drive them apart. (Applause.)
Strengthening the family by making our neighborhoods
safer. I strongly back our local law enforcement people, our
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firefighters, our policemen, our county sheriff's people. I back
them all. the way because they are fighting for the American
family by cutting down crime in our neighborhoods all across
America. (Applause.)
So when I talk about strengthening the family it's
this and so many thing else -- and I might say something about
our First Lady. When she holds in her arms a baby stricken by
AIDS or cancer, she's sending the signal that we ought to love
each other more. And when she sits there in the White House and
reads to a group of kids, she's setting an example for parents
and families all across this country, because reading to kids is
important. So don't let the liberals scare us away from
strengthening the American family. We are right and you are
right. And this part of America knows exactly what I'm talking
about. (Applause.)
In its great 100 years, Arlington has seen its
children march off to war -- its young men and women -- seen its
old cry in the old see the cry of the tears of depression.
And you've marveled at the arrival of new technology and
treasured this sturdy foundation of the traditional values that
we're talking about here. And through every change, America has
emerged stronger, and it is the same today.
Our challenges look difficult -- and we've got big
challenges. And if you look around the world, you'll see the
whole world is facing economic challenges. Whether it's in
Europe or wherever else it is, there's enormous economic change
taking place. And in spite of what my opponent says, the United
States -- although we've got to do much better is the envy of
the entire world, whether it's our economy, our military
strength, our system of freedom.
And so I am not one who wants to get to be President
again by complaining about the United States or tearing it down
or saying, as Governor Clinton does, that we are somewhere less
than Germany and a little better than Sri Lanka. We are the
United States of America, the envy of the entire world because we
have stood for freedom. And we can do anything we set our sights
on. (Applause.)
And my faith is in the American people. My faith is
with the people, to give the people the power that comes from
less government, less taxes, less regulation, and more confidence
in the neighborhoods and in the communities and in the young
people we're surrounded with here today.
And so I come here as an optimist about America, and
I want to finish the job that I have started. I believe this:
it's not that I need to be President, but it is that I want to
finish the job and strengthen the institutions, and particularly
the family that we've talked about. We've made a big start. We
are the envy of the world. And I am proud that these kids go to
bed at night without the same fear of nuclear war that their
predecessors did much, much prouder than I could be of
anything else.
But now, I ask for your support four more years
to strengthen America, bring us back, bring economic opportunity
to all. (Applause.) And may God bless our great country. And
thank you all very, very much. (Applause.)
And Mayor, will you come up?
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: This is a little symbol that's flown
over the Capitol. This is for Arlington on its 100th birthday.
Many, many thanks and congratulations. (Applause.)
END
2:33 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Ohio)
For Immediate Release
September 26, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT MARYSVILLE MAIN STREET WELCOME
Marysville, Ohio
BC
11:51 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very, very much. What a
great Ohio day. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. Thank
you all for this wonderful welcome to Marysville. (Applause.)
And may I salute your great Governor, George Voinovich, who's
with us on this train, and thank him for what he's doing for
creating jobs in Ohio and jobs across this country through his
trip -- bringing up these exports. We need to hear more like it.
We need more governors like George Voinovich. (Applause.)
And also I want to introduce to all of you -- maybe
he's been introduced -- another old friend who has served this
state well, and now I want to see him in the United States Senate
-- Mike Dewine, Lieutenant Governor. (Applause.)
And Congressman Kasich is here; and my old friend,
Congressman Chalmers Wylie; and, of course, your Congressman Paul
Gilmore is here, and his wife Karen, who will make a great state
senator. (Applause.)
And may I make a special plea to send David Hobson
to the United States Congress. We need to give Paul Gilmore some
help in Washington -- we need to clean House. (Applause.)
And may I salute the Monarchs and the --
AUDIENCE: Clean the House! Clean the House!
THE PRESIDENT: You re right, man. (Applause.) And
may I salute the Monarchs, the Wildcats, and the Panthers.
(Applause.)
You know, somebody told me that some of you around
here always wear a button, hormally wear a button that says,
"reelect Barbara Bush's husband. Well, I like that, because,
you see, I think we have the best First Lady in the entire world.
(Applause.) And I can't -- you know, some of you yelling, "clean
House." I couldn't help but notice the sign down the street --
on McCullough's Hardware. It says: "All I want for Christmas is
a new Congress." Not a bad idea. Let's get this country moving
forward. (Applause.)
And may I salute the veterans that are here from
Richmond and Marysville and elsewhere -- men and women that
served their country with great distinction. I salute the
veterans. I salute those who put on a uniform and served their
country. (Applause.)
You know, we take this train through Marysville this
morning to discuss what kind of America we want. And I want an
America that is a military superpower -- we've got to stay strong
-- an economic superpower and an export superpower. An America
where every person who wants the dignity of work can find it.
Because. just as you can't build a home without a hammer -- and
you can't build a dream without a job. (Applause.)
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I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a
comprehensive, integrated series of steps to create here in
America -- by early in the next century -- the world's very first
$10-trillion economy I believe that the only way to achieve
prosperity is by opening foreign markets to American goods and
services. You see, I have faith in the American worker and in
the America farmer -- who can still outwork, outproduce any other
worker in the entire worlds (Applause.)
va
You know, George Voinovich, as you all know,
recently visited Japan. He talked with the chairman of Honda.
He talked with the chairman of Honda and the chairman told him
flat out that the workers here in Marysville were not as good as
Japanese workers. He told them they were better than Japanese
workers. (Applause.)
And on free trade, and I'm talking about jobs with
Honda here in Marysville -- on free trade, my opponent hasn't
even made up his mind yet but he does want to slap a tough tax
right here in Marysville.
on foreign plants in the United States, including the Honda plant
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: Now, you slap a tax on Honda and
they' 11 take the jobs and go somewhere else. I want more jobs
taxes down. (Applause.)
for American workers not by raising taxes, but by getting
You've got great workers here in Marysville, like
American workers everywhere. You never retreat. You always
compete. (Applause:) And you always win. That is the American spirit.
We pulled this wonderful train, the Spirit of
America," into Marysville today to talk about how we'll win the
economic competition. Now, Governor Clinton -- you'll excuse the
expression -- Governor Clinton says that our economy is -- and I
past Germany, heading south toward Sri Lanka. Those are his
quote -- listen to the way he talks about America "sliding
words. He ought to stop knocking the greatest country on the
face of the Earth. (Applause.) And he ought to understand that
we are the most admired and respected country on the face of the
Earth. (Applause.) Let's not knock the United states of America.
global economy. Take a look at the economies of Europe, where a
times here, but you've got to take a look at the -- we're in
You know, we all know that we've had some tough
And Clinton favors. We have lower unemployment -- stronger growth.
they suffer with the high taxes and the big government that
states. that doesn't sound like Sri Lanka to me. We are the United
that under control, our economy is ready to move. And, Governor,
is And interest rates are below the 20-year lows, inflation
doesn't sound like Sri Lanka to me! (Applause.)
Our economy could slide into a disaster if we go back to the
And so we must not take a risk about this economy.
misery That's days of Jimmy Carter, if we make the wrong choice
Clinton, take his record to the people of*Ohio. (Applause.)
why today, we are going to blow this whistle on Bill
look the national economy what he's done for Arkansas. Now, when for you
Here's what worries me: he's promising to do.
threat. (Applause.)
at the record you realize that's not à promise it is a
Balloon Festival last month. Well, when you think of
You know, I know that Marysville hosted the Hot Air
rhetoric. to the facts today on Governor Clinton's record, his
politicians, stick every day is a hot air balloon festival. so let me
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Arkansas was, indeed, one of the poorest states when
Bill clinton became Governor. And 12 years later, it is still on
the bottom. And the problem is not with the good people of that
state, not at all. The problem is with the leader, who
criticizes me at every turn -- but has failed to move his own
state up the ladder. That is the fact, and we don't want him
doing that for the United States of America. (Applause.)
You want to know the record? All right, here it is
Governor Clinton raised and extended the sales tax over and over
again. He taxed groceries, he taxed mobile homes, he doubled the
tax on gasoline, and, yes, he raised the tax on beer. Mad.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: I'm tempted to say that listening to
idea? this will kind of tax your patience. But why give him another
Now, Governor Clinton is no friend of the middle
class. Don't take my word for it, though. Listen to his
hometown newspaper -- The Arkansas Gazette: "In: the Clinton
era," -- this is exactly what it says "In the Clinton era the
Arkansas tax system has become stacked against the ordinary
taxpayer interest." and consumer; stacked for the rich and the special
I do not want a tax system that just benefits the
rich -- I want a tax system that helps all working people get
rich. That is the American way. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four
more years!
heavens.
THE PRESIDENT: You know, what a great rally. My
Now, Governor Clinton says he's seen the light. In
this campaign, he's come right out -- in the beginning; this is
before he gets through -- and he said he wants $150 billion in
new taxes, But don't worry, he says -- all the money will come
from the rich all those people who drive Jaguars and eat that
money. quiche and drink that champaign; all those who inherit their
NOW, we've heard that song before. Jimmy Carter
sang it. Walter Mondale sang it. Michael Dukakis sang it.
They're going after the rich, but the middle class always gets up
singing the blues. Big government gets the gold and you get the
shaft. (Applause.) And we do not need to raise taxes in this country.
Now, listen to this. Governor Clinton says he'll
raise it, he'll raise the $150 billion by taxing the top two
percent of Americans -- all those people who make over $200,000.
But whoops. That's not the top two percent. The Treasury
Department says the top two percent of Americans begins with
individuals taxable -- with incomes taxable of $64,800. But
there's not even enough money at that level. So to get the full
$150 billion, Bill Clinton would have to tax individuals at
$36,600 a year.
time on the Riviera. They are the hard-working men and Women and
And I do not think these people are spending their
taxes. (Applause.)
families in the United States. we must not let him raise their
day -- it gets worse. Governor Clinton has made a: lot of
But it gets worse. I hate to ruin this beautiful
promises in this campaign. And he's already called for spending
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increases of at least $220 billion. Newsweek Magazine says the
real cost real is arguably at least three times that high.
And now the liberal Congress is asev salivating, waiting
to pass all these new programs. But where will he get the money?
Where will Governor Clinton get the money? Listen to the folks
who know Bill Clinton best.
The Pine Bluff Commercial, an newspaper in Arkansas
-- I quote: "If Congress followed the example that Bill Clinton
has set as Governor of Arkansas, it would pass a tax program that
would hit the middle class the hardest
And that is the big secret of this campaign -- to
capture all the revenue that he wants to raise, to pay for all
these promises, Bill Clinton will have to go after the middle
class. And I am not going to let him do that and neither are
you. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Hit him again, hit him again -- harder,
harder! Hit him again, hit him again -- harder, harder.
THE PRESIDENT: I'm getting to that.
Just think about what the Clinton plan could mean
right here in Marysville, Ohio. Listen to this. Let's say
you're a 40-year-old fireman, with about $29,000 bucks in taxable
income. Governor Clinton would have you give the government
another thousands dollars a year. And that money could help you
pay for your kids education And you should keep it in your
hands. (Applause.)
or lets say you are a licensed nurse, making about
$28,000 in taxable income. Governor Clinton could have you to
fork over another $890 a year. And that money could be used to
Six the car or help pay your mortgage And you ought to be
allowed to keep it, not send it to Washington, DC. (Applause.)
And this is a fundamental issue in this election.
Governor Clinton trusts government planners to make better
decisions than you can. And I believe that you can invest your
money, make your own decisions, better than any government'
planner (Applause.) or any mandating congressman in Washington, DC.
Governor Clinton says he wants to gather the so-
called "best and the brightest" -- all the economists and lawyers
and lobbyists who studied him over there in Oxford during the war
in and bring them to Washington to figure out how to fix all your
problems. I want to give more power to you, freedom to you,
because in my mind, America's best and brightest are standing
right here in Marysville and other towns like it across this
great country. (Applause.)
America. Bill. Clinton's Arkansas record is wrong for America.
So to sum it up, Bill Clinton's taxes are wrong for
And any way you cut it, Bill Clinton is wrong to be President of
the United States of America. (Applause.)
As Barbara said, her mother was born here and grew
where "the grass is always greener.' But it might as well make
up here in Marysville. And I know the town's slogan is the place
it the slogan for our great country. And sure, we have problems.
And sure, we face our challenges But you ask a European, or ask
one in the entire world. (Applause.)
an Asian -- as George Voinovich said -- America is still number
new Jobs, at the Americans competing in a new world economy and
And look around -- look around this community at the
you see our capacity for renewal. Government did not build this
nation. People built it -- people who believe in family, people
great nation -- and government alone will not renew our great
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who believe in hard work, people just like you standing out here
on this magnificent Ohio day. (Applause.)
And so he offers you more government, and I offer
more power to the American family, more power to the American
people. And I stand before you as a leader who has served his
country in war and in peace; a leader with the experience,
hopefully the character, the ideas to keep the great train of
America rolling along to a more safe and a secure future.
These are exciting times. America is not in
decline. We are a strong, respected, rising nation. And I ask
for your trust for another four years to lead this great nation.
May God bless you all. And may God bless the United
States of America. Thank you very, very much. (Applause.)
Thank you all. (Applause.)
END
12:06 P.M. EDT
Jim Beard, General Manager of
Operations for Conrail
mileage from Columbus, OH to
Stanley, OH (transfer pt -to (SX)
133
same as
(317)267-4851
Toledo
Jay Westbrook, Mariger of News &
Media Relations, CSX
mileage from Stanley, OH
GrandBlank
100
(904) 359-1508
TOTAL: 233
(Smith/Aarhus)
Draft Two
September 25, 1992
BUCKEYE
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SEND-OFF RALLY
COLUMBUS, OHIO
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1992
9:45 A.M.
My good friend Governor Voinovich -- thank you for that add
Mayor
Greg
introduction. May I recognize your wife, Jane Voinovich.
Mike
Lashutka
DeWine -- we need this man in the United States Senate
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And
(La-SHoot-ka)
Ynot coming
may I give a special salute to the marvelous Marching Tigers.
Let others toot their saxaphone. I'll stand with the Purple
tentimes
Pride of Pickerington. / (Try saying that real fast.)
It is great to be back in the Buckeye State. I know there's
rain in the air, but this sure feels like football weather. Any
bets on how the Buckeyes are going to do against Wisconsin next
week? //
Over the next two days, we're taking our crusade to Ohio and
Michigan -- 8 towns and cities -- over 237miles. We're going to
tell the truth -- and we're going to win.
For weeks another candidate for President has been running
around the country -- running the country down. People ask me
why my opponent keeps saying the things he does. Beats me.
Maybe he's inhaled too many bus fumes. //
Well, move that bus to the side of the road. For the next
two days, it's "All aboard, America." The "Spirit of America" is
on its way.
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It's all aboard for a better future where government serves
the people -- not the other way around. /
It's all aboard for the freedom to save -- invest -- to work
-- and, yes, to keep more of what you earn. /
It's all aboard for policies which can change America --
just as America has changed the world. / An America of good
schools, and safe streets. Lower taxes, and less regulation. An
America of families working / hoping / building / dreaming.
It's all aboard for this blessed land -- this United States
of America. //
NO! Bornin
My grand-dad knew how America was blessed. Born here in
NJ
couplings for
Columbus -- his company made railroad cars. My dad was raised
over on
in homes this great city. Columbus, This
He knew how this city loved the American spirit --
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how you lived it from one generation to another. /
Today, Barbara and I are proud to begin this voyage in a
city which has blessed our family -- a city we love. / For, you
see, this train tride is about more than just my election. It's
about creating an America where every day is the 4th of July --
the kind of America you kids deserve. //
That's the real Spirit of America. Always has been. Pray
Cod, always will. So let me close with words from an American
legend -- that great Republican, Jackie Gleason. .)E CR
My friends, "A little traveling music. " We're off to
Marysville and Arlington and Bowling Green and Michigan. The
heart of America -- the real America. "And away we go."
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
24-Sep-1992 02:59pm
TO:
Steven D. Provost
FROM:
Carol B. Aarhus
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: Columbus, OH
Columbus, Ohio:
** Event site: Old Mound Street Freightyard. It was built in the
late 1800s by the Hocking Valley Railroad, and was later taken
over by C&O Railroad. It closed in 1985, because they built a new
freightyard (Parson's Yard). All the employees went over to the
new yard, so there is no animosity about closing the old yard.
** At some point during this trip, in a speech when we trash
Clinton's record we should say something like, "NOW, after hearing
all that, do you really want U.S.A. to stand for United States
like Arkansas?!"
** The band that will be playing honors, etc. is the Pickerington
High School Marching Tigers. They are an award-winning band and
the community's pride and joy. In fact, they are known as the
"Purple Pride of Pickerington".
** Governor Voinovich will introduce the President. Mrs.
Voinovich (Janet) will be there also. Maybe we can get in a quick
line in about Mike DeWine (Lt. Gov.) who is running for the
Senate. The rest of the dais is still undecided.
** They are expecting an audience of 300-500. die-hard Republicans.
** The Columbus Clippers (Yankees farm team) recently won the
Governor's Cup during the last inning when they were down 3-1.
They ended up beating the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Red Barons with a
final score of 4-3. Even though the Clippers had 95 wins this
year, their manager Rick Down didn't receive the honor of
manager of the year. Maybe POTUS could make a connection to their
ninth-inning win and the ninth-inning win we're going to have in
November and how Rick Down can coach/manage him any time.
** On this date in history: Johnny Appleseed's birthday (b.1774)
George Gershwin's birthday b. (1898) ; "West Side Story" premiered
on Broadway (1957) i Hawaii Five-0 maked its television debut (1968
-- book 'em, Dano) if we're allowed to make fat jokes, it's
Shamu's birthday (b.1985) -- the first killer whale born in
captivity.
** Ohio State Motto: With God, all things are possible.
Ohio is the Buckeye State.
** Presidents who have hailed from Ohio: Grant, Harrison, Hayes,
Garfield, McKinley, Taft, and Harding.
** Some anecdotes from CSX's Presidential Campaigns and
Whistle-stop Trains included in attached fax.
** POTUS's grandfather, Samuel P. Bush, is from Columbus. His
company, Buckeye Steel, made couplers for railroad cars.
** POTUS's father was raised in Columbus.
** Interesting story that we can't use -- POTUS's grandmother was
run over by a streetcar in Columbus and killed. Strangely
enough, Richard Nixon's father (Frank) was a streetcar
driver at the time. No one knows if he was working that
day, though.
CONTACTS:
Steve George; Gov. 's Office -- 614-644-6141
Elizabeth Reed, Columbus Historical Society (614) 297-2300
Andy Woodgear; Trainmaster; (614) 445-4115
Dinae Harrison, Lead
OSU Athletic Dept
(614)292-8806
(614) 292-6861
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN COLUMBUS
DATE:
SEPTEMBER 24, 1992
Sept. 26th:
CAPITAL CITY CLASSIC IV
Central State U. VS. Texas Southern U.
A game played by two predominantly black
universities with all proceeds from the game
contributing to the Martin Luther King Jr. Complex.
Oct. 3rd:
AMERICAN HEART WALK
One thousand walkers are expected for this year's
Heart Walk which benefits the American Heart
Association. This is the first year for the walk
which will take place in downtown Columbus.
Oct. 3rd:
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND CONCERT
The U.S. Marine Band will be in concert at the
Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Oct. 4th:
ITALIAN FOLK FESTIVAL
The festival will take place in Worthington.
Oct. 6th:
GERMAN-AMERICAN DAY
The Ambassador of Germany to the U.S. will be in
Columbus to attend a private function for the local
German-American Society. There will be a seminar
teachers. concerning "Germany Today" for local Social Studies
Oct. 8th:
SENIOR MALIBU GRAND PRIX NATIONAL CHALLENGE
Senior citizens from as far away as Texas will be
in Columbus for the National Championship Race for
senior citizens.
Oct. 10th:
OHIO STATE vs. ILLINOIS
The first home Big Ten football game for the
game. Buckeyes. Over 90,000 fans are expected for this
Oct. 10th:
COLUMBUS USA NIGHTTIME PARADE
The parade will take place in downtown Columbus.
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Oct. 11th:
THE COLUMBUS MARATHON
Approximately 5,500 runners are expected to take
part in the 13th Columbus Marathon. The 26.2 mile
course will take the runners through Ameriflora and
German Village before finishing in front of the
Ohio State Capital.
Oct. 12th: CLOSING CEREMONIES FOR AMERIFLORA '92
The celebration of the 500th anniversary of
Columbus' discovery of America, will come to a
close on October 12th.
Columbus
Area: 186.8 square miles (1985 estimate)
The City in Brief
Elevation: 685 to 893 feet above sea level
Average Annual Temperature: 51.6° F
Average Annual Precipitation: 36.97 inches
Founded: 1797 (incorporated 1834)
Head Official: Council President Jerry Hammond
Major Economic Sectors: manufacturing, services,
(until 1992)
government
City Population
Unemployment Rate: 4.7% (March, 1989)
1970: 540,000
Per Capita Income: $9,909 (1985 estimate)
1980: 564,871
1988 ACCRA Average House Price: $111,300
1986 estimate: 566,000
1988 ACCRA Cost of Living Index: 104.4 (U.S.
Percent change, 1970-1980: 4.6%
average = 100.0)
U.S. rank in 1980: 19th
U.S. rank in 1986: 20th
Crimes per 100,000 Population: 6,331.2 (1987)
Metropolitan Area Population
1970: 1,149,000
1980: 1,244,000
Major Colleges and Universities: The Ohio State
1985 estimate: 1,287,000
University; Capital University
Average annual percent change, 1970-1980: 0.8%
U.S. rank in 1980: 28th
U.S. rank in 1986: 29th
Daily Newspaper: Columbus Dispatch
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settle claims from the American Revolution and a
Introduction
grant was given to Virginia for lands west of the
Scioto River. Lucas Sullivant, a Virginia surveyor,
Columbus, the capital of Ohio and the state's second
established in 1797 the village of Franklinton, which
largest city, is the seat of Franklin County. The focus
quickly turned into a profitable trading center. In
of an urban complex comprised of Grandview
1812, plans for a state capitol building and a
Heights, Upper Arlington, Worthington, Bexley, and
penitentiary at Franklinton were drawn up and
Whitehall, Columbus is the center of the metropoli-
approved by the legislature, which also agreed to
tan statistical area that includes Delaware, Fairfield,
rename the settlement Columbus. Construction of
Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union
the state buildings was delayed for four years by the
counties. Chosen by the Ohio General Assembly as
War of 1812.
the state capital because of its central location,
Columbus developed in the nineteenth century as an
During its early history the major threat to Columbus
important stop on the National Highway and as a
was a series of fever and cholera epidemics that did
link in the nation's canal system. Today, the city is a
not subside until swamps close to the center of town
leader in research, education, technology, and insur-
were drained. With the opening in 1831 of the Ohio
ance.
and Erie Canal, which was connected to Columbus
by a smaller canal, and then the National Highway in
1833, Columbus was in a position to emerge as a
trade and transportation center. Then, on February
Geography and Climate
22, 1850, a steam engine pulling flat cars made its
maiden run from Columbus to Xenia, fifty-four miles
away, and Columbus entered the railroad age. Five
Situated in central Ohio in the drainage area of the
locally financed railroads were in operation by 1872.
Ohio River, Columbus is located on the Scioto and
Olentangy Rivers; two minor streams running
Columbus, with a population of twenty thousand in
through the city are Alum Creek and Big Walnut
1860, became a military center during the Civil War.
Creek. Columbus's weather is changeable, influenced
Camp Jackson was an assembly center for recruits
by air masses from central and southwest Canada; air
and Columbus Barracks-renamed Fort Hayes in
from the Gulf of Mexico reaches the region during
1922-served as an arsenal. Camp Chase, also in the
the summer and to a lesser extent in the fall and
area, was the Union's largest facility for Confederate
winter. The moderate climate is characterized by
prisoners, and the Federal Government maintained a
four distinct seasons. Snowfall averages around twen-
cemetery for the more than two thousand soldiers
ty-seven inches annually.
who died there.
Area: 186.8 square miles (1985 estimate)
Academic Prominence Precedes High-Tech Growth
Elevation: 685 to 893 feet above sea level
Columbus prospered economically after the Civil
Average Temperatures: January, 27.1° F; July,
War, as new banks and railroad lines opened and
73.8° F; annual average, 51.6° F
horse-and-buggy companies manufactured twenty
Average Annual Precipitation: 36.97 inches
thousand carriages and wagons a year. The city's first
waterworks system and an extended streetcar service
were built in during this period. In 1870 the Ohio
General Assembly created, through the Morrill Land
History
Grant Act, the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical
College, which became a vital part of the city's life
and identity. This coeducational institution, re-
Central Location Makes Columbus Ohio's Capital
named The Ohio State University in 1878, is now
one of the country's major state universities. The
After Ohio gained statehood in 1803, the General
Columbus campus consists of nearly four hundred
Assembly set out to find a geographically centralized
permanent buildings on more than thirty-five hun-
location for the capital. Congress had enacted the
dred acres of land. Today, the university's research
Ordinance for the Northwest Territory in 1787 to
facilities, coupled with the Battelle Memorial Insti-
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tute, comprise the largest private research organiza-
Density: 3,030 people per square mile (1986 esti-
tion of its kind in the world.
mate)
Two events prior to World War I shook Columbus's
Racial and ethnic characteristics (1980)
stability. The streetcar strike of 1910 lasted through
White: 76.47%
the summer and into the fall, resulting in riots and
Black: 22.0% (U.S. rank: 175th)
destruction of street cars and even one death. The
American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut: 0.18%
National Guard was called out to maintain order,
Asian and Pacific Islander: 0.96%
and when the strike finally ended, few concessions
Spanish origin (may be of any race): 0.94% (.S.
were made by the railway company. Three years
rank: 733rd)
later, the Scioto River flood killed one hundred
people and left twenty thousand homeless; property
damages totalled nine million dollars.
Percent of residents born in state: 68.5% (1980)
Males per 100 females: 92.8 (1980)
Traditionally a center for political, economic, and
cultural activity as the state capital, Columbus is
today one of the fastest-growing cities in the east
Age characteristics (1980)
central United States. The downtown area has under-
Percent of population under 5 years old: 7.6%
gone a complete transformation, and the economy is
Percent 5-17 years old: 18.2%
surging as high-technology development and research
Percent 65 years or older: 8.9% (U.S. rank:
companies, among other industries, move into the
654th)
metropolitan area.
Median age: 27.3 years
Historical Information: Ohio Historical Society, 1985
Births (1984 estimate)
Velma Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211; telephone
Total number: 10,406 (14.4% of which were to
(614) 297-2300
mothers under 20 years old)
Rate per 1,000 population: 17.8
Deaths (1984 estimate)
Population Profile
Total number: 4,588
Rate per 1,000 population: 8.1
Money income (1979)
Metropolitan Area Residents
Per capita income: $6,783 (U.S. rank: 625th)
1970: 1,149,000
1985 estimate: $9,909
1980: 1,244,000
Median household income: $18,612 (U.S. rank:
1986 estimate: 1,287,000
630th)
Annual average percent change, 1970-1980: 0.8%
Percent of households with income of
U.S. rank in 1980: 28th
less than $10,000: 33.0%
U.S. rank in 1986: 29th
$10,000 to $19,999: 32.7%
$20,000 to $29,999: 20.2%
$30,000 to $39,999: 8.8%
City Residents
$40,000 to $49,999: 3.2%
1970: 540,000
$50,000 and over: 2.1%
1980: 564,871
Percent of families below poverty level: 12.1%
1986 estimate: 566,000
(33.3% of which were headed by a female
Percent change, 1970-1980: 4.6%
householder with no husband present)
U.S. rank in 1980: 19th U.S. rank in 1986: 20th
Crimes per 100,000 population: 6,331.2 (1980)
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resources; limestone and sandstone quarries operate
Municipal Government
in the area.
Items and goods produced: airplanes, auto parts,
The city of Columbus is governed by a mayor and a
appliances, telephone components, computer
council comprised of seven members who are elected
equipment, glass, coated fabrics, shoes, and food
at large to a four-year term.
products
Head Official: Council President Jerry Hammond
Incentive Programs-New & Existing Companies
(current term expires January 2, 1992)
State programs providing incentives for businesses in
Total Number of City Employees: 6,000 (1989)
Columbus include State Economic Development
City Information: telephone (614) 222-8100
Financing, Small and Minority Business Assistance,
the Central Ohio Industrial Training Program, and
the Ohio Technology Transfer Organization. Local
programs include the Columbus Countywide Devel-
Economy
opment Corporation, the Columbus Regional Minor-
ity Supplier Development Council, the Columbus
Jobs Zone, the Community Reinvestment Area Pro-
Major Industries and Commercial Activity
gram, and the Neighborhood Commercial Revitaliza-
tion (NCR) Investment Fund. Among other pro-
Columbus's diversified economy is balanced among
grams are a Business Development Fund, Urban
the services, trade, government, and manufacturing
Development Action Grants, a Working Capital
sectors. State government, education, banking, re-
Fund, the Small Business Development Center, a
search, insurance, and data processing in particular
Commercial Improvement Loan Fund, the Business
helped the city to resist recession during the mid-
Technology Center, and industrial revenue bonds,
1980s. Telecommunications, retailing, health care,
business development assistance, business manage-
and the military are other strong employment areas.
ment and technical assistance, and international
Home to more than sixty insurance companies,
trade assistance.
Columbus ranks among the insurance capitals of the
United States; the city is the corporate headquarters
Development Projects
for several nationwide firms such as Ashland Chemi-
Columbus is one of the nation's fastest-growing
cal, Borden Inc., Battelle Memorial Institute, Bob
cities. Fueling this expansion is downtown develop-
Evans Foods Inc., Motorists Insurance Companies,
Nationwide Insurance, Producers Livestock Associa-
ment, which during the 1980s involved an invest-
ment increase of more than one hundred percent-in
tion, Wendy's International Inc., and White Castle
excess of one billion dollars-since the previous
Systems Inc. Twenty-one of Columbus's largest fi-
nancial institutions operate nearly three hundred
decade. Principal projects include the State Office
Tower, the Ohio Center convention complex, and the
offices throughout the metropolitan region.
Columbus City Center retail mall, along with con-
Columbus is the site of two military installations-
struction of hotels and office buildings around the
the Defense Construction Supply Center and the
State Capitol and redevelopment of the Scioto river-
Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center, an aero-
front. Expansion extends to the metropolitan areas as
nautical repair depot for the United States Air
well, with industrial parks lining limited-access high-
Force-that place among the top fifty employers.
ways and more than a billion dollars in construction
The Columbus Aircraft Division of Rockwell Inter-
planned or underway along the outerbelt.
national is involved in a diverse range of projects
such as aeronautics and aircraft design, weapons
Economic development information: City of Colum-
testing, intelligence processing systems, and flight
bus, Development Department, Economic Develop-
test, instrumentation, and simulation. Manufacturing
ment Division, 140 Marconi Boulevard, 6th Floor,
comprises nearly one-fourth of the metropolitan
Columbus, OH 43215; telephone (614) 222-8172
Columbus economic base, the main production cate-
Commercial Shipping
gories being machinery, fabricated metal, printing
and publishing, and food processing. Local industry
Located within fifty-two percent of the country's
profits from proximity to coal and natural gas
population and served by an excellent transportation
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system, Columbus is a marketing, distribution, and
Size of labor force: 687,800
warehouse center. Thirteen public distribution and
warehousing facilities, containing more than five
million square feet of storage space, operate in the
Number of workers employed in
city, which is also a central distribution site for Sears,
mining: 900
Roebuck and Company; Ross Laboratories; The
construction: 27,100
Limited; and other major companies.
manufacturing: 102,900
transportation and public utilities: 30,200
wholesale and retail trade: 175,300
finance, insurance, and real estate: 58,600
An important link in the commercial shipping net-
services: 165,500
work is Rickenbacker Industrial Air Park, the nation-
government: 127,200
al freight-handling hub of the Flying Tigers, which
has been designated a free trade zone. Twenty-five
Average hourly earnings of production workers in
air cargo and package express firms-twelve with
manufacturing: $11.84
worldwide connections-serve Port Columbus Inter-
national Airport. Three railroads operate intrastate
and interstate routes through Columbus; all provide
Unemployment rate: 4.7%
piggyback and railcar shipping and two have export-
Largest employers
Number of employees
import containerization facilities. Completing the
State of Ohio
19,968
ground transportation system are nearly 120 motor
The Ohio State University
15,200
freight companies, of which ninety-three maintain
Columbus Public Schools
7,639
terminals in the city and twenty-six link the Colum-
AT&T Communications/AT&T
bus region to markets in the continental United
Bell Labs
7,500
States. Ninety-six firms offer interstate service; fifty-
City of Columbus
6,500
four are intrastate carriers.
Rockwell International/North
American Aircraft Operations
6,500
Nationwide Insurance
Company
6,000
Labor Force and Employment Outlook
Defense Construction Supply
Center
5,092
Franklin County
4,853
Worker productivity in Columbus and central Ohio
Riverside Memorial Hospital
4,451
has grown at a rate significantly above the national
F & R Lazarus Company
4,200
average while employment has increased more than
Sears, Roebuck & Company
4,200
Honda of America, Inc.
twenty percent since 1976. Sectors undergoing pro-
4,175,
Big Bear/Hart Stores
nounced employment expansion between 1978 and
4,000
The Kroger Company
1986 were services, finance, insurance, and real
4,000.
Battelle Memorial Institute
estate. During that period manufacturing jobs de-
3,711
The Limited, Inc.
creased substantially-nearly twenty-four percent-
3,700
United States Postal Service
yet manufacturing continues to account for almost
3,622
Bank One of Columbus
one-fifth of the Columbus economy. Less than half of
3,592
J.C. Penney Company
3,564
all manufacturing jobs are unionized. High technolo-
BancOhio National Bank
3,400
gy is a strong employment area: approximately
Mt. Carmel Health
3,200
twelve thousand scientists and engineers work in
Ohio Bell
3,057
Columbus, a rate that is well above the national
Catholic Diocese of Columbus
3,000
average.
K-Mart Corporation
3,000
Cost of Living
The following is a summary of data regarding the
Columbus metropolitan area labor force as of March,
1989.
The following is a summary of data regarding several
key cost of living factors in the Columbus area.
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1988 ACCRA inter-city cost of living index: 104.4
Public schools information: Columbus Public
(U.S. average = 100.0)
Schools, 270 East State Street, Columbus, OH 43215
1988 ACCRA average house price: $111,300
Colleges and Universities
State income tax rate: Graduated from 0.751% to
The Ohio State University, a major institution of
6.9%
higher learning at both the state and national levels,
with an enrollment of nearly fifty-seven thousand,
State sales tax rate: 5.0%
awards undergraduate through doctorate degrees. In
Local income tax rate: 2.0%
addition to its Columbus campus, the university
maintains four regional campuses and a two-year
Local sales tax rate: 5.5%
branch facility. The Ohio State system includes eight
schools and eighteen colleges that administer 165
Property tax rate: 59.51%
instructional areas, over two hundred undergraduate
majors, and 108 graduate programs. Capital Univer-
Economic Information: Columbus Area Chamber of
sity schedules courses leading to undergraduate and
Commerce, 37 North High Street, Columbus, OH
graduate degrees in such fields as arts and sciences,
43215; telephone (614) 221-1321
music, nursing, business administration, and law; the
university also operates an adult education division.
Other four-year institutions located in Columbus
Education and Research
area include the Columbus College of Art and
Design, Devry Institute of Technology, Franklin
University, and Ohio Dominican College. Columbus
Elementary and Secondary Schools
State Community College, enrolling more than twen-
ty thousand students, grants two-year associate de-
The Columbus Public Schools, the state's second-
grees in business, health, public service, and engi-
largest school system, is administered by a seven-
neering technologies.
member board of education that supports a superin-
tendent.
Libraries and Research Centers
The following is a summary of data regarding the
Columbus is home to more than sixty libraries that
Columbus public schools as of the 1988-89 school
are maintained by a range of institutions, corpora-
year.
tions, government agencies, and organizations. The
Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County
Total enrollment: 65,160
operates nineteen branches in Columbus and
throughout Franklin County. Housing a total of
Number of facilities
1,113,933 volumes in addition to periodicals, films,
elementary schools: 88
records, tapes, slides, maps, and charts, the library
middle schools: 26
maintains special collections in local and state histo-
senior high schools: 17 plus 4 career centers
ry and federal and state documents. Bookmobile
Student/teacher ratio: elementary, 23.6:1; junior
service is available. The Ohio State University
Libraries system holds more than two million book
high, 26.0:1; senior high, 22.5:1
volumes and operates numerous department libraries
Teacher salaries
and five campus facilities. Included in over twenty-
minimum: $20,619
five special collections are the American Association
maximum: $41,644 (PhD, 27 years); $38,538 (MA,
of Editorial Cartoonist Archives, American play-
27 years)
wrights' theatre records, film scripts, Ohio News
Photographers Association Archives, and various
Funding per pupil: $4,650
author collections featuring the works of such writers
as Miguel di Cervantes, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel
The Columbus Catholic Diocese operates a parochial
Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, James Thurber, and
school system. Columbus is also served by thirteen
Samuel Beckett. The library is a depository for
private schools that offer a range of curricula,
federal, state, and European Economic Community
including special education programs.
documents.
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As the state capital, Columbus is the site of libraries
censed physicians, 720 dentists, and thirty-two health
associated with state governmental divisions, includ-
organizations. Nationally recognized for its faculty,
ing the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Ohio Depart-
educational resources, and diversity of medical spe-
ment of Transportation, the Ohio Environmental
cialties, The Ohio State University Hospital is a
Protection Agency, the Ohio Legislative Service
referral center for Ohio and the Midwest; the hospital
Commission, and the Public Utilities Commission of
complex houses The Ohio State University Compre-
Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch, all local colleges and
hensive Cancer Center, one of twenty-three such
universities, most major hospitals, several churches
facilities authorized by the National Cancer Act.
and synagogues, cultural organizations, and suburban
communities maintain libraries in the city. Private
Children's Hospital, the country's second-largest chil-
corporations and law firms provide library facilities
dren's health care institution, conducts research on
for both employee and public use. Among the
childhood illnesses and specializes in burn treatment.
research institutions that house libraries are Battelle
Among the other hospitals in Columbus are River-
Columbus Laboratories, Chemical Abstracts Service,
side Methodist Hospital, Mt. Carmel Medical Cen-
National Center for Research in Vocational Educa-
ter, Grant Medical Center, Saint Anthony Medical
tion, and Institute of Polar Studies.
Center, and Doctors Hospital, the largest osteopathic
teaching facility in the nation.
Columbus is home to the headquarters of Battelle
Memorial Institute, considered the world's largest
independent research organization, which conducts
research, analysis, testing, design, and consultation in
Recreation
fields that include energy, environmental quality,
health sciences, engineering and manufacturing tech-
nology, and national security. The American Ceram-
Sightseeing
ic Society performs educational, technical, scientific,
and information services for the international ceram-
The Center of Science and Industry (COSI) is one of
ic community. The Online Computer Library Center
only twenty-two such science and technology centers
(OCLC) maintains an automated information and
in the world; COSI maintains hands-on exhibits in
cataloging system for more than six thousand librar-
health, history, science, and technology for all ages.
ies in the United States.
The Columbus Zoo displays animals in natural
habitats and has gained a reputation for successfully
More than fifty research centers at The Ohio State
breeding endangered species, including gorillas, chee-
University provide research, testing, analysis, design,
tahs, snow leopards, polar bears, and eagles. The zoo
and consultation services. Other research facilities
houses the world's largest reptile collection and is the
located in Columbus are Chemical Abstracts Service
home of four generations of gorillas.
of the American Chemical Society, The Applied
Information Technologies Research Center (AITRC),
Franklin Park Conservatory and Garden Center
Edison Welding Institute, and several engineering,
cultivates tropical, subtropical, and desert plants.
pharmaceutical, and chemical firms.
Columbus's Park of Roses, the world's largest munic-
ipal rose garden, displays four hundred fifty varieties
Public library information: Public Library of Colum-
of roses. Located seven minutes from downtown, the
bus and Franklin County, 28 South Hamilton Road,
Ohio Historical Center and Ohio Village recreate a
Columbus, OH 43213; telephone (614) 864-8050
nineteenth-century Ohio town, where period dishes
are served at the Colonel Crawford Inn. Costumed
craftspersons add to the authenticity of the exhibits.
The Mid-Ohio Historical Museum displays antique
Health Care
dolls and toys. Hanby House, a station on the
Underground Railroad, is now a memorial to Ben
Hanby, who composed "Darling Nelly Gray."
The Columbus and Franklin County metropolitan
region is served by eleven hospitals, ten of which
At the center of Columbus's downtown is the State
provide twenty-four-hour emergency treatment; near-
Capitol Building, an example of Greek Doric archi-
ly five thousand beds are available. The health care
tecture. Several blocks south of the capitol, German
community includes more than two thousand li-
Village is a restored community in a fifty-block area
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settled by German immigrants in the early 1800s.
pants to downtown locations the last weekend in
The largest privately funded restoration in the Unit-
July.
ed States, the district features German bakeries,
outdoor beer gardens, restaurants, and homes.
The German Village Oktoberfest is held the second
weekend in September in historic German Village
Arts and Culture
with German music, food, arts and crafts, and free
rides. Columbus Day is celebrated in grand style in
Two elegant theatres are the focus of cultural activity
Columbus on the first weekend in October with
in Columbus. The Palace Theatre, opened in 1926,
dozens of events commemorating the history of the
has been completely renovated and now houses
largest United States city named after the reputed
Opera Columbus and presents Broadway touring
discoverer of America. Columbus International Fes-
musicals and plays, concerts, and films. The Ohio
tival recognizes more than fifty regions and countries
Theatre, a restored 1928 movie palace and the
of the world with crafts, food, music, dance, and song
official theatre for the state of Ohio, is the home of
on the second weekend in November at Veterans
the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, BalletMet, the
Memorial Hall. The Santa Claus Parade, held the
new Broadway series, and presentations sponsored
Saturday before Thanksgiving, raises money for
by the Columbus Association for Performing Arts.
charity and opens the Christmas season.
The Actors Repertory Theatre, the Contemporary
Sports for the Spectator
American Theatre Company, Players Theatre Co-
lumbus, the Gallery Players, and the theatre depart-
The Big Ten conference Ohio State Buckeyes, one of
ment at the Ohio State University stage live theatre
the nation's top college football teams, play a home
performances ranging from world premieres to reviv-
schedule to soldout crowds on fall Saturday after-
als of classic plays. The Martin Luther King, Jr.,
noons in 90,000-seat Ohio Stadium. The Buckeyes
Center for Performing and Cultural Arts showcases
also field men's and women's basketball teams that
African-American cultural events.
play home games at St. John's Arena. The Columbus
Clippers, a Triple-A affiliate of baseball's New York
The Columbus Museum of Art houses a sculpture
Yankees, play a seventy-game home schedule at
garden and a permanent collection of European and
15,000-seat Cooper Stadium. The Clippers have won
American art works. Located in a renovated arsenal,
the International League Pennant five times since
the Cultural Arts Center hosts visual and performing
making Columbus their home in 1980.
arts events. The restored Thurber House, the home of
James Thurber during his years as a student Ohio
The Columbus 500 brings auto racing to the streets of
State, is now a writers' center that displays Thurber
downtown Columbus as part of the Camel GT Sports
memorabilia.
Prototype Endurance Racing Series, a sanctioned
sixteen-event international championship with other
Festivals and Holidays
races at Daytona Beach, Sebring, and the Miami
Grand Prix. The Columbus Marathon on the second
A major event in Columbus is the Ohio State Fair,
Sunday in November attracts runners from forty
the nation's largest state fair; held in August, the fair
states and twelve countries; the course will be the site
features livestock shows, agricultural and arts exhibi-
for the 1990 and 1991 men's National Marathon
tions, horse shows, rides, and concessions. Music in
Championships and the 1992 Men's Olympic Mara-
the Air, sponsored by the city Recreation and Parks
thon Trials.
Department, is the country's largest free outdoor
concert series: two hundred concerts are presented at
Harness racing is on view at Scioto Downs, where
Columbus parks beginning in late May and conclud-
more than a dozen world records have been set in a
ing on Labor Day weekend. The Columbus Arts
season that runs from early May to mid-September.
Festival begins the summer season on Memorial Day
The Little Brown Jug, the year's biggest harness race,
and continues through June 10. In June and July
is held at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Colum-
laser light shows are presented in the evenings, with
bus's most important golf event, the Jack Nicklaus
animated stories choreographed to popular music.
Memorial Tournament, is sometimes referred to as
The city's Independence Day Parade is followed by
the "fifth major"; competitors tee-off in nearby
one of the largest fireworks displays in the Midwest.
Dublin at the Muirfield Village course that Nicklaus
The Hot Ribs and Cool Jazz festival draws partici-
designed.
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area and an arena. Divisible into two smaller halls by
means of a moveable wall, Battelle Hall can accom-
Twenty-six public and eighteen private golf courses
modate a total of 470 booths; amenities include an
are located throughout Columbus. Water sports can
in-house sound system, staging, spotlights, and load-
be enjoyed on two major rivers and three lakes in the
ing facilities. The Ohio Center Mall features shops,
city; among the area's popular activities are fishing,
restaurants, and service businesses in an open-market
boating, sailing, water skiing, and paddleboating. The
setting adjacent to the lobby of the Hyatt Regency
city maintains one hundred forty municipal tennis
Columbus at Ohio Center.
courts. Indoor tennis and racquetball courts are
available at private clubs. The city's scenic commuter
The Franklin County Veterans Memorial, a 110,000-
routes are popular among joggers and cyclists. Year-
square-foot complex of 3 exhibition halls on ground
round recreational programs for all age groups are
level, can be adapted to various meeting needs and
available at the city parks.
will hold up to 565 exhibit booths. The Main
Auditorium seats nearly 4,000 people; banquets,
Shopping and Dining
seminars, lectures, and receptions are held in a large
multi-purpose meeting room, 10 smaller meeting
Among the distinctive shopping districts in Colum-
rooms, and a new dining room. Parking for 1,300
bus is German Village, where small shops and stores
cars is available. Large events such as trade shows,
offer specialty items. The Continental French Market
combines international shopping and dining in an
sporting competitions, and conventions are hosted at
The Ohio Expositions Center, the 360-acre site of the
old-world setting that features a nine-screen cinema
Ohio State Fair; among the facilities are a coliseum,
and a collection of fifteen international cafes. Forty
with a seating capacity of nearly 5,000, and 11 other
antiques dealers sell Americana year-round at a large
buildings that offer food service, utilities, hook-ups,
antiques emporium.
and maintenance. Ample parking space is provided.
Diners in Columbus can choose from among a
number of German restaurants as well as those
The Ohio State University Department of Confer-
serving contemporary American, European, and eth-
ences and Institutes coordinates large and small
nic cuisine. One popular local eatery specializes in
group meeting services, including overnight accom-
duck and wild game, another is known for its
modations, at 12 campus facilities. Other conference
gourmet hamburgers, and a third has been cited for
sites in Columbus are Aladdin Temple, the Palace
excellence by resolution of the state legislature.
Theatre, the Ohio Theatre, and Cooper Stadium.
Several restaurants are housed in architecturally
First-class downtown hotels, offering nearly 2,700
interesting buildings such as railroad cars, churches,
lodging rooms, maintain a complete range of meeting
and firehouses. Columbus is also home base for
and banquet facilities; several suburban hotels and
Wendy's, the national restaurant chain.
motels, providing approximately 11,200 additional
rooms for lodging, also host a variety of group
Visitor Information: Greater Columbus Convention
functions.
and Visitors Bureau, 10 West Broad Street, Suite
1300, Columbus, OH 43215; telephone (614) 221-
Convention Information: Greater Columbus Conven-
6623 or (800) 921-5785 (in Ohio) and (800) 821-5784
tion and Visitors Bureau, 10 West Broad Street, Suite
(outside Ohio)
1300, Columbus, OH 43215; telephone (614) 221-
6623
Convention Facilities
Transportation
Convention and meeting planners are offered a wide
range of facilities in the metropolitan Columbus area.
Approaching the City
The Ohio Center complex, located downtown, houses
an exhibition hall and shopping mall that adjoin a
Seventeen commercial domestic and international
luxury hotel and on-site parking. Multi-purpose
airlines schedule daily flights into Port Columbus
Battelle Hall, with 90,000 square feet of space and a
International Airport, located fifteen minutes east of
seating capacity of 4,000, can serve as both an exhibit
downtown Columbus. More than forty thousand
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landings are made at the newly expanded and
tion. Especially popular with Ohio readers is Ohio
renovated airport each year. General aviation facili-
Magazine, which contains articles on local and state
ties are provided at Don Scott Field and Bolton
topics. The Ohio Farmer, an agricultural magazine
Field.
established in 1848, is widely read by farmers in the
state. A number of professional organizations publish
Two interstate highways-north-south I-71 and east-
their official journals in the city; among them are the
west I-70-intersect in the city; I-270 serves as a
Ohio Academy of Science, the Ohio State Bar
bypass, and I-670 is a downtown innerbelt. Several
Association, the Ohio Historical Society, and the
other major highways provide convenient access into
Ohio Education Association. Other specialized publi-
and out of Columbus. U.S. 40 runs east to west,
cations are directed toward Ohio readers with inter-
roughly parallel to I-70, and U.S. 62 passes through
ests in such fields as agriculture, religion, education,
the city from the northeast to the southwest. North-
library science and communications, banking, busi-
south U.S. 23 bisects downtown, intersecting east-
ness and industry, and sports.
west U.S. 23. State highways serving Columbus
include north-south S.R. 315, northeast-southwest
S.R. 3, east-west 161, and northeast S.R. 16.
Magazines with extensive circulation include AAA
Magazine Today, Fish-Fur-Game (Harding's Maga-
Traveling in the City
zine), Ceramics Monthly, and Online Today, a maga-
zine for subscribers to the Compuserve Information
Columbus streets conform to a grid pattern, the
Service. Columbus is also home to membership
principal thoroughfares being Broad Street (U.S. 40/
publications of several national organizations, in-
62) and High Street (U.S. 23 south of I-70), which
cluding Business Professionals of America and the
form the main downtown intersection and divide
American Society for Nondestructive Testing. The
north-south streets and east-west avenues. Efficient
Ohio State University Press publishes several schol-
traffic flow into the center city permits commuting
arly journals in such fields as theoretical geography
time of no more than forty-five minutes from
higher education, banking, and urban planning;
outlying areas.
several academic departments and colleges also issue
The public bus system is operated by Central Ohio
publications.
Transit Authority (COTA). Regularly-scheduled
routes link the suburbs with the city; reduced fares
Television and Radio
and free downtown transportation are available
during off-peak hours.
Columbus is the broadcast media center for central
Ohio. Three commercial network affiliates, two
independently operated stations, and one public
station-all locally based-provide television pro-
Communications
gramming for viewers in the city and surrounding
communities. Service is also available from four
cable television stations. Radio listeners tune into
Newspapers and Magazines
music, news, special features, and public-interest
The principal daily newspaper in Columbus is The
programs scheduled by twenty-one AM and FM
radio stations.
Columbus Dispatch. Business First, a business week-
ly, presents current news as well as analysis of local
commerce. Several suburban newspapers also have a
Media Information: Columbus Dispatch, 34 South
wide circulation in the metropolitan area.
Third Street, Columbus, OH 43216; telephone (614)
461-5000; and, Columbus Monthly, 171 East Living-
Columbus is the publishing base for magazines and
ston Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215; telephone (614)
journals with extensive state and national distribu-
464-4567
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Victorian brick front was added after the family had left. The
house has been restored to reflect the Sherman family occupancy
of 1811-1842 with furnishings of this period and family memora-
bilia; it also contains Civil War exhibits.
Dawes Arboretum
The Dawes Arboretum is an extensive preserve of woods and
gardens that offers a variety of educational programs and self-
guided tours relating to nature, horticulture, and history. The
Daweswood House Museum, an Italianate farmhouse built in
1867, became the country home of arboretum founders Beman
and Bertie Dawes about 1917. An eclectic mix of nineteenth- and
early-twentieth-century antiques and memorabilia reflects the life-
style, interests, and history of the Dawes family.
LOCATION: 7770 Jacksontown Road SE. HOURS: Grounds: Dawn-
Dusk Daily. House: May through October: Tours at 3 Daily; Novem-
ber through April: Tours at 3 Monday-Friday. FEE: Yes. TELE-
PHONE: 614-323-2355.
COLUMBUS
Columbus, the state capital, is situated on the banks of the Scioto
and Olentangy rivers in the approximate center of Ohio. The site
was selected by state lawmakers in 1812, in part because the thriv-
ing village of Franklinton, established on the west bank of the
Scioto in 1797, had proven the economic viability of the location.
The new capital was laid out amid swamps and bogs on the east
bank of the Scioto and soon encompassed Franklinton. One of the
few remaining original structures is the Federal-style brick Jacob
Overdier House (570 West Broad Street, 614-469-1300), also
known as the Harrison House. Built around 1810 it now holds the
archives of the Franklin County Genealogical Society.
Columbus was hindered initially by inadequate transportation,
a problem that was alleviated when a feeder canal connected it with
the Ohio and Erie Canal in 1831 and the National Road was routed
through the city in 1833. By the 1870s five railroads served the city.
The focal point of downtown Columbus is the Ohio Statehouse,
which stands just off the intersection of the city's two main thor-
OPPOSITE: A statue of William McKinley-one of eight U.S. presidents from Ohio, a state
known as the "Mother of Presidents" -on the grounds of the State Capitol in Columbus.
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oughfares, High and Broad streets. Built between 1839 and 1861-
the project was impeded by a cholera epidemic and the panic of
1857-the capitol is a beautiful Greek Revival structure. It is
America's finest example of architecture by committee; the mem-
ber who most clearly influenced the ultimate form was Hudson
River School painter Thomas Cole. Each facade is composed of a
Doric colonnade with recessed loggia, and the building is topped
with a distinctive drum-shaped cupola without a dome. The 1928
Ohio Theatre (39 East State Street) is a baroque movie palace
designed by theater architect Thomas Lamb. It now serves as a
theatrical and music performance hall.
Ohio Historical Center and Ohio Village
The Ohio Historical Center houses the exhibits, library, and head-
quarters of the Ohio Historical Society, the state archives, and Ohio
Historic Preservation Office. Many objects from the center's exten-
sive archaeological collection are on display, along with life-size
dioramas depicting the daily life of prehistoric cultures. This is
probably the finest museum in America devoted to pre-European
history. There are also exhibits of Midwestern glass and Ohio
ceramics, interior furnishings, and decorative arts. Natural history
exhibits explain the environments that prevailed in Ohio in 1805.
Ohio Village re-creates life in the mid-nineteenth-century with
replicas of a schoolhouse, town hall, print shop, hotel, farmhouse,
blacksmith shop, livery stable, and barn, all laid out around a town
square. Guides in period apparel give craft demonstrations, tend
the livestock, work the fields, and perform other daily chores.
LOCATION: Route 71 and Seventeenth Avenue. HOURS: Historical
Center: 9-5 Monday-Saturday, 10-5 Sunday. Ohio Village: February
through March: 9-5 Saturday, 12-5 Sunday; April through Novem-
ber: 9-5 Wednesday-Sunday; December: 12:30-9 Wednesday-Sun-
day. FEE: None. TELEPHONE: 614-297-2300.
Columbus was an important military center during the Civil War.
The largest post was Camp Chase, which served as a training
ground for federal troops and later as the largest Confederate
prison in the North. Some 26,000 prisoners had been held here by
the end of the war. Nothing remains of the large stockade, but the
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Camp Chase Cemetery (2900 Sullivant Avenue) contains the
graves of 2,200 Confederate soldiers who died in the prison.
MARION
Marion is a small industrial and agricultural center that was settled in
the 1820s. The Marion Steam Shovel Company, established in 1884,
manufactured earth-moving equipment, dredges, and draglines
which were used to construct, among other projects, the Panama
Canal and the gantry used to hold the space shuttle rockets.
Exhibits in Ohio's Center of Science and Industry (280 East
Broad Street, 614-228-2674) cover a variety of scientific, tech-
nological, and historical topics and include a coal mine, farm
museum, diorama of U.S. presidents, and replica of a nineteenth-
century street. One-half mile south of downtown, German Village
(Livingston Avenue, Pearl Alley, Nursery Lane, Blackberry Alley,
and Lathrop Street) preserves many of the commercial and resi-
dential structures of Columbus's largest nineteenth-century ethnic
group.
Warren G. Harding Home and Museum
Warren G. Harding was born in nearby Blooming Grove in 1865
and came to Marion to pursue a career in publishing. He bought
the Marion Star when he was 19 and served as editor and publisher
for thirty-nine years. He was also active in state and national poli-
tics and was elected president on the Republican ticket in 1920.
Harding and his wife, Florence, built their Queen Anne-style
home in 1890 and lived there until he was elected president. It has
been restored and contains original furnishings and personal ef-
fects. The museum, in a bungalow behind the home that served as
the press corps office during Harding's 1920 presidential cam-
paign, contains memorabilia relating to Harding's life. He died in
office in August 1923 while on a transcontinental trip to Alaska
and is buried with his wife at the Harding Tomb, along Route 423
on the southern edge of the city.
LOCATION: 380 Mount Vernon Avenue. HOURS: June through Au-
gust: 9:30-4:30 Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 Sunday. FEE: Yes. TELE-
PHONE: 614-387-9630.
Holidays
Yemen Arab
Revolution Day
Republic
Commemorates the 1962
revolution.
Religious Calendar
September 26
The Saints
St. Colman of Lann Elo, abbot. Also called Coarb
of MacNisse, Colman Elo. [d. 611)
St. Nilus of Rossano, abbot. Also called Nil or Nilus
the Younger. [d. 1004]
(Continues. .)
Birthdates
1774
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), U.S.
about the folklore of the Southwest; editor
farmer; reputed planter of apple orchards
of publications of the Texas Folklore Socie-
from the Allegheny Mountains of Penn-
ty, 1922-42. [d. September 18, 1964]
sylvania to Indiana; stories of him usually
1889
have a legendary quality and tell of his nu-
Martin Heidegger, German philosopher;
merous brave and generous acts. [d. March
chief existential philosopher of the 1920s
1845]
and 1930s. [d. May 26, 1976]
1791
(Jean Louis André) Theodore Gèricault,
1891
Charles Munch, French conductor;
French Romantic painter. [d. January 26,
cofounder and conductor, Paris Philhar-
1824]
monic Orchestra, 1935-38; conductor, Bos-
1842
George Frederick Baer, U.S. lawyer, busi-
ton Symphony Orchestra, 1949-62; con-
nessman; President, Philadelphia and
ductor, Tanglewood Berkshire Music
Reading Railway Co. and Central Railroad
Center, 1951-62. [d. November 6, 1968)
Company; represented business interests
1895
George Raft (George Ranft), U.S. actor;
in the U.S. which were shaken by the up-
best known for gangster roles. [d. Novem-
start labor movement. [d. April 26, 1914]
ber 24, 1980]
1862
Arthur B(owen) Davies, U.S. painter,
1897
Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Mon-
printmaker, tapestry designer; member of
tini), pope 1963-78; noted for his efforts
the Ashcan School; led young American
toward social justice and church reunion.
artists in a revolt against the conservatism
[d. August 6, 1978]
and traditionalism of the National Acade-
my. [d. October 24, 1928)
1898
Richard Lockridge, U.S. novelist, short-
1870
Christian X of Denmark, acceded to
story writer; creator of the husband and
throne 1912; symbolized nation's resis-
wife detective team, The Norths. [d. June
tance to German occupation during World
19, 1982]
War II. [d. April 20, 1947]
George Gershwin, U.S. composer; Pulitzer
1886
Archibald Vivian Hill, British physiologist;
Prize, 1931, for Of Thee I Sing, the first mu-
Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for
sical to win the Pulitzer; wrote numerous
discoveries concerning the production of
scores for motion pictures. [d. July 11,
heat in muscles, 1922. [d. June 3, 1977]
1937]
1888
Thomas) S(tearns) Eliot, U.S.-born poet;
1902
Albert Anastasia, U.S. organized crime
noted for his original use of metrics and
figure, murderer; joined Louis Buchalter
diction; responsible for a revolution in po-
and Murder, Inc., the mob's enforcement
etry; Nobel Prize in literature, 1948. [d. Jan-
arm, 1931; extorted sweetheart contracts
uary 4, 1965]
from unions. [d. October 29, 1957]
James Frank Dobie, U.S. folklorist, educa-
1914
Jack LaLanne, U.S. physical fitness expert,
tor; known for his expertise in and writing
bodybuilder.
(Continues. .)
709
St. John of Meda, layman. [d. c. 1159]
The Martyrs of North America. Commemorates 8
French Jesuit missionaries slain by Indians in North
America. (d. 1642-49]
St. Francis of Camporosso, Capuchin laybrother.
Feast formerly September 17. (d. 1866)
September 26
Continued
SS. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs; patrons of phy-
sicians, druggists, and midwives. Invoked for good
health. Feast formerly September 27. [death dates
unknown)
SS. Cyprian and Justina, martyrs. Cyprian also
called Cyprian the Magician and Cyprian of Anti-
och. [death dates unknown]
1925
Marty Robbins (Martin David Robinson),
1901
Ashanti is formally annexed by Great Brit-
U.S. singer; Grammy Award for country-
ain and placed under the administration
western hit, El Paso, 1959.
of the Gold Coast Colony.
1926
John William (Trane) Coltrane, U.S. jazz
1907
New Zealand becomes a dominion rather
musician; Jazzman of the Year, 1965; played
than a colony of Great Britain.
tenor saxophone with Dizzy Gillespie and
Miles Davis. [d. July 17, 1967]
1914
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is
established to encourage competition and
1927
Patrick O'Neal, U.S. actor; appeared in the
prevent the growth of monopolies in com-
television series, Kaz, 1978, and Emerald
merce.
Point, 1983.
1918
Battle of the Argonne, the final Allied of-
1934
Greg Morris, U.S actor; starred in the
fensive of World War I, begins.
television series, Mission Impossible, 1966-
73.
1919
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson is para-
1942
Kent McCord, U.S. actor; starred in the
lyzed by a stroke.
television series, Adam-12, 1968-75
1950
Seoul, Korea falls to U.S. troops (Korean
War).
1945
Bryan Ferry, British singer, songwriter;
lead vocalist for the rock group, Roxy
1957
West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Music.
premieres in New York.
1947
Lynn Anderson, U.S. singer; Grammy
1960
U.S. presidential candidates, Richard
Award for Rose Garden, 1970.
Nixon and John Kennedy confront each
1948
Olivia Newton-John, British-born singer,
other in the first televised presidential
actress; starred in the film musicals, Grease
debate.
and Xanadu; Grammy Award for Let Me Be
1962
Algerian national assembly designates Ah-
There, 1973.
med Ben Bella to form the first regular
1962
Melissa Sue Anderson, U.S. actress; known
government of Algeria.
for her role as Mary Ingalls on the television
The Beverly Hillbillies makes its television
series, Little House on the Prairie, 1973-81.
debut.
Imam Saif-al-Islam Mohammed Bin
Historical Events
Ahmed al-Badr of Yemen is overthrown in
1687
The Venetian army bombards Athens and
a military coup d'etat.
destroys the Parthenon and Propylaea.
1963
Emilio da Los Santos assumes power in
1872
The Shriners, a fraternal and charitable
the Dominican Republic after a bloodless
organization, opens its first temple.
coup d'etat.
710
The Beatified
Blessed Lucy of Caltagirone, virgin. [d. 13th
century]
Blessed Dalmatius Moner, Friar, preacher. [d. 1341]
Blessed Teresa Couderc, virgin and co-foundress
of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the
Cenacle. [d. 1885]
1968
Hawaii Five-O makes its television debut.
1973
The Rehabilitation Act is passed by the U.S.
Congress. It prohibits discrimination
against those who are disabled.
1977
Laker Airways begins cheap trans-Atantic
flights with its 345-seat DC-10 Skytrain.
1983
Australia II defeats the U.S. yacht, Liberty, to
win the America's Cup. It is the first time
that a country other than the U.S. has won in
132 years.
1986
William Rehnquist is sworn in as chief
justice and Antonin Scalia as associate
justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Chase's Annual Events
1992
HOPE HERITAGE DAYS. Sept 25-27. Hope, IN. To promote
SMITH, WALTER WESLEY "RED": BIRTH ANNIVER.
the heritage of Hope. Parade, antiques and entertainment.
SARY. Sept 25. Pulitzer prize-winning sports columnist and
Sponsor: Heritage of Hope, Inc, Sarah E. Moore, Secy, PO Box
newspaperman for 54 years, Walter Wesley (Red) Smith was
65, Hope, IN 47246. Phone: (812) 546-6113.
born at Green Bay, WI, on Sept 25, 1905. Called the "nation's
JESSE STUART WEEKEND. Sept 25-26. Greenbo Lake State
most respected sportswriter," Smith's columns appeared in
Resort Park, Greenup, KY. A weekend dedicated to the mem-
some 500 newspapers. He died at Stamford, CT, Jan 15, 1982.
ory and works of Jesse Stuart. Speakers, films, displays, so-
STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. Sept 25-Oct 18. Fair Park, Dallas,
cials, and a trip to W-Hollow, the Jesse Stuart Homestead. Info
TX. Exposition features a Broadway musical, college football
from: Paul Verespy, Recreation Supervisor, Greenbo Lake
games, laser shows, rodeo, livestock events and traditional fair
State Resort Park, Greenup, KY 41144. Phone: (606) 473-7324.
events and entertainment including exhibits, creative arts and
KALAMAZOO AREA 3 ON 3 GUS MACKER TOURNA-
concerts. Info from: State Fair of Texas, PO Box 150009, Dal-
MENT. Sept 25-27. Kalamazoo, MI. This family oriented, non-
las, TX 75315. Phone: (214) 565-9931.
alcoholic basketball tournament attracts 100,000 people to Ka-
lamazoo over the three-day festival. Benefiting local and na-
tional charities, the Tournament features local and regional
basketbalf celebrities, food booths and vendor displays and live
entertainment and events for children and adults. Annually, the
last weekend in September. Info from: Beth McCann, Down-
town Kalamazoo Inc, 141 E Michigan Ave, Ste 301, Kalamazoo,
MI 49007. Phone: (616) 344-0795.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S FIRST DOUBLE
HEADER. Sept 25. On Sept 25, 1882, the first major league
baseball double header was played between the Providence and
Worcester teams.
NATIONAL ONE-HIT WONDER DAY. Sept 25. Honors the
one-hit wonders of rock-n-roll. Anyone who ever had a hit single
deserves eternal remembrance. Info from: One Shot Magazine,
Steven Rosen, Editor and Publisher, 1394 S Humboldt St,
Denver, CO 80210. Phone: (303) 744-6360.
WILD WEST FILM FEST. Sept 25-27. Tuolumne County, CA.
PACIFIC OCEAN DISCOVERED: ANNIVERSARY. Sept
A Friday night gala honoring Western movie stars, followed by
25. On Sept 25, 1513, Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, a Spanish con-
two days of Western film showings, movie memorabilia mu-
quistador, stood high atop a peak in the Darien and became the
seum, live entertainment, film actor guests, arts and crafts and
first European to look upon the Pacific Ocean, claiming it as the
other family-oriented activities. A professional rodeo, BBQ and
South Sea in the name of the King of Spain.
barn dance will be held Saturday evening. Annually, the last
PACIFIC RIM WILDLIFE ART SHOW. Sept 25-27. Tacoma,
weekend in September. Info from: Tuolumne County Visitors
WA. Fine wildlife art by some of the most renowned artists from
Bureau, PO Box 4020, Sonora, CA 95370. Phone:
North America. The show offers booth sales, competition
(800) 446-1333.
works, auction pieces and informative seminars for the entire
WILLOW TRADING POST POTATO FESTIVAL. Sept 25.
family. Annually, the last Friday through Sunday of September.
Willow, AK. Competition for the largest potato sculpture made
Sponsor: Snake Lake Nature Ctr Fdtn, Bob Farrelly, Pres, PO
with whole potatoes. There will also be a free potato buffet and
Box 11225, Tacoma, WA 98411. Phone: (206) 383-3523.
live music. Info from: Willow Trading Post, PO Box 49, Willow,
RAMEAU, JEAN PHILLIPPE: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY.
AK 99688. Phone: (907) 495-6457.
Sept 25. Birthday of French composer Jean Phillippe Rameau.
BIRTHDAYS TODAY
Baptised at Dijon, France, Sept 25, 1683. Called by some the
greatest French composer and musical theorist of the 18th
Michael Douglas, 48, actor, director, born at New York, NY,
century, Rameau died at Paris, France, Sept 12, 1764.
Sept 25, 1944.
REMEMBERING JAMES DEAN/FAIRMOUNT MUSEUM
Mark Hamill, 41, actor, born at Oakland, CA, Sept 25, 1951.
DAYS. Sept 25-27. Fairmount, IN. Info from: Fairmount His-
Heather Locklear, 31, actress, born at Los Angeles, CA, Sept
torical Museum, Inc, 203 E Washington St, PO Box 92, Fair-
25, 1961.
mount, IN 46928. Phone (317) 948-4555.
Scottie Pippen, 27, professional basketball player, born at Ham-
burg, AR, Sept 25, 1965.
ST. FRANCOIS RIVER RENDEZVOUS. Sept 25-27. Farm-
Juliet Prowse, 56, dancer, actress, born at Bombay, India, Sept
ington, MO. Black powder shoot, blanket traders, 1840s food
25, 1936.
booths, Native American Indian Powwow and competitive danc-
Christopher Reeve, 40, actor, born at New York, NY, Sept 25,
ing. Both modern and primitive campgrounds provided. Info
1952.
from: Farmington Chamber of Commerce, N Washington St,
Robert Walden, 49, actor, born at New York, NY, Sept 25, 1943.
Farmington, MO 63640. Phone: (314) 756-1701.
Barbara Walters, 61, journalist, born at Boston, MA, Sept 25,
SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY.
1931.
Sept 25. Russian composer born at St. Petersburg (Leningrad),
Russia, Sept 25, 1906. Died at Moscow, Aug 9, 1975.
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APPLESEED, JOHNNY: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. Sept 26.
EVERYBODY'S DAY FESTIVAL. Sept 26. Thomasville, NC.
John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, believed to
A true hometown street festival for "everybody." Crafts, food
have been born at Leominster, MA, on Sept 26, 1774. Died at
vendors and live entertainment. Info from: Thomasville Area
Allen County, IN, Mar 11, 1847. Planter of orchards and friend
Chamber of Commerce, Box 727, Thomasville, NC 27360.
of wild animals, he was regarded as a great medicine man by the
Phone: (919) 475-6134.
Indians.
FARMER'S MARKET DAYS. Sept 26-27. Quarry Valley Farm,
BANNED BOOKS WEEK-CELEBRATING THE FREE-
Lahaska, PA. Craft show and bake sale, in conjunction with a
DOM TO READ. Sept 26-Oct 3. Brings to the attention of
working farm, which is open to the public. Petting ZOOS and
the general public the importance of the freedom to read and
pony rides. Spinning, weaving and COW milking demonstrations.
the harm censorship causes to our society. Sponsors: (1) Amer-
Info from: Quarry Valley Farm, Sherri L. Jamison, Owner, 2302
ican Library Assn, (2) American Booksellers Assn, (3) Ameri-
St Rd, Lahaska, PA 18931. Phone: (215) 794-5882.
can Society of Journalists and Authors, (4) Assn of American
Publishers, (5) Natl Assn of College Stores, (6) American Assn
FEAST OF THE HUNTERS' MOON. Sept 26-27. Fort Ouia-
of University Presses. Info from: American Library Assn, Judith
tenon Historic Park, Lafayette, IN. Re-creation of French and
F. Krug, Office for Intellectual Freedom, 50 E Huron St, Chi-
Indian life at mid-1700s fur trading outpost. 5,200 participants.
cago, IL 60611. Phone: (312) 280-4223.
Info from: Tippecanoe County Historical Assn, 909 South St,
Lafayette, IN 47901. Phone: (317) 742-8411.
BEATLES LAST ALBUM RELEASED. Sept 26. The Beatles'
13th album, Abbey Road, was released in the United Kingdom
FESTIVAL '92: FALL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND
on Sept 26, 1969. The album zoomed to the number one spot
CRAFTS. Sept 26-27. Dalton, GA. Juried works of more than
200 artists and craftspersons. Indoor and outdoor exhibits.
on the record charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. It was the
last album The Beatles ever made together.
Entertainment, regional and ethnic foods, and a children's art
market. 28th annual. Info from: Creative Arts Guild, Box 1485,
BEEF-A-RAMA. Sept 26. Minocqua, WI. A thank you and fare-
Dalton, GA 30722-1485. Phone: (404) 278-0168.
well to those who have visited the area. Info from: Greater
FLATLANDERS FALL FESTIVAL WITH PRAIRIE
Minocqua Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 1006, Minocqua, WI
54548. Phone: (800) 446-6784.
SCHOONER RACE. Sept 26-27. Goodland, KS. Celebration of
end of fall harvest. Includes windwagons-race of Prairie Schoon-
CHAUTAUQUA OF THE ARTS. Sept 26-27. Madison, IN.
ers. Info from: Goodland Chamber of Commerce, 104 W 11th,
Fine artists and craftsmen gather to demonstrate and sell their
Goodland, KS 66603. Phone: (913) 899-7130.
works. Info from: Dixie McDonough, 1119 W Main St, Madison,
IN 47250. Phone: (812) 265-5080.
FORT ATKINSON RENDEZVOUS. Sept 26-27. Fort Atkin-
son, Fort Atkinson, IA. Buckskinner, military, artisans and food
COPPER MAGNOLIA FESTIVAL. Sept 26-27. Washington,
vendors depicting life on the frontier from 1840-1849. Annually,
MS. Demonstration and sale of handmade crafts, family enter-
last full weekend in September. Info from: Scot Michelson,
tainment. Annually, the last weekend in September. Info from:
Ranger, Volga River Recreation Area, Fayette, IA 52142.
Historic Jefferson College, Anne L. Gray, Historian, Box 100,
Washington, MS 39190. Phone: (601) 442-2901.
GENEVA AREA GRAPE JAMBOREE. Sept 26-27. Geneva,
OH. Grape harvest and products. 29th annual Jamboree. Annu-
DYERSVILLE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. Sept 26-27. Beck-
ally, the last full weekend in September. Info from: Geneva
man High School, Dyersville, IA. The art and craft festival in the
Grape Jamboree, Box 92, Geneva, OH 44041. Phone:
"Farm Toy Capital of the World," near where the film Field of
(216) 466-5262.
Dreams was made. Features the Dyersville Quilt Show, with
more than 100 quilted items on display, including award winners
from the lowa State Fair. Midwestern crafts booths, art and
crafts demonstrations, art on display and for sale, food and
GERSHWIN, GEORGE: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. Sept 26.
entertainment. Annually, the last full weekend in September.
American composer remembered for his many enduring songs
Info from: Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 187,
and melodies, including: "The Man I Love," "Strike Up the
Dyersville, IA 52040. Phone: (319) 875-2311.
Band," "Funny Face," "I Got Rhythm," and the opera Porgy
ELIOT, T.S.: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. Sept 26. Thomas
and Bess. Many of his works were in collaboration with his
Stearns Eliot, Nobel prize winner, poet, playwright and critic,
brother, Ira. Born at Brooklyn, NY, on Sept 26, 1898, he died of
was born at St. Louis, MO, on Sept 26, 1888. "There never was
a brain tumor, at Beverly Hills, CA, July 11, 1937. See also:
a time," he believed, "when those that read at all, read so many
"Gershwin, Ira: Birth Anniversary" (Dec 6).
more books by living authors than books by dead authors; there
GOLDEN LEAF FESTIVAL. Sept 26-27. Smith Haven Park,
never was a time so completely parochial, so shut off from the
Mullins, SC. Family-oriented event includes the Great Parade.
past." Eliot died at London, England, on Jan 4, 1965.
Lions Run for Sight, the Original Golden Leaf Husband Holler,
amateur auction contest, Golden Leaf car show, children's sack
rack and tot trot, crafts, music and entertainment. Annually,
the fourth weekend in September. Info from: Golden Leaf Fes-
tival Dir, PO Box 691, Mullins, SC 29574.
GOVERNOR'S INVITATIONAL FIRELOCK MATCH.
Sept 26-27. Ft Frederick State Park, Big Pool, MD. Reactivated
18th-century military units from several states in both individual
and team competition. Annually, the last full weekend in Sep-
tember. Info from: Washington County Conv and Visitors Bu-
reau, 1836-C Dual Hwy, Hagerstown, MD 21740. Phone:
(301) 842-2155.
HARVESTING THE YEARS. Sept 26-27. Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, PA. More than 600 gardeners enter over 300 hor-
ticultural and artistic categories. Educational exhibits and sam-
ples of freshly harvested crops and homemade preserved prod-
ucts judged. Also, how-to demos and a series of special events,
including live music and a children's activity tent. Info from: The
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, 325 Walnut St, Philadelphia,
PA 19106-2777. Phone: (215) 625-8250.
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KIWANIS KIDS' DAY. Sept 26. To honor and assist youth-our
POPE PAUL VI: 95TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. Sept 26.
greatest resource. Annually, the fourth Saturday in September.
Giovanni Battista Montini, 262nd pope of the Roman Catholic
Sponsor: Kiwanis Intl, Program Dvmt Dept, 3636 Woodview
Church, born at Concesio, Italy, on Sept 26, 1897. Elected pope
Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
June 21, 1963. Died at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, Aug
MARION COUNTY COUNTRY HAM DAYS. Sept 26-27.
6, 1978.
Lebanon, KY. Country ham breakfast, served in the streets of
SEPTEMBER FEST. Sept 26-27. DeSoto Caverns Park, Chil-
Lebanon. Pokey pig run, pigasus parade and other specialties.
dersburg, AL. Regional artists and craftspeople's work. Blue-
Info from: Lebanon-Marion County Chamber of Commerce,
grass, clogging, good food and Civil War artillery campsites and
Gussie Thompson, 107A W Main St, Lebanon, KY 40033.
maneuvers. Info from: DeSoto Caverns Park, Rebecca Grevas,
Phone: (502) 692-2661.
DeSoto Caverns Pkwy, Childersburg, AL 35044. Phone:
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL: AL'S RUN. Sept 26. Milwaukee,
(205) 378-7252.
WI. 8K run or 2.5-mile walk through downtown Milwaukee,
SHAMU'S BIRTHDAY. Sept 26. Shamu was born at Sea World
named after Al McGuire, NBC basketball announcer. Net pro-
in Orlando, FL, on Sept 26, 1985, and is the first killer whale
ceeds benefit Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. 30,000 partici-
born in captivity to survive. Shamu is now living at Sea World's
pants. Annually, the last Saturday in September. Sponsor: The
Texas park.
Milwaukee Journal, Box 661, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Phone:
SINGAPORE: FESTIVAL OF THE NINE EMPEROR
(414) 224-2419.
GODS. Sept 26-Oct 4. Nine Emperor Gods Temple, Bougang.
The Nine Emperor Gods are believed to cure ailments and
bestow good fortune and longevity. Priests write charms with
their blood and sedan chairs bearing the nine gods form a
colorful procession. Info from: Singapore Tourist Promotion
Board, 333 N Michigan Ave, Ste 818, Chicago, IL 60601. Phone:
(312) 220-0099.
SINGAPORE: PILGRIMAGE TO KUSU ISLAND. Sept
26-Oct 25. Kusu Island. According to legend, a turtle once
turned itself into an island, thus saving two shipwrecked sail-
ors-a Malay and a Chinese. Chinese pilgrims journey to the
southern island of Kusu to offer food and incense. Info from:
Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, 333 N Michigan Ave, Ste
818, Chicago, IL 60601. Phone: (312) 220-0099.
TRI-STATE BAND FESTIVAL: 40TH ANNUAL. Sept 26.
Luverne, MN. Over 2,500 high school students from Minnesota,
South Dakota, Iowa and Canada; trophies awarded in four
classes. Info from: Norma De Jongh, Chamber of Commerce,
102 E Main, Luverne, MN 56156. Phone: (507) 283-4061.
MOON PHASE: NEW MOON. Sept 26. Moon enters New
Moon phase at 5:40 AM, EST.
USGA MID-AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. Sept
MOUNTAIN STATE FOREST FESTIVAL. Sept 26-Oct 4.
26-Oct 1. Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, MI. Info from: US Golf
Assn, Golf House, Far Hills, NJ 07931. Phone: (908) 234-2300.
Elkins, WV. Promotes the natural resources of the area with
emphasis on forests. Info from: Mountain State Forest Festival,
VIRGINIA RELIEF SALE. Sept 26. Augusta Expoland, Fishers-
Box 369, Elkins, WV. 26241. Phone: (304) 636-1824.
ville, VA. Sale of quilts, clocks, artwork, donated items, home-
made foods, apple butter, ready to eat foods, crafts and needle-
NATIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING DAY. Sept 26.
work, handcrafted items and plants. Organized by Mennonites
Presidential Proclamation 4682, Sept 11, 1979. Covers all suc-
to raise money for needy people around the world. Attracts
ceeding years. The fourth Saturday of September of each year.
large crowds to communities. Annually, the last Saturday in
NATIVES AND PIONEERS HERITAGE FAIR. Sept 26. Mis-
September. Info from: Jim Brennemon, PO Box 1891, Lynd-
sissippi Crafts Center, Ridgeland, MS. Arts and crafts of the
hurst, VA 22952. Phone: (703) 943-5958.
pioneer era (basket weaving, beadwork and pottery), Indian
stickball and dances. Sponsor: Mississippi Crafts Ctr, Martha
WOOL FESTIVAL 1992. Sept 26-27. Kit Carson Park, Taos,
Garrott, PO Box 69, Ridgeland, MS 39158. Phone:
NM. Fleeces, handspun yarns and finished wool products dis-
(601) 856-7546.
played and sold. Info from: Mountain and Valley Wool Assn,
Robert Donnelly, Co-coord, PO Box 2754, Taos, NM 87571.
OLD-TIME FIDDLERS' CONTEST. Sept 26-27. Payson Ro-
Phone: (505) 776-2925.
deo Grounds, Payson, AZ. Toe tappin' musical playoffs for the
state chapionships. The winners here will go to the national
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC: NATIONAL HOLIDAY. Sept
finals. Annually, the last weekend in September. Info from:
26. Commemorates proclamation of the republic on Sept 26,
1962.
Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 1380, Payson, AZ 85547.
Phone: (602) 474-3397.
PANCAKE DAY. Sept 26. Centerville, IA. Free pancakes and all
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the trimmings are served to all who attend Pancake Day. Enter-
tainment, parade and beauty pageant are highlights of the
Lynn Anderson, 45, singer, born at Grand Forks, ND, Sept 26,
event. Sponsor: Chamber of Commerce, 128 N 12th, Center-
1947.
ville, IA 52544. Phone: (515) 437-4102.
Melissa Sue Anderson, 30, actress, born at Berkeley, CA, Sept
26, 1962.
Bryan Ferry, 47, singer, songwriter, born at Durham, England,
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racuse
Herbstreit's fired up for this one
(2-0)
He'll probably start
been there since
before rallying in the fourth quarter to tie it
to play could have a major influence on the
I've been here. It's
at 17.
team. It did last week, sophomore flanker
been awhile since
Then Syracuse struck with its third big
Chris Sanders said, recalling how Herb-
despite his bum ankle
we've had a team in
pass play of the day, quarterback Marvin
streit rose from the bench to relieve his
the top 10 or even
Graves hitting Antonio Johnson in stride
reliever, redshirt freshman Bob Hoying, in
By Tim May
close to it.
for a 60-yard touchdown that doomed the
the second quarter.
Dispatch Sports Reporter
"I want to go
Buckeyes.
"The champion that he is, he came
out, this being my
"All the preparation in the winter,
back into the game and showed his leader-
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Some folks be-
last year, with a
spring and summer, you always were think-
ship," Sanders said. "That's a great leader,
lieve Kirk Herbstreit is nuts to think he can
bang, and I think
ing of revenge for the Syracuse game," said
I feel."
or Dome,
lead 21st-ranked Ohio State against No. 8
this is a good op-
Herbstreit, who had a rather tentative,
A big question today, though, is how
Syracuse tonight in the Carrier Dome with
portunity to do
mediocre day in only his second start. "I
Sanders will respond to starting his first
a sprained left ankle.
Kirk Herbstreit
that. It's a big
just want my chance back at them."
game. He has taken the place of junior Joey
But those people don't understand,
seeks revenge
He probably will get his chance, at
Galloway, out for the year with a knee
ork/OSU Radio
game for us. It's
least early. OSU coach John Cooper said
injury.
nd WBNS-FM 97.1).
said Herbstreit, the Buckeyes' senior quar-
a good chance.
If nothing else, he and the Buckeyes
yesterday that Herbstreit likely will start,
With Syracuse's defensive desire to
terback.
"You guys may not think we have a
but that he still was bothered by an ankle
shut down the run and force teams to
24-17 in the Hall of
legitimate chance going into it," he said.
seek revenge for a 24-17 loss to the Orange-
sprain he suffered in the first quarter last
throw, the play of Sanders and the other
"But this is really a chance for us to put
men in the Hall of Fame Bowl on Jan. 1.
week against Bowling Green.
IS fifth season at
aduate of lowa
ourselves on the national map. We haven't
The Buckeyes spotted them a 14-3 lead
Yet the sight of Herbstreit trotting out
Please see OSU Page 2B
under Tommy
head coaching job
jht years (57-31). He
the Sun Devils to
ship and Rose Bowl
coach of the year
Clippers claim Cup
at ASU. He is 111-
u at Syracuse (14-
10-2 record last
il Associated Press
with three-run rally
nt under Dick
lacPherson was
England Patriots. A
aloni was head
10%
in their last at-bat
cticut from 1982 to
HEDULE
By Mark Znidar
to left and scored on a triple to right-
9; beat Bowling
3 at Wisconsin; Oct.
Dispatch Sports Reporter
center field.
Center fielder Mike Humphreys
ct. 24 at Michigan
esota; Nov. 14 at
The word "great" is tossed
almost caught the ball, but it. glanced
around SO much these days that
off the webbing of his glove.
2-21; beat Toxas 31-
common men wear the tag for a few
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre made it
sville; Oct. 10
minutes.
1-1 in the second on a lead-off homer
)ct. 24 at Temple;
But there is no denying that the
by Gary Alexander.
Tech; Nov. 14 at
Columbus Clippers entered the an-
The Clippers could have blown
nals as one of the greatest Inter-
the game open in the first, but scored
ISTICS
national League teams of all time.
only one run on a double play
Louisville
The Clippers scored three runs
grounder by Meulens.
in the bottom of the ninth inning-to
They loaded the bases on a
306.5
defeat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4-3
triple by Humphreys and walks to
248.5
last night in Game 5 of the Gover-
J.T. Snow and Silvestri with none
36.5
nors' Cup championship series.
out.
They not only defended their
79.5
The victory went to Andy Cook,
383.5
league title but won 101 games for
who worked the final 4½ innings by
21.0
the season, including the playoffs.
allowing only two hits.
A bloop single by Brad Ausmus
Triple-A rookie Mark Hutton
drove in Torey Lovullo from third
lets; defense: 4-3
gave up two hits and two runs the
with the winning run as a crowd of
first 42/3 innings.
6,050 went berserk.
ple sets; defense:
Dave Silvestri led off the ninth
The Clippers appeared to be in
with a double to left-center off Wally
big trouble after Batiste's triple.
NTS
Ritchie and scored on a single to left
They didn't get a hit until DeJardin
Syracuse has a lot.
led off with an infield single in the
Ismail, Shelby Hill,
by Hensley Meulens.
11, the Orangemen
After Lovullo singled to right,
eighth inning.
Red Barons manager Lee Elia
But that went to waste when
le receivers corps.
without No. left
brought in Darrin Chapin, a former
Ausmus popped up a sacrifice bunt
di flanker Joey
Clipper.
attempt and Humphreys and Snow
nee injury), and with
Billy Masse struck out swing-
flied out.
it slowed by a sprained
ing, but Jay Knoblauh drove in Meu-
The Clippers committed 13 er-
laying despite a
lens with a single up the middle.
rors through the playoffs, and man-
ries to speak of.
ower game on offense
Bobby DeJardin struck out for
ager Rick Down kept wondering
the second out, but Ausmus lined a 1-
aloud when his club would show up.
ards per game
5). But with its speed
and-0 pitch just in front of right
The franchise has won three
traves, Syracuse
fielder Pat Brady to end the game.
Governors' Cups since 1987.
the blg play. Ohio
The Clippers were in deep trou-
During the awards ceremony
sing to Syracuse in the
ble when Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
general manager Ken Schnacke
scored what seemed to be an insur-
said, "You don't have to go to work
m, but Syracuse has
ance run in the top of the inning.
tomorrow, so we're going to take our
rds per game on the
Nick Capra went to second on
time with this. We're going to enjoy
held the Buckeyes to a
10 bowl. However, the
an error by Meulens, the third base-
this."
in attacking style on
man, and scored one out later on a
Nobody enjoyed it more than
is to pass. To have a
single to left by Rick Schu.
Down, however, because he didn't
advantage.
Harry E. Walker/Disparch
The Red Barons took a 2-1 lead
win manager of the year honors
in the Carrier Dome
Torey Lovullo (12) of Clippers is upended by Red Barons first baseman Gary Alexander in third inning.
in the fifth when Greg Legg singled
despite guiding his club to 95 wins.
advantage, along with
Il will be the Buckeyes'
he ninth game last year,
which they won 35-6.
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Sports editor: George Strode/461-8522
he will drive for Newman-
Frost, who shot a record-tying 62 on Thurs-
semms against une III immediapo
Haas in the IndyCar se-
day, has a two-day score of 10-under 130.
Christian Bergstrom or Nicklas Ku
ries next year.
Paul Azinger kept in touch with a 68 of his
replace Gustafsson, who won three Dav
The Briton, who has
own to complete 36 holes at 133. He was joined at
singles matches earlier this year, including
won the /1992 world title
that figure by Loren Roberts, whose 66 was the
set clincher in the quarterfinals against Cana
for the first time in 12
day's best round, and Tom Lehman, with a 69.
Gustafsson and Magnus Larsson wer
years of racing, will be the
Walter Morgan fired a tournament-record
peting for the No. 2 singles berth. Th
first reigning Formula
9-under-par 63 to take a two-shot lead in the first
belongs to Stefan Edberg, who regained hi
One champion to drive In-
round of the GTE North Classic senior event in
ranking by winning his second straight U.S.
dyCar full time.
Indianapolis.
Swedish captain John Anders Sjogn
The move comes af-
Nigel Mansell
Kermit Zarley was second at 65, one shot
he will not pick a susbtitute for Gustafss
ter his split with the Brit-
ahead of Raymond Floyd and Dave Hill.
next week.
ish-based Williams-Renault team, which has won
Helen Alfredsson shot a 4-under-par 68 for
Edberg is expected to team with
the Grand Prix constructors title after years of
a share of the second-round lead in the Safeco
Jarryd in doubles.
trailing the McLarens.
Classic in Kent, Wash., with Michelle McGann
When Williams decided to negotiate with
and Colleen Walker.
NBA
other drivers, notably former world champions
Ohio State will open its 1992-93 season in
Mavericks deal McCray to Bulls
Alain Prost of France and Ayrton Senna of
the Jack Nicklaus Collegiate Invitational at Muir-
The Dallas Mavericks traded veter
Brazil, Mansell decided to quit although he will
field Village Golf Club today and Sunday.
ward Rodney McCray to the Chicago Bu
finish the season.
BASEBALL
three-team trade also involving Golden State
Mansell takes the job vacated by. Michael
The Mavs got three draft choices in t
Andretti, who announced last week he was switch-
Tigers bring back Harwell
including Golden State's, first pick in 1993,
ing to Formula One racing and will drive for Team
The Detroit Tigers have re-signed broad-
ed the Warriors don't qualify for the draft lo
McLaren on the Grand Prix circuit.
caster Ernie Harwell, ending the biggest public
The Bulls sent Dallas two conditional
Mansell will team with Mario Andretti, who
relations disaster in the club's history.
round choices in the deal and sent Byron
was his Formula One teammate at Lotus in 1980.
Harwell, 74, was the Tigers' broadcaster for
ton, chosen 27th in the June draft, to Golder
Alan Kulwicki shook off another dose of
32 years before being fired after the 1991 season.
bad Dover luck and won his fourth NASCAR stock
Rick Rizzs and Bob Rathbun were hired to
NHL
car pole of the year, taking the top qualifying spot
replace him in the radio booth.
Gretzky still laid up with bad back
for the Peak 500 on the last run of yesterday's time
About a month ago, Mike Ilitch purchased
Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-tin
trials in Dover, Del.
the club from Tom Monaghan and went to work
ing scorer, remained hospitalized yeste
Kulwicki, who crashed two cars at Dover
immediately trying to bring Harwell back.
Inglewood, Calif., for further testing on h
Downs International Speedway in practice for the
Harwell will join Rizzs and Rathbun, who
upper back, the Los Angeles Kings said.
May race, hit the wall on the 1-mile oval again in
have four-year contracts with the Tigers.
been hospitalized since Wednesday.
practice yesterday.
Services will be held Monday for Cleveland
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed rig
His team then had to scramble to change the
Indians co-owner David H. Jacobs, a real estate
Jaromir Jagr to a long-term contract. Ter
engine in the backup, forcing Kulwicki to go to the.
developer whose Midas touch never extended to
not available, but Jagr, who had 69 points
end of the qualifying line. Then, the backup car
his baseball team.
goals last season, was said to be seeking $1
stuck in gear while being run through the pre-
Jacobs, of Bay Village, Ohio, died of pneumo-
a year.
qualifying technical inspection.
nia Thursday evening in St. John and West Shore
Kulwicki stole his fourth Dover pole from the
Hospital. He was 71.
ELSEWHERE
T-Bird of Mark Martin with a fast lap of 145.267
Jacobs and his brother, Richard, bought the
Indians in 1986.
Racquetball series returns to Wester
mph. Martin appeared to have the pole clinched
The 15-tournament 1992-93 Coor
with a lap of 144.858 midway through the qualify-
TENNIS
Racquetball Series begins its eighth y
ing round on the hot, humid afternoon.
Rusty Wallace, coming off a victory last
Top two seeds exit French tournament
weekend in the Westerville Athletic Club. I
played from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. today and
Saturday night at Richmond, Va., put a Pontiac
Ivan Lendl and Carlos Costa, the top two
p.m. Sunday. For information, call 882-7331
Grand Prix in the third spot at 144.370.
seeds, lost in the quarterfinals of the Bordeaux
Complied from staff and wire reports
OSU from Page 1B
receivers and the passing of Herb-
"I think we've had a good week
this game; two nationally
streit will be critical. Last week, the
Buckeye notebook / 5B
of practice; I think we have a good
teams, it's nationally televise
Buckeyes beat Bowling Green 17-6
game plan," Cooper said. "We're
of speculation about how god
but never consistently solved the
"I'm very happy (with the way
crippled but I think we're ready
going to be," Cooper said. "S
Falcons' twisting, stunting, gam-
things have gone SO far). I think the
to play. I'm going to be disappointed
it's an important game.
bling defense. It was pretty much
coaching staff is happy, but we can't
if we don't go out there and lay it on
"I will say this, the ne
the same the first week against
the line."
be satisfied," Graves said. "We've
(Oct. 3 at Wisconsin) is more
Louisville, despite a 20-19 win.
only played two games out of the
That's what Syracuse coach
tant because it's a Big Te
"Until we prove we can defeat
season. We have to keep going and
Paul Pasqualoni expects, despite the
But in terms of prestige
an eight-man front, I'm sure teams
difference in the ratings or the point
are going to go in and say 'Let's see
play consistent, and when we get
tional recognition, this gar
spread.
what you can do with it,' Herbstreit
ahead, we have to put games away.
very important game."
"I don't pay much attention to
said.
"We like playing against a big-
the ratings, especially this time of
Solve it they must today,
name team, and Ohio State is a great
year," he said. We just feel very
though, because "we need to put
team. Fortunately we beat them in-
fortunate to be 2-0 And again, to
some points on the board," Herb-
the bowl game. But we have a lot to
have Ohio State, with their outstand-
streit said. "If it means getting a big
prove. It's a really big game for us as
ing, great program coming in here is
play, fine, but whatever it takes,
well as for them."
a great, great challenge to Syracuse.
we're going to have to put some
The challenge for the Buckeyes
"It's obviously another big game
points on the board."
is to stop the Orangemen from strik-
for our program. It is a big game of
That's because Syracuse - led
ing it big early, because then - past
the season, I think for both teams."
by Graves, the nation's top-rated
victims have said - the cacophonous
Cooper said he understands
passer - has averaged 555 yards
confines of the Carrier Dome be-
what is at stake.
total offense in its first two games.
come most inhospitable.
"There is a lot of attention on
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September 21, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR SPEECHWRITERS/RESEARCHERS
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
WHISTLE STOP TRAIN TOUR
Next Saturday and possibly Sunday, September 26 and 27, the
President will be heading through parts of Ohio and Michigan on a
Trumanesqe whistle stop train tour. Obviously, Ohio and Michigan
are two very key states for the President this election year --
and all the big guns are weighing in on this trip to make it the
success that it needs to be. Heading up the coordination of this
tour is Jim Hooley, who was instrumental in arranging Reagan's
train tour in '84.
The train will be made up of vintage cars -- each painted a
bright color. The locomotive will be yellow. The President's car
may be blue. There will be flags draped on the cars, banners, etc.
No theme has been agreed upon.
The preadvance team rode the same train route the President
will take. From town to town, I mainly saw small houses,
businesses and farmland (cornfields, especially). I kept record
of most everything we passed -- researcher, see me for the route
view before your site. Advance will possibly try to work out props
for the President's route -- e.g., a tractor with "Bush '92"
sitting in a farm field. Hooley is encouraging all advance leads
to come up with a lot of creative color for these stops. There are
two consultants for BQ -- one for Michigan, one for Ohio -- who
will be working on the route and site color.
The goal is to win these states -- embracing these small
towns, without patronizing them. The President doesn't have to
sound folksy to understand what folksy people care about. Family
is important, no matter what kind -- parents with small children
or parents with grown children, single parents or single singles.
Traditional values. Jobs. Church. Friday football. All these
characteristics drive the people of these towns. From a few
conversations with people -- they want to know what all the
numbers, all the statistics and lofty goals, mean to them
personally, to their families. We should try to explain the
President's plan by way of grocery money, a child's classroom,
small business, the house payment, etc.
To date, the President is scheduled to stop at the following
towns: Columbus, OH; Marysville, OH; Arlington, OH; Bowling Green,
OH; Plymouth, MI; and Brighton, MI. (Additional towns are still
being considered.)
Each site will have its own advance teams, as usual; however,
a central office is being set up in Lavonia, MI (just outside of
Plymouth).
Advance Leads: Columbus -- Diane Harrison; Marysville --
Teres McManus; Arlington -- Kevin Hart; Bowling Green -- John
Horne; Plymouth -- Craig Ray; Brighton (no Lead named yet.)
COLUMBUS, OH (Caroe)
DougRodgers
The President will kick off his train tour with a very low-
key event in Columbus around 8 a.m. He will make brief remarks
before an audience of 300-500 people at the TC & O Depot. (This
event is a mild kick-off. However, the true kick-off is in
Marysville, since it is the first real stop.) The historic depot
is one of the first train depots in the country. It is now
privately owned, housing a few small businesses. It mainly serves
as a center for the homeless -- operated by Volunteers of America.
We do not have confirmation yet whether the owner, who works with
the center, objects to our visit. The President will make his
remarks either in front of the center or above it, closer to the
train (researcher see me for layout of site).
The Columbus Clippers, farm team for the NY Yankees and AAA
division, recently won the International League Title. They are
big in Columbus. It was a come-from-behind, bottom-of-the-ninth
win. Researcher: I have an article about the team if you're
interested.
MARYSVILLE, OH (Yany)
The Marysville event will be right off the town's Main Street.
The President will speak from the back of the train to a crowd of
approx. 5,000 people at 10:30 a.m. Researcher: you can see me
for a layout of the site. A couple landmarks: Roby Chevrolet-
Olds and a huge grain elevator. Lots of local color will be built
in. High school bands, lots 0' flags.
Researcher: I picked up a local newspaper -- the Marysville
Journal-Tribune. It's a good resource for color -- high school
football, church festivals, names of townspeople, etc.
ARLINGTON, OH (Michele)
The President will speak from homeplate at Arlington Park
-- a baseball field -- at approx. 1:30 p.m. A softball tournament
will be going on for the President to watch. Also he will sit down
at picnic tables with a few families and later play a game of
horseshoes. Approximately 3,000 people are expected.
The mayor says this is the centennial year of the town.
Researcher check: 1892, the village was incorporated; however, in
1984, Arlington, a town of approx. 1200 people, hosted a
sesquicentennial celebration -- possibly celebrating the first log
cabin built in 1834. In 1897, Arlington had its first newspaper,
The Arlington Gazette. In 1900, their first telephone. 1905,
their first high school graduating class.
Right across the street is a swimming pool center. Evidently,
Arlington received a federal grant of $100,000 to build it.
Researcher should check.
BOWLING GREEN, OH (Jennifer)
The President will walk from the back of the train to a
platform built to the side. He will speak before a crowd of 3,000
to 5,000 people at approximately 4:00 p.m. The key here is a
Bowling Green University baseball game at 1:30 -- getting the
students to come over after the game or walk out early if it isn't
over by POTUS arrival. The university is one block from the site.
The University -- last year's Raisin Bowl champs -- will play
East Carolina State.
Lots 0' color is being planned for this event. Check with the
Advance team for updates.
PLYMOUTH, MI Ed
The President will speak to approx. 5,000 people at 6:30 p.m.
The event will be a torch light rally, with approx. 25 (very
responsible) people holding lit torches during the rally. (This
was done in '84.) The President will speak from a platform off one
side of the train.
The train will stop at the intersection of Starkweather and
Division Streets. To one side is Railroad Plaza and on the other,
Plymouth Yard -- both stores that sell train memorabilia and train
sets. On another corner is The Station -- a restaurant.
Advance is trying to coordinate a fireworks show -- no
confirmation yet.
BRIGHTON, MI (Ed)
The President will speak from a platform to one side of the
train to an audience of 3,000 to 5,000 people. The event will
probably be Sunday morning -- around 11:30 a.m. The train would
straddle Main Street and be about twenty feet from First Street.
Erb Lumber is the biggest landmark; however, a few businesses line
Main Street farther down -- Brighton School of Ballet and Help U
Sell Realtors, to name a couple.
This event is still very sketchy. Has not been signed off on
yet. But should it go through -- looks like a good site for a lot
of color.
ASIDE: While the preadvance team was standing at this site,
a guy pulled up in his Chevy Blazer, rolled down his window and
said something along the lines of "If Bush had come here, people
would have voted for him. " He was referring to the debates. A BQ
Michigan staff member said that there's been a lot of negative
publicity about the cancelled debate in Michigan. People are upset
and the local area is somewhat offended/disappointed.
Researchers, I just typed up the logistical info here. You might
want to check with me to see if I have any extra info/color for
your site.
September 22, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR SPEECHWRITERS/RESEARCHERS
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
WHISTLE STOP TRAIN TOUR
If you are going to be writing/researching the whistle stop
speeches, you might want to look through the attached copy of
Reagan's remarks from his '84 train swing. They are particularly
good at using color, humor and bad train puns. They also make
good use of what-does-this-mean-for-you language, which helps
illustrate the impact a tax-and-spend candidate can have on the
average Joe's wallet.
Attached is a copy of one of Reagan's train stops. It's
from Vol. II of '84 Reagan Presidential Documents, if you want to
get a better look. The picture looks very similar to the stops
that the President will be making -- except that there will be a
lot more color -- lots 0' banners, props, flags, bands, etc.
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Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
Remarks at a Reagan-Bush Rally in Dayton, Ohio
October 12, 1984
The President. Thank you very much.
were powerless to solve problems. Do you
And thank you, your good former Governor
remember when they were telling us that
and my good friend, Jim Rhodes; the Mem-
and that we were going to have to get
bers of the Congress that you have met
along with less? [Applause] Well, we have
already here-and please, send them back
restored hope and confidence, faith and
in this election, we need them in Washing-
courage, and returned them as the birth-
ton-and all of you ladies and gentlemen.
right of every American.
It's great to be in Ohio again, and espe-
In the economy, as you have been told,
cially good to be in Dayton. I happen to
we reduced inflation by two-thirds, down to
like Ohio so much, that I decided to spend
4.2 percent for the last year. We got the
the day here. Now, as Jim told you and I'm
prime interest rate-which by 1980 was the
sure you all know, we're about to embark
highest since the Civil War-we got that
on a train trip through your State. And of
down by 40 percent. It's now down by 9
all the things we've done in this campaign,
points. We cut unneeded Federal regula-
there's nothing I've looked forward to
tions, and this alone will save consumers
more.
and businesses about $150 billion over the
We're taking the whistlestop tour of '84
next 10 years. Do you know that with a task
to demonstrate that our government is once
force cutting back on regulations, we have
again on the right track, and our national
eliminated your paperwork-government-
renewal is not going to be derailed. I'll be
required paperwork-by 300 million man-
traveling on the same train that Harry
hours a year?
Truman used in the 1948 campaign. And all
In education, we shifted the emphasis
of us who remember what he said know
from how much government spends to how
that he spoke some very blunt truths, and
much students learn. And the result is a
that's what I hope to do today.
renewed commitment to excellence and
Sometime back I made a rather big state-
scholastic aptitude test scores that are going
ment. I said that this election is the most
up again for the first time in 20 years. In
significant in half a century. And I said it
fact, this year they jumped 4 points, and
because the issues of this campaign are so
that doesn't sound like much, but it is the
clear cut and the differences in philosophy
biggest increase in 20 years.
and approach to government are so great,
Now, not everything is going up. We got
that this year America will either ratify the
tough on street crime and violent crime,
great turn that we made in 1980 or decide
and the crime rate has dropped for 2 years
to go back to the old days and the old ways.
in a row. And it's the first time it's done
Well, in some ways I think we're like the
that in a long time.
pioneers who won the West-we can stick
We've made America less dependent on
together, stand together, and move on to-
foreign oil. We deregulated the oil prices.
gether, or we can retreat in small groups
And, oh my, they said that gasoline would
from the challenges of a great new world. I
go to $2 a gallon. Well, gasoline prices are
think we'll decide as the pioneers did.
nearly a dime less than they were since we
You know, like the pioneers, we might
took office.
remember for a few minutes the desert we
We saved the Social Security system from
had to go through to get here. We've come
collapse while benefits continued to rise.
a long way in less than 4 years. And togeth-
And this is one-let me just pause and say
er, we've put all of that old tired talk about
here-this attack, so falsely based, that it's
malaise and the age of limits behind us. We
frightening so many senior citizens unnec-
have, together, disproved two major myths,
essarily, I'm going to repeat what I said on
fairy tales, about America: that her best
a certain Sunday night recently. No one in
days were behind her and that the people
our administration has any idea of pulling
1502
Administration of Ronald Reagan. 1984 / Oct. 12
nio
the rug out from under the people who are
ment from using inflation to force you into
dependent on Social Security.
higher tax brackets. Now, that would mean
And there's one more item I'll mention.
an additional enormous tax increase. But
S to solve problems. Do you
We cut tax rates by 25 percent for everv
en they were telling us that
taxpayer in the country. Now, I want to talk
now he's pulled back from that. He says he
goofed the other night; he didn't mean to
about that, about taxes, because taxation is
were going to have to get
say that, according to him.
? [Applause] Well, we have
an issue with profound economic conse-
quences. We cut personal tax rates for
But even so, his increases wouldn't be just
and confidence, faith and
a hardship, they'd be like a second mort-
eturned them as the birth-
every taxpayer in the country to stimulate
economic growth and boost economic ex-
gage. But the Mondale mortgage is a mort-
merican.
pansion. And to the surprise of some
gage on your future, to pay for his cam-
my, as you have been told,
people, but not to us, it worked. With lower
paign promises. And let me tell you about
ation by two-thirds, down to
taxes, the economy created over 6 million
that mortgage. The payments will get
the last year. We got the
jobs in the last 21 months alone. With lower
bigger and bigger and bigger. As he puts
ate-which by 1980 was the
taxes, nearly 900,000 businesses were incor-
more heavy taxes on the people and on
he Civil War-we got that
porated in the 17-month period that ended
their businesses, the economy will slow
rcent. It's now down by 9
in May of this year. Now, that's good for all
down and slow down and slow down. And
unneeded Federal regula
of us. But it's especially good for those who,
after that kills the recovery, he'll want to
alone will save consumers
through no fault of their own, have been
raise your taxes again and again to make up
about $150 billion over the
unemployed. You know, when you create
for it. Do you want to pay for his mistakes?
o you know that with a task
just one job, when you release just one man
Audience. No!
ck on regulations, we have
or woman from the prison of unemploy-
The President. Well, my opponent says
paperwork-government-
ment, then you've changed their lives for-
the deficit is the central issue; we say
work-by 300 million man-
ever. And that's the moral element of tax-
growth is the central issue. Now, he says
ation, letting the economy bloom so that
higher taxes are the answer; we say higher
we shifted the emphasis
the poor and the disadvantaged can have a
taxes are the problem, because they kill
government spends to how
chance.
growth, kill creativity, and kill productivity.
earn. And the result is a
Now, my opponent promises to raise your
We want to simplify the entire tax system
tment to excellence and
taxes. That's what he says. And believe
so we can bring yours and everybody's
e test scores that are going
me-
income tax rates further down, not up. And
first time in 20 years. In
Audience. Boo-o-o!
that's why this election is about the future,
ney jumped 4 points, and
The President. all the promises he's
because it's about growth and opportunity
d like much, but it is the
made this year, that's the one he'd keep.
for all Americans. We're talking about the
n 20 years.
I believe that the American people will
kind of America we'll create for our chil-
thing is going up. We got
resoundingly reject his call for heavy new
dren. And I think this is why-this, being
crime and violent crime,
taxes, because, unlike him, they've learned
able to imagine a better future for our
e has dropped for 2 years
from experience. They've learned that high
young people and work toward it-that's
is the first time it's done
tax rates discourage effort, investment, pro-
why so many of the young people of the
e.
duction, and enterprise. But low tax rates
country support our philosophy, and I'm
merica less dependent on
stimulate those things, and that creates jobs,
pleased to see so many of them here today.
eregulated the oil prices
and jobs are exactly what Ohio and every
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
said that gasoline would
other State needs more of.
more years!
Well, gasoline prices are
Now, let's talk about what the tax in-
The President. Okay. All right. All right.
than they were since we
creases he'll need to pay for all his promises
All right, if anyone doubts the great renew-
will do to you personally. If my opponent is
al in this country, let them look at the
cial Security system from
to keep all the promises that he has made
in this campaign-and we've priced them
bright and shining optimism of our young
nefits continued to rise.
out-he would have to increase taxes by the
people-our high school students, college
et me just pause and say
equivalent of $1,890 per household. That's
students, and our young working people.
so falsely based, that it's
They are a new nation unto themselves.
by senior citizens unnec-
more than $150 a month for every house-
hold.
And it seems to me that they understand
to repeat what I said on
He started to expose more of his tax plans
and support our philosophy, because they
light recently. No one in
are idealists.
has any idea of pulling
the other night. He said he would repeal
indexing, which we passed to keep govern-
They believe in people. They believe that
people deserve a chance, and that they can
1503
Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
create miracles when given a chance. I'll
tell you, there have been moving moments
So tell me, are you, the good people of
the Buckeye State, going to vote for them?
and heartening moments in this campaign,
Audience. No!
but nothing, nothing that I've seen has sur-
passed seeing the young people of our
The President. Well, I think you've al
country give us their support.
ready answered my next question, which
Audience. Reagan! Reagan! Reagan!
was, are you going to lend your support to
The President. Thank you very much.
the American opportunity team so that all
Thank you. And Bush.
of us together can build a better future for
I know that you don't want to go back to
our children and for America? [Applause]
the tired old past, that time of timidity and
Well, it is the choice, your choice, and it's
taxes, that moment of misfortune and mal-
the clearest, most important choice in 50
aise, that "Reign of Error." [Laughter]
years.
Let's talk a little more about that reign,
I think now I hear the train whistle
because our opponent's mistakes aren't lim-
[Laughter] You know, that train is the old
ited to tax policy. Do you remember the
U.S. One. And as I said, Harry Truman
grain embargo in which the American
spoke from the back of that train, and
farmers paid for our opponent's foreign
Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower
policy failures? [Applause] Now there's an
also spoke from it. Well, I speak from it
example both of an unfair policy and of an
because we mean to continue their tradi-
artful attempt to get around it. My oppo-
tion of a strong and vital America, and I
nent says he always opposed it. Now that's
speak from it because I think all of us this
funny, because in fact he supported it pub-
year will stay together and move forward
licly, explicitly, and enthusiastically. He
with the force of a locomotive. We're on
even questioned the patriotism of a Senator
the right track, America's best days are
in his own party for calling it what it was-
ahead, and nothing can stop us because this
a dumb idea. But it's funny that he's having
train is bound for glory.
this little memory lapse. [Laughter] As you
You know, there is a mother out there
know, the symbol of our party is an ele-
with a tiny baby on her shoulders. And I
phant, and elephants have long memories.
can't help but say, seeing that baby, that's
Your State, Ohio, would be helped by
really-there's another one!-{laughter}-
Federal enterprise zones in which the run-
that's what it's really all about, that those
down parts of a city get special help from
little babies when they begin to grow up
tax incentives aimed at getting business
will find the same golden-dream America
men and women in there to open shops and
that we found when we were babies and
run companies. Dayton, itself, has two State
growing up in this country.
enterprise zones. They were created just
Thank you all. God bless you all. Thank
more than a year ago, and they've already
you. Thank you all very much.
attracted more than a dozen new businesses
into the area. Now that, too, would create
jobs and growth and economic revitaliza-
tion for troubled areas. But the Federal en-
Note: The President spoke at 11:34 a.m. at
terprise zone bill has been held hostage by
the Old Montgomery Courthouse Mall. Fol-
the liberal Democratic leadership in the
lowing his remarks, the President went to
House of Representatives, the same people
Union Station, where he boarded the
who want to work with my opponent to
"Heartland Special" for a whistlestop tour
raise your taxes.
of Ohio.
1504
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984 / Oct. 12
are you, the good people
State, going to vote for them?
Remarks by Telephone to Crewmembers on Board the Space
No!
Shuttle Challenger
dent. Well, I think you've
October 12, 1984
red my next question, which
going to lend your support
The President. Hello, Cripp? These phone
was far more than I could have expected. I
n opportunity team so that all
calls between us seem to occur more and
'5 can build a better future for
think it was the most fantastic experience of
more frequently. We're going to start call-
my life.
and for America? Applause
ing you the Nation's senior shuttle system-
The President. Well, that's wonderful.
he choice, your choice, and it'
citizen, I should say-{laughing). Now that
And Sally, Sally Ride, it didn't take you long
most important choice in 50
you've spent nearly 400 hours on board the
to get back into space. How is it the second
space shuttle, I think that could be your
time around?
)W I hear the train whistle
title.
Over.
ou know, that train is the old
Over.
Astronaut Ride. It's just as much fun the
nd as I said, Harry Truman
Astronaut Crippen. Thank you very
second time around.
the back of that train, and
much, Mr. President. We appreciate your
The President [Laughing]
sevelt and Dwight Eisenhow
calling.
Astronaut Ride. I think it will be more
om it. Well, I speak from
The President. Well, as you may know,
fun the third time.
nean to continue their tradi
today's call to you and the crew is a bit
The President Okay, you're getting to be
ng and vital America, and
different. I happen to be on board a train
a veteran. I'd like to say hello to Canada's
because I think all of us this
right now in Dayton, Ohio. [Applause] And
fine astronaut. Marc, a lot's happened since
together and move forward
I hope you could hear that cheer from the
we talked last at the White House, and with
e of a locomotive. We're on
crowd that's outside the train here.
all there is to do in this mission, I know that
ck. America's best days are
And Dayton is where Wilbur and Orville
thing can stop us because this
Cripp appreciates having three strong Ca-
Wright developed and built their early glid-
nadian arms on board.
for glory.
ers and airplanes. I'm told that the Wrights
Marc, how have your projects been
there is a mother out there
spent about 7 years and a thousand dollars
going?
aby on her shoulders. And
in development costs to build their early
Over.
say, seeing that baby, that
aircraft, the one that flew in 1903. Well,
Astronaut Garneau. Well, thank you, Mr.
another one!-{laughter}
since the Challenger flies a little bit farther
President. It's a great honor for me to be
S really all about. that those
and maybe a little faster than the original
aboard this flight, and I'm having an incred-
then they begin to grow up
Wright fliers, I suppose we can justify the
ible time, and it's just great to be here.
same golden-dream America
slightly higher development costs that we
The President Well, listen, to all of you,
when we were babies and
have.
let me say congratulations and tell you how
this country.
But your mission adds the most recent
proud we are of what you're doing. I guess
all. God bless you all. Thank
chapter to a story begun by the Wright
as you circle the Earth several more times,
J all very much.
brothers, and you are certainly providing
I'll be traveling by train across Ohio. So,
your share of firsts.
you have a safe landing tomorrow; and God
Kathy, when we met at the White House,
bless all of you.
I know you were excited about walking in
ident spoke at 11:34 a.m. at
space. Was it what you expected?
Note: The President spoke at 12:27 p.m.
omery Courthouse Mall. Fol-
Over.
from U.S. Car One of the "Heartland Spe-
harks, the President went to
Astronaut Sullivan. Yes, Mr. President. It
cial" in Dayton. OH.
where he boarded the
cial" for a whistlestop tour
Remarks During a Whistlestop Tour of Ohio
October 12, 1984
[1.] Dayton (12:30 p.m.)
telephones here, that talking to the shuttle
This sounds a little old fashioned, I know,
is kind of a party line. [Laughter]
but we could say, from an earlier day of
But I'm glad that you could all listen in.
1505
Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
Those wonderful people that are up there,
They see people merely as members of
and what they doing, and just to give you
some idea of the miracle that's taken place
groups-special interests-to be coddled
in all this-and which if someone had his
and catered to. Well, we look at them as
way several years ago, we wouldn't have
individuals to be fulfilled through their own
had a shuttle program at all; he opposed it
freedom and creativity. My opponent and
his allies live in the past. They are celebrat.
very much-but the time that 1 was present
out at Edwards Air Force Base in California
ing the old and failed policies of an era that
has passed them by, as if history had
for the landing of the shuttle, they suddenly
grabbed me and hustled me up on the plat-
skipped over those Carter-Mondale years.
form. And they said, "It's, you know, get-
On the other hand, millions of Americans
ting close. It'll just be minutes now." And I
join us in boldly charting a new course for
got on the platform, and I couldn't see any-
the future. From the beginning their cam-
thing in the sky. And I said, "Well, where
paign has lived on promises. Indeed, Mr.
are they right now?" They said, "They're
Mondale has boasted that America is noth-
just over Honolulu." [Laughter] And believe
ing if it is not promises. Well, the American
me. they were on their glide path from
people don't want promises, and they don't
Honolulu in. And in a matter of minutes,
want to pay for his promises.
they landed there in California.
I think you want promise. You want op-
That's quite a miracle that we have going
portunity and workable answers. It's fitting
up there. But there are going to be a lot
that we're campaigning today on Harry
more miracles in the days ahead here in
Truman's train, following the same route he
this country of ours, thanks to people like
took 36 years and 1 day ago. He was the
you.
last Democrat that I voted for; indeed, I
So, God bless you all. And I think now
campaigned for him in 1948.
they're ready to pull out, so we'll be on
Yes, I spent a great deal of my life as a
time at the next station. Thank you.
Democrat. I respected Harry Truman's abil-
ity to stand for what he believes, his consist-
[2.] Sidney (2 p.m.)
ency of principles. and his determination to
The President. Well, ladies and gentle-
do the right thing. Mr. Truman could also
men, thank you very much. It's wonderful
make very plain the differences between
to be here in Sidney, and great to be back
himself and an opponent. And that's what
in the Buckeye State.
I'm going to try to do today.
How do you like our "Heartland Special"
Let's start with the record, the record of
here? You know, Harry Truman rode this
the administration in which Mr. Mondale
State in his whistlestop tour of 1948, and he
carried a full partnership. He-Mr. Carter,
spoke some very blunt truths. And that's
himself-said, "There wasn't a single deci-
what I'm going to do.
sion I made during 4 years in the White
We're now 3½ weeks away from election
House that Fritz Mondale wasn't involved
day, and the American people are getting
in." Well, in those 4 years they took the
the full flavor of the clear choice that's
strongest economy in the world, and they
facing them. It's a choice between two fun-
pushed it to the brink of collapse. They cre-
damentally different ways of governing and
ated a calamity of such proportions that
two different ways of looking at America.
we're still suffering the consequences of
My opponent, Mr. Mondale, offers a future
those economic time bombs.
of pessimism, fear, and limits, compared to
That was no fresh-faced, well-fed baby
ours of hope, confidence, and growth.
they left on our doorstep in January of
Now, I don't fault his intentions. I know
1981. It was a snarling economic wolf with
his intentions are good and that he means
sharp teeth. The suffering of America, the
well. But we see things differently. He sees
deep and painful recession, and the outra-
government as an end in itself, and we see
geous and frightening inflation-these
government as something belonging to the
things didn't start by accidental ignition or
people and only a junior partner in our
spontaneous combustion. They came about
lives.
1506
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984 / Oct. 12
ople merely as members
through the concerted mismanagement of
er. And in 1976. in that campaign, the
interests-to be coddled
an administration of which Mr. Mondale
misery index was 12.6. and they declared
Well. we look at them
was a part. and his liberal friends who con-
that Jerry Ford had no right to seek reelec-
e fulfilled through their own
trolled the Congress.
tion being responsible for that kind of a
reativity. My opponent and
They gave us five-in little more than a
misery index. 12.6.
the past. They are celebraf.
year-five anti-inflation plans-five differ-
But now came the 1980 campaign, and
failed policies of an era that
ent economic plans. And with them they
they never mentioned the misery index.
em by. as if history had
managed to give us the worst 4-year record
And I don't think my opponent will men-
hose Carter-Mondale years
of inflation in nearly 40 years. While it took
tion it in this campaign, possibly because
hand. millions of Americans
them five plans to nearly triple inflation, it's
when he left the Vice Presidency the
V charting a new course for
only taken us one to cut it down by two-
misery index was more than 20 percent,
n the beginning their cam
thirds.
and now it's only 11.6.
on promises. Indeed, Mr
Senior citizens were driven into panic by
He's done a little slipping and sliding and
asted that America k noth
higher rents, exorbitant fuel costs, dramati-
ducking away from this record, but here in
romises. Well, the American
cally increasing food prices, and a Federal
Ohio during the primaries, Senator Gary
nt promises. and they don't
health care cost which went up, in those 4
Hart got his message through by reminding
nis promises.
years, 87 percent. And they called that fair-
the Ohio voters of the true record. And I
ant promise. You want op-
ness. They punished the poor and the
quote. Senator Hart said, "Walter Mondale
orkable answers. It's fitting
young who struggled as prices of necessity
may pledge stable prices, but Carter-Mon-
paigning today on Harry
shot up faster than others. Millions of Amer-
dale couldn't cut 12-percent inflation."
following the same route he
icans led a life of daily economic terror,
"Walter Mondale," he added, "has come to
.nd 1 day ago. He was the
fueled by these unrelenting costs.
Ohio to talk about jobs. But Carter-Mondale
.hat I voted for: indeed,
Well, let's look at interest rates. My oppo-
watched helpless as 180,000 Ohio jobs dis-
him in 1948.
nent has referred to something he calls real
appeared in the period between 1976 and
interest rates. Well, people don't pay inter-
great deal of my life as
1980." Those are Gary Hart's words.
est rates based on some academic smoke-
bected Harry Truman's abil-
screen or foggy economic theory. What
Well, those disastrous consequences didn't
what he believes, his consist-
come about by accident. They came
es. and his determination to
they know is that when Jerry Ford left
office the prime rate was 6½ percent, and
through the implementation of the very
ng. Mr. Truman could also
when Mr. Mondale left it was 21 1/2 percent,
policies of out-of-control spending, unfair
a the differences between
taxation, and worship of big government
the highest in 120 years.
opponent. And that's what
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
that my opponent still supports. His philoso-
to do today.
more years!
phy can be summed up in four sentences: If
n the record. the record of
The President. All right. [Laughing]
it's income. tax it. If it's revenue, spend it.
on in which Mr. Mondale
Okay, you talked me into it. [Laughter]
If it's a budget, break it. And if it's a prom-
rtnership. He-Mr. Carter,
But in that time, the average monthly
ise, make it. [Laughter]
There wasn't a single deci-
mortgage payments more than doubled.
All this year he has lavished his campaign
ring 4 years in the White
Young people couldn't buy homes, car loans
with promises that staggered even his own
2 Mondale wasn't involved
were hard to get and expensive, the auto
Democratic opponents in the primary. Your
ose 4 years they took the
and the homebuilding industries were
own Senator Glenn was heard to say in frus-
ny in the world. and they
brought to their knees. It's little wonder
tration that Mr. Mondale, and I quote, "has
brink of collapse. They cre-
that the American people were yearning
just promised everything to everybody with
of such proportions that
for leadership back in 1980. After all this
no thought of how it's going to be paid for."
ring the consequences of
economic punishment, our opponents
And then he said, "Fritz, you cannot lead
ime bombs.
blamed you for living too well. They said
this country if you've promised everybody
fresh-faced, well-fed baby
that's what was at fault and that you had to
everything."
T doorstep in January of
sacrifice more.
But of course there is a predictable an-
arling economic wolf with
Well, I found that it's not so much that
swer by one who makes so many promises.
suffering of America, the
our opponents have a poor memory of this
His answer is higher taxes, and massive new
recession, and the outra-
ruinous past, they just have a darn good
tax increases are precisely what he pro-
ghtening inflation-these
"forgetory." And one of the things they'd
poses. A few weeks back he called his new
t by accidental ignition or
like most to forget is the misery index. Do
plans "Pay as you go." What it is, of course,
bustion. They came about
you remember that?
is nothing but the old plan: You pay, and he
That was where they added the unem-
goes. [Laughter]
ployment rate and the inflation rate togeth-
Those tax increases to pay for his prom-
1507
Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
ises add up to the equivalent of $1,890 per
means that the old Reagan said things dif.
household. If Harry Truman had to apply a
ferently than the new Reagan is saying
motto to this radical taxing scheme, he'd
them.
have to say not "your buck stops here"-
Well, the old Mondale said that tighten-
"your buck never stops." [Laughter]
ing the budget and reducing deficits would
When the centerpiece of his economic
worsen a recession, and a new Mondale
program is backbreaking tax hikes, you can
thinks higher taxes lead to a healthy econo-
see why my opponent spends so much time
my. The old Mondale publicly supported
using outrageous scare tactics.
Jimmy Carter's wrong-headed grain embar.
Now, that's not my opponent's only tax
go, and a new Mondale claims he opposed
extravaganza. He came up with still another
it privately-awful privately; no one else
one in our debate. He said, and I quote, "As
ever heard him.
soon as we get the economy on a sound
The old Mondale sponsored National
ground as well, I would like to see the total
Bible Week in the United States Senate.
repeal of indexing." Now, this tax is even
think that's fine. The new Walter Mondale
worse, because it would be a dagger at the
says there's too much religion in politics.
heart of every low- and middle-income tax-
And the old Mondale called the space shut-
payer in America. It would mean bone-
crushing new levies against those who can
tle a horrible waste, a space extravaganza,
least afford them.
and led the fight to kill it in the Senate.
And the new Mondale praises American
Indexing was a reform that we passed-it
goes into effect on January 1st, this coming
technological achievement.
year-to protect you from the cruel, hidden
But just when you're beginning to lose
tax, when government uses inflation to
faith, you find there is some constancy. The
force you into higher tax brackets when
old Mondale increased your taxes, and the
you've maybe just gotten a cost-of-living
new Mondale will increase them again.
pay raise trying to keep even.
You know, in our debate I got a little
Under his plan, here's what would
angry all those times he distorted my
happen to a family struggling on $10,000
record. And on one occasion I was about to
per year: By 1989 they would be paying
say to him very sternly, "Mr. Mondale, you
over 73-percent more in income taxes. For
are taxing my patience." [Laughter] And
families making $30,000 a year, this tax
then I caught myself. Why should I give
would take over $500 more in '89, nearly
him another idea? [Laughter] That's the
$900 a year more for those making $40,000,
only tax he hasn't thought about. [Laughter]
and these assume modest inflation. If we
Well, from now until November 6th,
had their higher double-digit inflation rates
we're going to make sure that the Ameri-
back, then all those tax collections would
can people know about this choice on
more than double. And we're told that he
which their future depends. We have two
misspoke, that he actually meant to say just
roads to tomorrow: We have the road of
the opposite.
fear and envy that he proposes. And on his
But on several occasions since 1982, he
road you frighten the elderly with false
has expressly proposed the repeal of index-
statements; you strive to divide Americans
ing. He's done this quite often. In politics
against each other, seeking to promote envy
they call this, sometimes, flip-flops. In this
and portray greed. Franklin Roosevelt
case-forgive me-I'm going to call it a
warned us that the only thing we had to
Fritz-flop. [Laughter]
fear was fear itself. Well, sadly and tragical-
Indexing is one example, but there are
ly, I think the only thing my opponent has
many others. Yesterday he wanted to give a
to offer is fear itself.
$200 tax break to every family dependent.
When I said the elderly citizens-being
Today he wants to raise taxes the equiva-
frightened. Again, these repeated charges
lent of $1,890 per household. You know,
that somehow we're nursing a secret plan
he's done a lot of talk lately that there's a
to undercut the people who are on Social
new and an older Reagan. And he doesn't
Security and reduce or remove their bene-
mean my age when he's talking that. He
fits—I said it on Sunday night, and ] will say
1508
Administration of Ronald Reagan. 1984 / Oct. 12
Reagan said things dif.
it again: There is no one in this administra-
new Reagan is saying
your party. It's true for millions of patriotic.
tion-and if there was. they wouldn't be
right-thinking Democrats throughout this
here long-that has any intention of taking
ondale said that tighten
country. Well. I say to all of you, if you are
Social Security away from those people who
reducing deficits would
here, don't be alone. Come on along with
have it and who deserve it.
and a new Mondale
us. and between the two of us. between all
We see things differently, as I said, be-
lead to a healthy econo
of us, we'll get this whole thing straight-
cause we see ourselves in a springtime of
publicly supported
ened out-day after tomorrow.
hope. ready to fire up our courage and de-
ong-headed grain embar-
Thank you very much. Thank you.
termination to reach high and achieve all
ndale claims he opposed
the best. We see a life where our children
[3.] Lima (3:48 p.m.)
privately; no one else
can enjoy-at last-prosperity without infla-
The President. Thank you very much.
tion. We see a life where they can enjoy the
sponsored National
highest of creativity and go for the stars,
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
United States Senate.
not have their hopes and dreams crushed
more years!
he new Walter Mondale
by politicians or taxed away by greedy gov-
The President. Well, all right. I wasn't
uch religion in politics
ernmentalists.
going to do it. but if you insist, okay. Four
called the space shut-
The American people are walking into
more-{laughter]. All right. Thank you all.
a space aganza,
tomorrow unashamed, unafraid. And again,
It's great to be back in the Buckeye State
to kill it in the Senate
I have to say something that I've been
and here in Allen County and the great city
ndale praises American
of Lima.
saying so often across this country, and I
vement.
mean it with all my heart. One of the most
You know. in this job you get to meet
beginning to lose
thrilling things is to see so many young
some important people-heads of state,
is some constancy. The
Americans present at these rallies.
prime ministers, premiers, kings, and
your taxes. and the
Let me tell you, you are what this cam-
queens. But I've always said that the best
hirease them again.
paign and this election are all about.
part of this job is remembering that George
debate I got a little
There's one thing that the rest of us and the
Bush and I are working for you and nobody
he distorted my
people of my generation have to do before
else. So, I just thought that I'd drop by
occasion I was about to
we leave the scene, and that is restore this
today so you could hear a report from your
"Mr. Mondale, you
country-as I think we've begun to do-so
two hired hands in Washington.
[Laughter] And
that one day you will find the same Amer-
In 4 years here, the unemployment rate
Why should I give
ica of unlimited hope and opportunity that
in Lima has fallen 4½ percentage points.
[Laughter] That's the
we were promised and found when we
And, you know, if you'll help me send a
ought about. [Laughter]
were young that had been left to us by our
message to some Washington politicians this
until November 6th,
parents.
November, we'll get that rate down even
sure that the Ameri-
You know, I know you're ready for great
further.
about this choice on
opportunity, and I know this may gall our
You've done a great job here in Lima.
depends. We have two
opponents, but-it's time for the train to
You've got agriculture; you've got basic in-
We have the road of
move on-and I think maybe you'll all
dustry. You've got some of the new indus-
proposes. And on his
agree with me when I say just one more
tries that are opening up. You're helping
the elderly with false
line: We think we've made a good begin-
keep our defenses strong by building the
to divide Americans
ning. but you ain't seen nothin' yet. [Ap-
M-1 tank at the General Dynamics plant.
eeking to promote envy
plause)
You've got a refinery, a chemical company.
Franklin Roosevelt
All right. Thank you very much.
The list keeps going. You're all the things a
only thing we had to
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
growing America is all about.
Well, sadly and tragical-
more years!
We're now 3½ weeks from election day.
my opponent has
The President. Thank you. Thank you. Let
and the American people are getting the
me just add a little postscript, and then I've
full flavor of the very clear choice that faces
elderly citizens-being
got to get on that train. I know in a crowd
them. It's a choice between two fundamen-
hese repeated charges
this size there must be many of you who
tally different ways of governing America
nursing a secret plan
are Democrats, as I once was. And I must
and two distinct ways of looking at Amer-
who are on Social
say this: You're not only welcome, but if
ica. My opponent, Mr. Mondale, offers a
or remove their bene-
you are here, I think you're here because-
future of pessimism, fear, and limits, com-
night, and I will say
like happened to me once-you no longer
pared to ours of hope, confidence, and
can follow the policies of the leadership of
growth.
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Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
Now, I don't fault his intentions. I know
he sincerely means it and feels that way. He
There was no fresh-faced, well-fed baby
lying on our doorstep on January 20 of
sees government-as some others do-as an
end in itself. And we see government as
1981. It was a snarling economic wolf with
something belonging to the people and only
sharp teeth. The suffering of America-the
a junior partner in our lives. They see
deep and painful recession, and the outra-
people merely as members of groups, spe-
geous and frightening inflation-these
cial interests to be coddled and catered to.
things didn't start by accidental ignition or
Well, we look at them as individuals to be
spontaneous combustion. They came about
fulfilled through their own freedom and
through the complete mismanagement of
creativity.
the administration of which Mr. Mondale
My opponent and his allies live in the
was a part. and his liberal friends who con-
trolled the Congress.
past. They're celebrating the old and failed
policies of an era that has passed them by,
They gave us five-count them-just in a
and if history had skipped over-as if histo-
little more than a year-as everything was
ry, I should say, had skipped over these
going to pot-they gave us five different
Carter-Mondale years. On the other hand,
anti-inflation plans and, at the same time
millions of Americans join us in boldly
with them, managed to give us the worst 4-
charting a new course for the future.
year record of inflation in nearly 40 years.
From the beginning their campaign has
Now, while it took them five plans to nearly
lived on promises. Indeed. Mr. Mondale
triple inflation, it's only taken us one to cut
boasts that America is nothing if it isn't
it by about two-thirds.
promises. Well, the American people don't
Senior citizens were driven into panic by
want promises, I don't think. They don't
higher rents, exorbitant fuel costs, dramati-
want to pay for his promises. They want
cally increasing food costs, and Federal
promise; they want opportunity and work-
health care costs which went up a massive
able answers.
87 percent in those 4 years. And they called
And it's fitting that we're campaigning
that fairness.
today on Harry Truman's train-following
They punished the poor and the young
the same route that he took 36 years and 1
who struggled as prices of necessities shot
day ago. He happened to be the last Demo-
up faster than others. Millions of Americans
crat I voted for. [Laughter] And I cam-
led a life of daily economic terror fueled by
paigned for him in 1948. I respected his
those unrelenting costs.
ability to stand for what he believes, his
Let's look at interest rates. My opponent
consistency of principles, and his determi-
has referred to something that he calls now
nation to do the right thing.
the real interest rates. Well, people don't
Mr. Truman could also make very plain
pay interest rates on some academic smoke-
the differences between himself and his op-
screen or foggy economic theory. What
ponent. And my friends, that's just what
they know is that when Jerry Ford left
we're going to do today.
office, the prime interest rate was 6½ per-
Let's start with the record, the record of
cent. And when Mr. Mondale left office, it
an administration in which Mr. Mondale
was 21 1/2 percent. That was the highest in-
carried a full partnership.
terest rate in 120 years.
Mr. Carter, himself, said that
there
Average monthly mortgage payments
wasn't a single decision I made during 4
more than doubled. Young people couldn't
years in the White House that Fritz Mon-
buy homes; car loans were hard to get and
dale wasn't involved in." Well, in those 4
expensive. The automobile and homebuild-
years, they took the strongest economy in
ing industries were brought to their knees.
the world and pushed it to the brink of
It's little wonder that the American people
collapse. They created a calamity of such
yearned for leadership in 1980.
proportions that we're still suffering the
And after all this economic punishment,
consequences of those economic time
our opponents blamed you, because you
bombs.
lived too well. They told you you had to
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Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984 Oct. 12
fresh-faced. well-fed bab
sacrifice more, that we were in an age of
Audience. ÷ more years! 4 more years! 4
limits now. Well, I found out that it's not so
more years!
doorstep on January 20
snarling economic wolf
much that our opponents have a poor
The President. All right.
he suffering of America
memory of their ruinous past; it's just that
Audience 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
recession, and the outri
they have an awfully good "forgetory."
more years!
frightening inflation-there
[Laughter] And one of the things they like
The President. Well, all this year, he has
by accidental ignition
most to forget is the misery index.
lavished his campaign with promises that
ombustion. They came about or
Now, some of you young people are too
staggered even his Democratic opponents.
complete mismanagement
young to remember that, but in the 1976
Ohio's own Senator Glenn was heard to say
of which Mr. Mondal of
campaign-8 years ago-they figured out a
in frustration that Mr. Mondale, and I
his liberal friends who con
gimmick. They added up the rate of infla-
quote, "has just promised everything to ev-
tion and the rate of unemployment, and the
agress.
erybody with no thought of how it's going
total was the misery index. And at that
five-count them-just in
to be paid for." And then again, Gary Hart
time, in '76, it was 12.6. And they declared
responded and said, "Fritz, you cannot lead
a year-as everything was
that the incumbent, Jerry Ford, had no
gave us five different
this country if you've promised everybody
right to seek reelection with that kind of a
and, at the same time
everything."
misery index.
naged to give us the worst
But, of course, there's a predictable
Well, 4 years later, along came the 1980
inflation in nearly 40 years
answer by one who makes so many prom-
campaign. They never mentioned the
bok them five plans to nearly
misery index. And I don't think my oppo-
ises. That answer is higher taxes. And mas-
it's only taken us one to cut
sive new tax increases are precisely what he
nent will mention it in this campaign, possi-
-thirds.
proposes. A few weeks back, he called his
bly because it was over 20 when he left the
were driven into panic by
Vice Presidency. And it's only 11.6 now.
new plan "pay as you go." But what it is, of
xorbitant fuel costs. dramati
My opponent has done a very good job of
course, is nothing but the old plan. You pay,
food costs. and Federal
slipping, sliding. and ducking away from his
and he goes. [Laughter]
ts which went up a massive
record. But here in Ohio during the primar-
Those tax increases to pay for his prom-
hose 4 years. And they called
ies. Senator Gary Hart got his message
ises add up to the equivalent of $1,890 per
through by reminding you. the Ohio voters,
household. If Harry Truman had to apply a
the poor and the young
of the true record. And I quote-he said,
motto to his radical taxing scheme, he
as prices of necessities shot
"Walter Mondale may pledge stable prices,
would have to say that-you know that
others. Millions of American
but Carter-Mondale could not cure 12-per-
famous line. "The buck stops here." He
y economic terror fueled by
cent inflation." "Walter Mondale," he
would say this time, "Your buck never
costs.
added, "has come to Ohio to talk about
stops." When the centerpiece of his eco-
interest rates. My opponent
jobs, but Carter-Mondale watched helpless
nomic program is backbreaking tax hikes,
something that he calls now
as 180,000 Ohio jobs disappeared in the
you can see why he spends so much time
st rates. Well, people don't
period between 1976 and 1980." Now, I
using outrageous scare tactics.
on some academic smoke
didn't say that. Those are Gary Hart's
Now, that's not my opponent's only tax
economic theory. What
words.
extravaganza He came up with still another
that when Jerry Ford left
Those disastrous consequences didn't
one in our debate. He said, and I quote, "As
interest rate was 6½ per-
come about by accident. They came
soon as we get the economy on a sound
Mr. Mondale left office, it
through the implementation of the very
ground as well, I would like to see the total
it. That was the highest in-
policies of out-of-control spending, unfair
repeal of indexing."
0 years.
taxation. and worship of big government
Now, this tax is even worse, because it
nthly mortgage payments
that my opponent still supports.
would be 2 dagger at the heart of every
led. Young people couldn't
His philosophy can be summed up in four
low- and middle-income taxpayer in Amer-
loans were hard to get and
sentences: If it's income, tax it. If it's reve-
ica. It would mean bonecrushing new levies
automobile and homebuild-
nue, spend it. If it's a budget, break it. And
against those who can least afford them.
ere brought to their knees.
if it's a promise, make it.
Indexing was a reform that we passed to
that the American people
All this year-{applause-all-
protect you from the cruelest of taxes, the
ership in 1980.
Audience. 4 more years!
hidden tax when government uses inflation
this economic punishment,
The President. Thank you.
to force you into higher tax brackets just
blamed you, because you
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
because you've gotten a cost-of-living pay
They told you you had to
more years!
raise.
The President. Okay.
And under the Mondale plan, here's what
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Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
would happen to a family struggling on
wonderful heroes of ours.
$10,000 a year. By 1989 they would be
paying over 73 percent more in income
But just when you're beginning to lose
taxes if indexing, which begins on January
faith. however, you find that there is some
1st, is canceled. For families making 30,000
constancy. The old Mondale increased your
a year, the tax would take over $500 more
taxes, and the new Mondale will do it again.
in '89, nearly $900 a year more if someone
You know, in our debate, I got a little
was making 40,000. These assume modest
angry at all those times that he distorted
inflation. If we had this higher, double-digit
my record. And on one occasion, I was
tax inflation rate back. the kind that they
about to say to him very sternly, "Mr. Mon-
had, then all those tax collections would
dale, you're taxing my patience." [Laugh-
more than double what I've just told you.
ter] And then I caught myself. Why should
Now, we're told since Sunday night that
give him another idea? [Laughter] That's
he misspoke, that he actually meant to just
the only tax he hasn't thought of.
say the opposite. But on several occasions,
Well, from now until November 6th,
on several occasions since 1982, he has ex-
we're going to make sure the American
pressly proposed the repeal of indexing.
people know about this choice on which
And he's done this quite often.
their future depends. Incidentally, when I,
You know, in politics, they call that a flip-
was in school, I learned that "Thirty days
flop. In this case, you'll forgive me if I call it
hath September, April, June, and Novem-
a Fritz-flop. [Laughter]
ber." Now, I happen to realize that Novem-
Yesterday, he wanted to give a $200 tax
ber only has 6 days. [Laughter]
break to every family dependent, and today
But just when you're beginning to-well,
he wants to raise taxes the equivalent of
let me just start again and say we have two
$1,890 per household. You know, for some
roads to tomorrow. We have the road of
time, over the last several days at least, he
fear and envy that he proposes. And on this
was talking about a new Reagan and an old
road, you frighten the elderly with false
Reagan. Now, that had nothing to do with
statements. You strive to divide Americans
my age. The old Reagan was the first one.
against each other, seeking to promote envy
The new Reagan is now. And what he said
and portray greed. Franklin Roosevelt
that-well, he inspired me to do a little of
warned us that the only thing we have to
that old and new business.
fear is fear itself. Well, sadly and tragically,
The old Mondale is on record as saying
the only thing my opponent has to offer is
that the budget and reducing deficits could
fear itself.
worsen a recession; the new Mondale thinks
Well, that's the difference between us.
higher taxes lead to a healthy economy. The
We see America's best day ahead. We see
old Mondale publicly supported Jimmy
ourselves in a springtime of hope, ready to
Carter's wrong-headed grain embargo, and
fire up our courage and determination to
the new Mondale claims that he opposed it
reach high and achieve all the best. We see
privately-very privately. [Laughter] The
a life where our children can enjoy, at last,
old Mondale sponsored National Bible
prosperity without inflation. And we see a
Week in the U.S. Senate. I'm for that. The
life where they can enjoy the highest of
new Mondale says there's too much religion
creativity and go for the stars; not have
in politics.
their hopes and dreams crushed or taxed
The old Mondale called the space shuttle
away by greedy governmentalists. The
a horrible waste, a space extravaganza, and
American people are walking into tomor-
he personally led the fight in the United
row unashamed and unafraid. They're
States Senate to kill the shuttle program.
ready for this great era of opportunity.
The new Mondale praises American techno-
And I just have to say two more things
logical achievement.
here. Looking around-and when I see
I had the privilege just a little while ago
these young people in these band uniforms
from the train of calling those people that
of their respective schools, I have to tell you
are up there going around the Earth right
that all over the country, in gatherings like
now while I'm riding on the train, those
this, I have been thrilled at seeing so many
1512
Administration of Ronald Reagan. 1984 / Oct. 12
ours.
young people who are present here, be-
I want you to know how much we need
beginning to lose
cause. you know. they're what this cam-
him back in Washington. DC. Remember
find that there 15 some
paign and this election is all about.
Mondale increased your
that in that great program of cutting-or
Those of us-my generation and a few
Mondale will do it agains
spending cuts and tax cuts that we put
generations in between them and mine-all
through in 1981 there were two authors'
debate, 1 got 2 littl
of us have a responsibility. All of us inherit-
names on that bill. One was a Congressman
times that he distorted
ed an America that our parents and our
from Texas, Phil Gramm, and the other one
one
occasion.
I
was
grandparents had handed to us, in which
was your Del Latta.
very sternly, "Mr. Mon-
the opportunity was unlimited. You knew,
But I thank all of you, too, for a heart-
my
myself. Why [Laugh should
patience."
when you were growing up, that it was all
warming reception. It is great to be in
dependent on you. You could do anything
Ottawa.
[Laughter] That
out there, fly as high and far as your own
thought
of.
ability would take you, and you wouldn't be
When President Harry Truman spoke to
until
November
6th,
penalized for the effort. And our responsi-
the people of Ottawa during his whistlestop
sure
the
American
bility now, after some years of that having
tour in 1948 in this same. car, he spoke
this choice or which
been taken away from us, is to be able to
these words: "We are in a campaign which
Incidentally. when
I
make that same promise to them-to all of
will go down as one of the most important
that "Thirry days
you young people-that that's the kind of
in the history of our country. And it's your
June, and Novem
America we're going to turn over to you.
campaign. It's your welfare that's at stake."
to
realize
that
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
Well, today we once again face an historic
Novem-
[Laughter]
more years!
election. And once again, it's your welfare
that's at stake.
beginning to-well,
The President. All right. And because of
in and say we have two
that, I'll give you a promise of something
We're now 3½ weeks from election day.
We have the road of
that'll take place in those 4 more years.
And the American people are getting the
proposes. And on this
Another thing that I think has been shame-
full flavor of the very clear choice that is
the elderly with false
ful in political campaigning-it was in the
facing them. It's a choice between two fun-
to divide Americans
1982 congressional campaigns; it is shame-
damentally different ways of governing and
eeking to promote envy
ful in this campaign. And that is, for politi-
two distinct ways of looking at America. My
Franklin Roosevelt
cal advantage, to frighten so many of our
opponent, Mr. Mondale, offers a future of
only thing we have to
senior citizens by telling them that we were
pessimism, fear, and limits, compared to
sadly and tragically
somehow nursing a secret plan to reduce or
ours of hope, confidence, and growth.
pponent has to offer it
take from them their Social Security bene-
Now, I know that his intentions are good.
fits. Well, there is no one in our administra-
I know that he's sincere in that and in what
difference between US
tion with such a plan, and if there was one
he believes. But he sees government as an
day ahead. We see
there, he'd be gone.
end in itself, and we see government as
of hope, ready to
I just want to set the record straight. We
something belonging to the people and only
and determination to
are not going to do anything to reduce or to
a junior partner in our lives.
all the best. We see
take from the people now getting Social
My opponent and his allies live in the
dren can enjoy, at last,
Security those benefits or to take them
past, celebrating the old and failed policies
nflation. And we see a
from the people that are anticipating them
of an era that has passed them by, as if
enjoy the highest of
when they come to their nonearning years.
history had skipped over those Carter-Mon-
the stars; not have
Now, I know this may gall our opponents,
dale years. On the other hand, millions of
crushed or taxed
but I'll conclude by saving that I think all of
Americans join us in boldly charting a new
The
you agree with us when we say: You ain't
course for the future.
governmentalists
walking into tomor-
seen nothin' yet.
Now, it's fitting that we're campaigning
unafraid. They're
Thank you all very much. Thank you.
today on Harry Truman's train, following
of
opportunity.
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
the same route that he took 36 years and 1
more years!
day ago. He was the last Democrat I voted
say two more things
when I see
The President. Thank you.
for. [Laughter] Indeed, in 1948 I cam-
these band uniforms
[4.] Ottawa (5:11 p.m.)
paigned for him.
I have to tell you
Mr. Truman could make very plain the
The President. Thank you all very much,
in gatherings like
differences between himself and his oppo-
and I thank your good Congressman Del
at seeing so many
nent. And, my friends, that's just what I'm
Latta, who introduced me here today. And
here to do today. Let us start with the
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Oct. 12 Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
record, the record of the administration in
punishment, our opponents blamed you, be.
which Mr. Mondale carried a full partner-
cause you lived too well. They told you
ship.
you'd have to learn to sacrifice more and
In those 4 years, they took the strongest
live with less and within economic limits.
economy in the world and pushed it to the
Well, I found that it's not so much that our
brink of collapse. They created a calamity
opponents have a poor memory of this ruin-
of such proportions that we're still suffering
ous past; they've just got a darn good "for-
the consequences of those economic time
getory.' [Laughter]
bombs. That was no fresh-faced, well-fed
And one of the things they like most to
baby that they left on our doorstep in Janu-
forget is the misery index, where they
ary of 1981. It was a snarling economic wolf
added the unemployment rate and the in-
with sharp teeth.
flation rates together. And then-they did
The suffering of America-the deep and
this in 1976 in that election campaign, and
painful recession and the outrageous and
the misery index then was 12.6. And they
frightening inflation-these things didn't
said that Jerry Ford, as the incumbent
start by accidental ignition or spontaneous
President, had no right to seek reelection
combustion. They came about through the
with that kind of a misery index.
concerted mismanagement of the adminis-
Well, then came the 1980 election. And
tration of which Mr. Mondale was a part,
and his liberal friends who controlled the
they never mentioned the misery index.
Congress.
And I don't think my opponent will men-
They gave us five-in a little more than a
tion it in this campaign, possibly because it
year-they gave us five different anti-infla-
was over 20 when he left the Vice Presi-
tion programs, and then managed, with
dency, and it's now down to 11.6.
them, to give us the worst 4-year record of
You know, he's done a pretty good job of
inflation in nearly 40 years. While it took
slipping, sliding, and ducking away from
them five plans to nearly triple in inflation,
this record. But here in Ohio, during the
it's only taken us one to cut it by two-thirds.
primaries, Senator Gary Hart got his mes-
Senior citizens were driven into panic by
sage through by reminding the Ohio voters
higher rents, exorbitant fuel costs, dramati-
of the true record. And I quote, "Walter
cally increasing food prices, and a Federal
Mondale," said Senator Hart, "may pledge
health care cost which went up a massive
stable prices, but Carter-Mondale could not
87 percent in just those 4 years. And they
cure 12-percent inflation." And then he
called that fairness.
added, "Walter Mondale has come to Ohio
They punished the poor and the young
to talk about jobs. But Carter-Mondale
who struggled as prices of necessities shot
watched helpless as 180,000 jobs disap-
up faster than the others. Millions of Ameri-
peared in the period between 1976 and
cans led a life of daily economic terror
1980." Now, those are Gary Hart's words.
fueled by these unrelenting costs.
And those disastrous consequences didn't
Let's look at interest rates. My opponent
come about by accident. They came
has referred to something now that he calls
through the implementation of the very
the real interest rate, and it concerns him
policies of out-of-control spending, the very
greatly. Well, I don't think people pay in-
unfair taxation, and the worship of big gov-
terest rates on some abstract smokescreen
ernment that my opponent still supports.
or academic or foggy economic theory.
His philosophy can be summed up in four
What they know is that when Jerry Ford
sentences: If it's income, tax it. If it's reve-
left office in 1976, the prime rate was 6½
nue, spend it. If it's a budget, break it. And
percent. When Mr. Mondale left office, it
if it's a promise, make it.
was 21 ½ percent, the highest in 120 years.
All this year, he has lavished his campaign
Average monthly mortgage payments
with promises that staggered even his
more than doubled. Car loans were hard to
Democratic opponents. But, of course,
get and expensive. The automobile and
there is a predictable answer by one who
homebuilding industries were brought to
makes so many promises. And the answer
their knees. And after all this economic
to his promises is higher taxes. And massive
1514
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984 / Oct. 12
our opponents blamed
ived too well. They told you,
new tax increases are precisely what he
The old Mondale said that tightening the
proposes. A few weeks back, he called his
budget, reducing government spending,
learn to sacrifice more
new plan "pay as you go." But what it is, of
and reducing deficits could worsen a reces-
and within economic limits and
course, is nothing but the old plan. You pay,
sion and cause unemployment. The new
that it's not so much that
and he goes. [Laughter]
Mondale thinks higher taxes lead to a
ive a poor memory of this
Those tax increases to pay for his prom-
healthy economy. The old Mondale publicly
vive just got a darn good
ises add up to the equivalent of $1,890 per
supported Jimmy Carter's wrong-headed
ghter}
household in this country. If Harry Truman
grain embargo. and the new Mondale
the things they like most to
had to apply a motto to this radical taxing
claims that he opposed it privately-very
misery index. where they
scheme, he would have to say that, "Your
privately. [Laughter] The old Mondale
nemployment rate and the in
buck never stops." [Laughter] When the
sponsored National Bible Week in the U.S.
together. And then-they did
centerpiece of his economic program is
Senate. I can go along with that. And the
in that election campaign, and
backbreaking tax hikes, you can see why
new Walter Mondale, though, says there's
idex then was 12.6. And they
my opponent spends so much time using
too much religion in politics.
Ty Ford. as the incumbent
outrageous scare tactics.
The old Mondale called the space shuttle
d no right to seek reelection
Now, that's not my opponent's only tax
a horrible waste, a space extravaganza, and
of a misery index.
extravaganza. He came up with still another
he personally led the fight in the United
came the 1980 election. And
one in our debate. He said-and I quote-
States Senate to try and kill the entire shut-
nentioned the misery index
"As soon as we get the economy on a sound
tle program before it even started. The new
hink my opponent will men
ground as well, I would like to see the total
Mondale praises American technological
campaign, possibly because it
repeal of indexing."
achievement.
when he left the Vice Presi
Now, this tax is even worse, because this
Well, I just thought that was appropriate
now down to 11.6.
would be a dagger at the heart of every
today, when probaby right now-or possibly
he's done a pretty good job of
low- and middle-income taxpayer in Amer-
right now, I should say, I don't know where
ng. and ducking away from
ica. It would mean bonecrushing new levies
they are-but while we're riding across
ut here in Ohio. during the
against those who can least afford them.
Ohio on this train, those young heroes of
ator Gary Hart got his mes
Indexing was a reform that we passed to
ours, male and female, are circling this
" reminding the Ohio voters
protect you from the cruel hidden tax when
Earth several times in that shuttle, which
>cord. And I quote. "Walter
government uses inflation to force you into
will land tomorrow. And God bless them,
Senator Hart, "may pledge
higher tax brackets when you get a cost-of-
wherever they are.
out Carter-Mondale could not
living pay raise.
Under the Mondale plan, here's what
Audience. Reagan! Reagan! Reagan!
at inflation." And then he
Mondale has come to Ohio
would happen to a family struggling on
The President. Well, now, with all this old
jobs. But Carter-Mondale
$10,000 per year. By 1989 they would be
and new Mondale, just when you're begin-
ess as 180.000 jobs disap-
paying over 73 percent more income taxes.
ning to lose faith, finally you do find there
Now, we're told since he said that on
is some constancy. The old Mondale in-
period between 1976 and
Sunday night that he misspoke and that he
creased your taxes. And the new Mondale
nose are Gary Hart's words.
actually meant to say just the opposite. But
will do it again.
sastrous consequences didn't
on several occasions since 1982, he has ex-
You know, in our debate, I got a little
by accident. They came
pressly proposed the repeal of indexing.
angry all those times that he distorted my
nplementation of the very
And he's done this quite often. In politics,
record. And on one occasion, I was about to
of-control spending, the very
you call this a flip-flop. But forgive me, I've
say to him very sternly, "Mr. Mondale.
and the worship of big gov-
decided to call it a Fritz-flop. [Laughter]
you're taxing my patience." [Laughter]
ny opponent still supports.
Indexing is one example, but there. are
Then I caught myself. Why should I give
can be summed up in four
many others. Yesterday, he wanted to give
him another idea? That's the only tax he
income, tax it. If it's reve-
a $200 tax break to every family depend-
hasn't thought of. [Laughter]
it's a budget, break it. And
ent. And today he wants to raise taxes the
From now on until November 6th. we're
make it.
equivalent of $1,890 per household. Several
going to make sure that the American
he has lavished his campaign
days now out on the campaign trail, he's
people know about this choice on which
that staggered even his
talked about me as a new Reagan and an
their future depends. We have two roads to
ponents. But, of course,
old Reagan. Now, that has nothing to do
tomorrow: We have the road of fear and
ctable answer by one who
with my age, because the old Reagan was
envy that Mr. Mondale proposes. On his
promises. And the answer
when I was much younger and the new
road, you frighten the elderly with false
S higher taxes. And massive
Reagan is now. [Laughter] But I decided to
statements.
do some old and new Mondaleing.
And speaking of that, let me interrupt
1515
Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
myself for a moment and say one of the
ter}-we grew up in an America where, for
things that I think has been most shameful
the most part. we just grew up automatical.
in the line of political demagoguery. We
ly knowing that there was no limit to what
saw it in the congressional campaigns of
we could accomplish. There was no ceiling
1982, and we're seeing it in this campaign,
beyond which we couldn't go-that the
and that is when for purely political advan-
hope, the opportunity, the golden dreams
tage, falsely, their candidates go around tell-
were there for all of us and dependent on
ing our senior citizens who are dependent
us, and we could fly as high and far as our
on Social Security that we somehow have a
energy and our talent and ability would
secret plot in which we're either going to
take us.
reduce their payments or take them away
Then we've come to a period in recent
from them entirely. Well, I want you to
years in which limits were placed; and that
know that if there was anyone in my ad-
hope, we were told, was kind of shut off
ministration that even had secretly such an
that we were to expect something less.
idea, he'd be long gone.
We are not going to do anything to dou-
Well, I'm glad you're here, all you young
people, because I want to tell you the re-
blecross the people dependent on Social Se-
sponsibility that the rest of us have and
curity, or those anticipating Social Security
we're going to meet is to see that we turn
when they come to their nonearning years.
over to you the same kind of America that
Their benefits are going to remain with
our parents turned over to us. where there
them.
is hope and freedom for all.
But he strives to divide Americans against
o
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
each other, seeking to promote envy and
more years!
portray greed. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
warned that the only thing we have to fear
The President. All right. All right. I'm
in this country is fear itself. Sadly and trag-
willing if you are.
ically, the only thing my opponent has to
But I know that you, the American
offer is fear itself.
people, young and old, are ready for this
Well, that's the difference between us.
great new era of opportunity. And I know
We see America's best days ahead. We see
this may gall our opponents, but I think the
ourselves in a springtime of hope, ready to
people, all of you, agree with us when we
fire up our courage and determination to
tell you: You ain't seen nothin' yet.
reach high and achieve all the best. We see
Audience. U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
a life where our children can enjoy, at last,
The President. Thank you. Thank you
prosperity without inflation. We see a life
very much. Now they tell me the train's
where they can enjoy the highest of creativ-
going to whistle, and I'm going to have to
ity and go for the stars, and not have their
leave and move on to the next stop-
hopes and dreams crushed or taxed away by
Audience. No!
greedy governmentalists.
The President. Oh, I have to-
The American people are walking into
[At this point. the President was presented
tomorrow unashamed and unafraid. And,
you know, I have to say-all over the coun-
with an Ottawa-Glansdorf High School T-
shirt.]
try in meetings of this kind, I have been so
thrilled and excited to see the turnout of
Thank you. Thank you all. God bless you.
young people at meetings of this kind, be-
cause
[5.] Deshler (6:12 p.m.)
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
The President. Well, thank you very
more years!
much. And I want you to know how proud I
The President. Let me just say for all of
am when your Congressman. Del Latta,
you-or to all of you, you're what this cam-
comes out here and introduces me. There
paign and what this election is all about.
were two names on that bill that cut the
People of my generation and of several gen-
cost of government and that cut your taxes
erations between mine and yours-{laugh-
when we started our new program in '81.
1516
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984 / Oct. 12
grew up in an America where, for
part. we just grew up automatical-
And one of those two names was Congress-
man Del Latta.
of collapse. They created a calamity of such
1g that there was no limit to what
Well, it's great to be in Deshler, home of
proportions that we're still suffering the
accomplish. There was no ceiling
the Deshler Flag and home of the Bavarian
consequences of those economic hard times.
which we couldn't go-that the
House. And it's great to see all of you here
When we got there on January 20th. that
opportunity, the golden dreams
in this Buckeye State.
was no fresh-faced, well-fed baby left on
e for all of us and dependent
e could fly as high and far as our on
You know, in this job I have you get to
our doorstep. It was a snarling economic
meet some important people like kings and
wolf with sharp teeth. And the suffering of
nd our talent and ability would
queens, and heads of state, and prime min-
America, the deep and painful recession.
isters, and so forth, but I've always said the
and the outrageous and frightening infla-
e've come to a period in recent
best part of the job is remembering that
tion-these things didn't start by accidental
hich limits were placed; and that
George Bush and I are working for you and
ignition or spontaneous combustion. They
were told, was kind of shut off
nobody else. So, I thought I'd just drop by
came about through the concerted misman-
ere to expect something less.
today, and you could have a report from
agement of the administration of which Mr.
1 glad you're here, all you young
your two hired hands.
Mondale was a part, and his liberal friends
cause I want to tell you the re-
We're now 3½ weeks from election day,
who controlled the Congress.
that the rest of us have and
and the American people are getting the
They gave us five, in a little more than a
his to meet is to see that we turn
full flavor of the very clear choice that is
year, five-you can count them-economic
J the same kind of America that
facing them. It's a choice between two fun-
programs they said would curb inflation and
turned over to us, where there
damentally different ways of governing and
wound up giving us the worst inflation in
freedom for all.
two distinct ways of looking at America. My
nearly 40 years. While it took them five
4 more years! 4 more years! 4
opponent, Mr. Mondale, offers a future of
plans to nearly triple inflation, it's only
pessimism, fear, and limits, compared to
taken us one to cut it by about two-thirds.
ident. All right. All right. I'm
growth. one-ours-of hope, confidence, and
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
u are.
more years!
now that you. the American
Now, I know that he's sincere, and I
ng and old, are ready for this
know that he is well intentioned, but
The President. Thank you. Thank you. I'm
game.
'ra of opportunity. And I know
Audience. We love you, Ronnie!
i our opponents. but I think the
The President. Thank you.
You know, senior citizens were driven
if you, agree with us when we
but he sees government as an end in
into panic by higher rents, exorbitant fuel
ain't seen nothin' yet.
itself, and we see government as something
costs, dramatically increasing food prices,
belonging to you, the people, and only a
and Federal health care costs which in
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.:
junior partner in your lives.
those 4 years went up 87 percent. They
tent. Thank you. Thank you
My opponent and his allies live in the
called that fairness. They punished the poor
Now they tell me the train's
stle, and I'm going to have to
past. They celebrating the old and failed
and the young who struggled as prices of
No! love on to the next stop
policies of an era that has passed them by,
necessity shot up faster than others. Millions
as if history had skipped over the Carter-
of Americans led a life of daily economic
Mondale years. On the other hand, millions
terror, fueled by those unrelenting costs.
nt. Oh, I have to
of Americans join us in boldly charting a
Let's look at interest rates. My opponent
1. the President was presented
course, a new course for the future.
has referred to something that he calls the
wa-Glansdorf High School T-
It's fitting that we're campaigning today
real interest rate as being quite a punish-
on Harry Truman's train. And we're follow-
ment today. Well, people don't pay interest
ing the same route he took 36 years and 1
based on some academic smokescreen or
Thank you all. God bless you.
day ago. He was the last Democrat I voted
foggy economic theory. What they know is
:12 p.m.)
for. [Laughter] And I campaigned for him
that when Jerry Ford left the Presidency
in 1948. But Mr. Truman could make very
the interest rate, the prime rate was 6½
'nt. Well, thank you very
plain the differences between himself and
percent, and when Mr. Mondale left office
ant you to know how proud I
his opponent. My friends, that's just what
it was 21½ percent, the highest in 120
IT Congressman. Del Latta,
we're going to do today.
years.
e and introduces me. There
Let's start with the record, the record of
Average monthly mortgage rates more
es on that bill that cut the
the administration that Mr. Mondale-in
than doubled. Car loans were hard to get
ment and that cut your taxes
which he was carried as a full partner. In
and expensive. The automobile and home-
ed our new program in '81.
those 4 years they took the strongest econo-
building industries were brought to their
my in the world and pushed it to the brink
knees. And after all this economic punish-
ment, our opponents said the trouble was
1517
Oct. 12 Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
you live too well, and they told you you
with promises that staggered even
would have to sacrifice more, that we were
Democratic opponents. But, of course
now entering an era of limits, and things
there is a predictable answer by one who
would never again be as good as they once
makes so many promises. and his answer is
were.
very simple: higher taxes. And massive new
Well, I found out that it's not so much
tax increases are precisely what he pro-
that our opponents have a poor memory of
poses. A few weeks back he called his new
this ruinous past, they've just got a darn
plan "Pay as you go." Well, what it is, of
good "forgetory." [Laughter] And one of
course, is nothing but the old plan: You pay,
the things they like most to forget is the
and he goes. [Laughter]
misery index.
Those tax increases, to pay for his prom-
Now, that was the thing-and some of
you young people probably won't remem-
ises, add up to the equivalent of $1,890 per
ber, but in 1976, in the campaign, they
household. If Harry Truman had to apply a
added the inflation rate to the unemploy-
motto to this radical taxing scheme-let me
ment rate, and it came to 12.6 percent. And
again say to the young people who perhaps
don't remember, that Harry Truman was
they said that with that kind of a misery
the one that sat in the Oval Office and said
index, Jerry Ford had no right to run for
reelection. It was so big.
that "the buck stops here." I think today,
Well, then came the 1980 campaign, and
with regard to my opponent's plans, he'd
they never mentioned the misery index.
say, "Your buck never stops." [Laughter]
And I don't think my opponent's going to
With the centerpiece of his economic
mention it in this campaign, possibly be-
program his backbreaking tax hikes, you
cause when he left the Vice Presidency it
can see why the opponent spends so much
was over 20 percent and today it's only 11.6
time using outrageous scare tactics.
percent.
Now, that's not my opponent's only tax
Audience. We in Deshler think you're the
extravaganza. He came up with still another
best! 4 more years! 4 more years! 4 more
one in our debate. He said, and I quote, "As
years!
soon as we get the economy on a sound
The President. He does a very good job of
ground as well, I would like to see the total
slipping and sliding and ducking away from
repeal of indexing." Now, this tax is even
his record. But here in Ohio, during the
worse, because it would be a dagger at the
primaries, Senator Gary Hart got his mes-
heart of every low- and middle-income tax-
sage through by reminding the Ohio voters
payer in this country. It would mean bone-
of the true record. And I quote. He, too,
crushing new levies against those who can
was a Democratic candidate. He said,
least afford them.
"Walter Mondale may pledge stable prices,
Indexing was a reform that we passed to
but Carter-Mondale could not cure 12-per-
protect you from the cruel, hidden tax,
cent inflation." "Walter Mondale," he
when government uses inflation to force
added, "has come to Ohio to talk about
you into higher tax brackets. And they do
jobs, but Carter-Mondale watched helpless
that when you only get a cost-of-living pay
as 180,000 Ohio jobs disappeared in the
raise that's supposed to keep you even with
period between 1976 and 1980."
inflation, but you find yourself paying a
Those disastrous consequences did not
higher percentage of tax.
come about by accident. They came
Now, under the Mondale plan, here is
through the implementation of the very
what would happen to a family struggling
policies of out-of-control spending, unfair
on a $10,000 per year income: By 1989
taxation, and worship of big government
they would be paying over 73 percent more
that my opponent still supports. His philoso-
in income taxes.
phy can be summed up in four sentences: If
Now, we're told that he now says he mis-
it's income, tax it. If it's revenue, spend it.
spoke the other night, that he actually
If it's a budget, break it. And if it's a prom-
meant to say just the opposite about index-
ise, make it.
ing. But on several occasions since 1982, he
All this year he has lavished his campaign
has expressly proposed the repeal of index-
1518
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984 / Oct. 12
that staggered even his
ipponents But C. course,
ing. and he's done this quite often. In poli-
you begin to lose faith in that old and new
cictable answer by one who
tics they call this a flip-flop. But if you'll
Mondale, why then you suddenly find there
promises and his answer is
forgive me, I prefer to call it a Fritz-flop.
is some constancy. The old Mondale in-
-zher taxes And massive new
Well, indexing is just one example, but
creased your taxes, and the new Mondale
are precisely what be pro-
there are many others. Yesterday he
seeks back he called Ins new
wanted to give a $200 tax break to every
will do the same thing. [Laughter]
YOU go." Well. what it is, of
family dependent, and today he wants to
You know, in our debate I got a little
= but the old plan Y DU pay,
raise taxes the equivalent, as I've said. of
angry some of those times when he was
soughter
$1,890 per household.
distorting my record. And on one occasion,
Now, lately in the campaign he's been
I was about to say to him very sternly, "Mr.
creases. to pay for his prom-
the equivalent of $1.390 per
talking about two Reagans. He said there
Mondale, you are taxing my patience."
Harry Truman had to apply a
was a new Reagan and an old Reagan. Now,
[Laughter] And then I caught myself. Why
adical taxing scheme-let me
that doesn't have anything to do with my
should I give him another idea? That's the
only tax he hasn't thought of. [Laughter]
÷ young people who perhaps
age-|laughter}-because he said the old
er. that Harrv Truman was
Reagan was the youngest. That was me
Well, from now until November 6th,
: = the Oval Office and said
some time ago. And then he was quoting
we're going to make sure the American
stops here." I think today,
the new Reagan, and he says I'm saying
people know about this choice on which
different things.
their future depends. And we have two
my opponent's plans. he'd
never stops." [Laughter]
Audience member. You look good,
roads to tomorrow. We have the road of
interpiece of his economic
Ronnie! [Laughter]
fear and envy that he proposes. On his road
ackbreaking tax hikes you
The President. Thank you. [Laughter]
you frighten the elderly with false state-
Thank you.
ments.
÷ opponent spends SC much
ageous scare tactics
Well, I decided to copy him and do a
And right now I'm going to interrupt
little old and new Mondaleing myself. The
myself. I think one of the things that has
not my opponent's only tax
ie came up with still another
old Mondale said that if you tightened the
made me the most angry in this campaign
ite. He said. and I quare, "As
budget and reduced deficit spending, why
and in the 1982 congressional campaign
you could worsen a recession and cause un-
: the economy on 2 sound
was when we heard the political demagogu-
I would like to see the total
employment. And the new Mondale thinks
ery for personal, political advantage. We
that higher taxes will lead to a better econ-
ing." Now. this tax 19' even
heard them frightening the people in this
omy. Now, the new Mondale thinks-or the
it would be a dagger at the
country who have to depend on Social Se-
OW- and middle-income tax-
old Mondale publicly supported Jimmy
curity, frightening them by telling them
untry. It would mean bone-
Carter's wrong-headed grain embargo, and
that we had some secret plan: that we were
ares against those who can
a new Mondale claims he opposed it pri-
going to take their benefits away from them
vately-very privately. [Laughter] The old
or reduce them drastically. And he's saying
Mondale sponsored National Bible Week in
it again.
à reform that we passed to
the U.S. Senate, and that's not bad. Now the
cm the cruel. hidden tax,
Well, if there's anyone in our administra-
new Mondale says there's too much religion
en: uses inflation to force
tion that had any such idea, he wouldn't be
in politics. Well-
tax brackets. And they do
there long. I want you to know I have no
Audience. Boo-o-o!
only get a cost-of-living pay
plan. And I will absolutely battle against
The President. Yes. [Laughter]
osed to keep you even with
The old Mondale called the space shuttle
any suggestion of reducing or taking the
DU find yourself paying a
benefits these people on Social Security are
a horrible waste, a space extravaganza, and
ze of tax.
he personally led the campaign in the
getting or those who are anticipating going
the Mondale plan here is
Senate to kill it. Now the new Mondale
on Social Security and expecting to get.
pen to a family struggling
They're going to get those benefits the way
praises American technological achieve-
they are.
er year income: By 1989
ment. And while you and I are standing
aying over 73 percent more
here, and I'm riding across your State in
But he strives to divide Americans against
this train, we know that several young men
each other, seeking to promote envy and
d. that he now says be mis-
and women of ours are riding several times
portray greed. Franklin Roosevelt warned
that the only thing we have to fear in this
: night, that he actually
around this Earth in the Challenger. And
: the opposite about index-
God bless those young heroes for what
country is fear itself. Well, sadly, tragically,
-a) occasions since 1982, he
they're doing.
the only thing my opponent has to offer is
fear itself.
posed the repeal of index-
Audience. You're not getting older; you're
just getting better.
Well, that's the difference between us.
The President. But you know, just when
We see America's best days ahead. We see
ourselves in a springtime of hope, ready to
1519
Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
fire up our courage and determination to
reach high and achieve all the best. We see
you're all ready for this great new era
a life where our children can enjoy-at
opportunity. And this may gall our oppo-
last-prosperity without inflation. We see a
nents-the train's getting ready to whistle,
life where they can enjoy the highest of
and I have to move on to the next stop
before darkness catches us
creativity and go for the stars. not have
Audience. No-o-o!
their hopes and dreams crushed by-or
taxed away-by greedy politicans.
The President. I know. I wish I didn't, but
The American people are walking into
I do. And. I say, it may gall our opponents,
the future unashamed and unafraid.
but I think that the people of this country
Audience. [Singing] We love you, Ronnie.
agree with us when we say, "You ain't seen
Oh, yes, we do. We love you, Ronnie. We
nothin' vet
will be true. When you're not near us,
Thank you very much.
we're blue. Oh, Ronnie, we love you.
[6.] Perrysburg (7:40 p.m.)
The President. Thank you. Thank you
very much. And now, let me say, it's
The President. Thank you all. Thank you.
mutual.
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
One of the most thrilling things in this
more years!
whole campaign. wherever I've been, and
The President. Thank you, Madame
in meetings like this, is to see the turnout of
Mayor, for those kind words, and Del Latta
young people that come to these meetings.
for being here. And thank all of you. I must
It's so wonderful, because I want to say to
tell you, I've had a wonderful time visiting
all of you young people that my genera-
with the people of Ohio today. And I can't
tion-and several generations between
think of any finer way of ending my trip on
yours and mine-grew up in an America in
the "Heartland Special" than visiting with
which you started out knowing that there
you good people of Perrysburg.
was no limit to how high you could climb,
I've got a great deal to be grateful to all
how high you could fly, that is whatever
of you for. You've sent to Washington a
your own ability and energy and effort
Representative who has been a tremendous
would take you there would be no restric-
force for responsible government-the Con-
tion or penalty for it. And we just took that
gressman I just mentioned-Del Latta. It's
for granted in this country.
no coincidence that his name is on the bill
And then we came to a time when
that finally got control of Federal spending
people tried to tell us it wasn't that way,
after decades of tax and tax and spend and
that there were penalties, and that there
spend. He is a true friend of the taxpayers
were limits and so forth, and to reconcile
and a great friend to those who depend on
yourself to not doing that well.
economic progress to give them a chance at
Well, I think you are the very reason, and
a better life.
the most important reason for this election
Well, now we're 3½ weeks from election
and this campaign, because-
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
day, and the American people are getting
the full flavor of the very clear choice that
more years!
is facing them. It's a choice between two
The President. Oh, wait. I just want to tell
you-and I'm going to take the liberty, I
fundamentally different ways of governing
think I speak for myself and those several
and two distinct ways of looking at Amer-
ica.
other generations that I mentioned out
here-what we're determined is that you're
My opponent, Mr. Mondale, offers a
going to have the same kind of America
future of pessimism, fear, and limits, com-
that was turned over to us by our parents.
pared to ours of hope, confidence, and
That's what we're resolved to do and what
growth. Now, I know that his intentions are
good, and I know that he's sincere in what
we're going to do for all of you.
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
he believes. But he sees government as an
more years!
end in itself, and we see government as
The President. Well, all right. I know
belonging to you, the people, and only a
junior partner in your lives.
1520
Administration of Ronald Reagan. 1984 / Oct. 12
or this great new
My opponent and his allies live in the
Let's look at interest rates. Now, my op-
this may gall our
past. They're celebrating the old and failed
ponent has referred to something that he
getting ready to whish
policies of an era that has passed them by,
calls real interest rates. Well, people don't
ove on to the next
as if history had skipped over the 4 Carter-
pay interest rates on some academic smoke-
tches us
Mondale years. On the other hand, millions
screen or foggy economic theory. What
5'
of Americans join us in boldly charting a
they know is that when Jerry Ford left
know. I wish I didn't
new course for the future.
office-the end of 1976-the prime interest
may gall our opponent
Now, it's fitting that we're campaigning
rate was 6½ percent. When Mr. Mondale
ie people of this country
today on Harry Truman's train, following
left the Vice Presidency it was 21½ per-
we say, "You ain't
the same route that he took 36 years and 1
cent. the highest in 120 years.
day ago. He was the last Democrat I voted
Audience. Boo-o-o!
much.
for. I campaigned for him in 1948. Mr.
Truman could make very plain the differ-
The President. The average monthly
10 p.m.)
ences between himself and his opponent
mortgage payments more than doubled.
hank you all. Thank
and, my friends, that's just what I'm going
Car loans were hard to get and expensive.
you
to do this evening.
The automobile and the homebuilding in-
e years! 4 more years
Let us start with the record, the record of
dustries were brought to their knees. And
the administration in which Mr. Mondale
after all this economic punishment, guess
Thank you, Madami
carried a full partnership. In those 4 years,
what? Our opponents blamed you as being
nd words. and Del Latta
thank all of you. I must
they took the strongest economy in the
the cause, because you lived too well.
world and pushed it to the brink of col-
Audience. Boo-o-o!
wonderful time visiting
lapse. They created a calamity of such pro-
The President. You remember they told
Ohio today. And I can't
portions that we're still suffering the conse-
you you were going to have to sacrifice
ay of ending my trip on
quences of those economic time bombs.
more. Well, I found out that it's not so
ecial" than visiting
with
You know, on that January 20th in 1981
much that our opponents have a poor
Perrysburg.
that was no fresh-faced, well-fed baby that
memory for their ruinous past, they've just
leal to be grateful to all
was left on our doorstep. It was a snarling
a got a darn good "forgetory." [Laughter]
sent to Washington
economic wolf with sharp teeth. The suffer-
And you know, one of the things they'd
has been a tremendous
ing of America, the deep and painful reces-
like to forget the most is the misery index.
government-the Con
sion, the outrageous and frightening infla-
If you'll remember back in 1976, in that
ntioned-Del Latta If
tion-these things didn't start by accidental
campaign, they put the inflation rate and
his name is on the bill
ignition or spontaneous combustion. They
the unemployment rate, added them to-
rol of Federal spending
came about through the concerted misman-
gether, and then called it the misery index.
and tax and spend and
agement of the administration of which he
It came to 12.6 percent. And they said that
friend of the taxpayers
was a part. and his liberal friends who con-
Jerry Ford had no right to seek reelection
, those who depend on
trolled the Congress. They gave us five-
with such a huge misery index.
give them a chance at
you can count them-in a little more than a
Well, 1980 came along, and they didn't
year, five different anti-inflation plans, and
mention the misery index. And I don't
1/2 weeks from election
then ended up giving us the worst 4-year
think my opponent will mention it in this
can people are getting
record of inflation in nearly 40 years. While
campaign, possibly because when he left
very clear choice that
it took them five plans to nearly triple infla-
office the misery index was more than 20
a choice between two
tion, it's only taken us one to cut it by
percent, and now it's down to 11.6.
ent ways of governing
nearly two-thirds.
:S of looking at Amer-
My opponent's done a very good job of
Senior citizens were driven into panic by
slipping, sliding. and ducking away from
higher rents, exorbitant fuel costs, dramati-
this record. But here in Ohio, during the
r. Mondale, offers a
cally increasing food prices, and Federal
primaries, a Democratic candidate for the
fear. and limits, com-
health care costs which went up a massive
nomination, Senator Gary Hart, got his mes-
ope, confidence, and
87 percent. Some fairness. They punished
sage through by reminding the Ohio voters
that his intentions are
the poor and the young who struggled as
it he's sincere in what
of the true record. And let me quote Sena-
prices of necessity shot up faster than the
tor Hart. "Walter Mondale may pledge
ees government as an
other prices. Millions of Americans led a life
stable prices, but Carter-Mondale could not
e see government as
of daily economic terror, fueled by those
cure 12-percent inflation. "Walter Mon-
e people, and only a
unrelenting costs.
dale," he added, "has come to Ohio to talk
lives.
1521
Oct. 12 Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
about jobs, but Carter-Mondale watched
when government uses inflation to force
helpless as 180,000 Ohio jobs disappeared in
you into higher tax brackets. You get a cost.
Se
the period 1976 to 1980." Well, those were
of-living pay raise that's only meant to keep
Gary Hart's words.
pace with inflation. but it pushes you into
Those disastrous consequences did not
another, higher tax bracket, and you end up
come about by accident. They came
paying a higher percentage of tax.
through the implementation of the very
Well, under his plan, what would happen
policies of out-of-control spending, unfair
to a family struggling on $10,000 per year?
taxation, and worship of big government
By 1989. they would be paying over 73
that my opponent still supports. His philoso-
percent more in income taxes. Now we're
phy can be summed up in four sentences: If
told-and he has said in these last few days
it's income, tax it. If it's revenue, spend it.
since the debate-that he misspoke, that he
If it's budget, break it. And if it's a promise,
actually meant to say the opposite. But on
make it.
All this year he's lavished his campaign
several occasions since 1982, he's expressly
proposed the repeal of indexing. He's done
with promises that staggered even his
it quite often. In politics, they call that a
Democratic opponents. But, of course,
flip-flop. You'll forgive me, I'm going to call
there is a predictable answer by one who
it a Fritz-flop.
makes so many promises. The answer is
higher taxes, and massive new tax increases
Indexing is one example, but there are
are precisely what he proposes.
many others. Yesterday he wanted to give a
A few weeks back, he called for his new
$200 tax break to every family dependent,
plan. He said it was "Pay as you go." Well,
and today he wants to raise taxes the equiv-
what it is, of course, is nothing but the old
alent of $1,890 per household.
plan: You pay, and he goes. Those tax in-
Now, for the last couple of weeks in his
creases to pay for his promises add up to
campaign he's been talking about two Rea-
the equivalent of $1,890 per household, for
gans. He says there's a new one and an old
every household in the United States.
one. And he isn't. with that last term, refer-
Now, if Harry Truman had to apply a
ring to my age-|laughter]-because the
motto to his radical taxing scheme-I think
old Reagan was younger. That was back
recalling it for the younger people here
there. And the new Reagan, now, is me at
who might not recall that it was Harry
the present.
Truman who sat in the Oval Office and
But he's been doing that so much that I
said, "The buck stops here." Well, I think
decided to do some new and old Mondale-
with regard to my opponent's scheme he
ing myself. The old Mondale said tightening
would say, "Your buck never stops."
the budget and reducing deficits could
When the centerpiece of his economic
worsen a recession, increase unemploy-
program is backbreaking tax hikes, you can
ment. The new Mondale thinks higher taxes
see why my opponent spends so much time
lead to a healthy economy. The old Mon-
using outrageous scare tactics.
dale publicly supported Jimmy Carter's
Now, that's not my opponent's only tax
wrong-headed grain embargo. The new
extravaganza. He came up with still another
Mondale claims that he opposed it private-
one in our debate. He said, and I quote, "As
ly-very privately.
soon as we get the economy on a sound
Audience member. Yeah!
ground as well, I would like to see the total
Audience member. Give 'em hell, Ron!
repeal of indexing." Well, this tax is even
The President The old Mondale spon-
worse because it would be a dagger aimed
sored National Bible Week in the U.S.
at the heart of every low- and middle-
Senate, and that's fine. But the new Walter
income earner in America. It would mean
Mondale says there's too much religion in
new, crushing tax levies against those who
politics.
can least afford them.
Audience. No way!
Indexing was a reform that we passed. It
Audience. Boo-o-o!
goes into effect on January 1st. And it's to
The President. The old Mondale called
protect you from the cruel, hidden tax,
the space shuttle a horrible waste, a space
1522
Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984 / Oct. 12
flation to force
extravaganza, and in the United States
You get a cost.
team that believes that. I tell you now. no,
Senate he personally led the fight to kill the
we will not tamper with the benefits of the
meant to keep
space shuttle program.
pushes you into
people dependent on Social Security or
Audience. Boo-o-o!
and you end up
The President. Now the new Mondale
those that you are expecting when you
of tax.
come to your nonearning years.
praises American technological achieve-
You know-
t would happen
ment. And well he should, because while
0.000 per year?
I've been going across Ohio on this train,
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
baying over 73
more years!
those brave young men and women, those
xes. Now we're
heroes, have been up there going around
The President. All right.
se last few days
the world several times in the Challenger.
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
isspoke, that he
And God bless them for what they'r doing.
more years!
pposite. But on
But with all of those switches in the-
The President. Thank you.
?, he's expressly
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
You know, they try to divide us with
xing. He's done
more years!
envy and greed. Franklin Roosevelt warned
ney call that a
The President. Thank you. Thank you
that the only thing Americans have to fear
m going to call
very much. If you can take it. I can.
is fear itself. And sadly and tragically, the
But now, with all that talk about his in-
only thing my opponent has to offer is fear
but there are
and-out, old-and-new style, there-and just
itself. Now, that's the difference between
anted to give
a
when you could begin losing faith, still you
us. We see America's best days as still
nily dependent
find there is some constancy. The old Mon-
ahead. We see ourselves in a springtime of
taxes the equiv-
dale increased your taxes. And you can
hope, ready to fire up our courage and de-
d.
count on him-the new Mondale will, too.
termination to reach high and achieve all
of weeks in his
You know, in our debate I got a little
the best. We see a life where our children
about two Rea-
angry at all those times he distorted my
can enjoy-at last-prosperity without infla-
one and an old
record. And on one occasion I was just
tion. We see a life where they can enjoy the
ast term, refer-
about to say to him very sternly, "Mr. Mon-
highest of creativity and go for the stars,
-because the
dale, you're taxing my patience." [Laugh-
not have their hopes and dreams crushed—
That was back
ter] And then I caught myself. Why should I
or taxed away-by greedy politicians. The
now. is me at
give him another idea? That's the only tax
American people are walking into America
he hasn't thought of. [Laughter]
unashamed and unafraid. They're ready for
,O much that
1
But from now until November 6th, we're
this great new era of opportunity.
; old Mondale-
going to make sure the American people
And, you know, I have to interrupt
said tightening
know about this choice on which their
myself again. I know it's almost time for the
deficits could
future depends. We have two roads to to-
whistle to go and for me to leave. but-
se unemploy-
morrow. We have the road of fear and envy
Audience. No-o-o!
KS higher taxes
that he proposes. On his road, you frighten
The President. Yes, yes. it is.
The old Mon-
the elderly with false statements.
But one of the things that has just thrilled
mmy Carter's
And let me interrupt my thought right
me more than anything in this campaign,
go. The new
here to say something about that. Political
all over the country in gatherings such as
sed it private-
demagoguery is unpleasant at best. But in
this, is to see the predominance of so many
the 1982 congressional elections, and now
young people. Look at them. I'm so glad
in this present election, there has been
that you're all here, because this is what I
hell, Ron!
some cheap demagoguery, political expedi-
want to say to you young people: My gen-
londale spon-
ency, when he has deliberately frightened,
eration-and the several generations be-
in the U.S.
brought fear to elderly citizens who are de-
tween mine and yours—{laughter}-this is
e new Walter
pendent on Social Security for their liveli-
for us an election in which you, you are the
ch religion in
hood, when he says that somehow we've
real meaning of this election.
got some secret plan that we're going to
There's been a period in recent years in
take those benefits away from you, or at
our life here in America when we were told
least reduce them sizably.
that opportunity wasn't the same as it used
ondale called
Well, if there's anyone in my administra-
to be, that we couldn't have the dreams
tion that has such an idea, he's gone tomor-
caste, a space
that we once had.
row morning. There isn't anyone on our
Well, I'm here to tell you, the meaning of
1523
Oct. 12 / Administration of Ronald Reagan, 1984
this election is that the people of my gen-
Audience. Yes!
eration and those several other generations
The President. With regard to the future,
I mentioned are determined that you're
you ain't seen nothin' yet.
going to have the same America when we
God bless you all. Thank you very much
turn it over to you that we had when our
parents gave it to us.
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
more years!
Note: The President spoke from the rear
The President. All right.
platform of U.S. Car One of the "Heartland
Audience. 4 more years! 4 more years! 4
Special" in Dayton, Ottawa, Deshler, and
more years!
Perrysburg. In Sidney and Lima, he spoke
The President. You-
near the train stations. Following the whis-
Audience. Reagan! Reagan! Reagan!
tlestop tour. the President went to Camp
The President. God bless you.
David, MD, for the weekend.
Audience. Reagan! Reagan! Reagan!
U.S. Car One is the official designation
The President. You are ready, I know, for
given the Ferdinand Magellan when the car
this great new era of opportunity. And I
was purchased by the U.S. Government in
know this may gall our opponents-I'm
1946 for the exclusive use of the President
going to say it anyway.
of the United States.
Appointment of 12 Members of the Advisory Committee for Trade
Negotiations
October 12, 1984
The President today announced his inten-
Gerald E Kremkow, of Honolulu, HI, is president
tion to appoint the following individuals to
of the Gerald Kremkow Co. He was born Janu-
be members of the Advisory Committee for
ary 21, 1942, in Detroit, MI. This is a reap-
Trade Negotiations for terms of 2 years:
pointment.
Jo Ann Doke Smith. of Micanopy, FL, is presi-
Lloyd I. Miller. of Cincinnati, OH, is president,
chief executive officer. and director of Ameri-
dent of the National Cattlemen's Association.
can Controlled Industries. Inc. He was born
She was born May 9, 1939, in Gainesville, FL.
She will succeed Samuel H. Washburn.
May 1, 1924. in Cincinnati, OH. This is a reap-
pointment.
Warren S. Chase. of New York, NY, is vice presi-
Peter C. Murphy, Jr., of Eugene, OR, is president
dent, Bank of Boston, and currently on assign-
of the Murphy Co. He was born September 17,
ment in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was born
1936, in Portland, OR. This is a reappointment.
February 18, 1948, in Boston, MA. This is a
reappointment.
John Roberts Opel. of Chappaqua. NY, is chief
executive officer and president of the IBM
Barbara Hackman Franklin, of Washington, DC,
Corp. He was born January 5. 1925, in Kansas
is senior fellow and director of the Wharton
City, MO. This is a reappointment.
Public Policy Fellowship, the Wharton School,
Michael S. Robertson. of Falmouth, MA, is treas-
University of Pennsylvania. She was born
urer of Falmouth Marine, Inc. He was born
March 19, 1940, in Lancaster, PA. This is a
reappointment.
July 20, 1935. in Boston, MA. This is a reap-
pointment.
Francis P. Graves, Jr., of St. Paul, MN, is owner
J. Gary Shansby. of San Francisco, CA, is presi-
and president of Graves Aviation Co. He was
dent and chief executive officer of Shaklee
born May 14, 1923, in Los Angeles, CA. This is
Corp. He was born August 25, 1937, in Seattle,
a reappointment.
WA. This is a reappointment.
Richard Edwin Heckert, of Kennett Square, PA,
Thomas C. Theobald, of Darien, CT, is vice chair-
is vice chairman of the DuPont Co. He was
man of Citibank in New York City. He was
born January 13, 1924, in Oxford, OH. This is a
born May 5, 1937, in Cincinnati, OH. This is a
reappointment.
reappointment.
1524
Holidays
Ethiopia
Feast of the Finding of the True
Cross
September 27
Religious Calendar
The Saints
St. Barry, hermit. Also called Barnic, or Barruc. [d.
6th century]
Birthdates
1389
Cosimo de Medici, Italian ruler; first of the
tion or capture of 64 Union ships; after the
Medici family to rule Florence, 1433; known
Civil War, he lectured and wrote several
for his patronage of scholars and artists;
books based on his war experiences. [d.
called Cosimo the Elder. [d. August 1,
August 30, 1877]
1464]
1818
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, Ger-
1601
Louis XIII of France, the Just; reigned
man organic chemist; responsible for de-
during the Thirty Years' War. [d. May 14,
velopment of methods of synthesizing or-
1643]
ganic compounds, especially acetylsali-
1627
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, French bish-
cylic acid (aspirin), 1859. [d. November 25,
1884]
op, historian, and orator; tutor to the Dau-
phin; renowned for his oratorical skills. [d.
1839
Henry Phipps, U.S. manufacturer, philan-
April 12, 1704]
thropist; Director, U.S. Steel Corporation,
1901-30. (d. September 22, 1930]
1722
Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary
patriot, statesman; helped instigate Stamp
1840
Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S. admiral, naval
Act riots; leader of the Boston Tea Party;
historian, and theorist; author of numer-
signer of the Declaration of Independence;
ous classic studies of naval history and
member of Congress, 1776-81; Governor of
strategy; his works influenced the direc-
Massachusetts, 1794-97. [d. October 2,
tion of naval development in most major
1803]
countries of the world prior to World War
II. [d. December 1, 1914]
1772
Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas
Jefferson, third U.S. President; served as her
Thomas Nast, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator,
father's White House hostess. [d. October 10,
born in Germany; his pointed political car-
1836]
toons led to the fall of the Tweed Ring in
Sándor Kisfaludy, Hungarian poet, the Fa-
New York City's Tammany Hall, 1869-72;
ther of Lyric Poetry in Hungary. [d. October
conceived the Democratic Party's donkey
28, 1844]
symbol and the Republicans' elephant. [d.
December 7, 1902]
1783
Peter Joseph von Cornelius, German
1855
painter; known as the Founder of the Ger-
Joy Morton, U.S. manufacturer; founder
man School of Painting. (d. March 6, 1867]
and president of the Morton Salt Compa-
ny. [d. May 9, 1934]
Agustin de Iturbide, Mexican soldier; Em-
1862
Louis Botha, South African statesman, sol-
peror of Mexico, 1822-23. [d. July 19, 1824]
dier; Premier of Transvaal, 1907-10; first
1792
George Cruikshank, British artist, illustra-
Prime Minister of Union of South Africa,
tor; known for his satirical sketches in Oliver
1910-19. [d. August 27, 1919]
Twist and Grimm's Popular Stories. [d. Feb-
1875
Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist; Nobel
ruary 1, 1878]
Prize in literature for sympathetic portray-
1809
Raphael Semmes, Confederate naval
al of Sardinian life, 1926. [d. August 16,
commander; responsible for the destruc-
1936)
712
St. Elzear and Blessed Delphina, his wife. Elzear
also called Eleazar. [d. 1323 and 1360]
St. Vincent de Paul, founder of the Congregation of
the Mission (Vincentians, or Lazarists) and the Sis-
ters of Charity. Patron of all charitable societies.
Feast formery July 19. [d. 1660) Obligatory Memorial.
1898
Vincent (Millie) Youmans, U.S. composer;
1947
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), U.S. musi-
wrote Tea for Two, Great Day. [d. April 5,
cian, actor; former member of the rock
1946]
group, Amboy Dukes; appeared in the cult
1914
(Sarah) Catherine Marshall, U.S. nonfic-
film, Rocky Horror Picture Show; Platinum
tion writer, editor; known for her biogra-
Record Award for solo album, Bat Out of
Hell, 1978.
phy of her husband, Peter Marshall, enti-
tled A Man Called Peter. [d. March 18, 1983]
1958
Shaun Paul Cassidy, U.S. singer, actor;
starred in the television series, Hardy Boy
1917
Louis Stanton Auchincloss, U.S. novelist,
Mysteries and General Hospital.
short-story writer.
1918
Sir Martin Ryle, British radio astronomer;
Historical Events
Nobel Prize in physics for developing revo-
lutionary radio telescope systems (with
1825
The world's first public railroad to use lo-
Anthony Hewish), 1974. [d. October 14,
comotive traction opens in England be-
1984]
tween Stockton and Darlington.
1919
Charles Harting Percy, U.S. politician,
1831
British Association for the Advance-
business executive; President, Bell &
ment of Science is formed.
Howell Co., 1949-61; U.S. Senator, 1967-84.
1914
First Battle of Artois opens another Allied
1920
William Conrad, U.S. actor, director, produ-
attempt to dislodge the Germans along the
Western Front (World War I).
cer; starred in the television series, Cannon,
1971-76, and Jake and the Fatman, 1987-
1939
Warsaw falls to invading Germans (World
War II).
1922
Arthur Penn, U.S. director of plays and
1940
German-Italian-Japanese pact is conclud-
films such as The Miracle Worker, Two for
ed at Berlin, providing for 10-year military
the Seesaw, Alice's Restaurant, and Bonnie
and economic alliance (World War II).
and Clyde.
1946
Emperor Hirohito visits General Douglas
1924
Bud Powell, U.S. pianist, composer, and
MacArthur at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo,
modern jazz pioneer. [d. August 1, 1966]
becoming the first Japanese monarch in
history to appear publicly.
1926
Jayne Cotter Meadows, U.S. actress;
appeared in the television series, I've Got a
1947
Colombia cedes the San Miguel Triangle
Secret, 1952-58, and Medical Center, 1969-
to Ecuador, ending a 25-year land dispute.
72; married to Steve Allen.
1950
Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis to regain
1929
Sada Carolyn Thompson, U.S. actress;
the world heavyweight boxing title.
known for her role as Kate Lawrence in the
1954
The Tonight Show makes its television
television series, Family, 1976-79.
debut.
1943
Randy Bachman, Canadian singer, musi-
1961
Former U.S. Vice-President Richard Nixon
cian; guitarist with the rock groups, Guess
announces his candidacy for governorship
Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
of California.
(Continues. .)
713
Sierra Leone is admitted to the United
Nations.
1964
Warren Report on the assassination of
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is issued.
1969
South Vietnamese President Thieu states
that the withdrawal of U.S. troops would
take "years and years" because his country
had "no ambition" to take over the fighting
(Vietnam War).
1988
Greg Louganis becomes the first diver in
Olympic history to win gold medals in
consecutive Olympics.
Poland's parliament confirms Mieczyslaw
Rakowski as premier.
714
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SEPTEMBER 27 - SUNDAY
most likely involved. See also: "Committee on Assassinations
Report: Anniversary" (Mar 29).
271st Day Remaining, 95
ANCESTOR APPRECIATION DAY. Sept 27. A day to learn
BIRTHDAYS TODAY
about and appreciate one's forebears. Sponsor: A.A.D. Assn,
Wilford Brimley, 58, actor, born at Salt Lake City, UT, Sept 27,
Box 26, Montague, MI 49437.
1934.
CABRILLO FESTIVAL. Sept 27-Oct 4. San Diego, CA. Color-
Shaun Cassidy, 33, singer, actor, born at Los Angeles, CA, Sept
ful pageant reenacts the historic landing of Portuguese explorer
27, 1959.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who sailed into San Diego Bay on Sept
William Conrad, 72, actor, born at Louisville, KY, Sept 27, 1920.
28, 1542, and discovered California. Historical events; Portu-
Stephen Douglas Kerr, 27, professional basketball player, born
guese, Spanish, Native American and Mexican dances. Annu-
at Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 27, 1965.
ally, the last full weekend in September. Info from: Cabrillo Natl
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), 45, singer, musician, born at
Monument, Box 6670, San Diego, CA 92106. Phone:
Dallas, TX, Sept 27, 1947.
(619) 557-5450.
Greg Morris, 58, actor, born at Cleveland, OH, Sept 27, 1934.
CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE: 200TH BIRTH ANNIVER-
Arthur Heller Penn, 70, director, born at Philadelphia, PA, Sept
SARY. Sept 27. English illustrator, especially known for carica-
27, 1922.
tures and for illustration of Charles Dickens's books. Born Sept
Mike Schmidt, 43, baseball player, born at Dayton, OH, Sept 27,
27, 1792, and died Feb 1, 1878.
1949.
Sada Thompson, 63, actress, born at Des Moines, IA, Sept 27,
CUMBERLAND FAIR. Sept 27-Oct 3. Cumberland, ME. Horse
1929.
and ox-pulling contests and showing of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs
and poultry. Info from: L. Robert Morrill, 203 Blanchard Rd,
Cumberland, ME 04021. Phone: (207) 829-5531.
GOLD STAR MOTHER'S DAY. Sept 27. Presidential Proc-
lamation. Always last Sunday of each September since 1936.
Proclamation 2424 of Sept 14, 1940, covers all succeeding
years.
KENTUCKY APPLE FESTIVAL. Sept 27-Oct 3. Paintsville,
KY. Apple blossom beauty pageants, apple auction, country
music show, arts and crafts, flea market, antique car show,
Corvette show, Apple Bowl, Terrapin Trot, amusement rides,
and an AKC-sanctioned dog show. Info from: Kentucky Apple
Festival, Inc, Ray Tosti, Chmn, PO Box 879, Paintsville, KY
41240. Phone: (606) 789-4611.
NA WAHINE o KAI. Sept 27. Finish Duke Kahanamoku Beach,
Waikiki, Oahu, HI. Women's 40.8-mile Molokai-to-Oahu six-
SEPTEMBER 28 - MONDAY
person championship outrigger canoe race. Event publicity,
272nd Day Remaining, 94
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Phone: (808) 326-1011.
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navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who reached San Diego Bay
NAST, THOMAS: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. Sept 27. Ameri-
on that date. Cabrillo died at San Miguel Island, CA, Jan 3,
can political cartoonist born Sept 27, 1840. Died Dec 7, 1902.
1543. His birth date is unknown. The Cabrillo National Monu-
NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY. Sept 27. To build a
ment marks his landfall and Cabrillo Day is still observed in
nation and world that cares by increasing appreciation and
California (in some areas on the Saturday nearest Sept 28).
understanding of our fellow man, beginning next door. Annu-
CAPP, AL: BIRTH ANNIVERSARY. Sept 28. American satir-
ally, the fourth Sunday in September. Sponsor: Good Neighbor
ical cartoonist, Al Capp (born Alfred Gerald Caplin), creator of
Day Fdtn, Dr. Richard C. Mattson, Box 379, Lakeside, MT
"Li'l Abner," and originator of Sadie Hawkins Day, was born at
59922. Phone: (406) 844-3303.
New Haven, CT, Sept 28, 1909. He died at Cambridge, MA, Nov
PORTLAND MARATHON. Sept 27. Portland, OR. Events in-
5, 1979.
clude a 5-mile race, Mayor's Walk, kid's run and sports medi-
FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL. Sept 28-Oct 3. Walden, Cabot,
cine and fitness fair, in addition to the marathon. Annually, the
Plainfield, Peacham, Barnet and Groton, VT. Six towns wel-
last Sunday in September. Info from: Portland Oregon Visitors
come visitors during Vermont's famous fall foilage season. Send
Assn, Three World Trade Ctr, 26 SW Salmon, Portland, OR
self-addressed stamped envelope. Info from: Fall Festival Com-
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ROSH HASHANAH BEGINS AT SUNDOWN. Sept 27. Jew-
FIRST NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME: 100TH ANNIVER-
ish New Year. See "Rosh Hashanah" (Sept 28).
SARY. Sept 28. Mansfield, PA. Marks the first night football
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: FEAST DAY. Sept 27. French
game in America played Sept 28, 1892, between Mansfield State
priest, patron of charitable organizations, and co-founder of the
Normal School (now Mansfield University) and Wyoming Semi-
Sisters of Charity. Canonized 1737. (1581?-1660).
nary. Info from: Steve McCloskey, Sports Info Dir, Mansfield
University, Mansfield, PA 16933. Phone: (717) 662-4845.
SPACE MILESTONE: SOYUZ 12 (USSR). Sept, 27. Two So-
NATIONAL QUARTET CONVENTION: 35TH ANNIVER-
viet cosmonauts (V.G. Lazarev and O.G. Makarov) made two-
SARY. Sept 28-Oct 3. Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN.
day flight. Launched Sept 27, 1973.
Six-day event with focus on the nightly Southern Gospel con-
WARREN COMMISSION REPORT: ANNIVERSARY. Sept
certs. Daytime activities include a celebrity roast, celebrity golf
27. On this day in 1964, the Warren Commission issued a report
tournament, daily Bible study and chapel service and three-
stating that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination
hour cruise on Opryland's General Jackson. Annually, begin-
of President John F. Kennedy on Nov 23, 1963. Congress re-
ning the last Monday in September. Info from: Jackie Leach,
opened the investigation and in 1979 the House Select Commit-
Events Coord, 54 Music Sq W, Nashville, TN 37203. Phone:
tee on Assassinations issued a report stating a conspiracy was
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Public Papers of the Presidents
and 66 2/3 percent of the voters stayed at
point where they have gone off the graph.
home, and the one-third elected this Con-
They are still adjusting themselves in the in-
gress. You are getting just what you de-
terests of the fellows that control the goods,
serve. When you don't come out and take
and not the people that have to buy.
care of your interests, then something hap-
That is principally what I am interested in,
pens to you.
the people who have to pay the bill. And I
And I made this trip around over the
am going to continue to be interested in just
country to inform the people myself of
that. I made this trip around the country
what I think is in the public interest. You
so you could understand what I stand for, so
see, the President and Vice President are the
you would understand what I look like, and
only officials who are elected by the whole
so you could understand, without any politi-
United States, and their interest is the public
cal implications, what you ought to do when
interest of the whole United States, and not
you have a chance to vote again. And you
any special interest. And I call this 80th
are going to have that chance not far away.
Congress the special interest Congress.
When this Congress adjourns, the ma-
They passed that rich man's tax reduction
jority is going to Philadelphia, and they are
bill, which I vetoed a couple of times, and
going to tell the people what they did to the
then they passed it over my veto. Sometime
people in this country, and not what they
or other, when politics really gets going, I
did for them.
hope I can come out and make you another
And if you want it done to you as this
political speech, and I will analyze that bill
Congress has done it, then you go ahead and
for you and tell you what it does, and then
stay at home next time, and let's have another
you will understand why I vetoed it.
one like it.
You see, the country is getting about
But if you believe in the welfare of this
$200 billion in income, and I thought we
Nation, you ought to inform yourselves on
ought to pay the national debt so long as we
exactly what is best for the Nation. Then
could stand it. But special privilege-special
you ought to go and vote for what you think
privilege!-special privilege is working.
is best; and when the majority of the Ameri-
I just made a statement in Indianapolis
can people study the question, they are al-
that I had heard about what they had done
ways right. Jefferson said that, and it is
to the housing bill. They have emasculated
just as true today as it was when Jefferson
the housing bill in the interest of the real
said it.
estate lobby. And if that bill passes, you
I can't tell you how very much I have ap-
will all feel it. And then maybe, instead of
preciated this cordial reception which you
a third of you coming out, a hundred per-
have given me in Richmond, and I hope
cent of you will come out and vote for the
sometime or other to come back on a real
next Congress, and then we can see what
political tour, and tell you the facts about
we can do with it.
the issues.
I hope we can work things out in the pub-
lic interest. But this price situation affects
every person in the country. Price control
[8.] COLUMBUS, OHIO (II p.m.)
in the war was a consumers price control,
Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. I am
and this Congress said if price controls were
certainly agreeably surprised that so many
removed prices would adjust themselves.
people stayed up so late to see the Presi-
Well, prices have adjusted themselves to the
dent! I appreciate it more than I can tell
372
Harry S. Truman, 1948
June 17 [138]
you. The receptions along the trip have
times before that I had asked them to extend
been just like this one. They have been so
that price control law. just one year, so as to
cordial, and people have been so interested
give production a chance to catch up with
in the things that are at issue in the coun-
consumption, and restore it, to some extent.
try, that it has been a very great pleasure
That was not done.
to me to be able to face the people and tell
They finally passed a law about the 30th
them just exactly what I think is for their
of July which was impossible of enforce-
welfare and benefit. That is what I made
ment, and immediately the price spiral be-
the trip for. I have tried to make it per-
gan, and it hasn't stopped yet.
fectly plain that there is just one issue before
We must find some means to balance this
the country, brought about by the 80th Con-
situation. You know, it was said that prices
gress, and that is special privilege or the peo-
would adjust themselves. The prices have
ple's privilege. I think we are going to have
adjusted themselves, in favor of the people
this Congress with the historical record of a
that have the goods. They charge as much
Congress of special privilege; and I wanted
as the traffic will bear.
the people to understand distinctly my view-
What I was trying to do was to maintain
point on all these things.
a consumer control until production caught
I have discussed prices and housing and
up with consumption, and then prices would
the farm program, and all the other main
honestly adjust themselves. That's all I
issues that are before the country. In every
asked for. I don't like price controls any
section of the United States, I know that
better than anybody else, but it is the only
most everybody is interested in the price
thing by which the consumer could have
situation. And then there is another pro-
been protected. We are not going to get any
gram that the Republican platform made a
action on that in this Congress. We are not
perfect statement on. They said that they
going to get any action on the housing bill,
were going to build up a strong Labor De-
which was emasculated today.
partment. They have emasculated the Labor
The Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill, which is
Department. They have just finished taking
a bill in the interests of all the people, passed
another function of the Labor Department
the Senate more than 4 years ago, while I
away from it. They have made the Labor
was still in the Senate. I sent a message to
Department a travesty as a department.
Congress last February on the housing bill,
And that is wrong.
and the Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill passed the
I have just vetoed the so-called bill-yes-
Senate and went to the House. And the
terday-where they took about 750,000
Banking Committee of the House held that
people off the social security rules. That
bill until some of the Republicans revolted
ought to be broadened and increased, those
and II Democrats and 3 Republicans re-
rules, instead of tearing up the social secu-
ported that bill out to the floor of the House.
rity program of this country.
The Rules Committee tabled it, and they
I wish it were not so late that I had time
have introduced a housing bill which will
to discuss the whole number of issues with
be passed under a suspension of the rules,
you, but I think the thing that you are prin-
which is for the benefit of the people who
cipally interested in is the cost of living.
make the loans on houses, and has no help
In 1946 they brought me in an impossible
whatever for low-cost rental housing, which
price control bill which I had to veto June
is what the Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill
30th, when the price controls expired. Three
provided.
373
[138] June 17
Public Papers of the Presidents
That, today, is the action of the Congress,
what all the issues are, and explain them to
and it is almost a crime against the public.
you so that you can't make a mistake.
But you know, in 1946 you were disgusted
I can't tell you how very much I appre-
with everything, and most of you stayed at
ciate the privilege of seeing all of you, and
home and didn't vote. Only one-third of
letting all of you see me. There have been
the qualified voters of the Nation voted in
so many things said about me since I have
November 1946, and you elected the 80th
been President of the United States that I
Congress; and you got just what you de-
think you ought to have a chance to see what
served, when 662/3 percent of you stayed at
I look like. I appreciate that. I want to
home.
thank you very much. It certainly is won-
The majority in control of that Congress
derful to have you come out at this time of
said they were going to adjourn right away,
night to listen to your President, and to look
and they are going to Philadelphia, and they
at him and to judge him on your own hook.
are going to tell you what they did, not for
Thank you very much.
the public but to the public. And if you are
NOTE: In the course of his remarks on June 17 the
gullible enough to be fooled twice in a row,
President referred to James T. Blair, Jr., Mayor of
you will still deserve what you get.
Jefferson City, Phil M. Donnelly, Governor of Mis-
When it is possible, and the lines are
souri, John T. Connors, Mayor of East St. Louis,
Ralph Tucker, Mayor of Terre Haute, Al Feeney,
drawn, and I can have a chance to make a
Mayor of Indianapolis, Lester Meadows, Mayor of
political tour over the country, I will tell you
Richmond, and James Rhodes, Mayor of Columbus,
139 Rear Platform Remarks in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
June 18, 1948
[I.] ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA (6:10 a.m.)
message to the Congress on the subject last
Good morning! It certainly is a pleasure
February and they passed the same bill, prac-
to see you this early in the morning. Some
tically, as the Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill.
of you must have gotten up just as early as
Now that bill has been pending in the House
I did! We have had a wonderful trip across
ever since the Senate passed it, and the people
the country, through the Midwest and the
have been clamoring for low-cost rental hous-
Far West. Now we are going back to Wash-
ing ever since the war, and the only way,
ington before the Congress adjourns, so we
under present circumstances, that we can
can investigate further bills for considera-
possibly get low-cost rental housing has been
tion by the President. I hope that we can
through some such legislation as the Taft-
get some of the much needed legislation
Ellender-Wagner bill. That bill lay in the
which is now pending in the Congress.
Banking and Currency Committee of the
I am particularly interested in the hous-
House for quite a while, and eventually II
ing bill which is pending there. They have
Democrats and 3 forward-looking Republi-
certainly fixed that housing bill so that it will
cans reported that bill out. The Rules Com-
not do the general run of people any good.
mittee of the House chose to table it.
It passed the Senate more than 4 years ago,
Now they have pending before the House
while I was in the Senate, and it was known
the real estate lobby's bill. If that bill passes,
as the Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill. I sent a
it will merely mean a cut in taxes for in-
374
Suggested Remarks
Train Trip
Michigan-Ohio
September 23-24
(Thank you's and acknowledgements)
This campaign, like every campaign, is about a simple
question: what kind of America do we want -- for the young people
here today?
I want an America that is a military superpower -- an export
superpower -- and an economic superpower.
(An America where everyone who wants the dignity of work can
find it. Because just as you can't build a home without a
hammer, you can't build a dream without a job.) //
I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a
comprehensive, integrated series of steps to create here in
America -- by early in the next century -- the world's first $10
trillion economy. //
How do we get there from here?
The past four years -- over half of our job growth has come
from selling American products outside our borders. So we need
to pry open more foreign markets and create jobs here in the U.S.
Because the American worker never retreats, we always compete.
And we will win. //
Small business is the backbone of what we call the new
American entreprenerial capitalism -- they create 2/3rds of new
jobs. Today, small businessmen and women need relief -- from
taxation, regulation and litigation. 11
2
I want to reform a legal system that is careening out of
control -- faster than a lawyer can chase an ambulance. As a
nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for each other
more.//
Look at all the young people with us today -- if they are
going to compete, they deserve the world's best schools. So I
want to give every parent the right to choose their children's
schools -- whether public, private, or religious.
These are some of my ideas -- some of what I'm fighting for.
But while I'm trying to find ways to build America up, Bill
Clinton insists on cutting America down. While I'm focussing on
the future, he's fixed on the past -- engaged in a deliberate
campaign of distortion.
I'm proud of my record, and I'll stand by it in November.
But if Candidate Clinton wants to talk about the past, I say okay
-- let's look at what's been going on in Arkansas. //
Understand The people of Arkansas are decent and hard-
working. Frankly, they deserve better leadership than they've
been getting.
Arkansas people are like all Americans. We want to take
back our streets from the lawless and the looneys -- the
crackheads and the criminals. //
Candidate Clinton talks tough, but listen to this. In
Arkansas, the average criminal serves just one-fifth of his
sentence -- then he's let out on the streets.
3
(Now, I want to be completely accurate. The Arkansas
Corrections Department said this figure is misleading. They say
that the average criminal in Arkansas actually serves one-fourth
of his sentence. So instead of getting out in March -- they get
out in June. They call this progress? I'm sorry, but that is
still not good enough for America.)
Look at our federal prisons today. The average inmate
serves 85 percent of his sentence. I don't care if you beat up a
young teenager or steal a car -- you should to go to jail and
serve your time. No leniency. No compassion No excuses. 11
But don't ask me whose tough on crime. Ask the police in
Little Rock. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have endorsed
me -- as the best candidate for President of the United States. //
(What about health care? Governor Clinton says we can't'
wait four more years without a solution -- and I agree. I have a
plan that would use competition to cut costs and make health care
available to you and all your neighbors.
Governor Clinton's plan won't suprise you. He wants to get
the federal government more involved in setting prices. He wants
to put sharp surgical instruments in the hands of the same people
who gave you the House Post Office. I don't think that's a good
idea. //
But what has Governor Clinton in Arkansas? Five terms in
office, and still more than 40 percent of Arkansas workers today,
don't have health insurance with their jobs. That's higher than
Michigan. Higher than Ohio. Higher than every state but one.
4
It's the same thing in civil rights. In education. In
protecting the environment. (Governor Clinton promises America
the moon, while the roof is falling in on Arkansas.) Governor
Clinton say he wants to do to America what he has done for his
own state. And I say -- why should we let him?
But what about the economy -- the number one issue in this
campaign? I know we've had some tough times, but we're still
doing a lot better than our competitors in Europe, where they
have the high taxes and big government that Governor Clinton
advocates.
In America this week, housing starts were up -- the highest
jump in a year and a half. The Federal Reserve reported the
economy picking up some steam in most parts of the country.
Interest rates remain low, inflation is under control, the
economy is poised for a recovery -- if we make the right choice
this November./
But here again, Governor Clinton wants to do for the
national economy what he has done for Arkansas. And if you got a
job -- if you're in the middle class -- you ought to take those
words as a threat.
Here are the facts -- pure and simple. Governor Clinton has
more than doubled Arkansas spending since 1983 -- and he has paid
for it by raising the taxes that hurt working families most.
Governor Clinton raised and extended the sales tax -- over
and over. He taxed groceries, he taxed mobile homes, he doubled
5
the tax on gasoline. He raised the tax on beer, and he even
tried to tax child care.
(It doesn't matter if the burp comes from baby or a
Budweiser -- Governor Clinton wants to slap a tax on it.)
I could say that all Governor Clinton's proposals are taxing
my patience -- but why give him another idea?)
But don't take my word. Listen to Govenor Clinton's
hometown newspaper -- and I quote: "In the Clinton era, the
Arkansas tax system has become stacked against the ordinary
taxpayer and consumer, stacked for the rich and special
interest."
I don't want a tax system that just benefits the rich -- I
want a tax system that helps all working people get rich. That
is the American way.//
Now, Candidate Clinton says he has seen the light. In this
campaign, he's proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in new
spending. But you won't pay for it, he says. All the money will
come from the rich --- all those folks who drive the Jaguars and
play paddle tennis.
Well, we've heard this before. Jimmy Carter said it.
Walter Mondale said it. Mike Dukakis said it. The liberals who
control Congress say it just every day.
But how come every time someone tries the soak the rich, the
middle class ends up take a shower? (I say, it's time to take a
towel -- and dry the middle-class off.)
6
If you take the $150 billion in taxes governor Clinton
already says he wants -- throw in a conservative estimate of all
his new spending on top of it -- the result should send a chill
down your spine.
Governor Clinton's tax and spending plans will cost the
average middle-class American -- $1,500 extra. Those are the
facts. $1,500. To me, that's 1,500 reasons -- to make sure that
Governor Clinton spends next April 15th -- filing his federal
taxes -- in the comfort and serenity of Little Rock. //
Lets say your a forty-year-old fireman, with about $30,000
in taxable income. Candidate Clinton wants you to give
government another thousand dollar. That money could go to fix
your car or or pay your doctor's. I think you ought to be
allowed to keep it.
(Lets say you are a third grade teacher, with just $22,000
in taxable income. Candidate Clinton wants you to fork over
another $430 next April, I say keep it --- and take a vacation up
in Lake --).
Lets say you are an insurance salesman, with $38,000 n
taxable income. Candidate Clinton wants you to give the IRS
almost $2,000 more. I say that money could better be spent
saving for your kids education.)
This is the fundamental issue in this election. Governor
Clinton trusts government planners to invest your money better
than you can. I believe that you can invest your money, better
than any government planner.
7
Governor Clinton says he wants to gather the best and
brightest -- all the economists and lawyers and lobbyists and
bring them to Washington -- to figure out how to fix all your
problems. I want to give more power and freedom to the people of
( ) -- because the best and the brightest in America are right
here. //
Let me put it another way.
I know Governor Clinton is concerned with his lack of
foreign policy experience. But don't worry, he's trying to catch
up. This week he was in Hollywood, seeking foreign policy
advice from those doyens of diplomacy -- those Modern-Day
Metternichs -- the rock group -- U2.
(Now understand, I have nothing against U2 -- in fact they
call me at the White House every night from their concert)
But next time we face a foreign policy crisis, I'll work
with John Major and Boris Yeltsin. Maybe Governor Clinton will
turn for advice to those two little guys who hop around with
their clothes on backwards. //
But I want to be fair. U2 is not a description of Governor
Clinton's foreign policy. U2 is a description of his economic
plan for America.
U2 can pay higher income taxes. U2 can pay a new payroll
tax. U2 can watch interest rates rise, and inflation eat your
paycheck -- U2 can get used to 10 percent unemployment -- just
like they have in Europe.
8
I say forget a U2 economic policy -- we too deserve
something better in America. //
Bill Clinton's taxes are wrong for our economy. Bill
Clinton's record is wrong for the White House. Any way you cut
it -- Bill Clinton is wrong for America. 11
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and
On April 5, 1883, Arthur set out for Florida 10 do some
Whistle-stop Trains
fishing. Claiming his trip was a much-needed vacation, he
consistently ignored the crowds along the way on railroads
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that later were grouped under the CSXT predecessor Atlantic
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almost since the birth of railroading. After all, the predecessor
heat of Wilmington, N.C., he ventured out while crews with
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the nation's first common
turpentine torches changed the wheels under his car from the
carrier founded in 1827, served Washington, D.C.
Wilmington & Weldon's standard-gauge set to the
In December 1830, John Quincy Adams - though in was
Wilmington & Manchester's five-foot gauge. Finally, curious
after he had left the presidency - wrote of traveling on "the
onlookers were satisfied.
new and frightening horse-drawn railway cars" of the B&O for
For the same reason that Arthur hid from view, those
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aspiring to the highest office actively sought the public
Andrew Jackson was the first sitting president to ride a
exposure that trains trips would bring.
train, traveling over the same B&O line, except this trip was
Three-time candidate William Jennings Bryan campaigned
pulled by the steam engine Atlantic.
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Among the other firsts recorded by the B&O was the first
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, another CSXT predecessor.
president-elect to ride a train 10 his inauguration. William
Charles B. Ryan, then assistant general passenger agent,
Henry Harrison rode in a coach provided by the B&O from
suggested to company President M.E. Ingalls that the nominee
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Frederick, Md., to Baltimore on Feb.-6, 1841, and continuing
be given free use of a business car while traveling on the
to Washington three days later.
C&O. Ryan felt it would be good publicity. Ingalls, said to be
As the country's fledgling railroad network expanded, train
a Democrat but not a free-silver man like the Silver-Tongued
travel increasingly became more convenient and less stressful
Orator, reluctantly agreed to the plan.
than other transportation modes of the time. Yet, presidents
As Republican Warren Harding and his wife campaigned
traveled little in those early days in stark contrast to today's
on the B&O in 1920, a spring on one of their private car's
chief executives, who almost mutinely travel around the world.
wheel assemblies broke at Millwood, W.Va., derailing the car
One early president who did venture out was James K. Polk,
and giving them a wild ride across a trestle. Only a guardrail
who arranged a visit to his alma mater, the University of North
prevented them from falling into the Ohio River. The
Carolina in Chapel Hill. in 1847. Polk wrote about his
Hardings were unhurt and continued on in another private car.
experience as be proceeded south May 29 on the Raleigh &
The candidate used the incident in his next campaign stop at
Gaston line, which later became part of the Seaboard Air Line
Mason City, likening his proposed administration to a
Railroad, another CSXT predecessor.
"guardrail" that would prevent Democratic "derailments."
"At intervals of every few miles, and especially at all the
By the 1920 election, the whistle-stop campaign was well-
railroad depots, many persons, male and female, were
entrenched as a technique of American politics, and presidents
assembled to see me," Polk wrote. "At most of these places, I
descended from the cars and shook hands with as many of
enjoyed the speed and efficiency of the nation's railroads.
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Until Calvin Coolidge, that is.
them as time would permit."
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Harry Truman continued Roosevelt's tradition, traveling on
Eschewing the presidential special and its extra cost, the
the B&O often between Washington and St. Louis enroute to his
frugal Coolidge rode the B&O to Chicago in December 1924
home in Missouri. Truman, the incumbent, defeated Thomas E.
in a standard sleeper filled with other passengers. Coolidge
Dewey in 1948, despite what the polls indicated at the time. (The
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found his compartment too hot with the door closed, but when
famous picture of Truman holding aloft the Chicago Tribune
he opened it, passengers streamed by for a look. In the diner,
banner headline "Dewey Defeats Truman," was taken Nov. 3.
he ordered a $1.25 dinner of clain chowder, oysters, turkey
1948 as the president stood at the rear of the Ferdinand Magellon
and ham, glaring back at the passengers who stared at bim.
at St. Louis Union Station.) Among the reasons for Truman's
Thus, the railroads serving Washington, D.C., decided among
victory is the vigorous whistle-stop tour he made. covering 21,000
themselves to return to special trains for Coolidge, simply
miles in 17 trips, and making more than 300 speeches. One such
calling them extra sections of regular trains and charging the
trip was over the same route that President Ronald Reagan used
standard fares.
when he traveled aboard the CSXT predecessor Chessie System's
One of Herbert Hoover's experiences with the B&O was
Heartland Special in 1984.
tense, owing to the presidential train narrowly missing a
High drama rode the rails with Dwight Eisenhower in 1952
collision with an automobile as the train returned to
during the tast of the major whistle-stop campaigns as airplanes
Washington from Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 23, 1929. Two men
began to replace trains as the preferred way to travel. As Ike's
had placed an automobile on the track at a crossing five miles
train traveled through the Midwest and Vice Presidential nominee
north of New Albany, Ind. Neighbors saw it and pushed the
Richard Nixon's special traveled in the West, news reports
car out of the way. Later, it was determined that the owner of
surfaced about an alleged secret fund with Nixon ties. Eisenhower,
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the second-hand Cadillac owed $35 on the car. Not having the
debating whether to drop Nixon from the ticket, rolled up the
money, the owner and a friend pushed it onto the track hoping
B&O from Kenova, W.Va., to Wheeling on Sept. 24 for a face-to-
a train would hit the car and the owner would collect the
face meeting with Nixon, who had flown aboard a DC-6 to
insurance. They had no idea the President's train was due.
Wheeling. Emerging from the meeting, Eisenhower gave Nixon a
Franklin Roosevelt was an avid user of the cailroad,
vote of confidence and he remained on the ticket.
making nearly 400 rail trips over 358,000 miles during his 12
Reagan was the last president to ride a train, making the
years in office, many of them on the armor-plated private car
previously mentioned Heartland Special trip from Dayton to
Ferdinand Magellan. During World War 11, most of
Perrysburg, Ohio, on Oct. 12, 1984. Reagan used the Ferdinand
Roosevelt's rail trips were secret: reporters went along but
Magellan, resurrected from the Gold Coast Railroad Muscum in
couldn't file their stories until the trip was concluded. One
Miami, Fla. (The museum was heavily damaged by Hurricane
such journey began on April 10, 1943, as Roosevelt set off to
Andrew on Aug. 24, 1992, but the Magellan with its armor plating
inspect military installations around the country. The first stop
sustained only minor damage.)
for this trip shrouded in secrecy was at Alexandria, Va. - on
"For a number of years after the war, all my travel was by
the CSXT predecessor Richmond, Fredericksburg and
train and frankly I enjoyed it that way," Reagan said. "When the
Potomac Railroad - just across the Potomac River from
opportunity came to do an old-fashioned whistle-stop, [ was
Washington. The reason? To pick up some horse meat for Sister,
delighted. I enjoyed that ride through Ohio and have nothing but
an Irish setter belonging to Roosevelt's cousin. The dog's dietary
happy memories of it."
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A Brief History of
CSX Transportation
1827-1992
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How did Jacksonville become the
opened the new building.
headquarters of the nation's largest railroad?
In 1967, Seaboard Air Line Railroad, then headquartered in
Richmond, Va., and Atlantic Coast Line merged to
create
A lot of history has gone into the making of CSX
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, with headquarters in
Transportation, the nation's largest railroad.* You probably
Jacksonville:
In 1982, Seaboard Coast Line merged with some famous
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remember learning in grade school about the Baltimore &
Ohio, formed in 1827 as the nation's first railroad. The B&O
subsidiary lines - the Louisville & Nashville, the Clinchfield,
is just one of hundreds of early railroads that have evolved
the Georgia Railroad and the West Point Route - and created
into CSX Transportation. There were a lot of other historic
Seaboard System Railroad. The headquarters, however,
names, some of them mentioned on the following pages.
remained in Jacksonville.
So how did Jacksonville come to be beadquarters for
A little earlier, in 1980, Seaboard had merged with
America's oldest and largest railroad?
Chessie System Railroads to form CSX Corporation. But
The history of railroads in Jacksonville goes back to the
Seaboard and Chessie continued to operate separately with
early 1850s, when Dr. Abel Seymour Baldwin built the first
Seaboard headquarters in Jacksonville and Chessie
rail line - the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad
headquarters in Cleveland and Baltimore.
and extended it in 1857 to Alligator, later to become Lake
In 1985, Seaboard and Chessie started consolidating
City. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. David L. Yulee started the Florida
operations, closing the headquarters in Cleveland. For the next
Railroad, from Fernandina to Cedar Key. (The towns of
five years, Jacksonville and Baltimore shared beadquarters
Baldwin and Yulee are named for these railroad pioneers.)
functions with Jacksonville as the focal point of railroad
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Along came Henry Flagler in 1880s, extending the
operations.
railroad from Jacksonville south, opening up Florida's east
Now, in 1992, the beadquarters functions in Baltimore are
coast, while another rail pioneer, Henry Plant, was doing the
being relocated to Jacksonville. And that's how Jacksonville
same thing on the gulf coast. (Flagler County and Plant City
became headquarters for CSX Transportation, and home for
more than 5,000 of the company's 35,000 employees.
bear their names.)
However, Jacksonville's emergence as a major railroad
headquarters city did not begin until the late 1950s, when
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which had outgrown its
headquarters in Wilmington, N.C., started looking for a new
home.
Jacksonville was one of several southern cities under
consideration, but with a well-organized effort from the
business and political communities, Jacksonville won out in
1958 and ACL began construction of its new headquarters
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building on the St. Johns River. In July 1960, ACL completed
its move of 950 employees and their families and officially
*Largest in terms of revenue, track miles, and number of employees
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Mississippi River.
165 Years old and still going strong
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway - -
another major link in the western chain - was founded in
The history of CSX Transportation - steeped in
1845. The first nine miles of the line from Nashville opened
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tradition - actually began in 1827 with the birth of the
six years later, and by 1853, the line had crossed Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the nation's first railroad. A
Mountain and reached the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, Ala.
short time later, two other branches of what is now the CSX
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad came into being
family tree were formed: the Petersburg Railroad, the
in 1850 when it was granted a charter by the
First of the lines that would eventually make up the Atlantic
Commonwealth of Kentucky "to build a railroad between
Coast Line Railroad, was chartered in 1830; and the
Louisville and the Tennessee state line in the direction of
Portsmonth & Roanoke Rail Road, first predecessor of the
Nashville." By the time the Civil War began in 1861, "Old
Seaboard Air Line Railroad, was organized in 1832. Both
Reliable," as the L&N was known, had 269 miles of track.
the Petersburg and the Roanoke were chartered in Virginia.
At the close of the war, L&N began a program of
Two years later, the Georgia Railroad, which connected
expansion, and in the next 30 years the railroad was
Augusta and Atlanta, was formed. The line gained added
extended to Memphis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Birmingham,
importance in 1836 when it became the Georgia Railroad
and the Gulf ports of Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans.
and Banking Company.
In May 1852, the Maryland General Assembly granted
In 1847, the West Point Route - which ran some 81
a charter to the Baltimore, Carroll & Frederick Rail
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miles between South Atlanta and West Point, Georgia -
Road to build a line from Baltimore northwest through
was formed. Ten years later the road's name was changed to
Westminster, then west toward Hagerstown. The name of
Atlanta & West Point. The Georgia Railroad and the West
the enterprise was soon changed to Western Maryland
Point Route later became subsidiaries of Atlantic Coast
Railway.
Line.
Though the WM maintained its independence for many
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, one of the principal
years, the road was eventually merged with B&O/C&O.
early corridors of transportation in Virginia, was chartered in
The Chicago & South Atlantic which became known
1836. Four decades later, the C&O was completed from
as the Monon - began construction in 1879 of a narrow
Richmond to the Ohio River; the westem terminus/ of the road
gauge milroad between Chicago and Charleston, South
was the new city of Huntington, W. Va.
Carolina; however it never came close to the South Atlantic
By the late 1840s, CSX predecessors had begun their
coastline. The Monon was reorganized as the Chicago,
western migration.
Indianapolis & Louisville Railway in 1897. It was merged
In 1849, an ancestor of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
with the L&N in 1971.
was chartered to build north from Evansville, Ind., along the
The last of the CSX predecessors founded in the 19th
Ohio River.
century was the Hocking Valley Railway - an outgrowth of
The road reached Vincennes, Ind., in 1853 and Terre
the old Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway.
Hame in 1854. By the tum of the century, C&El had put
From 1899, until it was absorbed by the C&O in 1930, it
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together a line all the way south to Thebes, III., on the
operated 320 miles of track, carrying coal from the Hocking
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Hills to Toledo and Great Lakes shipping outlets. It later
served the C&O as its coal outlet to the Great Lakes and the
Midwest.
The Pere Marquette Railroad was created in 1900 from
a group of Michigan lines that had grown up from a maze of
lumber roads buils in the preceding 30 years. It served local
needs, but it was only after the C&O acquired control - and
the road ended up in the backyard of the automotive industry
- that it became an important property. It was merged with
C&O in 1947.
The Clinchfield Railroad was formed in 1905. The new
company - named Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad
- began life between Johnson City, Tenn., and Marion, N.C.
The Clinchfield entered the fold of what became known
as The Family Lines System when Atlantic Coast Line and the
Louisville & Nashville absorbed properties of the CC&O.
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In 1967, Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line
combined their resources to form Seaboard Coast Line
Railroad.
In 1973, Chessie System Railroads was adopted as the
new corporate identity for what had previously been the B&O,
C&O and Western Maryland railroads.
Ten years later the Seaboard System Raitroad was
formed through the consolidation of the Seaboard Coast Line,
Louisville & Nashville, Clinchfield, and the Georgia milroads.
The final pieces came together on July 1, 1986, when
Seaboard and Chessie consolidated and the name was changed
to CSX Transportation.
Today, CSXT and its 35,000 employees provide rail
transportation and distribution sérvices over an 18,800 route-
mile network in 20 states. the District of Columbia and
Ontario, Canada.
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Baltimore
A proud heritage
The Baltimore, one of the oldest cars in the CSX Transportation fleet, has a proud
heritage dating from the golden era of passenger rail travel. It has been in service by CSX
Transportation and its predecessors for nearly 70 years.
With mahogany paneling and historic interior furnishings, office car No. 317 includes the
president's stateroom, two guest bedrooms, an observation room, dining room, galley and
crew quarters.
The car, originally called Baltimore No. 1, was placed in service June 2, 1924, when the
Pullman Company delivered it to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. The first officer to
use the Baltimore was Seaboard President Davies Warfield of Baltimore, Md., an uncle of the
Duchess of Windsor.
Later, the car served under the names Carolina No. I and Virginia No. 1 before it was
named the Alabama in 1971 by Seaboard Coast Line President Prime F. Osborn Ш. In 1986,
the car was renamed the Baltimore. The late Richard D. Sanborn, then president and CEO of
CSX Transportation's Distribution Services unit, traveled extensively on the Baltimore, opting
for rail travel over air travel whenever possible. In fact, upon his relocation to Baltimore from
Jacksonville, Fla., the office car served as his residence in Baltimore while his home was
under construction.
While the Baltimore has served many presidents of railroads over the years, it can now
add to its list of guests a President of the United States. The Baltimore played host to
incumbent George Bush on the Presidential Whistle-stop Tour 1992, a campaign swing
through Ohio and Michigan in Sept. 1992.
While much of the car is original, several key modifications have been made since it
originally rolled out of the Pullman shops. At one time, for instance, the car had a clerestory
roof, so the small windows could be opened to provide cooling and ventilation. Now the
roof conceals the duct work of a modem air conditioning system. Similarly, riding quality
was enhanced when six-wheel, central bearing trucks were installed in 1963 at the Seaboard
Air Line Shops in Portsmouth, Virginia.
The Baltimore combines modern comforts with the elegance of a bygone cra.
©1992 CSX Transportation, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.