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15. The first dam was built in early 1860 by
CHIMNEY Rock Trempealeau County
fogging pioneers, and many of their employee
From the towering, ragged rock, the highest point in the vicinity. It was
ves.
riginally called Devil's Chimney and was a landmark to travelers.
fated as a city in 1891, the smallest settlement in the
CHIPPANAZIE Washbum County
the status of a city, and the first and only one to pass
When lumbermen set out to fell a tree, they would saw through the
ip to a full-fledged city. Its population at that time Was
proper distance, and then chop a notch on the side to which the tree was to
Fall This was called to "chip-in-a-zee"
Date County
It is also said that the name was first applied to the creek and is the
Indian term for "crooked water."
hill secmed to be raising chickens.
CHIPPEWA COUNTY
Named from the Chippewa River. Several bands of the Chippewa tribe
Richland County
settled on its headwaters to which they had fought their way from Lake
cr reported that the 120 Plymouth Rock capons of
Superior against the Dakota or Sioux.
a sight to behold."
CHIPPEWA Ashland County
Chippewa is a popular adaption of the Indian word Ojibwa, a tribe of
Rock County
the Algonquian Nation. The word means "to roast till puckered up" and
Arm of John Child.
refers to the puckered seam on their moccasins, or the puckering of the
rauford County
skins in the toe of their moccasins. Or it may have originated from their
practice of putting captives to death by torture with fire.
Town, it was named after a man by the name of Childs.
CHIPPEWA CITY Chippewa County
The first scttlement was a sawmill in 1851. The town thrived until the
ity Northwestern Railroad built through this area to take
money panic of 1875 when it was abandoned and most of the residents
There was a small mill about a mile east of where the
moved to Durand. In 1938 Procter LaDuc of Canada bought the land and
ng called Cedarhurst. Another sawmill was built at the
opened a fishing resort. Chicfs of the Chippewa tribe were said to have met
and grew to be a large operation. One cold day during
in council at NMV site.
ne railroad officials came for the purpose of selecting a
CHIPPEWA EALLS Chippewa County
they did not want to get out of the train, so one of them
This settlement received its name in 1836 from a pioneer, Jean Brunet
stop Chili because it is really chilly here."
because of the large falls on the Chippewa River at this site. At one time it
had the largest sawmill under one roof in the world.
et County
and Catherine Stanton settled on the banks of the
CHITTAMO Washburn County
where they built a mill. They named their settlement
The Chippewa Indian word for squirrel. It was also the name of an
Marygold came in 1858 and platted the village. He
Indian sub-chief who lived there for many years.
Chillington after his native home in England. Patrick
CHITWOOD HOLLOW Richland County
0 the county seat at Stockbridge to register the name.
(Richwood Township)
bably at Portland or Branch Creek, Patrick stopped to
John Chitwood came to Richwood in the 1850s and he died here in
and became somewhat hazy. When he got to Stockbridge
1905.
reted his message as Chilton. This name however is not
CHIWAUKEE PRAIRIE Kenosha County
y Chilton was the first Pilgrim to step on Plymouth
Chiwaukee Prairie is the largest unbroken prairie in Wisconsin. The
of years Chilton Canning Company called a brand of
She was pictured on the label. The depot area was
200 acre prairie is so named because it is located between Chicago and
Milwaukee. Over 300 species of plants grow on the sandy ridges and swales
ilton Center.
J. H. Hamilton says that in 1852 or 1853 the question
of what was once the shoreline of glacial Lake Chicago, the predecessor of
y was submitted to a vote of the residents. His father, W.
Lake Michigan.
friend and neighbor whose old home in England was
CHRISTIANA Dane County
and he was anxious to have that name for the new town.
Named by Mr. Grunnel Ólson Vindg in honor of the Norwegian city in
e the election this gentleman called at the Hamilton
his native land. It should have been spelled Christiania.
eldest girl. Gratia, then 12, to write the ballots for him.
CHRISTIANA Vernon County
Chilton and that name won.
From the city in Norway.
Richland County
CHRIST RIDGE Crawford County
(Marietta Township)
ition in the Town of Ithaca resembles a chimney.
It was named after the Christ family, as were Christ Hill and Christ School
isconsin Place Names
51
October 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
MICHELE NIX
SUBJECT:
TRAIN TRIP
One day train trip through Wisconsin:
Burlington
Suffex
Oshkosh
Stevens Point
Chippewa Falls
This is a 280-mile trip on Saturday, October 31 -- so we
need lots o' Halloween one-liners. No Waukesha event.
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LEVEL 1 - 18 OF 49 QUOTATIONS
Copyright 1988 James B. Simpson
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
SECTION: The World
SUBJECT: Armed Forces; Officers & Enlistees
LENGTH: 26 words
SOURCE: Adm Arthur W Radford, US Navy, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
QUOTE:
A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information 50
incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself.
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Copyright 1983 Gerald F. Lieberman
3,500 Good Quotes for Speakers
SUBJECT: DECISION
LENGTH: 20 words
SOURCE: Lord Mansfield
QUOTE:
Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right,
but your reasons are sure to be wrong.
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Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
SECTION: The World
SUBJECT: Armed Forces; Officers & Enlistees
LENGTH: 23 words
SOURCE: Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of
Alamein, British Army
QUOTE:
Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of
decision, then he is no good.
CBS TV 28 Apr 59
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MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE PROVOST
DAN MC GROARTY
CHRISTINA MARTIN
RAY SILLER
CLAIRE TURNEY
FROM:
ED WALTERS
SUBJECT:
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN LOCAL COLOR
LOCAL COLOR:
Chippewa Falls (pop. 13,516) is located along the Chippewa
River and Duncan Creek Valley in the Indianhead Country of
Wisconsin. Twelve years ago, Chippewa Falls gained its claim to
fame in a dispute with Deming, New Mexico about who had the
world's purest water. Chippewa Falls won (cf. Arkansas, who was
undoubtedly not even in the running).
Other industries: shoe companies and beer. More to come on
that (cf. Bill Clinton beer tax).
The biggest industry in town is Cray Research (2,150
employees) ; the company just laid off 430 full and part-time
jobs, following a general trend of the computer industry
worldwide. Cray makes supercomputers, and it is the world's
standard for supercomputing.
In addition, the company is friendly to us -- they have
benefitted from opening markets in Japan, and the intercession of
Carla Hills in trade disputes with Japan. In addition, they have
also been a part of the Administration's CRADA program, sharing
technology between the public and private sectors.
Local amusement: Crosby Donkeyball. I will scrub tomorrow,
but there is no doubt a joke in this somewhere.
ISSUES: See general Wisconsin issues and color.
HUMOR/APPLAUSE LINES:
But we don't have to feel sorry for Bill Clinton and
the Democrats. After we win this election, they can
all go work for Crosby Donkeyball.
More to follow tomorrow.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
29-Oct-1992 04:36pm
TO:
(See Below)
FROM:
Edward J. Walters
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: How We Will Win
Hotline State-by-State numbers have provided further evidence of
the Fall of Bill. I know that everyone we hear talk about the
electoral map tells us it's over. But I'm not so sure.
If we update today's Hotline results with new polls showing Ohio
and Wisconsin being one- and two-point races, here's what you get:
Polls in which Clinton leads (beyond margin of error): 23 states
for 242 electoral votes. He needs 270 to win.
Polls in which the President leads, or the result is too close to
call: 27 states for 296 electoral votes (270 needed to win).
On Friday, it was Clinton 303 -- Bush+Tossup 235.
I realize the assumptions at work here, and point this out merely
to illustrate the tangible effects of a nationwide sea change.
It also makes clear the need for all of us to sprint to the finish
line. We're going to win.
DISTRIBUTION:
TO: Andrew Ferguson
TO: Maria Eitel
TO: Robert A. Snow
TO: Scott N. Sforza
TO: John R. Undeland
TO: Margaret A. Offit
TO: Paul J. McNeill
TO: Paul J. Luthringer
TO: Jean M. Bunton
TO: Jennifer A. Grossman
TO: Carol B. Aarhus
TO: Susan M. Nix
TO: Gary J. Gershowitz
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Chippewa Falls
Area Chamber of Commerce
FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION COVER SHEET
TO: Karen
FAX #: 202-456-6218
DATE: 10-28-92
NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING THIS SHEET: 7
COMMENTS/INSTRUCTIONS:
OFFICE FALLO
UNITED
811 North Bridge Street 0 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 54729 . (715) 723-0331
OF
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CHIPPEWA FALLS CITY PROFILE
1992
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
EDUCATION
The city is located along the Chippewa
The Chippewa Falls School System, with a total
River and Duncan Creek Valley in the famous
enrollment of about 4,414 students, operates 7
Indianhead Country of Wisconsin. It is the
grade schools, 1 middle school, and 1 senior
County seat of Chippewa County. The city
is 90 miles east of the Twin Cities, 353
high school. The annual cost per pupil is
miles northwest of Chicago, and 194 miles
about $4,579.05. The pupil to teacher ratio
west of Green Bay.
average is 16. The Chippewa Area Catholic
Schools include St. Charles Primary School
(K-2), Holy Ghost Elementary School (3-5),
EMPLOYMENT - Chippewa Falls
Notre Dame Middle School (6-8), and McDonell
Central High School (9-12), offering Catholic
Major Industries
6,500
education to all residents of Chippewa Falls
Cray Research
2,150
and the surrounding area. Student to profes-
Northern Center
900
sional staff ratio is 15:1. The Chippewa
Central Business District
3,355
Valley Technical College and Adult School in
Schools and Government
1,200
Chippewa Falls, a new Adult Continuing
Service and Miscellaneous
2,449
Education Center, is located next to the
Northwest Industrial Park. It is a branch
EMPLOYMENT Chippewa County
campus of the Chippewa Valley Technical
College in Eau Claire. It offers a variety of
The civilian labor force as of December,
prepatory and adult extension courses. The
1989, was about 27,200 in Chippewa County.
UW--Eau Claire & UW--Stout at Menomonie are in
Employment by major groups was:
easy driving distance and both have graduate
manufacturing, government, trades--retail
schools. The Chippewa Falls Public Library,
and wholesale, agriculture, self-employed
built in 1969, has a total of 76,177 volumes
and domestics, services, and miscellaneous.
and offers C.D., video cassette, and audio tape
loan service and microcomputers for public use.
POPULATION
MEDIA
Year
City
County
SMSA
1950
11,088
42,671
74,265
There is one daily newspaper and a shoppers
1960
12,055
45,096
81,830
guide. There are 3 radio stations (1 AM and 2
1
1970
12,351
45,974
89,620
FM) located in the city and 4 AM and 3 FM
1980
11,845
52,046
130,730
stations, 18 channel cable TV, channel 13
1987
13,104
54,150
137,580
(NBC), and Channel 18 (ABC) from nearby Eau
1988
13,277
54,695
138,058
Claire.
1989
13,464
54,695
1990
12,727
52,360
FINANCIAL
1991
13,516
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
There are five banks, one savings and loans,
two credit unions, and three lending
The city is governed by a mayor and 7
council members. The city's total annual
institutions in the area with total deposits
of over 170 million dollars.
operating expenses for 1992 is $15,587,771
and total capital outlay expenditures for
RETAIL
1992 are included. The primary sources of
revenue for the city are property taxes,
federal and state aids, and long term
Most retail outlets are located primarily in
bonds. The net tax levy for city purposes
the central business district. Three other
is $2,982,695. The insurance rating in the
existing shopping centers are located in the
city is class 3.
Lake Wissota area and on the city's south side.
TAXES
RELIGION
Effective real estate tax-full value rate
(including state, county, city. and
Within the area there are 18 denominations
with 31 churches, 28 Protestant and
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for 1991 is $31.08 per thousand.
wale, county, city, and school)
Catholic. - 40 Protestant, and 3
CHIPPEWA FALLS DECLARED HOME
OF PUREST WATER IN THE WORLD 1
CHIPPEWA FALLS - It's a fact!
Just Twelve years ago Chippewa Falls, WI, was proven to have the PUREST WATER IN THE WORLD!
water exceptionally good beer, but the city's real claim to fame, by gosh is it's 100% pure
ask any city resident. Chippewa Falls may have its top quality shoe companies or an
supply from the Big Eddy Springs.
name The "Friendly of War" or "Good Natured Feud" began back in early 1969 when a fellow by the
Deming, New Mexico, through it's newspaper editor, Wendell Faught.
Holy Meier, past editor of Chippewa's daily newspaper, challenged the community of
drinking water in Deming - America's finest.
The Deming Ranchettes had boasted in an ad in This Week Magazine that they had 99.99% pure
Meier wrote that it was a little far off his beat, "so we'll just have to assume that the
water down there is indeed, 99.99% pure." However, he went on to say, "Water from
Chippewa Falls is even purer than that. Clyde Lehman, superintendent of Public Utilities
here, assured me of that when I called him yesterday."
To make a long story short, claims by the editors were traded back and forth. In an
effort to settle the argument once and for all, the Deming-Luna County Chamber of Commerce
sent two bottles of Deming water to Chippewa Falls for testing and comparison.
One of the Deming water samples and a Chippewa Falls water sample was sent to Serco
Laboratories in Minneapolis, Minnesota ...
The
Results?
The Chippewa Falls water report said that "the concentrations of minerals are consistently
lower for the Chippewa Falls water. The total solids concentration as well as the total
hardness are extremely low in both water supplies. However, these concentrations are
significantly lower in the Chippewa Falls water. It is fairly common to reduce the
hardness of municipal water supplies down to about 75 miligrams - liter. The hardness of
the Chippewa Falls water is about half this hardness level without any treatment at all."
Explained rated with another way by Meier and Lehman, neutral water (neither acid or alkaline) is
to be either the 6.8 number "7". The water wells in Chippewa Falls produces water that
figure up to the perfect or 6.9. "7". But natural aging of the water in the holding tanks boosts analyzes that
of 12 ft. Jaycees, four years later, story the UPI
wire. Well, Meier The Chippewa claimed Falls victory in his war of the water in May of 1969. The hit
painter and city resident, bumper to stickers paint a and suitable decals design. and commissioned and Ed Bridgewater Rada, noted Avenue. wildlife
Kiwanians a developed high 'big, rocky, splashy fountain' at Jefferson announced plans for the construction The
year And in in 1977 August the first annual Pure Water Days celebration
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contests, year in August dances, since concessions then, an and all fireworks. community Days effort celebration that features was held. a queen It has contest, been held parade, each
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MAJOR INDUSTRIES
RESTAURANTS & SUPPER CLUBS
Amere Form Products
723-9145
Home
notification
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ENTERTAINMENT (Call for Details)
SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST
Flame Supper Club
*Chippewa Carding Mill
1009 West Park Avenue
723-2281
17 West Central
723-593
Ojibwa Country Club
Route 5
Chippewa Falls Christmas Village . December
723-9965
Irvine Park (N. on Hwy. 124)
Water's Edge
723-005
Chippewa Falls Public Library
Route 5
723-0161
105 West Central
Wissota View
723-114
Chippewa Rose Society Garden
Route 6
723-5356
Bridgewater and Jefferson Avenue
Chippewa Springs
ANTIQUE SHOPS
600 E. Park Ave
Central Antique Mall
Cook Rutledge Mansion
723-520:
15 East Central
505 W. Grand Ave.
No Phone
My Grandmother's Attic
County Courthouse
723-718
8 East Spring
711 North Bridge
723-1911
Crosby Donkcyball
723-183
*Red Barn Antiques
Route 5
+
Route 1
*
832-6016
District I Vocational & Adult School
382-420
by appointment
tours
770 Scheidler Road
Glen Loch Dam & Falls - Irvine Park
723-0261
ARTS & CRAFTS
Jim Falls Dam . Jim Falls
Adie's Ceramics
Lake Wissota
4027 Victor
Leinenkugel Brewery & Hospitality Center
835-6142
1 Jefferson Avenue
Chippewa Carding Mill and Yarn Shop
723-5557
Mcliquham Apple Acres
17 West Central
723-5931
Route 4
723-4203
Chris Manglos Quilting
Mueller Nursery & Trout Pond
206 7th Ave.
Route 4
723-2095
723-8572
Heart & Home
Northern Ctr. for the Developmentally Disabled
East Park Avenue
217 N. Bridge Street
726-1661
723-5542
River Road, Highway 178
Loiselle Ceramics
Wissota Hydro Plant
101 Summit Ave.
723-5460
WWIB/WOGO Communication Center
5558 Hallie Road
COUNTY HISTORICAL MARKERS
723-4626
*tours by appointment
First Congregational Church, Bloomer
First Farm, Tilden
MOTELS
Cook-Rutledge Mansion . 505 W. Grand Ave.
Americinn Motel T 42 Units
1st Presbyterian Church
111 W. South Avenue
723-5711
Corner Central, Island Streets
Badger Motel - 30 Units
Notre Dame Church
Route 9
723-9351
Allen Street, Catholic Hill
Deluxe Motel - 14 Units
Chippewa City . Eagle Point
Route 6, 4387 Joles Ave
835-6165
Erickson Motel - 8 Units
St. Peter's Church - Tilden
845 Woodward Ave.
723-4431
Chippewa Lumber & Boom Co. - Court Street
Flame Motel - 65 Units
Hiram S. Allen
1009 W. Park Ave
723-2281
Hiram Allen Park, South Bridge Street
Edelweiss Motel * 11 Units
Father Goldsmith
Hwy. 124 North
723-7881
Allen Street, Catholic Hill
Glen Loch Motel - 19 Units
Railroad Overhead Pier
1225 Jefferson Ave
723-9121
Hiram S. Allen Park, South Bridge St.
Indianhead Motel - 27 Units
501 Summit
Leinenkugel Brewing Co. - 1 Jefferson Ave.
723-9171
Lake-Aire Motel - 14 Units
Interurban Street Car Line . Entrance to Irvine
Route 6
Park - Jefferson Avenue
723-2231
Motel Chippewa - 11 units
Edward Rutledge Charity # 404 N. Bridge Street
1021 W. Park Ave.
Hannah M. Rutledge Home for the Aged
Motel 53 - 15 Units
726-9591
Bridgewater Avenue
Rt. 7, 4407 Joles Ave.
William Irvine
Villa Motel - 23 Units
832-9223
Picnic Pavilion, Irvine Park
Route 3
Norway House West Grand Avenue
Wilson House (B & B)
288-6376
Bjerke Pioneer Log House . Irvine Park
320 Superior St
723-0055
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CHIPPEWA FALLS AREA UNIFIED SCHOOLS
Administration Office, 1130 Miles Street, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729, 726-2417
BOARD OF EDUCATION
President
....
Mary Ann King
Clerk
Vice President
Clyde Pederson
Dr. Les Harrison
Treasurer
Marybeth McLaughlin
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Dan Haley
Rita Provoznik
Dr. Les Harrison
Mary Ann King
Clyde Pederson
Marybeth McLaughlin
Mary Lynn Toycen
Superintendent of Schools.
Administrative Assistant
Dr. Larry Annett
Assistant Superintendent, Director of Curriculum
David Lindahl
Jo Rogowski
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CHIPPEWA FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 735 Terrill Street,
Assistant Principal--Thomas Schmelzle; Assistant Principal--David 726-2406 Wilson;
CHIPPEWA Principal--Thomas MIDDLE SCHOOL, 750 Tropicana Blvd., 726-2400
FALLS Principal and Vocational Coordinator-Jay Wagner
Division Principal J. (8-9)--Stanislaw Welch; Division J. Principal (6-7)--James M. Lowell
FIRST STILLSON ELEMENTARY, Route 4, 726-2412, Principal--Larry Buchner Bommersbach
Principal-Jon Hagen
WARD ELEMENTARY, 1000 East Grand Avenue, 726-2410
JIM FALLS ELEMENTARY-1200 Miles Street, 726-2405, Principal--George Pehler Dimock
HILLCREST HALMSTAD ELEMENTARY--565 East South Avenue, 726-2415, Principal--Jim
KORGER-CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY, 140 West Elm Street, 726-2413,
ELEMENTARY, Jim Falls, WI, 382-4641, Principal--Bruce Sorenson
Principal--Darold Isaacson
SOUTHVIEW ELEMENTARY, 615 "A" Street, 726-2411, Principal--Wayne Sievert
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
ST. CHARLES PRIMARY SCHOOL, (K-2)--429 West Spruce Street, 723-5827
Administrator--Margaret Glose
HOLY GHOST ELEMENTARY, (3-5)-436 Main Street, 723-6478,
Administrator--Margaret Glose
NOTRE DAME MIDDLE SCHOOL, (6-8)-22 South Prairie Street, 723-4777
Administrator--Nancy Klein
ST. MC DONELL PETER'S CENTRAL HIGH (9-12)-Bel Aire Blvd., 723-9126, Principal-Roger Gendreau
Principal--Ramona Wachs
ELEMENTARY--Route 3, Chippewa Falls (Tilden), 288-6250
PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
GRACE CHIPPEWA Principal-Joanne VALLEY COMMUNITY Gunn CHAPEL-Route 7, Byrd Avenue, Chippewa Falls, 723-0682,
Principal--Pat BAPTIST CHRISTIAN Spate SCHOOL-4751 Van Dresser, Chippewa Falls, 835-8615
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
CHIPPEWA Area Scheidler Road, Chippewa Falls, 723-0261,
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REAL ESTATE
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Century 21 Chippewa Valley Real Estate
524 Bay Street
Naiberg Real Estate
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
5381 Valley Road
723-1195
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
723-7255
Coldwell-Banker-Bugher & Brenizer Realtors
33 West Cedar Street
Post Realty Company
5769 Wayside Drive
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
723-5521
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
723-3812
Joas, Joe Real Estate
223 West Columbia Street
Prudential-Benrud Real Estate
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
10 W. Willow Street
723-4541
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
726-2525
Martell Realty
12 North Bridge Street
Vinck, David
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
3166 Valley Road
723-2220
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
723-1439
Morrison Realty
Route 5, Box 48
Woods & Water Realty
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
16900 North Service Road
723-2876
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
723-7170
Prepared by the
CHIPPEWA FALLS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
811 North Bridge Street
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF
TIM MCBRIDE
PAUL BATEMAN
DAN MCGROARTY
DAVID BATES
LAURA MELILLO
TONY BENEDI
HENSON MOORE
PHILLIP BRADY
JANE MOORE
ANN BROCK
JANET MULLINS
MICHAEL BUSCH
ED MURNANE
NICK CALIO
ROGER PORTER
BILLY DALE
PATTY PRESOCK
DAVID DEMAREST
STEVEN PROVOST
BILL FARISH
SUSAN PORTER ROSE
LAURIE FIRESTONE
DENNIS ROSS
MARLIN FITZWATER
BRENT SCOWCROFT
CLAYTON FONG
DORRANCE SMITH
GARY FOSTER
JUDY SMITH
JOHN GAUGHAN
KATHY SUPER
BOYDEN GRAY
PEGGY SWIFT
KAREN GROOMES
MARGARET TUTWILER
EDE HOLIDAY
DAVID VALDEZ
228
CONSTANCE HORNER
ROSE ZAMARIA
TOM HUFFORD
ROBERT ZOELLICK
RON KAUFMAN
iv/
USSS/PPD OPS
BOBBIE KILBERG
WHCA OPS
181
CECE KREMER
MEDICAL UNIT
WILLIAM KRISTOL
AIRLIFT OPS
MICHAEL LUCAS
WHTV
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
JOHN G. KELLER, JR.
SUBJECT:
TRIP OF THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH TO
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE; ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI;
AND RACINE, BURLINGTON, SUSSEX, OSHKOSH,
STEVENS POINT, CHIPPEWA FALLS AND LA CROSSE,
WISCONSIN, ON OCTOBER 30 - 31, 1992
For your use and planning purposes, the attached is a preliminary
outline schedule for the Trip of the President and Mrs. Bush to
Nashville, Tennessee; St. Louis, Missouri; and Racine,
Burlington, Sussex, Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Chippewa Falls and La
Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 30 - 31, 1992.
Please keep in mind the following information has not been
finally approved and is subject to change.
Attachments
PRELIMINARY OUTLINE SCHEDULE
Revised 10/29 3:00 pm
October 30 - 31, 1992
Friday, October 30, 1992
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- Remarks
- Teleprompter
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(10:00 am - 10:15 am)
10:20 am
MOTORCADE departs Opryland Hotel
en route Nashville International Airport.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
10:35 am
MOTORCADE arrives Nashville International Airport.
10:40 am
AIR FORCE ONE departs Nashville, Tennessee
(C.S.T.)
en route St. Louis, Missouri.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes)
(Interchange: Yes)
(Time Change: None)
12:00 pm
AIR FORCE ONE arrives Lambert-St. Louis
(C.S.T.)
International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
12:10 pm
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Airport en route Maryville Centre Executive Park.
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
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- Open Press
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- Closed Press
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(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
2:05 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Lambert-St. Louis International
Airport.
2:10 pm
AIR FORCE ONE departs St. Louis, Missouri
(C.S.T.)
en route Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 5 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: None)
3:15 pm
AIR FORCE ONE arrives General Mitchell
(C.S.T.)
International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
3:25 pm
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Wisconsin.
(Drive Time: 25 Minutes)
3:50 pm
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7:15 pm
MOTORCADE departs Marriott Hotel en route Memorial
Hall.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
7:30 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Memorial Hall.
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(7:35 pm - 7:55 pm)
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INTERVIEW WITH LARRY KING
- Closed Press
- Brief Remarks
- Question and Answer Session
(8:00 pm - 9:30 pm)
9:35 pm
MOTORCADE departs Memorial Hall en route Marriott
Hotel.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
9:50 pm
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8:15 am
MOTORCADE departs Marriott Hotel en route Train
Station, Burlington, Wisconsin.
(Drive Time: 35 Minutes)
8:50 am
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Wisconsin.
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- Open Press
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- Toast Lectern
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9:45 am
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Sussex, Wisconsin
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10:50 am
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(C.S.T.)
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- Open Press
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11:45 am
TRAIN departs Sussex, Wisconsin en route Oshkosh,
(C.S.T.)
Wisconsin.
(Track Time:
2 Hours 15 Minutes)
2:05 pm
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(C.S.T.)
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- Open Press
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3:00 pm
TRAIN departs Oshkosh, Wisconsin en route Stevens
(C.S.T.)
Point, Wisconsin.
(Track Time: 2 Hours 5 Minutes)
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5:05 pm
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(C.S.T.)
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- Open Press
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- Toast Lectern
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6:00 pm
TRAIN departs Stevens Point, Wisconsin en route
(C.S.T.)
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
(Track Time:
2 Hours 30 Minutes)
8:30 pm
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9:25 pm
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Landing Zone.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
9:35 pm
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9:40 pm
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Falls, Wisconsin en route La Crosse Landing Zone,
La Crosse, Wisconsin.
(Flying Time: 40 Minutes)
10:20 pm
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Crosse, Wisconsin.
10:25 pm
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Holiday Inn.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
10:35 pm
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Dear Ed:
Following are a few pages on our Japanese situation. Rather than attempt
to restate our position, I am sending copies of the statements we made
during the appeal process. Two clips are also included -- one from the
Wall St. Journal that is an excellent summary and a commentary piece
from BusinessWeek, which comes to the accurate conclusion, but has a
couple of flaws. We corrected the errors in the BW piece in a letter,
which is also attached.
Insofar as the "Super-CRADA", I am providing some notes. I suggest you
check, first of all, with Admiral Watkins' office on whether they are using
the term "Super-CRADA" -- there continues to be some question about
whether this fits the legal definition of a CRADA -- and that call will be
made by DOE. (I am also attaching a piece we did on the first CRADA signed
a few months ago.)
SUPER CRADA
The whole CRADA concept is to unlock the wealth of science and
engineering research that resides within our national laboratories and
determine whether and/or how that research could be utilized
commercially. (Literally, swords-to-plowshares.)
In the supercomputer business, our systems are used to simulate events
that are too dangerous, complex or difficult to do in 'real-life'. As I
mentioned on the phone, it is much easier to simulate a nuclear explosion
than to set off a real one. Likewise, it is easier to crash a hypothetical
car in to a hypothetical wall on a computer screen over and over again
than to build and destroy numerous prototypes. And with each computer
simulation a design change can be inserted so the researchers get
instantaneous results of the effects of that design change. In
environmental protection, the goal is to be able to simulate the
atmosphere effectively so regulators, among others, can literally
visualize what will happen rather than make best guesses and wait and
see if we've screwed things up..
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There are dozens of examples in all industries. Boeing, for example, is
building their new 777 aircraft WITHOUT a prototype, because computer
simulation negates the need for one -- and the added time building and
testing one would delay their products' introduction.
Cray systems are already critically important to industry and government.
In the automotive industry, for example, GM, Ford and Chrysler have all
reduced their design time to market by utilizing the power of Crays. Same
with aerospace design (GE and Pratt and Whitney design jet engines on
them); Pharmaceuticals
(E.I. Lilly; Pfizer and Merck, for example);
chemicals (DuPont and Monsanto) etc. All this is fine and good, but
nothing compared with the promise of the future. Here's why:
The demand by industry and government for bigger and faster computers is
because the problems we're trying to attack are bigger and more complex.
We can simulate the atmosphere in the L.A. basin now, but what the world
needs is a way of simulating the country or the entire earth so we can get
the answers before real time elapses. (When Chernobyl blew, a simulation
of the weather patterns at that time in that area would have enabled
authorities to warn people that they would be in the path of spreading
fallout. A simulation was done after the fact and it "predicted" where the
fallout would be heaviest including a spot in Scandinavia that got an
undue amount due to a local thunderstorm...)
So, our goal is to build computers that can process more and more
information each second than we've ever done before. Currently, our
newest system can process up to 16 Gigaflops (16 Billion calculations
per second). In order to handle the ever-larger issues, like global
warming, we are aiming for the Teraflop speed level (1 Trillion
calculations per second). To get there, we believe we need to utilize
Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) supercomputing MPP utilizes
hundreds or thousands of microprocessors to attack tiny elements of huge
problems simultaneously. (The equivalent of transporting a thousand
passengers across the Atlantic in 16-foot outboards rather than the QE II.)
The theory works, but in order to get there, MPP faces huge software
obstacles. Right now our 16-processor computer still arrives at answers
faster than the fastest MPP system -- even on codes written expressly for
the MPP machines. Totally new software systems are needed to make
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effective use of MPP speeds.
So this is what we hope to accomplish with our historical agreement with
the DOE. The two labs Los Alamos and Livermore will each have a
small Cray MPP system. They will each dedicate a team, that will be
joined by software experts from Cray and together utilizing the MPP
systems at the labs and the (larger) MPP system at Cray, will tackle
software development together. The result of their concentrated efforts
will be software that will enable U.S. industry to apply Teraflop power to
their business challenges. This power will enable industries to design,
develop, manufacture and deliver new products with higher quality faster
than their competition.
Current Information:
In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, we just announced (last week) a
restructuring program that cost about 430 full and part-time jobs out of
about 2500. The reason for the reduction was our need to correct our
staffing to fit the marketplace. Our revenues have been flat for three
years, while we added about 600 positions around the world in
anticipation of new business. We didn't have the growth we expected.
Every computer company in the world has had to take similar steps. (We
will still report a profit this year, even with the restructuring.)
Sen. Kerry blew through Chippewa Falls on Tuesday of this week and was
planning to cite the job losses in an attack on the Administration.
I
contacted his advance people and advised them that he ran the risk of
being embarrassed because we would have to disagree with his conclusion.
On the contrary, Sen. Kasten (whose district covers Chippewa Falls) along
with the Administration have been tremendously helpful in advancing our
technology both within the government, in industry and overseas (a'la
USTR Hills and Sec'y. Franklin's help with Japan).
Bottom line is that Cray continues to focus on what it does best -- make
supercomputer systems. We invest a minimum of 15 percent of our total
revenues each year to retain our worldwide lead. (Double what anyone else
in the industry spends on R&D). Chippewa Falls remains the home of that
investment effort and is our only manufacturing location.
Call if you need anything else. Sorry for the length.
FRANK PARiSi VP-COMMUNICATIONS 612-449-0515(Hme)
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STATEMENT BY JOHN A. ROLLWAGEN
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CRAY RESEARCH, INC.
TOKYO, JAPAN
OCTOBER 9, 1992
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RE: Announced Results of the Supercompter Procurement Review
I wish to thank the Committee for their efforts in this
review. I appreciate that this, as the first appeal of its kind,
presented a most challenging task. I also wish to confirm the
seriousness with which Cray Research undertook this appeal.
I must also express our profound regret and disappointment at
the outcome. Unfortunately, the announcement I have read does not
address the scientific performance issues we raised as the
overriding basis for our appeal. Regrettably, the report does not
provide the detailed, technical comparison we had sought. Thus, I
am afraid we have no better understanding of the basis for the
procurement decision today than we did in July.
I read the Committee report on my arrival last night and it
appears to focus principally on procedural matters alone. Our
understanding was that the Committee was empowered to explore all
aspects of the procurement and it was our expectation that they
would address the performance inconsistencies we cited.
We welcome side-by-side comparisons of actual system
performance with that of our competitors. (Attached are side-by-
side comparisons of our performance versus the competition in the
NIFS procurement.) We believe our confidence in our products'
performance is validated by our customers' purchases around the
world, including in Japan. The Y-MP C90, which was bid in this
procurement, continues to be the system preferred overwhelmingly by
public agencies and private companies around the world.
We regret not being able to add NIFS to our list of valued
customers. This is especially true given the importance of their
mission and their need for the world's most powerful computational
tools, which we. believe we produce.
But beyond the loss of a new customer, the appeal response
causes us deep concern about future government procurements because
of the performance questions remaining unanswered.
Cray Research opposes arbitrary trade barriers --- whatever
form they take and wherever they exist. We have always preferred to
compete solely on our products' performance. I fear, however, that
failure to address concrete performance questions such as we have
raised may inadvertently fuel those who support barriers.
As for Cray Research, we value our business and customers in
Japan and will continue to pursue commercial and government
business in the years ahead.
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Commentary/by Neil Gross
WHY CRAY'S NUMBER CRUNCHER GOT CRUNCHED IN JAPAN
t is a scene that by now is all too
supercomputing capacity? Finally, Jap-
er in large supercomputers. holding
familiar: a war of words between
anese officials point to the bid's re-
67% of the world market. Fujitsu Ltd.
Japan and the U.S. over high-tech-
quirement that the machine work with
comes in second at 20%, and NEC third
nology trade. This time. the subject is
specialized storage devices. Cray Re-
at 6%. But look at Cray's track record
supercomputers. and the precipitating
search calls that a bogus requirement.
in Japan: Thanks to the 1990 supercom-
incident is the decision by Japan's Na-
designed mainly to stack the deck in
puter trade accord, its market share in
tional Institute for Fusion Research to
NEC's favor.
commercial installations there has
lease an NEC Corp. SX-3 system for
This dialogue may be absorbing for
inched up to 25%. Yet in the public
$625,000 a month instead of a C90 from
techies in the audience, but it's a dis-
sector, which includes government-
industry leader Cray Research Inc. Af-
traction from the more important is-
funded universities and research labs.
ter Cray volubly objected to the award
sue. Subtle nuances aside, Japanese ex-
Cray is stuck at a trivial 8%. Roll-
last summer, the matter was reviewed
perts concede that, overall, the Cray
wagen is hardly wrong in declaring:
by a panel of Japanese experts. Now,
and NEC computers are quite compara-
"In a fair competition, we win every-
they've endorsed the selection of NEC.
ble in cost and performance. And that
where except Japan."
That prompted Cray CEO John A. Roll-
being so, the Japanese government,
Even so, Roilwagen's casting of the
wagen to call a press conference in
issue as a matter of free trade may
Tokyo and cry foul. The contest for
be doing his cause more harm than
the Fusion Institute contract is
good. It's hard for Cray to maintain
over: The experts have ruled, and
its free-trade oratory in Tokyo
there is no avenue for appeal. But
while Washington continues to dis-
on Oct. 9, U.S. Trade Representa-
courage Japanese supercomputer
tive Carla A. Hills promised to
sales in the U.S. No stateside gov.
"scrutinize" the decision on Cray's
ernment labs-the biggest super-
behalf.
computer users in the world-have
Once again, Tokyo and Washing-
bought a Japanese machine yet.
ton are on a collision course that
And whenever a U.S. university
could have-indeed, should have-
or government agency has flirted
been avoided. In theory, Hills's in-
with buying a Japanese super, Cray
vestigation could lead to a renewed
has quietly lobbied to block the
warning about Japan's barriers to
move.
supercomputer trade. But it goes
Last year, political pres-
beyond supers. The heart of the
sure blocked Fujitsu from donating
matter is the Japanese govern-
a $17 million machine to a Colorado
ment's long-standing vow to sup-
consortium of environmental scien-
port high-quality U.S. imports. If
tists. Congressional critics objected
Tokyo were sincere about that
to the idea of a Japanese give-
pledge, Cray might expect to win
away. Yet last year, Cray itself do-
many more supercomputer bids
nated an X-MP system to the Ener-
where the Japanese government
gy Dept. in support of a national
holds the purse strings.
high school supercomputer pro-
SPEC SQUARELES. Unfortunately,
gram. And nobody objected.
the fusion lab dispute has devolved
Clearly, Cray needs every sale it
into a tit-for-tat over obscure tech-
can get. It feels mounting pressure
PUNTSU'S supers FACE A HARD SLOO IN THE U.S.
nical matters. Rollwagen, waving
in the market it pioneered and has
four pages of benchmark test results,
with a $40 billion trade surplus to work
dominated for 15 years: On Oct. 15, the
told reporters that Cray's system ex-
off and a long-standing pledge to boost
company began a restructuring that
ceeds all but one of the Fusion Insti-
imports, ought to be bending over
will eliminate 650 jobs. But Cray
tute's speed requirements. The insti-
backward to buy American in this case.
needn't resort to strident free-trade
tute disputes those data, but Roll-
Rather than setting the stage for end-
rhetoric to make its point. It would do
wagen's conclusions were supported by
less squabbling, Japanese officials
better to focus attention on the more
test scores leaked to a Japanese trade
should be scouring the U.S. market
substantial issue: Japan's failure to live
magazine last summer and confirmed
for big-ticket purchases that meet or
up to the goals it has outlined for in-
recently by sources close to the bid.
exceed Japanese requirements for
creasing high-tech imports. Aside from
His opponents go on to argue that
quality and performance. Cray Re-
the flak it would get from NEC and
the extra power available from Cray's
search supercomputers, which play an
Fujitsu, the Japanese government risks
machine is irrelevant: The fusion scien-
important role in U.S. research
hardly any downside in buying more
tists would never use it. Give us a
and defense efforts, fit that bill
C90s: It would be good for public rela-
AIAN ELVINSON
break, say Cray officials: What scien-
precisely.
tions, good for the balance of trade,
tist would thumb his nose at additional
Indeed, Cray is the undisputed lead-
and good for Japanese science.
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October 27, 1992
Readers Report
Business Week
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Dear Editor:
Neil Gross' Commentary (BusinessWeek, November 2, 1992) is right
on -- though the route to his conclusions hits several potholes of
inaccuracy.
He states that Cray Research's conclusions that our supercomputer
outperformed the NEC system in procurement tests "were supported by
test scores and confirmed recently by sources close to the bid."
Incongruously, Mr. Gross then adds that "...Japanese experts concede that,
overall, the Cray and NEC computers are quite comparable in cost and
performance." I have no doubt that some Japanese experts may well have
said that, but, as the test scores show, our system and NEC's are NOT
comparable -- which is precisely the basis for our appeal.
Far from "obscure technical matters," to quote Mr. Gross, the results
I provided during the press briefing were the Japanese government's own
technical comparison of Cray Research vs. NEC performance for the NIFS
contract.
I accept the reality that as a matter of industrial policy, the
Japanese regularly award "competitive" contracts to Japanese firms in
order to nurture critical industries. (I accept it, I don't necessarily like
it.) Where they went too far was in cloaking this policy decision in a
technical, competitive bid. In the NIFS procurement, Cray Research's
offering won handily in virtually all categories measured.
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We have remained the world leader in supercomputers because our
systems have established and maintained technical and performance
leadership for two decades -- even against global colossuses like NEC.
That's what I emphasized in our meeting with the press.
Also, the claim that Washington is practicing the same trade
management as the Japanese government is patently false. Cray Research
wins because we outperform the competition. That's true in Washington,
Bonn, Paris and London. Sad that overall performance has a different value
in Japan, at least in the case of NIFS.
Sincerely,
John A. Rollwagen
Chairman and CEO
JAR/llb
cc: Neil Gross, Tokyo
Yoshikazu Hori, Cray Research Japan
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
OCTOBER 12, 1992
In Case of NEC Pact, Japan's Support
'Goes Too Far,' Says Cray's Rollwagen
By MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Meanwhile. NEC has turned the unfair-
And MASAYOSHI KANABAYASHI
ness argument back on the Americans.
Staff Reporters of Tax WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Cray seems somewhat impatient because
TOKYO - John Rollwagen came to Ja-
its traditional market is being eroded" by
pan to give the city of Nagasaki a statue as
flerce competition, said Tadashi Watan-
a token of friendship from St. Paul. Minn.
But on his way, the chairman of Cray
abe, general manager of NEC's supercom-
Research Inc. took a not-so-friendly shot at
puter marketing division. Cray's com-
the Japanese government - and broke the
plaints, he said, are a "false accusa-
prevailing calm on the U.S.-Japan trade
tion."
front.
Mr. Watanabe also said Japanese su-
Mr. Rollwagen. chairman of the Eagan,
percomputer makers face obstacles in the
Minn., supercomputer maker, criticized
U.S. public sector, where he contends
the Japanese government's decision to
American companies get preference.
give a multimillion-dollar supercomputer
Cray's complaint follows a pattern
contract to NEC Corp., the Japanese elec-
tronics company. instead of to Cray.
familiar to students of the U.S.-Japan
"I understand the Japanese govern-
trade dispute: U.S. pushes Japan to open a
ment's desire to support Japanese super-
market; Japan responds with an action
computer suppliers," Mr. Rollwagen said
plan; U.S. businesses complain the process
at a news conference, "but I do believe in
isn't working.
this case, that support has gone too far."
According to the American Electronics
U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills,
Association, U.S. suppliers of computers of
who said she has "serious concerns" about
all sizes have an 8.4% share of the
the ruling, called for immediate consulta-
tions with the Japanese government about
Japanese public-sector market, compared
whether Tokyo is living up to a 1990
with 34% of the Japanese commercial
supercomputer-procurement agreement
market. Cray says it has sold a total
with Washington.
of 59 supercomputers in Japan, and has a
Japan's Supercomputer Procurement
share of the market second only to Fujitsu
Review Board last week rejected Cray's
Ltd.
appeal, filed in July, of the decision this
Mr. Rollwagen said Cray's machine,
June by the National Institute for Fuston
which was offered at a price within 10% of
Science to grant NEC the contract. A
NEC's lower bid, was superior to NEC's
government spokesman issued a brief
statement, saying there were "no major
entrant, besting it in each test performed
by the institute.
problems with the decision process." NEC
said that its winning bid was for a
lease valued at 75 million yen ($617,-
000) a month and that such contracts
normally run five years.
Cray had protested that the Japa-
nese institute had used "odd and inconsis-
tent measurements" of computer perform-
ance, "all of which seem to arbitrarily
disadvantage Cray Research." The com-
pany also asserted that the Cray C90
supercomputer was superior to NEC's SX-3
machine, which won the bid.
"This is going to be a high-profile
dispute, and it comes at a time when
there aren't many other disputes to mask
the Cray protest," said John Stern, vice
president of the American Electronics As-
sociation in Tokyo. For the government "to
merely say It is fair. I don't think this is
enough" to convince American suppliers.
he said.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, CRAY RESEARCE UNVEIL PACT
TO BOOST U.S. INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS
In another example of the Bush administration's emphasis on
government/industry partnerships, the Department of Energy (DOE)
and Cray Research, Inc. today entered into a preliminary
agreement calling for two of DOE's premier research facilities --
the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories -- to
work with the supercomputer-maker on developing massively
parallel processing that will result in greater capabilities for
the national labs and enhanced competitiveness for U.S. firms in
the global market.
Through this agreement, the two DOE labs and Cray Research
will work together towards creating operating systems and
capabilities for use on Cray's massively parallel processing
(MPP) computer systems that WILL increase productivity, reduce
research and development costs, improve manufacturing techniques
and help bring higher-quality products to market faster. Four
areas -- environmental modeling, defense systems, materials
design and advanced manufacturing - will be among the most
direct beneficiaries.
"From the DOE's perspective, this is work that we need to do
to fulfil the department's mission, particularly in the areas of
defense and environment. What WE ein to achieve through this
public/private sector cooperation is the development of
innovations which will benefit not only DOE and Cray Research,
but American competitiveness overall." said Secretary of Energy,
Admiral James D. Watkins.
Watkins added, "Modelling and simulation are becoming
increasingly useful tools for industry. They are faster, cheaper
and more environmentally conscientious than older methods of
triel and error. The development of this modern technology will
clearly be sided by the application of massively perallel
processing capabilities. The direct benefactor of this agreement
will be the American people, who will gain a strengthened
products." industrial economy, as well as a cleaner environment and better
supplied by Cray Research."
Chairman of Cray Research, John Rollwagen said, "quote to be
Among the specific areas of computation that will be
addressed by Los Alamos and their partners will be models for
reducing the costs of charsoterization and environmental
remediation at sites with underground contamination, as well as
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guiding the development of new technologies to contain pollution
and treat contaminated groundwater and surface water. Other
models will be aimed at improving our understanding of the
properties of materials to make it easier to simulate casting,
welding and other manufacturing processes. Models for designing
the next generation of semiconductor and microelectronic
components will also be part of the cooperation.
Thres-dimensional simulations of combustion for pollution
control and engine design, models of the migration of
contaminants underground and the effects on the stmosphere of
emissions of trace chemical species, es well as the development
of software tools that allow modeling of the machining of metals
and caramics down to the nenometer scale will be among the topics
addressed by Lawrence Livermore and their pertners.
The history of cooperation between the two DOE labs and Cray
Research is well established. In March, Los Alamos and Cray
Research signad three Cooperative Research And Development
Agreements (CRADAs) to develop better models of global climate
change, computational chemistry and electromagnetic wave effects
in ultrabigh-spead electronic devices. Lawrence Livermore also
development. has a CRADA in place with Cray Research, focusing on software
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
OCTOBER 27, 1992
Cray Research Inc.'s
nications distance, solving the so-called
"far neighbor" problem that slows compu-
New Supercomputer
tations now,
The first system, due out next year, will
use the new Alpha chip from Digital Equip-
System Is on Schedule
ment Corp. and is expected to reach 150
billion floating-point operations per second
(gigaflops) in a 1,024 processor configura-
By a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter
tion. Cray Research's Y-MP C90, by con-
EAGAN, Minn. - Cray Research Inc.
trast, hits 16 gigaflops. By 1997. the third-
said it remains on schedule to begin deliv-
phase product is intended to provide sus-
ering Its first massively parallel process-
tained performance of 1,000 gigaflops, or
ing supercomputer system next year.
one teraflop.
The supercomputer manufacturer said
Like several other manufacturers, Cray
customers will be able to purchase the
Research is also racing to couple the
systems, code-named T3D, either as add-
capabilities of MPP and vector supercom-
ons to existing Cray Y-MP supercomputer
puting to create a computer that borrows
systems, or as single-chassis systems con-
the best of both technologies.
taining closely coupled MPP and Y-MP
capabilities. The cost of a top-end MPP
system will be in the $25 million to $30
million range, or about the same as Cray
Research's current top-end product. a
spokesman said.
The development effort is considered
crucial to Cray Research, which leads the
world market in traditional vector super-
computers. However, the company lags
behind several others in the emerging
massively parallel technology, which
strings together hundreds or even thou-
sands of cheap microprocessors that attack
computational problems in concert.
Cray Research said its new products
will be designed to alleviate bottlenecks
found in current MPP offerings, such as
relatively slow communication among
processors and United access to computer
memory. Among other things. the com-
pany said the T3D will arrange processors
in a doughnut shape to shorten the commu-
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CRAY RESEARCH, LOS ALAMOS SIGN PIONEERING
"CRADA" RESEARCH AGREEMENTS
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 1992 -Cray Research, Inc. (NYSE:CYR), and Los Alamos
National Laboratory (Los Alamos) today marked a new era In federal-corporate collaboration by
signing three pioneering research agreements In a ceremony held at Department of Energy
headquarters and attended by Secretary James D. Watkins, Los Alamos director Sig Hecker, and
John A. Rollwagen, Cray Research's chairman and CEO.
Today's agreements, called "CRADAs" -- cooperative research and development agreements --
are the first such pacts based on a model agreement approved March 20 by the DOE and the
Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP), a group consisting of the CEOs of 12 of the largest
U.S. computer firms, including Cray Research. The model agreement aims to accelerate
cooperative technology development and technology transfer between DOE labs and the computer
Industry.
The goal of the first CRADA signed today is to develop a more accurate oceanic-atmospheric, or
"whole earth," model for studying global climate change. Los Alamos has unique expertise in
computer analysis of complex phenomena such as large-scale global modeling. Cray Research
supercomputer systems are used in the U.S. and many other countries for weather and climate
change studies.
The second CRADA's goal is to develop advanced software to simulate electromagnetic wave
effects in ultrahigh-speed electronic devices. This research project could reduce the cost of
designing and developing advanced computer chips. "Industry needs methods for directly solving
the equations that govern the behavior of electrons in complex, non-uniform chip materials,"
said Hecker. "These methods will permit accurate simulation of distortion, or noise, in the
electronic signals racing around the chips."
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In the third CRADA, the partners will collaborate to improve each other's capabilities in
computational chemistry. Advanced computational chemical models permit studies of the
dynamics of larger molecules and can help solve a wide range of problems that face industry,
according to Hecker. He said that computational chemistry techniques today are limited to
modeling systems of a few hundred atoms, but Industry needs molecular dynamics studies of
protein molecules containing more than 1,000 atoms.
Rollwagen said the agreement calls for Cray Research's UniChem suite of computational
chemistry and visualization software to be installed on a CRAY Y-MP 2E supercomputer at Los
Alamos' Advanced Computing Laboratory.
"In these agreements, a federal laboratory Is joining with an industry leader to strengthen our
national industrial competitiveness by enhancing the value of the federal Investment in research
and development," Hecker sald. "Los Alamos has always been at the leading edge of computing, so
this collaboration with Cray Research is a natural for us." He said the agreements "take
advantage of our technical competencies and of the laboratory's scientists, who are particularly
good at developing software tools to solve important, complex problems."
"These are 'win-win' agreements," Rollwagen sald. "Cray Research gets what we need to
commercialize core technologies developed at Los Alamos. In return, Los Alamos and other DOE
labs have the right to use the commercial products resulting from this collaboration." He added
that "Cray Research has had a long-standing working relationship with Los Alamos, and we are
proud to be part of this pioneering partnership with them."
The terms of the Cray Research-Los Alamos CRADAs provide for approximately $1 million in
support of the three projects by Cray Research, and about $650,000 by DOE, over the term of
the agreements.
The foundation for today's agreements was laid in November 1990, when the two organizations
began discussing research and development projects in several key areas, Including the three in
today's agreements, as well as others in engine combustion software; massively parallel
processing technology; and advanced computing networking based on Los Alamos' High-
Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) and other high-speed data transfer technologies.
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One collaborative product predates the CRADA process, Hecker sald. In late 1991, Los Alamos
agreed to license Cray Research's enhanced, commercial version of the lab's Kiva software, used
to calculate fluid flows in Internal combustion engines. Cray Research introduced the resultant
product, CRi/TurboKiva, in January 1992.
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research organization that applies
science and technology to problems of national security ranging from defense to energy
research. It is operated by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy:
Cray Research, Inc., creates the most powerful, highest quality computational tools for solving
the world's most challenging scientific and industrial problems.
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