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September 28, 1992 /
MEMORANDUM
TO:
KATHY SUPER
JOHN KELLER
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
GARY FOSTER 67
SUBJECT: SITE SURVEYS FOR FT. LAUDERDALE, CLEARWATER & ORLANDO,
FLORIDA
Attached are the site surveys for the President's trip to Ft.
Lauderdale, Clearwater and Orlando Florida on Saturday, October
3. Once Kathy has the sites "scrubbed", implementation can
begin. The first stop of the day will be in Miami to follow-up
on Hurricane Andrew relief efforts. We are waiting for word from
Counsel's Office as to whether that portion of the day will be
considered official. No survey was done in the Miami area.
cc: Bob Zoellick
David Bates
Margaret Tutwiler
Tim McBride
David Demarest
Ede Holliday
Karen Groomes
Andrew Carpendale
Speechwriters
SEP 26 '92 14:28
SCHEDULING OFFICE
112 P04
September 25, 1992
MEMORANDUM TO:
GARY FOSTER
FROM:
DOUG DUVALL
SUBJECT:
SURVEY REPORT FOR FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992
PROPOSED EVENT SCENARIO:
The second stop of the President's Florida swing would be Ft.
Lauderdale. Air Force One will fly from Miami to Hollywood
International Airport where the President would give a mid morning
address to an outdoor crowd of 5000-8000 people. Hollywood
International Airport is the site of the former Ft. Lauderdale
Naval Air Station where an 18 year old George Bush had his flight
training before he went to the Pacific during World War II.
Air Force One would taxi to a runway parallel to AMR COMBS
hangar. The President would give remarks in front of the Avenger,
the torpedo bomber aircraft the President flew during the war. The
audience for the event would consist of Veterans groups, Republican
invitees, and general public.
After his remarks, the President could then motorcade a short
distance to the building which was formerly the bachelor's officers
quarters when the President did his flight training in 1943. In
his official capacity as Commander in Chief, the President would
receive an honorary lifetime membership to the Naval Air Station
Ft. Lauderdale Historical Association and participate in a brief
photo opportunity in front of a mural painted in honor of his
military service. Including the drive times, this entire event
would take no more than 15 minutes. At the conclusion of these
events, the President would motorcade back to Air Force One and
depart for Clearwater, Florida for additional campaign events.
PROPOSED EVENT SITES:
As mentioned, Air Force One would taxi to a runway parallel to
the AMR COMBS hangar. The hangar itself and the AMR COMBS office
building have several areas suitable for holding rooms. They have
hosted the President and Vice President in the past so they are
quite familiar with the requirements.
Air Force One would park on the taxiway and the President
would deplane and walk a short distance to a small dais. I
recommend the dais be placed in front of the Avenger which would be
to the President's right as he deplaned. With this setting, Air
Force One would be in the cut away shot, and the Avenger,
26 '92 14:28
SCHEDULING OFFICE
112 P05
surrounded by veterans, would be the primary backdrop. This would
visually reiterate the President's veterans message and depict the
dichotomy between the two Presidential candidates' military
service.
The Republican Party has already started contacting veterans
groups, and they expect to be able to draw several hundred
representatives of the VFW, USO, and the Foreign Legion. Bleachers
filled with veterans could flank the stage. The audience would
also be augmented by Ft. Lauderdale area Republicans and the
general public. Since the event is on a Saturday morning, people
will have no conflict with school or work. Thus, we should be able
to generate a large, family-oriented crowd.
There is enough parking on the airport grounds, but
unfortunately, it is not all in one lot. There are several fields
which can be used, but volunteer parkers would have to be
recruited. Shuttle buses are available but would probably have to
be rented. The main entrance for the public would be in between
the AMR COMBS hangar and office building.
A flatbed truck could be brought in for the press platform,
which would be at a head-on position. A smaller trailer could be
placed stage right of the President's dais for the pool
photographers. The press filing center could be located in the
Employee Break Room, 2nd level of the hangar. Another alternative
would be in a corner of the hangar.
One concern is noise from incoming and departing airplanes.
Fortunately, there is little air traffic during the proposed time
of the event, but it should be addressed with airport management.
Security should not be too much of a problem since AMR COMBS has
hosted several official stops. The commercial airport is
definitely visible across the runway as is the airport's main
access road. However, the road is more than 1000 yds away and the
President's stage would be blocked by Air Force One and the
Avenger.
After his remarks, and while the press. are filing stories, the
President could motorcade to what was the Junior Bachelor Officers'
Quarters, where Ensign George Bush lived for two months in 1943
while learning to operate the Avenger torpedo bomber airplane.
Today, the building houses the Naval Surface Warfare Center
Detachment of Ft. Lauderdale.
The President would arrive at the building and participate in
a very brief ceremony outdoors. Allan McElhiney, Naval Historian,
would like to present the President and a few others with an
honorary lifetime membership to the Historical Association. Tex
Ellison, the President's training officer in 1943, would also be
involved in the ceremony. Capt. Ellison's nephew, Jim Naugle, is
now the mayor of Ft. Lauderdale (D). In addition, the Historical
Association would try to locate other members of the President's
training class.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01a. Fax
Background survey, re: POTUS trip to Orlando, Florida;
09/26/92
P-6, (b)(6)
personal telephone numbers redacted. (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Speechwriting, White House Office of
Series:
Speech File, Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Miami, FL (Cancelled) 1993
Date Closed:
12/8/2004
OA/ID Number:
08483
FOIA/SYS Case #:
Re-review Case #:
2004-2265-S
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
MR Case #:
Appeal Case #:
MR Disposition:
Appeal Disposition:
Disposition Date:
Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRAJ
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advise between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
After receiving the plaque outdoors, the President would
proceed inside for a photo op in front of a mural which was
dedicated to George Bush two years ago. Jeb Bush participated in
the dedication ceremony. The mural is 27 feet long and portrays
the Avenger aircraft in the traffic pattern reminiscent of WWII
flying training days. This "museum" is virtually a shrine to
President Bush, with several photos of him in his combat days.
Even though much of the building has been converted into official
office space, the day room of the 1940's is still in tact. The
original pool table which was there in the summer of 1943 has not
moved.
Since the US Navy owns and operates the building, they want to
get clearance fort he President's visit. We are proposing this
event in the President's official capacity as Commander in Chief.
This event would not be open to the public - only to those who are
involved in the ceremony. We could limit the media to an expanded
pool because of the limited space inside for the photo op.
All in all, these two events would certainly highlight the
President's agenda to the citizens of Florida. It would also
target veterans and emphasize the contrast between the President's
and Gov. Clinton's military service. These events would provide a
natural forum for the President to talk about the contributions
veterans have made to this country; our country's military
advances; the success of Desert Storm; and the early age at which
the President decided to serve his country, To this day, George
Bush remains the youngest commissioned Naval Officer in the United
States.
CONTACTS:
P-6,(6)(6) P-6, (6)
Andrew Ballard, BQ - Florida GOP Regional Dir.,
800/373-0436 x5817 voice mail
home in W Palm
Walt Houghton, Airport Aviation Ops, 305/359-6106 O
Lt. James Walkup, Airport Security contact, 305/359-1244
P-6,
(b)(6)
Barbara Churchill, AMR COMBS Manager, 305/359-0000
Allan McElhiney, Naval Historian, 305/763-5363
SEP 26 '92 14:27
SCHEDULING OFFICE
September 25, 1992
MEMORANDUM TO:
GARY FOSTER
FROM:
DOUG DUVALL
SUBJECT:
SURVEY REPORT FOR CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992
PROPOSED EVENT SCENARIO:
The President would make the third Florida stop in Clearwater
where he will address a group of senior citizens at a retirement
community. Air Force One could land at St. Petersburg/Clearwater
International Airport and motorcade 20 minutes to the Activities
Center of the On Top of the World retirement community, which is
located in Pinellas County. The President would have the
opportunity to speak on issues which directly affect senior
citizens. The audience would be comprised of over 1000 residents
of the retirement community. After remarks, the President would
motorcade back to the airport for his departure to Orlando, where
he will participate in other campaign events.
PROPOSED EVENT SITE:
On Top of the World retirement community has approximately
9000 residents and almost 5000 apartments/condos. Given its size,
the community is virtually a city within itself. There is a golf
course, swimming pool, tennis courts, shuffle board, horseshoe
pits, many service organizations and other organized activities for
the seniors. Their largest meeting area is the Activities Center
which is located in the heart of the development.
The Activities Center can hold a seated crowd of 1000. There
are two partitioned rooms to the rear of the hall which could seat
an additional 300 persons. The hall is very much like a high
school all purpose room. There is a large, curtained stage to the
front of the room. The President could arrive at the Activities
Center at the rear entrance where he would be escorted to a holding
room back stage. There are several offices and dressing rooms
suitable for Presidential and senior staff holds. The President
would be announced into the room from an off stage announce
position.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01b. Fax
Background survey, re: POTUS trip to Orlando, Florida;
09/26/92
P-6, (b)(6)
personal telephone numbers redacted. (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Speechwriting, White House Office of
Series:
Speech File, Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Miami, FL (Cancelled) 1993
Date Closed:
12/8/2004
OA/ID Number:
08483
FOIA/SYS Case #:
Re-review Case #:
2004-2265-S
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
MR Case #:
Appeal Case #:
MR Disposition:
Appeal Disposition:
Disposition Date:
Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advise between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
90% of the audience would be residents of On Top of the World
retirement community. The remainder of the audience would be made
up of Republican invitees from greater Pinellas County.
Given the limited seating, the event would obviously need to be
ticketed. I would recommend that after times are finalized and
tickets have been printed up, the manager's office at the
Activities Center be used as a distribution center.
On Top of the World has its own newspaper, closed circuit
television and bulletin boards to be used for advertising the
event. The newspaper is bimonthly, so we already missed the
deadline for the next issue. Mr. Sidney Colen, builder and manager
of the community, plans on making a general announcement of the
President's visit this weekend over the television broadcast.
Posters could be placed in the entrance of each residential
building, and if necessary, flyers could be distributed in
everyone's mailbox. A special mailing to those residents who are
registered Republicans could also be considered.
Pinellas County has 225,000 registered Republicans and 190,000
registered Democrats. The DNC has recently launched an aggressive
radio and television advertising campaign in the area which focuses
on Seniors' issues and the economy. The community itself, is in an
area which is strongly Republican, and the majority of the
residents are likely to be very of the President.
CONTACTS:
Sally Harrell, BQ Executive Director for Florida, 904/425-2874
Mac Norcross, Pinellas County GOP Chair,
813/585-3002 O
P-6, (b)(6)
Sidney Colen, Builder and Manager of On Top of the World
813/799-3417 O
Charles Simmons, Atty. for On Top of the World 914/725-1088
Jan Tipton, Activities Center Manager, 813/799-2734 O
P-6, (6)(6)
SEP 28 '92 9:28 FROM UE LLP 31 HOUSTON
PAGE. 002
September 28, 1992
Memorandum to: Gary Foster
From:
Pat Mizell
Re:
President's Visit to Orlando, Florida, October 3, 1992
The President would travel to Orlando, Florida to attend a rally.
PROPOSED EVENT SITE:
Church Street Market
The Church Street Market is located in downtown Orlando, Florida. It is an area
of shops and restaurants on a picturesque street.
I propose that the dais be placed on the street, and the crowd be allowed to view
from all four sides of the dais. This achieves a picture of the President talking with the
people. To achieve this affect, the dais will need to be low, and the press platform will
need to be tall, to allow for a shot down on the President surrounded by people. Down
the street approximately eighty feet is a railroad track. I propose an old-fashioned train
be placed across the railroad track as a backdrop. The train will also be needed to block
a line of sight to a freeway which is at the far end of the street.
A chute could be created with barrels and ropes from the dais to one side, which
would allow access to the dais for the President.
There is a "Sports Jamboree Weekend" planned that weekend in the Church Street
Market. The organizers of the Jamboree are willing to work with the advance team to
reschedule events currently planned for the late afternoon slots. Although we can take
advantage of the people attending the Sports Jamboree, the President's event should not
be billed as attending the Sports Jamboree.
The attached diagram demonstrates the placement of the dais in relation to the
square.
A fundraiser has been requested, and the Lilly Marlene Room in the Church Street
Station has been identified as a suitable fundraising site.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01c. Fax
Background survey, re: POTUS trip to Orlando, Florida;
09/28/92
P-6, (b)(6)
personal telephone numbers redacted. (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Speechwriting, White House Office of
Series:
Speech File, Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Miami, FL (Cancelled) 1993
Date Closed:
12/8/2004
OA/ID Number:
08483
FOIA/SYS Case #:
Re-review Case #:
2004-2265-S
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
MR Case #:
Appeal Case #:
MR Disposition:
Appeal Disposition:
Disposition Date:
Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advise between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
SEP 28 192 8:39 FROM LLP 31 HOUSTON
PAGE. 002
The Orchid Room in the Church Street Station would be suitable for a press filing
center. The room is available for Saturday, October 3, and has been reserved.
EVENT SCENARIO:
The President would arrive at the Orlando International Airport and proceed via
motorcade to the Church Street Market. Drive time is approximately twenty minutes.
Upon arrival at the Church Street Market the President would proceed to the train station
for holding. The President would be announced onto the dais, and proceed through the
crowd to the dais. The President would make remarks, and on conclusion of remarks the
President would depart the dais to the motorcade. The President would then depart the
Church Street Market to the Orlando International Airport.
Contacts: Ken Wright is the Orlando Bush-Quayle Chairman. His office number
is (407) 423-3200. His home number is
P-6,(b)(6) P-6,
Todd Parish is a Bush-Quayle Assistant. His numbers are (407) 341-3834 and
R6, (b)(6)
The property manager of the Church Street Market is Barbara Muenks. Her office
number is (407) 872-3500. Her home number is
P-6, (b)(6)
The president of the Church Street Station, which is an adjoining property where
the filing center and the fundraiser will take place, is Robert E. Windham. His office
number is (407) 422-2434. The food and beverage director is John Rodriguez, and his
number is (407) 422-2434.
SEP 26 '92 8:39 FROM VE LLP 31 HOUSTON
PAGE. 003
Freeway
Crosswalk
Fundraising site
Filing center
Shops:
shops: :
Restaurant
street
Restaurant
Train
Train Station
(shops)
Shops
Crowd
DAIS
crowd
Crowd
Shops
Crowd
SEP 28 '92 8:40 FROM VE LLP 31 HOUSTON
PAGE 004
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4
Join us for a jam packed weekend of sports, food and fun!
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Contests, Mascots and Cheerleaders to Card Shows, Food and Fun!
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Just look at our game plan:
Saturday, October 3
Sunday, October 4
9:00 am. 5:00 pm
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
American Heart Walk
3 on 3 Basketball Games
3 on 3 Basketball Games
Sports Card Show
Sports Card Show
Food and Shopping
Food and Shopping
Clowns and Mascots
Clowns and Mascots
Variety 101 Radio Remote with Prizes
Noon and 1:00 pm
Mascot Basketball Game
Noon - 2.00 pm
(with Stuff")
Slam Dunk Contest
(Stanley Roberts, Judge)
Noon - 5:00 pm
Variety 101 Radio Remote
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
with Prizes
Magic Cheerleaders
CHURCH STREE
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO
Convenient covered parking in the SunBank Center Garage OR South Street
or the Market Garage on Pine Street
C. who No ann
(Smith/Walters)
Draft Two
FEMA
October 2, 1992
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FEMA SPEECH
MIAMI, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992
TIME -- T.B.D.
Thank you for those warm words. My son Jeb will tell you
it's always a pleasure returning to one of my favorite cities. //
I know this is a political season -- but there are things
far more vital than election returns. One is the fate of people
battered by Hurricane Andrew. I've come here to talk about what
the Federal government has done -- and what we intend to do. //
Five weeks ago I made my first trip here to try to ease
South Florida's suffering. I saw homes ripped apart -- cars torn
off the road. More than a million people evacuated. People left
without blankets -- without food or shelter. It was, I told
Barbara, a scene that defied imagination. /
I also saw something else. Senior citizens, and young
people. The Red Cross, local police and firemen. Each lending a
hand, and helping neighbor help neighbor. Each wrote a profile
of sheer inspiration. /
I'm here today to say: We won't forget that courage -- and
we will never forget you. / I don't underestimate the task. It
will take months to restore a sense of community -- and years to
rebuild. But we have begun -- and we will finish the job. //
Earlier today I visited Florida Tent City Community -- a
temporary tent city using trailers to house people. Later, I'm
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off to Campell Middle School -- one of almost 50 schools the U.S.
Seabees helped to rebuild for the start of the school year.
A month ago South Florida was on its knees. Steps like
these are helping it get back on its feet. So are other things
which can plant the seeds of economic rebirth. I think of
Homestead Air Force Base -- so important to our military. It
helps combat the cocaine trade. It provides air defense. And as
I said last month: It will be rebuilt. //
When Andrew first hit, I appointed Transportation Secretary
Card to coordinate our Federal efforts. He's visited countless
disaster areas, met night and day with state and local officials,
and worked with FEMA to provide additional emergency aid. / On
the basis of his reports, I told FEMA I wanted a permanent site
built where people could apply for this aid. Today, I'm pleased
to help open it.
This site is a symbol of our commitment to the long haul --
and to the people of South Florida. Here you can apply for
disaster aid in an unprecedented way. That includes temporary
housing assistance. Grants for individuals and families to
replace lost belongings. Here businesses can apply for loans to
the Small Business Administration. //
From the start we've tried to respond promptly and massively
to the hurricane disaster. From tents and cots to blankets and
mobile kitchens, we've worked with State and local officials. /
This center continues that cooperation. Continues the shift from
3
picking up the pieces to restoring long-term growth. It's a
story with a great theme song: "Ain't no stoppin' us now."
Let me end with a chapter from that story. It's about how
hurricane-force winds are no match for American-force guts. / It
concerns, actually, a Texan moved by Florida's heroism. His name
is James Pearl. He's all of four years old. /
James' first reaction to Andrew's wrath was repeated across
America. He wanted to reach out --- to join the campaign called
"One American Helping Another" which he heard on the radio. /
So James made a poster. It listed things kids could do
around the house to earn money for the victims. Things like
"folding clothes, helping the baby, cleaning up, clearing the
table, and sweeping. " / Then, he went out and got donations.
Said what the money would be used for. Things like "food,
houses, clothing, drinks, toys and books. " //
Kids like James Pearl are what America is all about. An
America whose future is worthy of our children. A future where
we're never without hope -- and never without each other.
Other States helping Florida. Floridians helping each
other. When the forces of nature try to tear lives apart -- the
American character brings people together. //
For that, I salute you -- and will stay with you -- in my
heart, and prayers. God bless you / we're going to get through
this together / and may God bless the United States of America.
#
#
#
#
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Orlando, Florida)
For Immediate Release
October 3, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT CHURCH STREET MARKET RALLY
Church Street Station
Orlando, Florida
6:05 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. All right, you
guys, thank you. Thank you very much.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: What a fantastic rally. And let me say,
I've got great respect for Pat Williams. Wasn't he great up there,
I'll tell you, giving us that warm introduction. (Applause.) And as
for Gerald McRaney, "Major Dad," he's been a great campaigner, and
I'm proud to have him at our side. (Applause.)
I want to salute Congressman Bill McCullem. I'm not
sure he made it. But he's a good man, and he obviously -- if we had
more like him, they wouldn't be yelling, "clean House" all the time.
(Applause.) But we've got the answer to cleaning House. And, John
Mica and Bill Tolley with us here today. And we've got Bill Grant
running for the Senate; and more like that and we are going to get
real advantage here in the Congress and change America. Help me
clean House. (Applause.)
And thank you, everybody, for this great welcome. And
it's wonderful to be back in this City of Light, this city
beautiful.
And before I begin, let me just make a serious comment
on what happened in Tampa this morning. We were followed out of town
by a tornado which devastated some residential areas -- tragically
killed four people. And on behalf of Barbara and me, our hearts and
prayers go out to the family and the victims and all others whose
homes were in that tornado's path. We've seen -- and I saw it again
today in Homestead -- that Floridians are strong and good people.
And you've had your fair share of natural disasters, and I want to
just express my concerns and say, Florida's fighting back; never make
a mistake about that. (Applause.)
And I might say, on a brighter note, I am very pleased
that we have reached agreement with the Clinton campaign to hold
three presidential debates beginning next Sunday. (Applause.) And I
look forward going head-on-head with Governor Clinton and ROSS Perot.
And I'm especially pleased that Americans will be able to compare our
ideas side by side without any media filter, and get the facts and
the truth to the American people. (Applause.)
I didn't go to Oxford, so I'm not the world's greatest
debater. But I know how to tell the truth, and that may make a
difference. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years! Four more
years! Four more years!
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THE PRESIDENT: Let me say this this election and
what we'll be putting in perspective and the debates out there, is
asking the rhetorical question: What kind of an America do you want
for the young people here today? And my opponent rips our country
down and says that we're a nation in decline somewhere between
Germany and Sri Lanka. And he ought to open his eyes. We are the
most respected nation on the face of the Earth. (Applause.)
And now let's use that leadership to change the world,
and brought democracy and peace to all the countries moving around
the world and bring that same progress and prosperity to every
working man and woman in this country. That's why I want four more
years. (Applause.)
You might say, how do we stay number one economically;
and we are when you look around the world. And we do it this way:
Here's the Agenda for America's Renewal. It is a comprehensive,
factual plan, integrated plan to create the world's first $10-
trillion economy in the next few years. And we can do it because we
are the United States of America. (Applause.)
And one way you do it is to turn away from protection
and open up new markets abroad for American products. We must become
an export superpower. And we can do it if we don't listen to the
siren's call of protection emanating from the other camp.
(Applause.)
This agenda prepares our young people to excel in
science and math and English; and because this is the way we're going
to outcompete the Germans and outcompete the Japanese. And this
agenda helps strengthen the American family, because family is still
the foundation of our nation. (Applause.) And I worry when it's
weak, and I want to see us help strengthen. (Applause.)
We've got to literally reinvent American education and
give every parent a fundamental right to choose the public schools,
private schools or religious schools. (Applause.) Parental choice
will make all the schools better. (Applause.)
One thing that Governor Clinton doesn't want to touch,
and I want to see done and done quickly is to reform our crazy legal
system 50 that we sue each other less and care for each other more.
(Applause.) He has already advocated spending -- and he hasn't even
started yet already advocated $220 billion in more spending. And
I want to get the spending down and the taxes down.
And here's the way we'll do it: Give me that balanced
budget amendment; give me that check-off; and give me that line-item
veto; and let me do what the Congress can't do. (Applause.)
And another thing, give us these three good men for the
United States Congress. And then let's say, let's limit the terms
for the members of Congress. A President's terms are limited, limit
the Congress and give it back to the people. (Applause.)
Now these are just some of my ideas and I hate to
ruin this program -- but I think we ought to take a little look at
Arkansas, because this man's trying to get elected by doing one
thing: Tear down the country -- say we're down -- and criticize the
President. If that's fair game, let's take a look at Arkansas.
(Applause.)
Now, first, the people of Arkansas are good and decent.
We live right next door to them in Texas. They are good and decent
people, but there's a lot they don't know about their Governor and a
lot you don't know, and the more you think about it, and the more you
find out, the more you know he is wrong for America.
AUDIENCE: Tell him!
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THE PRESIDENT: I am. (Applause.)
He says he's for civil rights -- he says he's for civil
rights. Arkansas doesn't even have a Basic civil rights law. And I
have passed a sound bill -- sound civil rights bill, a sound ADA bill
-- the best creative piece of civil rights legislation in the last
two decades. And he hasn't even done one single thing for fair play
in the state of Arkansas. (Applause.)
He says he's for a clean environment, but the Institute
for Southern studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policy --
50th.
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: The Governor sounds like he can walk on
water. Well, you can do it over there in that Arkansas River.
(Laughter and applause.) No, really. There's so much fecal coliform
bacteria in the river that the fish teach their kids to jog rather
than swim. (Laughter.)
Governor Clinton says he's tough on crime, but crime in
Arkansas has increased twice as fast as the rest of the nation. And
the cops who know him best -- the Fraternal Order of Police in Little
Rock, Arkansas -- have endorsed me for President of the United
States. (Applause.)
This guy says he wants to do for the country what he's
done for Arkansas. And I say why in the world would we let him?
AUDIENCE. B000 --
THE PRESIDENT: That is a real threat. We can't let him
do that. NOW, look at the economy, a major issue in the campaign --
and, look, I know we've had tough times. Families are worried,
people are out of work. But I'll tell you something: We need to
understand that it's bigger than America. We're feeling a global
economic slowdown. Everybody knows that. It's worse overseas. Not
one single country over there wouldn't trade in a minute for our
economy.
And so, yet, Governor Clinton offers to America that
same kind of tired European social welfare approach to life that has
failed them. We don't need that in this country. He has already
proposed $150 billion in new taxes, $220 billion in new spending.
And don't worry don't worry, he says, he'll take it all out of the
top two percent everybody making over $200,000. But the truth is,
to get the money for his plan, that $150 billion, Governor Clinton
would have to get his money from every American with taxable income
over $36,600. It's not just the top -- and these people are not
Shaquille O'Neal. They're not rolling in millions. (Applause.)
These are your neighbors. (Applause.)
So I've got an idea, though. We ought to do what
Shaquille would do and stuff the Governor's tax increase right into
the front row. (Applause.) But on top of this -- I hate to ruin
this marvelous rally -- but on top of this, Governor Clinton will
literally need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for all
the programs he's promised. And you say, who's going to pay? The
same people who always pay -- those who work hard, pay their bills,
sweat it out at tax time. And he wants you to sweat harder for the
tax man. And I say his ideas deserve a cold shower. We cannot do_
that for this country. (Applause.)
You're a third grade teacher making $22,000 a year in.
taxable income -- he could slap you with another $430 a year in
taxes. And I say you ought to be able to use that money to pay for
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your kids' education, take a shot at the mortgage. And you don't
need to send it up to the IRS in Washington, D.C. And therein lies
the biggest single difference on this election -- tax-and-spend
versus holding down taxes, holding down spending, and return the
power to the people of the United States. (Applause.)
I've got another -- you know, for 11 months this guy --
and bunch of these other Democrats have been around tearing me up,
and I'm having a good time now getting this thing in focus. I enjoy
it. And here's -- one day Bill Clinton says, this guy is on every
side of every issue. You talk about slippery when wet -- (laughter)
-- listen to this: One day, Bill Clinton tells Arkansas he'll never
run for president -- I've seen the tape of it; and eight months
later, he's out there running for president, announcing his campaign.
One day he says, I'm for the North American Free Trade Agreement, and
then he backs away.
And now today the Washington paper reports -- Washington
Post reports that, tomorrow, the Governor is poised to switch again
and support the trade agreement. Watching him go back and forth on
the issues is mind-boggling. It's like watching a Chinese ping-pong
match. (Laughter.)
One day he says the middle class deserves a tax break,
and the next day he's plotting new ways to give the middle class the
greatest honor of paying for all his programs. And if he ever became
President -- and he won't -- we'd have to replace the eagle with a
chameleon. (Applause.)
Now, I'll give you another example. I'll give you
another example. Look at the question of whether to follow my lead
and stand up against Saddam. Just two weeks ago in Washington Bill
Clinton read a speech on foreign policy -- it sounded like a college
term paper -- and he said -- and I quote -- (laughter) -- he said
this: "I supported the President when it became necessary to evict
Saddam Hussein from Kuwait" -- end quote. But two years ago, when I
was trying to mobilize the whole country behind it, fighting not only
the demonstrators out there in front of the White House that Saddam
misunderstood -- and a lot in the media, and plenty in the United
States Congress -- here is what Governor Clinton said: "I guess I
would have voted with the majority 1f it was a close vote, but I
agree with the arguments the minority made." Now, tell me what kind
of leadership that would be for a Commander-in-Chief of the United
States Armed Forces. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: Booo --
THE PRESIDENT: No, we've got too much on one side and
then another side. And I've found one thing about the Oval Office:
You can't make everybody happy. You're bound to make mistakes, but
you've got to do like the umpire. You've got to call them as you see
them and stay with it, and tell the truth as you go along.
(Applause.)
I'll tell you why I'm going to win the election.
(Applause.) The first place, we've got a better plan -- an Agenda
for American Renewal. Secondly, the young people in America go to
bed at night without that same fear of nuclear war -- (applause) --
the generations ahead of them had. (Applause.) And thirdly, when
people go into that voting booth, they're going to ask themselves
this question: Who do I trust to be empowered with the dignity,
prescice and the enormous power of President of the United States?
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And I have worked hard to uphold that trust. Yes, I've made
mistakes. But I have not betrayed the public trust. I have been a
strong leader. And now I ask for your support for four more years to
finish the job -- (applause) -- and get this job done. (Applause.)
Thank you all, and God bless you. God bless you all.
(Applause.)
Thank you very much.
END
6:22 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
For Immediate Release
October 3, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE COMMUNITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE
Hollywood International Airport
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2:25 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thanks, Colonel Bud Day. And thank
all of you for being here. Let me also single out two Floridians
-- Jeanie Austin, who is the Vice Chairman -- Cochairman of the
Republican National Committee, a great daughter of Florida with
us today; and also the man I want to see elected to the United
good man. (Applause.)
States Senate, Bill Grant -- (applause) -- a good Congressman, a
And may I salute Guy Sanchez and Commander Donald
Freak; and also a couple of friends of mine that came up on the
plane -- Andy Mills and Chris Evert -- (applause) -- two of Fort
Lauderdale's favorites over here. (Applause.) And may I thank
Gerald McRaney, a man of principle who's campaigning. I'm glad
to have Major Dad on my side, I'll tell you. (Applause.)
what this is. This thing is a TBF Avenger. And I remember the
And I'm sure some of you young ones are wondering
first time I saw one of these, I could hardly wait to try it out.
And then my flight instructor told me a curious aerodynamic fact.
When the thing was loaded, it could fall faster than it can fly.
And I proved that a couple of times out in the Pacific flying one
of these things. (Applause.) I took my flight training right
here (Applause.) at Fort Lauderdale. It was quite a few years ago.
I am very pleased to be here to talk about the --
AUDIENCE: Where was Bill! Where was Bill! Where
was Bill! Where was Bill! Where was Bill!
THE PRESIDENT: I am very pleased to be here to talk
about the choice for this November. And this campaign, like
every campaign, 18 about a simple question: What kind of America
do (Applause.) you want for the young people that are here today?
My opponent likes to tear America down. He says
that we are -- in his words -- south of Germany, heading toward
Sri Lanka. Well, maybe he ought talk to a few folks in Germany
or Asia, and they'll remind him of a few facts. Our people are
the best educated; our economy is still the most dynamic; and our
workers the most productive. (Applause.)
And America is the greatest economic superpower the
world has ever seen. And I intend to keep it that way and make
it better. And I don't like Governor Clinton tearing down the
United States of America. (Applause.)
AUDIENCE: We want Bush! We want Bush! We want
Bush! We want Bush!
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THE PRESIDENT: I have laid out a comprehensive
Agenda for American Renewal. It's a comprehensive, integrated
agenda to create -- right here in the United States -- the
world's very first $10-trillion economy. And you go with my
plan, and we can do just that. (Applause.)
And here's what we've got to do. We've got to look
forward to open new markets for our products, because that's the
way we're going to create new jobs and better wages for our
workers.
My agenda charts a way to prepare our young people
to excel in Math and English and science, because that's the way
our kids will beat the socks off the Germans and the Japanese in
economic competition. (Applause.)
This agenda provides ways to strengthen the American
family -- because families are the foundation of our nation. And
I'm going to keep on talking about strengthening the family.
(Applause.) And, as the Colonel said, Governor Clinton wants to
gut our military forces. He wants to cut $60 billion beyond what
my military experts say is responsible.
AUDIENCE: Boool
THE PRESIDENT: And my Agenda cuts defense, but only
so far. Because the only way America can stay safe is for
America to stay strong. The reason we whipped Saddam Hussein is
we stayed strong. (Applause.)
So here's what I'm fighting for -- is to reinvent
American education -- and give every parent the right to choose
the best school for their kids -- public, private or religious.
(Applause.)
To reform our crazy legal system -- we've got too
many crazy lawsuits -- and it is time that we sue each other
less, and care for each other more in this country. (Applause.)
With the help of that new Congress, I'm determined
to cut the size of government -- because government is too big
and spends too much of your money. And I want to limit -- limit
the terms --
AUDIENCE: Clean the House!
THE PRESIDENT: -- that's a good idea. The man says
"Clean House. Wait a minute, I'll tell you how to do it.
AUDIENCE: Clean the House! Clean the House! Clean
the House!
THE PRESIDENT: We need to do that, I'll tell you.
We need to do that, and one thing we need to do is limit the
terms for the members of Congress and give Congress back to the
people. The President's terms are limited; limit the Congress.
(Applause.)
These are just some of the things I'm fighting for.
But while I'm talking about the future, Governor Clinton only
wants to talk about the past.
AUDIENCE: Four more years! Four more years!
THE PRESIDENT: And if he wants to -- you guys --
Clinton only wants to talk about the past. And I say, if you
want to talk about the past, take a look at Arkansas.
(Applause.) These are good people. Good, honorable, patriotic
Americans, and they've had a bad leader. And the more you know
about him, the more you'll understand: Bill Clinton is wrong for
America. (Applause.)
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You know, he says he's for civil rights, but
Arkansas doesn't even have a basic civil rights law. He says
he's for a clean environment, but the Institute of Southern
Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in environmental policies -- right
down to the bottom.
AUDIENCE: Boooool
THE PRESIDENT: Governor Clinton would have you want
us to believe he can walk on water -- and maybe he can, over
there in Arkansas in those rivers, they're so polluted.
(Applause.) The Governor says he's tough on crime, but under
him, Arkansas's crime rate has gone through the roof -- has risen
two times faster than the nation's. And you don't have to take
my word for it. Ask the police officers who know Bill Clinton
the best -- the people in Little Rock, and the police officers in
Little Rock have endorsed me for President of the United States.
(Applause.)
Let me talk for just a minute about the economy.
We've been through some tough economic times. But understand
we're being affected by a global economic slowdown. And our
competitors in Europe would trade places with the United States
in a minute. And, yet, Governor Clinton offers for America --
this kind of European social welfare state with bigger government
and higher taxes. And we don't need it.
AUDIENCE: Boooo!
THE PRESIDENT: And don't listen to what he's saying
today. He is wanting to slap more taxes. on the middle class.
AUDIENCE: Boooool
THE PRESIDENT: Let me give you the facts. He is
proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes -- and at least $220
billion in new spending. And, don't worry, he says -- I'll take
it all from the rich -- I'll take it all from those who are the
top two percent.
But the problem is this: to get all the money he
needs for that plan he's come up with -- the $150 billion that
he's promised in new taxes -- Governor Clinton would have to get
his money from every individual with taxable income over $36,600.
And to pay for his other promises, he'll have to sock it to the
cap drivers, the teachers, the nurses and the day-to-day
citizens. And we can't let him do that.
AUDIENCE: Booooo!
THE PRESIDENT: He wants the middle class to sweat
more and send it to the IRS. And I say his ideas deserve a cold
shower. Do not give him a chance. (Applause.)
You know, we had some television ads on posing the
truth about who's going to pay for all Governor Clinton's
promises; and then he gets mad. And even today he's got a new ad
on television trying to fog the issue. He's scared that you're
going to find out the truth before November 3rd.
And his economic plan does not add up. And someone
is going to have to foot the bill. And Governor Clinton says it
won't be the middle-class. But you cannot raise $150 billion in
taxes and pay for at least $220 billion in new spending without
touching the middle-class.
Middle-class tax payers believe that Governor
Clinton won't touch their paychecks like they believe that
Hurricane Andrew was a gentle spring shower. We cannot let him
touch the middle-class on taxes.
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NOW, you see he's got a habit of never trying to
take a position on a tough issue. I've finally figured out why
he compares himself to Elvis -- the minute he has to take a stand
on something, he starts wiggling. (Applause.)
One day he looks right in with those blue eyes into
the camera and says he's not going to run for President of the
United States, the next thing you know he announces his campaign.
One day he says he's for a good trade agreement that we want --
the North American Free Trade Agreement; and then he says "I
haven't made up my mind yet." One day he says the middle-class
deserves a tax break, the next day he's piling up spending
programs that the middle-class have to pay for.
And just two days ago in Wisconsin, he read a speech
on foreign policy and it sort of sounded like a college term
paper. Governor Clinton said -- and I quote -- "This has to do
with the war in Iraq." He said, "I supported the President when
it became necessary to evict Saddam Hussein from Kuwait.' He
said that the other day. But last year, here's what he said: "I
guess I would have voted with the majority if it was a close
vote, but I agree with the arguments that the minority made."
AUDIENCE: Boooo!
THE PRESIDENT: This is crazy. You cannot act like
that as a Commander-in-Chief. This guy couldn't remember in
detail that he didn't inhale 20 years ago, and he can't remember
what came out of his mouth 20 minutes ago. (Applause.)
I think we've discovered a new disease --
"Clintonesia". (Laughter.) The symptoms: weak knees, sweaty
palms and an incredible desire to say anything on all sides of
every issue, depending on who you are trying to please.
(Applause.)
So let me just comment about the young people here.
You cannot keep everybody happy. You've got to call them as you
see them. You've got to make tough decisions. And we better not
replace the American eagle with a chameleon in the White House.
(Applause.)
We still have some very tough problems both at home
and abroad. And I don't think that we ought to put our bet on a
leader with no experience and a sorry record in his home state.
You know this place is special for me. I mention it
because this is where I took that final flight training before I
went overseas at the old Naval Air Station here. And I was just
a kid -- I was 19 at the time. And maybe that's why I've never
forgotten the lessons that military service teaches. It shaped
my character; and I hope that that service to country has made me
a better Commander-In-Chief, because I respect our military and
the veterans -- (applause) -- I respect the military. I do not
loathe them, as Governor Clinton said in that famous letter. I
respect them, I support the veterans, and we have a special trust
with the veterans and we must protect them, and we will always
stand beside the brave men and women who stood up for their
country.
And, by the way, I do believe that serving in
uniform is a good criterion for being Commander-In-Chief of the
Armed Forces. (Applause.)
No, the question between our Agenda for American
Renewal and the Clinton plan is like night and day. But the
fundamental points are two: One, I don't believe we're a country
south of Germany and just above Sri Lanka. I believe we are the
best, fairest, most decent country on the face of the Earth, and
I will never tear down America.
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duty of serving the United States of America as president? I
hope I have earned your trust. Barbara and I have worked very,
very hard -- (applause) -- and I ask for your support for four
more years.
Thank you, and God bless you all. Thank you.
(Applause.)
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2:40 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Clearwater, Florida)
For Immediate Release
October 3, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT ON TOP OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY WELCOME
Top of the World Community
Clearwater, Florida
9:25 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very, very much.
Please be seated. At long last he's made his intentions clear.
And I'm delighted that Sidney will not be a candidate for
President of the United States. (Laughter.) It's a confusing
enough year with the way it is. (Laughter.)
But thank you, sir -- to you and your family for
this introduction. Sidney and I go back a while. And he's been
a loyal and strong friend and supporter. And he's certainly been
a marvelous citizen of this community and of our great state of
Florida. so thank you very much.
And allow me quickly to single out a couple of
others -- Sandra, thank you, and best of luck to you.
(Applause.) We have Bill Grant with us, another friend. And I
want to see some real changes in the Congress. (Applause.) And
he's running for the Senate. (Applause.)
And Jeannie Austin, the Vice Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, sitting over here -- a Floridian.
(Applause.) And Marian Keith, longtime GOP volunteer and a
resident of On Top of the World. (Applause.) And a special
welcome -- right back there -- and a special welcome to Gerald
McRaney. He's a great campaigner, a man of principle.
(Applause.) And I'm very proud to have him at my side.
(Applause.) Mac will be traveling with us all across Florida
today. And we love having him along -- except every time I get
going on a little too long, he makes me drop in the aisle of Air
Force One and do 50 push-ups. (Laughter.)
But in honor of the Major's presence, I'd like to
start this morning with an announcement related to the area,
regarding MacDill Air Force Base. And as you know, MacDill
played a big role in bringing an end to the Cold War and
certainly in Desert Storm. And now I'm pleased to announce that
the Air Force and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, NOAA, will work together to make MacDill a major
center for NOAA's fleet of research aircraft. (Applause.) This
is a good decision. It represents a big victory for Senator
Connie Mack and Congressman Bill Young, who are both back in
Washington today. (Applause.)
And also to give credit, I want to single out Al
Austin, the Chairman of the MacDill Response Group, a Floridian
who played a big role in finding a use for MacDill that will
serve the national interest and also provide a major boost to the
area's economy. So it's good news, and I'm glad to be able to
announce it here in Florida today. (Applause.)
Now about this little matter of an election -- a
month from today. This campaign, like every campaign, is about a
simple question: What kind of America do we want for our kids
and for our grandkids? And my opponent says that America is over
the hill. And at the Democratic Convention, he said he saw the
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U.S. sliding down the list of nations, somewhere past Germany and
heading for Sri Lanka.
well, maybe he ought to open his eyes. Maybe he
ought to look at the respect with which we're held all around the
world. And maybe the Governor needs to walk the streets of
Europe and talk to the people of Asia, and they'd remind him of a
few facts: Americans are still the most educated people in the
world. In spite of our difficulties, the American economy is
still the most dynamic in the world. American workers still the
most productive. And any way you measure it, America is still on
top of the world. And that's the way it is. (Applause.)
And so how do we stay number one -- and that's the
question. And I've laid out an Agenda for American Renewal -- a
comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America the world's
very first $10-trillion economy. And my Agenda for Renewal
demands that we open new markets for American products. Because
that is the way we are going to create the new jobs for American
workers.
My agenda prepares our young people to excel in
science and math and English -- because that's the way they will
outperform the Japanese and the Germans. And my Agenda helps
strengthen the American family because we must never forget:
Family is still the foundation of our nation. (Applause.)
And I might just say -- I'm a little prejudice, but
I think we have one of the great First Ladies of all time. And I
wish -- (applause) -- and I wish Barbara were here, because she
feels as I do on strengthening family. And when she sits there
in the Diplomatic Entrance of the White House and reads to those
kids, it's sending a signal to parents to help your children.
When she holds an AIDS baby in her arms, it sends the compassion
that we all ought to feel -- one for another. And she feels as
strongly as I do that we've got to find ways to strengthen the
fabric of society by strengthening the American family.
(Applause.)
This Agenda for American Renewal promotes savings
and investment, because in America the future is our children's
birthright. And so here's what I'm fighting for: To
reinvent --literally reinvent American education and give every
American the fundamental right to choose the best school for
their children. (Applause.) Fighting to reform our crazy legal
system, because, as a nation, we must sue each other less and
care for each other more. These suits are out of hand.
(Applause.)
And then to use market and competition to cut the
cost of health care and make it available to all of your
neighbors. And it seems to me if you see a doctor once, you
shouldn't have to go back a month later when you get the bill to
be treated for aftershock. (Laughter and applause.) so we have
a good, new health reform program, and I think it's time to bring
some sanity to our health care system.
And I want to bring real change to Washington by
limiting the terms of the members of Congress -- (applause) --
and give the power back to real people. The President's terms
are limited; why not limit the terms of some of those old
geezers up there that have been there for about 50 years?
(Applause.)
And, finally, I'm fighting for economic security,
for every man and woman in America. And I know that Social
Security and Medicare are important to all of you, to all of us.
And I'm sure some of you have heard my opponent's ads on the
subject. Understand, Governor Clinton's a very ambitious
politician. That's fine. But in his first try on the national
scene he's using the oldest trick in the world trying to scare
America's seniors.
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And here are the facts: I have proposed a
comprehensive program to reform our health care system, to
improve health care for all Americans. And the only proposal
I've made to -- will affect Medicare benefits is to give people
with highest incomes a smaller government subsidy. But I believe
we can get big savings by cutting the fat out of an inefficient
system, but going after things like the $25 billion in potential
savings in malpractice insurance. But we can reform health care
without cutting your health benefits. I have protected them as
President -- (applause) -- and I'm going to continue to protect
them. (Applause.)
Bill Clinton's got a different idea. He wants the
government to get involved in setting prices -- setting health
care prices. But the experts said it could force people to wait
in line for treatment they want and need. Governor Clinton's
plan would require $218 billion in cuts in Medicaid and Medicare
over the next five years. And so at the same time he's scaring
you, he will not tell the seniors across this state and across
the country where he's going to get the over $200 billion in
savings that he wants. I think you deserve an answer to this.
These are the facts. They are pure and simple
facts. And it's the same with Social Security. In 1983 -- most
people will probably remember this -- in 1983, we took steps to
make sure Social Security would stay financially sound, and we
have kept it that way. And no matter what Governor Clinton says,
as long as I am President, Social Security will remain safe and
sound. And as I said in the state of the Union message -- and I
repeat it here -- I will not mess with Social Security, and I
will not let Congress mess with Social Security. (Applause.)
And I will not let anyone take a knife to your Medicare benefits.
NOW, ultimately none of us will be secure without a
strong economy. And that's a fundamental issue of the campaign.
And the differences in approach couldn't be more dramatic.
I know America's endured some very tough economic
times. But understand, we are being affected -- and most people
know this -- by a global economic slowdown. Our competitors in
Europe would trade places with us in a minute. And yet Governor
Clinton offers America the European social welfare state policies
-- more government, more special interest spending, more taxes OD
the middle class.
And as Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended
the sales tax, including a tax on vegetables and other groceries.
He raised the gas tax. He taxed mobile homes. He even taxed
cable TV -- taxes that hit the middle class and seniors the
hardest.
And now in this campaign, he says he's changed his
ways. He's proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes plus at
least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he says,
I'll get it all from the rich -- the people who make over
$200,000 -- that top two percent.
Well, yesterday in The Washington Post, his economic
spokesman was quoted admitting to a reporter that the top two
percent is not people over $200,000. He said that was just
shorthand. Well, he's right. It's shorthand. Governor
Clinton's plan is shorthand for socking it to the nurses and the
teachers and the cab drivers and the middle class people who
always get the shaft. And I am not going to let it happen.
We're going to take this case to the American people.
(Applause.)
To get the money -- to get the money that he needs
for this plan -- the $150 billion that he's promised in new taxes
-- he would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600. And that is a fact. And these
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aren't the folks you see on "Lifestyles of the Rich and the
Famous." They work hard, and they deserve a break.
But that's just a start. Because hardly a day goes
by when candidate Clinton isn't signing on some plea for some new
government spending program. And before he's done, Bill Clinton
is going to need hundreds of billions of dollars more to pay for
all the programs he's promised. You've got every right to say
well, who will pay? And the same people who always pay -- the
people who work hard and sweat it out at tax time. Bill Clinton
wants you to sweat harder for the tax man, and I say his ideas
deserve a cold shower. (Applause.)
Just some examples: Let's say your daughter's a
third grade teacher with about $22,000 a year in taxable income.
She already pays about $1,300 in taxes. And Governor Clinton
could have her fork over another $430 a year to the tax man --
that is, if he's going to pay for all the social programs and pay
for the additional spending that he's already proposed. And I
say that that woman ought to be able to use that money to pay for
the grandkids' education-or pay the mortgage on her house, not to
send it back to the IRS.
Bill Clinton can protest all he wants, but his
numbers do not add up. And I'm not going to let him take the
difference out of your income. (Applause.)
And now, whenever I say this, Governor Clinton says
it's outrageous. He'd never considered taxing the middle class.
He's, quote -- here's what he says about himself -- "a different
kind of Democrat." Well, there's nothing different about $150
billion in new taxes right out of the shoot. There's nothing
different about at least $220 billion in new government spending
-- spending he's already proposed. And there's nothing different
in Bill Clinton's record in Arkansas where he's treated the
middle class like a piggy bank to pay for all his programs.
Remember Mike Dukakis, the tank driver? (Laughter.)
Well, Bill Clinton nominated him for President four years ago.
And this year, according to an article in The New York Times, 39
of Governor Clinton's economic proposals are virtually identical
to the ideas Governor Dukakis was pushing -- higher taxes, more
spending, a bigger deficit. And I say, simply: These things are
wrong for America. (Applause.) We've got fundamental
differences here. I'm getting warmed up on you, because I think
we're going to have three debates; so I'm practicing here today.
(Laughter and applause.)
Governor Clinton wants you to believe that the
American economy will improve if you turn full control of your
paycheck over to the crew that already runs the Congress. He
wants the tax-and-spend government planners to have total control
over the Executive Branch, too. And last time they tried this --
we ended up with double-digit inflation and rising interest
rates, and a Misery Index -- inflation and unemployment -- over
20 percent.
Think about what inflation does to people on fixed
incomes. Bill Clinton and his friends in Congress would let the
lion of inflation out of its cage. And I say, let's lock it
away, keep it from your bank account, keep your savings
sacrosanct, not to be wiped out by inflation. (Applause.)
And so my case to the American people is this: At
this time in our history, we simply cannot take the risk on a
President with no national experience and a miserable Arkansas
record to run on. (Applause.)
since I've been in the Oval Office I've faced some
very difficult decisions. That's what you pay me to do. And,
yes, I've made some mistakes; when I make a mistake I'll admit
it. But I believe I've been a good leader. I've tried to make
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the tough calls. (Applause.) I've tried to make the tough
calls, willing to tell people not what they want to hear, but
what they need to hear. And I stand before you today asking for
your support so that we can get to work with a new Congress to
fix the problems that stand in the way of this country; and so
that we reform our health care system; that we literally reinvent
our schools; so that we can retrain workers from one generation
and create jobs for the next; and so that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes to get this economy moving again; and so
that we can limit terms of the Members of the Congress and give
government back to the people. (Applause.)
And if you're looking for a leader of experience and
ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who knows that
America's heartbeat can be found not in Washington, but in places
like Clearwater and Largo and St. Pete and Tampa, then I hope I
can count on your support on November 3rd.
Thank you all very, very much, and may God bless the
United States of America. Thank you all. Thank you.
(Applause.)
The meeting is adjourned. Thank you. (Applause.)
END
9:42 A.M. EDT
MIAMI
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SUNDAY at 1pm WHACKED!
2) MIAMI (#2inusA) at home us. FLA.STATE (#3)
Saturday at NOON
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HURRICANE ANDREW
DISASTER RELIEF
U.S. NAVY PARTICIPATION
- The Primary Mission of the U.S. Navy Task Force, under the
command of COMPHIBRON SIX (USS SIERRA, USS OPPORTUNE, USS PONCE,
USS HUNLEY, USS ASHLAND, USS SYLVANIA, and the U.S NAVY SEABEES)
was to deliver disaster relief supplies and equipment and to
restore damaged Dade County Schools to service with a target date
of 14 SEPT 1992.
- of the 278 schools within Dade County, the Navy was originally
tasked with restoring 36 of the hardest hit schools in the disaster
area. The list of Navy schools eventually grew to a total of 47.
- Although it was originally estimated that between 30 and 40
schools would not open on the target date, all but 10 of the Dade
County schools were ready to receive students by the 14th of
September. Since opening day, the Navy has restored 4 additional
schools that were considered long term losses. A breakdown of the
47 schools restored by the Navy is provided in Enclosure (1).
- All schools that have the potential to be economically restored
have now been placed back in service. The successful completion of
this huge task required a phenomenal effort to remove tons of
standing water, mud and debris, tear down thousands of water
damaged ceiling tiles, rip out miles of ruined carpet, scrub down
hundreds of mildew laden walls and surfaces, replace damaged walls
and windows, patch leaking roofs, remove, sort, and replace
thousands of books and school supplies, open and dry out hundreds
of light fixtures, clear tons of outside debris and clean and
restore thousands of square feet of floor space. Additional tasks
included the cleanup of school yards and playground areas,
restoration of electrical service and air conditioning, sanitation
of food service facilities and repair of electronics equipment
including computers and audio visual aids.
- In addition to their primary mission, Navy assets completed a
number of significant secondary taskings as outlined in Enclosure
(2).
- Having completed their mission, U.S. Naval Forces are now
resuming their normal assigned duties.
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HURRICANE ANDREW
DISASTER RELIEF
U.S. NAVY SCHOOL RESTORATION
SEABEES (22ND NAVAL CONSTRUCTION REGIMENT, FORWARD) - 15 Schools
Plus 37 Assists:
Arvida Middle
Bel-Aire Elem
Colonial Drive Elem
Everglades Labor Camp
Gulfstream Elem
Hammocks Middle
Miami Heights Elem
Miami Southridge Senior
Miami Sunset Senior
Robert Morgan Technical
Redland Middle
South Dade Skill Center
South Miami Heights Elem
Sunset Elem
West Laboratory Elem
USS HUNLEY --- 14 Schools Plus 4 Assists:
Centennial Middle
Coral Reef Elem
Cutler Ridge Middle
Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System, South
Gloria Floyd Elem
Howard Drive Elem
Kendale Lakes Elem
A.L. Lewis Elem
Redland Laborcamp Vocational
Redondo Elem
Royal Green Elem
South Dade Senior
Sylvania Heights Elem
Wispering Pines Elem
USS OPPORTUNE - 3 Schools Plus 1 assist (USS SIERRA - Perrine
Elem) :
Cutler Ridge Elem
F.C. Martin Elem
Southwood Middle
USS PONCE - 3 Schools:
Homestead Middle
Homestead Senior
West Homestead Elem
Enclosure (1)
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USS SYLVANIA - Assisted USS SIERRA at 2 Schools, Assisted USS PONCE
at 1 School:
Campbell Drive Middle
Airbase Elem
Homestead Senior
USS SIERRA - 12 Schools Plus 1 Assist (Gloria Floyd) :
Airbase Elem
Avocado Elem
Campbell Drive Middle
Campbell Drive Elem
W. Chapman Elem
Cypress Elem
Florida city Elem
Leisure city Elem
Naranja Elem
Sunset Park Elem
Perrine Elem
Pine Lake Elem
USS ASHLAND - Assisted USS PONCE at 1 School: Homestead Senior
ENCLOSURE (1)
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HURRICANE ANDREW
DISASTER RELIEF
U.S. NAVY PARTICIPATION
USS SYLVANIA/HC-8:
- Transferred over one million pounds of relief supplies via
helicopter to remote disaster feeding sites while
simultaneously conducting around-the-clock cargo offload.
- Offloaded a total of 2.8 million pounds of relief supplies and
materials.
- Assisted in the restoration of 3 schools.
USS HUNLEY:
- Restored 14 schools
- Erected Tent City at Harris Field
- Provided Spanish linguist support for Army Medical Units
- Provided FEMA case workers to assist citizens applying for
disaster relief.
USS OPPORTUNE:
- Restored 3 schools and assisted USS SIERRA restore one other.
- Located and repositioned marine navigational aids and channel
markers.
- Completed underwater surveys to locate, identify and clear
obstructions and hazards to navigation.
tow Completed underwater inspections of numerous sunken boats and
craft to locate missing persons.
- Provided FEMA case workers to assist citizens applying for
disaster relief.
USS PONCE:
- Restored 3 schools.
- Provided FEMA case workers to assist citizens applying for
disaster relief.
- Provided support for USS Sylvania flight operations
- Supported the CH-46 and transported the PHIB SEABEES with 70
vehicles
USS ASHLAND:
- Delivered large quantities of relief supplies and equipment.
- Assisted USS PONCE in the restoration of Homestead Senior High
school.
tre Provided clerical support to the JTF staff.
ENCLOSURE (2)
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USS SIERRA:
- Restored 12 Schools and assisted in final cleanup of one.
- Erected a tent city at Homestead Middle School with a capacity
- Provided FEMA case workers to assist citizens applying for
you Provided Spanish linguists to assist Army medical units
- Provided meals to U.S. Coast Guard facilities.
- completed debris removal and cleanup of public daycare
DE for 1200 people.
disaster relief.
working in the field to treat civilian casualties.
centers throughout Miami.
- Completed underwater surveys of three separate channels at
Dinner Key Marina to identify obstructions and hezards to
navigation. Located and recovered more than 500 pier sections
valued at more than one half million dollars.
- Completed underwater survey of Bicentennial Pier to identify
and clear obstructions and to map water depth.
- Completed extensive debris removal and cleanup of Sicentennial
Park.
- Installed customized intercom system on UH-1 helicopter to
permit VIPs to obtain a clear and accurate understanding of
the extent of the devastation.
- Fabricated five sets of customized steel steps to permit USDA
food stamp trailers to open on schedule.
- Operated around-the-clock emergency feeding station in Florida
city (dubbed the "Hard Cop Cafe" by the press) which provided
more than 70,000 hot meals to police, FBI, firefighters, and
emergency services personnel.
- Provided crews to maintain and repair more than 140 emergency
generators throughout Dade County.
- Provided Navy Relief society workers to assist local military
families with claims applications.
- First Navy ship to arrive in disaster area and last to leave.
SEABEES (22ND NAVAL CONSTRUCTION REGIMENT FORWARD) :
- Restored 15 schools and assisted in the restoration of 37
other.
- Repaired traffic and street lights in support of Florida Power
and Light.
a Cleared a total of 13,366 cubic yards of debris (as of 9/24).
- Completed various engineering tasks throughout Dade County
including: - Installing power line structures
- Excavation
- Generator installation and repair
- Root repairs at non-school sites
- Backhoe services for various public
organizations
ENCLOSURE(2)
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NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE CENTER, MIAMI:
- Provided direct delivery of water, food, and construction
materials to private citizens and military families in the
disaster area.
- Assisted USS PONCE in the restoration of one school.
- Evacuated more than 50 military families from the disaster
area.
- Provided medical field units which visited more than 50 homes
providing much needed medical care.
- Provided advance liaison and support for seven ships providing
disaster relief support.
- Provided 30 medical personnel to augment the 2ND Medical
Battalion at Harris Field.
- Provided legal assistance for military personnel impacted by
the disaster.
- Provided emergency berthing facilities for more than 300
civilian evacuees and more than 600 military transients.
- Provided assistance at the emergency police feeding station.
- Provided Navy Relief Society case workers to assist military
families impacted by the disaster apply for assistance.
*** Provided emergency generator services to support the operation
of a clinic/shelter for the care of animals.
- Provided 1600 mandays of active duty and selected reserve
labor in support of disaster relief operations.
- Logged more than 18,000 miles of vehicle usage in support of
disaster relief.
ENCLOSURE (2)
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USS SIERRA (AD 18)
- The SIERRA is one of the oldest ships on active duty in the
United States Navy. SIERRA was built by the Tampa shipbuilding
Company of Tamps, Florida. Her keel was laid on December 21, 1941,
only 14 days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The ship was
commissioned and placed in service on March 20, 1944, more than 48
years ago.
- In spite of her age, SIERRA has undergone numerous upgrades and
modifications and has incorporated new technology which makes her
one of the most capable tenders in the fleet today.
- SIERRA's job as a Destroyer Tender is to provide maintenance and
repair capability in forward deployed areas in support of small
combatant ships such as frigates and destroyers. SIERRA will
typically deploy to the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, or Persian Gulf
for six months at a time and will travel wherever necessary to
repair Navy ships.
- SIERRA is equipped with a wide range of specialized equipment and
highly trained technicians to perform repairs to pumps, motors,
piping, ventilation, electrical and electronic equipment as well as
weapons systems. SIERRA is equipped with a machine shop as well as
a foundry and a complete shipfitting shop for the fabrication of
heavy steel components. SIERRA has facilities for woodworking,
canvas work, flexible hose fabrication, boiler repairs, gas turbine
repairs, optical equipment repair, computer repairs and a myriad of
other tasks which are required to keep our ships in fighting
condition.
*** In addition to her industrial capability, SIERRA is a self
sufficient floating city which is capable of operating
independently for up to 60 days. SIERRA makes her own electrical
power, fresh water and steam. She has berthing accommodations for
nearly 900 people and is equipped with 4 "restaurants", a ships
store, post office, bank, barber shop, print shop, photo lab,
laundry and drycleaning plant, and a television station.
- SIERRA is 530 feet long, 73 feet wide, and displaces 17,000 tons
at full load.
- SIERRA has a crew of 880 officers and enlisted, 170 of which are
female.
- SIERRA is homeported in Charleston, South Carolina and is
commanded by Captain Robert A. Kamrath, USN.
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HURRICANE ANDREW
JOINT INFORMATION CENTER NEWS RELEASE
PHONE#: 305-870-5340/1/2/3
FAX#: 305-870-5352/3
Release Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sep 13 } 92
Miami - - HMCS Protecteur, a Canadian navy replenishment ship,
will arrive at Dodge Island Berths at 2:30 p.m., September 14, 1992
in order to support the Canadian air force engineers who commenced
the rebuilding of two of the more severely damaged schools in Dade
County.
Canadian engineers from air force bases across Canada
commenced work on Mays Elementary/High School and Pine Villa School
over the weekend and are confident that, with the arrival of HMCS
Protecteur, the schools will be able to be used within weeks.
Additional air force engineers forming & Mobile Repair Team have
been working with their American counterparts repairing power
generators throughout the region.
HMCS Protecteur, with a complement of 250 crew and 80
specialists, departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 10th, laden
with building supplies, tools and vehicles which will be used in
the reconstruction of the schools. HMCS Protecteur will assist in
completing the task by providing technical assistance, workshops,
skilled tradesmen and work parties to augment the air force
engineers ashore. Captain (N) Douglas McClean, captain of HMCS
Protecteur, has been designated as the Canadian Contingient
Commender.
More Canadian personnel will arrive later in the day when
another Airfield Engineer Flight from Canadian Forces Base Cold
Lake, Alberta arrives at Miami International Airport at 5:45 p.m.
The Canadian Forces' teams of expert personnel have been sent
to Florida by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in reponse to
specific needs identified by American authorities, to assist the
victims of Hurricane Andrew.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CAPTAIN JOHN BLAKELEY, CANADIAN FORCES PUBLIC AFFAIRS; or,
LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM REYNOLDS, UNITED STATES ARMY; or,
LIEUTENANT DAVID SMITH, UNITED STATES MAVI
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HMCS PROTECTEUR RELIEF SUPPLIES
Between 7-10 September 1992, over 50 tons of
construction supplies and equipment were embarked in HMCS
PROTECTEUR in preparation for OPERATION TEMPEST (damage
assistance to Hurricane Andrew).
The following is a partial listing of these
supplies and equipment:
Assorted Lumber and Flywood
Drywall
Roofing Materials
Shingles
Fibreglass Insulation
Polyfilm Vapour Barrier
Staging
Portable Scissor Lifts
Portable Welders
Air Compressors
Roofing Machines
Portable Electrical Generators
Chainsaws
Table Saws
Wheelbarrows
Assorted Tools
In addition, the following fleet of vehicles was
embarked to support the Canadian Joint Task Force in the
Miami area:
4 Dump Trucks
2 Front End Loaders
1 Backhoe
2 Robcats
1 5/4 Ton Ambulance
2 Pickup Trucks
2 Passengers Vans
8 Assorted Specialty Construction Vehicles
4-year-old helping Hurricane Andrew victims
BY MIGUEL BONILLA
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
James Pearl cares about hurt
people. When he first heard about
the hundreds of people who were
hurt by Hurricane Andrew's viru-
lent currents, he wanted to be part of
the campaign called "One Ameri-
can Helping Another" which he
heard on the radio.
There is one difference to this
American's compassion; he is only
4 years old.
"I want to raise money for the
people who got hurt," said James, a
student at the Child Development
Research Center, and he has done
exactly that.
He has raised money by making
a poster with a list of things children
can do around the house to earn
money for the victims of the hurri-
cane.
The poster says children can earn
money by "folding clothes, helping
the baby, cleaning up, clearing the
table and sweeping." Another poster
James made explains what the
money will be used for. It says "the
victims need food, houses, clothing,
drinks, toys and books."
James has gotten several other
children at the Child Development
Center involved in different ways.
Recently the children have been
making cans with homemade labels
and asking people In the home eco-
nomics building to donate to the
"hurt people."
Last Friday, the children went to
the Kiwanis Club and received $30
in donations from the people who
were there.
Kathy Nathan, director of the
Donations anyone?
SAM MARTINEZ: THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Child Development Research Cen-
ter said that, this week, the children
James Pearl, a 4-year-old student at the Child
effort. All the students who helped raise the
will take a trip to the Red Cross
Development Research Center at Tech, holds out
money will take a trip to the Red Cross office to
office and have the children donate
the can he made for the Hurricane Andrew relief
donate their earnings.
the money.
Texas environmental agencies to consolidate by next year
BY LYDIA GUAJARDO
The Department of Health transferred three of
said it should take place through a natural progres-
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
its programs, the Bureau of Solid Waste Manage-
sion.
ment, water hygiene division and radioactive waste
"Eventually the new agency would be equal to
The Texas Water Commission, Texas Depart-
disposal, to the commission March 1.
the EPA in size and programs," Smith said. "We
ment of Health and the Texas Air Control Board will
have added two new people this spring as a result of
combine by Sept. 1, 1993, to create a agency com-
EVENTUALLY THE NEW
the recycling program, otherwise we do not have
parable in size to the Environmental Protection
anything we are looking at in the way of new
Agency.
AGENCY WOULD BE EQUAL
personnel, but it is always a possibility
The new agency will be named the Texas Natural
Smith also said that since the 1970s, agencies
Resources Conservation Commission and will house
TO THE EPA IN SIZE AND
seem to grow in programs and staff after each
25 members of the commission, plus two new
legislative session.
people hired for the merged agency.
PROGRAMS.
As a result of the merger, the office will relocate
The three agencies are in the process of combin-
Larry Smith
to a more central location in late September. Be-
ing. and transferring new and old programs. The
cause the agencies' building leases will expire this
merger was prompted by the Texas Legislature's
"The Solid Waste Management program should
month, the merger will be possible within a year.
passing of Senate Bill 2 last year.
have been there all along, but that program is a relic
Smith said most state consolidations will take
"There were three programs that were just trans-
of the 1970s and just wound up in the other agency,"
place over a span of six years.
HUD INITIATIVES IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE ANDREW
FLORIDA
1992 allocation of Community Development Block Grant Funds
o for the State of Florida is $21,733,000., 3.1 M of which is
reserved for emergencies. The total available CDBG line of
credit for the State of Florida is $30,169,910. The State of
Florida has Section 108 authority of $108,665,000. of which none
is available.
o The affected entitlement areas of South Florida (Broward and
Dade Counties, cities of Hialeah, Miami, and Miami Beach) have
1992 CDBG allocations of $41,895,000. The total available CDBG
line of credit for these areas is $49,461,715. These areas have
Section 108 authority of $209,475,000. of which $14,240,000. is
available.
o
The HOME allocation for the State of Florida is $15,214,000.
Miami, Miami Beach, and Dade County have a combined HOME
allocation of $12,559,000. Miami and Dade County are designated
as new construction eligible areas. Keep in mind, that if a home
is destroyed or so badly damaged that it cannot be repaired, and
it is reconstructed on the same foundation or site, then it is
considered to be rehabilitation, not new construction. An
interim rule now in Departmental clearance would extend the
definition of same-site reconstruction to include manufactured
housing.
0
Dade County was awarded a $5 M Shelter Plus Care for rental
assistance that carries a 1 to 1 matching requirement. Also in
Dade County, an SRO award of $504,000. in rental assistance was
announced last week. Over $1.7 M in ESG funds have been
distributed to Greater Miami and the State of Florida. As of
August 1, none of the money has been spent, and could all be
directed to the affected areas.
o
PIH is extending the NOFA application submission date for
Section 8 vouchers and certificates to September 11, 1992.
o
Unobligated CIAP funds at PHAS affected by the disaster, may
be reprogrammed to address damage. Preliminary reports indicate
that Dade County has approximately $50 M in unobligated CIAP
funds. In addition, $75 M is available for emergencies and does
not have to be repaid.
o
While PHAs may not lease public housing units to ineligible
families, they may make vacant units available to them for
shelter during the emergency period.
HHS INITIATIVES IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE ANDREW IN FLORIDA
Currently the Public Health Service has activated 10 Disaster
Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT), representing over 400
professionals that are capable of providing everything from
emergency room services, to primary and acute care, to
prescription filling, treating thousands of patients, from
emergency surgery to delivering babies.
The Public Health Service has detailed a preventive medicine
unit to Florida, to insure water safety and mosquito control.
Also, an NDMS Mental Health Team has been deployed to support
active DMATs and the disaster field office in Miami.
Additional mental health units stand ready to deploy as soon
as mental health contacts on the ground can determine the
extent of the needs. The PHS has also deployed a medical aid
station at the Disaster field office at Miami International
Airport.
In addition, FDA and CDC personnel are on the ground checking
pharmaceuticals and insuring the safety of the food supply.
The Social Security Administration reports that procedures
have been instituted to insure that all beneficiaries will
receive their SSA and SSI checks in a timely manner. SSA
staff, in coordination with FEMA and the U.S. Postal Service,
will be on hand at all affected post offices with SSA
computers to issue SSA and SSI checks to those who do not have
mail delivery. SSA has aired public service announcements in
English and Spanish over local media outlets, as well as sound
trucks and posted notices, to inform the public about these
procedures. SSI checks are in Dade County and will begin be
distributed beginning on Sunday, August 30. SSA checks will
be ready for delivery on September 3rd (the normal delivery
date).
In addition, SSA has worked closely with the U.S. Department
of Treasury and the Federal Reserve to insure that all direct
deposit checks (65 percent of beneficiaries) reach their
destination on time.
2
The Secretary has granted accelerated payments (or Periodic
Cash Advance Interim Payments) to hospitals who face
significant cash flow problems. This immediate assistance is
necessary in light of hospital costs pertaining to the
transferring of patients, suspended billing procedures, and
emergency repairs to hospital structures.
HCFA reports that 21 of 27 Hospitals in Dade County are
operational. Patients have been transferred from the closed
facilities to other institutions. HCFA has waived most
restrictions on funds available for the transferring of
patients, regardless of their Medicaid/Medicare status.
The Commissioner of AOA has granted $200,000 in emergency
funds. This money will be used to provide meals, temporary
housing, and other assistance to elderly citizens.
The Administration for Children and Families reports that in
coordination with State of Florida authorities and the U.S.
Postal Service, AFDC checks, as well as child support checks,
can be picked up at local post offices. ACF is working with
SSA to include this information in the SSA public service
announcements airing on local media outlets. Additionally,
ACF and state authorities are evaluating damage to Head Start
sites to identify necessary actions to insure that services
are provided once the school year commences.
Support will continue to insure the continued delivery of
health and social services. The primary threat to citizens
is poor sanitation, water-borne diseases, and an unsafe water
supply (use of bottled water alleviates this concern). CDC
and NIH sanitary units have been deployed to evaluate the
threats and institute preventive and educational measures to
counter this threat. As necessary we will increase
immunization funding, including possible emergency use of
cholera vaccine, sanitation and environmental surveillance,
injury prevention programs, and food inspection.
other problems for local residents involve the emotional
aftermath of the disaster. We have already deployed mental
health evaluation teams and other mental health professionals
who will be analyzing the needs and requesting additional
staff.
Finally, we must insure that the community and migrant health
centers begin functioning again, because they will bear the
brunt of the medical needs once the DMATs depart. HHS is also
prepared to increase support for violence prevention, child
protective services, substance abuse treatment, meals for the
elderly, and expanded head start capacity.
3
The Secretary has granted accelerated payments (or Periodic
Cash Advance Interim Payments) to hospitals who face
significant cash flow problems. This immediate assistance is
necessary in light of hospital costs pertaining to the
transferring of patients, suspended billing procedures, and
emergency repairs to hospital structures.
HCFA reports that 21 of 27 Hospitals in Dade County are
operational. Patients have been transferred from the closed
facilities to other institutions. HCFA has waived most
restrictions on funds available for the transferring of
patients, regardless of their Medicaid/Medicare status.
The Commissioner of AOA has granted $200,000 in emergency
funds. This money will be used to provide meals, temporary
housing, and other assistance to elderly citizens.
The Administration for Children and Families reports that in
coordination with State of Florida authorities and the U.S.
Postal Service, AFDC checks, as well as child support checks,
can be picked up at local post offices. ACF is working with
SSA to include this information in the SSA public service
announcements airing on local media outlets. Additionally,
ACF and state authorities are evaluating damage to Head Start
sites to identify necessary actions to insure that services
are provided once the school year commences.
Support will continue to insure the continued delivery of
health and social services. The primary threat to citizens
is poor sanitation, water-borne diseases, and an unsafe water
supply (use of bottled water alleviates this concern). CDC
and NIH sanitary units have been deployed to evaluate the
threats and institute preventive and educational measures to
counter this threat. As necessary we will increase
immunization funding, including possible emergency use of
cholera vaccine, sanitation and environmental surveillance,
injury prevention programs, and food inspection.
other problems for local residents involve the emotional
aftermath of the disaster. We have already deployed mental
health evaluation teams and other mental health professionals
who will be analyzing the needs and requesting additional
staff.
Finally, we must insure that the community and migrant health
centers begin functioning again, because they will bear the
brunt of the medical needs once the DMATS depart. HHS is also
prepared to increase support for violence prevention, child
protective services, substance abuse treatment, meals for the
elderly, and expanded head start capacity.
Page 2 - FLORIDA cont.
o
After Hurricane Hugo in 1989, we provided an emergency
advance of operating subsidy funds to certain PHAs in South
Carolina. We could consider doing this in Florida.
O
Single family properties in FHA inventory can be leased for
emergency shelter.
0
Over 600 FHA properties in Coral Gables, Florida may be
available for temporary housing.
o
The Field Offices in the affected areas have been instructed
to inform mortgagees of the availability of the Section 203 (H)
program which provides mortgage insurance for a person to
purchase a principal residence after being displaced by a
disaster. This program requires no down payment.
HHS INITIATIVES IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE ANDREW IN FLORIDA
Currently the Public Health Service has activated 10 Disaster
Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT), representing over 400
professionals that are capable of providing everything from
emergency room services, to primary and acute care, to
prescription filling, treating thousands of patients, from
emergency surgery to delivering babies.
The Public Health Service has detailed a preventive medicine
unit to Florida, to insure water safety and mosquito control.
Also, an NDMS Mental Health Team has been deployed to support
active DMATs and the disaster field office in Miami.
Additional mental health units stand ready to deploy as soon
as mental health contacts on the ground can determine the
extent of the needs. The PHS has also deployed a medical aid
station at the Disaster field office at Miami International
Airport.
In addition, FDA and CDC personnel are on the ground checking
pharmaceuticals and insuring the safety of the food supply.
The Social Security Administration reports that procedures
have been instituted to insure that all beneficiaries will
receive their SSA and SSI checks in a timely manner. SSA
staff, in coordination with FEMA and the U.S. Postal Service,
will be on hand at all affected post offices with SSA
computers to issue SSA and SSI checks to those who do not have
mail delivery. SSA has aired public service announcements in
English and Spanish over local media outlets, as well as sound
trucks and posted notices, to inform the public about these
procedures. SSI checks are in Dade County and will begin be
distributed beginning on Sunday, August 30. SSA checks will
be ready for delivery on September 3rd (the normal delivery
date).
In addition, SSA has worked closely with the U.S. Department
of Treasury and the Federal Reserve to insure that all direct
deposit checks (65 percent of beneficiaries) reach their
destination on time.
The Secretary has granted accelerated payments (or Periodic
Cash Advance Interim Payments) to hospitals who face
significant cash flow problems. This immediate assistance is
necessary in light of hospital costs pertaining to the
transferring of patients, suspended billing procedures, and
emergency repairs to hospital structures.
HCFA reports that 21 of 27 Hospitals in Dade County are
operational. Patients have been transferred from the closed
facilities to other institutions. HCFA has waived most
restrictions on funds available for the transferring of
patients, regardless of their Medicaid/Medicare status.
The Commissioner of AOA has granted $200,000 in emergency
funds. This money will be used to provide meals, temporary
housing, and other assistance to elderly citizens.
The Administration for Children and Families reports that in
coordination with State of Florida authorities and the U.S.
Postal Service, AFDC checks, as well as child support checks,
can be picked up at local post offices. ACF is working with
SSA to include this information in the SSA public service
announcements airing on local media outlets. Additionally,
ACF and state authorities are evaluating damage to Head Start
sites to identify necessary actions to insure that services
are provided once the school year commences.
Support will continue to insure the continued delivery of
health and social services. The primary threat to citizens
is poor sanitation, water-borne diseases, and an unsafe water
supply (use of bottled water alleviates this concern). CDC
and NIH sanitary units have been deployed to evaluate the
threats and institute preventive and educational measures to
counter this threat. As necessary we will increase
immunization funding, including possible emergency use of
cholera vaccine, sanitation and environmental surveillance,
injury prevention programs, and food inspection.
other problems for local residents involve the emotional
aftermath of the disaster. We have already deployed mental
health evaluation teams and other mental health professionals
who will be analyzing the needs and requesting additional
staff.
Finally, we must insure that the community and migrant health
centers begin functioning again, because they will bear the
brunt of the medical needs once the DMATs depart. HHS is also
prepared to increase support for violence prevention, child
protective services, substance abuse treatment, meals for the
elderly, and expanded head start capacity.
The Secretary has granted accelerated payments (or Periodic
Cash Advance) Interim Payments) to hospitals who face
significant cash flow problems. This immediate assistance is
necessary in light of hospital costs pertaining to the
transferring of patients, suspended billing procedures, and
emergency repairs to hospital structures.
HCFA reports that 21 of 27 Hospitals in Dade County are
operational. Patients have been transferred from the closed
facilities to other institutions. HCFA has waived most
restrictions on funds available for the transferring of
patients, regardless of their Medicaid/Medicare status.
The Commissioner of AOA has granted $200,000 in emergency
funds. This money will be used to provide meals, temporary
housing, and other assistance to elderly citizens.
The Administration for Children and Families reports that in
coordination with State of Florida authorities and the U.S.
Postal Service, AFDC checks, as well as child support checks,
can be picked up at local post offices. ACF is working with
SSA to include this information in the SSA public service
announcements airing on local media outlets. Additionally,
ACF and state authorities are evaluating damage to Head Start
sites to identify necessary actions to insure that services
are provided once the school year commences.
Support will continue to insure the continued delivery of
health and social services. The primary threat to citizens
is poor sanitation, water-borne diseases, and an unsafe water
supply (use of bottled water alleviates this concern). CDC
and NIH sanitary units have been deployed to evaluate the
threats and institute preventive and educational measures to
counter this threat. As necessary we will increase
immunization funding, including possible emergency use of
cholera vaccine, sanitation and environmental surveillance,
injury prevention programs, and food inspection.
other problems for local residents involve the emotional
aftermath of the disaster. We have already deployed mental
health evaluation teams and other mental health professionals
who will be analyzing the needs and requesting additional
staff.
Finally, we must insure that the community and migrant health
centers begin functioning again, because they will bear the
brunt of the medical needs once the DMATs depart. HHS is also
prepared to increase support for violence prevention, child
protective services, substance abuse treatment, meals for the
elderly, and expanded head start capacity.
LOUISIANA
1992 allocation of CDBG funds for the State of Louisiana is
o $27,087,000. $2.5 M of which is reserved for emergencies. The
total available CDBG line of credit for the State of Louisiana is
$82,442,626. The State of Louisiana has Section 108 authority of
$135,435,000., of which none is available.
o
The affected entitlement areas of Louisiana (Jefferson
Parish, and the cities of Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette,
Lake Charles, and New Orleans) have 1992 CDBG allocation of
$28,964,000. The total available CDBG line of credit for these
areas is $46,780,767. These areas have Section 108 of
$127,620,000. of which $ 8 M is available.
The HOME allocation for the State of Louisiana is
o $13,010,000. The affected areas have a combined HOME allocation
of $13,469,000. In addition, uncommitted rental rehab is
available in the affected areas in the amount of $2,544,672. In
Louisiana, new construction would be eligible only if it met
certain neighborhood or special needs criteria.
0
About $1.1 M is available in undisbursed ESG funds in New
Orleans and in the State of Louisiana. The State can choose to
spend all of its funds in the affected areas.
0
PIH does not address Louisiana specifically, but the same
basic principals would apply (SEE FLORIDA).
o
FHA basic principals would also apply (SEE FLORIDA). There
are over 500 FHA properties in New Orleans which may be available
for temporary housing.
TOTAL P.04
ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO EDUCATIONAL
NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF HURRICANE ANDREW
President Bush has ordered that emergency actions be put into
place immediately to respond to the education needs of the
victims of Hurricane Andrew.
The U.S. Department of Education is working to make available the
following resources and special support services:
Helping Children start the New School Year
$40 million will be made available, in consultation with
Congress, to provide the following types of assistance:
-- Transportation of students to area schools and to new
portable classrooms.
-- Providing funds for operating costs that school districts
will incur, such as more intensive use of existing
facilities.
Helping College Students
To provide more new or additional federal grant and loan
money to students affected by the hurricane, the Department
will establish three disaster response teams at Florida
International University, the University of Miami, and Miami
Dade Community College for the tens of thousands of college
students in the area whose family financial picture has
changed, regardless of where they attend school. We are
working to provide similar services to students in Louisiana.
-- The response teams, for example, will inform students how
to obtain the maximum federal benefits and how to take
advantage of special unemployment deferments of student
loan repayments; assist students in completing the
necessary forms; and expedite the processing of the
applications. The teams will be staffed by counselors and
technical experts with extensive knowledge in all areas of
student financial aid.
In addition, the Department will provide $9 million in new
funds for
supplemental grants, and campus-based
loans to all institutions nationwide that enroll students who
have been adversely affected by the hurricane.
The Department will ask all U.S. colleges and universities to
exercise the utmost sensitivity in accommodating individual
needs of students who were affected by the hurricane needs.
$5 million will be made available to provide grants to repair
or replace danaged college and university facilities. The
Secretary will use his legal authority to reprogram the funds
after consulting with Congress. A survey of the colleges and
universities is underway to determine what damage has
occurred and to what extent replacement is not covered by
insurance or other sources of funding.
Social Security Initiatives Related to South Florida
Florida
All Social Security offices in Dade County are operational,
including the Perrine Branch Office, which was completely
destroyed. A trailer is on-site staffed by the manager and
four employees.
On Sunday, August 30, the post office opened mail
distribution points in Quail Heights, Snapper Creek,
Kendall, Florida city and Homestead. The sites were opened
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Arrangements were made for
Social Security employees to be brought to the various sites
by bus. Government checks, including Social Security, SSI,
AFDC, etc., were distributed from these points. Two pieces
of identification, one being a photo I.D., were required in
order to release a check to an individual. Florida City and
Kendall were not as busy. Florida city will be closed
today.
According to SSA officials on the scene, the public is
receiving their mail and checks are being delivered. Local
banks and check cashing services are cashing Social Security
checks, even checks dated September 1 or 3.
Both Spanish and English TV and radio stations are making
announcements about SSI and Social Security check deliveries
and post office distribution points.
Notices about check delivery are also posted in Disaster
Assistance Center and will be announced by sound trucks in
the impacted areas in both English and Spanish.
All telephone traffic in area code 305 (South Florida) is
being routed to the Ft. Lauderdale Teleservice Center. The
toll-free number is 1-800-772-1213 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m.
As of COB today, we have 284,876 payments being made to
residents of Dade County.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 1, 1992
The President today called Octavio Visiedo, Superintendent
of Schools for Dade County, Florida, to inform him that $40
million will be immediately available to hard hit Florida
schools. The funds will be used to provide transportation to
schools and new portable classrooms and to cover extraordinary
operating costs.
Hurricane Andrew destroyed or severely damaged 15% of the
297 Dade County schools, creating transportation needs for
40,000 more children than expected. It is anticipated that with
the additional assistance all children in Dade County will be
able to return to school on September 14.
Other aid to be provided by the Department of Education will
help students affected by the disaster. This aid includes:
additional federal grant and loan money to college, university
and trade school students; new funds for supplemental grants and
campus-based loans to all institutions that enroll students
affected by the disaster; and sensitivity in accommodating
students' financial needs in general.
# # #
RELEASE
Financial Management Service
Washington. D.C. 20227
202/874-6730
Date: August 23 1992
Contact: Yvonne Hall
Bart Boxwell (202) 374-6800
TREASURY SAYS FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS
TO FLORIDA STORM VICTIMS WILL BE ON TIME
Nearly 500,000 Social Security and other Government benefit
payments, totaling over $250 million, will be paid next week on
time to those Florida residents who rode out Hurricane Andrew,
the Department of the Treasury said today.
Working with various Federal agencies, the U.S. Postal Service,
and the Federal Reserve System, the Financial Management Service
-- the Treasury's payment arm -- took steps earlier this week to
assure that benefit checks and Electronic Funds Transfer/Direct
Deposit payments will be delivered on time to those hardest hit
in Florida.
The Financial Management Service said that alternate arrangements
had been made to ensure that payments get to those who may have
been left homeless or whose bank/financial institution may have
been destroyed by the hurricane.
Check payments destined for Florida ZIP Codes beginning with the
first three digits 330, 331, and 332, were released early to the
Postal Service in order to achieve delivery on the scheduled days
next week.
The Service said Supplement Security Income (SSI), Railroad
Retirement Board, Office of Personnel Management, and veterans
(VA) benefit checks will be delivered by September 1, the
scheduled payment date.
In addition, Social Security checks will be delivered by
Thursday, September 3.
Those who still have a deliverable address will receive their
checks at that address. Those recipients who no longer have
addresses should listen to the radio and/or look for notices in
post offices and "water and Food Centers", explaining where they
can go to pick up their checks.
(Mcre)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Dear Mr. Stickney:
I have determined that the damage in certain areas of the
State of Florida, resulting from Hurricane Andrew on August
23, 1992, is of sufficient severity and magnitude that
special conditions are warranted regarding the cost-sharing
arrangements concerning Federal funds provided under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act ("the Stafford Act") for the Public Assistance program.
Therefore, I amend my previous declaration, which limited
the Federal reimbursement share for certain categories of
expenditures, and I hereby authorize an increase in Federal
reimbursement to 100 percent of eligible public assistance
costs exceeding $10 per capita, as is allowed under the law
for extreme disasters. This 100 percent reimbursement for
costs above $10 per capita applies to all authorized public
assistance costs, including debris removal to eliminate
immediate threats to public health and safety, emergency
work to save lives and protect public health and safety, and
repair or reconstruction of uninsured public and private
non-profit facilities. Temporary housing assistance,
mortgage/rental assistance, crises counseling assistance and
disaster unemployment assistance will continue to be 100
percent federally funded, where allowed under the law.
Funds for public assistance up to $10 per capita will be
reimbursed pursuant to the conditions set forth in my
previous declaration.
This waiver of State and local cost-sharing requirements
above $10 per capita applies to all public assistance costs
eligible for such a waiver under the law. The law
specifically prohibits a similar waiver for funds provided
to States for the Individual and Family Grant program.
These funds will continue to be reimbursed at 75 percent of
total eligible costs.
This amended declaration is consistent with the request made
to you by the Governor of the State of Florida.
P.4/4
LAUG 3:, '92 15:47 36PM
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Mobile Postal Units have been set up near "Water and Food Points"
serving the following Florida cities: Miami, Princeton, Homestead
Air Force Base, Homestead, and Florida City,
The Service also worked with the Federal Reserve to make certain
that electronic payments for the same ZIP Code numbers listed
above for check payments are transmitted on time to financial
institutions.
The Federal Reserve has been contacting financial institutions in
the disaster area regarding transmittal of electronic funds
payments.
The Federal Reserve will arrange an alternative method of
transfer for those financial institutions demolished or severely
damaged by the storm.
By Tuesday, September 1, the Miami branch of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta will be able to provide credit to all banks that
have been affected. Payees receiving benefit payments via
electronic funds transfer/Direct Deposit should also listen to
the radio, check the newspaper, and their financial institution
for any special instructions regarding receipt of their funds.
Neither the Postal Service nor the Federal Reserve anticipate
payment delivery problems in areas affected by the hurricans in
Louisiana with the contingency plans in place.
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Please notify the Governor of the State of Florida and the
Federal Coordinating Officer of this amendment to my major
disaster declaration.
Sincerely,
/s/ George Bush
The Honorable Wallace E. Stickney
Director
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
Draft
October 1, 1992
1:00 p.m.
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Presidential Remarks: FLORIDA STUMP
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FLORIDA
OCTOBER 3, 1992
TIME -- T.B.D.
Thank you,
,
for those warm words.
[Acknowledgements/local color/humor.]
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 not just a military superpower --
but the greatest economic superpower in the world. //
I have laid out my Agenda for American Renewal -- a
specific, comprehensive, integrated agenda to create in America -
- the world's very first $10 trillion economy. //
[My opponent's international experience consists of Meading
demonstrations leading demonstrations in a foreign country
against his own government. I want to lead the way to new
markets for American products -- because that is how we will
create good jobs for American workers.//]
Small business is the backbone of what we call the new
American entrepreneurial capitalism -- they will create 2/3rds of
the new jobs in the new economy. Governor Clinton promises small
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business higher taxes and more red tape -- I promise small
business relief -- from taxation, regulation and litigation. 11
Americans spend almost $200 billion every year -- on direct
costs to lawyers. Japan doesn't pay that, neither do European
countries.
My opponent doesn't think this is a problem. He is in
cahoots with all the ambulance-chasing trial lawyers. As a
nation, we must sue each other less -- and care for each other
more.//
ADD ONE GRAPH ON: MEDICARE/CLEARWATER -- TERM LIMITS/MIAMI -
- 10 PERCENT CHECKOFF/FT. LAUDERDALE -- SCHOOL CHOICE/ORLANDO
These are just some of my ideas -- some of what I'm fighting
for.
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. The people
there are decent and hard working. But there's a lot you don't
know about their Governor. And the more you find out, the more
you find out that he's wrong for America. //
SECTION ON CLINTON RECORD: HEALTH CARE/CLEARWATER -- CRIME
(SEE BELOW)/MIAMI -- FT. LAUDERDALE/ENVIRONMENT --
ORLANDO/EDUCATION
Look at the issue of crime. We must take back our streets
from the crackheads and the criminals./
3
Candidate Clinton talks tough, but in Arkansas, the average
criminal serves just one-fifth of his sentence -- then he's back
out on the streets.
Compare that to our federal prisons today. The average
inmate serves 85 percent of his sentence. When it comes to
crime, I'm not much for leniency and compassion. If you steal a
car or beat an elderly woman --- you ought to go to jail. I say
you shouldn't be let out, until you're eligible for a birthday
salute from Willard Scott.//
But don't ask me who's tough on crime. Ask the police in
Little Rock, Arkansas. The cops who know Bill Clinton best, have
endorsed me -- as the best candidate for President of the United
States./
It's the same thing on every issue. Governor Clinton says
he's for civil rights, but Arkansas doesn't have a basic civil
rights law. He says he's for a clean environment, but the
Institute for Southern Studies ranked Arkansas 50th in
environmental policies. Bill Clinton says he's for high tech --
but under Bill Clinton Arkansas has been falling behind in high
school. Three out of every four Arkansas graduates spend their
first year in college -- relearning what they were supposed to
learn in high school.
America deserves better than this.
Look at the economy, the major issue in this campaign.
4
I know America has endured some tough economic times, but
understand, we are being affected by a global economic slowdown.
Our competitors in Europe would trade places with us in a minute.
Yet Governor Clinton offers America -- the European social
welfare state policies. More government. More special interest
spending. More taxes on the middle class.
As Governor, Bill Clinton raised and extended the sales tax,
including a tax on baby formula, vegetables and other groceries.
He raised the gas tax, he taxed mobile homes, and for those of
you ESPN watchers -- he even taxed cable TV.
Now, Governor Clinton says he's seen the light. In this
campaign, he's proposing at least $150 billion in new taxes --
plus at least $220 billion in new spending. But don't worry, he
says --I'll get it all from the rich -- people who make it over
$200,000 -- the top 2 percent.
But here's the truth. To get the money he needs for his
plan, the $150 billion he's promised in new taxes, Governor
Clinton would have to get his money from every individual with
taxable income over $36,600.
These people are not on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous -
- they work hard, they deserve a break.
That's just the start of his tax campaign against the
middle-class. Governor Clinton will need hundreds of billions of
dollars more, to pay for all the programs he's promised.
There's an old saying. "When you hunt ducks, you go where
the ducks are." Bill Clinton is hunting ways for pay for all his
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promises -- and he's going to go to the middle class -- because
that's where the bucks are.
Listen to the newspaper from his own back yard, The Pine
Bluff Commercial. Here's what they say: "If Congress followed
the example that Bill Clinton set as Governor of Arkansas, it
would pass a program that hit the middle-class the hardest."
I say -- the middle-class has been hit hard enough
already. //
Now, I don't think that Pine Bluff paper is bluffing. Let
me give you one example. Lets say you are a third grade teacher
-- with about $22,000 a year in taxable income. Governor Clinton
could have you fork over another $430 bucks a year to the tax
man. And I say you ought to be able to use that money to pay for
your kids education, or pay the mortgage on the house, not send
it back to the IRS.//
Now, when I add up all Governor Clinton's promises and point
out the truth -- he says, "hey, forget my record. Forget the
facts. I'm a different kind of Democrat."
But what's different about him? George McGovern -- Bill
Clinton ran Texas for him in 72, and learned his liberalism in
that campaign. Jimmy Carter -- (Bill Clinton wore the same
moderate costume, but at least President Carter meant it.)
Michael Dukakis -- Bill Clinton nominated him, and praised the
Massachusetts Miracle -- right before the Massachusetts economy
collapsed.//
That doesn't sound different to me!//
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(It explains his principled stand on both sides of the Gulf
War -- when he said -- and I quote -- "I guess I would have voted
with the majority if it was a close vote, but I agree with the
arguments the minority made."
One day Bill Clinton tells the people of Arkansas he'll
never run for President, the next (year) he announces his
campaign. One day he says he's for the North American Free Trade
Agreement, then he says I haven't made up my mind yet.' One day
Bill Clinton says the middle-class deserves a tax break, the next
day he's plotting new ways to hit the middle-class to pay for all
his programs.)
If Bill Clinton ever became President -- and he won't --
we'd have to replace the American Eagle -- with a chameleon.
Now, Bill Clinton wants you to believe that the American
economy will improve if you turn full control of your paycheck
over to the crew that already runs the Congress -- he wants the
tax and spend government planners to have total control over the
Executive Branch, too.
Last time they tried this, we ended up with double-digit
inflation -- and rising interest rates -- and a misery index over
21 percent.
It took years to ring inflation and high interest out of the
American economy. Our workers and business paid the price.
At this time in our history, we can't take that risk again.
You see, I've been in the Oval Office, I've faced the tough
decisions.
7
I've made some mistakes and I've admitted them.
But I believe I've been a good leader -- willing to make the
tough calls -- I'm a leader whose ideas are right for America.
I stand before you today, asking for your support so that we
can get to work with a new Congress to fix the problems that
stand in the way of this country.
So that we reform our health care system, and reinvent our
schools. So that we can retrain the workers from one generation,
and create jobs for the next. So that we can cut government
spending and cut taxes -- to get this economy moving again. So
that we can limit the terms of members of Congress -- and give
government back to the people.
This is the Agenda I have to offer.
If you want someone who has more plans than there are
problems -- cast your vote for the other guy.
But if you are looking for a leader of experience, a leader
of ideas, a leader who shares your values, a leader who
understands that America's real strength is not in government,
but in places like
--
then I know I can count on your
support -- on November 3rd.
Thank you very much. God Bless the United States of
America.
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VICE PRESIDENT
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and Staff Secretary
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RETURN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HURRICANE FOLLOW-UP
FLORIDA
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1, 1992
then STET
Last week, I came to Florida and saw rooftops shredded --
AND
and houses flattened / Vmet Americans without food, water or
shelter -- but never without hope. / The Good Book tells us:
"If one member suffers, all suffer together." Last week we saw
FEEL THE SUFFERINE.
how when one American is hurting -- all Americans bleed //
CAUSED
So far Hurricane Andrew has done billions of dollars worth
of damage. dead -- here in Florida. / We are here to help
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and rebuild -- and we will work tirelessly to make that happen. /
I don't underestimate the task. It will take months to
restore a semblance of community in the devastated areas -- and
years to rebuild. / But we have begun -- and we will finish the
job. //
THE ACTIONS TAKEN
RELIEF
Let me review what I've have done to coordinate our efforts. 9
Last week, I named Transportation Secretary Andy Card to lead a
task force of Federal officials to the disaster areas / meet with
EXPEDITE
state and local officials / and work with FEMA to provide
ASSISTANCE.
additional emergency aid. /
On the basis of Secretary Card's reports last Thursday, I
directed Federal troops immediately to help FEMA in making sure
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this aid reached every person who needed it. I have since kept
in constant contact with Secretary Card and Governor Chiles. //
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So far Federal troops -- that amounts to a full brigade -
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- are in or on their way to Florida. Another 1,000 Marines are
going to Opa-Locka to help. They are there to supply
TO
comprehensive assistance for the affected areas -- including
tents, food, water, electrical generators, portable facilities,
and mobile field kitchens. //
Supporting them is the Department of Defense with whatever
transportation is necessary, including aircraft and helicopters,
to fulfill this mission. Last weekend two tent cities with
CAPABLE of HOUSING
sanitation facilities to house 5,000 people arrived from
Guantanamo. In addition, we have flown in more than 500 tents,
- cots, and 75,000 blankets / let contracts for more than 6
million gallons of water / and are shipping nearly 422,000 pounds
of donated food to Florida's hardest-hit areas.
As of now, nearly one million meals have arrived and are
being distributed. We have also brought in seven special medical
teams and a full medical brigade to deal with health problems --
from tetanus shots to delivering babies. Last week South Florida
was on its back. Whether it's food, water, Federal money, or
troops -- we will do whatever it takes to get South Florida back
on its feet.
That is why I am here again / why I am in constant touch
with Secretary Card and Governor Chiles / and why we are using
every civilian agency -- 27 in all -- to make disaster aid
available in an unprecedented way. That includes temporary
housing assistance. Grants for individuals and families for
3
emergency needs like food, clothing or hospital expenses. And
FROM
we have urged businesses to apply for loans to the Small Business
Administration. /
This support will continue and be improved. So will the
efforts of our military: I know they will use their energies to
help defeat the enemies Thunger and homelessness in Florida. /
Short-term, we must pick up the pieces. Long-term, the Federal
government must, and will, help the I plant the seeds of economic
rebirth. //
When that occurs and it will -- we will never forget the
heroes of Hurricane Andrew. The devastated, of course, most of
all. Volunteers like the Red Cross and their many support groups
across the country. Business and labor -- pulling together to
repair what nature has torn apart. Individuals like Edward Gary
-- who, after seeing his mobile home in shambles, searched
through the rubble to find the American flag. The flag soon flew
from the only wall left of his home. Said Edward: "I put it up
to let people know we got to go on. "
So will South Florida. I know it's not easy to confront
DEVASTATION
terror not felt in this country since the 1906 earthquake. But I
also know Americans. I know how we're at our best when disaster
is at its worst. //
Together, we will rebuild these communities -- and show that
natural disasters are no match for American neighbor-helping-
neighbor. Thank you and God bless the United States of
America.
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Aug. 27 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Aug. 28
1529
Remarks in Toledo, Ohio, on
Q. Mr. President, what will the role of the
Additional Disaster Assistance for
troops be? Is there a problem of looting
In addition, the Army is sending up to
is Governor Chiles. What we're trying to do
Florida Following Hurricane Andrew
there?
1,250 tents, 25,000 cots, and 50,000 blankets.
is help people. It doesn't do any good to go
The President. No, I think the Florida
The military is sending a full medical brigade
into "who shot John." I can tell you this, that
August 27, 1992
Guard has done a good job in the security
and seven special medical teams to deal with
this large a military movement would not
The President. I want to make a brief
aspects. And I think these troops and these
the health problems. Ten thousand gallons
have taken place if there was not very early
statement on the hurricane situation in south
facilities will be used for sanitation, for feed-
of bottled water arrive today. Contracts have
planning and cooperation by the military, and
ing, for housing, tents, for example, and to
been let for 6 million more gallons of water,
we have responded. I think the Governor
Florida. I've been on the phone with Sec-
bring that kind of relief to the people.
Generators are being supplied for electricity
would agree that when he asked for this mas-
retary Card; with the White House, of
Thank you all very, very much.
support and relief centers. In addition, the
sive movement of force, it was only within
course; and with Governor Chiles, the Gov-
Q. Do you want to talk about politics a
Army Corps of Engineers is on the ground
a few hours that we responded to that.
ernor of Florida. Secretary Card is the head
of the Federal task force that is responding
little bit?
to help with the removal of debris that will
So I think much more important than
allow people to move around.
The President. I'd better not right now.
when something took place or didn't take
to the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, and
The United States Department of Agri-
place is the feeling we must convey of total
I talked to both him and Governor Chiles
Note: The President spoke at 5:40 p.m. at
culture has just distributed over 100,000 food
cooperation. I'm satisfied that we responded
about what more needs to be done.
the Toledo Express Airport, prior to his de-
packages. In addition, 7,000 cases of food
properly, and I'm very confident that the
I've directed the Federal troops to be im-
parture for Washington, DC. A tape was not
from the Red Cross and other agencies have
military have conducted their mission so far
mediately alerted and begin to provide addi-
available for verification of the content of
been sent to Florida shelters.
with beautiful planning, now excellent execu-
tional emergency assistance to the victims of
these remarks.
Finally, with the respect to the mainte-
tion. I'm also satisfied they will do whatever
the disaster. We are going to fulfill the re-
nance of public order and security, functions
it takes to go the extra mile to help the people
quest of the Governor for Federal participa-
now the responsibility of State and local offi-
of Florida. And that's all I'm going to say
tion by the military. And then we will be
cials in Florida, I have made very clear to
about that.
doing a lot more because, as these reports
The President's News Conference on
Governor Chiles both yesterday and today
Q. Was Chiles slow to ask for Federal
have come in today, the damage is far more
the Aftermath of Hurricane Andrew
that I am willing to send more Federal troops
troops?
widespread than even we had feared. We di-
and federalize the National Guard in Florida
rected the Department of Defense to supply
August 28, 1992
if he wants us to. We will commit all Federal
The President. I'm not going to say that.
military resources necessary to help the peo-
I just expressed myself on this subject. I think
comprehensive assistance to the affected
Humanitarian Relief
ple in Florida. I've just talked to Governor
we've responded. I think he would agree that
areas, including mobile tents, food, water,
when asked for a massive amount of force
field kitchens. I've also directed them to sup-
The President. I have with me several of
Chiles, and I think we are in agreement on
the key leaders at the Pentagon who are
all of this.
yesterday, it's on the way. There were some
ply whatever transportation is necessary, in-
things he asked about that we were not able
cluding aircraft and helicopters, to fulfill that
working on this humanitarian problem. And
As far as Louisiana goes, problems for
to do, but as he said down there, and I will
vital mission.
our military resources are responding
some families are terrible. The size, the
promptly and massively to the hurricane dis-
scope of the disaster is not near as great. But
say here, we are having excellent cooperation
The damage has created tragedy for mil-
between the Governor's office, the State of
lions of Floridians. Some are estimating it
aster.
the military is helping there as well. There
Florida and the Federal Government. He
may be the worst national disaster this coun-
At least 7,000 Federal troops are on station
are MRE's on the ground. The generator sets
try has seen, natural disaster. And on behalf
or en route to deliver services to Floridians
are there, and I've been trying to contact
said it, and I say it. I'm not going to change
who are the victims of this horrible disaster.
Governor Edwards, with whom I visited the
my mind on that. He's working------------------
of every American, of course, let me just ex-
That amounts to a full brigade. Another
area the other day, to be sure that we are
Q. Weren't you ready to send troops in
press profound concern to those residents of
there sooner?
1,000 Marines are going to Opa Locka to
giving him the proper support for the people
Florida.
of Louisiana.
The
President.
very hard to co-
But the military is moving, and there's
help, if necessary.
ordinate. He's got a very difficult job down
Two tent cities with sanitation facilities
So things are moving, and the big thing
meetings right now to further enhance this
there.
which can house 5,000 people will arrive in
is to get this job done for the people. It is
mobilization. So help is on the way. It will
Florida this afternoon from Guantanamo.
a cooperative effort between private agen-
Q. Weren't troops ready to move sooner
be a major effort because the National Guard
cies, between local, State, and the Federal
than that at Bragg, though, and elsewhere?
General Reimer, with me today, and Sec-
in Florida, according to the Governor, has
retary Atwood tell me that the Department
government. I am very, very proud of the
The President. I've already said when we
been fully mobilized now. I think we saw half
of Defense has already delivered nearly
way the military has responded here.
were asked to move, we moved these massive
the troops mobilized as of yesterday, but
numbers of forces.
200,000 meals. In addition, another 200,000
even that, with a lot of troops, have not been
State and Federal Cooperation
would be delivered today and tomorrow.
Q. But they were ready to move sooner
able to handle this job. So the Federal Gov-
Also, 20 mobile kitchen trailers, which are
Q. Mr. President, how do you respond to
if asked, weren't they?
ernment is not only prepared to assist but
each capable of feeding 300 personnel every
criticism that you did not act fast enough or
The President. I'm not going to go into
is, in this instance, very eager to assist. So
2 hours, will serve food around the clock.
you didn't respond to the needs—
that because I don't-what you seem to be
that will be underway, and relief will be
The Department of the Navy is providing
The President. Well, I think the reason-
interested in is kind of assigning blame or
forthcoming very, very soon.
shelter for up to 5,000 personnel.
I would simply say this: First place, I'm not
something. That is not what's at stake here,
going to participate in the blame game, nor
and I don't want to participate in that.
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Aug. 28 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Aug. 28
1531
There was some unit that we couldn't-
a report from the people on the ground down
We've talked about-and I think we've
State and Federal Cooperation
what was it?
there. I don't want to pull them out of there
had a good, cooperative relationship. I heard
Q. Mr. President, yesterday you said the
Mr. Heldstab. One air battalion.
right now, but I think it is very important
some local officials who were somewhat,
reason you were sending in the military is
Mr. Reimer. Air battalion.
that the coordination go forward. We've
well, not somewhat, quite critical. But I un-
because the size of the disaster is so much
The President. -engineer, and what
talked here about the military. We have a
derstand that. These people have been up
larger than originally anticipated. Sir, why
was the reason for that?
lot of civilian agencies, 27 of them to be
all night. They've been worried about their
didn't we know sooner that hundreds of
Mr. Heldstab. They had already been on
exact, that are involved in all of this. Our
constituency, in this case a commissioner.
thousands of people have been left home-
their 2-week active duty and were unable to
staff here under Jim Baker have been actively
They're wondering how their people are
less?
be involuntarily recalled.
involved almost around the clock. But I think
going to get fed. So I can understand tempers
The President. I think one of the reasons
The President. There was one battalion
it's important that all of these agencies know
flaring. But I don't want to contribute to that.
is you've got a lot of isolated areas. Secondly,
he wanted to have-this was before yester-
that the President is going to be on top of
We want to move forward here.
I don't know that there was a large discrep-
day's request-and we were not able to do
this.
Q. Mr. President, part of the problem also
ancy in numbers of people that are out of
it because those people had served. It was
Q. Was there a political consideration in
that they were saying was that there was, as
their homes. But as I said, yesterday we re-
a reserve unit. They had served, and under
not going to Kennebunkport, sir?
you were saying earlier, a lack of coordina-
ceived a request for massive numbers of
the law we're not able to mobilize them. But
The President. No political consideration.
tion, and also they were saying perhaps some
troops, and yesterday we responded within
perhaps that's what's causing some of the
redtape. Is there anything more the White
several hours. I think that will be Governor
I'd very much would like to be there and
concern.
regret not going. But I've got my responsibil-
House can do to eliminate some of the red-
Chiles' understanding, too.
But the Governor and I are looking at this,
ities here, and I think I can do that from
tape to get the aid going quicker?
But look, if any Federal official is trying
I think, the same. I'm not going to-you can
here. Then I'm going to be at Camp David.
The President. Well, any time you have
to blame a State official, I want it to stop.
ask him. But we want to give full cooperation
We've got excellent communications; it's al-
this massive an operation I suppose, as the
If any State official is trying to blame the
to what's happening there. You just turn on
most like being in your office here. But I'll
young major I heard on the television right
Federal official or local official, that's not
the set, and you can see these planes rolling
just do what I've got to do.
now, he said, "Well, there's a glitch from
constructive. I know it makes very good,
in there. That's the main thing. We're looking
Q. Mr. President, did Jim Baker or anyone
time to time, but it's overwhelmed by the
wonderful debate, but it doesn't help any-
forward; try to help, and try to wipe out these
say it wouldn't look right, sir?
fact that so much good is happening." But
thing. What we're trying to do is work to-
little differences that some people want to
we've got good, competent people trying to
gether here. I am determined that from the
talk about. I want to dwell on how we're
Disaster Planning
work out the coordination between the agen-
Federal Government's standpoint we give
going to help the people in Florida.
Q. Mr. President, you mentioned that
cies. Andy Card, our Secretary of Transpor-
maximum cooperation to local and State offi-
Q. Mr. President, does the Federal Gov-
what happened last night and this morning
tation, has my full confidence, and he's on
cials. And that's the way it's going to be.
ernment have the lead role in this right now?
the spot working with the other Federal offi-
There is no point getting into blame and
was the result of considerable planning that
The President. The Federal Government
had been done by the military. When did
cials and with the Governor's people. So if
this "who shot John" thing that I know
has a leading role in the humanitarian relief.
that planning actually begin, sir, and how
there are any difficulties or redtape, we want
everybody's fascinated with. I don't want
It does not have a role in the security right
to cut right through it.
that, and I don't want one single Federal offi-
closely did you stay on top of it on the days
now. That's left in the hands of the State,
cial trying to be in the blame-assigning busi-
that followed your visit to Florida?
Q. Were you disappointed-early re-
and it's been entrusted largely to the Na-
ness. I've given you the facts here today. I
Secretary Atwood. On Sunday we acti-
sponse, sir?
tional Guard, which is under the control of
think Governor Chiles will understand that
vated the Army to make plans. This was be-
The President. No. I don't know what
the Governor because it has not been fed-
those are the facts. The important thing is
fore the hurricane struck.
area they've not responded in. Listen, if any-
eralized.
to help the people.
The President. Sunday the planning
body can do the job better, why, we'll be
Q. Mr. President, is the magnitude of this
This military of ours, these men standing
disaster going to require additional Federal
began, and they activated the planning be-
pushing them to do it better.
behind me and those that work for them, are
funds?
fore the hurricane struck. They were giving
Louisiana
doing a first-rate job in responding to the
The President. Well, if it does, we will
me reports on what possibly we would use
order. The order is to get down there and
in terms of assets.
Q. To clear up the situation in Louisiana,
have to acquire additional Federal funds. I
help people, and it's a wonderful thing. I
have not had an estimate on that yet.
Q. Mr. President, were you in contact with
Mr. President, is it your expectation that no
think the people of Florida when they see
Governor Chiles as soon as that plan was de-
Federal troops will be necessary there?
this, see the magnitude of this operation, will
President's Plans
veloped to be sure that he understood it and
The President. Well, I gather that's the
be very, very grateful. We all should be grate-
Q. Mr. President, what are your plans for
could right then, that the second he asked
case right now. But we made clear to Gov-
ful that we can have this kind of response.
this weekend? And since you were able to
for Federal assistance these trips would be
ernor Edwards that if more was required to
Thank you all very much.
manage the crisis involving the Soviet coup
in there?
please let us know. I think he had assurance
and the prewar plans last year, why did you
The President. I think I said that publicly
on that. I didn't talk to him. I've been trying
Note: The President's 140th news conference
decide to scrub your trip to Kennebunkport?
when I was in Florida on Tuesday-was it
to get hold of him. But one of our White
began at 12:10 p.m. in the Rose Garden at
The President. Well, I think I'll be having
Tuesday I was down there? But when I was
House officials talked to him, and I think that
the White House, following a meeting with
meetings here over the weekend. I'll be
there he was standing right next to me, and
was his last, latest judgment on it.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Donald J. At-
down here either tomorrow or Sunday for
we did talk about that, yes.
I've got time for one more question.
wood, Jr.; Lt. Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, U.S.A.,
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 1, 1992
TELEVISION ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON HURRICANE RELIEF
The Oval Office
9:00 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening, everyone. Eight days ago,
the people of South Florida and Louisiana were confronted by perhaps
the most destructive natural disaster in our history. Tonight, I
want to report to the nation on the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew and
the effort required to help Andrew's survivors back on their feet.
In the past week I've twice visited Louisiana and
Florida. And in Florida, where the storm was strongest, up to a
quarter million people have lost their homes -- many huddled beneath
the busted timbers of what was once a living room or a kitchen.
There's no running water, no electricity. Little children are left
without even a toy to play with.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, a relief effort
has risen -- unprecedented in size and impact. And tonight, as we
speak, almost 20,000 troops are on the ground, assisting in
everything from providing meals to erecting tent cities. Basic human
needs -- food, water, shelter and medical assistance -- are being
provided.
In Florida, a curfew is in place, and the National Guard
and local police patrol the streets. It's a tribute to these
officers and to the people of this region that looting has been kept
to a minimum. Social Security checks are being delivered on time.
Financial help is being made available to families who have lost
their homes and their jobs.
This relief effort has generated incredible cooperation.
My thanks go to so many people who slept so little the past eight
days: to state and local government officials, federal agencies,
private charities and the heroic men and women of the United States
military. Most especially, my appreciation goes out to the
volunteers.
When we arrived in Florida, some of the first people we
met were from South Carolina, victims of Hurricane Hugo who had spent
the night driving so they could help others through their ordeal. We
met doctors and firefighters spending sleepless vacations lending a
helping hand. Through the eloquence of their action, I've been
reminded that America will always be a nation of neighbors.
Although the relief effort is well underway, urgent
needs still exist. And so tonight I make a special appeal to the
generous spirit of the American people. People in Florida and
Louisiana want to stay in their homes. They're in desperate need of
rolls of plastic to cover open roofs, lumber to board up walls and
cots to sleep on. They also need diapers and baby formula and other
infant supplies. And fresh volunteers are needed to staff medical
facilities or help with the cleanup.
Right now, America's churches and charities are
mobilizing to meet these needs. And I encourage all Americans to
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pitch in, in any way you can. If you don't know where to turn and
you want to help right now, please call the American Red Cross at 1-
800-842-2200. 1-800-842-2200. Once our relief effort is complete,
we will accelerate the process of recovery.
Already today we announced plans to rebuild Homestead
Air Force Base, the lynchpin of the economy in devastated areas. And
a distinguished Florida business leader, Alvah Chapman, has agreed to
head a national private sector effort to help rebuild south Florida.
It's called "We Will Rebuild." This effort has my strong support,
and the support of Florida Governor Chiles.
All of us are in this for the long haul. If you want to
be a part of this effort, please write: "We Will Rebuild.' And the
address is: Post Office Box 010790, Miami, Florida, and the zip code
is 33131.
In the past eight days we've seen on our TV screens real
tears, real sorrow, real hurt. Livelihoods have been destroyed.
Lives -- even young lives -- have been tragically lost. But already
in Florida and Louisiana, we're talking not just of relief but of
recovery. This is a tribute to what is inside us.
And, yes, Andrew blew a whirlwind of dévastation. But
he could never extinguish the American spirit, a spirit of compassion
and sacrifice and endurance. We have seen that spirit in action the
past eight days. And with this spirit and your enduring commitment,
our neighbors in south Florida and Louisiana will recover.
Thank you for your generosity. And our prayers are with
all who stood in Andrew's path.
Good night.
END
9:05 P.M. EDT
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pitch in, in any way you can. If you don't know where to turn and
you want to help right now, please call the American Red Cross at 1-
800-842-2200. 1-800-842-2200. Once our relief effort is complete,
we will accelerate the process of recovery.
Already today we announced plans to rebuild Homestead
Air Force Base, the lynchpin of the economy in devastated areas. And
a distinguished Florida business leader, Alvah Chapman, has agreed to
head a national private sector effort to help rebuild south Florida.
It's called "We Will Rebuild." This effort has my strong support,
and the support of Florida Governor Chiles.
All of us are in this for the long haul. If you want to
be a part of this effort, please write: "We Will Rebuild. And the
address is: Post Office Box 010790, Miami, Florida, and the zip code
is 33131.
In the past eight days we've seen on our TV screens real
tears, real sorrow, real hurt. Livelihoods have been destroyed.
Lives -- even young lives -- have been tragically lost. But already
in Florida and Louisiana, we're talking not just of relief but of
recovery. This is a tribute to what is inside us.
And, yes, Andrew blew a whirlwind of devastation. But
he could never extinguish the American spirit, a spirit of compassion
and sacrifice and endurance. We have seen that spirit in action the
past eight days. And with this spirit and your enduring commitment,
our neighbors in south Florida and Louisiana will recover.
Thank you for your generosity. And our prayers are with
all who stood in Andrew's path.
Good night.
END
9:05 P.M. EDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
September 1, 1992
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY
Homestead Middle School
Homestead, Florida
10:00 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Let me, at the outset of these remarks,
say how much I appreciate the cooperative spirit here: The Governor
of Florida, the Mayor, and the City Manager of Homestead, and the
other cities here that are represented. And all are pitching in. I
am so proud of what our military is doing. And God bless the
volunteers, those who are giving of themselves to help others. It is
a moving and a wonderful message that's going forth to the whole
country -- whether it's from the military, from state officials, from
local officials, or from the volunteers, the propensity of one
American to help another. That the message that I get loud and
clear.
Last week I was here in south Florida, and then I
returned to Washington and issued the orders to help people get back
on their feet. And we're in this for the long haul. We won't leave
until the job is done. And that's why I'm here this morning with
Secretary Cheney, the Secretary of Defense. And I'm proud to be at
the side of our two Senators from Florida who have been working day
and night along with the Governor trying to help the people of this
state.
Today I'm announcing that we are committed to rebuilding
Homestead Air Force Base -- (applause) -- to show our commitment to
south Florida. Homestead is very important to our military. It
helps combat the cocaine trade. It provides air defense. And it
will be rebuilt.
Now, I don't underestimate our task in south Florida,
particularly after being here -- back here today. And to ease the
financial burden, today I am authorizing under the Stafford Act, full
federal reimbursement for 100 percent of all -- (applause) -- of all
eligible public assistance, including projects such as debris
removal, to eliminate immediate threats to public health and safety
and repair and reconstruction of nonprofit facilities.
After the state has committed an amount equal to -- what
was it, $10 per capita -- but this authorization is the maximum that
we can do, and I am very proud that we're doing this.
Temporary housing and mortgage assistance, crisis
counseling, disaster unemployment assistance will continue to be 100
percent federally funded where permitted under the law. And although
some cost sharing is involved, the federal assistance that I have
authorized today represents an extraordinary and very appropriate
response to this human tragedy.
However, the real heroes of Hurricane Andrew have been
and will continue to be the people, the people of south Florida.
They offer great hope for tomorrow. And to help coordinate the
private sector response to Hurricane Andrew, I've asked Alvah
Chapman, a very respected Florida leader and businessman, to serve as
the private sector liaison to work with Secretary Card, to work with
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the Governor, to work with the federal task force to ensure the most
effective recovery effort possible.
Also, as I said yesterday, I want to commend and thank
in the strongest terms possible, the great effort of these private
volunteer agencies who have responded so quickly and so well to the
crisis. God bless the volunteers. (Applause.)
And I know -- and I say this confidently -- that these
volunteers can count on the continued support of the American people
in their ongoing work in meeting the critical needs of the people of
south Florida. We are going to succeed. We will succeed because the
people of south Florida -- because of their spirit.
I've seen many examples of this just since I've been
here, but let me just mention Isa Haydem who owns a Days Inn in
Homestead. Isa fired up his commercial-sized outdoor grill, cooked
steaks, shrimp and scallops -- food donated by the local restaurants.
And last Wednesday they fed 2,500 people during the day. And at
night they fed almost 300 -- most of whom are police out there
working their hearts out to keep order.
Well, it's heroes like this, and there are many other
such examples, which make Alex Muxo, the Homestead city Manager, say,
"It's never gone, there's always tomorrow." Well, I agree. And we,
working cooperatively with everybody, will rebuild south Florida.
The spirit's still here. The spirit is still intact.
And may God bless the people that have been hurt. We're
here to help. Thank you all very, very much. (Applause.)
A great crowd -- I did not mention the Congressman here,
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. And, of course, my old friend
Dante Fascell, who represents this area. He's been the conscience
here, getting in touch with us on things that we could do, including
this matching of funds situation. So I salute him and Ileana.
Q
Mr. President, how long is the long haul in your
estimation, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Whatever it takes. Whatever it takes.
Q
Years, perhaps?
THE PRESIDENT: I'd have to defer to the experts on
that. But amazing progress has been made. Out of the rubble you can
see tent cities springing up. You can see medical units staffed by
volunteers, former military guys and other -- down here pitching,
right in this very facility. So it's happening all over the place.
And, again, I don't think you can know the answer to the question to
how long until we actually can measure not only the federal response
and the state and local response, but the response of the volunteer
sector, which I'm convinced is -- will be overwhelming. It already
has started. Look what the Red Cross and these ministries are doing.
It is unbelievable. And that spirit is going to move it along very,
very fast.
2
Mr. President, Governor Clinton says that once the
dust settles that there should be an investigation --
THE PRESIDENT: Well, look, let me say this, Jim -- I'm
not even going to take any political questions. I have tried, and I
know the Governor has, these senators have, congressmen standing with
me have, try to keep it out of the political arena. And I have no
comment whatsoever simply to say we're here to help, and I really
mean that. (Applause.) This is a not a -- nothing to do with
partisanship. It has everything to do with helping the families,
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of whom are standing right here today. And we're going to try
to keep it that way.
Q
Well, in a nonpartisan spirit, then, is there going
to be an investigation into the federal response, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: I am very proud of the federal response.
And I think the Governor has been very gracious in total his comments,
certainly the others have. And let me express my confidence in
the federal response and in the response, particularly of the
come under Secretary Cheney and General Powell's command. They've
vilitary, be it the Guard under the state, be it the military that
moved fast, they're here in large numbers. But they're here with
hearts that are reaching out to the people, and that's what matters.
Q
Mr. President, does your 100 percent reimbursement
mean that there will be billions of dollars in federal aid?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, it does mean that. Well, I don't
know, we have to wait and see what the estimates are.
2 Andy Card --
THE PRESIDENT: Well, he's an expert and he has my full
confidence. And I salute Andy Card, Secretary of Transportation.
He's pulled off of his duties and responsibilities there, and he's
taken on a massive job of coordination. And he deserves great
support and certainly the thanks of the President. And I know we all
feel that way about what he's doing.
Q If you had a message specifically for young people
of the community, what would it be?
THE PRESIDENT: It would be have hope. We're going to
get these schools open again, working with the state and local
officials. I talked to the state superintendent, to the Miami
superintendent of schools today. He demonstrates a determination and
a spirit that just really moved me. I called him from the plane
coming down here. And I'll tell you, with that kind of spirit and
then the cooperation from these officials -- local, state and federal
-- why, we're going to get the job done.
But my message to these kids would be, look, you've had
a tough time, and you lost a lot of stuff -- a lot of toys, a lot of
-- you've seen your mothers and dads hurt, but you're going to bounce
back. You're living in America. And the American spirit is going to
lift you up. And that's the answer.
Last one.
Q
Mr. President, a lot of people they're afraid to
use the tents because they're concerned about security of their
homes. And do you have anything you can say, to encourage them --
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I would encourage them to use these
tent cities. If they don't want to stay there all night long, they
ought to go there, get medical attention, get showers, use the
sanitary facilities there, get the food that's there. But I've
talked to Governor Chiles about this. He has expressed his
confidence not only in the National Guard, who has the security
function and will be patrolling, but all of us have expressed our
support for the local law enforcement people.
And I think it's a tribute to the spirit of Florida and
the people of Florida that the acts of violence have been far less
than predicted. And we would, of course, condemn any violence, any
taking advantage of one's neighbor. But nevertheless, I think that
my message to them would be, use the facilities that exist.
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I met a family right across the way here, literally less
than a block from here. And they needed medical attention for a
child. And they told me that -- were asking, we need medical
attention. Where can we get help? Here are these fantastic
volunteers, right here, less than a block away, who stand ready to
help in whatever the ailment, whatever the illness.
And so I think the city officials, the Mayor, the City
Manager are doing what they can now to get the message out. The Army
has distributed, I think it's 10,000 radios. And those will be in
the communities. And over those radios will be broadcast: What's
available? How do you get your insurance? How do you get your
Social Security check? Where do you go for medical attention? And
once that communication network gets going, say nothing of word of
mouth, then I think these people will be beautifully served.
A.M.
Some are scared to leave their homes. And I would
EDT
simply say to them, trust in the security that's being provided in
the neighborhoods. And you don't have to be gone for all the time.
If you feel more comfortable in your home or what's left of it, go,
take a kid and go and leave somebody else in the house, and then come
back. But soon that confidence will build, because these military
much THE The apprec PRA here Mayor & what "Ose that who our are The from frest ther, from the That yo'
people that have set up the camps, these private sector people, the
Red Cross and others that have set up these facilities really have
the spirit that will give the people the reassurance they need.
D,
And it'll take care of itself, but we to get the message
out. And we're going to continue to try to do that.
Thank you all very, very much. (Applause.)
END
10:15 A.M. EDT
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We finally got one, Mainster
Two weeks ago, the military cooks
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By the time the army arrived two
y later, it had been shanghaied
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than the famine
1 of Centro tent-city residents took
brought the kitchen and a generator.
large of the mobile kitchen, trading
A PLACE TO LAY HER HEAD:
Centro hired about 180 workers
brought an outr
rations for tortillas. Every day,
Cerellina Vera carries a donated cot
many of them their tent-city resi-
osity in 1984 an
ree times a day, civilian women
dents, to work odd jobs for $6 an
Yet InterAc
oked up mounds of traditional
Joe Zagacki's plane went down, kill-
hour.
money given for
exican dishes: chicken with mole,
ing two. Zagacki survived, but had a
Now the tent city has showers
in the last six me
d rice and beans
broken leg. He had been headed for
albeit cold ones, washing machines, a
only 3 percent
Centro's relief site was the perfect
Centro and the Everglades camp. The
day-care center, a volleyball net and
lion raised for
lution for a people distrustful of
airplane crash, widely reported,
Mass on Sundays. A" local team of
the first six mor
thority and isolated from recovery
brought the farm workers into the
hairdressers stops by every Wednes-
ad along Palm Drive. It remains a
public eye:
day.
"I'm becom
tle bit of home for the homeless.
'He risked his life for the center;
convinced that
The campesinos arrived at Centro
we never got a chance to thank him,"
Easy duty for the Gls
recapture the m
st after dawn the morning of the
Mainster said:
The Army medics and field-
try in October
arricane, agonized by the high-
kitchen soldiers, who pulled out on
responding to tl
eed winds. They had lost their trail-
Help begins to appear
Thursday, said they may have had
opia became
Si at the Everglades Labor Camp.
Soon after, help started showing
the best mission in town: to supervise
Charney, exect
"They just parked their cars here
up. A few Red Cross volunteers
the organized.
Boston-based O
the parking lot,' Mainster said.
drawn to the organization, defected
At first, it was overwhelming for
They were in shock This was the
from the outfit to join Centro's staff,
them," said Pvt. Denise Yucker an
Feelings of fut:
aly place they knew.
where they felt more useful, Mainster
Army cook. "It was so chaotic. But
"The reason
Inside, Andrew had turned the
said.
they really did a great job!
ting donor fatig
fice upside down Windows had
"We call them Red Cross refu-
Spec. Jeffrey Freeman said he has
throw up their
en blown out. There were gaping
gees, she said.
fallen in love with Florida City and
'These proble
les in the ceiling An inch of water
Within a week, the center was
the farm workers, something he
solved,' he Si
vered the floor
inundated with goods that it had no
never foresaw when he first stepped
case is the wors
"There was nothing here," said
place to store. Someone got in touch
into the disaster zone.
the minds of th
ankie Navarro, in charge of pro-
with the county commission and a
I'm sorry to leave, said Free
because it is suc
ams for school-age children at Cen-
short time later, they had several
man, a medic, really liked this
sis."
D.
storage trucks parked out back. Prob-
place.
lem solved.
At times, the "unofficial" tent city
Aid workers a
Two days more farm workers:
illed up in their battered heaps,
To hand out the food, the workers
feels like vintage Russia. The trucks
about the civil
amoring for help. Navarro didn't
set up a grocery "store" in the park-
come in and the mad rush begins.
and the fragile
ing lot, rows of tables topped with
Lines for soap. Lines for shirts. Lines
ave much to offer No one had
bodia. America
boxes stüffed to the brim. It was cha-
for soup.
opped to help out:in the boondocks,
asked to help th
otic, but it worked: People were given
But the Centro tent city has ame-
ricanes Andrew
eyond Florida City That's when
avarro clambered onto the roof and
food and water, pants and shirts.
nities the military tent cities do not:
Centro split the goods evenly, giving
privacy and the company of friends.
"When peop.
osted his plea for food.
half to Everglades Labor Camp.
There are so many decent people
with all of that
The next day, the food rolled in
At the end of the first week,
around," said Simona Fernandez, 50,
and repeatedly
ans and cans of it. Followed by
Mainster developed a master wish
who lost her trailer to the storm.
this notion of
eaps of clothing
list - white socks to ward off. foot
"There are no drunks, no fights.
Paul Schervish,
Then WIOD radio commentator
fungus, clean shoes, barbecue grills,
Everyone just leaves us in peace."
fessor at Boston
cializes in phila
Depression sloshes toward N. Flor
ROPICAL DEPRESSIONS
By MICHAEL CROOK
as West Palm Beach, wh
Herald Staff Writer
of rain was recorded Mc
.M. MONDAY
35'N
A soggy tropical depression is expected
A coastal flood watch
Bermuda
0
400
to slosh into North Florida today, bringing
New Smyrna Beach to F
heavy rains there and gray skies to much
We've got a good
MILES
30'N
of the rest of the state.
around," said Jim Dudle
Depression
Tropical Depression No. 8 had sus-
Weather Service in
#8
Depression
#7
25'N
tained winds of 35 mph Monday night and
"We've gotten almost ai
Atlantic
was not expected to strengthen.
we'll probably pick up
Ocean
"It's going to continue moving toward
inches."
20'N
the north-northwest until it skirts the land
The rains will proba
in the vicinity of Daytona Beach. said
until Wednesday, Dudle
15'N
Shawn Neill, a meteorologist for the
I think it Il bei still pl
0'W
80°W
*70'W
60°W
50"W
40'W
National Hurricane Center. "Then it's
extent in this coastal ar
10'N
going to start drifting slowly northward."
slowly north. The bigg
Significant rainfall was felt as far south
rain and coastal erosion
(Smith/Walters)
Draft One
FEMA
October 1, 1992
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: FEMA SPEECH
MIAMI, FLORIDA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1992
TIME -- T.B.D.
Thank you for those warm words. My son Jeb will tell you.
It is always a pleasure returning to one of my favorite cities.
//
My only regret is that I'll only be here briefly. I won't
get a chance to drop by "Espuina de Tejas." " [ES KEE nah dey TEH
hass.] / I have to admit that eating at that wonderful
restaurant is my Miami Vice. //
I know this is a political season -- but there are things
far more vital than election returns. One is the fate of people
battered by Hurricane Andrew. I've come here to talk about what
the Federal government has done -- and what we intend to do. //
Five weeks ago I made my first trip here to try to ease
Florida's suffering. I saw homes ripped apart -- cars torn off
the road. More than a million people evacuated. People left
without blankets -- without food or shelter. It was, I told
Barbara, a scene that defied imagination. /
I also saw something else. Senior citizens, and young
people. The Red Cross, local police and firemen. Each lending a
hand, and tending a wound.
Each helping neighbor help neighbor
Easy 4U
Z say
Amid the horror, Florida wrote a profile of sheer inspiration.
/
2
Let me close on a personal note about how hurricane-force
winds are no match for American-force generosity. / It concerns,
actually, a Texan moved -- like all America -- by the heroism of
Floridians. His name is James Pearl. He's all of four years
old. /
James' first reaction to Andrew's wrath was repeated across
America. He wanted to reach out -- to join the campaign called
"One American Helping Another" which he heard on the radio. /
So James made a poster. It listed things kids could do
around the house to earn money for the victims. Things like
"folding clothes, helping the baby, cleaning up, clearing the
table, and sweeping." / Then, he went out and got donations.
Even said what the money would be used for. Things like "food,
houses, clothing, drinks, toys and books." //
nation
Kids like James Pearl are what this election is all about.
Nota
I want An America whose future is worthy of our children. A future
campagn
where we're never without hope -- and never without each other.
event.
Other States helping Florida. Floridians helping each
other. When the forces of nature try to tear lives apart -- the
American character beings people together. //
For that, I salute you -- and will stay with you -- in my
heart, and in my prayers. God bless you / we're going to get
through this together / and may God bless the United States of
America.
# # # #
with
opened the tennis shoe store.
time where there have
able
On the third day, the tents arrived
1 he Mexican Consulate sent 30 small
been SO many
ster
ones. More followed.
The center had just about every-
emergencies
thing, except toilets.
competing.
We finally got one, Mainster
boks
said. "One Port-o-let We traded
to
roofing paper for one Port-o-let.
PETER DAVIES,
By the time the army arrived two
InterAction
weeks after the storm, the ground-
and
work had been done The troops
ook
AL DIAZ / Miami Herald Staff
brought the kitchen and a generator.
than the famine in Ethiopia that
ding
A PLACE TO LAY HER HEAD:
Centro hired about 180 workers
brought an outpouring of gener-
day,
Cerellina Vera carries a donated cot.
many of them their tent-city resi-
osity in 1984 and 1985.
men
dents, to work odd jobs for $6 an
Yet InterAction said that
onal
Joe Zagacki's plane went down, kill-
hour.
ole,
ing two. Zagacki survived, but had a
Now the tent city has showers,
money given for relief in Somalia
in the last six months amounts to
broken leg He had been headed for
albeit cold ones, washing machines. a
fect
only 3 percent of the $110 mil-
Centro and the Everglades camp. The
day-care center a volleyball net and
of
lion raised for Ethiopia during
airplane crash, widely reported
Mass on Sundays. A local team of
the first six months of that crisis
very
brought the farm workers into the
hairdressers stops by every Wednes
ns a
public eye:
day.
"I'm becoming increasingly
"He risked his life for the center;
ntro
we never got a chance to thank him,'
Easy duty for the Gls
convinced that it's futile to try to
recapture the mood of the coun:
the
Mainster said.
The Army medics and field-
try in October of 1984 when
igh-
kitchen soldiers, who pulled out on
rail-
Help begins to appear
responding to the famine in Ethi-
Thursday, said they may have had
opia became chic, said Joel
p.
Soon after, help started showing
the best mission in town: to supervise
here
Charney, executive director of
up. A few Red Cross volunteers,
the organized.
Boston-based Oxfam America.
aid.
drawn to the organization, defected
At first, it was overwhelming for
the
from the outfit to join Centro's staff,
them," said Pvt. Denise Yucker, an
Feelings of futility
where they felt more useful, Mainster
Army cook. "It was so chaotic. But
the
"The reason you get people get-
said.
they really did a great job!
had
ting donor fatigue is that people
"We call them Red Cross refu-
Spec. Jeffrey Freeman said he has
bing
fallen in love with Florida City and
throw up their hands and say,
gees, she said.
'These problems are never
ater
Within a week the center was
the farm workers, something he
solved, he said. "The Africa
inundated with goods that it had no
never foresaw when he first stepped
case is the worst-case scenario in
said
place to store. Someone got in touch
into the disaster zone
the minds of the general public,
pro-
with the county commission and a
'I'm sorry to leave, said Free-
because it is such a long-term cri-
Cen-
short time later, they had several
man, a medic, I really liked this
sis
storage trucks parked out back. Prob-
place
lem solved.
kers
At times, the "unofficial" tent city
Aid workers also are concerned
To hand out the food, the workers
feels like vintage Russia The trucks
aps,
about the civil war- in Yugoslavia
dn't
set up a grocery "store" in the park
come in and the mad rush begins.
and the fragile cease-fire in Cam-
had
ing lot, rows of tables topped with
Lines for soap. Lines for shirts. Lines
bodia. Americans also are being
boxes stuffed to the brim. It was cha-
cks,
for soup.
asked to help the victims of Hur-
hen
otic, but it worked: People were given
But the Centro tent city has ame-
ricanes Andrew and Iniki.
and
food and water, pants and shirts.
nities the military tent cities do not:
Centro split the goods evenly, giving
privacy and the company of friends.
"When people are confronted
half to Everglades Labor Camp.
"There are so many decent people
with all of that, overwhelmingly
Lin.
At the end of the first week,
around, said Simona Fernandez, 50,
and repeatedly, there really is
by
Mainster developed a master wish
who lost her trailer to the storm.
this notion of burnout," said
list - white socks to ward off foot
"There are no drunks, no fights.
Paul Schervish, a sociology pro-
ator
fungus, clean shoes, barbecue grills,
Everyone just leaves us in peace."
fessor at Boston College who spe-
cializes in philanthropy.
on sloshes toward N. Florida
By MICHAEL CROOK
as West Palm Beach, where about an inch
Herald Staff Writer
of rain was recorded Monday.
35'N
A soggy tropical depression is expected
A coastal flood watch was posted from
da
0
400
to slosh into North Florida today, bringing
New Smyrna Beach to Fernandina Beach.
heavy rains there and gray skies to much
MILES
We've got a good many showers
30'N
of the rest of the state.
around," said Jim Dudley of the National
n
Depression
Tropical Depression No. 8 had sus-
Weather Service in Daytona Beach.
#7
25'N
tained winds of 35 mph Monday night and
"We've gotten almost an inch of rain and
Atlantic
was not expected to strengthen.
we'll probably pick up another couple
Ocean
20'N
"It's going to continue moving toward
inches.'
the north-northwest until it skirts the land
The rains will probably hang around
in the vicinity of Daytona Beach, said
until Wednesday, Dudley said.
15'N
Shawn O'Neill, a meteorologist for the
I think it'll be still plaguing us to some
)W
50"W
40°W
National Hurricane Center. "Then it's
extent in this coastal area and then slide
10'N
going to start drifting slowly northward.
slowly north The biggest threat will be
Significant rainfall was felt as far south
rain and coastal erosion
HURRICANE. NOTEBOOK
INSURANCE FRAUD
Hours after Hurricane Andrew slammed into
South Florida, a Miami man allegedly slammed his
Mustang into a fallen tree six times, then filed an
insurance claim.
Instead of a check, he got a warrant.
On Monday, state agents charged Vincenzo:
Vigilante, 18, of 8735 NE Bayshore Dr., with insur-
ance fraud and grand theft. He is the first South
Florida resident to face insurance fraud charges
related to Hurricane Andrew.
According to the state Division of Insurance
Fraud, Vigilante was seen driving the black 1989
Mustang at about 2 p.m. on Aug. 24, about six
hours after Hurricane Andrew passed over South
Florida.
Two witnesses, out removing storm shutters
from their homes, watched Vigilante plow the
Mustang into the same fallen tree six times. One
witness watched as Vigilante backed the car up
Northeast 10th Court, then rammed it into the
tree. The witness wrote down the license plate
number.
A second witness also saw Vigilante drive the
car south on Northeast 10th Court, make a
U-turn, and ram the tree three times on one side
of the car. He then repeated the procedure with
the other side of the car.
Eleven days later, Vigilante allegedly filed an
insurance claim, saying the damage was caused
by Andrew Damage totaled about $3,600.
Vigilante could not be reached for comment
Monday. If convicted, he'd face five years in
prison and a $5,000 fine on each count.
POWER BACK
Florida Power & Light Co. reported it has
restored service of service to virtually all custom-
ers whose homes and businesses are capable of
receiving electric service.
The last link was restoration to a block of cus-
tomers in the Princeton area.
This action signaled the end of one phase of
post-Hurricane Andrew restoration efforts. FPL
already has initiated the second phase, directed
toward restoring the utility's distribution network
to pre-hurricane status.
FEMA DEFENDED
WASHINGTON - The head df the embattled
Federal Emergency Management Agency
defended his agency's responseto Hurricane
Andrew against the shellacking it received from
Capitol Hill and the media.
Director Wallace Stickney admitted that federa
officials could have been more "proactive" in
some respects, but he called the overall effort "ar
operation that all of us at FEMA are proud of.'
2
In a speech Monday at the National Press Club.
Stickney singled out Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a
a
Maryland:Democrat, for his angriest remarks
Mikulski, who chairs the Senate Appropriations:
subcommittee that oversees FEMA, has been the
amost outspoken critic of the agency in recent
bweeks and helped launch a General Accounting
and melancholy - on
the season premiere of
Northern Exposure at
10 tonight on Channels
and 12. TV listings,
PEOPLE IN THE ARTS
Gail Meadows says
film scouts are
checking out Palm
Beach County, 3C
Will Andrew cost
SNL behin-
S.
Dade its doctors?
With
By LINDA ROACH MONROE
Herald Health Writer
Datients
D
r. Charles Augustus points to the splat-
ters of white paint on his well-worn
carce
loafers. "I got these painting a sign to
tell people I'm open," he says.
face of
The same hands that have delivered a
dozen babies in Homestead since Hurricane
medical
Andrew have ripped out soggy carpeting
installed air conditioners and tinkered with
**care
balky generators at his office on Krome Ave-
nue.
in area
I'm out there fixing my generators in the
middle of seeing patients," said the 36-year-
could be
old obstetrician and gynecologist. And no
phones, seeing 18 patients a day. How long can
changing
I see patients under these conditions?'
But Augustus is one of the lucky ones: a
South Dade physician with patients in his
office. Oreven with an office to go to
Now that the medical emergencies caused
by Hurricane Andrew have fallen off doctors
are trying to get back to normal. But, even
when they are among the few who can patch
together offices or work out of trailers, a scar-
city of patients is making them worry about
whether they II have to move out of South
Dade CHE amount
A cycle that could change the face of medi-
cal care: in South Dade may be beginning
Without patients doctors can't stay in busi-
ness. Without doctors, patients must travel
long distances to get care. Without both doc-
tors and patients, the two hospitals in the War
Zone can stay open.
Fast
he medical infrastructure in South Dade
consisted of the hospitals, the private practice
physician and communit clinics, If you-lose
nose threet the other two
going to be crippled, said Wayner Brackin,
admir strators Http
Hospital
only hospital.et.
to the Keys
We canditium tion
PLEASE SEE DOCTORS,
5.deadline for an adjuster
ill'customers whosfiled ms as of Sept
is my impression that State Farm has not had
as many adjusters visiting properties as we would
like, said Jill Chamberlin, spokeswoman for the
Florida Department of Insurance, "But everybody
has to be a little patient. This hurricane is putting
an extraordinary toll on every player in this
drama.
No player will be tested like State Farm.
State Farm is the nation's biggest underwriter of
home and auto policies. The Bloomington, III
company is widely regarded as one of the best-man-
aged companies in the nation, with tight financial
controls and a homespun image that plays well in
urban and rural areas.
The company is Dade County's largest insurer
by a wide margin, handling about one of every five
homeowner policies. So far, nearly 94,000 people
have filed property-damage claims with State
Farm, As of late Friday, about 49,000 had seen an
PLEASE SEE STATE FARM, 10A
JEFFERY A. SALTER / Miami Herald Staff
FAITH, SPIRIT SURVIVE STORM
aid it
and synagogue were ravaged by Hurricane
MORE STORMY WEATHER FOR STATE?
Devorah Glixman 5, and her brother Yisroel,
It sa
7, tease each other outside their temporary
Andrew. But hundreds of volunteers helped
The latest tropical depression may bring
obert
trailer before heading off to observe Rosh
patch up the synagogue. The children grand-
thunderstorms and rain to Central and North Flor-
Hashanah at South Dade's B'nal Israel syna-
father, Rabbi Zevulon Glixman, is the congre-
Ida today. Forecasters are keeping close tabs on
uban
gogue Sunday evening. The youngsters' home
gation's spiritual leader. Story, 1B.
the depression, the eighth to form this year, 10A
di the
ng for
r Ful-
ntro
Since Andrew, every hour is rush hour
uban
ns by
By ANNE BARTLETT
to bumper from 6:30 a.m. on For many, com-
said George Petrie, Dade operations director for
tually
Herald Staff Writer
muting time has doubled.
Florida AAA That's what we have now in
mited
The never-ending rush hour has arrived ino
The dislocations caused by Hurricane Andrew
Miami And it's not going to change soon.
many
South Florida.
changed the region's travel patterns overnight
Judith Werman moved to Broward from South
In these days of post-hurricane aftershock
Suddenly, the roads are more like Southern Cali-
Dade after losing her home in Hurricane Andrew
cipal
commuters rise in the dark leave for work an
fornia than South Florida.
Werman and a partner give puppet shows and
unda-
hour earlier than usual - and brace themselves.
"When I lived in Los Angeles six years ago, one
On the supposed expressways, traffic is bumper
of the reasons I decided to leave was the traffic,"
PLEASE SEE TRAFFIC, 11A
11A
Poll: Most exnect AIDS.
The Miami Herald
Dade owners fume over flood rules
nial Middle School - often over the
ON FINEFROCK
A home must be elevated by up to seven feet if the storm
shouts of angry homeowners.
ald Staff Writer
Hundreds of angry South Dade home-
Homeowners wanted to know why
iers flooded into a school auditorium
damage meets or exceeds half the house's value.
Metro-Dade allowed their homes to be
r Saga Bay Monday night to confront
built below the flood-plain level, why they
cials who say they may have to demol-
were never told about the requirement
their homes if they want to save them.
of concrete in my living room?" asked
Maulsby said some homeowners had
and what - if anything - could be done
Homeowners at Saga Bay, off Old Cut-
Ralph Barnouw. "I'm sorry. but that's
already spent money to repair their homes
to waive the rule. Many didn't like the
Road at Southwest 200th Street, and
bull
before finding out about the obscure rule.
answers they got.
Homeowners wanted to know why they
"I'm filing a class-action lawsuit,
cr low-lying neighborhoods have been
weren't told about the requirement when
vowed Steve Yenzer, a homeowner in
"Your bureaucracy is sickening," said
I they may have to clevate their homes
up to seven feet to meet federal flood
they bought their homes.
Kings Bay who said he would have to ele-
Marilu Belaval, a Saga Bay homeowner.
"How come this information was not
vate his home by two feet if the require-
uirements if those homes suffered
put out to the public, the people it
ment isn't waived. "If it's not decided real
"I can't say I know how you feel.
jor damage from Hurricane Andrew.
soon, this suit is going into effect."
because I don't." FEMA representative
That requirement could add tens of
affects?" asked Ken Maulsby. president of
the Saga Bay Property Owners Associa-
Officials from Metro-Dade. the Federal
Glenn Woodard said. But he said there;
usands of dollars to the cost of recon-
was little he or others at the meeting could:
liction - costs that aren't covered by
tion. "Isn't there some responsibility for
Emergency Management Agency and
my [insurance] agent to do more than just
other federal agencies sought to explain
urance.
collect my premium?"
the rule to an overflow crowd at Centen-
PLEASE SEE SAGA BAY, 4B
'What am I going to do? Put seven feet
THANK YOU! BON VOYAGE!
Hialeah
slashes
expenses,
not jobs
By ALINA MATAS
And DAVID J. NEAL
Herald Staff Writers
In a long raucous meeting. the
Hialcah City Council Monday
night sliced the mayor's pro-
posed budget by $7.6 million
without laying off any employees
or closing down its libraries and
parks.
Instead of cutting jobs, the
council cut expenses: The library
staff remained. but money for
new books and periodicals were
OUT OF THE STORM
A
TUESDAY
Builder licensing changes™
into
ammed his
By DON FINEFROCK
George Stuart said in an interview.
Herald Staff Writer
licensing, however, saying Dade does
statew
filed
an
Stuart said contractors should be
Building contractors should be
a better job of disciplining builders.
would
held to a standard of workmanship
licensed under a single, statewide sys-
"It's been our experience that we tency.
they are now required to build to the
tem that raises professional standards
are more efficient in dealing with drof val
ncenzo
minimum standard of the code, he
local contractors," said Carlos Bon-
and reduces the potential for çon-
Stu
with
Insur-
said and consumers should have
struction flaws like those revealed by
zon, the director of Metro's building are pa
South
recourse if the builder does a lousy
Hurricane Andrew the head of the
and zoning department.
could
charges
job.
state Department of Professional
Stuart also called for statewide ture W
Contractors could be required to
Regulation said Monday.
licensing of building inspectors, say-
urance
post bonds or the state could establish
Eng
Contractors working in Dade
ing Andrew exposed shortcomings in Dade
1989
a recovery fund to reimburse buyers
County currently are licensed by Met-
that system as well. Dade inspectors X Andre
six
whose homes are flawed, he said.
ro-Dade or the state. "I hat system is
are certified by the county's Board of and de
South
Metro's chief building official
not working well former state Sen.
Rules and Appeals
Buildit
questioned Stuart call for statewide
I think you are going to need tation.
hutters
the
One
car
up
to
the
plate
-
rive
the
5
a
one
side
with
P
an
caused
by
in
dar
t
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reli
beg
custom-
bable
of
but
of
cus-
cov
spo
said
of
FPL
logi
oth
Irected
network
C
tior
Son
got was audit!" Stickney said
crammed with
TOLLS RETURN
mattresses, food and salvageable
belongings.
The Florida Department of Transportation will
"We did what we could, Mainster
reinstitute talls on the northern portion of the
said
Florida's Turnpike extension Thursday.
The tolls will start at 12:01 a.m. in both the
Camp residents take charge
northbound and southbound lanes at the Okee-
Two weeks ago, the military cooks
chobee, Red Road ramp, University Drive/North-
and a mobile kitchen rolled in to
west 27th Avenue ramp and Miramar toll plazas.
Centro ready to serve up hot meals A
The DOT will hold off on resuming tolls south of
day later, it had been shanghaied
Okeechobee until at least Nov. 1.
with the army's permission. A hand-
ful of Centro tent-city residents took
FAIRCHILD REOPENS
charge of the mobile kitchen, trading
A PLACE TO LA
T-rations for tortillas. Every day,
Fairchild Tropical Garden will open to the pub-
Cerellina Vera ca
three times a day, civilian women
lic this weekend for the first time since the storm.
cooked up mounds of traditional
Joe Zagacki's pla
Visitors are welcome between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30
C.
Mexican dishes: chicken with mole,
ing two. Zagacki
p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.
and rice and beans.
broken leg. He h
The idea is to welcome the entire community,"
Centro's relief site was the perfect
Centro and the E
said Fairchild spokesman Kathy Gaubatz, explain-
solution for a people distrustful of
airplane crash,
ing why the $7 admission feewas waived.
authority and isolated from recovery
brought the farr
The storm damaged nearly 75 percent of the
road along Palm Drive. It remains a
public eye:
rare and exotic plants at Fairchild, 10901 Old Cut-
little bit of home for the homeless.
"He risked his
ler Rd. Since then, hundreds of people have vol-
The campesinos arrived at Centro
we never got a ch
unteered to help clean up.
just after dawn the morning of the
Mainster said.
After the weekend, Fairchild will return to its
hurricane, agonized by the high-
normal schedule: Monday through Sunday, 9:30
speed winds. They had lost their trail-
Help begins to a
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., admission $7.
ers at the Everglades Labor Camp.
Soon after, h.
They just parked their cars here
up. A few Red
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
in the parking lot," Mainster said.
drawn to the or:
The American Red Cross says it urgently needs
They were in shock. This was the
from the outfit to
volunteers who can work at one full day or two half
only place they knew.'
where they felt m
Inside, Andrew had turned the
days a week for four to six weeks at one of 13 Red
said.
office upside down. Windows had
Cross Disaster Relief Service Centers. Critical
"We call the
been blown out. There were gaping
needs include:
gees, she said.
holes in the ceiling. Aminch of water
Within a we
Family service center technicians, to inter-
covered the floor.
view and help meet the immediate needs of hurri-
inundated with £
"There was nothing here, said
place to store. Sc
cane survivors.
A volunteer coordinator, to schedule and ori-
Frankie Navarro, in charge of pro-
with the county
ent volunteers.
grams for school-age children at Cen-
short time later
tro.
storage trucks pa
A line manager, to inform Red Cross clients
lem solved.
of eligibility requirements for aid.
Two days later, more farm workers
To hand out t'
Registrars, to obtain information from disas-
pulled up in their battered heaps,
clamoring for help. Navarro didn't
set up a grocery
ter victims.
Phone bank personnel.
have much to offer. No one had
ing lot, rows of
boxes stuffed to
Clerical help for record keeping.
stopped to help out in the boondocks,
beyond Florida City. That's when
otic, but it worke
food and water
CORPORATE AID
Navarro clambered onto the roof and
posted his plea for food.
Centro split the
The Equitable-Süquet Agency has contributed
half to Everglade
$100,000 to We Will Rebuild.
The next day, the food rolled in.
At the end
Univision has given the American Red Cross
Cans and cans of it. Followed by
Mainster develo
$4.6 million, raised during a national telethon for
heaps of clothing.
list white so
hurricane victims.
Then WIOD radio commentator
fungus, clean sh
About 60 Florida families whose homes were
destroyed by Hurricane Andrew will get lumber
donated by Bighorn National Forest in Sheridan,
Wyo., milled free by a sawmill and shipped free by
Burlington Northern Railroad.
Depression slo
UNIVERSITY OF ANDREW
Hurricane Andrew has provided the civil engi-
TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS
neers of the world a pretty good laboratory for
study. They announced plans this week for a
6 P.M. MONDAY
Bermuda
0
400
major technical conference on the storm and why
it caused so much damage.
MILES
The conference will be held in South Florida
Depression
next year, the American Society of Civil Engineers
#8
Depressio:
#7
says Topics: wind engineering, coastal engineer-
Atlantic
Ing, building codes and standards
Ocean
a
housy
Irew the head of the
and zoning department.
job.
could be considered by the I
Stuart also called for statewide
ent of Professional
Contractors could be required to
ture when it meets in Novembe
1 Monday
licensing of building inspectors, say-
post bonds or the state could establish
Engineeers* who toured
working in Dade
ing Andrew exposed shortcomings in
a recovery fund to reimburse buyers
Dade neighborhoods hard
h
ly are licensed by Met-
that system as well. Dade inspectors
whose homes are flawed, he said.
Andrew have cited construction
state. "That system is
are certified by the county's Board of
Metro's chief building official
and deficiencies in the South F
Rules and Appeals.
ell, former state Sen.
questioned Stuart's call for statewide
Building Code as factors in the
I think you are going to need
tation.
U.S. chari
donors are
'burned Ol
Public overwhelm
by worldwide nee
BOSTON
(AP)
-
canes Famine. Civil war.
Americans are being ask
respond to so many crises
relief workers fear the publi
begun to suffer donor fatigu
"Our fund-raising is up S
but not where we need it to
cover these emergencies C
spokesman John Mohrb:
said. "We assume it's the ps:
logical interference of all
other disasters.
Chief executives of six int
tional relief organizations le
Somalia Friday to focus
attention on starvation t
The visit the first joint m
of its kind, is a direct respon
lagging contributions
Competing' emergencies
There's never been arent to a
where there have been so
emergencie. competing
Peter 10
director of
Actio
umbrella, grou;
internat
aid agencies
ALDIAZ / Miami Herald Staff
was/part 3 e group that lef
DE: Timothy Wynn, of 101st Airborne, plays with Lee Garza, 8. Alex Mendez 9, and Piano Jamiz,
Africa
Aid officials said more
nworkers camp comes to life
100,000. Somalis have died
two million are at risk of
ing. With They call the crisis
1A
wash boards (she actually found allew
There never been
crammed with
in David
at we could Mainstert
itsits
ago, the military co
kitchen rolled in to
) serve up hot meals
d.beer sh main
S permission.
ent-city/resident
cap-
briefly turned serious for a quick second. She
of the United States a distinction no one
appealed for donations: "We'll take of each
ng it. We
asked for
other
her We'll makenit
draws gratitude, grumbling
Mall was three hours and grow-
"They didn't want me, said
of the day, he runs the Gone
3, FROM 1A
ing. And that was for victims
Stark, who is an editor at the
With the Wind Hurricane Relief
isn't the only victim to
who already had appointments.
Miami Beach SunPost. They
Clothing Tent across the street
away empty-handed
Here, as at many centers, transla-
said I wasn't trained, so they
from the Red Cross registration
d Cross service center.
tors were desperately needed.
couldn't use me. There was a lot
tent. It's a freelance effort that
n t the only one com
Of the 1,456 volunteers impor-
of animosity to outside volun-
has the support of 12 businesses
ted from as far away as Saskatch-
teers. I was drinking coffee from
from Miami to Connecticut.
e Red Cross has spent
ewan, few speak Spanish, and
a cup that had a red cross on it,
"We tried to get the Réd Cross
ion in Dade County
even fewer Creole
and they were even nasty about
to distribute this stuff, but they
ed 33,835 families,
"How do you say Jayver in
that
wouldn't," Nelson said.
to a spokeswoman
Spanish' shouts a Red Cross
The way Barbara Jean explains
But at the same time
volunteer to the hot and both-
Training workers
it, giving away food and clothing
e organization's rigid
ered crowd outside the Town and
Mitchell said proper training
is counterproductive to the Red
inadequate planning
Country center. Nobody knows
for volunteers is absolutely essen-
Cross mission. Jean is manager
; help to thousands pf
what she is talking about. They
tial to making sure Red Cross
at the Harris Field registration
shrug.
money all of it donated by the
tent
victims are waiting
"Jayver, J-A-V-I-E-R. How do
public is well-spent. That
We give them vouchers so
in the hot sun, some-
you say that in Spanish?" she
training, depending on the job,
they can go to the merchant of
0 get an appointment
persists.
can take anywhere from three
their choice and get new things,
another line. Volun-
A woman in line finally under-
hours to two days.
and food that they want, Jean
ng turned away, even
stands her, and helps her retrieve
You can understand why
said. "That way it gives them a
y of the Red Cross
a man named Javier from the
we'd want people who know
sense of control over their lives
understaffed. The
parking lot, where he was just
what they're doing interviewing
And it allows the merchants to
ish and Creole trans-
about to climb into his car and
these families and helping them
get the business they need,
es the aid process.
leave.
figure out what they need,
They rebuilding too, you
S officials maintain
I never heard Spanish before I
Mitchell said.
know.'
g the best they can
came here," said Gail Stewart of
About 12 blocks away, at the
aordinary circum-
Hamilton, Ontario, a volunteer
Red Cross service center in the
But clothes are needed
d their best, said a
coordinator. at the Red Cross
Neva Cooper School, center
Theodosia Neal said it nicent
n, Donna Nelson, is
center at Homestead's Berkshire
manager Eugene Heinemann will
have the vouchers. But gettingte
High School. "We could really
put anybody who walks up to
the stores where they can be
such a huge opera-
use some translators.
work, especially Spanish-speak-
is the problem.
1 said. Nobody has
ers. Heinemann just arrived from
'My sister has vouchers for
thing like this. Butl
Running a tight ship
the Canadian province of
stores up in Dadeland," said
doing what we have
In Homestead's Harris Field,
Alberta, on loan to the American
Neal, as she waited outside Pine
across the mud pit from the tent
Red Cross from his provincial
Villa Elementary School in
arricane Andrew
city, Red Cross service center
government job.
Goulds for her sister to try to get
merican Red Cross
manager Pete Mitchell is trying
The Red Cross is selective
different vouchers. "That's far
65.2 million; $46.6
to run a tight ship. The line out-
about the kind of help it accepts.
away for us.
designated specifi-
side the tent is short for now,
Clothing, for example, it won't
ficane victims. The
only six people. Appointments
Carl Grimes of Perrine has
take.
es it will spend $59
are backed up until Sept. 29.
"Stuff, we can't use, Stewart
already spent the $550 in cloth-
ith Florida
Mitchell, like most of the vol-
at Berkshire High School said.
ing vouchers he got from the Red
week to the 13 ser-
unteers flown in from across the
Cross two weeks ago for himself
Money, we'll take. But what are
e Red Cross hasset
country, is an old hand at this
we supposed to do with a truck-
and his three children. He praises
1 Miami to Florida
disaster stuff. Hurricanes, earth-
the Red Cross, but like Neal he
load of clothes?'
n organization that
quakes, floods, tornadoes he
Give them out to the people
said used clothes would be just
well-run and some-
has seen them all
who need them, suggests Miami
fine. Especially if he didn't have
controlling the
He is proud of the organization
to wait a week to get them.
psychotherapist Julie Brown.
rules and waiting
at his tent. In just two hours on
Brown said she drove around
"When you have nothing any-
ne are different.
this rainy morning, his staff has
with a truckload of donated
thing is helpful, Grimes said.
given away $8,300 in vouchers to
clothes early in the hurricane
Bobby Hicks agrees His.home
hurricane victims.
relief effort without finding a
in Cutler Ridge was destroyed
ere few people are
"It's organized to a certain
Standing in line outside the
place to take them.
as around South-
extent like the military," said
Urban League in Homestead
'Everywhere we saw a red
School in Cutler
Mitchell, who joined the Red
Hicks is making his second try at
cross, we'd stop," Brown said.
are almost nonex-
Cross seven years ago in his
"And every time, the Red Cross
getting Red Cross help. The last
laces like shopping
hometown south of Atlanta. "It
service center he went to was so
told us it wouldn't accept the
mmunity centers,
needs to be that way
crowded, he said, he couldn
clothes. We had things that peo-
cases stretches for
That organization seems to
even get a number to get an
ple in those tent cities told me
preclude the help and donations
appointment.
they needed.
h service center
of goods that many South Florid-
ody to praise the
ians want to give. Anslie Stark of
Art Nelson had a similar expe-
"So far. it hasn't been so
somebody to crit-
Miami Beach said she wanted to
rience. Nelson is living in the
good, Hicks said "But I've
volunteer her services to the Red
Harris Field tent city. For eight
heard that they the ones who
the service center
Cross. She was willing to do any-
hours a day, he works as a car-
are supposed to be able to help.
own and Country
thing they wanted.
penter for Metro-Dade. The rest
We'll see.
no
stat of the United States
a
di
16 SEC. Winslow,
There
is
no
black,
brown,
she's making it. We
no
no
asked for.
white.
We
Americans
and it
ing
it.
together.
We'll
make
Police Academy comic, per-
Red Cross effort draws gratitu
Mall was three hours and grow-
ED CROSS CENTERS IN SOUTH DADE
RED CROSS, FROM 1A
ing. And that was for victims
employee isn the only victim to
who already had appointments.
878
13
Here, as at many centers, transla-
10
be turned away empty-handed
SW 88 ST.
from a Red Cross service center.
tors were desperately needed.
And she isn't the only one com-
Of the 1,456 volunteers impor-
ted from as far away as Saskatch-
SW 157 AVE.
TAMIAMI
SW 137 AVE.
11
AIRPORT
SW AVE.
RED RD:
plaining.
So far, the Red Cross has spent
ewan, few speak Spanish, and
1
$26.3 million in Dade County
even fewer Creole.
9
and helped 33,835 families,
How do you say Jayver in
SW 136 ST.
according to a spokeswoman.
Spanish?" shouts a Red Cross
Susan Pyle. But at the same time,
volunteer to the hot and both-
W 136 ST.
12
many say the organization's rigid
ered crowd outside the Town and
ORAL REEF DR.
SW 152 ST.
rüles and inadequate planning
Country center. Nobody knows
are delaying help to thousands of
what she is talking about. They
Tumpike
others
shrug.
SW 157
6
Hurricane victims are waiting
'Jayver, J-A-V-I-E-R. How do
AVE.
EUREKA DR.
in long lines in the hot sun, some-
you say that in Spanish?" she
RD
times only to get an appointment
persists.
SW 184 ST.
to wait in another line. Volun-
A woman in line finally under-
SW 147 AVE.
teers are being turned away, even
stands her, and helps her retrieve
though many of the Red Cross
a man named Javier from the
7
centers are understaffed. The
parking lot, where he was just
AVE.
lack of Spanish and Creole trans-
about to climb into his car and
HAINLAN
MILL RD:
lators stymies the aid process.
leave
SW 216 ST.
8
Cutler
Red Cross officials maintain
I never heard Spanish before I
Ridge
they're doing the best they can
came here," said Gail Stewart of
AVE.
SW 232 ST.
under extraordinary circum-
Hamilton, Ontario, a volunteer
stances. And their best, said a
coordinator at the Red Cross
1
spokeswoman, Donna Nelson, is
center at Homestead's Berkshire
SW 248
ST.
very good.
High School. "We could really
CONUT PALM
"It's just such a huge opera-
use some translators.
3.
tion, Nelson said. "Nobody has
SW 157
ever seen anything like this. But I
Running a tight ship
2
think we're doing what we have
In Homestead's Harris Field,
to do.
across the mud pit from the tent
HOMESTEAD
Homestead
AIR FORCE
Since Hurricane Andrew
city, Red Cross service center
W 312 ST.
BASE
struck, the American Red Cross
manager Pete Mitchell is trying
CAMPBELL DR.
has raised $65.2 million; $46.6
to run a tight ship. The line out-
5
million was, designated specifi-
side the tent is short for now,
cally for hurricane victims. The
only six people. Appointments
Florida City
group estimates it will spend $59
are backed up until Sept. 29.
1
E. PALM DR. SW 344 ST.
million in South Florida.
Mitchell, like most of the vol-
A visit last week to the 13 ser-
unteers flown in from across the
country, is an old hand at this
) CROSS LOCATIONS
vice centers the Red Cross has set
up from South Miami to Florida,
disaster, stuff. Hurricanes, earth-
Florida City: 660 NW3
Pine Villa Elem. School,
City showed an organization that
quakes, floods, tornadoes - he
8
Ave.
Goulds: 21799 SW 117
is sometimes well-run and some-
has seen them all
Homestead-Berkshire
Crt.
times barely controlling the
He is proud of the organization
St. Louis Catholic
chaos. The rules and waiting
at his tent. In just two hours on
High School: 28800 SW
9
lines at each one are different.
this rainy morning, his staff has
152 Ave.
Church, Kendall: 7220 SW
given away $8,300 in vouchers to
Neva Cooper School,
120 S
C
Uneven waits
hurricane victims.
Homestead: 151 NW5 St.
10
Town & Country Mall,
In areas where few people are
"It's organized to a certain
Kendall: SW 88 St. &
p
Homestead Urban
living - such as around South-
extent like the military," said
League: 708 SW 6 Ave.
Turnpike
wood Middle School in Cutler
Mitchell, who joined the Red
CI
Harris Field (tent city),
11
Alper Jewish Community
Ridge lines are almost nonex-
Cross seven years ago in his
Homestead: Tennessee
Center, Kendall: 11155 SW
istent, But in places like shopping
hometown south of Atlanta. "It
to
Rd. & Campbell Dr.
112 Ave.
centers and community centers,
needs to be that way.
cl
Cutler Ridge-
Martin Memorial AME
the backlog of cases stretches for
That organization seems to
12
pl
Southwood Middle
Church, Richmond
weeks.
preclude the help and donations
th
Heights: 14700 Lincoln
And at each service center,
of goods that many South Florid-
School: 16301 SW 80 Ave.
there is somebody to praise the
ians want to give. Anslie Stark of
Point Royale Shopping
Blvd.
Red Cross, and somebody to crit-
Miami Beach said she wanted to
rit
Center, Cutler Ridge:
13
Anthony Abrahams Bldg.,
icize it
volunteer her services to the Red
H:
19105 South Dixie.
Miami: 6600 SW 57 Ave.
The wait at the service center
Cross. She was willing to do any-
ho
in Kendall's Town and Country
thing they wanted.
pe
3
relief — and release
EXCITEMENT ALL AROUND: At
left, Army soldiers applaud acts
at concert at Homestead High
School. Above, Jon Secada gets
into his number and leans
toward the crowd.
CHUCK FADELY / Miami Herald Staff
ox, ref-
dancing
Stars bring messages of hope, laughter
certgoer
Every-
By MARILYN GARATEIX
Comedian Paul Rodriguez, who intro-
Herald Staff Writer,
wouldn't
duced many of the acts, asked an international
In addition to hours of music, the audience at
audience to send Miami money to rebuild.
the hurricane relief concert at Joe Robbie Sta-
Here in Miami we need your help and your dol-
osebleed
dium Saturday night was treated to messages of
lars,' Rodriguez said in Spanish.
ed. Like
hope and laughter.
Jimmy Buffett urged the crowd to forget
owd, he
Andy Garcia told the crowd about the sac-
briefly about the troubles of the past month. "I
W. Like
rifices many South Dade residents made even
don't think something like a natural disaster
ded
when their own homes had been virtually
should keep us down," Buffett said. "Right now
destroyed by Hurricane Andrew.
I think we need a little break from the disaster
For instance, Joe Van Fleet, whom Garcia
Perrine
I written you a little excuse so you can all sing
a lot. It
held up as an example of the courage and unself-
for about four minutes."
ishness South Dade residents showed.
ve got
Van Fleet lost his own home, but went out to
Comedienne Rosie o Donnell opened her
ving in
help others rebuild.
act by blurting: Yo soy Cubana
hangin
The crowd, cheered wildl OD onnell let
the
ight now Joe probably out there clean-
Concert provides relief
By LEONARD PITTS Jr.
Herald Pop Music Critic
It was there from the begin-
ning, and it only grew as the
shadows lengthened and dark-
ness stole over Joe Robbie Sta-
dium It was a thing without a
name a thing more sensed than
seen.
But it was there. There in the
thunderous roar, out of all pro-
portion to his fame, that greeted
Jon Secada when he strolled out
onstage. Because it was that kind
of crowd The kind that just plain
needed to roar. You got the feel-
ing and intending no disre-
spect to the talent that played
Saturday night's Hurricane
Relief concert that this crowd
would e given a standing ova-
tion TV test pattern.
Indeed, one man stood up
between sets of the Hurricane
Relief Concert and for no appar-
ent reason, started cranking his
fist and going Whoo! Whoo!"
The crowd that came to the bene-
fit concert headlined by Gloria
Estefan Whoopi Goldberg and
others raised more than a mil-
lion dollars for hurricane relief.
The more than 50,000 concertgo-
ers seemed to need the music less
than they needed one another,
leeded the sense of being
ogether after the storm.
And needed one thing more
That thing more sensed than
seen Needed release after four
weeks of numbing despair
Curiously enough, you could
even pinpoint the precise
moment when that release came.
After roiling around under the
surface all night, after filling the
stadium near to bursting the way
air fills a bubble, it came during a
formed a hilarious act about life
feels damn good!'
set by the Latin All Stars. The
with noisy neighbors - a piece
Even up in the press box, ref-
band, featuring the likes of
climaxed by his Led Zeppelin on
uge of cynics, there was dancing
Stars b
Ruben Blades, Paquito D'Ri-
a "nuclear powered" stereo imi-
tation.
and singing along
vera, Cachao and Willie Colon,
performed a ferocious rhythmic
NI love it" said concertgoer
workout called Lindo Yambui,
The Bee Gees played a surpris-
Laura Hudson. It's great. Every-
By MARILYN GARA
ingly tight set that drew from sev-
Herald Staff Writer
with a long, call-and-response
eral phases of their career. They
thing. I'm sick and wouldn't
miss it for the world.
In addition to
percussion break.
Oh, you should have been
gave em 1975's Jive Talkin
the hurricane rel
there then Should have seen the
1990's One and yeah, the disco
And, way up in the nosebleed
dium Saturday n
era's Stayin Alive,
dancing that went on, should
seats, Don Mastroni agreed. Like
hope and laughte
have seen the toes tap and the
And at deadline time, Jimmy
so many others in the crowd, he
Andy Garci
fingers clap and the hands thrust
had suffered from Andrew Like
Buffett had the crowd up and
rifices many Sou
toward the sky, their fingers
dancing to the balmy, tropical
so many others, he needed
when their OWI
and found - release.
splayed, their cares set free. The
rhythms of his classic, Margari-
destroyed by Hu
roiling stopped. The bubble
taville.
For instance,
"We were down in the Perrine
broke.
area," he said. "We lost a lot. It
held up as an exa
God Bless The Victims of
ishness South Da
Yeah it was like that And in
was a lot of damage, We ve got
Andrew said a banner that
Van Fleet lost
that moment, something
[only] SIX families still living in
someone held aloft.
help others rebui
changed. The crowd turned a cor-
the neighborhood. We're-hangin
Right now,
one victims chose. to
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Story, 10A.
30? you must mean
September 30, right?" she asked
Support
the Florida Marine Patrol officer
for Bush,
on guard at the Red Cross service
Newfound support
meanwhile,
center in Cutler Ridge. It was
will aid in election
is dropping
clear that Fetters, left homeless
perilously
by Hurricane Andrew, was at the
PATRICK FARRELL Miami Herald Staff
low in critical
end of her rope.
HARRIS FIELD: Terry Thompson, 45, with his newfound friend, 6-month-old Rey Urguiaga.
By MARY SPECK
Herald Staff Writer
Midwest
"This is some kind of joke,
orge
LIMA, Peru
Catapulted
states.
right?'
Life in Tent City: an indignity, a salvation
above 70 percent in the opinion
Story, 10A.
It was no joke. The Red Cross
polls by the arrest of Shining
workers at the Point Royale
Path's maximum leader, Presi-
Bill Clin-
Shopping Center couldn't give
By MICHAEL BROWNING
dent Alberto Fujimori and his
ton, follow-
her an appointment to assess the
"plop,' which is what the homeless Southerners
Herald Staff Writer
call stew on a Styrofoam plate.
supporters look virtually certain
ing the latest
kind of help she needs - food,
Republican
clothing, new glasses - until the
Wristwatches weigh like lead ingots in Tent
The heat is like a fur glove. It collects in heavy
to sweep upcoming elections for
charges
end of next month.
City. It is almost painful to wear one and watch
pyramids beneath the peaked tent roofs, burying
a constitutional congress.
against him,
the laggard second-hand creep around the dial,
the occupants alive during the day. Fans are for-
Just two months ago, with ris-
But nobody told her that if she
defended his
through aldaylong, never-changing noon.
bidden, lest they overload the flimsy electrical
ing urban attacks by the Shining
went six miles up the road, to St.
1969 visit to
For more than 800 people who still remain
wiring and start a fire.
Path and a faltering economy,
Louis Catholic Church in Ken-
the Arkansas
here, a month after the onslaught of Hurricane
"The thrill is gone," Terry Thompson said
Fujimori looked like he might
dall, she could get Red Cross help
lose the popular support he
draft chief.
Andrew, true time is measured in packets of cig-
dryly. A former truck driver, he has been living
without waiting.
Story, 12A.
arettes and cans of soda-pop, in breakfasts of
more than three weeks in the Harris Field
depends on to bolster his govern-
The 26-year-old Ramada Hotel
greenish eggs and "Georgia Ice Cream," which is
encampment at the corner of U.S. 1 and South-
ment. Some opposition leaders
what the homeless, Yankees call grits, and
speculated that Fujimori could
nton
PLEASE SEE RED CROSS, 23A
lunches and dinners of "anything that goes
PLEASE SEE TENT CITY, 22A
be forced to step down by mili-
tary leaders if the crisis wors-
ened.
But that expectation has dis-
de family leave creates few ripples
solved in the euphoria surround-
ing Abimael Guzman's capture.
Unless Shining Path manages to
regroup and avenge "Presidente
ruptions, feared by businesses, have not materialized
Gonzalo's" Sept. 12 arrest with a
series of attacks, Fujimori looks
RILYN ADAMS and SUSANA BARCIELA
behalf of the Greater Miami Chamber of Com-
likely to pack the new Congress
Business Writers
merce, The impact of this law would be to chill the
with his own supporters.
ile Washington is embroiled in a high-stakes
development of new jobs," Gaffin said then.
Now some parties that had dis-
al mud fight over family leave, Dade Coun-
Gaffin today: "I haven't heard anyone talking
missed the election as a ploy by
n social experiment has created few ripples.
about major problems."
Fujimori to gain international
first six months, Dade's family leave ordi-
Dade's ordinance requires many employers to
recognition are deciding - albeit
has delivered this surprise: Few employees
give workers up to 90 days of unpaid leave for fam-
nasking for unpaid family leave.
ily emergencies and a job when they come back.
PLEASE SEE PERU, 28A
on't think it's any big deal," said Stephen
About 2, 500 companies are affected.
anofficer of Array Connector Corp., a small
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives is
manufacturing firm. "I can't believe George
scheduled to take what's expected to be a close,
0271
making an issue of this when it's a 'family
tense vote on whether to override President Bush's
thing. If a company is run properly, it can
veto of family leave just weeks before Election Day.
when someone is out.
Last week the Senate mustered a two-thirds vote to
CHARLES TRAINOR Jr. Miami Herald Staff
December, labor-management consultant
PLAYING: Ana Hernandez, here playing with daughter Arianna and
affin went before the Metro Commission on
PLEASE SEE FAMILY LEAVE, 20A
the neighbor's dog, took family leave to care for her child.
77785
23333
THE FLORIDA STORE
racial democracy broke
over the future balance of power.
Red Cross
De Klerk also said Saturday
night that he would introduce
legislation at a special October
struggles
session of Parliament to grant a
general amnesty for crimes com-
mitted by all sides, in political
amid the
hostilities, including government
officials and security officers
who have not been charged.
grumbles
Although no formal agreement
PLEASE SEE SOUTH AFRICA, 24A
MOUNTING REPAIR COSTS, 1G
CRITICAL TEST FOR LENNAR, 1K
NEW GUN-CONTROL DEBATE, 1J
Rebel arrest
By LORI ROZSA
Herald Staff Writer
gets Peruvian
Kathleen Fetters stared at the
slip of paper in disbelief.
October 30? You must mean
to top of polls
September 30, right?" she asked
the Florida Marine Patrol officer
New found support
on guard at the Red Cross service
center in Cutler Ridge. It was
will aid in election
clear that Fetters, left homeless
PATRICK FARRELL 1 Miami Herald Staff
by Hurricane Andrew, was at the
By MARY SPECK
end of her rope.
HARRIS FIELD: Terry Thompson, 45, with his newfound friend, 6-month-old Rey Urgulaga.
Herald Staff Writer
This is some kind of joke,
LIMA, Peru - Catapulted
right?
It was no joke. The Red Cross
Life in Tent City: an indignity, a salvation
above 70 percent in the opinion
polls by the arrest of Shining
workers at the Point Royale
Path's maximum leader, Presi-
Shopping Center couldn't give
dent Alberto Fujimori and his
By MICHAEL BROWNING
'plop,' which is what the homeless Southerners
her an appointment to assess the
supporters look virtually certain
Herald Staff Writer
call stew on a Styrofoam plate.
kind of help she needs - food,
to sweep upcoming elections for
Wristwatches weigh like lead ingots in Tent
The heat is like a fur glove. It collects in heavy
clothing, new glasses - until the
a constitutional congress.
City. It is almost painful to wear one and watch
pyramids beneath the peaked tent roofs, burying
end of next month.
Just two months ago, with ris-
the laggard second-hand creep around the dial,
the occupants alive during the day. Fans are for-
ing urban attacks by the Shining
But nobody told her that if she
through a daylong, never-changing noon
bidden, lest they overload the flimsy electrical
Path and a faltering economy,
went six miles up the road, to St.
For more than 800 people who still remain
wiring and start a fire.
Fujimori looked like he might
Louis Catholic Church in Ken-
here, a month after the onslaught of Hurricane
The thrill is "gone," Terry Thompson said
lose the popular support he
dall, she could get Red Cross help
Andrew, true time is measured in packets of cig-
dryly A former truck driver, he has been living
depends on to bolster his govern-
without waiting.
arettes and cans of soda-pop, in breakfasts of
more than three weeks in the Harris Field
ment. Some opposition leaders
The 26-year-old Ramada Hotel
greenish eggs and "Georgia Ice Cream,' which is
encampment at the corner of U.S. 1 1 and South-
speculated that Fujimori could
what the homeless, Yankees call grits, and
PLEASE SEE RED CROSS, 23A
PLEASE SEE TENT CITY, 22A
be forced to step down by mili-
lunches and dinners of "anything that goes
tary leaders if the crisis wors-
ened.
But that expectation has dis-
Timing costs Bush publicity in E lorida
Aliah
Jones
Florida lawmakers and their aides were mystified when
injuries shortly the Ford
President Bush signed the hurricane aid bill at 8:24 p.m. last
Bronco II they were in collided
Brian Jones
listed in good condition
Wednesday, before settling in after a day of campaigning to
with a maroon Toyota Tercel at
wood Memorial. Willia
watch The Last of the Mohicans at his Camp David retreat.
the intersection of Northeast
treated on the scene and ,
They complain that Bush gave up a chance to get another
21 5th Street and Second Avenue.
splash of positive publicity in Florida, a state crucial to his re-
Jones was driving the 1985
election. The Florida folks had hoped for photos of a sympa-
Ford Bronco east on Northeast
thetic-looking Bush with Sens. Bob Graham and Connie Mack, Rep.
5th Street through a flashing
Dante Fascell and others.
yellow light when it was struck by
Instead, the White House issued a standard four-paragraph
a 1988 Toyota Tercel driven by
statement and the news barely got covered.
Brenda Gail Williams, 29, also of
Even worse, White House aides sent confusing signals
Hollywood, police said.
about the bill-signing all day, saying they weren't sure when the
Williams failed to yield the
president would act.
right of way when she went
And even though he had signed it, the White House legisla-
through a flashing red light while
tive liaison office told one GOP lawmaker's staff at about 9
heading south on Northeast Sec-
p.m. that the president still hadn't done the deed:
ond Avenue, police said. No
As a result, a glowing press release thanking and praising
charges have been filed in the
the president never got used.
case, but police are investigating.
1 PAUL ANDERSON
The Bronco flipped over sev-
eral times and three of the four
occupants, including Brian Nich-
Lehman brings home valuable programs
olas Jones, 7, and John Pitz, 35,
Retiring Congressman Bill Lehman is bringing a sackful of
Pedestrian hit by car,
goodies home with him.
The Democrat from Biscayne Park, who chairs the House
suffers serious injuries
Appropriations panel that writes the budget for transportation
A pedestrian was struck by a
agencies, on Friday finished negotiating his last bill with Senate
car and seriously injured in Hia-
leaders. The compromise package contains more than $100
leah on Sunday.
million worth of projects for Florida.
The man, who was not imme-
Big-ticket items include: new buses for Dade County
diately identified, was struck as
($15.3 million), funding for Metromover extensions ($5.4 mil-
he walked in front of Fairytales
lion); improvements to the Coast Guard's Opa-locka air station
Pre-School, at 1298 W. 37th St.
($8 million), Biscayne Boulevard improvements at I-395 ($2.4
He suffered multiple leg frac-
million), the 17th Street Causeway tunnel in Fort Lauderdale
tures, a fractured arm, multiple
($4.9 million) and new buses for Key West ($1.9 million).
head injuries and injuries to his
In his own district, he got $800,000 for bike paths in North
shoulder and chest.
Miami and North Miami Beach.
The accident happened at 4:55
Lehman is fearless to the end. President Bush had singled
out the earlier phase of those bike paths as "pork" earlier this
p.m.
Investigators said the man hit
year.
the car's windshield, then was
PAUL ANDERSON
thrown 20 feet. He was airlifted
to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Damaged temple ready for Rosh Hashana
pr
and strength."
114:
ROSH HASHANA, FROM 1B
or
help us to seek a world of
'Maybe the message is
The High Holy Days end on
Oct. 7 with Yom Kippur, the
unity under God."
A young Army soldier attend-
for us to understand
holiest day of the Jewish year. It
ur
at
is a day of fasting and praying.
care
ing the service was less con-
we are in God's
"The purpose of fasting is for
shed
cerned with the why and more
us to identify with those who are
ars
interested in the how - how to
hands.'
hungry and this year it is a way
help.
for us to help the hungry and
TH
"It was pretty awful what hap-
ZEVULON GLIXMAN,
divi-
homeless in our community,"
pened to the synagoge," said
rabbl of B'nai Israel
uosio
Lehrman said.
e uni.
Scott McWilliams, a private with
The hurricane brought all eth-
S
the 10th Mountain Division
from Fort Drum, N.Y. "I'm
undamaged by the hurricane.
nic groups together, he added.
temple
"Together we shall rebuild in a
au
going to ask my commander if I
The longtime rabbi, Dr. Irving
your
Lehrman, asked members of his
better way, spiritually, morally,
can come over a few days a week
congregation and the Lehrman
culturally.
Fran-
and help.
Day School and Afternoon Reli-
These Rosh Hashana and Yom
"This will stick in my mind for
UI guius
quite a while," said McWilliams.
gious School to donate canned
Kippur services will be Lehr-
At the other end of the county,
goods during the holiday for the
man's last as rabbi of Temple
estioned
Hurricane Andrew victims.
Emanu-El. Lehrman, 81, who has
Rosh Hashana also was cele-
"We need to share their bur-
been at Emanu-El since 1943, is
brated by hundreds of Jews from
dens, feel their pain," Lehrman
retiring on Jan. 1. Rabbi Edwin
Miami Beach's Temple Eman-
ce
u-El,
which
was
relatively
said. "We have to give them hope
Farber will replace him.
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