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VIDEO TAPING INFORMATION SHEET
VIDEO SESSION DATE: 9/4/91
FOR BROADCAST: X
NOT FOR BROADCAST:
ORGANIZATION: UNITED WAY
VIDEO DEADLINE: ASAP
CONTACT NAME & #: BOB BEGGAN
(703) 683-7815
BILLING CONTACT & ADDRESS: UNITED WAY OF AMERICA
701 n. FAIRFAX ST.
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-2045
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International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk New York 10504-1783
Office of the Chairman of the Board
July 15, 1991
Sche eduling early 9/91
C2
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Last year, in your role as National Volunteer Spokesman for the United Way,
your television message reached over 100 million viewers on behalf of more
than 2,300 United Way campaigns across the country. It was instrumental in
our success in raising $3.1 billion for 40,000 health and human development
agencies and programs last year.
On behalf of the Board of Governors of United Way of America, I am asking that
you continue this tradition, followed by every President since Calvin Coolidge,
by filming the Presidential Message for United Way in 1991.
The message will again air simultaneously on all major networks in prime time
in early September. It will highlight the achievements of the United Way
system, and in keeping with the Points of Light Initiative, will focus on how
voluntary services can make a meaningful difference in people's lives. We
would like to film at the White House in August. As in the past, United Way
would work directly with your staff on the script and filming details.
On behalf of United Way volunteers throughout the nation, I thank you for
considering our request and for your outstanding example and commitment to
volunteerism.
Sincerely,
Jan Chairman, John F. Akers ahm Board of
Governors
United Way of America
JFA:saa
NARRATOR:
Ladies and gentlemen, from The White House, the President of the
United States.
PRESIDENT BUSH:
Good evening, my fellow Americans. Tonight, continuing a
tradition that dates back to 1927 and Calvin Coolidge, I have the
pleasure of officially kicking off the more than 2,300 United Way
fund-raising campaigns across the country. What a tremendous
asset this organization is to this nation.
For more than a century, United Way has given all Americans a
chance to be philanthropists and to come together to solve
community problems. It has forged a coalition of the best hearts
and minds in America -- from business, government, labor,
education, religion, and other voluntary organizations -- to make
certain health care and community services are there for people
who need them most.
Local volunteer leaders identifying local problems and hammering
out lasting local solutions.
Solutions that provide services for the elderly, day care,
literacy training, family counseling, community centers, programs
battling substance abuse, and much more. Services that we count
on every day. Services that would not be available without this
extraordinary caring organization.
United Way is at work in every community in our country. In
small towns and large, in cities and suburbs, from Washington,
D.C. to Washington State. And thanks to the legion of caring and
committed local volunteers, United Way is one of the most
efficient and effective nonprofit organizations our country has
to offer.
For this reason, the federal government has asked United Way of
America to manage distribution of funds earmarked for emergency
food and shelter since 1983. To date, United Way, working with
state and local governments, has distributed nearly $900 million
and helped provide the hungry and homeless with 725 million meals
and 200 million nights of shelter.
United Way is constantly monitoring emerging social issues and
attempting to devise strategies for combatting them before they
become overwhelming. Like many of us, United Way has begun
focusing even more services and attention on another valuable
national asset -- America's children.
2
Getting a quality education is the American standard for
advancement and success. Yet, for many children -- especially
disadvantaged children in our inner cities and rural areas -- a
complete education is hard to achieve.
As I've said, "No child can learn on an empty stomach. No child
can learn if he or she is sick. No child can learn if missing
the basic skills required to begin school." What's more,
teachers must be free to teach, not be forced to spend valuable
learning time providing social services. We must make social
services available for all children and their families.
And United Way is striving to make sure they are. Through its
network of agencies, it is working to ensure that the child
support system already in place can be maintained and expanded.
With day care, meals programs, dropout prevention, recreation,
counseling, tutoring, and more.
One of the best examples of programs building better
opportunities for our children is United Way's "Success By 6"
initiative.
3
In place in Minneapolis, Nashville, Greeley, Colorado, and other
cities, this shining point of light is bringing communities
together to knock down the roadblocks to effective education --
lack of good food and clothing, psychological problems, poor
health, and others. It works by focusing attention on the needs
of both children and their parents.
United Way of America's volunteer board committed itself to a 20-
year strategy that works in coalition with others to prevent
problems facing young Americans. I salute these volunteer
leaders for their courage in making this vital commitment.
This commitment reinforces United Way as a valued resource for
achieving our national education goals. This is especially true
for perhaps the most important goal -- Readiness for School --
which states, "By the year 2000, all children in America will
start school ready to learn."
Our children are tomorrow's parents, workers, and community
leaders. To secure America's future, we must provide situations
that enable all of them to develop into healthy, educated, and
productive adults. Our nation can't afford not to. Our children
need us today. Our nation will need them tomorrow.
We must provide hope. Hope for a bright future. Hope for a
chance to compete. Hope for a full and complete life.
4
For every American child, hope for a complete life should be a
birth right. By giving through United Way, you give hope. No
gift you give is more important.
So, please, for all Americans, for our children, for our nation,
give generously of both your time and money. Get involved. Find
an issue that you want to do something about and volunteer.
Become a stakeholder in America's future. Make a difference
through United Way. It brings out the best in all of us.
Thank you for joining me this evening and God bless you.
5
The New Bork Times BIOGRAPHICAL SERVICE
February, 1987
Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian
Who Composed 'Comedians'
By TIM PAGE
Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky was
Dmitri Kabalevsky, a Soviet com-
born in St. Petersburg on Dec. 30, 1904.
poser best known for his suite "The Co-
He began his musical studies at an
medians" and the Overture to his
early age, and showed considerable
opera "Colas Breugnon," has died at
promise as a pianist. In 1918, the family
the age of 82, Tass, the official Soviet
moved to Moscow, where the young
man studied at the Scriabin Musical In-
press agency, said yesterday. Tass pro-
vided no details of Mr. Kabalevsky's
stitute. In 1925, he entered the Moscow
death but said that leaders of the Soviet
Conservatory where he worked with
Government and the Communist Party
Nikolai Miaskovsky.
had signed an obituary describing him
In 1932, he helped established the
as "innovative and brilliant."
Moscow branch of the Union of Soviet
Over the course of a career that
Composers. The same year he joined
spanned 60 years, Mr. Kabalevsky
the Moscow Conservatory as an assist-
wrote five operas, four symphonies,
ant professor of composition; he was
concertos for piano, violin and cello, a
elevated to a full professor in 1939.
large Requiem, various cantatas,
Throughout the 1930's he worked as a
chamber music, songs and many
senior editor at a music publishing
works for children. He was also a con-
house in Moscow.
Horst Tappe, 1976
ductor, a pianist, a critic and an educa-
These were also Mr. Kabalevsky's
tor.
most productive years as a composer.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
At its best, Mr. Kabalevsky's work is
Although it remains all but unknown in
distinguished by a glittering elegance
the West, Romain Rolland's novel
and grace that are rare in Soviet
"Colas Breugnon" had already report-
music. The musicologist Boris
edly gone through some 120 Russian
Schwarz, in his book "Music and Musi-
editions by the time Mr. Kabalevsky
cal Life in Soviet Russia 1917-1981,"
set it to music in 1936. Although the
called Mr. Kabalevsky's compositions
opera was very successful when it was
"sparkling, transparent, full of Gallic
first performed in 1938, Mr. Kabalev-
gaiety, probably as French as a Rus-
sky was apparently displeased with its
sian can get."
dramatic structure, for he revised it
"Essentially, Kabalevsky's musical
considerably in 1953 and again in 1969.
language is conservative, and it has
The Overture has remained popular on
changed little over the years," Mr.
symphonic programs throughout the
BRYCE HARLOW DIES;
Schwarz continued. "But it exudes
world. In 1940, Mr. Kabalevsky's suite
such good humor and is built with so
"The Comedians" was completed; it,
much skill that the listener is carried
too, became popular.
AIDE TO PRESIDENTS
away, despite some critical reserva-
During World War II, Mr. Kabalev-
tions."
sky wrote three large works of nation-
Figure in Musical Politics
alist inspiration - the cantata "The
Mighty Homeland" (1941-42); the
It was generally agreed that Mr.
First Nixon Appointee, as Link
choral work "The People's Avengers"
Kabalevsky was at his best in his
(1942), and the opera "Into the Fire"
lighter pieces. His work lacked the fer-
to Congress - He Worked
(1942). He later withdrew the latter
vent spiritual intensity that distin-
'work, although he used some of its
guished the best music of Shostako-
for Eisenhower as Well
music in his opera "The Taras Fami-
vich, and many critics found it frivo-
ly" (1947). His later works include the
lous; more serious compositions, such
opera "Nikita Vershinin" (1955), the
as the "Requiem to the Memories of
operetta "The Sisters" (1967) and an
Those Who Were Killed in the Struggle
oratorio entitled "Letter to the 30th
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (AP) -
Against Fascism" (1963), were gen-
Century" (1972).
Bryce N. Harlow, a Presidential
erally judged ponderous and overex-
counselor and speechwriter who held
tended.
February 18, 1987
key positions in the Eisenhower and
Other critics objected to the leading
Nixon Administrations, died today. He
role Mr. Kabalevsky played in Soviet
was 70 years old.
musical politics. As the principal editor
"He was quite a man, a political ac-
of the music magazine Sovetskaya
tivist who spent a lifetime in service to
Muzyka during the 1940's, he acted as
his country," Bob Dole of Kansas, the.
the main party spokesman on musical
Senate Republican leader, said in a
policy. When Andrei Zhdanov, Stalin's
brief eulogy on the Senate floor today.
culture chief, denounced most of the
"He never hesitated to ffer his services
best Soviet composers for "formal-
when problems on Capitol Hill or the
ism" in 1948 - the list included Shosta-
White House seemed too big to solve."
kovich, Prokofiev, Khachaturian and
Officials at Arlington Hospital in
several others - Kabalevsky's name
nearby Virginia said Mr. Harlow died
was conspicuous in its absence. His
of chronic obstructive lung diseases.
music remained comfortably within
An Oklahoman who came to. Wash-
the limits of socialist realism, and he
ington nearly 50 years ago, Mr. Harlow
was a stern critic of experimentalism
became a familiar figure in govern-
and the avant-garde.
ment circles, trying to push the White
House program through an often un-
friendly Congress. When not serving
Copyright 1987 by The New York Times Company
129
February, 1987
The
New
Bork
Times
BIOGRAPHICAL
SERVICE
feet 4 inches tall, he often used his
height as a source of self-depreciating
Awarded the Medal of Freedom
humor. "Don't wait for the rest of me,"
Although he was a Republican, Mr.
he once told a group of newspaper edi-
Harlow was successful in communicat-
tors. "I'm standing up."
ing with the two Texas Democrats who
Mr. Harlow was the first person ap-
ran Congress then: the Speaker of the
pointed to the White House staff after
House, Sam Rayburn, and the Senate
Richard M. Nixon was elected Presi-
majority leader, Lyndon B. Johnson.
dent in 1968, handling the delicate job
President Reagan awarded Mr. Har-
of Mr. Nixon's relations with a Demo-
low the Medal of Freedom, the nation's
crat-laden Congress. Mr. Harlow also
highest civilian honor, in 1981.
served as a Presidential counselor with
Bryce Nathaniel Harlow was born in
the assignment of devising long-term
Oklahoma City on Aug. 11, 1916, and
strategy on domestic problems.
graduated from the University of Okla-
He quit the Government after a year
homa in 1936, earning a Phi Beta
to return to his private lobbyist's job,
Kappa key and a degree in political sci-
but Mr. Nixon tapped him to return to
ence.
the White House when the Watergate
He was a Democrat when he first
scandals forced resignations of key
came to Washington, arriving in 1938
staff members.
for a job as an assistant librarian in the
Earlier, Mr. Harlow served in the
House of Representatives.
Eisenhower Administration, starting
After serving five years in the World
as an administrative assistant and fi-
War II Army, rising from lieutenant to
nally eight years later as deputy assist-
lieutenant colonel, Mr. Harlow re-
ant for Congressional affairs.
turned to a job as staff assistant and
Associated Press, 1968
As a member of Eisenhower's legis-
then chief clerk of the House Armed
Bryce N. Harlow
lative team, Mr. Harlow was fre-
Services Committee.
quently credited with knowing. more
His first wife and the mother of his
about the legislative process and what
three children, Betty Larimore Har-
one or another President over more
made it tick than anyone else in Wash-
low, died in 1982. He married Sarah
than two decades, Mr. Harlow worked
ington.
Jane Studebaker in 1983.
as a lobbyist in Washington for Procter
He was also a speechwriter, known
& Gamble. He retired from the house-
(Copyright © 1986 by AP)
as Eisenhower's "meat and-potatoes
hold products company in 1978.
man" after satisfying the President's
February 18, 1987
He was a gentle, courtly man known
demand for a "meat-and-potatoes
for a soft-sell approach to politics. At 5
speech people can understand."
J. Truman Bidwell, 83, Dies;
Ex-Stock Exchange Official
By JOAN COOK
J. Truman Bidwell, former chairman
giving gifts valued at more than $20,000
became an independent floor broker
of the New York Stock Exchange and
to personnel of brokerage concerns
specializing in institutional business in
an exchange member for 55 years, died
with which he did business without ob-
1945. From 1953 to 1958, he was a mem-
Tuesday in the Naples (Fla.) Com-
taining exchange permission. The ex-
munity Hospital after suffering a
change prohibits employees from giv-
ber of the exchange arbitration com-
stroke two weeks earlier. He was 83
ing gifts without special permission.
mittee, responsible for good conduct on
years old and lived in Naples.
the floor.
Mr. Bidwell remained an independ-
Mr. Bidwell was elected chairman of
ent stockbroker until he retired last
In 1958 he was elected to the board of
the exchange in May 1961, the first in-
year.
governors for a three-year term. In
dependent broker to be so honored.
He was born in Binghamton, N.Y.,
1959 he was elected vice chairman of
As chairman, he was in charge of
the son of a building contractor, who
the board and the following year was
trading on the floor of the exchange
moved the family to Portland, Ore., in
re-elected.
and called upon to arbitrate disputes.
1914. He graduated from Lehigh Uni-
He was a member of a: number of
The position, while influential, did not
versity in 1925.
clubs including, the Metropolitan and
involve any administrative reponsibil-
the Union League.
ity and was unpaid, except for a fee for
A Seat on Exchange
Mr. Bidwell is survived by his wife,
attending governors meetings.
In 1927 he joined P. W. Chapman &
the former Mary Kane; a son, Truman
Indicted and Cleared
Company, a New York investment
Jr., of Manhattan; a daughter, Barbara
banking concern. From 1931 to 1941, he
Manuel of Orleans, Mass., and-four
Mr. Bidwell resigned as chairman in
was engaged in the reorganization of
grandchildren.
February 1962 after his indictment by
public utility companies. In 1941 he
a Federal grand jury on charges of
bought a seat on the stock exchange for
February 19, 1987
evading almost $60,000 in income
$29,000, largely with borrowed money.
taxes.
During World War II Mr. Bidwell
He was acquitted of the charge in
was a lieutenant colonel in the Air
January 1963 but was censured four
Force.
months later by the stock exchange for
At the stock exchange, Mr. Bidwell
130
250-Harlow
based on the allegedly unequal treatment
HARLOW, BRYCE N(ATHANIEL)
Harlow's main foc
b. Aug. 11, 1916; Oklahoma City, Okla.
His actions on the i:
received by the poor. Thus in April 1956 he
dissented when the majority held that
Special Assistant to the President,
be motivated by p
January 1953-September 1958; Deputy
For example, to
states must supply an indigent convicted
person with a free trial transcript when the
Assistant to the President, September
chances of garnering
urged other White
right of appeal was conditioned on having
1958-January 1961.
liaison officers to
such a transcript. Harlan also insisted that
After graduating from the University of
Democrats into fili
the Constitution placed different limits on
Oklahoma in 1936 and attending graduate
1956 civil rights bill
state and federal power to regulate obscen-
school at the University of Texas, Harlow
tegration crises of 1
ity. In a separate opinion in a June 1957
case, he maintained that the states had
went to Washington in 1938 as assistant li-
supported a strong
greater authority to regulate pornography
brarian of the House of Representatives. He
rights. After a tou
than the federal government.
returned to the University of Oklahoma in
Southwest in the su
Following Frankfurter's retirement in
1940 and earned a masters degree two years
urged Eisenhower 1
later. Following service in the Army during
ship to defuse the S(
1962, Harlan became the Court's leading
spokesman for a philosophy of judicial
World War II, Harlow worked for the
troversy immediately
House Armed Services Committee, as a
In 1958 Eisenhov
restraint. Once a liberal activist majority
staff assistant and later as its chief clerk. In
congressional liaisor
emerged on the Warren Court in the
1960s, the Justice was frequently cast as a
1951 he became vice president of Harlow
basis. When Perso
dissenter to major judicial trends. He op-
Publishing Corp.
Adams [q.v.] as as
In 1953 Harlow was appointed special as-
that September, Ha
posed the Court's decisions on reappor-
tionment and many of the liberal majority's
sistant to President Eisenhower, serving as
post. As criticism of
a speechwriter. Because of his previous
low had an increa
criminal rights rulings. He also voted to
uphold state laws on obscenity. [ See KEN-
legislative experience, Harlow was also cho-
dealing with Con
NEDY, JOHNSON, NIXON/FORD Volumes]
sen as an assistant to the chief of congres-
pointed to the ineff
Throughout his years on the Court, Har-
sional liaison, Gen. Wilton B. Persons
in which one party
q.v.]. As a member of the Administration's
branch and the othe
lan took great care to write opinions that
legislative team, Harlow lobbied for Eisen-
After leaving the
would fully elucidate the questions in the
case and the reasons for his judgement. His
hower proposals on Capitol Hill. Both
1961, Harlow becan
personally popular and politically knowl-
and Gamble Co. И
scholarly opinions with their clear, orderly
edgeable, he drew praise as the man who
won election as Pre
style were widely praised, and Harlan was
considered a diligent and thorough worker
knew more about the legislative apparatus
was again appointe
on the Court. When he retired in Sep-
and the behavior of members of Congress
sional liaison. Howe
than any other individual in the Administra-
be as effective as
tember 1971 because of ill health, Harlan
was highly regarded even by critics for his
tion. He particularly excelled at com-
gressman comment
municating with the powerful Democratic
lost the touch he ha
learning and craftsmanship, his penetrating
analysis of the issues in cases and his un-
leaders, Speaker of the House Sam.
years." In 1969 N
questioned intellectual integrity. Harlan
Rayburn (D, Tex.) [q.v.] and Senate Major-
counselor to the
died in Washington on Dec. 29, 1971.
ity Leader Lyndon Johnson (D, Tex.)
rank. He left the
[CAB]
[q.v.]. Harlow also sat in on White House
become a vice p'
defense, science and foreign policy discus-
Gamble. Harlow re
sions, advising on probable congressional
serve as counselor t
For further information:
reactions.
[See NIXON/FORD
Norman Dorsen, "John Marshall Harlan," in
Harlow was one of the liberal members
Leon Friedman and Fred L. Israel, eds., The
of the White House staff. When Sen.
Justices of the United States Supreme Court,
Joseph R. McCarthy (R, Wisc.) q.v.] at-
1789-1969 (New York, 1969), Vol. 4.
tacked Eisenhower in 1953, Harlow sided
HARRIMAN, W(
David L. Shapiro, ed., The Evolution of a Judi-
with the small group of White House staff-
b. Nov. 15, 1891:
cial Philosophy: Selected Opinions and Papers of
ers urging the President to take the offen-
Governor, N.Y.,
Justice John Marshall Harlan (Cambridge,
sive against the Wisconsin Republican. As a
Mass., 1969).
consequence McCarthy pilloried Harlow
A son of financi
J. Harvie Wilkinson III, "Justice John M. Harlan
and the Values of Federalism," Virginia Law Re-
and the others as the White House's
Edward Henry Ha
view, 57 (October, 1971), pp. 1185-1221.
"dangerous liberals."
brother inherited a
Harriman-251
\NIEL)
Harlow's main focus was on civil rights.
tween 70 and 100 million dollars when their
City, Okla.
His actions on the issue often appeared to
father died in 1909. After attending Groton
dent,
be motivated by political considerations.
Harriman entered Yale and received a B.A.
Sᵢ Deputy
For example, to improve Republican
in 1913. Within two years of his graduation,
ptember
chances of garnering black votes in 1956, he
he became a vice president of the Union
urged other White House congressional
Pacific Railroad, founded by his father.
liaison officers to maneuver Southern
Shortly afterwards he started a shipping
Iniversity of
Democrats into filibustering a proposed
company. In 1920 he established W.A.
ng graduate
1956 civil rights bill. Yet in the school in-
Harriman and Co., a private bank.
xas, Harlow
tegration crises of 1957 and 1958, Harlow
Harriman was initially a Republican but
assistant li-
supported a stronger position on civil
became a Democrat in 1928 as a result of
'ntatives. He
rights. After a tour of the South and
personal contact with New York Gov. Al
Oklahoma in
Southwest in the summer of 1958, Harlow
Smith. He entered government service in
ree two years
urged Eisenhower to exert strong leader-
1934, when President Franklin D.
Army during
ship to defuse the school desegregation con-
Roosevelt appointed him administrator of
ked for the
troversy immediately.
Division II of the National Recovery Ad-
nittee, as a
In 1958 Eisenhower assigned Harlow to
ministration (NRA). The following year he
hief clerk. In
congressional liaison work on a full-time
became the NRA administrative officer.
it of Harlow
basis. When Persons succeeded Sherman
From 1937 to 1940 Harriman was chairman
Adams [q.v.] as assistant to the President
of the Business Advisory Council of the
ed special as-
that September, Harlow took over Persons's
Department of Commerce. In 1941 he be-
er, serving as
post. As criticism of Eisenhower grew Har-
came chief of the raw materials branch of
his previous
low had an increasingly difficult time in
the Office of Production Management and
was also cho-
dealing with Congress. He frequently
worked to accelerate arms production. Sub-
of of congres-
pointed to the inefficiency of a government
sequently Harriman facilitated the dis-
B. Persons
in which one party controlled the executive
bursement of Lend-Lease aid to Britain and
Iministration's
branch and the other the legislative.
the Soviet Union. From 1943 to 1946 he
ed for Eisen-
After leaving the White House in January
was ambassador to the USSR. He was am-
Hill. Both
1961, Harlow became a lobbyist for Procter
bassador to Britain from March to Sep-
tically knowl-
and Gamble Co. When Richard M. Nixon
tember 1946 and then served as Secretary
the man who
won election as President in 1968, Harlow
of Commerce from 1946 to 1948. Harriman
'ive apparatus
was again appointed White House congres-
was director of economic aid to Europe
of Congress
sional liaison. However, he did not prove to
under the Marshall Plan from 1948 to 1950,
e Administra-
be as effective as in the 1950s; one con-
special assistant to the President from 1950
led at com-
gressman commented, "He seems to have
to 1951 and director of the Mutual Security
il Democratic
lost the touch he had during the Eisenhower
Agency from 1951 to 1953. [See TRUMAN
House Sam.
years." In 1969 Nixon appointed Harlow
Volume]
Senate Major-
counselor to the President with cabinet
In April 1952, shortly after Illinois Gov.
n (D, Tex.)
rank. He left the White House in 1971 to
Adlai E. Stevenson [q.v.] professed to be
White House
become a vice president of Procter and
uninterested in the Democratic presidential
policy discus-
Gamble. Harlow returned briefly in 1974 to
nomination, Harriman entered the primary
congressional
serve as counselor to President Gerald Ford.
race. He declared himself a supporter of
[See NIXON/FORD Volume]
the New and Fair Deals and stated that no
eral members
[RJB]
one else in the country had his qualifica-
When Sen.
tions for the presidency in both domestic
c.) [ q.v.] at-
and foreign affairs. He had strong support
Harlow sided
HARRIMAN, W(ILLIAM) AVERELL
from many liberals, but after finishing
e House staff-
b. Nov. 15, 1891: New York, N.Y.
fourth on the first two ballots at the
ake the offen-
Governor, N.Y., 1955-59.
Democratic Convention, Harriman with-
publican. As a
drew from the contest.
oried Harlow
A son of financier and railroad magnate
Two years later Harriman entered the
'hite House's
Edward Henry Harriman, Averell and his
race for the New York Democratic guber-
brother inherited a fortune estimated at be-
natorial nomination. With the crucial assis-
276-Harlan
because he thought that the Constitution
lan and the Values of Federalism," Virginia
sponsibilities as (
gave control of foreign affairs to the ex-
Law Review, 57 (October, 1971), pp. 1185-
publican congres
ecutive branch and that the scope of judi-
1221.
seeking support {
federal budget re
cial review of foreign policy matters was
sional debate of a
severely limited.
Justice Harlan retired from the Court
HARLOW, BRYCE N(ATHANIEL)
president had thre
of what he cons
on Sept. 23, 1971 and died three months
b. Aug. 11, 1916; Oklahoma City,
creases over his fu
later of cancer. His retirement came when
Okla.
he was at the height of his intellectual
such lobbying, th
Assistant to the President,
powers, and his departure from the Court
such measures pa
January-November 1969; Counselor
was mourned by commentators of every
cratic Congress.
political persuasion. A diligent and disci-
to the President, November
That same mont
plined worker, Harlan had been nearly
1969-December 1970, June
Harlow would W(
blind during his last seven years on the
1973-April 1974.
task force establis!
Southern school
Court. Yet he continued to turn out metic-
ulously crafted opinions which won uni-
Bryce Harlow received his B.A. from
tion of court-orde
versal praise. Often called a "judge's
the University of Oklahoma in 1936 and
After the U.S. 1
judge," Harlan wrote clear and learned
his M.A. from the same institution in
Cambodia in the
opinions which analyzed the issues and
1942. In the interim he had worked as an
ed to modify the ]
opposing arguments in a case and fully
assistant librarian for the House of Repre-
resolutions introd
explained the reasons for his decision.
sentatives. He rose to the rank of lieuten-
ing to limit U.S
Both critics and admirers of the Warren
ant colonel in the army during World War
country. In June
Court recognized that Harlan had per-
II. He worked on the staff of the Armed
level delegation St
formed a valuable service by acting as a
Services Committee from 1947 to 1951.
hest to inspect th
"conservative conscience" and a restrain-
President Eisenhower appointed Harlow
east Asia.
ing influence on his activist brethren.
to the White House staff in 1953. He
In December,
Near the end of his career, when the
served throughout both terms as an assis-
the Administratio
Court seemed to be taking a conservative
tant to the President. From 1961 to 1968
reer with Procter
turn, many observers expected Harlan,
Harlow was the director of governmental
of 1973, during the
with his unquestioned integrity and his
relations for the Procter & Gamble Manu-
sis he informally a
commitment to consistency in the law, to
facturing Corp. in Washington. [See EI-
House aides John
apply the same critical standards to a new
SENHOWER Volume]
man [q.v.] and Joh
majority and to serve as a brake on any
When President-elect Nixon began to
have to leave "if t]
conservative activism as well. Harlan's 16
name key Administration aides in No-
tions which will n.
year career on the bench, wrote fellow ju-
vember 1968, his first appointee was Har-
main." For Harlov
rist Henry J. Friendly, offered an out-
low, designated to be an assistant to the
stake to hang on t
standing example "of moral rectitude, of
President for legislative and congression-
the subsequent re
penetrating analysis, of unstinting labor"
al affairs. A year later the White House an-
resignations, Har
and "of utter devotion to the Constitution
nounced that Harlow had been raised to
absence from Proc
and respect for acts of Congress as he read
counsellor with cabinet rank responsible
at Nixon's reques
them."
for national affairs and relieved of opera-
Harlow, again a
[CAB]
tional duties. Harlow reported directly to
dent, immediate
the President. The change was coordinat-
volved in such CO:
ed with the expected departure of domes-
sues as the audits
For further information:
tic adviser Dr. Arthur Burns [q.v.] whom
the release of the
Norman Dorsen, "John Marshall Harlan," in
Nixon had nominated to the Federal Re-
the courts. Along
Leon Friedman and Fred L. Israel, eds., The
serve Board.
long-time Nixon
Justices of the United States Supreme Court,
Harlow worked to generate support for
rally the Presiden
1789-1969 (New York, 1969), Vol 4.
the administration's domestic legislative
missal of special
David L. Shapiro, ed., The Evolution of a Ju-
program-federal revenue sharing, wel-
Archibald Cox
dicial Philosophy: Selected Opinions and Pa-
pers of Justice John Marshall Harlan (Cam-
fare reform, alterations in manpower
suggestions of R
bridge, Mass., 1969).
training programs-which was bottled up
Congress to Nixo:
J. Harvie Wilkinson III, "Justice John M. Har-
in Congress. In an action typical of his re-
special prosecuto
Harrington-277
sm," Virginia
sponsibilities as counselor, he wrote Re-
ciary Committee began its proceedings
1), pp. 1185-
publican congressmen in January 1970
early in 1974, Harlow urged that the pan-
seeking support for Nixon's position of
el adopt tighter rules to govern its hear-
federal budget restraint during congres-
ings. At issue were Committee leaks and
sional debate of an appropriations bill the
the fact that the procedure's format did
HANIEL)
president had threatened to veto because
little to distinguish accusation from evi-
of what he considered inflationary in-
dence.
a City,
creases over his funding requests. Despite
Harlow again resigned from the White
such lobbying, the bill and many other
House in April. He returned to Procter &
such measures passed the heavily Demo-
Gamble as a vice-president. The follow-
Counselor
cratic Congress.
ing year he helped plan President Ford's
That same month it was announced that
1976 campaign.
Harlow would work with a cabinet-level
[SF]
task force established by Nixon to counsel
Southern school districts on implementa-
is B.A. from
tion of court-ordered desegregation plans.
in 1936 and
After the U.S. military incursion into
HARRINGTON, MICHAEL
nstitution in
Cambodia in the spring, Harlow attempt-
J(OSEPH)
worked as an
ed to modify the language of many of the
use of Repre-
resolutions introduced in Congress seek-
b. Sept. 2, 1936; Salem, Mass.
ing to limit U.S. involvement in that
Democratic Representative, Mass.,
ik of lieuten-
g World War
country. In June he accompanied a high-
1969-79.
of the Armed
level delegation sent at the President's be-
947 to 1951.
hest to inspect the war theater in South-
Harrington was exposed to politics at
inted Harlow
east Asia.
an early age when his father was elected
in 1953. He
In December, Harlow resigned from
mayor of Salem, Mass. Educated at Har-
is as an assis-
the Administration and resumed his ca-
vard, Harrington received a law degree in
1961 to 1968
reer with Procter & Gamble. In the spring
1961 and subsequently did graduate work
governmental
of 1973, during the growing Watergate cri-
in public administration. His interest in
amble Manu-
sis he informally advised Nixon that White
Latin America, dating back to his years at
gton. [See EI-
House aides John Dean [q.v.], H.R. Halde-
Harvard, became the focus of his con-
man [q.v.] and John D. Ehrlichman would
cerns in the House of Representatives.
on began to
have to leave "if they have undertaken ac-
Harrington had already begun his politi-
aides in No-
tions which will not float in the public do-
cal career by the time he graduated from
ntee was Har-
main." For Harlow there was "too much at
law school. He served on the Salem City
sistant to the
stake to hang on for personal reasons." In
Council from 1960 to 1963, and as state
I congression-
the subsequent reorganization after their
representative from 1964 to 1969. In 1969
ite House an-
resignations, Harlow took a leave of
Harrington entered the House of Repre-
een raised to
absence from Procter & Gamble to return
sentatives after winning a special election
k responsible
at Nixon's request to the White House.
held to fill the vacancy created by the
ved of opera-
Harlow, again as counselor to the Presi-
death of William H. Bates. During the
ed directly to
dent, immediately found himself in-
campaign Harrington opposed U.S. in-
vas coordinat-
volved in such controversial Watergate is-
volvement in Vietnam and heavy military
are of domes-
sues as the audits of Nixon's finances and
spending, especially on the anti-ballistic
[q.v.] whom
the release of the White House tapes to
missile system (ABM). His victory was
e Federal Re-
the courts. Along with other close and
thus regarded as a vote of no confidence
long-time Nixon aides, he attempted to
for the Nixon Administration's foreign
te support for
rally the President's cause. After the dis-
and defense policies.
tic legislative
missal of special Watergate Prosecutor
Harrington maintained a vigorous anti-
sharing, wel-
Archibald Cox [q.v.], he relayed the
Administration stance during the Nixon
suggestions of Republican members of
n manpower
and Ford years, receiving a rating of 100
vas bottled up
Congress to Nixon that he appoint a new
from the liberal Americans for Democrat-
pical of his re-
special prosecutor. When the House Judi-
ic Action (ADA) in 1973. He was appoint-
Grant
Draft one / A:Harlow
September 9, 1991
PRESIDENTIAL VIDEO: BRYCE HARLOW DINNER
Good evening. My best wishes to all of you gathered to
honor an old and dear friend. Special greetings to Phil Peter,
president of the Harlow Foundation; Dennis Thomas, your dinner
chairman; Bob Michel, this evening's keynote speaker; and
especially to this year's honoree, Howard Baker. I wish I could
be with you in person, but I'm certainly with you in spirit.
It's a real pleasure to be included in this 10th Anniversary
Bryce Harlow Award Dinner. I have very warm memories of the
first Harlow Dinner, when I had the honor of being the speaker
and the pleasure of sharing the evening with Bryce.
I want to say to the members of the Harlow family here
tonight that Bryce is sorely missed and fondly remembered. He
set a standard of integrity and competence that all who knew him
still seek to reach. Our challenge now is to not only maintain
those high standards in our own lives, but to pass them on to
those who did not know him.
Over the years, the Harlow Foundation has lived up to that
challenge. The Harlow honorees are chosen because they have made
a significant contribution to good government -- by advancing
understanding, trust, respect and cooperation between business
and government.
I can think of no one who better epitomizes the best in our
political process than our good friend, Howard Baker. His
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decency, integrity, hard work and good humor have served him well
during his many years of public service. Howard, my heartfelt
congratulations on this latest honor.
My congratulations as well to the current recipients of the
Harlow Foundation's educational scholarship program. You have
earned the prestige of being Harlow Scholars because of your hard
work and interest in government and public service. But know
that with this honor comes the responsibility to learn about
Bryce Harlow, to advance the good that he stood for, and simply,
to give something back to your country.
For those of us in the business of government, our mission
has grown -- not only to ensure that business and government
working together produce the best possible for all Americans, but
to serve as a beacon for freedom-loving people everywhere who
Putsimple falls tow to
seek political and economic liberty.
we Enlust show the best that
democracy has to offer.
Tonight, we honor Howard Baker as one of those people who
has made a difference. Everyone in this room can make a
difference. This is the Bryce Harlow challenge.
Again, my congratulations.
Good evening and God bless you all.
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President Bush's Video for Bryce Harlow
First, let me extend my greetings to all of you as you
gather to honor the memory of an old friend. Special
greetings to Phil Peter, the President of the Harlow
Foundation) Dennis Thomas, your dinner chairman;
Bob Michel, this evening's keynote speaker; and to your
honoree, Howard Baker. I wish I could be with you in person,
but I'm certainly with you in spirit.
It is a real pleasure to be included in the program for
the 10th Anniversary Bryce Harlow Award Dinner. I have very
warm memories of the first such affair when I had the honor of
being the speaker and the pleasure of sharing the evening with
Bryce.
Before I go further, I want to say to the members of the
Harlow family - Bryce is sorely missed, but fondly remembered.
There are few people who have done more to advance the
important relationship between government and business than
did Bryce. He set a standard of integrity and competence that
all who knew him strive to emulate.
Our challenge now is to not only maintain those high
standards in our own lives, but to pass them on to those who
did not know Bryce Harlow. It's hard to believe ten years
have passed since the first annual Harlow Dinner was held.
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Over those years, the Harlow Foundation has done an
outstanding job of advancing the profession of Washington
corporate representation. This has been done in many ways,
but none more notable than the selection of the Harlow
honorees. The criterion for selection is simply stated, but
difficult to execute - and that is making a significant
contribution to good government by advancing understanding,
trust, respect, and cooperation between business and
government, thereby benefitting the entire nation.
I am especially pleased to see that tradition has been
continued with this year's selection of Senator Howard Baker
as the honoree. It would be difficult to think of a more
appropriate choice than Howard Baker. At a time when public
service and government, as a whole, has been under attack for
abuse and excesses, and the public has expressed growing
disenchantment with public officials and the political
process, I can think of no one who better epitomizes that
which is good in our political process, than our good friend,
Howard Baker. Decency, integrity, hard work, good humor, and
a lifetime commitment to serving the public in countless
facets, are all traits that we have come to associate with the
former Senator from Tennessee. Howard Baker, please accept my
personal heartfelt congratulations on this latest honor. And,
my congratulations to the Foundation for its outstanding
selection.
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I understand the current recipients of the Harlow
Foundation's educational scholarship program are here with you
tonight. I offer my congratulations to each of you. As
Harlow scholars, your selection is a real tribute to your
hard work and interest in government and public service. But,
know that with this honor comes the responsibility to learn
about Bryce Harlow, to advance the good things he stood for,
and simply put, to "put something back."
Let me direct my concluding remarks to all of my friends
here tonight, but especially to you, the young Harlow
scholars. You have witnessed the most significant change in.
the political makeup of the world, absent war, in history.
What has occurred in Eastern Europe these past two years, and
in the Soviet Union these past two months, has changed the
world you will know for the balance of your lifetime. These
changes have reconfirmed the truths we have long held to be
self-evident that there is no more powerful human force than
the will to be free, and no more effective manifestation of
that will than a democratic form of government. Evidence of
this was visible on our home television screens these past few
weeks with the courageous struggle of individuals to secure
their freedom and to defend the seeds of democracy which were
threatened to be plowed under by another repressive regime.
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The task for those of us engaged in the business of
government has taken on new dimensions # not only to ensure
that business and government working together produce the best
results possible for all Americans, but to serve as a beacon
for those making the transition to a democratic form of
government and market-based economy - to show the best that
democracy has to offer and to make it work for people all over
the world.
Tonight, Howard Baker is honored as one of those people
who has made a difference. Everyone in this room can make a
difference. This is the Bryce Harlow challenge.
so, thank you for allowing me to be part of your evening -
if only by screen. Again, Howard, congratulations.
Bob Michel - put 'em on their feet, as you do so well, both in
prose and in song. And, Thomas, don't break "the rule" - get
everyone out by 10:00 pm.
Good evening and God bless you all.