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May 24 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
over the past 12 months. Approximately
lateral development bank loans to China
Representati-
17,000 Chinese nationals received U.S. visas
except those aimed at addressing basic
your coming
to emigrate from the mainland in 1989,
human needs. U.S. policy remains that
It's a great
most for the purpose of family reunification.
normal relations with China are not possible
Connie Horn
The commercial opportunities created by
until China takes further major steps to re-
both of you
MFN trade status give millions of Chinese
spect human rights and returns to the path
Connie, as r
workers and thousands of enterprises a
of reform.
HHS for wh
stake in China's market-oriented reforms
your continu
and opening to the West. They also make
possible a a wide range of contacts with
First of all,
Americans and American institutions that
Start. Like a
expose Chinese students, workers, teachers,
Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater
celebrate bo
and officials to our free enterprise system
on President Bush's Meeting With
where we wil
and political values. MFN status is essential
Provisional President Ertha Pascal
In May 19
for maintaining our commercial relationship
Trouillot of Haiti
right here in
with China and to avoid a costly trade war
May 24, 1990
came into bei
that will hurt business interests and con-
first spoke of
sumers in both countries. In 1989 U.S.-
President Bush met at 10 a.m. in the
soon propose:
China trade amounted to $18 billion, and
Oval Office with Ertha Pascal Trouillot,
that the pro
China was our 10th largest trading partner
Provisional President of Haiti. President
words-"resc
worldwide.
Bush expressed admiration and respect for
poverty which
MFN also bolsters confidence in Hong
President Trouillot and welcomed her com-
all their lives.
Kong's free enterprise economy, which is
mitment, and that of the Haitian people, to
designed to I
heavily dependent on U.S.-China trade and
hold a free and fair election. In this regard,
with their cla
the health of industries in southern China.
President Bush took note of the invitation
Since that
Not to continue MFN for China would de-
by the Haitian Government to the U.N. and
over 11 millic
liver a terrible blow to Hong Kong, costing
OAS to provide technical assistance and
hensive devel
as many as 20,000 jobs and reducing the
election observers. President Bush ex-
a million low
colony's GNP by as much as 2.5 percent.
pressed hope that an election date be set
Hong Kong should not be the innocent
Head Start pr
soon and that the Haitian Government and
victim of our disappointment with the Chi-
with prescho
Armed Forces take all necessary steps to
but with hea
nese administration.
enhance respect for human rights and
We have also heard support expressed for
well: Virtually
ensure a secure environment for the elec-
continuation of China's MFN status from
Head Start g
tion campaign and the balloting. President
Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the Republic
need, and for
Bush said the United States will support
of Korea, Japan, and others in the Asian-
gives them the
Haiti's transition to democracy with elec-
Pacific region.
tion aid.
Everyone as
As we approach the anniversary of the
The two Presidents also discussed Haiti's
that works for
tragedy in Beijing, we pay tribute to its
economic situation and U.S. assistance. We
educational p
victims by continuing to sustain as high a
have announced $18 million in PL-480 food
ing success in
level of people-to-people contact and com-
assistance to Haiti ($6 million now and $12
families by off
merce as we can. The U.S. Government in-
million in the first quarter of fiscal year
velopment pr
tends to press vigorously during the coming
builds self-con!
1991) and are examining other ways to
year for significant improvement in China's
assist Haiti's development.
commitment 1
human rights practices. We want to see
lives of the cl
China's people enjoy the full scope of
thousands of
human rights to which people all over the
where Head
world are entitled.
Remarks at a White House Ceremony
right back to
In the notification to Congress, the Presi-
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of
strong familie
dent reaffirmed that the sanctions against
Head Start
Today almos
China he authorized in June 1989 remain in
May 24, 1990
Start staff men
force. They include suspension of arms ex-
rent or forme
ports, the suspension of high-level govern-
Well, good morning, and welcome to this
selves-80,000
ment exchanges, and opposition to all multi-
beautiful morning in the Rose Garden. And
Boggus, here
828
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / May 24
loans to China
Representative Kildee's here. I appreciate
president of the National Head Start Asso-
addressing basic
your coming, sir. And to others, welcome.
ciation. Where is she? You stand up. Thank
y remains that
It's a great pleasure to have you here.
you.
are not possible
Connie Horner, Mary Gall, great to see
Or Claude Endfield of White River, Ari-
najor steps to re-
both of you. Let me congratulate you,
zona. When she enrolled her child in a
urns to the path
Connie, as number two in this enormous
White Mountain Apache Indian Head Start
HHS for what she's doing, and, Mary, to
program in 1973, she was unemployed. She
your continued commitment to our young.
became a volunteer at the Head Start
First of all, happy 25th birthday to Head
center, then a Head Start teacher, and
Start. Like all birthday parties, today we
today is program chairman of the early
tary Fitzwater
celebrate both where we've been and
child development department at North-
ting With
where we will be tomorrow.
land Pioneer College in Arizona. Head
ha Pascal
In May 1965, on a beautiful spring day
Start, you see, gave her the skills and confi-
right here in the Rose Garden, a great idea
dence she needed to turn her whole life
came into being. President Lyndon Johnson
around.
first spoke of a new initiative that he would
But as vital as the parents and the staff
10 a.m. in the
soon propose: Head Start. And he said then
are to the success of Head Start, we must
Pascal Trouillot,
that the program would-here were his
especially congratulate the kids, Many-
Haiti. President
words-"rescue these children from the
some of you kids here are grown up now-
and respect for
poverty which otherwise could pursue them
but they are grown up now, and because
comed her com-
all their lives. The project," he went on, "is
they were given an equal chance at the
aitian people, to
designed to put them on an even footing
starting block, they crossed the finish line
1. In this regard,
with their classmates as they enter school."
on their own and most of them winners.
of the invitation
Since that day, Head Start has reached
Seba Johnson, for example, attended
to the U.N. and
over 11 million children, providing compre-
Head Start as a child in the Virgin Islands
assistance and
hensive development services to nearly half
and, at the age of 14, became the first black
lent Bush ex-
a million low-income children every year.
woman skier to participate in the winter
tion date be set
Head Start provides these children not only
Olympics, representing the Virgin Islands.
Government and
with preschool education and social skills
Today she lives in Nevada, where she is
cessary steps to
but with health and nutrition services as
training for the next winter Olympics, and
nan rights and
well. Virtually all of the children enrolled in
is volunteering her time to help celebrate
ent for the elec-
Head Start get the medical attention they
Head Start's 25th anniversary.
loting. President
need, and for many children, Head Start
Carlos Jimenez of Meadville, Pennsylva-
tes will support
gives them their best meal of the day.
nia, who was a Head Start student back in
eracy with elec-
Everyone agrees Head Start is a program
1977. This year Carlos is graduating from
that works for children by enhancing their
high school, third in his class of 320. A Na-
discussed Haiti's
assistance. We
educational performance and really foster-
tional Honor Society member, Carlos will
in PL-480 food
ing success in life. Head Start also works for
attend college in California this fall.
families by offering child care and child de-
Or another example, Carl Brenner, who
on now and $12
velopment programs for parents, which
is with us today. Carl? Where's Carl? Right
r of fiscal year
builds self-confidence, and by encouraging a
here. Oh, here's our man, right here. He's
other ways to
commitment to improve their lives and the
now going to be performing. Also a Head
lives of the children. And it works for the
Start alumnus. Graduated first in his high
thousands of communities nationwide
school class. Now a senior cadet out at the
where Head Start graduates give so much
U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.
se Ceremony
right back to society by helping to build
These kids earned a lot of attention with
liversary of
strong families and strong neighborhoods.
their brilliant success stories, but there are
Today almost a third of the 80,000 Head
also quiet ones, special children that other-
Start staff members across America are cur-
wise might get overlooked. Take the exam-
rent or former Head Start parents them-
ple of Timothy Combs from Buffalo, West
welcome to this
selves-80,000-parents like Eugenia
Virginia, a child born with Down's syn-
Garden. And
Boggus, here with us today, who is now
drome who wasn't yet talking when he en-
829
May 24 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
rolled in Head Start at the age of 3. Head
Proclamation 6140-25th Anniversary
and volunteers
Start provided Timothy with speech ther-
of Head Start, 1990
success. Today
apy, help for his hearing problem. And 2
May 24, 1990
than enrolled
years later, Timothy was able to enroll in
grams, and the
public school, where he continues to get the
By the President of the United States
unteers than
special attention that began in Head Start.
of America
Head Start not
There:are so many stories to tell and so
ample of the go
many Americans to thank in Head Start
A Proclamation
by concerned
centers all around the country: In fact, over
Since its inception 25 years ago, Head
at the commu
600,000 committed volunteers, each one a
Start has helped to put millions of disadvan-
strates that inc
Point of Light, are giving their all to make
taged children on the path to success. Of-
are not barriers
Head Start a national treasure. The kids we
fering comprehensive health and nutrition
taged children
have with us today are from Head Start
programs, as well as educational and social
more doctors a
programs throughout the Washington area.
services, Head Start helps to ensure that
guage therapis
And by getting them ready to learn today,
these children enter school ready to learn.
professionals le
we ensure that they too will have success
Too often, children from low-income fam-
Start.
stories to share tomorrow.
ilies begin school with significant physical
Because Hea
It's because of children like these, and
needs, as well as a lack of optimism and
children enter
parents and staff like many of you here,
self-confidence. Head Start not only empha-
learn, strength
that at the historic education summit last
sizes proper nutrition and the early identifi-
program is an is
September in Charlottesville I asked every
cation and treatment of health problems,
al strategy to p'
Governor in the Nation to join in our com-
but also offers disadvantaged children a va-
can education.
-
mitment to quality programs like Head
riety of learning experiences designed to
I have propose
Start and give every poor child a chance to
help them grow in curiosity and self-
the budget for
start school ready to learn. We proposed—
esteem. Promoting the intellectual and
These funds we
our administration-the largest one-time
emotional growth of these children, as well
70 percent of
funding increase in the history of Head
as their physical well-being, Head Start has
they start kinde
Start, a half a billion dollars. And I know
been a model for child development pro-
The Congress
that the Congress will join me in giving
grams.
490, has auth
Head Start the best 25th birthday present
Head Start has effectively included chil-
President to issu
possible, enough-and I salute Representa-
dren with disabilities and assisted them in
ance of the 25tl
tive Kildee in this regard-enough money
obtaining the social and cognitive skills
Now, Therefo
to enroll as many as 180,000 more children
needed for achievement in school. Current-
dent of the Un
in this successful program.
ly, more than 13 percent of Head Start par-
As they say, that's a gift that keeps on
ticipants are children with disabilities. Head
hereby urge all
Start staff members cooperate with other
25th anniversary
giving by enriching the lives of the kids,
community agencies as they work to meet
priate programs
strengthening our families, and building our
the special needs of these children.
in recognition 0
communities. To everyone who has support-
done and contir
ed Head Start for so many years, thank you,
An essential element of every Head Start
children and the
and God bless each and every one of you.
program is the sustained involvement of
In Witness WI
Thank you very, very much.
parents. Because they are their children's
first and greatest teachers, parents play a
my hand this tw
very important role in planning and imple-
the year of our I
menting Head Start programs-either
ninety, and of
Note: The President spoke at 11:04 a.m. in
through membership on Head Start Policy
United States of
the Rose Garden at the White House. In his
Councils or through participation in class-
and fourteenth.
remarks, he referred to Constance Horner
room activities. In fact, parents of present
and Mary S. Gall, Under Secretary and As-
and former students constitute more than
sistant Secretary for Human Development
one-third of Head Start's paid staff.
Services at the Department of Health and
While government leadership is impor-
[Filed with the (
Human Services, respectively.
tant, the caring and dedication of parents
ter, 4:21 p.m., M.
830
staffed for tomorrow (Tues)
Grant/Dooley
May 21, 1990
2pm
Draft two
A:START
BRIEF REMARKS: 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HEAD START
THE ROSE GARDEN
THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1990
TIME?
((Acknowledgements))
First of all, Happy 25th Birthday to Head Start! Like all
birthday parties, today we celebrate both where we've been and
where we are headed.
In May, 1965, on a beautiful spring day right here in the
Rose Garden, a great idea became a working reality -- President
Lyndon Johnson signed the law that created Head Start. He said
then that the program would "rescue these children from the
poverty which otherwise could pursue them all their lives. The
project is designed to put them on an even footing with their
classmates as they enter school."
Since that day, Head Start has "rescued" over 11 million
children, providing comprehensive development services to nearly
half-a-million low-income children and their families every year.
Head Start provides these children not only with preschool
education, but with health and nutrition services as well.
Ninety-nine percent of the children enrolled in Head Start get
the medical attention they need. And for many children, Head
Start gives them their best meal of the day.
Everyone agrees Head Start is a program that works for
children -- by enhancing their school performance, fostering
success in life, and bringing children with disabilities into the
2
mainstream that much faster. Head Start also works for families
-- by offering educational and career opportunities for parents,
by building self-confidence in parents who participate in the
programs, and by encouraging a commitment to improve their lives.
And it works for the thousands of communities nationwide where
Head Start "graduates" give so much back to society, by building
strong families and solid neighborhoods.
Today, over a third of the 80,000 Head Start staff members
across America are former Head Start parents themselves. Parents
like Eugenia Boggus, here with us today, who is now president of
the National Head Start Association.
or Claude Endfield -- when she enrolled her child in the
White Mountain Apache Indian Head Start program in 1973, she was
unemployed. She became a volunteer at the Head Start Center,
then a Head Start teacher, and today is program chairman of the
Early Childhood Department at Northland Pioneer College in
Arizona. Head Start gave her the skills and confidence she
needed to turn her life around.
But as vital as the parents and the staff are to the success
of Head Start, we must congratulate the kids too. Many are grown
up now, and because they were given an equal chance at the
starting block -- they crossed the finish line on their own, and
most of them winners.
Seba Johnson, for example, attended Head Start as a child in
the Virgin Islands and, at the age of fourteen, became the first
black woman skier to participate in the winter Olympics,
3
representing the Virgin Islands. Today she lives in Nevada,
where she is training for the next winter Olympics --
( (presumably with the Jamaican bobsled team)) -- and is
volunteering her time to help celebrate Head Start's twenty-
fifth anniversary. And Carlos Jimenez who was a Head Start
student in Pennsylvania in 1977. This year, Carlos is graduating
from high school, third in his class of 320. A National Honor
Society member, Carlos will attend college in California this
fall. Or Carl Brenner, also a Head Start alumnus, who graduated
first in his high school class and is now a senior cadet at the
U.S. Air Force Academy.
These kids earned a lot of attention with their brilliant
success stories. But there are also the quiet ones, special
cases that otherwise might get overlooked. Take the example of
Timothy Combs, a child born with Down's Syndrome who wasn't yet
talking when he enrolled in Head Start at the age of three. Head
Start provided Timothy with speech therapy and help for his ear
problems. Two years later, Timothy was able to enroll in public
school, where he continues to get the special attention that
began in Head Start.
There are so many stories to tell, and untold numbers of
Americans to thank in Head Start centers around the country.
These committed individuals have given their all to make Head
Start a national treasure. The kids we have with us today are
from Head Start programs throughout the Washington area, and by
4
getting them "ready to learn" today, we ensure that they too will
have success stories to share tomorrow.
It is because of children like these -- and parents and
staff like you -- that at the historic Education Summit last
September, I asked every Governor in the Nation to join in our
commitment to Head Start. We proposed the largest one-time
funding increase in the history of Head Start -- a half billion
dollars. I know that the Congress will join me in giving Head
Start the best twenty-fifth birthday present possible -- enough
money to enroll as many as 180,000 more children in Head Start.
As they say, that's a gift that "keeps on giving" -- by
enriching the lives of our children, strengthening our families,
and building our communities. To everyone who has supported Head
Start for so many years, thank you, and God bless each one of
you.
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