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Mary Kate -
I'm both pleased for and
proud of you ! Good things
do happen to good people.
Love,
Rob
The New York Times
National Edition
Northern California:- Sunny, some
high clouds, north. Highs, 66 near the
Oregon border, 78 near San Francisco,
85 in Central Valley. Weather map
and forecasts for other areas, page
B6.
Copyright © 1990 The New York Times
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1990
Printed in California
50 CENTS
STATE or THE
STATE
port to the Senator's re-election campaign yesterday at a campaign breakfast in Raleigh, N.C. Page A14.
President Bush, despite being opposed by Senator Jesse Helms on a number of issues this year, lent Associated his sup- Press
Photocopy-Preservation
A14
Z
THE NEW YORK TIMES NAT
The Budget Battle: An Embattled Bush Hits the Road
Bush, Leaving G.O.P. Rift in Capital,
Begins a Campaign Swing in South
By MAUREEN DOWD
chairman of the House Ways and
Special to The New York Times
such confusion, "Confused?".
Means Committee.
ATLANTA, Oct. 10 - Jesse Helms
When Mr. Bush is under pressure, it
Marlin Fitzwater, Mr. Bush's spokes-
has not been very supportive of his
is often reflected in a Presidential syn-
man, said the President did more
President this year. The conservative
tax more fractured than usual. At the
Republican Senator has crossed
fence-mending on Tuesday night, call-
Martinez rally, Mr. Bush offered this
ing Representative Bill Archer of
swords with President Bush on an
explanation of what he had done so far:
Texas, the ranking Republican on the
education bill, a textile bill, the Clean
"Last Friday night, with no budget
Ways and Means panel, after his frac-
Air Act, a hate-crimes bill and several
agreement, I vetoed that thing - they
tious session with Republican Senators.
foreign service appointments.
call it the continuing resolution. And
Mr. Bush made no note, in his
On Monday, Mr. Helms voted against
that keeps the Government to go if
speeches, of the chaos he had left in
the budget outline that cleared the way
they signed that, and I had signed it,
Washington by his reversal on taxes, or
for the President to sign a stopgap fi-
that would have just kept the operating
of the rupture in the Republican Party.
nancing measure to reopen the Gov-
of the Government just day in and day
Rather, he acted as though everything
ernment. The Senator called the meas-
out the same old way. Well, I vetoed
was grand in the party.
ure "a turkey," noting acerbically that
that. The veto was sustained, and I kept
"If recent events have shown any-
he was "opposed to any - read my lips
thing at all, it is that we need more Re-
the pressure on. And to make the point,
any - tax increase.
no more business as usual.'
publicans in Congress," he said at the
Mr. Helms was also present at. the
Helms fund-raising breakfast.
Giving up the elliptical President, re-
meeting of Republican Senators at the
Later,-at a rally in St. Petersburg,
porters pressed Mr. Fitzwater, Mr.
White House on Tuesday afternoon,
Fla., for Gov. Bob Martinez, Mr. Bush
Bush's spokesman, to clarify the Presi-
where Mr. Bush was told to stop wob-
said he hoped Congress sent him a
dent's shift, which sent an aftershock
bling on taxes. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush
budget agreement "which spurs
through Republicans in Congress al-
said for the first time that he might
growth, opportunity, and prosperity
ready reeling from the budget debacle.
agree to an increase in income tax
G.O.P. that has a nice ring.'
First, Mr. Fitzwater replied: "As
rates for wealthy Americans as part of
a budget compromise, but he later
Although Mr. Bush knows that polls
they say at the State Department, I
have nothing for you on that."
abandoned that position under strong
Pressed for an answer, he said:
pressure from Republican senators.
"We're looking for a common ground.
But politics is politics. And even
Helms's attacks
It's up to the committees. We're not
though Mr. Bush has-just suffered the
taking a position on any specific item.
most humiliating week of his Presi-
except to say the original budget pack-
dency because of the defection of law-
don't keep Bush
age is what we preferred. We think it's
makers in his own party, he hit the trail
a good one."
today to praise the North Carolinian as
well as other Republican candidates in
from stumping.
He said that Republican Senators
told Mr. Bush on Tuesday that they
Georgia and Florida.
thought they could come up with a new
In Praise of Helms
deal "pretty close" to the one that was
show the public is disgusted with the
defeated.
At a fund-raising breakfast today in
President and Congress, he tried to
White House officials said on Tues-
Raleigh, N.C:, before a polite but sub-
nudge some more of the blame over to
day that Mr. Bush had silently acqui-
dued audience, the President called
Capital Hill.
esced in the assessment of Republican
Mr. Helms "a champion of conviction."
At the Martinez rally at Vinoy Park,
Senators, that he must drop any idea of
He praised his "true grit," "independ-
he said it was "about time" that Con-
a trade on the top tax rate in return for
ence," "candor," "courage," "tenaci-
ty," "compassion," "commitment"
gress "met that responsibility" to pass
a cut in capital gains. But today, Mr.
a budget. His tone was one of outrage,
Fitzwater did more elaborate bobbing
and "mainstream values." He called
but it sounded somewhat forced, as it
and weaving that showed that no one
him the embodiment of "God-fearing
often did during his own campaign.
seemed to know where the President
good citizens who believe, as I do, in re-
turning voluntary prayer to our na-
"I got a little heat for closing the
stood - and if the President did, he
tion's classrooms."
Washington Monument," he said. And
was not saying. The spokesman
For his part, Mr. Helms, in a tight
I would apologize if there are any of
reversed the White House position and
those Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts here
said that the President just listened to
race against the Democratic chal-
lenger, Mayor Harvey Gantt of Char-
from Florida that went up there. But I
the Senators and did not necessarily
know that if I hadn't taken that action,
acquiese.
lotte, called Mr. Bush "a thoroughbred
Congressmen would have all headed
"Everything is on the table," the
gentleman." It was the best he could do
home, marched out in the front of the
spokesman said, talking to reporters in
under the circumstances.
Columbus Day parade all over the
St. Petersburg. A moment later, he
What was not clear was how much
lobbying Mr. Bush was doing on the
country, telling people what good they
backtracked, observing, "I'm not say-
telephone and behind the scenes as he
were doing, instead of staying in Wash-
ing where it is." Alluding to Congress,
caromed around the South.
ington and solving the deficit prob-
he said, "It's their shot."
lem."
Conservatives are in a fury over
Gathering in Atlanta
what they call the politics of appease-
Churning Up Confusion
ment practiced by Mr. Bush and his
The White House continued in its
In his final appearance of the day,
chief of staff, John H. Sununu, once but
inarticulate and confused mode.
Mr. Bush spoke at a fund-raising recep-
no longer the trusted messenger to the
tion for Johnny Isakson, the Republi-
Asked, when he arrived in St. Peters-
right.
burg, if he could clear up the confusion
can candidate for Governor of Georgia,
in Atlanta.
An opinion poll published today in
over his wavering position on taxes, the
The News and Observer of Raleigh,
President replied shortly, "Let Con-
"Right now, the Federal budget pro-
N.C., said that a majority of North
gress clear it up."
cess is like a huge Rube Goldberg ma-
Carolina voters gave the President low
chine, out of control producing noise,
Later, jogging in the rain at the Al
smoke, heat and no light," Mr. Bush
marks on domestic issues, with 52 per-
Lang Baseball Park, where the St.
said. "Sucking up more and more tax
cent rating his performance "fair" or
Louis Cardinals conduct spring train-
dollars on one end and churning them
Photocopy-Preservation
"poor."
ing, Mr. Bush was asked if he was
into spending programs without end.
Campaign Swing in South
ready to throw in the towel on a capital-
gains tav
"We've had a few days for the smoke
Lesse
1000 andreace
$150 blefast.
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRE
telepr.
9:00 am
THROUGH:
CHRISS
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MARY KATE GRANT mkg
JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISER
I. SUMMARY
Attached are draft remarks for a fundraising breakfast for
Senator Jesse Helms, to be held on Wednesday, October 10 at
9 a.m. in Raleigh, N.C. You will address approximately one
thousand people at this $150-a-plate campaign event.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (10 minutes/teleprompted) will focus on the
budget agreement, anti-crime legislation, a strong defense, and
North Carolina's values.
Grant/Simon
Draft three
October 5, 1990
A:HELMS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
RALEIGH, N.C. CIVIC CENTER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990
9:00 A.M.
((I pleased to be here -- as always it's great to see
Governor Jim Martin and his wonderful wife Dottie
Lieutenant
Governor Gardner and his wife Marie
...
Bill Graham, our State
Banking Commissioner who did a fabulous job as Bush-Quayle
chairman for the North Carolina
...
and of course, Jack Hawke,
our GOP chairman. II))
Thanks for such a warm welcome. It's great to be back in
Raleigh again. I bring you greetings from Barbara -- she sends
her love to you, Dot -- and if I may brag a little, I just want
to point out what a great job she's doing to combat illiteracy in
the United States. She's what I call a "point of light," and I'd
say she's one of the brightest of them all. 11
((When we first arrived at the White House, I remembered the
advice of Harry Truman: "If you want a friend in Washington 11
get a dog. 11 Well, times have gotten really tough now. Who
would have thought my own dog would write a lick-and-tell book?) )
((It's a pleasure to be here, after such a momentous week.
The reunification of Germany. The bipartisan budget agreement.
And of course -- particularly here in the Tarheel State -- the
30th anniversary of "The Andy Griffith Show. )
2
I'm privileged this morning to be here in Mayberry's home
state to honor one of North Carolina's political greats -- a
champion of conviction -- Senator Jesse Helms. III
As a public servant who's given eighteen years to the U.S.
Senate, Jesse Helms has become one of its most effective leaders
as a watchdog of taxpayer money and defender of family values.
Jesse has earned a reputation for independence and candor. And
occasionally, we do not see eye to eye. Sometimes honest men do
disagree. [BUDGET INSERT TO COME]
Jesse knows what I'm
talking about -- he's one of the toughest fighters in Washington
for lower government spending.
And he practices what he preaches: he's never taken a so-
called "junket," doesn't send out mass mailings at taxpayer
expense, and he's returned $3 million to the U.S. Treasury in
unused office funds. Jesse Helms ranks #1 in the Senate for
cutting wasteful spending and opposing massive spending bills,
according to the National Taxpayers Union. In fact, that group
said, "If every member of Congress cast spending votes as
carefully as Jesse Helms, we would have a balanced federal
budget, lower taxes and a healthier economy." I agree with that
-- and I think the people of North Carolina do, too.
Jesse has always been a strong and clear voice for North
Carolina. 11 Ask the more than 43,000 North Carolinians who got
their Social Security checks after Jesse cleared away the red
tape for them. or the serviceman Jesse helped get home from the
Philippines and into Walter Reed Hospital for malaria treatment.
3
Or the dying little boy whose dream of attending a Redskins
football game and meeting the players came true, thanks to Jesse.
That's the kind of compassion and commitment North Carolina
needs. 11 And that's what Jesse Helms stands for.
He's known as a tough fighter, a man of tenacity. Senator
Sam Ervin once said, "I admire Senator Helms very much because
he's one of the few men in public life who's got the courage to
stand up for what he honestly believes. Courage is the rarest
trait among public men. Many of them are intelligent, but there
are very few of them courageous."
He's right -- there are very few with the kind of true grit
Jesse Helms has. Speaking of "true grit," it was John Wayne who
once said, "Jesse, we need a hundred like you. 11 ((I'll tell
you, the liberals must be thanking their lucky stars they've only
got one Jesse Helms. \\)) But if we did have a hundred, here's
where it would have made a difference: on our crime bill.
Jesse's father was a police chief, and he's supported 45
different bills to crack down on crimes and drugs. And Jesse --
like me -- believes that cop-killers deserve the ultimate
penalty. So, in May of 1989, I sent our Violent Crime Control
Act to Capitol Hill --- with a real, workable death penalty for
criminals who kill federal law enforcement officers at the heart
of the legislation. Last week, the House finally passed its
version of our crime bill -- after nearly 16 months of delay.
Now it goes to the House-Senate Conference Committee for
deliberations. Well, if we had a Republican majority, that crime
4
bill would have been passed 16 months ago. That's a disgrace --
and that's why we need more Republicans in Congress.
Our crime legislation seeks to eliminate liberal loopholes
that allow the worst criminals to escape punishment. Senator
Helms understands this -- but his opponent does not. But he'll
understand soon enough: because the message voters send to
criminals in North Carolina will be determined by the Senator the
voters send to Washington in November. And that Senator will be
Jesse Helms.
I've said it before: the Jesse Helms I know is a man of
convictions, a man who embodies the values of North Carolina's
quiet, decent people. God-fearing good citizens who believe, for
instance, as I do, in returning voluntary prayer to our nation's
classroom. People with the kind of mainstream values that gave
them the nickname "Tarheels" -- famous for "sticking" to their
principles. That's the Jesse Helms I know. 11
A reporter once asked the Senator what he would most like to
be remembered for. Perhaps, thought the reporter, it would be
Jesse's plan for choice in education, or his tireless work on
behalf of so many charities -- or even his magnificent family --
five kids and six grandchildren. But the Senator replied just
this: "Not once have I bent a principle."
And that's the Jesse Helms who, for the last eighteen years,
has stood for one very important principle -- a strong defense -
- even when it meant standing up against the odds. In the
1970's, Jesse Helms was a lone voice crying out against the cuts
5
in defense that nearly brought America to her knees. And he was
one of President Reagan's strongest supporters in rebuilding
America's national defense. Today, freedom is on the march from
Moscow to Managua and it's because America is strong again. 11
And a strong America is helping build a more democratic world. 11
And now, as we face a new challenge in the Persian Gulf, we
realize the importance of the decisions that were made in years
past -- by visionaries like Jesse Helms -- to keep our forces in
first-class condition. As they say, "You go with what you've
got" -- and thank God 82nd Airborne, proudly stationed here in
North Carolina -- "the All American Division" -- was at the ready
when Saddam Hussein launched his unprovoked attack on Kuwait.
Our servicemen and women at Fort Bragg, Camp LeJeune, and Cherry
Point understand the need for a strong defense. And so does
Jesse Helms. 11
And the people North Carolina understand it, too. I've
gotten letters from many North Carolinians telling me of the
wonderful community support in the state for our troops overseas.
Thousands of families with loved ones far away in the desert sun
have learned the hard way that, as one woman from Lexington,
N.C., wrote me, "They also serve who only stand and wait.' I
thank each and every one of you for your service and support to
those brave men and women. 11
Our G.I.'s have left spouses and children behind and headed
for the Persian Gulf -- and on Election Day, they will be sending
in their absentee ballots from their posts. In a year that has
6
seen so much movement toward democracy -- from Moscow to Managua
-- the least we can do is exercise our own right to vote. We owe
it to the millions of freedom fighters around the world working
for democracy -- and to troops defending democracy as well -- to
take the time to cast our ballots. 11 Let's make our country
proud and get out the vote on November 6. 11
North Carolina has a proud heritage -- from the heart of the
Smoky Mountains, to the farms of the Piedmont region, to the
barrier islands of the Outer Banks. In fact, on Kitty Hawk
stands a granite memorial to the fathers of flight, the Wright
brothers. The inscription commemorates their conquest of the
air -- their victory over gravity -- "... achieved by dauntless
resolution and unconquerable faith."
This November, those same qualities will bring Jesse Helms
to victory -- a victory for principle. This November, we need
Jesse Helms. 11 For the sake of North Carolina -- and for the
sake of America -- 11 Let's re-elect Senator Jesse Helms. 11
Thank you all, and God bless America.
# # #
OCT 01 '90 22:38 JEFFERSON MAR
P.7
Karen Rotterman
DRUGS AND CRIME
Zzb0-098/blb
45
Jessa Helms has worked for
mes
drugs. Boot camp prisons for drug of:
for cocaine users, real jail time for
penalty for drug kingpins. Senator H.
so North Carolina police could get funds seized from drug dealers.
North Carolina police honored Jesse Helms for his effective work
fighting crime and drugs. They know what Jesse stands for works.
Jesse, I know your youngest daughter, Nancy, 18 & nurse.
And I'm sure she sees, just like Barbara does, the awful tragedy
of b ab iss b orn addicted to crack cocaine. It tears at your heart.
That's why I am an enthusiastic backer of Jesse Helms' legislation
to cut congressional expense accounts in order to fund treatment
for babins 1 in addicted to crack cocaine. Jease. that idea works
and I know you'll be fighting for it every day until we get it passed.
D 'd 11:51 06/20/01
FROM
'90-10-01' 14:49 DOUG GAMBLE
P.1
DOUG GAMBLE
424 36th Place
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Oct. 1/90
(213) 546-6409
TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER
2 Pages
JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISER - (Mary Kate Grant)
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT IS NOT JUST A PACT BETWEEN TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, IT'S
A LONGTERM BLUEPRINT FOR PROGRESS FOR AM ALL AMERICANS.
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT IS BOTH AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING. IT ENDS LONG AND
SPIRITED NEGOTIATIONS, AND BEGINS AN AMERICA WHERE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY THE HEAVY BONDS OF DEBT, BUT ARE FREE TO FLOURISH IN A
LIBERATED ATMOSPHERE OF OPPORTUNITY.
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT RAISES THE PROSPECT OF A LONG-TERM HEALTHY ECONOMY, IT
RAISES THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, IT RAISES AMERICA'S ABILITY TO COMPETE -- BUT
IT DOES NOT RAISE PERSONAL INCOME TAXES.
THERE ARE CRIMES so HEINOUS THAT THE DEATH PENALTY IS THE ONLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
JESSE HELMS UNDERSTANDS THIS, BUT HIS OPPONENT DOES NOT. THE MESSAGE NORTH
CAROLINA SENDS TO CRIMINALS IN THIS STATE WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE SENATOR THE
VOTERS SEND TO WASHINGTON IN NOVEMBER:
MORE
P.2
'90-10-01 14:49 DOUG GAMBLE
is
- 2 -
DOUG GAMBLE
TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER (CONT'D)
NORTH CAROLINA IS THE HOME OF FLIGHT IN AMERICA, BUT AS JESSE HELMS WELL KNOWS,
MOST OF THOSE DEMOCRATIC IDEAS DON'T HAVE A CHANCE OF GETTING OFF THE GROUND.
(OR, THEIR POLICIES WILL NEVER FLY.)
I HEAR A LOT OF JESSE'S OPPONENTS SPEND TIME UP IN DURHAM WATCHING THE BULLS
PLAY BASEBALL. THEY LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE STRIKE OUT FOR A CHANGE.
M.K.
No humor (other than tied to political jabs) in this submission.
If you can get me any kind of local color on which to base humor
(local events, personalities, sports teams, festivals, whatever)
let me know and I'll do something.
Doug
Grant/Simon
Draft two
October 4, 1990
A:HELMS
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST
RALEIGH, N.C. CIVIC CENTER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990
((Acknowledgements))
Thanks for such a warm welcome. It's great to be back in
Raleigh again. I bring you greetings from Barbara -- she sends
her love to you, Dot -- and if I may brag a little, I just want
to point out what a great job she's doing to combat illiteracy in
the United States. She's what I call a "point of light," and I'd
say she's one of the brightest of them all. 11
((When we first arrived at the White House, I remembered the
advice of Harry Truman: "If you want a friend in Washington 11
get a dog. 11 Well, times have gotten really tough now. Who
would have thought my own dog would write a lick-and-tell book?) )
((It's a pleasure to be here, after such a momentous week.
The reunification of Germany. The bipartisan budget agreement.
And of course, the 30th anniversary of "The Andy Griffith
Show. ") )
I'm privileged this morning to be here in Mayberry's home
state to honor one of North Carolina's political greats -- a
champion of conviction -- Senator Jesse Helms. III
As a public servant who's given eighteen years to the U.S.
Senate, Jesse Helms has become one of its most effective leaders
as a watchdog of taxpayer money and defender of family values.
Jesse has earned a reputation for independence and honesty. And
2
occasionally, we do not see eye to eye. Sometimes honest men do
disagree. [BUDGET INSERT TO COME]
Jesse knows what I'm
talking about -- he's one of the toughest fighters in Washington
for lower government spending.
And he practices what he preaches: he's never taken a so-
called "junket," doesn't send out mass mailings at taxpayer
expense, and he's returned $3 million to the U.S. Treasury in
unused office funds. Jesse Helms ranks #1 in the Senate for
cutting wasteful spending and opposing massive spending bills,
according to the National Taxpayers Union. In fact, that group
said, "If every member of Congress cast spending votes as
carefully as Jesse Helms, we would have a balanced federal
budget, lower taxes and a healthier economy." I agree with that
-- and I think the people of North Carolina do, too. 11
Jesse has always been a strong and clear voice for North
Carolina. 11 Ask the more than 43,000 North Carolinians who got
their Social Security checks after Jesse cleared away the red
tape for them. Or the serviceman Jesse helped get home from the
Philippines and into Walter Reed Hospital for malaria treatment.
Or the dying little boy whose dream of attending a Redskins
football game and meeting the players came true, thanks to Jesse.
That's the kind of compassion and commitment North Carolina
needs. 11 And that's what Jesse Helms stands for.
He's known as a tough fighter, a man of tenacity. Senator
Sam Ervin once said, "I admire Senator Helms very much because
he's one of the few men in public life who's got the courage to
3
stand up for what he honestly believes. Courage is the rarest
trait among public men I know of. Many of them are intelligent,
but there are very few of them courageous."
He's right -- there are very few with the kind of true grit
Jesse Helms has. Speaking of "true grit," it was John Wayne who
once said, "Jesse, we need a hundred like you.' 11 ((I'll tell
you, the liberals must be thanking their lucky stars they've only
got one Jesse Helms. \\)) But if we did have a hundred, here's
where it would have made a difference: on our crime bill.
Jesse's father was a police chief, and he's supported 45
different bills to crack down on crimes and drugs. And Jesse --
like me -- believes that cop-killers deserve the ultimate
penalty. So, in May of 1989, I sent our Violent Crime Control
Act to Capitol Hill -- with the death penalty for criminals who
kill federal law enforcement officers at the heart of the
legislation. Well, if we had a Republican majority, that crime
bill would have been passed 17 months ago -- instead of gathering
dust right now on Capitol Hill because of foot-dragging by the
liberals. That's a disgrace -- and that's why we need more
Republicans in Congress.
Our crime legislation seeks to eliminate liberal loopholes
that allow the worst criminals to escape punishment. Senator
Helms understands this -- but his opponent does not. But he'll
understand soon enough: because the message voters send to
criminals in North Carolina will be determined by the Senator the
4
voters send to Washington in November. And that Senator will be
Jesse Helms.
I've said it before: the Jesse Helms I know is a man of
convictions, a man who embodies the values of North Carolina's
quiet, decent people. God-fearing good citizens who believe, for
instance, as I do, in returning voluntary prayer to our nation's
classroom. People with the kind of mainstream values that gave
them the nickname "Tarheels" -- famous for "sticking" to their
principles. That's the Jesse Helms I know. 11
A reporter once asked the Senator what he would most like to
be remembered for. Perhaps, thought the reporter, it would be
Jesse's plan for choice in education, or his tireless work on
behalf of so many charities -- or even his magnificent family --
five kids and six grandchildren. But the Senator replied just
this: "Not once have I bent a principle."
And that's the Jesse Helms who, for the last eighteen years,
has stood for one very important principle -- a strong defense -
- even when it meant standing up against the odds. In the
1970's, Jesse Helms was a lone voice crying out against the cuts
in defense that nearly brought America to her knees. And he was
one of President Reagan's strongest supporters in rebuilding
America's national defense. Today, freedom is on the march from
Moscow to Managua and it's because America is strong again. 11
And a strong America is helping build a more democratic world. 11
And now, as we face a new challenge in the Persian Gulf, we
realize the importance of the decisions that were made in years
5
past -- by visionaries like Jesse Helms -- to keep our forces in
first-class condition. As they say, "You go with what you've
got" -- and thank God North Carolina's own 82nd Airborne -- "the
All American Division" -- was at the ready when Saddam Hussein
launched his unprovoked attack on Kuwait. Our servicemen and
women at Fort Bragg, Camp LeJeune, and Cherry Point understand
that North Carolina needs a Senator like Jesse Helms for a strong
defense. 11 And so does America. 11
North Carolina has a proud heritage -- from the heart of the
Smoky Mountains, to the farms of the Piedmont region, to the
barrier islands of the Outer Banks. In fact, on Kitty Hawk
stands a granite memorial to the fathers of flight, the Wright
brothers. The inscription commemorates their conquest of the
air -- their victory over gravity --- " achieved by dauntless
resolution and unconquerable faith."
This November, those same qualities will bring Jesse Helms
to victory -- victory over extreme liberalism, big-government
spending, and a weakened national defense. This November, we
need Jesse Helms. 11 For the sake of North Carolina -- and for
the sake of America -- 11 Let's re-elect Senator Jesse Helms. 11
Thank you all, and God bless America.
# # #
JESSE HELMS
HELMS for Senate
ELISABETH SMITH
U.S. SENATE
TREASURER
P.O. Box 26544 Raleigh, N.C. 27611-9921
(919) 850-0922
UNITED STATES SENATOR JESSE HELMS
NORTH CAROLINA
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Senator Jesse Helms began his first term in the Senate on
January 3, 1973. He was reelected in 1978 and 1984. Senator
Helms ranks 18th in seniority among the 100 Senators and will
increase his seniority at least to No. 17 if reelected in November.
He is the Republican Leader of the powerful Senate Committee
on Foreign Affairs, a member and former Chairman of the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, a Member of the Select
Committee on Ethics and the Rules Committee. He has also served
on the Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Banking,
Housing and Urban Development. He has served as Chairman of
the Senate Steering Committee, as well.
While serving in the Senate, Senator Helms has saved the
taxpayers $3, 169, 781.40 by returning to the Treasury money that
was allocated for him to spend in operating his Senate Office
expenses.
Senator Helms has a lifetime attendance record of 96%, one
of the highest in the Senate.
He has stated that his legislative goal for 1990 is to "cut
wasteful spending, cut wasteful spending, cut wasteful spending."
Senator Helms has received the coveted "Watchdog of the
Treasury" award every year for voting to cut wasteful federal
spending.
Senator Helms has fought to pass 28 measures to fight crime
and drugs. He was recently honored by North Carolina law enforcement
officers for his effective work in helping them fight crime and
drugs.
Senator Helms was born in Monroe, North Carolina, on October
18, 1921. He attended the Monroe Public Schools, Wingate (NC)
Junior College, and Wake Forest College. Senator Helms worked
his way through school waiting tables and as a proofreader for
the Raleigh News & Observer. While working at the News & Observer,
Senator Helms met his wife Dorothy who also worked at the paper.
When they were married, they were both earning about $30 a week.
That was not much to start a family on. But, as Senator Helms
says, "At least we weren't paying a quarter of our income in
taxes like many young families are today." That is why Senator
Helms supports child care tax credits to help families with young
children.
the foregoing material together with all attachments IS authorized and paid for by Helms for Senate,
Elisaberh Smith, Treasurer. Donations are not tax deductible as charitable contributions.
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Senator Helms volunteered for the U. S. Navy after Pearl
Harbor. After World War II, he became City Editor of the Raleigh
Times, and later, Director of News and Programs for the Tobacco
Radio Network and Radio Station WRAL, in Raleigh.
He served as Administrative Assistant to United States Senator
Willis Smith, 1951-1953 and United States Senator Alton Lennon,
1953.
From 1953 through 1960, Mr. Helms was Executive Director
of the North Carolina Bankers Association, and served as Editor
to The Tarheel Banker, which became the largest state banking
publication in America under his stewardship.
He served two-year terms on the Raleigh City Council. During
all four years, 1957-1961, he served as Chairman of the Council's
Law and Finance Committee.
He is a past president of the Raleigh Rotary Club, and the
Raleigh Executives Club. A thirty-third degree Mason, he is
past Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina
and a member of the Shriners.
He has served as a Director of the North Carolina Cerebral
Palsy Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Raleigh. Dr. Lenox
Baker, the hospital's founder, says, "Jesse Helms has raised
more money to help crippled children than any other man in North
Carolina.'
Nationally respected commentator, Paul Harvey said, "Senator
Jesse Helms is a conservative SO he is rarely mentioned by national
news media
unless it has something unflattering to say, Why
do you suppose the people of North Carolina keep reelecting him?
Maybe they know him better than we do. For example, they know
that Senator Helms has raised more money to help crippled children
than anyone else in the history of the state. That Jesse Helms,
personally adopted and raised to manhood a crippled orphan".
Prior to his election to the Senate, Senator Helms served
as deacon and Sunday School teacher at Hayes Barton Baptist Church
in Raleigh.
He was one of the founders and serves as a director of Camp
Willow Run, a Christian Youth Camp near Littleton, NC. Each
year the camp devotes several weeks to underprivileged children.
He has served on the Boards of Trustees of Meredith College,
John F. Kennedy College, Campbell University and Wingate College.
In 1941, at age 20, he became the youngest reporter, up
to that time, to win the annual North Carolina Press Association
award for enterprising reporting.
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In 1962, he received the annual Freedoms Foundation Award
for the television editorial judged best in America. He was
similarly honored by the Foundation in 1973 for a newspaper article.
He is the first Republican, as well as the first North Carolinian,
to receive the Golden Gavel for presiding over the Senate more
than 120 hours in 1974.
He holds the Gold Medal of Merit from the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and a Special Commendation Award from the American Legion.
He was chosen Man of the Year by Women for Constitutional Government
and Legislator of the Year in 1978 by the National Rifle Association.
In 1980 and 1983, he was voted the Most Admired Conservative
in Congress by the readers of "Conservative Digest".
In 1981 and 1982, he received the Taxpayers' Best Friend
Award presented to him by the National Taxpayers' Union. For
every session of Congress since he became a Senator in 1973,
he has received the Watchdog of the Treasury Award from the National
Associated Businessmen.
He was Executive Vice-President, Vice-Chairman of the Board
and Assistant Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Broadcasting
Company, Raleigh, North Carolina, from 1960 until his election
to the Senate.
From November, 1960, until he filed for the Senate in 1972,
Mr. Helms wrote and presented daily editorials on WRAL-TV and
the Tobacco Radio Network. His editorials were printed regularly
in more than 200 newspapers throughout the United States. They
were broadcast by more than 70 radio stations in North Carolina.
The late Sam Ervin, the highly-respected Democrat who served
in the Senate with Senator Helms, said, "I admire Senator Helms
very much. He's one of the few men in public life who's got
the courage to stand up for what he honestly belives. Courage
is the rarest trait among public men I know of. Many of them
are intelligent, but there are very few of them courageous."
His knowledge of the Senate Parliamentary Rules and his
effectiveness have been praised by Democrats and Republicans.
Democratic Senator Joe Biden said, "Helms is the master. He's
the toughest. He's the smartest."
Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts said "All of us would
be remiss if we did not take this opportunity to recognize the
tireless efforts of the distinguished ranking Republican on the
Foreign Relations Committee in focusing our attention on the
Panama problem. At one time, Senator Jesse Helms was a voice
in the wilderness condemning this narco-dictatorship, and I think
we owe him a debt of gratitude for perseverance on this issue."
Republican leader, Robert Dole, said, "Senator Helms is
an extraordinarily diligent Senator with an exceptional voting
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record -- 99.7 percent attendance in the 99th Congress and 100
percent for the first half of the 100th... The people of North
Carolina are very fortunate. Because no one represents their
interests with more strength or more conviction than Jesse Helms. 11
He is married to the former Dorothy Jane Coble of Raleigh.
He is the father of three children; Jane (Mrs. Charles R. Knox),
an elementary school principal in Raleigh, Nancy (Mrs. John C.
Stuart), a nurse in Raleigh and Charles, a businessman in Winston-
Salem.
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bcommittee on Agricultural Pro-
CONGRESS, SESSION, (YEAR)
TOTAL
VOTES
% PRESENT AND
bilization of Prices
VOTES
MISSED
RANKING
tee on Domestic and Foreign Mar-
93rd CONGRESS, 1st
(1973)
594
28
95.29 (16)
act Promotion
93rd CONGRESS, 2nd
(1974)
544
38
93.01 (28)
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tee on Nutrition and Investigat-
94th CONGRESS, 1st
(1975)
611
23
96.24 (08)
94th CONGRESS, 2nd
(1976)
700
22
96.86 (06)
ommittee on Foreign Relations
95th CONGRESS, 1st
(1977)
636
33
94.81 (24)
tee on African Affairs
95th CONGRESS, 2nd
(1978)
520
69
86.73 (68)
on Rules and Administration
96th CONGRESS, 1st
(1979)
509
12
97.64 (09)
mittee on Ethics
96th CONGRESS, 2nd
(1980)
546
05
99.08 (04)
97th CONGRESS, 1st
(1981)
497
02
99.60 (02)
97th CONGRESS, 2nd
(1982)
469
00
100.00 (01)
POSITIONS
98th CONGRESS, 1st
(1983)
381
06
98.43 (20)
98th CONGRESS, 2nd
(1984)
292
05
98.29 (09)
olicy Committee
99th CONGRESS, 1st
(1985)
381
02
99.48 (13)
99th CONGRESS, 2nd
(1986)
359
00
100.00 (01)
onference
420
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100th CONGRESS, 1st
(1987)
06
98.57 (14)
mittee
100th CONGRESS, 2nd
(1988)
379
56
85.22 (88)
TOTAL:
7838
307
nent Caucus
: Family
CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE
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PERCENTAGE: 96.08
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HONORS AND AWARDS
1973
*
Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge Award.
*
Man of the Year, Georgetown University YAF.
#
Southern Baptist Service to Mankind Award.
*
Golden Gavel Senate Page Award.
*
Watchdog of the Treasury Award,
Council against Communist Aggression Award.
Americans for Constitutional Action Award.
NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award.
1974
Golden Gavel Senate Page Award.
Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award.
VIVA Award. Dedicated to Those Who
Preserve Freedom.
National League of Families Award.
Christian Beacon Award.
Richard Henry Lee Freedom Award.
Order of Lafayette Award.
1975
*
Americans for Constitutional Action Award.
Conservative Society Nathaniel Macon Award.
Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
Guardian of Small Business Award.
Charles Edison Memorial Award.
Cubans In Exile Award.
1976
Conservative Congressional Award.
American for Constitutional Action Award.
Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
Guardian of Small Business Award.
Navy League of the U.S. Award.
American Conservative Union Award.
Young Americans for Freedom Award.
Nominated for Vice President, GOP Convention.
1977
Taxpayers Responsibility Award.
Guardian of Small Business Award,
Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
Appalachian Hardwood Mfg. Award.
Public Service Research Council Award.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Gold Medal of Merit.
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HONORS AND AWARDS
1978
* Women for Constitutional Government Man of the Year.
* NRA Legislator of the Year.
# American Economic Council Liberty Award.
* Public Service Research Council Award.
* Sons of the American Revolution National Legislator Award.
#
National Association of Pro America Commendation.
* Monongahela Forestry Award.
* Charles Edison Memorial Award.
* American Campers Association Award.
* North Carolina American Legionalre Award.
# American Legion Special Commendation.
* Ruff Times Award.
# Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
* Guardian of Small Business Award.
1979
* Life Advocates of Houston Award.
* The George Mason Award.
* Oxford Orphanage Commendation.
* Alliance of Metal Working Industries Award.
# Cherry Point Air Station Commendation.
* North Carolina Right To Life Award.
* Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
* Guardian of Small Business Award.
1980
# Most Admired Conservative In Congress.
* Christians for a Better America Man of the Year.
* Christian Voice National Man of the Year In Politics.
* Dade County Statesman of the Year.
*
National Committee for Monetary Reform Award.
* Christian Freedom Award.
* Forty Conservative Groups Award of Principles Above Politics.
* North Carolina Public Service Award.
* Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
* Guardian of Small Business Award.
1981
* ACU Conservative Consolence of the Congress Award
* National Taxpayers Union Taxpayers Best Friend.
* Honorary Degree; University of Hard Knocks.
#
Forest Farmers Special Award.
*
Most Admired Conservative In Congress.
* Key to the City of Lumberton.
* U.S. Jaycettes Service Award.
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HONORS AND AWARDS
* National Fly the Flag Crusade Special Award.
# Raleigh Board of Realtors, Distinguished Citizenship Award.
* Watchdog of the Treasury.
* National Committee for Monetary Reform Award.
* Guardian of Small Business Award.
1982
* Key to the City of Spring Lake.
# Family Protection Award.
*
Cape Hatteras Naval Facility Commendation.
*
Future Farmers of America Commendation.
* The 65 Club Service to Agriculture Award.
*
Leadership Foundation Award.
# American Security Council Award.
* National Taxpayers Union Taxpayers Best Friend.
* Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
#
Guardian of Small Business Award.
1983
Man of the Year, Harnett County Jessecrats.
*
North Carolina Jaycees Commendation
P.S.A.I.M. South Dakota Golden Liberty Award.
*
Conservative Caucus 97th Congress Statesman Award.
*
Most Admired Conservative in Congress.
1984
*
Guardian of Small Business Award.
Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
Taxpayers Best Friend Award.
N.Y.City East Side Conservative Awards Dinner Award.
1985
Taxpayers Best Friend Award.
Future Farmers of America Appreciation Award.
National Future Farmers of America Community Development Award.
Promotion of Ukraine Human Rights Award,
Watchdog of the Treasury Award.
Guardian of Small Business Award,
1986
*
Taxpayers Best Friend Award.
Watchdog of the Treasury.
*
General William C.Lee Distinguished Service Award.
*
Guardian of Small Business Award.
1987
*
Taxpayers Best Friend Award.
*
Life Science Center Splicemanship Award.
*
Sons of Confederate Veterans "Thank You, Jesse" Award,
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RE-ELECT SENATOR HELMS
QUOTES/LOCAL COLOR
1) POTUS MIGHT REMARK: "WHEN I THINK BACK ON JESSE'S RECORD, I AM REMINDE
OF NORTH CAROLINA'S OLD STATE MOTTO: 'TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM. "
2) TWO OF N.C.'S NICKNAMES: "OLD NORTH STATE," AND "TAR HEEL STATE."
3) "NOTHING COULD BE FINER THAN TO BE IN CAROLINA IN THE MORNING.
"
--Walter Donaldson, "Carolina in the Morning," 1922
4) ON N.C.'S DIVERSITY: "IF NORTH CAROLINA WERE A JIGSAW PUZZLE, THE
PERSON PUTTING IT TOGETHER MIGHT HAVE DIFFICULTY CONVINCING HIMSELF
THAT ALL THE PIECES WERE PART OF A SINGLE WHOLE."
--John Phillips, Fodor's South, 1979
5) "IN NORTH CAROLINA, EVERYONE DOES WHAT SEEMS BEST IN HIS OWN EYES."
--William Byrd, writing in 1728
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OCT 01 '90 22:39 JEFFERSON MAR
NO
DRUGS AND CRIME
Manuel Noriega 1s cooling his heels in Florida awaiting his
trial on drug charges. Jesse Helms was right about Noriega all
along. I don't often agree with Senator John Kerry, the Massa-
chusetts Democrat, but Senator Kerry was absolutely right when he
said, "At one time, Senator Jesse Helms was a voice in the wilder- him a
ness condemning this narco-dictatorship, and I think we owe
debt of gratitude for his perseverance on this issue."
S.d
21:51 06/20/01
FROM
852
Stevenson - - Heisenberg
1 If total isolationism is no answer, total in-
race that never yet has been discovered. And
terventionism is no answer, either. In fact,
the whole secret, power, and knowledge of
the clear, quick, definable, measurable an-
their own discovery is locked within them
swers are ruled out. In this twilight of power,
- they know it, feel it, have the whole thing
there is no quick path to a convenient light
in them- and they cannot utter it.
switch.¹
The Web and the Rock [1939],
Speech at Harvard University
ch, I3
[June 17, 1965]
12 If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he
2 The art of government has grown from its
has failed. If he has a talent and uses only
seeds in the tiny city-states of Greece to be-
half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a
come the political mode of half the world. So
talent and learns somehow to use the whole
let us dream of a world in which all states,
of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a
great and small, work together for the peace-
satisfaction and a triumph few men ever
ful flowering of the republic of man.
know.
Ib. 30
Ib.
13 You Can't Go Home Again.
3 This must be the context of our thinking
Title of novel [1940]
- the context of human interdependence in
the face of the vast new dimensions of our
science and our discovery
the awful
Roy Campbell
majesty of outer space.
1901-1957
Speech in Geneva [July 9, 1965]
14 The sap is the music, the stem is the flute,
And the leaves are the wings of the seraph I
Spencer Tracy
shape
1900-1967
Who dances, who springs in a golden escape,
Out of the dust and the drought of the plain,
4 Just know your lines and don't bump into
To sing with the silver hosannas of rain.
the furniture.
Advice on acting
The Palm [1928]
15 Pass world! : I am the dreamer that remains;
William Lindsay White
The man clear cut against the last horizon.
1900-1973
Epigraph for LAURENS VAN DER
5
They Were Expendable.
POST, The Lost World of the
Kalahari³
Title of book [1942]
Thomas
Wolfe
from
Margaret Craven
1900-1938
N.C.
1901-
6
A stone, a leaf, an unfound door.
16 The Indian knows his village and feels for
Look Homeward, Angel!² [1929],
his village as no white man for his country,
foreword
his town, or even for his own bit of land. His
village is not the strip of land four miles long
7 Which of us has known his brother? Which
and three miles wide that is his as long as the
of us has looked into his father's heart?
sun rises and the moon sets. The myths are
Which of us has not remained forever prison-
the village, and the winds and rains. The
pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger
river is the village, and
the talking bird,
and alone?
Ib.
the owl, who calls the name of the man who
8
O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost,
is going to die.
come back again.
Ib.
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
9 Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all
[1973], pt. I
in the mind.
Ib. pt. I, ch. I
10
Making the world safe for hypocrisy.
Werner Karl Heisenberg
Ib. III, 36
1901-1976
11
The young men of this land are not, as they
17 Every tool carries with it the spirit by
are often called, a "lost" they are a
which it has been created.
'See John F. Kennedy, 890:11.
Physics and Philosophy [1958]
²See Milton, 281:3.
³See Van der Post, 867:16.
OCT 01 '90 22:39 JEFFERSON MAR
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SENIORITY AND EFFECTIVENESS
Around the nation, Jesse Helms is known as the Senator who
stands up for traditional values. But the federal agency heads
in Washington know him as the Senator who gets things for North
Jasse Helms an airplane for the Hyde County sheriff
Carolina. to fight drugs. And drug got education funds for the Gaston County See note
schools. Whether it's helping a community college obtain equip-
ment to teach students new skills or getting state of the art heart
research technology for Duke Hospital, Jesse' Helms has the seniority
and effectiveness to get the job done for North Carolina.
As & key member of the Agriculture Committee, Jesse Helms is always
there to protect the critical farm programs that benefit North Carolina's
economy. It was Jesse Helms who navigated the legislative mine field
to pass & new tobacco program that has meant an average $3600 in added
income per farmer in North Carolina.
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September 28, 1990
MEMORANDUM
TO:
CHRISS WINSTON
MARY KATE GRANT
FROM:
CAROLYN CAWLEY
RE:
NORTH CAROLINA EVENT: HELMS
Event:
Helms for Senate Fundraising Breakfast
Date:
October 10, 1990
Time:
TBD
Place:
Raleigh Civic Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Attendees:
Trying for 1,000
Prompted?:
Yes
Contacts:
Mark Stevens, Helms Campaign
(919) 850-9227
Paula Kay
(919) 5811
Alan Pugh, Governor Martin's Office
Charlotte
(919) 733-5811
Brad Hays
704/342-0288
Unfortunately, the preadvance team spent virtually all of
our time in Raleigh dealing with logistical problems of moving
the President etc. The campaign representative was useless and
left early, so I didn't get a chance to talk to him at all.
The venue, the Civic Center, is a standard one -- totally
non-descript. It's located in downtown Raleigh, on a city square
connecting with the Radisson Hotel and a bank.
Interestingly, Governor Martin's office is handling this
event for Helms. Apparently the Helms campaign can't spare
enough people to concentrate solely on this event, with election
day so close. I couldn't determine how they are going about this
without creating Hatch-type considerations, but the Governors
reps appeared to be on the ball and better contacts than the
campaign.
--Please talk to Sally Salmon in Political, X6573. This
event has been a bit up in the air and she can give you all the
needed background.
OMB edits
TALKING POINTS ON THE BUDGET AGREEMENT
BRIEFING DROP-BY -- OCTOBER 2, 1990
90 90 OCT ? AMII: 29
I met this morning with Republican members of the Congress
to underscore the necessity for quick and decisive action on
the budget agreement through bipartisan leadership in both
Houses. Again, I am calling on Congress to act -- and act
soon -- on this vital legislation.
said
I understand some Republicans don't like certain aspects of
this deal, and neither do some Democrats. As President, I
my
don t control the Congress give me a Republican majority,
and I would. But they're not going to do it exactly my way,
so I've had to compromise. Everybody's had to compromise
-- but we did it because the country is at stake. And
that's the difference between governing a nation and playing
politics. I was elected to govern.
TIMITO.PO something for all Americans
As leaders of American business, labor, and agriculture, you
know the time had come to get our fiscal house in order.
This compromise is a major step toward that goal. By 1995,
it will bring government spending as a percentage of the
G.N.P. to its lowest level since 1966. Let me tell you what
the budget agreement will do:
OVERVIEW: The five-year bipartisan budget compromise will
Sing le biggest cut ever
agreed to nd that a
prerequisite for bringing interest rates down,
boost America's economic vitality in the long run. It will
give small and medium-size business a shot in the arm and
#I willveduce the deficit by $ 500 billion the
create jobs.
The budget agreement raises the prospect of a long-term
healthy economy, it raises the potential for growth, it
raises America's ability to compete -- but it does not raise
personal income taxes.
GROWTH INCENTIVES: The agreement includes:
-- incentives for domestic oil and gas development, to
free America from dependence on foreign oil;
-- and incentives for the development of enterprise
zones, to create jobs and opportunity;
And specifically to keep small business competitive:
-- A 30 percent research and experimentation credit;
-- tax indexing for individuals who buy stock in small
corporations;
-- a tax deduction for investment in small
corporations;
-- and an expanded ability for small businesses to
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under control New entitlements will be subroct to/vay
as you so sys tem- then can't grow withouto tsetting
cuty a revennoy to cover their cost,
DOMESTIC CUTS: Our agreement will cut the projected federal
deficit by half-a-trillion dollars -- billion in
nearly
real and enforceable spending cuts on entitlement and
mandatory programs. These cuts have teeth -- for the first
time, they will be guaranteed in law. No more smoke and
mirrors.
MILITARY CUTS: Although the defense budget is cut by $67
billion over three years -- and more over five years -- our
brave men and women serving in the Persian Gulf will still
get the backing they deserve to accomplish their mission.
BUDGET REFORM: The budget discipline of Gramm Rudman will
We need a strong def it was going to take a hit + this came out buter Mg did
be extended for five years and the agreement includes
substantial budget process reform. If Congress spends money
on job The
it doesn't have -- a "mini-sequster" will cut it for them.
For the next five years, all discretionary spending by
Congress is capped.
line Hem veto never got ond out of the chute,
but we do have subst protess reform
This budget is tough but it is fair. It is a solid package
to boost economic growth and solve long term problems --
without having the burden fall entirely on any one group
alone. The time has come to move beyond narrow interests
and put the broad interest of United States first.
Most importantly, this budget agreement is our last, best
chance to get the federal budget deficit under control.
To all the armchair quarterbacks and backseat drivers out
there, I say this: You can pick this package apart, but you
cannot realistically put a better package together. the people on the sidelmes
mishing out to hold pressconfs
It's time for action by the Congress, and it's time to end
the talk. With that said, I will end this statement and
take your questions.
I ask
And for the first time
strong for The this you your country package bad.
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have been the bisseyt sohree
of spending greather
Let me say, if we do not reform entitlements
tobring their growth under control acue
have done in this agreement we willnewer
be able to voluce solve the deficit problem.
Amenica will be unable to invest in the future,
because the entire budget will be sobbled
up by entitlements andinterest on the debt.
I am reasonably certain that if the
I wasn't cut out to be an actor. I haven't
dramatist were alive today the movie
the energy for acting - it's too
producers would have asked Mr.
exhausting.
Shakespeare to write in a scene in
Lesley Howard.
which I did physical violence to
someone.
To be a successful actor
it
is
James Cagney.
necessary to add some eccentricities
and mystery to naturalness so that the
Acting is the expression of a neurotic
audience can admire and puzzle over
impulse.
something different from itself.
Marlon Brando.
Louise Brooks.
Acting is a bum's life. Quitting acting,
Halfway through the script (of 'Along
that is a sign of maturity.
Came Jones'), I ran into Coop at lunch,
Marlon Brando.
and I figured it would be a good idea if
he'd read the novel that my script
His eyes mirrored the suffering we
was based on. 'Sure, why not?' said
needed.
Coop. He was an uncomplicated fellow,
Carl Laemmle Jr., on Boris Karloff.
one of the best guys I've ever worked
with. He picked up the book and went
You could heave a brick out of the
away with it, and I went back to writing.
CENTRE: CLAUDE RAINS.
window and hit ten actors who could
I met him in the studio commissary a
play my parts. I just happened to be on
I learn the lines and pray to God.
couple of weeks later. By that time I'd
the right corner at the right time.
Claude Rains.
almost finished the first draft. 'How did
Boris Karloff.
you like the book, Coop?' I asked him.
We who play, who entertain for a few
'Oh, fine, I'm about halfway through,'
The best way for me to prove myself as
years, what can we leave that will last?
he said. 'I'm reading it word by word.'
a person is to prove myself as
Ethel Barrymore.
Nunnally Johnson.
an actress.
Marilyn Monroe.
I play John Wayne in every part
The physical labour actors have to do
regardless of the character, and I've
wouldn't tax an embryo.
There is as much difference between
been doing okay, haven't I?
Spencer Tracy.
the stage and the films as between a
John Wayne.
piano and a violin. Normally you can't
Only those actors appear in films who
become a virtuoso in both.
The idea of purposely setting out to
cannot sing, dance or act.
Ethel Barrymore.
change your image is a futile effort on
Saying, c. 1930.
the part of most actors who have
The secret of my success? I speak in a
become stars on the basis of what they
I'm no actor and I never have been.
loud clear voice and try not to bump
do best.
What people see on the screen is me.
into furniture.
Clint Eastwood.
Clark Gable.
Alfred Lunt.
In Europe an actor is an artist. In
The best actors do not let the wheels
Acting is a question of absorbing other
Hollywood, if he isn't working, he's a
show. This is the hardest kind of acting,
people's personalities and adding some
bum.
and it works only if you look as if you
of your own experience.
Anthony Quinn.
are not acting at all.
Paul Newman.
Henry Fonda.
Acting is like roller-skating. Once you
know how to do it, it is neither
stimulating nor exciting.
George Sanders.
If Hollywood didn't work out I was all
prepared to be the best secretary
in the world.
Bette Davis.
Until I came along, all the leading men
were handsome, but luckily they wrote
a lot of stories about the fellow
next door.
Gary Cooper.
LEFT: JAMES CAGNEY. RIGHT: PAUL NEWMAN.
I am paid not to think.
Clark Gable.
The King stuff is pure bull. I eat and
drink and go to the bathroom just like
anybody else. I'm just a lucky slob from
Ohio who happened to be in the right
place at the right time.
Clark Gable,
HENRY FONDA.
who was known as The King of Hollywood'.
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186
LIFE AND DEATH
desire, not a meaning. Desire is the theme of all
(Screenplay by Sidney Buchman and Seton I.
Miller; based on HEAVEN CAN WAIT, a play by
(Screenplay i
life! It's what makes a rose want to be a rose and
want to grow like that, and a rock want to con-
Harry Segall)
Kenyon; base
Sherwood)
tain itself and remain like that."
2.
-Charles Chaplin pep-talking, with mime, to a suici-
"What can I do, old man? I'm dead, aren't I?"
7.
dal Claire Bloom in Charles Chaplin's Limelight
"It's kind of
(Original Screenplay by Charles Chaplin)
-Orson Welles preferring to hold on to his official
-and each
"deceased" status than help his friends in Carol
Reed's The Third Man
-Carole Loi
13.
(Original Screenplay by Graham Greene)
saw, Vermon
"To life! To the magnificent, dangerous, brief,
minally ill af
brief, wonderful life and the courage to live it!
3.
Sacred
You know, Baron, I've only lived last night, but
"Now, I may sound like a Bible-beater yelling
(Screenplay
that little while seems longer than all the time
Editor," a should
up a revival at a river-crossing camp-meeting,
that has gone before."
but that don't change the truth none. There's
8.
-Lionel Barrymore drinking and talking himself
right, and there's wrong. You gotta do one or
"If Cathy (
into a faint in Edmund Goulding's Grand Hotel
the other. You do the one, and you're living.
(Screenplay by William A. Drake; based on the
You do the other, and you may be walking
-Geraldine
play and novel by Vicki Baum)
around but you're dead as a beaver hat."
of losing a r
Wyler's Wu
ALSO SEE: Life and Death; Live; Adolescence-
-John Wayne voting for right and life in John
(Screenplay
Wayne's The Alamo
based on th
3; Cameras-3; Champagne-2; Children-1; Chil-
(Original Screenplay by James Edward Grant)
dren-4; Cigarette-3; Death-4; Eyes-1; Fear-5;
9.
Fights-8; Firsts-9; Firsts-10; Goals-1; Good-
4.
"I was bor
byes-8; Head-2; Help-2; Illusions-5; Knowl-
"You're just walkin' around to save funeral ex-
you left m
edge-7; Lies-24; Love-18; Love-40; Mad Act-2;
penses."
me."
Men-19; Nature-2; Never-11; Prayers-1; Prison-
3; Privacy-2; Realities-5; Screenplays-3; Self-
-Valerie Perrine noting the burned-out condition of
-Screenwr
Perception-11; Similarities-2; Suicide-8; Tired-
her ex (Robert Redford) in Sydney Pollack's The Elec-
his movie di
3; Together-3.
tric Horseman
Ray's In a /
(Screenplay by Robert Garland; based on a screen
(Screenplay
story by Paul Gaer and Robert Garland and story
Edmund H
by Shelly Burton)
B. Hughes)
LIFE AND DEATH
5.
10.
1.
"No, I'm fine. In fact, considering I've been
"I love yo
"You remember the last time I went up in that
dead for 16 years, I'm in remarkable health."
you."
plane? Well, something went flooey, and the
-Howard St. John dating his death from the time he
-David N
ship went into a spin, and then one of those
sold out to Broderick Crawford in George Cukor's
plane radi
guys that goes around collecting people-he
Born Yesterday
Michael Po
pulled a boner. All the time he thought I was
(Screenplay by Albert Mannheimer; based on the
to Heaven
dead, I wasn't dead at all. He grabbed me up
play by Garson Kanin)
(Original :
before my time, and, while I'm arguing with
Emeric Pre
him whether I'm dead or not, you cremate me.
6.
Then, they gotta make good. They gotta get
"Yes, it's pleasant to be back again, amongst
11.
me another body. Get it?"
the living. Hurray!"
"She is, as
is only ai
-Robert Montgomery explaining his rather un-
-Leslie Howard welcoming an exciting crisis to his
face, as il
precedented predicament to James Gleason in Alex-
otherwise drab life in Archie Mayo's The Petrified
tant fact,
ander Hall's Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Forest
long ago.
OCT 01 '90 22:42 JEFFERSON MAR
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EASTERN EUROPE
In the 1970's, Jesse Helms was a lonely voice against the
cuts in defense that nearly brought America to her knees in 1980.
But in the 1980's, we rebuilt our strength with Jesse's help. And
the fact that America 1s strong again is the reason why freedom is
on the march and the Berlin Wall has fallen. Jesse's belief that
only a strong America could force the Soviets to change has been
proven right. Jesse Helms stands for a strong America and what
Jesse stands for works.
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OCT 2, 1990 2:54PM #547 P.01
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OCT 01 '90 22:36 JEFFERSON MAR
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ENVIRONMENT
Jesse Helms voted for 4 tough oil spill clean up bill and
unlimited liability for offshore drillers. But it is simply un-
fair, dishonest politics for the extreme environmentalists to
label a senator anti-environment because he could not support
every provision of the Clean Air Act. I know how hard Jesse worked
for acid rain regulations that are good for North Carolina and
clean fuels that will relieve smog in our cities. Jesse Helms
is doing 4 good job.
OCT 2, 1990 2:56PM #547 P.06
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NORTH CAROLINA
ction, and beneath it the won-
Nicknames: Old North State, Tar Heel State
Strolling with my girlie where the dew is pearly
tasted like fine dry cham-
Origin of state name: Latinized honorific for King
early in the morning"
Charles I of England
Walter Donaldson
Claude McKay
"Carolina in the Morning"
Home to Harlem
From the barrier islands of the Outer Banks to the
1922
heart of the Smoky Mountains, North Carolina cuts
***
1928
through a rich slice of eastern American geography,
history and character. The state has three distinct
"I come from North Carolina, and it is true that if
sections: the sandy coastal counties, the flat pied-
you come from North Carolina and mention that fact
mont and the mountains of the west.
to anybody anywhere else, you will get this reply:
Each section has its own personality. The coastal
'Oh, yes, I have an aunt who lives in Charleston.'
gly and to the (Central) Park
folks are the state's most conservative and typically
Charles Kuralt
sthetic appetite had had to
Southern-religious, agrarian, concerned with local
Dateline America
place has therefore borne the
affairs. North Carolina's urban and urbane communi-
1979
tory call, acting out year after
ties lie in the piedmont. They are more progressive,
***
cheerful, capable, bustling,
more cosmopolitan than the rest of the state. Raleigh,
bstess of the one inn, some-
Durham, Chapel Hill and Charlotte are places of
"If North Carolina were a jigsaw puzzle, the person
educational excellence, intense commercialism and
putting it together might have difficulty convincing
all the travel, who is often at
how to deal with it, but who,
the kind of Sunbelt lifestyle that marks the "new"
himself that all the pieces were part of a single
whole."
the honor of the home, never
South. The mountains are bluegrass country, lumber-
ty."
ing country, moonshine country. The farther reaches
John Phillips
of these mountains hide towns as close to the feel of
Fodor's South
Henry James
the original American settlements as anything still in
1979
The American Scene
1907
existence. Traditional folk crafts abound and the
***
accents of Scotland, Germany and other homelands
"North Carolina was said to be 'the valley of humili-
still tinge the speech.
ation between two mountains [Virginia and South
Assorted communities sprang up along Carolina's
Carolina] of arrogance."
coast before the British formally took over in 1729.
An old saying quoted by T.H. White
plona in lower New York."
The state was little touched by the Revolution and
America At Last
John Steinbeck
fought, with some doubts, for the Confederacy dur-
1965
Travels with Charley
ing the Civil War.
1962
Today North Carolina is famous for its furniture,
***
paper, tobacco and for the modern brand of evangeli-
"If you call Long Island behind the times, I don't
cal Christianity-cum-politics espoused by its elected
know what you'd call North Carolina. It has been
officials and TV preachers.
rightly termed Rip Van Winkle."
Sarah Williams, a New Yorker married to a North
Carolinian
NA
THE STATE
Letter
Nov. 7, 1853
"In the Comparative State Elections Project, one
***
question read, 'All things considered, would you say
that (your state) is the best state in which to live?' For
"What good was state pride, anyhow? She [North
the entire United States, 62.6 percent agreed. In
Carolina] began life as a tail to Thomas Jefferson's
North Carolina, a positive response came from 82.3
kite, and was quite willing to do the work and let
percent, higher than in any other state."
Virginia have the glory."
Robert Watson Winston
Jack Bass and Walter De Vries
These United States
The Transformation of Southern Politics
1924
1977
***
rank): Nov. 21, 1789 (12)
videri (To be rather than to
"Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in
THE LANDSCAPE
the morning.
No one could be sweeter than my Sweetie when I
"Indeed, it would seem as if nature had selected this
meet her in the morning.
region [tableland of the Blue Ridge] for the display of
North State"
Where the morning glories twine around the door
her fantastic power in uplifting the earth, and giving
Whispering pretty stories I long to hear once more.
to it strange shapes and startling contrasts-in im-
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NORTH CAROLINA
n 1728 William Byrd, surveyor of the dividing line between his
I
native Virginia and this state, made himself notorious to future
North Carolinians when he declared that "tis a thorough
Aversion to Labor that makes People file off to N Carolina, where
Plenty and a Warm sun confirm them in their Disposition
here
People may live plentifully at a triffleing expense.
Surely there is
no place in the World where the Inhabitants live with less Labour
than in North Carolina." Like Byrd, who observed "the great felicity
of the Climate" and "the easiness of raising Provisions," North
Carolinians have long recognized the richness of their state, which is
probably why it continues to have one of the highest percentages of
native-born residents in the country-people who are born in North
Carolina like to live in North Carolina.
North Carolina was favorably described as a site for settlement
as early as 1584, when two British explorers returned to England
with the report that the land was "the most plentiful, fruitfull, and
wholesome of all the world." Such inviting reports heightened
interest in Sir Walter Raleigh's plans to establish a colony here. In
1585 North Carolina became the site of the first English settlement
in America, on Roanoke Island, which lasted only into the next year.
Raleigh's next colony added to American history one of its greatest
mysteries: the "Lost Colony." Led by Governor John White in 1587,
this group also landed on Roanoke Island. In 1591 a supply ship
arrived and found that the settlement had disappeared.
In the 1660s eight lords proprietors, friends of Charles II, were
granted the right to govern the territory between Virginia and
Spanish Florida, from the Atlantic to the "South Seas." North
Carolinians were never satisfied by proprietary rule: They deposed
six royal governors between 1663 and 1729. The region grew slowly
with only a few early towns, the oldest of which is Bath, incorporated
in 1705. Wilmington, founded in 1730, became the colony's main
port. Carolina became the royal colony of George II in 1729, when
the lords proprietors sold the territory to the crown. In 1730
Carolina was divided into its north and south provinces. The first
permanent settlers were primarily the English, who had gradually
migrated south from Virginia to the Albemarle Sound area. North
Carolina's population increased dramatically early in the eighteenth
century as German and Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania and
OPPOSITE: A view of the Indian settlement of Secoton, drawn by John White, gover-
nor of the "Lost Colony," in 1585, shows several aspects of life there, including agri-
cultural practice, eating habits, and religious observance (detail).
ra
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PRESIDENT GeoRGe BUSH
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My husband is among the brave meny
and women deployed in the Middle East. He
is in the An face and was one of the first
to go. It has been over two weeks now
and in that time the base of Seymour
for the families left behind, plus it is
Johnson has set up many support groups
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involvement in this area. Many people
have criticized you for continuing your
vacation during this cusis. Il just
wanted to take the time to let you know
that you are doing a fine joband we are
all behind you 100 percent d understand
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we are all entitled to our rest, especially
burden alone. of we lash out at you, please
forgive us, we are only acting out of emotional
strain. We all pray that this conflict will
soon be over and our loved ones returned
safely. God Bless and keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
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--Helms opponent, Harvey Gantt, is making a strong showing
in the polls and many voters are undecided. The NEA controversy
mixed with a growing anti-incumbent sentiment make the race
particularly important. See the attached newspaper profile on
N.C. voters.
-Beware of the environment. Helm's is said to have a less
than stellar record and I was told this is not an issue to bring
up. See the attached article.
You may want to check the Research file on the All America
City Award Ceremony on August 10. I think there 2 cities in
North Carolina that received awards -- Charlotte/Mecklenburg and
Hamlet.
--Finally, on a good note: The last 3 flights of hostage
women and children from Kuwait (Pan Am) have landed in Raleigh.
There was on around 9/15; one on 9/20 and the "last Freedom
Flight" on 9/22.
The North Carolinians really helped these people ease back
into the U.S. The Red Cross and area hospitals set up medical
facilities at the airport; emergency services were ready to roll
as many people were ill. An unused airport terminal was set up
with medical rooms, loan processing desks, balloon artists for
the kids, counseling services, bottled mother's milk for babies,
free phone calls from MCI. (FYI: this is the same terminal
POTUS will be using on the visit) I think that local hotels had
free accommodations for those spending the night before flying
home; the hotels flew big American flags and hung "Welcome Home"
signs.
City/State: Raleigh, North carolina
Event: Helms for senate
Date: 9/21/90
OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL ADVANCE
CONTACT SHEET
Name
Office
Phone Number
Presidential Advance Office
202/456-7565
Presidential Advance Fax Number
202/456-2820
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WIT Ad vance
2021456-7565
Spence Geissinger
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Kris Goodwin
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Bob Myers
CLT-USSS
704-523-9583
MARK stephens
Sen Helms
919-850-9227
Russ MILLER
Sally Salmon
lett Political
202-456-6573
U.S. Secret Service
202-395-4112
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CNIC CENTER
831-6000
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CIVIC CENTER
831-6011
LARRY FEAST
White House Communica tions Agrncy
202-375-4040
Major Dave Bonwit
Marine Corps Aide to the President
202-395-1747
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202 456-2800
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CAROLYN CAWLEY
WH SPEECHWRITING
202/456-7750
TALKING POINTS ON THE BUDGET AGREEMENT
BRIEFING DROP-BY -- OCTOBER 2, 1990
I met this morning with Républican members of the Congress
to underscore the necessity for quick and decisive action on
the budget agreement through bipartisan leadership in both
Houses. Again, I am calling on Congress to act -- and act
soon -- on this vital legislation.
I understand some Republicans don't like certain aspects of
this deal, and neither do some Democrats. As President, I
don't control the Congress -- give me a Republican majority,
and I would. But they're not going to do it exactly my way,
so I've had to compromise. Everybody's had to compromise
-- but we did it because the country is at stake. And
that's the difference between governing a nation and playing
politics. I was elected to govern.
As leaders of various economic sectors, you know the time
had come to get our fiscal house in order. This compromise
is a major step toward that goal. By 1995, it will bring
government spending as a percentage of the G.N.P. to its
lowest level since 1966. Let me tell you what the budget
agreement will do:
OVERVIEW: The five-year bipartisan budget compromise will
boost America's economic vitality in the long run. It will
give small and medium-size business a shot in the arm and
create jobs.
The budget agreement raises the prospect of a long-term
healthy economy, it raises the potential for growth, it
raises America's ability to compete -- but it does not raise
personal income taxes.
GROWTH INCENTIVES: The agreement includes:
incentives for domestic oil and gas development, to
free America from dependence on foreign oil;
-- and incentives for the development of enterprise
zones, to create jobs and opportunity;
And specifically to keep small business competitive:
-- A 30 percent research and experimentation credit;
-- tax indexing for individuals who buy stock in small
corporations;
-- a tax deduction for investment in small
corporations;
-- and an expanded ability for small businesses to
expense certain scientific equipment.
'90-10-01 14:49 DOUG GAMBLE
P.1
DOUG GAMBLE
424-36th Place
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Oct. 1/90
(213) 546-6409
TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER
2 Pages
JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISER - (Mary Kate Grant)
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT IS NOT JUST A PACT BETWEEN TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, IT'S
A LONGTERM BLUEPRINT FOR PROGRESS FOR AM ALL AMERICANS.
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT IS BOTH AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING. IT ENDS LONG AND
SPIRITED NEGOTIATIONS, AND BEGINS AN AMERICA WHERE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY THE HEAVY BONDS OF DEBT, BUT ARE FREE TO FLOURISH IN A
LIBERATED ATMOSPHERE OF OPPORTUNITY.
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT RAISES THE PROSPECT OF A LONG-TERM HEALTHY ECONOMY, IT
RAISES THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, IT RAISES AMERICA'S ABILITY TO COMPETE -- BUT
IT DOES NOT RAISE PERSONAL INCOME TAXES.
THERE ARE CRIMES so HEINOUS THAT THE DEATH PENALTY IS THE ONLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
JESSE HELMS UNDERSTANDS THIS, BUT HIS OPPONENT DOES NOT. THE MESSAGE NORTH
CAROLINA SENDS TO CRIMINALS IN THIS STATE WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE SENATOR THE
VOTERS SEND TO WASHINGTON IN NOVEMBER.
MORE
P.1
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'90-10-01 14:49 DOUG GAMBLE
DOUG GAMBLE
424-36th Place
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Oct. 1/90
(213) 546-6409
TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER
2 Pages
JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISER - (Mary Kate Grant)
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT IS NOT JUST A PACT BETWEEN TWO POLITICAL PARTIES, IT'S
A LONGTERM BLUEPRINT FOR PROGRESS FOR AM ALL AMERICANS.
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT IS BOTH AN ENDING AND A BEGINNING. IT ENDS LONG AND
SPIRITED NEGOTIATIONS, AND BEGINS AN AMERICA WHERE OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
ARE NOT RESTRICTED BY THE HEAVY BONDS OF DEBT, BUT ARE FREE TO FLOURISH IN A
LIBERATED ATMOSPHERE OF OPPORTUNITY.
THE BUDGET AGREEMENT RAISES THE PROSPECT OF A LONG-TERM HEALTHY ECONOMY, IT
RAISES THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, IT RAISES AMERICA'S ABILITY TO COMPETE -- BUT
IT DOES NOT RAISE PERSONAL INCOME TAXES.
THERE ARE CRIMES so HEINOUS THAT THE DEATH PENALTY IS THE ONLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE.
JESSE HELMS UNDERSTANDS THIS, BUT HIS OPPONENT DOES NOT. THE MESSAGE NORTH
CAROLINA SENDS TO CRIMINALS IN THIS STATE WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE SENATOR THE
VOTERS SEND TO WASHINGTON IN NOVEMBER.
MORE
'90-10-01 14:49 DOUG GAMBLE
P.2
- 2 -
DOUG GAMBLE
TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER (CONT'D)
NORTH CAROLINA IS THE HOME OF FLIGHT IN AMERICA, BUT AS JESSE HELMS WELL KNOWS,
MOST OF THOSE DEMOCRATIC IDEAS DON'T HAVE A CHANCE OF GETTING OFF THE GROUND.
(OR, THEIR POLICIES WILL NEVER FLY.)
I HEAR A LOT OF JESSE'S OPPONENTS SPEND TIME UP IN DURHAM WATCHING THE BULLS
PLAY BASEBALL. THEY LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE STRIKE OUT FOR A CHANGE.
M.K.
No humor (other than tied to political jabs) in this submission.
If you can get me any kind of local color on which to base humor
(local events, personalities, sports teams, festivals, whatever)
let me know and I'll do something.
Doug
10-01-90 06:13 PM
P01/02
ATTN:
TED GARMEY
SECRETARY ELIZABETH DOLE
DRAFT TALKING POINTS
SENATOR JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISER
OCTOBER 1, 1990
WASHINGTON, D.C.
those very kind words of introduction.
*Thank you for that warm welcome, and thank you, Jesse, for
*What a pleasure it is to be able to stand beside this
remarkable man, and to say how proud I am to call him my Senior
Senator, and prouder still to call he and Dot my friends.
*Jesse and I have been friends for a long time, and as
Tarheels, we speak the same language. I'll never forget the
fact, Jesse, that you took the time to introduce me to the Senate
Transportation. And since Bob was there, saying that "he
Committee which was considering my nomination as Secretary of
regretted that he only had one wife to give to America's
infrastructure," I needed all the help I could get!
has been a tireless fighter for North Carolina's small
*Seriously, during his eighteen years in the Senate, Jesse
and to reduce red tape and regulations.
businessmen and women. No one has worked harder to reduce taxes
*Jesse knows the pressures of meeting a payroll, and the
dangers of government mandates. He has stood foursquare behind
the President this past year in our efforts to stop Congress from
businesses. imposing expensive, one-size fits all mandates on America's
needs of an ever-changing workforce.
businesses need the ability to be flexible, so they can meet the
*Jesse and I agree that in this complex global marketplace,
*Jesse is also in the corner of North Carolina's farm
families. He has served on the Senate Agriculture Committee
throughout his years in the Senate, and is, of course, the former
Committees Chairman of the Committee. Republicans as Chairmen of
those were the good old days!
Jesse has been there every step of the way in the remarkable
And as a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee,
springtime of democracy which is sweeping the world. Jesse has
long fought to expose communism as the fraud it is, and how
Affairs Committee during these historic times.
fitting that he is serving as Ranking Republican of the Foreign
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*In fact, Jesse, I was thinking on the way over here this
evening, just how much has been accomplished in the last two
years. Russia turning to capitalism. The Berlin Wall coming
down. Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Nicaragua all turning
to democracy. Now, I don't want to claim that all these things
happened because Jesse was leading the fight on the Foreign
Affairs Committee, but I know that I don't want to take a chance
to find out otherwise!
*I do have to admit that I have a very personal reason for
being here today. You see, I've been married to the Majority
Leader of the Senate, and I've been married to the Minority
Leader of the Senate, and let me tell you the difference is like
night and day.
imperative that Jesse Helms be re-elected.
*Well if Bob is to become Majority Leader again, then it is
*I could go on almost forever discussing Jesse's
accomplishments, and the reasons he must be re-elected, but your
presence here this evening means that you are well aware of all
that. You know his sterling reputation for courage and
America. integrity. You know just how much he means to North Carolina and
*And you also know the challenge he faces this November.
Jesse's opponent has proven himself to be a successful
who are also purchasing advertisements in North Carolina.
fundraiser, and he's being assisted by a number of liberal groups
*This puts a premium on fund-raising. You're here because
you care. Please give generously of your time and energy. Tell
your friends and colleagues about the importance of this
campaign. Dig a little bit deeper for those contributions.
Give, as they say, "til it hurts.
*I am confident Jesse will succeed because, as always, he is
taking his case to the people I know he'll be out there on the
Main Streets and in the markets, meeting with North Carolinians
from all walks of life, and I know that come November, Jesse and
winner's circle.
Dot will stand where they always have on election night--in the
*Thank you and God bless you.
2
171. NEW YORK CITY
Harpers Book of American Quotations
415
were held there in the alertness of expectant move-
2 A vale of humility between two mountains of
9 The Land of the Sky.
6 All this count
ment. There was a grinding screech of brakes, a
conceit.
CHRISTIAN REID, the title of her novel set in the
labored long eno
slight jolt, and, for a moment, utter silence. At this
Anonymous description of North Carolina. (Also
North Carolina mountains, 1876.
it, and often yo
moment there was a terrific explosion. It was New
given as "a valley of humiliation.
" The
desert or wilder
York.
so-called mountains are the states of Virginia and
between the Roc
THOMAS WOLFE, The Web and the Rock,
South Carolina.)
River which incl
1939.
3 First at Bethel, furthest at Gettysburg, and last
173. NORTH DAKOTA
be in most ways
110 There is a wonderful, secret thrill of some
at Appomattox.
extent and fertil
over.
impending ecstasy on a frozen winter's night. On
Anonymous, describing North Carolina.
one of these nights of frozen silence when the cold
1 Liberty and union, now and forever, one and
CLIFTON Jo
is so intense that it numbs one's flesh, and the sky
4 I'm a Tar Heel born,
inseparable.
Rocky Moun
above the city flashes with one deep jewelry of cold
I'm a Tar Heel bred,
State motto.
7 I would never
And when I die
stars, the whole city, no matter how ugly its parts
been for my exp
I'll be a Tar Heel dead.
may be, becomes a proud, passionate, Northern
2 North Dakota is a doomed state. In twenty years
THEODORE ]
place: everything about it seems to soar up with an
University of North Carolina fight song.
it will revert to the Indian and the buffalo. We
Robinson, H
aspirant, vertical, glittering magnificence to meet
must be moving on.
the stars. One hears the hoarse notes of the great
5 In my honest and unbiased judgment, the Good
8 The children de
AN EARLY SETTLER, quoted in Frank P.
Lord will place the Garden of Eden in North Caro-
expecting that al
ships in the river, and one remembers suddenly the
Stockbridge, "The North Dakota Man Crop,"
lina when He restores it to earth. He will do this
going to be fed
princely girdle of proud, potent tides that bind the
World's Work magazine, November, 1912.
because He will have so few changes to make in
pampering destin
city, and suddenly New York blazes like a mag-
order to achieve perfection.
3 Freely admitted is the rural character of the
shiver by winter
nificent jewel in its fit setting of sea, and earth, and
SAM J. ERVIN, JR., Humor of a Country Lawyer,
State, and there is seldom an attempt to cover na-
you get, so that 1
stars.
1983.
tive crudities with a veneer of eastern culture.
are spiritually pre
Ibid.
Dakota life has be
Federal Writers' Project, North Dakota: A Guide
6 We have discovered the main to be the goodliest
fighter, a hard w
111 It was a cruel city, but it was a lovely one; a
to the Northern Prairie State, 1938.
soil under the cope of heaven, so abounding with
DR. CARROL
savage city, yet it had such tenderness; a bitter,
sweet trees, that bring such sundry rich and pleas-
4 A State of unbounded plains and hills and Bad-
at the Univer
harsh, and violent catacomb of stone and steel and
ant gums, grapes of such greatness, yet wild, as
lands-elbowroom. Superb sunsets. High winds
9 Someone must
tunneled rock, slashed savagely with light, and
France, Spain, or Italy have no greater, so many
and tumbleweed. Farms and plows and sweeping
River at Bismarc
roaring, fighting a constant ceaseless warfare of
sorts of Apothecary drugs, such several kinds of
fields
Little towns crowded on Saturday night,
read about it. In el
men and of machinery; and yet it was so sweetly
flax, and one kind like silk.
and busy cities shipping out the products of North
I came on it in ani
and so delicately pulsed, as full of warmth, of pas-
Dakota and supplying the needs of the producers.
sion, and of love, as it was full of hate.
RALPH LANE, head of the Roanoke Island colony,
ary between east
in a letter to Sir Richard Hakluyt, September 3,
The sad, slow wail of a coyote on the still
it is eastern lands
Ibid.
1585.
prairie.
and smell of easte
Ibid.
112 We plant a tub and call it Paradise.
on the Mandan S
New
7 Inhabitants of Carolina, through the Richness of
York is the great stone desert.
grass and water so
the Soil, live an easy and pleasant Life
under
5 I like the democracy of North Dakota, the state
two sides of the I
ISRAEL ZANGWILL, The Melting Pot, 1908.
one of the mildest Governments in the World.
without a millionaire and with fewest paupers;
apart.
JOHN LAWSON, in his account of a 39-day trip
where rich and poor find a common meeting
from Charleston through the Carolinas, A New
ground in the fight for improvements in the home
JOHN STEINB
Voyage to Carolina, 1709.
state.
There is something of the broadness of
10 If you will tak
172. NORTH CAROLINA
its prairies in the mental makeup of its people. A
fold it in the midd
8 North Carolina begins with the brightness of sea
radical is not so radical nor a conservative so con-
and crease it shar
sands and ends with the loneliness of the Smokies
servative in this rather free-and-easy non-eastern
Fargo.
That m
reaching in chill and cloud to the sky.
state.
for finding the east
1 Esse quam videri. (To be rather than seem.)
OVID WILLIAMS PIERCE, quoted in Richard
MART CONNOLLY, quoted in Elwyn B. Robinson,
it will do.
State motto.
Walser, The North Carolina Miscellany, 1962.
History of North Dakota, 1966.
Ibid.
AMERICA THE
QUOTABLE
Mike Edelhart and
James Tinen
Facts On File Publications
460 Park Avenue South
New York, N.Y. 10016
NEW YORK CITY
"But now the famed Figaro coffeehouse [in
was grand blue benediction, and beneath it the won-
Nicknames: (
Greenwich Village], where more talented people
derful air of New York tasted like fine dry cham-
Origin of state
wasted their talents talking over caffeine than at any
pagne."
Charles I of
other place in New York, has made way for a Blimpie
Claude McKay
From the barr
sandwich shop and Bleecker [Street] has become a
Home to Harlem
heart of the Sr
parody of its former Bohemianism."
1928
through a rich
Helen Hayes and Anita Loos
Twice Over Lightly
Other Places
history and ch
sections: the $
1972
Central Park:
mont and the I
***
Each section
"Greenwich Village is the only spot in New York
where you can go out for the Sunday newspaper in
"To the park, accordingly and to the (Central) Park
folks are the St
only, hitherto, the aesthetic appetite had had to
Southern-relig
your pajamas and bare feet and nobody pays you any
attention."
address itself, and the place has therefore borne the
affairs. North C
brunt of many a peremptory call, acting out year after
ties lie in the p
Helen Hayes and Anita Loos
Twice Over Lightly
year the character of the cheerful, capable, bustling,
more cosmopol
even if overworked, hostess of the one inn, some-
Durham, Chap
1972
where, who has to take all the travel, who is often at
educational exc
***
her wits' end to know how to deal with it, but who,
the kind of Sun
"Way down South in Greenwich Village,
none the less, has, for the honor of the home, never
South. The mou
That's the field for culture's tillage.
once failed of hospitality."
ing country, mo
There they have artistic ravings,
Henry James
of these mounta
Tea and other awful cravings.
The American Scene
the original Am
But then the-inspiration stops.
1907
existence. Trad
You'll find them anywhere
accents of Scotl:
Round Washington Square."
still tinge the sp
Improvised song
Lower New York:
Assorted comn
Quoted by Helen Ramsey
coast before the
More Pious Friends and Drunken Companions
"Every evening is Pamplona in lower New York."
The state was li
1928
John Steinbeck
fought, with son
Travels with Charley
ing the Civil Wa
Harlem
1962
Today North (
paper, tobacco ar
cal Christianity-c
[After coming to New York City from the South]:
NORTH
officials and TV
"Then at the street intersection I had the shock of
seeing a black policeman directing traffic-and there
were white drivers who obeyed his signals as though
CAROLINA
THE STAT
it was the most natural thing in the world
This
really was Harlem."
"In the Compara
Ralph Ellison
question read, 'Al
Invisible Man
that (your state) is
1947
the entire United
***
North Carolina, a
"Lenox Avenue,
percent, higher th
Honey.
Midnight,
The Tr
And the gods are laughing at us."
Langston Hughes
Capital: Raleigh
"Lenox Avenue: MIDNIGHT"
Entered the union (with rank): Nov. 21, 1789 (12)
The Weary Blues
State motto: Esse quam videri (To be rather than to
Nothing could be
1926
the morning.
seem)
No one could be S\
***
State flower: Dogwood
meet her in the I
"Light open coats prevailed and the smooth bare
State bird: Cardinal
Where the morning
throats of brown girls were a token as charming as
State song: "The Old North State"
Whispering pretty
the first pussywillows. Far and high over all, the sky
State tree: Pine
362
NORTH CAROLINA
beneath it the won-
Nicknames: Old North State, Tar Heel State
Strolling with my girlie where the dew is pearly
ike fine dry cham-
Origin of state name: Latinized honorific for King
early in the morning"
Charles I of England
Walter Donaldson
"Carolina in the Morning"
Claude McKay
From the barrier islands of the Outer Banks to the
1922
Home to Harlem
heart of the Smoky Mountains, North Carolina cuts
***
1928
through a rich slice of eastern American geography,
history and character. The state has three distinct
"I come from North Carolina, and it is true that if
sections: the sandy coastal counties, the flat pied-
you come from North Carolina and mention that fact
mont and the mountains of the west.
to anybody anywhere else, you will get this reply:
Each section has its own personality. The coastal
'Oh, yes, I have an aunt who lives in Charleston.'
folks are the state's most conservative and typically
Charles Kuralt
the (Central) Park
petite had had to
Southern-religious, agrarian, concerned with local
Dateline America
therefore borne the
affairs. North Carolina's urban and urbane communi-
1979
acting out year after
ties lie in the piedmont. They are more progressive,
***
capable, bustling,
more cosmopolitan than the rest of the state. Raleigh,
Durham, Chapel Hill and Charlotte are places of
"If North Carolina were a jigsaw puzzle, the person
the one inn, some-
educational excellence, intense commercialism and
putting it together might have difficulty convincing
/MDiverity
vel, who is often at
the kind of Sunbelt lifestyle that marks the "new"
himself that all the pieces were part of a single
al with it, but who,
whole."
of the home, never
South. The mountains are bluegrass country, lumber-
John Phillips
ing country, moonshine country. The farther reaches
Fodor's South
Henry James
of these mountains hide towns as close to the feel of
1979
he American Scene
the original American settlements as anything still in
1907
existence. Traditional folk crafts abound and the
***
accents of Scotland, Germany and other homelands
"North Carolina was said to be 'the valley of humili-
still tinge the speech.
ation between two mountains [Virginia and South
Assorted communities sprang up along Carolina's
Carolina] of arrogance.'
coast before the British formally took over in 1729.
An old saying quoted by T.H. White
ower New York."
The state was little touched by the Revolution and
America At Last
John Steinbeck
fought, with some doubts, for the Confederacy dur-
1965
avels with Charley
ing the Civil War.
1962
Today North Carolina is famous for its furniture,
***
paper, tobacco and for the modern brand of evangeli-
"If you call Long Island behind the times, I don't
cal Christianity-cum-politics espoused by its elected
know what you'd call North Carolina. It has been
officials and TV preachers.
rightly termed Rip Van Winkle."
Sarah Williams, a New Yorker married to a North
Carolinian
THE STATE
Letter
Nov. 7, 1853
"In the Comparative State Elections Project, one
***
question read, 'All things considered, would you say
"What good was state pride, anyhow? She [North
that (your state) is the best state in which to live?' For
Carolina] began life as a tail to Thomas Jefferson's
the entire United States, 62.6 percent agreed. In
kite, and was quite willing to do the work and let
North Carolina, a positive response came from 82.3
Virginia have the glory."
percent, higher than in any other state."
Robert Watson Winston
Jack Bass and Walter De Vries
These United States
The Transformation of Southern Politics
1924
1977
***
Nov. 21, 1789 (12)
"Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in
THE LANDSCAPE
To be rather than to
the morning.
No one could be sweeter than my Sweetie when I
"Indeed, it would seem as if nature had selected this
meet her in the morning.
region [tableland of the Blue Ridge] for the display of
Where the morning glories twine around the door
her fantastic power in uplifting the earth, and giving
te"
Whispering pretty stories I long to hear once more.
to it strange shapes and startling contrasts-in im-
363
NORTH CAROLINA
parting curious physiognomies to the mountains and
plenty and a warm sun confirm them in their disposi-
business at one time o
evoking melody from the waterfalls."
tion to laziness for their whole lives."
business "
F.G. DeFontaine
William Byrd, writing in 1728
Jun
Picturesque America
History of the Dividing Line and Other Tracts
1872
1866
That Kana
***
***
"It is winter on the Outer Banks [of North Carolina].
"In North Carolina, everyone does what seems best
At this time of year you can walk nearly 100 miles
in his own eyes."
William Byrd, writing in 1728
"I will never forget th
down the wild barrier beaches without meeting an-
earth of Illinois. I was
other living soul. Hunch your back against the wind,
History of the Dividing Line and Other Tracts
where the sky is bluer an
put your hands in your pockets, and ponder, as you
1866
redder and a whole lot p
walk, the mystery of the first Europeans to know this
***
a big farm."
coast."
"There is no man whose residence is in the state
Charles Kuralt
[North Carolina] who is recognized by the world as
Dateline America
an authority on anything. Since time began, no man
1979
or no woman who lived there has ever written a book
*
that has taken place in the permanent literature of the
***
" 'Repression' is not th
country. Not a man has ever lived and worked there
"And how fair is this same [North Carolina] forest in
sive' gives North Carolir
who fills 25 pages in any history of the United
late
autumn The damp earth is elastic under your
is a state of paradoxes: b
States. Not a scientific discovery has been made and
feet; the high blades of grass do not stir; long threads
be cited as proof of its pr
worked out and kept its home in North Carolina that
lie shining on the blanched turf, white with dew. You
which suggests just the
has ever become famous for the good it did the
development, one of the
breathe tranquilly; but there is a strange tremor in the
world. It is the laughing stock among the States."
soul. You walk along the forest's edge, look after
tioned by [political scient
Walter Hines Page, newspaper owner and author
lina continues to lead all
your dog, and meanwhile loved forms, loved faces
Quoted by Burton J. Hendrick
except Texas in value-ad
dead and living, come to your mind; long, long,
The Training of an American
slumbering impressions unexpectedly awaken; the
new capital expenditures.
1928
trial workers in 1971 e.
fancy darts off and soars like a bird; and all moves so
***
week-a figure lower tha
clearly and stands out before your eyes. The heart at
[On a reporter speaking to a Chinese man]: "He
Mississippi
North
C
one time throbs and beats, plunging passionately
forward; at another it is drowned beyond recall in
employed English as clearly and as simply as it is
many respects justly so,
possible for a native of North Carolina to speak."
education
memories. Your whole life, as it were, unrolls lightly
But after y
H. Allen Smith
North Carolinians have no
and rapidly before you: a man at such times pos-
"New York is Mostly People"
and the state ranks near t
sesses all his past, all his feelings and his powers-all
1943
his soul; and there is nothing around to hinder him-
West Virginia, Arkansas,
tucky, in terms of school
no sun, no wind, no sound
Carolina likes to think of it
Ivan Turgenev
more mature than other SC
A Sportsman's Sketches
but in 1973 it still votec
1852
margin, liquor-by-the-glass
WAY OF LIFE
sized moonshine industry 1
"I believe this [the settlement of Edenton] is the only
PEOPLE
metropolis in the Christian or Mahometan [sic]
world, where there is neither church, chapel,
* *
"They [the people of North Carolina] have not the
mosque, synagogue, or any other place of public
"North Carolina has reach
aristocratic complacency of their northern neighbor
worship of any sect or religion whatsoever. What
panacea of the visionaries o
nor the careless self-satisfaction of their southern
little devotion there may happen to be is much more
19th century. It has indust
neighbor. They are progressive, industrious and am-
private than their vices."
other state. In the early 1
bitious."
William Byrd, writing in 1728
employed North Carolinia
Pearl S. Buck
History of the Dividing Line and Other Tracts 1866
jobs, the highest level in the
America
has not produced the bour
1971
hoped for."
***
***
"To speak the truth, 'tis a thorough aversion to labor
"I'd say nearly everybody in a 50-mile radius of here
that makes people file off to North Carolina, where
[North Carolina hill country] was in the whiskey
364
NORTH CAROLINA
in their disposi-
business at one time or another.
H'it was just a
*
business
"
"The late Governor Aycock summed up the educa-
writing in 1728
Junior Johnson, stock car driver
tional status in these words: "Thank God for South
nd Other Tracts
Quoted by Tom Wolfe
Carolina! She keeps North Carolina from the foot of
1866
That Kandy-Kolored, Tangerine-Flake,
the column of illiteracy.'
Streamline Baby
Robert Watson Winston
what seems best
1965
These United States
1924
"I will never forget the first time I saw the black
writing in 1728
earth of Illinois. I was a boy from North Carolina,
d Other Tracts
where the sky is bluer and richer, but where the dirt is
"Current economic development policy relies heav-
1866
redder and a whole lot poorer, and where 100 acres is
ily on industrialization as a means to increase income
a big farm."
in North Carolina. Yet, while this policy has been in
is in the state
Charles Kuralt
effect we have seen North Carolina shift from a poor
the world as
Dateline America
agricultural state to a poor industrial state. We have
began, no man
1979
experienced industrialization without development."
written a book
*
Report
terature of the
"
'Repression' is not the right word, but 'progres-
North Carolina Fund
worked there
sive' gives North Carolina too much credit. For this
1967
of the United
is a state of paradoxes: behind every fact which can
een made and
be cited as proof of its progressiveness lurks another
Carolina that
which suggests just the opposite. Take industrial
od it did the
development, one of the progressive factors men-
the States."
tioned by [political scientist V.O.] Key. North Caro-
HISTORY AND POLITICS
er and author
lina continues to lead all southern and border states
J. Hendrick
except Texas in value-added by manufacturers and
an American
new capital expenditures. Yet North Carolina indus-
"And, in North Carolina, the sturdy Scotch-Irish
1928
trial workers in 1971 earned a pathetic $104 a
Will prove at King's Mountain [Revolutionary War
week-a figure lower than in any other state but
battle] the metal they are."
man]: "He
Mississippi
North Carolina is proud, and in
Stephen Vincent Benet
many respects justly so, of its system of public
"Southern Ships and Settlers"
inply as it is
1933
to speak."
education
But after years of effort, most adult
***
Allen Smith
North Carolinians have not finished the 11th grade,
Patly People"
and the state ranks near the bottom, ahead only of
[On marking the borders between Virginia and North
1943
West Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Ken-
Carolina]: "Some borderers, too, had a great mind to
tucky, in terms of school years completed. North
know where the line would come out, being for the
Carolina likes to think of itself as more sophisticated,
most part apprehensive lest their lands should be
more mature than other southern and border states;
taken into Virginia. In that case they must have
but in 1973 it still voted down, and by a large
submitted to some sort of order and government;
margin, liquor-by-the-glass (while supporting a fair-
whereas, in North Carolina, every one does what
sized moonshine industry in the hills)."
seems best in his own eyes."
Neal R. Peirce
William Byrd, writing in 1728
is the only
The Border South States
History of the Dividing Line and Other Tracts
Cometan [sic]
1975
1866
chapel,
*
of public
North Carolina has reached for, and gained, the
"Provisions here [North Carolina] are extremely
What
panacea of the visionaries of a New South in the late
cheap, and extremely good, so that people may live
much more
19th century. It has industrialized-more than any
plentifully at trifling expense. Nothing is dear but
other state. In the early 1970s, 40 percent of all
law, physic, and strong drink, which are all bad in
in 1728
employed North Carolinians held manufacturing
their kind, and the last they get with so much
Tracts
jobs, the highest level in the nation. Yet the panacea
difficulty, that they are never guilty of the sin of
1866
has not produced the bounteous society that was
suffering it to sour upon their hands."
hoped for."
William Byrd, writing in 1728
Neal R. Peirce
History of the Dividing Line and Other Tracts
of here
The Border South States
1866
whiskey
1975
***
365
NORTH CAROLINA
"Surely there is no place in the world where the
scarce meet a man whose lips are not parched and
Entere
inhabitants live with less labor than in North Caro-
chapped or blistered with drinking this poison."
State
lina."
Alexander Wilson
one
William Byrd, writing in 1728
Natural History of the United States
State
The History of the Dividing Line and Other Tracts
1828
State 1
1866
State S
"When Bancroft wrote that North Carolina was the
State t
freest of the free he might have added 'the slowest of
Nickna
"There in tall timber you [Revolutionary war sol-
the slow.' She got into the Union too late to vote for
Origin
diers] will bear free
George Washington, she got out too late to vote for
name
As were your fathers once when Tryon raged
Jefferson Davis. Until recently she was provincial
In Carolina hunting Regulators,
and proud of it."
North
Or Tarleton rode to hang the old-time Whigs."
Robert Watson Winston
Donald Davidson
way. In
These United States
"Sanctuary"
steps tc
1924
1938
fingerti]
Still,
***
across tl
CITIES
"The farther you get from North Carolina, the more
small to
progressive it looks."
live in
Winston-Salem
Ferrel Guillory, columnist
largest (
The Transformation of Southern Politics
support
1977
"In North Carolina [around 1900] grimy, tobacco-
pumping
stinking Winston was reaching out to swallow up the
The pr
***
quiet old center of Moravian piety, Salem; obscure
drawn by
"Let any man whose mind is not hardened by some
Durham was lifting up its head and pouring its name
its Scand
wornout theory of politics or of ecclesiasticism go to
around the world with the smoke of the cigarette;
slightly C
the country in almost any part of the state and make a
Gastonia was raising its medieval towers."
the state.
study of life there, especially of the life of the
W.J. Cash
women. He will see them thin and wrinkled in youth
The Mind of the South
from ill-prepared food, clad without warmth or
1941
THE
grace, living in untidy houses, working from daylight
till bedtime at the dull round of weary duties, the
"Winston-Salem [is] a hilly city of 145,000, whose
"The eart
slaves of men of equal slovenliness, the mothers of
lives have been transformed by a cultural revolution.
joyless children-all uneducated if not illiterate."
Over the past 30 years, the city has become an arts
Walter Hines Page, newspaper owner and editor
empire that includes museums, theater groups, a
Speech, Greensboro, N.C.
symphony orchestra, four colleges, a dance com-
1897
pany, an opera group and an artists' colony of about
"What is
500."
unbound p'
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U.S. News and World Report
Superb sun
[A comment on North Carolina's being distracted
1980
and plows
from its real problems by aging Confederate aristo-
across the
crats]: "What North Carolina needs is a few first-
class funerals."
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dah
Walter Hines Page, newspaper owner and editor
Raleigh State Chronicle
Mid-1880s
"In June th
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growing gu.
"North Carolina was always a turbulent and disor-
and the bu
derly colony, unable to enforce law and justice even
barren soil
in the long-settled districts."
shortly by 1
Theodore Roosevelt
mariposa an
The Winning of the West
1912
North Daki
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Capital: Bismarck
[On the drinking of apple brandy by settlers]: "You
Became a territory: March 2, 1861
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OCT 01 '90 22:36 JEFFERSON MAR
P.2
MAY 25, 1990
TO: CARTER
FROM: BOB
Here is material for Bush's speech. I am also including
a copy of Paul Harvey's remarks in case they want to use that.
Note two things:
(1) I doubt Bush will talle about Mexise since he and
Helms were on totally opposite sides.
(2) Note my reference to getting grants for Duke Hospital
and the Gaston County schools. Helms worked to get these grants.
However, he probably voted against the appropriation bill that
funded the agencies that gave the grants,
2 'd
15:05 06/20/01
FROM
OCT 01 '90 22:35 JEFFERSON MAR
P.1
Atlachment
18 page
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OCTOBER 2, 1990
TO:
KAREN
FROM: BOB
This is my original draft of the White House material. I have
taken out a few things I remember Carter removed. He may have re-
moved a few more things but I don't recall what they were and I
don't think they were significant.
2
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15:04 06/20/01
FROM
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02. Letter
Richard R. Storm to POTUS, Re: Persian Gulf crisis;
09/02/90
(b)(6)
personal information redacted. (1 pp.)
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Jesse Helms Fundraiser 10/4/90
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Richard F. Storm, P.E.
900 Colonial Drive
Albemarle, N.C. 28001
To: President George Bush
The White House
Washington , D.C.
9/2/90
Dear President Bush,
You have my support concerning the quick and decisive action
that you took in the Persian Gulf, This country to the best
of my information, imports about 50% of our oil, and we have
an insatiable appetite for oil. Disruption of that supply
would be a national disaster to our economy and our way of
life. The military mobilization to protect Saudi Arabia is
supported for both the moral values and the practical
approach , that quite simply, we need an un-interupted
supply of oil. According to the reference books available to
me, we have about a three hundred year supply of coal in the
U.S. and about a THIRTY YEAR supply of oil at present rates
of consumption The coal reserve is based on coal on this
continent, the oil reserves as XI understand them are world
wide. The numbers I saw are about 650 billion barrels of
reserves and a U. S.A consumption rate of about 20 billion
barrels per year Dividing the consumption into the reserves
gives a very troubling answer of about 32 years. This is
about the year 2022. I hope to still be living then, and
certainly this will be a time my children will live to see.
Mr. President, I am concerned for the long term on this
country's lack of an energy policy I am an engineer that
serves the Electric Utility's of the U.S., and I read in
trade magazines( Electric Light & Power for one and to be
specific) that the oil consumed in 1989 was 46.7% greater
than 1988. This is oil used in the production of
electricity. The clean air act, regulatory problems and the
tightness of capital has many utilities building yet more
oil fired power generating units. These are peaking units,
but oil and gas fired just the same. This can contribute to
a tragic situation about thirty years from now, when much of
the known oil reserves will be depleted. I urge you to push
for a comprehensive Energy Independence plan of action ,
with say a ten year time frame for complete Energy
Independence of this nation. A nine point plan which
follows: combines environmental and energy issues is suggested as
1. Settle the Commercial Nuclear Power waste debate, and
start a federal waste depository for nuclear waste.
Coast Guardi StepheN Carl Storm
from phone call
Army Richard Paul Storm
12:30 10/2/90
w.s.
Nuclear power creates less pollution, no acid rain and no
greenhouse effect from carbon dioxide.
2. Provide incentives to those Electric utilities that have
demonstrated excellence in the design, construction, and
operation of nuclear power plants, to build more, and
build them RIGHT. Check Duke Power's record.
3. Fund clean coal power plant construction. See the Orlando
Utilities Commission, Stanton Energy Center.
4. Fund mass transit in the cities. Charlotte needs a mass
transit system, similar to the Metro in D.C.
5. Increase the" CAFE " ( corporate average fuel economy ",
to reduce fuel consumption on our highways.
6. Require all states to recycle all plastic, aluminum, and
paper/ cardboard, glass and steel.
7. Require all states to responsibly and safely dispose of
and/or recycle all solvents and hazardous wastes.
8. Require all states to build and responsibly operate Trash
to Power incinerators, that utilize all
not be recycled.
9. Fund the above with a substantial surcha
all products produced from oil.
Mr. President, I have two sons that are eit
reserves or on active duty. One Army and on
support your actions. So far I have seen go
actions. Now we need long term plans, and a
on a timely basis. This country must work t
government branches in Washington as well a
the last 3 letters?
get names from
want me to try to
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Mary Kate -
all around the country. In my opinion, the
nation, the military strength, and the va.
-Wendy
should be passing on to our youth are all
to this country's energy independence. The:
related issues, and they need to be a
comprehensively. North Carolina has done a
of bringing on coal and nuclear powered ge.
The emphasis on clean air, clean water and hazardous wastes,
if not looked at COMPREHENSIVELY, will cause this country to
become even more dependent on imported oil, not less.
You and most everyone else in this country knows that the
reason we have had to take such a massive Military stand in
Saudi Arabia is in part for our moral values and to support
the United Nations, but sadly, the uderlying reason is that
this country is addicted yes, addicted, to cheap,
underpriced energy. We are wasteful and have an insatiable
appetite for oil, gasoline, plastic and other products
derived from crude oil. I urge you to introduce legislation
to address the nine points listed above in a comprehensive
policy to develop energy independence by the year 2000.
Properly done, this can create jobs, and economic expansion
just as President Kennedy's program to explore space and to
land men on the moon did in the 60's. Energy independence by
the year 2000, lets go for it!
Sincerely ,
Rúhard F. Stom
pislA
August 19, 1990
Dear President Bush,
I am the wife of a proud American Flying Man, currently deployed
somewhere in the Middle East. As anxious as I am for my husband's health and
well-being, I want you to know that I appreciate your methodical approach to
world diplomacy and trust you unequivocally to make the right decision.
The intense media coverage of the crisis has brought the complex
situation in the Middle East back into the public eye. Conflicts do not
happen over night. This situation has been brewing since World War II and
the formation of Israel. Rather than focusing exclusively on Iraq and the
crisis of the moment, we should turn our attention to the long standing
disputes in the region. If we get at the root of the problem, Saddam Hussein
will have nothing to exploit for his flimsy propaganda. If we are going to
deploy our military might at a moment's notice, then we should not shy away
from solving international disputes before they reach the flash point.
We have worked hard to foster friendships with several Arab countries.
Now is the time for dialogue with both moderate Arab nations and with Israel
in order to come to a negotiated settlement, not of Hussein's invasion of
Kuwait, but of the nearly fifty years of Middle Eastern tension. I'm not
suggesting that we abandon Israel. It seems to me though, that de-fusing the
powder keg would be the friendliest thing we could do for the Israeli's in
the long run. I understand that they need the Occupied West Bank as a buffer
zone. I also understand that the situation will never be peaceful until the
Palestinians have a homeland. Creating a Palestinian State in those
contested areas, with the insistence that it be maintained as a de-
militarized zone, would serve both interests.
There are other problems as well, including the disputes over holy
cities such as Jerusalem and Mecca. As difficult as it would be, the best
solution would be to create city states, such as the Vatican, so that these
cities belong to no one nation. Jerusalem's sovereignty would be
particularly difficult to arrange, since several major religions claim it.
Nonetheless, a special international government separate from it's several
religious sects, would lend stability to the entire region.
Finally there is the tremendous disparity of wealth in the region anc
the continuing appearance that we are a rich nation, protecting our affluence
by supporting the wealthy oil sheiks. As an oil producing nation ourselves.
we should join OPEC and help support the price of oil by keeping a lid or
supply. We and the rest of the world need such incentives to conserve oil
and to explore alternate more environmentally sound sources of energy.
I know that these ideas sound radical and may be unacceptable for
reasons beyond my knowledge. I also understand that we don't want to give
the appearance of capitulating to aggression. You are the first president
in a long time capable of solving the problems still plaguing our world fift
years after Hitler turned Europe into a war zone. Five years ago when W.
were stationed in Germany and visited the Berlin Wall, we never could have
imagined that 1990 would find two Germany's reconciled. Now I truly believ
that anything is possible. Thank you for your conviction, your competence
and your courage. You are in my prayers.
Elizabeth Guffith
Elizabeth Griffith
Air Force Wife
Guffith 304 Bayleaf D.
SELLEIGH. PM NC 276
RESEARCH TRIM AREA
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1990
CHAPEE HILL
President George Buch
The White House
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Dear President Bush, Major Terry Peck
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My husband left for Saudi
Arabia last week, after having just
proved over family to hort Bragg in
July. of course, no family wants
to send a loved one into harr's way,
but he is proud to serve this great,
free country. He believes in what
america stands for, and what she
means to other countries around the
world who are threatened by rethless
tyrants. and he knows all too well
what the cost of our actions could
extract from many americans
he
lost a brother in Vistnar. But that
only strengthens his resolve to perform
her duty to his country, his family,
to the fallest capacity
to ensure
that the lives of american soldiers
are not needlessly wasted on the
battlefield. He has always said his
job is to safeguard seace, not to
make war. yet, he is prepared and
willing to give his life proudly to
ensure that his children, and the
children of freedor- loving people
around the world, car live in a
world free of tyranny.
I would like to tell you how
deeply grateful I am that you
are his commander in chief. I have
such confidence in you. I believe
you sincerely care about our country,
and the principles for which she
stands. and I know you care
about the Mer and women in the
armed services who are risking
their home. lives for all of us here at
When I think about our past
presidents, I can only say that if
a crisis such as this has to involve
the u.s. (as it surely does!), I just
thank God that its hoppening when
you are president. I am inspired by
your clear thinking, direct marrer,
and firm stance. you seem to be
urshakable.
The press, as usual, seeks to be
trying to ster up negative public open
over your "vacation", and I'd like
to tell then how many of us feel
about that. We are glad you are
trying to find some time to relax
and enjoy yourself to allevate
some of the stress and tensions you
are under 24 hours of every day.
a person who cannot relieve stress
cannot make decisions. The old
alert" holds true especially mentally for
adage, "physically fit
presidents! Jo, Mr. President, if
you can find even a tiny Reasure
of tranquility on the golf course at
dawn, or on Lidelity fishing, or
sitting at the breakfast table with
a cup of coffee - we applaud your
efforts, because we know that will
enhance your ability X make clear
and rational decisions concerning the
lives of so many. Kudos to you for
not allowing Soddar Hussein to
hold you hostage Too bad the
press won't stop trying!
Sincerely, farice Pack
Major & Mrs. Terry Peck
25
7712 Ancon Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28304
283 NC
1990
&
President George Bush
November 21,1789
NorthCarolina
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania are
Washington, D.C. 20500
To the President's staff: 8/24/90
P-SIA
l realize that the President
can't read all of his mail, but,
as the wife of a man on his
way to Saudi Arabia, (189th MaiNT-Ft.Bragg)
l truly understand how worried the
President is. I am worried too, but l
know that our President is a fine leader
and & wrote this letter to encourage
him. His strong leadership encourages
me and only wish to reduce his
burden if such a thing is even
remotely possible. Please
let him know how We feel!!
Thanking you for your
help in advance,
Mrs. Greg R.Pridgen
Mrs. Sgt. Greg R. PridgeN
3203 E. Brinkley Dr.
Spring Lake, N.C.
28390
Dear President Bush,
I'm praying that you receive my
letter because I want you to know
that you've been on my heart lately.
has me a little bit warried. I'm
Watching you on television lately
really sorry that your vacation has been
so stressful. don't agree with those people
who ful that you should be back in
Washington. It is my sincere wish that
you will be able to find that peace
that Paul paseth all understanding "that
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a crises which requires
guiddnce from God above.
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as a 32. year old women, I have never
felt safter, with you in the White House.
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is that we're behind you and we will
be praying that all yours decisions will
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Environmentalists list
Capitol's 'dirty dozen'
By The Associated Press
environmental issues her group
supports.
WASHINGTON - An envi-
Helms' office did not return
ronmental lobbying group named
telephone calls seeking comment.
its congressional "dirty dozen"
Helms, R-N.C., was first
Thursday and presented Sen.
named to the list in 1978.
Jesse Helms with what it called a
The group's latest list includes
"lifetime achievement award" for
three senators and nine members
opposing environmental legis-
of the House. The only Democrat
lation.
among them is Sen. Howell Hef-
"While many other lawmakers
lin of Alabama.
have been acquiring the knowl-
The other senators are Mi-
edge that pollution imperils our
nority Whip Alan Simpson of
communities and our planet,
Wyoming and Mitch McConnell,
Helms has been acquiring the se-
R-Ky.
niority to help thwart efforts to
The House members are: Bob
protect our air and water," said
Michel, R-Ill.; Larry Craig, R-
Ruth Caplan, executive director
Idaho; Bill Dannemeyer, R-Calif.;
of Environmental Action.
Bill Emerson, R-Mo.; Clyde Hol-
"It's his cumulative record
loway, R-La.; James Inhofe, R-
that's SO bad," Caplan said, con-
Okla.; Stan Parris, R-Va.; Denny
tending that Helms has consis-
Smith, R-Ore.; and Arlan Stange-
tently voted against
land, R-Minn.
for that period." Speaking fees "became an issue in the Exon-
Daub race after Daub said he would not accept PAC money in his
campaign against Exon. Exon then called on Daub to tell voters
how much money he made and how much in taxes he paid." WORLD-
HERALD's "files indicate that from 1979, when he took office to
now, Exon earned $183,579 in speaking fees." In 1988, during a
speaking trip to Las Vegas, "Exon won a jackpot of $1,629 and
reported losses of $1,000. He gave the winnings to charity."
Daub received the "most speaking fees after winning a seat on the
House Ways and Means Committee in 1984." Exon campaign chair
Charles Pallesen has called for Daub to "disclose how much money
he has earned since May 1989. Pallesen: "He gave you part of
his income: he did not give it all to you" and "we don't know
what his income was from May to December." A Daub spokesman
called Pallesen's request "absolutely ludicrous." Six years ago
"Daub came to Exon's defense when Time magazine ran a story
suggesting Exon had profited grossly from a speaking trip in
Hawaii.' Daub said Exon had received a "bum rap" and that
members of Congress deserve "a little leisure on these
assignments" (10/10).
OTHER STUFF: An Exon ad in the Monday WORLD-HERALD offers
100 GOPers endorsing Exon. Daub manager Jim Putnam said "the
mood of the general public is not to be persuaded by which
Republicans say they're going to support Exon or Daub. It's
going to be: What has Congress done to help the people?" (10/10).
Former Sen. John Tower (R) will campaign for Daub today in Omaha
(W-H, 10/8) Daub said on Tuesday "he favors amending federal
laws governing low-level radiation waste disposal" (LINCOLN
JOURNAL). If elected he would "introduce legislation lowering
the number of disposal sights from the current level to four or
five." Citing a concern that other Governors (MI's Blanchard,
NY's Cuomo) could get a federal court to "order wastes destined
for disputed sights in those states temporarily shipped to
Nebraska" Daub said the law "should state clearly that no
hazardous waste from outside our jurisdiction would be accepted"
(10/10)
Organizers for the Harvest of Harmony parade said
"Daub's appearance in the parade violated the event's rules."
Daub claims he was "only joining one of his own organizations
when he hopped on the float.' Exon field director Susan O' Conner
tried to get Exon in the parade, but "Harmony officials made it
M.K.-
clear the rules precluded the Senator's appearance" (W-H, 10/9).
FTI
*11 NORTH CAROLINA: GOVERNOR UPSTAGES BUSH AT HELMS EVENT
President Bush's address was "supposed to be the highlight"
of a money-raising breakfast for Sen. Jesse Helms (R) yesterday
"but it was a bitterly partisan speech by Gov. Jim Martin [R]
that stole the show and even surprised the president" (Seth
Effron, Greensboro NEWS & RECORD). "By contrast, Helms who is
known for his fiery rhetoric, confined his remarks to a two-
minute introduction of Bush. In recent days, differences between
Bush and Helms have been in the forefront. These differences
include Bush's veto of Helms' pet textile protection legislation
and Helms' refusal to support" the budget compromise (10/11).
AP's Tom Raum notes, "It was Bush's first test of his professed
goodwill toward Republicans who disagree with him on the budget"
(10/10). Only Martin mentioned ex-Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt
(D) by name. He "said Gantt has been the object of 'worshipful
news coverage. He's built his campaign on issues of state
government, as if he were running for state senator
He's
even tried to exploit the angry rallies against the state's
needed (hazardous waste) incinerator." He said questions Gantt
has asked about the hazardous waste situation were 'pandering'
and 'dishonest, cheap and hostile'" (N&R). Bush on Helms: "He's
earned a reputation for independence and candor, and occasionally
we do not see eye-to-eye. Sometimes honest men disagree. It is
very important to a president that he has people in the Senate
who will tell it like it is
The Jesse Helms I know is a man
of convictions, a man who embodies the values of North Carolina's
quiet, decent people -- God-fearing citizens who believe, for
instance, as I do, in returning voluntary prayer to our nation's
classrooms. People with the kind of mainstream values
Helms on Bush: "Of the people with whom I serve, none has been
more decent, more honorable, more dedicated, more evenhanded than
this great American" (10/11). "[B]arely six hours" later, Helms,
back in DC on the Senate floor, went out of his way to heap
praise on Bush's predecessor before voting to ratify the German
unification treaty: "I fully realize that this treaty was
negotiated by Secretary of State Baker under policy laid down by
President Bush. I do not intend in any way to take away from
their achievement. Nevertheless, we should recognize that this
treaty would not be possible in any way without the policies
initiated by Ronald Reagan" (Charles Babington, Raleigh NEWS &
OBSERVER, 10/11). Gantt: "I was delighted to be in the same
town with Senator Helms today. That's about as close as we've
ever gotten to being with him. I was in the Holiday Inn watching
the processional headed to the Civic Center.
I though it was
interesting to note that Mr. Helms still needs to bring the
president in to speak on his behalf and to defend his record.
Why doesn't he simply come on out now and speak for himself.
He's got 18 years in the Senate. He's a powerful incumbent. He
seems to lack the courage to want to come out and speak to the
people of [NC], and let them talk back to him" (N&O, 10/11).
CHICAGO TRIBUNE's Steve Daley profiles the race (10/9).
*12 OREGON: HATFIELD RETURNS A CHANGED MAN
Sen. Mark Hatfield (R) "returned to Oregon Tuesday to a far
different re-election campaign than the one he left last summer"
and as "a different kind of candidate
than the one who left
two months ago" (Don Hamilton, Portland OREGONIAN). The race
against Dem challenger Harry Lonsdale "has turned into a close
battle, and Hatfield said he plans an aggressive re-election
effort." Upon his return, "Hatfield wasted no time in attacking
Lonsdale's campaign tactics," saying, "In all my public years,
I've never had my record so distorted or my reputation so
attacked.' Hatfield's "change was prompted by last week's poll
in the Oregonian," which showed his lead at 49-43%, down from 36-
points in 8/90. "Hatfield was shaken by the poll and held staff
meetings
to work out a new strategy. One noticeable change
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JEANNE CHESSON:
STELLA NOLLEY:
"I would vote for the
On Jesse Helms: "He's a
HAL CROWTHER:
condidate who would do
little old fashioned.
the most to help our
Sometimes [politicians]
FEAR AND
schools."
get too set in their ways."
Candidate of choice:
Candidate of choice:
FULFILLMENT
Undecided
Undecided
AT THE
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HARVEY
MUSIC:
ROSE EGGERLING:
On abortion: "The
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government should not
& JESSE
tell US what we should
do with our bodies."
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Candidate of choice:
Undecided
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The voters who will swing the nation's hottest
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THE DANCE
OF POLITICS
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SHIRLEY MABE:
MARGARET SAUNDERS:
FOOD
On taxes: "The middle
"Helms speaks out like he
class is really supporting
thinks, but Gantt seems to
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the nation."
be more friendly."
Candidate of choice:
Condidate of choice:
Undecided
Undecided
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Harvey Gantt were to invent the type of
voter he needs to tip him over victory's
repeated the hot-button themes they have heard
edge this November, he might come up
on Helms' television commercials: the death
with someone just like Stella Nolley.
penalty, third-trimester abortions, tax hikes
Thirty-nine, Republican and living in
and military spending.
Cary, she considers Jesse Helms "a little old-
"Really, I don't know much [about Gantt]
fashioned" and says she is willing to cancel out
Margaret Saunders planned to vote for Gantt until she watched his opponent's military-spending
other than what I've seen on commercials,"
her husband's vote for the Republican senator.
ad. Now, she says, "I'm sort of confused."
said Shirley Mabe, a 38-year-old accounting
Ask Nolley what matters to her, and she'll
clerk for the Stokes County Mental Health
tell you about her son, a third grader at A.V.
lot of negative things
Baucom Elementary School in Apex. "Last
about when he was mayor of Charlotte and
workers in Stokes County, because the polls
meat and two vegetables come to $2.65, and if
year, at the end of the school year, his school
raising taxes. He doesn't believe in capital
show the highest undecided vote in the non-
all the tables are full, you can always sit at the
punishment."
did not have supplies," she says. "They were
urban counties around Greensboro. I loitered
counter and talk to 70-year-old Margaret
Many voters get their political information
asking parents to send scrap pieces of com-
al shopping centers in Cary and North Raleigh,
Saunders.
puter paper to the teachers." This year, the
from television, not separating news reporting
because some Democrats believe the abortion
When Saunders is not serving up lunches,
only teaching aide in her son's classroom works
from advertising. All their TV viewing goes
issue might convince GOP women along I-85
she is likely to be mowing her lawn-not
part time.
into one, mental compartment, and they re-
to cross party lines. I walked the streets of
reading the newspapers or watching TV. You
member the most dramatic, visceral moments.
That's why Nolley, the district manager for
Oxford, where Gantt has tried to WOO voters by
won't find her spending too much time study-
TV news is often bland; SO are many Gantt com-
a women's clothing retailer, plans to vote for
stating isopposition to proposed hazardous-
ing up on the Senate race this year. "I've been
the U.S. Senate candidate who will support
mercials. But Helms' television spots, with
waste incinerator.
working out in the yard a whole lot, and I
more education funding.
their dramatic style and good vs. evil mes-
All in all, I interviewed 72 people. Most
haven't paid much attention," she said. "I'm
So who is Nolley's candidate of choice?
sages, rise above the pabulum and stick with
were women-since the polls show that women
sort of confused."
She doesn't know.
viewers for a long time.
are more undecided than men this year. All
What has filtered down to her is a Helms
"[Helms] says [education] is a priority-
They are designed to give voters the "simple
were white, because blacks are lining firmly
commercial criticizing Gantt for being too soft
but we're not seeing a great deal of results
answers" they' re looking for.
behind Gantt. I asked them not only whom they
on defense during the current Persian Gulf
here," she says. Yet Nolley hasn't closely
Ironically, many of the voters I interviewed
planned to vote for, but also what issues they
crisis. "Should we cut defense $300 billion?"
followed the Senate race, and she doesn't know
deeply care about the issues Gantt has focused
had on their minds. I tried to figure out how
the announcer asks. "...Harvey Gantt says
much about the Helms' voting record on
on, but the Democrat's message hasn't gotten
successful Helms and Gantt have been in
yes." In a recent News and Observer article,
education.
through. "The environment's on my mind,"
getting their messages out. In some cases, I
UNC-Chapel Hill advertisingprofessor Robert
For anyone who has followed the U.S. Senate
said Edward Frazier, a year-old truck driver
gently probed their feelings about voting for a
Lauterborn called the ad "a cheap shot" and
race since last spring's contentious Demo-
from Henderson. "With the incinerator coming,
black candidate.
noted that Helms took the remarks "out of
you need to start taking interest in the environ-
cratic primary, it may be hard to imagine that
I came back with an unscientific but reveal-
context."
some voters have not decided between Helms
ment. Who's going to look out for North
ing snapshot of North Carolina's swing voters.
Whether or not the commercial is fair, it has
Carolina's interest?"
and Gantt. Nowhere in the United States are
From all the interviews, I drew five major
worked its magic on Saunders, a Democrat. "I
such polar opposites competing for a major
Frazier, a Republican, splits his ticket when
conclusions. Some of these conclusions should
was all for Gantt until several things I heard.
he finds a Democrat who shares his values. But
political office-and getting such national
give Helms comfort; some should give Gantt
One day think I'm going to vote for [Ganit, and
attention. But as traveled across the Piedmont
when we talked at the Three Way Restaurant,
wisdom as his campaign proceeds toward
then] I hear some advertising on TV."
earlier this month, interviewing dozens of North
hesaid he knew nothing about Helms' environ-
November.
That's why, when I interviewed her, she
Carolinians, it became clear that Nolley is not
mental voting record. When I mentioned that
didn't know who she would vote for. "I think
unusual.
Helms opposed both the Clean Water Act and
Helms has set the
the world is more complex than it used to be,"
Recent polls indicate that more than
the Clean Air Act, he seemed surprised.
she said. "No simple answers."
Hewash't the first voter who was unaware of
100,000 likely voters don't know which candi-
date they will support this year. Helms and
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agenda for this
Earlier in the campaign, Gantt announced
Helms' record. Eating lunch at Boondini's
Gantt will be courting them hard-because
that he would not let his opponent set the
Subs in North Raleigh, 23-year-old portrait
they could swing this year's election. To learn
campaign.
agenda for this year's Senate race. The
photographer Elke Breckling told me she wasn't
campaign, he said, would be about the issues
certain about whom to vote for in the Senate
what's on the minds of these voters, visited the
The menu at the Three Way Restaurant in
most important to the daily lives of North
places where polls show a high level of
race. A registered Democrat, she leans toward
Oxford declares, "Courtesy is our custom, good
undecideds.
Carolinians: education, jobs, health care, child
the GOP in the ballot box, because "for some
food is our business." Located on a two-lane
care and the environment.
I hung out at the Miller brewery parking lot
reason, Republicans just seem stronger.'
highway across from an abandoned diner, it
in Eden, stopped by an Episcopal church in
But when I spoke to voters-particularly
But when she learned that Helms opposed
fills up quickly at noontime, dishing out plate
rural ones-about the issues that mattered to
the Clean Air and Clean Water acts, she said
lunches to truck drivers and lawyers alike. A
them during this campaign, many of them
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When I probed White's feelings a little
and had a simple message, a simple brown
deeper, they became more complex. "I don't
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background and said, 'Here's the things I'm
mind paying my fair share, but you've got big
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for. I'm for the Clean Water Act,' he'd get
ones who pay not as much taxes as the little
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"I think the middle class is really supporting
about education.
the nation," said Shirley Mabe, the Stokes
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County accounting clerk. "Cigarettes and gas-
From the malls of North Raleigh to the
it takes more of the middle class and poor class'
mountains of rural Danbury, one fact stuck in
wages."
minds of dozens of people I interviewed-one
Gantt has never picked up on this theme.
statistic that has firmly entrenched itself into
Helms has been successful in portraying him-
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North Carolina's collective memory: our 49th-
self as the candidate who opposes taxes, while
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place ranking in Scholastic Aptitude Test
accurately depicting his opponent as someone
scores. Like never before, voters care about
who wants to raise taxes. In fact, during the
education-and want the federal government
primary, Gantt endorsed a Democratic tax
to spend more on schools.
Rose Eggerling (left) and Kim Johnson work at The Eyewear House in Cary. Both support
package that critics said placed the greatest
Forty-eight-year-old Jeanne Chesson was
finishing lunch at the Cary Village Mall food
abortion rights and education funding-but Johnson will vote for Helms and Eggerling remains
burden on the middle class.
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court when I came up and asked her views on
undecided. Says Johnson: "I never once picked up the phone and called [Helms] where he didn't
Some voters might support Gantt in spite of
the Senate race. She said she was a registered
return my call."
his call for higher taxes. Debbie Fowlkes, a
furniture slore vice president from Yanceyville,
Republican and usually votes the GOP line.
isn't sure who she plans to vote for, but she
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But this year, if she votes, her decision will be
considers decent schools the top priority.
based on one major issue.
"Probably increased education funding would
"I would vote for the candidate who would
involve increased taxes," said Fowlkes, a
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do the most to help our school system," she
Democrat. "But if had someone running who
said. "We have next to the last rating in the
showed me ways he would improve education-
country. They can slack off on other things".
and did it-it wouldn't hurt so bad."
but not schools. Chesson knows firsthand how
But Gantt can do better than simply rallying
important education funding is; she works as a
part-time office clerk at Farmington Woods
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support for higher taxes. He can reframe the
issue, focusing on Helms' support for tax breaks
Elementary, whereshe said several fourth- and
for the wealthy, which put more of the tax
fifth-grade teachers lack classroom aides.
burden on the middle class and poor.
Chesson said she would "absolutely" vote
For instance, Helms supported the Eco-
against a candidate who opposed education
nomic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, a tax-relief
funding-but she doesn't know whom she will
bill that gave one-third of: its benefits to the
support this year. She had not heard, for
wealthiest 3 percent of Americans, according
instance, that Helms was among only eight
to Congressional Budget Office figures cited
senators who voted against President Bush's
by the Gantt campaign. The bill also saved oil
1990 Excellence in Education Act, which
and gas companies $60 billion during the
provides cash grants to schools that improve
1980s by speeding up tax write-offs. Helms
their test scores; establishes a national board
has also voted to preserve tax deductions for
for professional teaching standards; and ex-
luxury items, such as first-class airline travel
pands the Drug-Free Schools Program. Helms
and foreign conventions.
has also consistently voted against funding for
the Head Start program, which provides early
education for poor children.
This election is not
"I notice a lot of people have decided to vote
against him," she said of Helms. "I'm not quite
"I would vote for the candidate who would do the most to help our school system," says Jeanne
sure why."
Chesson. "They can slack off on other things"-but not schools.
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about political
Gantt did air a commercial attacking Helms'
parties.
voting record on education. To some degree it
I came into this election assuming that
worked; some voters view the Democrat as the
Helms can write off all black Democrats and
education candidate. But the advertisement
Gantt can forget about Republican men.
didn't carry the punch of many Helms ads.
Then mel 70-year-old Lape Smith, on his
stuarts petries
way to Sunday dinner at St. Thomas Episcopal
Gantt has ceded
Church in Reidsville, a lovely old brick build-
ing in the center of the tobacco-manufacturing
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town. "I'm a Republican," he said, and after a
dramatic pause: "I will not vote for Jesse Helms.
to Helms.
I do not like the way he runs his campaigns.
Plus
While I am conservative, he is far too conser-
Naida White's tiny grocery store in rural
vative for me."
Forsyth County is cluttered with canned goods,
Smith, a salesman who co-owns a business
fishing supplies and cigarettes. Country music
in Pennsylvania, has lived in North Carolina
fills the dimly lit store, and if you like the
APPLY
for 27 years. He has watched Helms since the
music, there is an assortment of eight-track
senator's days as an editorialist for WRAL-TV,
tapes for sale in a dusty cabinet. White and her
and has never agreed with his fellow Republi-
husband have owned this store for 20 years,
and they know the people of the Bewers Creek
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can. "I don't like his stand on abortion. am for
women's rights, ERA. His attitude toward
community well.
blacks is not what like to see. I think Gantt is
White sits behind the counter chatting with
more my type of senator."
customers and ringing up their purchases. She
loves the work, butshe hates the taxes, and she
If that sounds surprising coming from a
trusts Jesse Helms to fight against additional
Republican man of Helms' generation, con-
tax hikes. "The small business people are
sider this: North Carolina's political landscape
taxed to death," she told me, her every word
bellowing. "They try to make a living. We can
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nurse, and there were nods all around. When I
Gantt can assume that none of the women at the
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asked what that word meant to her, she thought
Decorator Fabric Outlet-even the saleswoman
States," Buxton said, finishing up a chili dog
for a while. "Capital punishment, taxes. his
who claimed she was undecided-will vote
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at Cary Village Mall. Buxton said he wants a
color." The room filled with sympathetic
Democratic this fall.
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senator who will work prudently to balance the
laughter. "That's from the true prejudiced
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budget, solve the Middle East crisis-and
South," she said.
his month's swing through North Caro-
has changed dramatically since Helms last ran
protect the free-speech and abortion rights of
Without prompting, the discussion twice
for office years ago. Much of that change has
American citizens. "Harvey Gantt may not be
came back to race. The women joked that the
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the best candidate ever, but I think he is far
toxic waste bound for Granville County should
tion. The first time was right before the 1986
Lt. Gov. Jim Gardner, a staunch conserva-
above Jesse Helms."
instead be sent with Jesse-Jackson to Saudi
U.S. Senate primaries that ultimately elected
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live, has come out against the proposed
Arabia. One later said that blacks "have already
Terry Sanford; the other was during the 1988
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hazardous-waste incinerator. Gov. Jim Martin,
burned the town down twice," and she didn't
presidential race.
once an opponent of the Busic Education Plan,
There are some voters
want them to do it again.
On the previous trips, a common theme
now calls himself a strong education booster.
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whom Gantt should
Yet when / brought the racial issue up, all
emerged: North Carolinians were desperately
three said they would vote for a black candi-
looking for someone who would address their
just write off.
date under the right circumstance, "If [Joint
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Chiefs of Staff leader] Colin Powell runs for
One statistic has entrenched
During my afternoon in Oxford, I walked to
something, I'd certainly be the first to Vote for
"I think the middle class is
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him," said real-estate broker Linda Parham,
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itself into North Carolina's
front just outside downtown. Like most of the
the only one who would allow her name to be
really supporting the nation.
collective memory: our 49th-
shops in Oxford, this one displayed a poster
used.
depicting a gaseous skull rising from a barrel.
But Parham made clear that this year she
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place ranking in SAT scores.
"NO WASTE IN GRANVILLE COUNTY," it
would vote for Helms. True, she supported
more of the middle class and
said, referring to the proposed hazardous-
abortion rights, because "a group of men aren't
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waste incinerator.
going to sit somewhere and tell me what to do
poor class' wages."
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Inside, three women-a nurse, a real-estate
with my body. [But] that one issue would never
Suburbs across the state have bulged with
broker and a fabric saleswoman-sat on com-
keep me from voting for Jesse Helms. If you
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Yankee Republicans, accustomed to voting for
fortable chairs talking, while a television with
have enough money, you can get an abortion,
difficulties finding well-paying jobs, or afford-
moderates. Fully half of Jesse Helms' supporters
its sound turned off played the soap operas.
no matter what law they pass.
ing child care, or staying on their farms. They
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call themselves pro-choice, according to a poll
Exposed brick covered one wall; rolls of up-
One reason 43-year-old Parham supports
were tired of toiling for just above minimum
by the National Abortion Rights Action League.
holstery fabric covered another. The space
Helms is the senator's opposition to homosexu-
wage while prospering businesses paid next-
Russ Buxton IV is a Democrat, but his
wascluttered and intimate, conducive to an af-
ulity. "I'm tired of them marching down the
to-nothing in taxes. Many of their concerns
voting patterns have been distinctly Republi-
ternoon chat.
street carrying down their little placards, and I
were economic, and none of the candidates,
can. The 24-year-old Toyota salesman from
Even though all three women supported
don't want to see my tax money going to AIDS
they felt, really addressed those needs.
Cary has volunteered for Martin and Gardner,
abortion rights, the two Democrats definitely
research," she said. The nurse agreed,
Certainly, during this trip I heard some of
and he voted for George Bush in 1988. But this
planned to vote for Helms. The Republican-
suggesting that people with AIDS be quaran-
those sentiments. But this time around heard
year, he's a soldier for Gantt-putting up yard
the fabric seller-was also leaning in Helms'
tined. "We can put them out there with the
something else too: a collective sense that
signs, making phone calls and helping compile
direction.
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MICHAEL MEADE
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For:
Men and Women
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Date:
Friday, September 28, 1990
Time:
7:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
Place:
Martin Middle School
Natural Wonders
1701 Ridge Rd.
Raleigh, NC
754 NINTH STREET DURHAM
286-4250
Cost:
$8
Tickets: At the door or from the Men's Center
Open Monday-Saturday 10-6, Sunday 12-5
Information: Frank Castlebury, 833-4360 (night); 851-4360 (day)
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
For Immediate Release
October 10, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST FOR SENATOR JESSE HELMS
Raleigh Civic Center
Raleigh, North Carolina
9:30 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for that welcome. And let me
say at the outset, I'm very, very pleased to be back. It's always
good to see Governor Jim Martin, Dottie. He hasn't lightened up any,
but nevertheless -- (laughter) -- I'm glad to see him. Of course,
Jim Gardner, my old classmate in the House, and his wife Marie; and
to Bill Graham, our State Banking Commissioner who did a fabulous job
as the Bush-Quayle chairman for the state. And, of course, to our
present state chairman, Jack Hawke, who's doing a superb job for the
state party. Thanks to each and every one of you. (Applause.)
If recent events have shown anything at all, it is that
we need more Republicans in the Congress. (Applause.) There are two
here today who you must support, should support, will win: Ted
Blanton and John Carrington, both running for the House, and we need
them. (Applause.) We also have some state legislative candidates --
State Rep Art Pope and Skip Stam -- both are needed back in the State
House. Don't forget that level of government. (Applause.) And we
should send Bill Boyd to the State Senate to join them. Also, a big
thank you to those who made this special event possible Jim
Johnson, the chairman of RJR -- and to Jim and Dave and so many
others that have been so instrumental in the success of this
important event. (Applause.)
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention two who flew down with
Jesse and me today on Air Force One. First, someone who this crowd
is particularly proud of, and I'm talking about our Secretary of
Labor Elizabeth Dole. She has done an outstanding job for us.
(Applause.) And then another who has roots in this state and has
done a superior job, a superb job of heading up our battle against
narcotics, designed our national drug strategy that is beginning to
work -- and I'm, of course, talking about Bill Bennett, the Drug Czar
down here. (Applause.)
And again, it's great to be back in Raleigh. I bring you
greetings from Barbara. Dot -- where's Dot? She sends you her
special love. They're very good friends. And if I -- to brag just
a little bit, I'd like to point out what a great job my Barbara is
doing to combat illiteracy in the United States. (Applause.)
When we first arrived in Washington, the words of Harry
Truman and advice rang in my -- stuck in my head. He said, "If you
want a friend in Washington, get a dog." (Laughter.) Well, times
have gotten a little hectic up there. Who would have thought that
our own dog, Millie, would write a book that was the number one on
the Best Seller List last week of The New York Times? (Laughter.)
Give her Alpo and she wants to see the wine list. (Laughter.)
But it is a pleasure to be here after this momentous
week. The unification of Germany. The bipartisan budget agreement.
And, of course -- particularly here in the Tarheel State -- the 30th
anniversary of "The Andy Griffith Show." (Laughter and applause.)
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Helms. side of my (Applause.) friend, But I am this very champion proud and of conviction privileged -- to Senator again be Jesse at the
watchdog Senate, Jesse of has become one of its most effective 18 years to the U.S.
As a public servant who's given
candor. And reputation well-earned reputation of independence And and
earned a taxpayer -- money and a defender of family leaders values. as a he's
differences occasionally, of course, there are
conference and, yesterday, some --- we had going to be
with us on there, and they tried to point out, a national press
trying to solve that if we had more senators like him point. The point,
told them, one is issue or another. That's not the well, Jesse wasn't I
months ago -- years some ago. of these (Applause.) problems. They should we have wouldn't been solved be
all together. the And the fact that the Democrats control we the are standing
But we've got a budget problem, and
best more reason for Republicans to stand firm to make Congress this the is
budget deal possible.
Pressures caused by the deficit have been
months, years. we've This year, they've reached the boiling point. building For for long
even to negotiate in good faith, and laid it on long the months, --
I've tried wrestled with this problem. For eight eight
revenues -- took the heat. Pushed hard for the table
budget plan possible. And I will continue now to it
the agreement. best Not because it was the best plan ever, but bipartisan because was
deficit American people once and for all that we can deal
to the that fulfills the spirit of that bipartisan plan press -- hard and proves for a
there. that is mortgaging the future of those young children with this
control. (Applause.)
We've got to turn it around now and get the deficit under over
better other leaders were talking about yesterday -- is to put I and a
So my objective now -- and that's what Jesse and
reduction package, one that meets our target of $500 billion together deficit
new over the next five years. As the Congress works
following criteria:
agreement, let me be clear that any package I sign must on meet this the
And budget it summit agreement. It must be produced on a bipartisan bipartisan basis.
It must be consistent with the themes of the
heard. must have full and fair opportunities for all voices be
It must deliver real spending cuts, with real savings. to
So smoke I and mirrors approach to the fiscal policy of the United this
The American people, I think, are sick and tired of
make think it is time for the Congress to rise to the occasion States. -- to
the hard choices and real reductions.
we jobs and to keep the economy moving forward, And the spending create cuts
The budget must include pro-growth incentives to
hammered significant budget process reforms, just as those that must
include agree on must be fully enforceable, and the budget I sign
ie'd have -- and I expect I can confidently speak for Jim Martin,
out in that bipartisan agreement. Someday I would like were to
if like to have in the state I'd like to have at the federal what level
:ecommending im for years, give the President the line-item veto. Give
- the Congress can't do these cuts, the cuts that Jesse's been
a shot at it. (Applause.)
And I'm also still in favor of the balanced
mendment. ould I think it would discipline the Congress, and budget I think it
lected the American people have every right to expect more from I
hink discipline the federal government as well. (Applause.)
est the representatives. So let's not let them down. If this is their the
ystem. system can do, then it's time to build a better budget
S one of the toughest fighters in Washington for lower government
And Jesse knows exactly what I'm talking about because he
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never taken And ironically, he practices what he day out.
spending. (Applause.) He's out there on the point day in and
States expense. And he's returned $3 million out to hass the United
taxpayers' a so-called junket. He doesn't send preaches. mailings He's at
Treasury in unused office funds. (Applause.)
that bills, according to the National Taxpayers opposing massive
spending the Senate for cutting wasteful spending and ranks
This is an interesting statistic: he number one in
budget, lower Senator Jesse Helms, we would have a balanced spending votes
carefully group as said, "If every member of Congress cast Union. In fact, as
and the taxes and a healthier economy." And I federal that,
people of North Carolina agree with that, too. agree (Applause.) with
them. Or Security checks after Jesse cleared away the red who got
Social this state. Ask the more than 43,000 North Carolinians strong voice for their
And he has always been a clear and a
and into the serviceman Jesse helped get home from the tape for
the kind meeting players came true, thanks to this Senator. game
and boy whose dream of attending a Redskins football Or
dying little Walter Reed Hospital up there for malaria treatment. Philippines the
him to what Jesse Helms stands for. He's never forgotten who needs. sent
that's of compassion and commitment that North Carolina And that's And
the United States Senate and he never will. (Applause.)
because Senator Sam Ervin once said, "I admire Senator Helms much
And he is known as a tough fighter, a man of tenacity.
to stand he's one of the few men in public life who's got very the
the up for what he honestly believes. Courage," he went courage "is
there rarest trait among public men. Many of them are intelligent, on, but
tribute to your Senator. (Applause.)
are very few of them that are courageous." What a wonderful
the once said, "Jesse, we need a hundred like you." And I'll tell
True grit. Speaking of true grit, it was John Wayne who
Jesse Helms. But if we did have a hundred, here's where it would
liberals must be thanking their lucky stars they've only got you, one
have made a difference -- one place -- and that's on the crime bill
I'm fighting for.
different bills to crack down on crimes and drugs. And Jesse, like
Jesse's father was a police chief, and he's supported 45
me, believes that cop killers do deserve the ultimate penalty.
(Applause.) And so, in May of '89, after consultation with Senator
Helms and other leaders in the Senate, I sent our Violent Crime
criminals who kill federal law enforcement officers right at the
Control Act to Capitol Hill, with a real, workable death penalty for
heart version of the legislation. Last week, the House finally passed its
of our crime bill, after nearly 16 months of delay. Now it
goes to the House-Senate Conference Committee for deliberations.
Well, if we had a Republican majority, that crime bill would have
been passed 16 months ago. That's a disgrace, and that's why we need
more Republicans in Congress -- both Senate and House. (Applause.)
crime legislation seeks to eliminate these liberal loopholes that
I think the voters are beginning to understand that our
voters allow the worst criminals to escape punishment. And the message
Senator send to criminals in North Carolina will be determined by the
will, of course, be Senator Jesse Helms. (Applause.)
the voters send to Washington in November. And that Senator
The values Jesse Helms I know is a man of conviction; a man who embodies the
I've said it before here in the state and in Washington.
citizens of North Carolina's quiet and decent people. God-fearing good
of prayer to our nation's classrooms. (Applause.) People with the kind
who believe, for instance, as I do, in returning voluntary
for mainstream values that gave them the nickname "Tarheels" -- famous
sticking to their principles.
plan choice in education, or his tireless work on behalf of so
remembered for for. Perhaps, thought the reporter, it would be Jesse's to
A reporter once asked Jesse what he would most like be
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charities, or even his magnificent family -- five kids and six'
principle. grandchildren. But the Senator replied this, 'Not once have I bent a
when has stood for one very important principle, a strong defense, years, even
And that's the Jesse Helms who, for the last 18
it meant standing up against the odds. In the 1970s, Jesse was
brought America to her knees. And he was one of President Reagan's
a lone voice crying out against the cuts in defense that nearly
strongest supporters in rebuilding our vital defense needs. Today,
because America is strong again. And a strong America is helping
freedom is on the march from Moscow to Managua, and it really is
build a more democratic world, offering the hope of freedom that
could never have been offered if people saw this country as weak.
And now, as we face this new challenge in the Persian
Gulf, we realize the importance of the decisions that were taken in
the past years, by leaders like Jesse Helms, to keep our forces
ready, mobile, in first-class condition. As they say, you've got to
go with what you've got. And thank God, the 82nd Airborne, proudly
stationed here in North Carolina -- "the All American Division" --
was at the ready when Saddam Hussein launched his unprovoked attack
on Kuwait. (Applause.) Our servicemen and women at Fort Bragg, Camp
LeJeune, and Cherry Point understand the need for a strong defense.
And so does Jesse.
And the people of this state, perhaps disproportionately
so, understand it. I've gotten long letters from many North
Carolinians telling me of the wonderful community support in the
state for our troops overseas. Thousands of families with loved ones
far away in the desert sun have learned the hard way that, as one
woman from Lexington, North Carolina wrote me, "They also serve who
only stand and wait." I thank each and every one of you for your
service and support to those brave men and women.
Our G.I.s have left spouses and children behind and
headed for the Persian Gulf, and on Election day they will be sending
in their absentee ballots from their posts. In a year that has seen
SO much encouraging movement toward democracy, the least we can do is
exercise our own right to vote. We owe it to the millions of freedom
fighters around the world working for democracy, and to troops
defending democracy as well, to take the time to cast our ballots.
So let's make our country proud and get out the vote on November 6th.
(Applause.)
North Carolina has this wonderful proud heritage, from
the heart of the Smokey Mountains, to the farms of the Piedmont, to
the barrier islands of the Outer Banks. In fact, on Kitty Hawk
stands a granite memorial to the Fathers of Flight, the Wright
brothers. The inscription commemorates their conquest of the air,
their victory over gravity, "achieved by dauntless resolution and
unconquerable faith."
This November, those same qualities -- dauntless
resolution and unconquerable faith -- will bring Jesse Helms to
victory. (Applause.)
I think I would conclude by saying that this is perhaps
the most challenging time to be President of the United States --
certainly in anytime in the Nuclear Age -- anytime since World War
II. The challenges are enormous. And it's exciting to be there.
And I am grateful, I might say as I look around this room and met
some people earlier for those who were so instrumental in my having a
chance to serve in this way --- and Barbara feels exactly the same way
about it. But I want to put it in this perspective as we honor Jesse
Helms. It is very important to a President that he has people in the
United States Senate who will tell it as it is, in whom he has trust,
in whom he has confidence. And I came here today to say I have trust
and I have confidence in your Senator. Send him back to Washington.
Thank you and God bless this state. (Applause.)
END
9:48 A.M. EDT
FLEXIBILITY.
That's the key to success with the
the
Raleigh Civic Center Complex. It
consists of the new, super modern
Civic Center Building, and the
civic
Memorial Auditorium which serves as
the performing arts wing and is home
of the North Carolina Symphony
center
Orchestra.
Spring begins early at the North
In the Civic Center Building, the roof,
Carolina Home & Garden Show held
exterior walls and floors are just about
annually at the Civic Center
the only things that can't be moved to
adapt to your needs.
trade shows,
orting and athletic
or backgammon
shows, concerts,
our forte', along with
North Carolina Sports
Carolina Home and
and gala New Year's Eve
RALEIGH CIVIC
ECAUSE IT'S WORTH
Banquets for ten or thousands
We can provide space or spaces to
accommodate any number of people
from one to 10,000 at once. We can seat
4,000 in classroom, theatre, or arena
style for spectator events; 3,000 for
banquets or 7,000 for buffet style
meals, served from our half-million
dollar kitchen.
With 80,000 square feet of space, we
can arrange as many as 430 8' X 10'
500 fayetteville street
exhibit booths on the main level alone.
raleigh, nc 27601
Twenty meeting rooms are available,
919/755-6011
with seating for 23 to 2300.
MALL ENTRANCE (CABARRUS STREET)
FLOOR PLAN
MEN
WOMEN
NE EXHIBITION
NW EXHIBITION
HALL
HALL
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
MM
MM
RECEP
TION
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A
VIP LOUNGE
FIRST
AID
all
BOX
ASSEMBLY
ASSEMBLY
OFFICE
LOADING DOORS
WIDE 18
10 HIGH
HALL 2
ARE A
HALL 1
B
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MEN
F
WOMEN
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KITCHEN
SW EXHIBITION AREA
ELV
STAGING AREA
OADING
LENOIR STREET
LOADING
DOCK!
DOCK
ENTRANCE
D
PARKING & AUDITORIUM
MAIN LEVEL
LOWER LEVEL
Seating
Banquet
Approximate
Sq. Ft.
Ceiling
8' 10'
Additional
Capacity
Capacity
Dimensions
Height
Exhibit
Information
Booths
Meeting Room A
190
150
1,700
10'
Subdivides to 4 rooms, averaging 425
47' 37'
10
sq. ft. each
Subdivides to 5 rooms, four are 425 sq
Meeting Room B
300
200
75' 36'
2,700
10'
20
ft. each, one is 1,000 sq ft.
Subdivides to 3 rooms, two are 400 sq.
Meeting Room C
150
120
50' 36'
1,800
10'
10
ft. each, one is 1,000 sq. ft.
Meeting Room D
350
280
47' 72'
3,350
10'
30
Subdivides to 2 rooms, averaging 1,670
sq. ft. each
Rooms E & F contain built-in cabinets
Meeting Rooms E-H
45 each
20 each
16' 23'
360 each
8'
and sinks
Arena
2,195
1,400
30,000
200
Combined capacity including balcony
190' X 162'
50'
4,000
Balcony
1,696
10,000
20'
75
Assembly I
1,200
850
120' X 80'
9,500
20'
65
Carpeted, portable dance floor available
Assembly II
1,200
850
120' X 80'
9,500
20'
65
Additional space available by rearrang-
ing moveable partitions.
NE Exhibition Hall
600
400
85' 80'
6,800
20'
50
Additional space available by rearrang-
ing moveable partitions.
NW Exhibition Hall
600
400
85' 80'
6,800
20'
50
Additional space available by rearrang-
ing moveable partitions.
Additional space available by rearrang-
SW Exhibition Hall
600
400
85' X 80'
6,800
20'
50
ing moveable partitions.
Main Level/West Wing
30,000
20'
225
Includes lobbies
Main Level/Full Floor
80,000
20' 50'
430
Here are a few statistics:
Ceiling heights:
Utilities:
Arena-50'
Available in floor pockets:
All other areas-20'
110-480 volts, 3-phase
Floor loads unlimited
Telephone lines
Spotlights:
Compressed air
Two super troopers, two troopers,
Water and drains
16 stationary spots
Available in wall receptacles:
Sound System:
Water and drains
A distributive public address system
Electrical outlets
is provided. It may be confined to a
Fully air-conditioned
single area or spread throughout the
Also available:
entire building. Multiple functions can
Bleachers
be channelled through the sound
Booth drapery
system simultaneously without
Portable basketball floor
Portable dance floor
interference.
Portable staging
Loading facilities:
Risers
Two