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(Smith/Garmey)
June 8, 1990
8 A.M.
BAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HELMS FUNDRAISER
CHARLOTTE FUNDRAISER
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990
what days
Senator and Mrs. Helms, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends.
Kin mean
Thank you for that introduction. It is a pleasure to be not
merely in "Carolina in the morning" -- but also in the afternoon.
controneroial
It is also a privilege to be in the home town of America's
But its really a
greatest religious leader, the Reverend Billy Graham. W And to Huill.
have the chance to salute one of America's greatest political
leaders. A magnificent member of the United States Senate.
An
unswerving champion of what he believes.
Jesse
Helms.
/
/
( (I was reminded that this was Billy's birthplace a few
moments ago. The glass of water I poured turned into wine. 1111
( (I also thought of Jesse as I was flying into Charlotte.
Like Reverend Graham, Senator Helms is a deeply religious man.
Might he
But there's one event in Biblical history thgt he disagrees with. He
fromd, 1 misqueBu
insists that what Adam and Eve wore in the Garden of Eden weren't
fig leaves -- they were tobacco leaves. ))
Seriously, I was thinking aboard Air Force One about the
How Envin How bout
great Senators who have served this century. People like Bob
Taft. Mike Mansfield. Margaret Chase Smith. John Stennis.
Each knew you could disagree without being disagreeable. Each
was a Senator of conscience and civility. //
meal here tought to salute
Well,Athere's another man who belongs in that honor roll of
statesmen. For years he has helped keep North Carolina proud. I
need him in the U.S. statee Senate to help keep America proud. His
2
whose
and
civility has enriched the Tar Heel State -- his conscience, the
Nation. Jesse Helms is that man.
// but do that?
All of you know the Helms story. How Jesse was the son of a
police chief, and worked his way through Wake Forest. Later,
telling it like it was as a columnist and commentator. // How as
Know
dodn't buy sements Always
Senator he brought seniority and prestige to North Carolina.
when
Reflecting its State motto: To be rather than to seem.
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en w tued.
licelles
as not superior
Yet I'd like to tell you about the Jesse Helms I know, and
(a less known
what I think makes him so special. Not just professionally --
side J.H. of
what's more, personally. And why his re-election is not a
partisan crusade. It is a national necessity.
cases -
convenir
The Jesse Helms I know is, above all, a man of conscience.
He's a conservative -- makes no bones about it. ( (Jesse told me
intense he had to cancel his bath last Saturday night because he couldn't
find his rubber gunboat) He's not a weathervane who twists
around. He's a visionary who holds his ground.
Sam Ervin said
when he called
it best: "Senator Helms is one of the few men in public life
who's got the courage to stand up for what he honestly believes."
extracte
The Jesse Helms I know Big also embodies the values of North
Carolina's good, quiet decent people. People who pay their
J.H. adj.
taxes, believe in hard work, and have a love of country and of God. //
Like them, he is a man of integrity. A great family man --
wonderful wife, Dot, and great kids. A man, too, of kindness
and humanity. As a story I'd like to tell you shows.
And I'd like to tell you a stevy
3
( (It happened at Christmas, 28 years ago. Jesse and Dot
were reading a newspaper story about a boy with cerebral palsy,
living in a Greensboro orphanage. Asked what he would most like
from Santa Claus, the boy had said, "A mother and a father." //
( (The next day, the Helmses visited that boy. They adopted
They became
and
him
becoming his father and mother. They raised him through
that sou 15 )
several operations. Today, he a successful businessman. Like
Dot and Jesse, Barbara and I too know the loving, nurturing joy
of an adopted child. It's one of the reasons we prefer adoption
tricky to
to abortion. // I salute this son and his wonderful parents. ))//
involverbance here
That's the Jesse Helms I know -- a parable of character. A
man who reminds me of that parable of small-town life, The Andy
Maine jesset
Griffith Show. // I remember one scene where Andy told son Opie,
"Fighting on Sunday, that's disgraceful. And Jesse Helms would never
fight physically -- least of all on Sunday. Instead, he fights
why
even ethically ) every day to place principle over politics. / We don't
tup
always agree with each other. But we always respect each other.
drivey
I need Jesse's civility and conscience in the U.S. Senate. //
As an example, look at foreign policy -- where Jesse's
mesopher
support of America's national defense has, and is, helping me
build a more democratic world. // Two weeks ago President
Gorbachev and I held a Summit in Washington. We discussed how
freedom could dismantle walls between peoples. And signed
agreements concerning areas of interest to both our countries,
and bilateral understandings in several joint statements.
4
The first agreement will eliminate the great majority of
chemical weapons that have been stockpiled over the years. The
second will create unprecedented improvements for on-site
verification of the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and Peaceful
Explosion Treaty. A third pact updates and expands our 1973 pact
on the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Increasing cooperation in
atomic energy research and civilian nuclear safety.
Understandings, too, can link the community of Nations. So
we vowed to continue future negotiations on nuclear and space
arms. We issued a statement on Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe. And once the Soviet legislature passes key emigration
laws, I will send the trade agreement we negotiated to the
Senate. // In addition, President Gorbachev and I released a
Joint Statement on strategic arms limitations, recording our
agreement on major outstanding issues governing a SALT treaty. A
promise: This treaty must, and will, be both sound and
verifiable before I will send it to the Senate. //
( (You know, the great humorist Will Rogers once said, "A man
rate 1nd
in the country does his own thinking -- but you get him into town
and he soon will be thinking second-handed. ")) // Rogers was
referring to old ways of thinking. Our Summit agreements embody
new ways of thinking. // They will help us meet the challenges
that remain: Aiding self-determination for the Baltic republics
-- while ensuring the rights of minority populations. And seeing
that German reunification mirrors the wishes of the German people
-- while respecting the views of others. // Remember: Giving
Aboutantion
on
5
requires (Ave maintaining in democracy and do
negotiating from C sense strength at
pride freedom yes-a in Ameica
peace a chance does not mean taking a chance on peace. Ask Jesse (
(
Helms: National defense lets America negotiate from strength, not
weakness -- helping gain us the peace. I need him in the Senate
to ensure that a strong defense will help maintain the peace. //
Now, quoting Asheville's Thomas Wolfe, let's "look
homeward": Here, too, I need Jesse Helms' civility and
conscience. // A preacher once said, "A thoughtful mind, when it
sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only but the Nation
itself."
Yet if the brave men who fought and died for the Stars
and Stripes were here today, American flags set aflame would be
doused with their tears. // We owe it to their memory to ensure
that while legitimate speech remains free, flag-burning carries a
price. Jesse Helms will help pass a Constitutional Amendment
forbidding the desecreation of our flag. //
He'll also help on another front -- one dear to Carolina
hearts. I applaud how two weeks ago, the Supreme Court affirmed
student religious groups' equal access to public high schools. //
Jesse Helms will help go further -- and pass our Constitutional
Amendment restoring voluntary prayer. // I know: A state
official of the American Civil Liberties Union has formed a
Special Political Action Committee for the sole purpose of
beating Senator Helms. He thinks it's fine to keep God out of
must he
our classrooms. Well, anybody the ACLU hates is doing something
right. I need Jesse Helms to put the Faith of our Fathers back
in our schools. //
Y in the 1 can Oral office, dear friend of usall, saying:
just here my distinguished predecerson R.R.
Here we so again
6
Next, we come to other issues where we need civility and
conscience. For instance, equal opportunity. Thatra) Ultra liberals
are the hill
great!
want a new civil rights bill that mandates quotas. I say the way
to end bigotry against some some is not to begin it against
CAPS.
others. I want to sign a civil rights bill, but I will not sign
a quotas bill. // In child care, here, too, the lines are clear.
Ultra liberals want us to nationalize child care, expanding the
budget of the bureaucracy. I want to expand the horizons of our
kids. ( (Jesse tells the story of how when he and Dot got married,
they were earning about $30 a week. Not much to start a family
on.)) //
That's one reason he supports our Administration's
child care bill to give tax credits to help families with young
kids. I believe that decisions involving child care belong in
the loving hands of parents, not the file folders of Federal
bureaucrats. Jesse Helms will put that belief into law. //
The G ypart an there
Finally, I need this man on two issues which concern each
American. The first is Federal spending. The second, crime and
drugs.
//
Ultra liberals measure progress made by dollars spent.
Jesse Helms, on the other hand, has been cited by the National
Taxpayers Union as a defender of taxpayers' pocketbooks. Here is
what he cites as his legislative goal: "Cut wasteful spending,
cut wasteful spending, cut wasteful spending." Who says
repetition is dull? // I need Senators like him who'll clean up
the Federal deficit by backing my proposals for a Constitutional
Amendment requiring a balanced budget and a line item veto. //
7
also
In that spirit, Jesse Helms can help clean up our streets.
( (Remember how the immortal Barney Fife said of motorists, "Give
'em 30, they' 11 take 35. Give 'em 35, they take 40. Give 'em
40, they take 45." How ol' Barn could go on.) ) // Today's enemy
isthugs and drug peddlers, not only speeders. So I need Jesse
Helms to back our National Drug Control Strategy. And to pass
our Violent Crime Control Act sent to Congress last July. // At
its heart is the belief that for anyone killing a law enforcement
officer, no legal penalty is too tough. Ultra-liberals oppose
the death penalty. I want Congress to expand the death penalty.
Not some time. Not some place. But across America -- now. //
You know, Jesse Helms' favorite all-time movie is Patton.
And in closing, let me recall the words of George S. Scott at the
start of the film. Warning his troops they would often wonder
whether they would retreat under fire. "Don't worry about it," he
advised them. "I can assure you that you will all do your duty."
For 18 years, Jesse Helms has done his duty. Acting as a
United States Senator to protect what the late Frances Bavier,
Mayberry and Siler City's beloved Aunt Bee, called "home and
people's feelings and how they grew up." He has acted with the
civility and conscience that is a metaphor for North Carolina.
And with a bravery that would make even General Patton proud.
And mevent Patta
He has been a magnificent public servant. I need him in the
well mhe out lesse. tal-
Senate. So let's keep him there -- for North Carolina's sake,
and America's sake. Thank you for this occasion. God bless you.
Cause Hoss 20clors
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And let's re-elect Jesse Helms as Senator from North Carolina.
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June 8, 1990
8 A.M.
BAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HELMS FUNDRAISER
CHARLOTTE FUNDRAISER
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990
Senator and Mrs. Helms, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends.
Thank you for that introduction. There's a song which speaks
of "Carolina in the morning." I'm pleased to be with you in
Carolina at night.
It is a privilege to be in the home town of one of America's
greatest religious leader, the Reverend Billy Graham. // ( (I was
reminded that this was Billy's birthplace a few moments ago. The
glass of water I poured suddenly turned into wine.) ) //
Even more, it's also a thrill to have the chance to salute
one of America's greatest political leaders. A wonderful member
of the United States Senate. An unswerving champion of what he
believes. The Senior Senator from North Carolina, Jesse Helms. //
( (I thought of Jesse as I was flying into Charlotte. Like
Reverend Graham, Senator Helms is a deeply religious man. But
there's one event in Biblical history that he disagrees with. He
insists that what Adam and Eve wore in the Garden of Eden weren't
fig leaves -- they were tobacco leaves. )) //
Seriously, I was thinking aboard Air Force One about the
great Senators who have served this century. People like Bob
Taft. Mike Mansfield. Margaret Chase Smith. John Stennis.
Each was a Senator of conscience and civility. //
The man we're here to praise belongs in that honor roll of
statesmen. For years he has helped keep North Carolina proud. I
2
need him in the Senate to help keep America proud. His civility
has enriched the Tar Heel State -- his conscience, the Nation.
Tell that to the Charlotte Observer. /
All of you know the Helms story. How Jesse was the son of a
police chief, and worked his way through Wake Forest. Later,
telling it like it was as a columnist and commentator. // How as
Senator he has lent seniority and prestige to North Carolina.
Always reflecting its State motto: To be rather than to seem.
Yet I'd like to tell you about the Jesse Helms you may not
know about. Not just professionally -- what's more, personally.
And why his re-election is not a partisan crusade. It is a
national necessity.
The Jesse Helms I know is a man of courtesy and conviction.
He's conservative -- makes no bones about it. ( (Jesse told me he
had to cancel his bath last Saturday night because he couldn't
find his rubber gunboat)) He's not a weathervane who twists
around. He's a visionary who holds his ground. Sam Ervin said
it best: "Senator Helms is one of the few men in public life
who's got the courage to stand up for what he honestly believes."
The Jesse Helms I know also embodies the values of North
Carolina's good, quiet, decent people. People who pay their
taxes, believe in work, and have a love of country and of God. //
Like them, he is a man of integrity. A great family man --
wonderful wife, Dot, and - great kids. A man, too, of kindness
and humanity. As a story I'd like to tell you shows.
3
( (It happened at Christmas, 28 years ago. Jesse and Dot
were reading a newspaper story about a boy with cerebral palsy,
living in a Greensboro orphanage. Asked what he would most like
from Santa Claus, the boy had said, "A mother and a father." //
( (The next day, the Helmses visited that boy. They adopted
him. They became his father and mother, and raised him through
several operations. Today, he's a successful businessman. Like
Dot and Jesse, Barbara and I too know the loving, nurturing joy
of an adopted child. It's one of the reasons we prefer adoption
to abortion. // I salute this son and his wonderful parents. )) //
That's the Jesse Helms I know -- a parable of character. A
man who reminds me of that mirror of small-town life, The Andy
Griffith Show. // I remember one scene where Andy told son Opie,
"Fighting on Sunday, that's disgraceful." Jesse would never
fight physically -- least of all on Sunday. Instead, he fights
ethically every day to place principle over politics. // We don't
always agree with each other. But we always respect each other.
I need Jesse's civility and conscience in the U.S. Senate. //
As an example, look at foreign policy -- where Jesse's
support of America's national defense has, and is, helping me
build a more democratic world. // Two weeks ago President
Gorbachev and I held a Summit in Washington. We discussed how
freedom could dismantle walls between peoples. And we signed
agreements concerning areas of interest to both our countries,
and bilateral understandings in several joint statements.
4
The first agreement will eliminate the great majority of
chemical weapons that have been stockpiled over the years. The
second agreement will create unprecedented improvements for on-
site verification of the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and Peaceful
Explosion Treaty. A third updates and expands our 1973 pact on
the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
Understandings, too, can link the community of Nations. So
we vowed to continue future negotiations on nuclear and space
arms. And issued a statement on Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe. In addition, President Gorbachev and I released a Joint
Statement on strategic arms limitations, recording our agreement
on major outstanding issues governing a SALT treaty. A promise:
This treaty must, and will, be both sound and verifiable before I
will send it to the Senate. //
( (You know, the great humorist Will Rogers once said, "A man
in the country does his own thinking -- but you get him into town
and he soon will be thinking second-handed. ) ) // Rogers was
referring to old ways of thinking. Our Summit agreements embody
new ways of thinking. // They will help us meet remaining
challenges: For instance, aiding self-determination for the
Baltic republics. And seeing that German reunification mirrors
the wishes of the German people. // And we will meet them
through strength, not weakness. Remember: Giving peace a chance
does not mean taking a chance on peace. A strong national
defense has helped us gain us the peace. I need Jesse Helms in
the Senate to help a strong defense maintain the peace. //
5
Here in America, challenges also remain. So, quoting
Asheville's Thomas Wolfe, let's "look homeward": Here, too, I
need Jesse Helms' civility and conscience. //
A noted preacher once said, "A thoughtful mind, when it sees
a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only but the Nation itself."
Yet if the brave men who fought and died for the Stars and
Stripes were here today, American flags set aflame would be
doused with their tears. // We owe it to their memory to ensure
that while legitimate speech remains free, flag-burning carries a
price. Jesse Helms will help pass a Constitutional Amendment
forbidding the desecreation of our flag. //
He'll also help on another front -- one dear to Carolina
hearts. I refer, of course, to Jesse's fervent support of our
Constitutional Amendment restoring voluntary prayer. // Now, I'm
told that a state official of the American Civil Liberties Union
has formed a Special Political Action Committee for the sole aim
of beating Senator Helms. // I can just hear my distinguished
predecessor and dear friend, Ronald Reagan, saying, "Here we go
again." // The ACLU thinks it's fine to keep God out of the
classroom -- and to burn the American flag. Just remember:
Anybody they hate must be doing something right. I need Jesse
Helms to put the Faith of our Fathers back in our schools.
Next, we come to other issues where we need civility and
conscience. For instance, equal opportunity. Ultra-liberals
want a new civil rights bill that mandates quotas. ( (They have
about as much chance as the Celtics do of hiring Mike
6
Krzyewski) // The way to end bigotry against some some is not
to begin it against others. I want to sign a civil rights bill,
but I will not sign a quotas bill. //
In child care, here, too, the lines are clear. Ultra-
liberals want us to nationalize child care, expanding the budget
of the bureaucracy. I want to expand the horizons of our kids.
( (Jesse tells the story of how when he and Dot got married, they
were earning about $30 a week. Not much to start a family on.))
// That's one reason he supports our Administration's child care
bill to give tax credits to help families with young kids. I
believe that decisions involving child care belong in the loving
hands of parents, not the file folders of Federal bureaucrats.
Jesse Helms will put that belief into law. //
Finally, I need this man on two issues which concern each
American. The first is Federal spending. The second, crime and
drugs. // Ultra-liberals measure progress made by dollars spent.
Jesse Helms, on the other hand, has been cited by the National
Taxpayers Union as a defender of taxpayers' pocketbooks. Here is
what he cites as his legislative goal: "Cut wasteful spendinc,
cut wasteful spending, cut wasteful spending." Who says
repetition is dull? // I need Senators like him who'll clean up
the Federal deficit by backing my proposals for a Constitutional
Amendment requiring a balanced budget and a line item veto. //
In that spirit, Jesse Helms can also help clean up our
streets. (Remember how the immortal Barney Fife said of
motorists, "Give 'em 30, they'll take 35. Give 'em 35, they take
7
40. Give 'em 40, they take 45." How ol' Barn could go on.) //
Today's enemy is thugs and drug peddlers, not only speeders. So
I need Jesse Helms to back our National Drug Control Strategy --
and pass our Violent Crime Act sent to Congress last July. At
its heart is the belief that for anyone killing a law enforcement
officer, no legal penalty is too tough. Ultra-liberals oppose
the death penalty. I want Congress to expand the death penalty.
Not some time. Not some place. But across America -- now. //
You know, Jesse Helms' favorite all-time movie is Patton.
And in closing, let me recall the words of George S. Scott at the
start of the film. Warning his troops they would often wonder
whether they would retreat under fire. "Don't worry about it," he
advised them. "I can assure you that you will all do your duty."
For 18 years, Jesse Helms has done his duty. Acting as a
United States Senator to protect what the late Frances Bavier,
Mayberry and Siler City's beloved Aunt Bee, called "home and
people's feelings and how they grew up." He has acted with the
civility and conscience that is a metaphor for North Carolina.
And with a bravery that would make even General Patton proud. //
Two years ago, after an operation, Jesse disobeyed doctor's
orders to leave the hospital to campaign for me. I'll never
forget his support. Today, I pledge my friendship and support
for this magnificent public servant. I need him in the Senate.
So let's keep him there -- for North Carolina's sake, and
America's sake. Thank you for this occasion. God bless you.
And let's re-elect Jesse Helms as Senator from North Carolina.
18 poss la,
Biui put
(Smith/Garmey)
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June 13, 1990
8 A.M.
BAR
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: HELMS FUNDRAISER
CHARLOTTE FUNDRAISER
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990
Senator and Mrs. Helms, Ladies and gentlemen, Friends. It
is a pleasure to be in the home town of one of America's greatest
religious leaders, the Reverend Billy Graham. // ((I was
sypater
reminded that Charlotte was Billy's birthplace a few moments ago.
incre
The glass of water I poured suddenly turned into wine ) //
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salute one of America's greatest political leaders. A
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Sen
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champion of what he believes. My friend, Senator Jesse Helms. //
( (I got to thinking about Jesse as we were flying into
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Charlotte. The control tower radioed that someone had phoned the
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airport urging that we land on runway right. )) //
Seriously, I've come here to support a man who ranks on the
honor roll of America's all-time Senators. His civility has
enriched his native State his conscience the Nation. // Jesse
Helms has helped keep Carolina proud and I need him in the Senate
south
to keep America proud. Tell that to the Charlotte Observer. //
All of you know the Helms story. The son of a police chief,
he worked his way through school. Later, telling it like it was
asenior
his
eff.
strong
support
as a columnist and commentator. // As Senator, he has lent
of formly
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value
a stong voice,
seniority and prestige to North Carolina. Always reflecting its
State motto: To be rather than to seem.
THE
2
The slogan of this campaign is "You know where Jesse
stands." Yet I'd like to talk about the Jesse Helms you may not
know about. Not just professionally -- personally. And why his
re-election isn't a partisan crusade -- but a national necessity.
The Jesse Helms I know is a man of courtesy and conviction.
( (During the Cold War days, his idea of a conciliatory stance was
writing "Have a nice day" on nuclear warheads)) He's not a
testing the
weathervane who twists around He's a visionary who holds his
ground // Sam Ervin said it best: "Jesse is one of the few men
who has the courage to stand up for what he honestly believes."
The Jesse Helms I know also embodies the values of North
and
Carolina's good, quiet, decent people. People who pay their
or
hard
taxes, believe in work, and have a love of country and of God. //
Like them, Jesse's a man of integrity. A great family man --
three
lovely wife, Dot, / great kids, and 6 grand-children. A man,
of kindness and humanity. As the following story shows.
( (You may know that Barbara and I have two adopted
grandchildren -- Marshall and also Charles Walker, christened two
weeks ago. They are a constant source of happiness in our lives.
// Well, 28 years ago at Christmas, Jesse and Dot were reading a
newspaper story about a boy with cerebral palsy, living in a
Greensboro orphanage. Asked what he would most like from Santa
Claus, the boy had said, "A mother and a father." //
( (The next day, the Helmses visited that boy. They adopted
him. Became his mother and father. Raised Brought him through several
operations. Today, he's a successful businessman. // Like
nome
3
Barbara and I, Dot and Jesse know the nurturing joy of adoption.
both
Just one reason we prefer adoption to abortion. // I salute the
Helms son and his wonderful parents. ))
That's the Jesse Helms I know -- a parable of character. A
man who reminds me of that mirror of small-town life, the
marvelous Andy Griffith Show. // I remember a scene where Andy
told son Opie, "Fighting on Sunday, that's disgraceful." //
Jesse would never fight physically -- least of all on Sunday.
Instead, he fights ethically every day to place principle over
politics. // People don't always agree with him. But they always
respect him. Where does Jesse stand? You know where Jesse
principles
strengthen
stands: For beliefs that ennoble the U.S. of A. //
As an example, look at foreign policy -- where Jesse's
support of America's national defense has, and is, helping me
build a more democratic world. // Earlier this month, President
Gorbachev and I held a Summit in Washington. We discussed how
freedom could dismantle walls between peoples. And signed
agreements concerning areas of interest to both our countries.
The first agreement will eliminate the great majority of
chemical weapons stockpiled over the years. A second agreement
updates and expands our 1973 pact on the peaceful uses of atomic
energy. A third will create unprecedented improvements for on-
site verification -- as Jesse has urged since the 1970s. //
Understandings, too, can link the community of Nations. So
President Gorbachev and I vowed to continue future negotiations
on nuclear and space arms. And we issued a statement on
we los wish wn perform sale the 4 alesi Mascul yes I very Peras now in it a the Lov it to a
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. Furthermore, we released
a
Joint Statement on strategic arms limitations, recording our
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agreement on issues governing a SALT treaty. This treaty must,
and will, be sound and verifiable before I send it to the Senate.
( (You know, the great humorist Will Rogers once said, "A man
in the country does his own thinking -- but you get him into town
and he soon will be thinking second-handed. ")) Jesse Helms is a
country thinker: He knows that giving peace a chance does not
mean taking a chance on peace. // He knows that America must,
see
and will, heed the desire for self-determination for the Baltic
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Asheville's own Thomas Wolfe, let's "look homeward": Here, too,
I need Jesse Helms to stand up for what's right. //
A noted preacher once said, "A thoughtful mind, when it sees
a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only but the Nation itself."
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Yet if the brave men who fought and died for the Stars and
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doused with their tears. // Last week, a Supreme Court decision
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ensuring that while speech remains free, flag-burning carries a
price. // I need Senators who will pass a Constitutional
Amendment banning the desecreation of Old Glory. Let's help
Jesse stop those who mock the symbol of America. //
Jesse will also help on another front -- one dear to
Carolina hearts. I refer, of course, to his fervent support of
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our Constitutional Amendment restoring voluntary prayer. // Now,
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I'm told that a state official of the American Civil Liberties
Union has formed a Special Political Action Committee for the
sole aim of defeating Senator Helms. // I can just hear my
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to end bigotry against some is not to begin it against others.
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Jesse Helms, on the other hand, has been cited by the National
Taxpayers Union as a defender of taxpayers' pocketbooks. Here is
his 1990 legislative goal: "Cut wasteful spending / cut wasteful
spending // cut wasteful spending." Who says repetition is dull?
// I need Senators like Jesse who'll clean up the Federal
deficit by backing proposals for a Constitutional Amendment
requiring a balanced budget and a line item veto. //
In that spirit, Jesse Helms can also help clean up our
streets. ( (Remember what Mayberry's Barney Fife said of
Rade's
motorists? "Give 'em 30, they'l take 35. Give 'em 35, they
take 40. Give 'em 40, they take 45." My, how ol' Barn could go
on.)) // Today's enemy is thugs and drug peddlers, not only
speeders. So I need Jesse Helms to back our National Drug
Control Strategy -- and pass our Violent Crime Act sent to
Congress last July. At its heart is the belief that for anyone
killing a law enforcement officer, no legal penalty is too tough.
Ultra-liberals oppose the death penalty. Where does Jesse stand?
Where I do: We want Congress to expand the death penalty. Not
some time. Not some place. But across America -- now. //
You know, Jesse Helms' favorite all-time movie is Patton.
And in closing, let me recall evite the words of George C. Scott at the
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start of that film -- warning his troops they would often wonder
whether or not they'd retreat under fire. "Don't worry about it,"
he advised them. "I can assure you, you will all do your duty."
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For 18 years, Jesse Helms has done his duty. Acting as a
United States Senator to protect what the late Frances Bavier,
Mayberry and Siler City beloved Aunt Bee, called "home and
people's feelings, and how they grew up." He has acted with the
civility and conscience that is a metaphor for North Carolina.
And with a bravery that would make even General Patton proud. //
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Today, I pledge to stand up for him. // You know where Jesse
stands: For a safe, strong, and moral America. I need him in
the Senate. So let's keep him there -- for North Carolina's
sake, and America's. Thank you for this occasion. Let's re-
elect Senator Jesse Helms. And God bless the United States of
America.
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TO: STEPHANIE LAUDNER
MORE JESSE HELMS FUNDRAISER (Curt Smith)
I WAS THINKING ABOUT JESSE AS WE WERE FLYING INTO CHARLOTTE, WHEN THE CONTROL
TOWER RAD10ED UP ANY THAT SOMEONE HAD PHONED THE AR AIRPORT DEMANDING (URGING)
THAT WE LAND ON RUNWAY RIGHT.
I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN JESSE HEADED A GROUP THAT WANTED TO BUY CBS.
I'M SORRY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING TO SEE
A CHANGE 1N SATURDAY MORNING KIDS' PROGRAMMING TO SHOWS LIKE "THE WILLIAM F.
BUCKLEY-ROADRUNNER HOUR."
DURING THE COLD WAR DAYS, JESSE'S IDEA OF ADOPTING A MORE CONCILIATORY STANCE
WAS WRITING "HAVE A NICE DAY" ON OUR NUCLEAR WARHEADS.
HE'S THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW WHO WEARS A WARNING ON HIS LAPEL THAT SAYS "MAKING
ANTI-TOBACCO REMARKS TO JESSE HELMS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH."
(739-9828)
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