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SECRETARY OF LABOR-DESIGNATE LYNN MARTIN
OPENING STATEMENT
SENATE LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
JANUARY 30, 1991
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a privilege to appear before
this Committee today, and I would like to extend my thanks to
each of you for the courtesies extended to me.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am deeply
honored to have been asked by President Bush to serve as
America's 21st Secretary of Labor. My admiration of the
President is no secret. Our relationship has always been one
that permits honest opinions and frank assessments. He will
confirmed. continue to receive both, as well as my loyalty, if I am
I am also grateful, Mr. Chairman, as I am sure are the
members of this Committee, for the leadership that Elizabeth Dole
provided to the Department of Labor. During her stewardship, she
moved the Department in many new and exciting directions. I am
anxious to take the helm of a Department which has such a rich
history of making a positive difference in the quality of life
for America's working men and women.
As I look toward the dais today, Mr. Chairman, I see many
friends with whom I was fortunate to work during my decade as a
member of the House of Representatives.
Indeed, my respect for the United States Senate became so
great over the years, that I spent much of 1990 planning to come
to work here. But fate, and a couple of thousand precincts,
changed all that.
I must take this opportunity to express special thanks to
both Senator Simon and Senator Dixon for their confidence and
support. I have worked with both of these distinguished
gentlemen on many projects in the past, and I look forward to
expanding that partnership as We work not only for the citizens
of Illinois, but for the entire country. I know we share an
abiding interest in the future of America's workforce. Indeed if
it were not for Senator Simon, I would not be here today.
Senators Simon, Dixon, and I also share in our admiration of
that great son of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln.
It was Lincoln who summed up our democracy when he said that
"The working men are the basis of all governments." Over a
century later, that fact remains the same. It is our working men
and women in factories, farms, shops, businesses, government
offices, health care facilities, schools, and other areas, who
have fueled a remarkable economic expansion, and built a
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democracy which continues to inspire mankind.
And it is squarely in the corner of America's working men
and women where I have stood during my years in public service
and where the Labor Department will stand, if I am confirmed as
Secretary of Labor.
The goals which I will set for the department represent a
continuum for American workers--touching their lives before,
during, and after, their years in the labor force, thereby
empowering each individual to make a contribution to our society.
In order for working men and women to take advantage of the
opportunities our nation provides them, I will take a leadership
role to ensure that they have the skills which form a lifetime
foundation for productive work. Our human resources are our most
precious natural resource. This is true in times of peace and in
times of conflict. We must commit our full attention to
enhancing our human resources. Skills training may be the single
most important task we undertake and in fact, the most meaningful
to the future of our country and its workforce.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, in 1991, the
Department of Labor will spend $4.5 billion for education and
training programs. In this era of fiscal restraint, one of my
top priorities if confirmed will be to see that every dollar of
job training funds is spent wisely, that our programs are
directed to those who are least skilled, and are the most
disadvantaged.
In this time of excruciatingly tight budgets, we must work
smarter and face the reality that new programs do not necessarily
mean expanded budgets. I take the challenge seriously that the
Chairman put to Secretary Dole during her confirmation hearing
when he said and I quote, "We must learn to do more without
spending more." Assuring programs meet today's needs, is a
mandate I will work hard to achieve.
Mr. Chairman, I look forward to becoming the second
Secretary of Labor with experience as a public school teacher.
And if my years in the classroom taught me one thing, it is that
the future of America depends upon what is occurring in our
schools. Quality education has never been more important than
today.
This President has forged new partnerships in the Executive
Branch to enhance education and training efforts between the
Department of Labor and the Department of Education. Education
Secretary-Designate Alexander and I have already had several very
fruitful discussions, and we have pledged that if confirmed we
will continue and strengthen this partnership.
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Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, it has become a
tired expression to say that today America is in a global
economy. But, as I look to the challenges before our nation's
workforce, this once again bears repeating. America is faced
today with a new economic reality. That reality is that
productivity is no longer the only standard that determines
success or failure in the marketplace. Quality, customization,
variety, timeliness and convenience are today the new competitive
standards. Our ability to prepare our workforce to meet these
new standards will determine America's ability to compete in the
global economy. As Labor Secretary, workforce preparedness will
be among my top priorities, and I will work actively with labor,
business, educators, and colleagues in government at all levels
to ensure we meet today's competition.
My second goal for the Department will be to fulfill our
obligation to those currently on the job--a duty which includes
ensuring that our workers are as safe as possible, and that
everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.
I am proud to serve a President who is committed to opening
doors for all Americans. I am anxiously awaiting the initial
results of a series of fact-finding glass ceiling reviews being
conducted by the Department. As you know, the "glass ceiling"
refers to the invisible barrier in the upper management ranks of
business and industry which freeze women and minorities from
advancing beyond mid-management levels.
Equal opportunity in the workplace has long been a passion
of mine, Mr. Chairman. As a Member of Congress, I led the fight
to protect House employees from discrimination and unsafe working
conditions. And, as a working parent, I am also committed to
supporting and encouraging innovative programs which assist both
mothers and fathers in balancing work and family
responsibilities.
Mr. Chairman, if confirmed, the third goal which the
Department of Labor will pursue is the one affecting those who
have retired after a lifetime of productive work. The passage of
ERISA in 1974 gave the Labor Department the responsibility for
ensuring the basic fairness and integrity of the private pension
system. During my five terms in Congress, I heard time and time
again from constituents who were concerned about the safety of
their pensions. Safeguarding Americans retirement funds is
foremost on my agenda to ensure the security at the end of our
workers' continuum. I will work to ensure that our private
pension system is safe and meets the needs of today's workforce
and the retirees of tomorrow.
As you know, = good portion of Labor Department regulations
mandate what management and labor can't do. These regulations
are critical to the mission of the Department, and will be firmly
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enforced. But, I also believe that the Department must also be a
"can do" agency.
One of the areas in which the Department can take an
aggressive approach to ensuring the welfare of American workers
is to provide "compliance assistance" so businesses large and
small know what the laws are and strive to achieve voluntary
compliance.
My years as a county board member and a state legislator
made me very aware that the Federal government cannot possibly
have all the resources, or the ingenuity to provide all the
solutions. We must encourage state and local governments, as
well as management, labor unions, and individual workers, to ask
themselves what they can do. We must remove barriers, and allow
them to work together, to move forward with innovations, to dream
big dreams.
It is, after all, in small and large businesses across
America--and not in the Labor Department--where jobs are created.
These businesses need the flexibility to continue to create
jobs, and to remain competitive in today's ever-changing global
market. The Competitiveness Council, under the leadership of
Vice President Quayle, has done outstanding work in framing
issues in this regard, and I hope to work with the members of the
Council in the continuing search for solutions.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, as we search
together for solutions to competitiveness issues and other
problems, my door will be open to labor, business, Congress, and
state and local government. And my mind will be open to better
ways of doing things.
Creating a "can-do" attitude is especially important, Mr.
Chairman, in this time of anxiety over the health of the economy
and recent increases in the unemployment rate.
Mr. Chairman, I am well aware of your concern about the
impact the current economic downturn is having on the American
people. Having represented the district with the highest
unemployment rate in the nation during the 1982 recession, I can
assure you that I am exceedingly sensitive to the profound way
unemployment affects peoples' lives. As you know, the Labor
Department oversees the basic unemployment insurance program,
extended unemployment benefits when they are triggered, as well
as training programs for dislocated workers under the Economic
Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act and Trade
Adjustment Assistance benefits. The Department is, and will
remain, committed to seeing that these programs are operated as
effectively and humanely as possible.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, I did want to mention that I am very
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well aware that the nation's attention this past month has been
focused on a much more important topic than who is to serve as
Labor Secretary. We are all deeply indebted to the hundreds of
thousands of men and women who are serving in Operation Desert
Storm, many of whom were called away from a job to serve their
nation. As our troops return home, let me make it very clear
that one of my top priorities will be to see that those who
served in the Gulf are welcomed back with open arms to the
workplace. These are some of the critical areas I will address
if I am confirmed as the next Secretary of Labor.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, my parents both
worked. I can remember my father talking about the Depression
and how men cried when they felt their futures were over. I can
remember my mother working during World War II in a bomber
factory. I've listened to my father worrying about his company's
pension plan and I can never forget my mother working in a
department store, telling me they were saving money so I could go
on to school.
They were American workers; part of the best group in the
world. If I am confirmed as Secretary of Labor, I will always
remember it is their Department and my real commitment is to
them, and to the millions of Americans whose Department this is.
Again, Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, thank you
for the courtesies you have shown me today, and for the time you
have taken to meet with me about your concerns these past weeks.
If confirmed, I very much look forward to working with you in the
challenging times ahead.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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DRAFT
PROGRAM
Musical Prelude
Folk Songs
Sung by John Bregger and Robert McIntire, DOL/BLS
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Sung by The Blacks in Government Gospel Choir
Invocation and
Family Introductions by Julia Martin
Pledge of Allegiance
Led by Family of Sgt. First Class Melvin Oliver
Department of Labor, OASAM
Now serving in the Persian Gulf, Operation Desert Storm
Remarks by President George Bush
SWEARING IN
OF
LYNN MORLEY MARTIN
Administered by The Honorable Harry Leinenweber
Bible held by Mr. Lawrence Morley
Remarks by Secretary Lynn Morley Martin
"This in My Country"
Sung by The Blacks in Government Gospel Choir
Signer for the deaf will be provided
SWEARING IN
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Third Street
Bleachers
Seating for 200
(Invited Guest Entrance)
Constitution Avenue
Press Platform
Seating for 350
STAGE
Bleachers
Seating for 200
noon
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Draft Two (B:MARTIN)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR LYNN MARTIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1991, 10:30 A.M.
Thank you, and good afternoon.
Truly, it is a great honor to greet you all today. I'm very
pleased to see so many Cabinet members here to welcome their
newest colleague. I see Secretaries Skinner and Derwinski, and
Sec.-designate Madigan. ((Lynn -- One more Illinoisan [ill-eh-
NOY-an] and we'll have to move the Cabinet meetings to Chicago!) )
I also want to offer my respects to the former Secretaries
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Secretary McLaughlin. And of course -- Secretary Elizabeth Dole.
And in marking this moment of transition, let me begin by
offering our congratulations to Secretary Dole for 25 years of
exceptional government service, and our best wishes in her
continuing public service as president of the American Red Cross.
Secretary Dole -- on behalf of the Department of Labor -- on
behalf of the American people -- thank you -- and good luck. \\\
We are here today to introduce the new Secretary of Labor.
And we are particularly grateful that many of the distinguished
Members of Congress with whom she has served are able to be here
with us. We're also glad to see Lane Kirkland. And most of all,
it is a distinct and personal pleasure to welcome to Washington
the family and friends of this extraordinary woman.
The 16th District of Illinois has great historical signifi-
cance. It was a site of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, home of
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President Ulysses S. Grant, and the birthplace of Ronald Reagan.
And it is the district served for 10 years by a woman who is one
of the great leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives -- my
longtime friend -- America's new Secretary of Labor, Lynn Martin.
Barbara and I have campaigned with her at home in the
streets and neighborhoods of Rockford. You should see the love
and affection the people who know her best feel for her. And
with good cause. Lynn first became involved in politics because
-- as a mother and as a teacher -- she knew America's children
deserved better -- better schools, better choices, a better
future. She's been working to bring about improvements like
these all her life. And that's why, during my Inauguration week,
I urged a group of 10,000 young people from all across the nation
to make Lynn Martin their role model. "Watch her leadership in
the United States Congress," I said. "She's tough, she's strong
and she exemplifies the very best in public service."
Lynn Martin is committed to reaching out to American workers
-- as she told the Senate recently -- to "touching their lives
before, during, and after their years in the labor force."
Now those are the thoughts of a very dedicated and caring woman.
Matched by her exceptional talents, they promise that Secretary
Martin will help make the American workplace safer, healthier,
and more secure -- and serve the Department and the country as a
powerful force for good.
A few months ago, I listened as Lynn told an Illinois
gathering about how, almost 30 years ago, she held her little
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girl Julia up above the crowd as President John F. Kennedy drove
by. Lynn said: "If only once in her life, I wanted her to be
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able to say she had seen a President of the United States. "
Today, that little girl is the fine young woman we see doing
such a superb job up here. [[JULIA IS MAKING OPENING REMARKS ]
And that young mother is America's newest Secretary of Labor.
And who knows -- maybe someday down the road the mothers and
fathers of Rockford will hold their kids up to see another
presidential limo drive by -- and waving back from inside will be
the irrepressible smile of Lynn Martin.
Just the other day, Lynn remarked that the "dream is alive
in places you least expect to find it. " That's so true. Lynn
Martin is the American dream. And she inspires it in others.
Madame Secretary -- congratulations, good luck, and God
bless you.
And now I would invite your husband, United States District
Court Judge Harry Leinenweber, with the assistance of your
father, to administer the oath of office. Judge Leinenweber.
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR LYNN MARTIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Thank you, and good afternoon.
Truly, it is a great honor to greet you all today. I'm very
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and Secretary-designate Madigan. ((Lynn -- one more Illinoisan
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Secretary McLaughlin. And of course -- Secretary Elizabeth Dole
And in marking this moment of transition, let me begin by
offering our congratulations to Secretary Dole for 25 years of
exceptional government service, and our best wishes in her
continuing public service as president of the American Red Cross.
Secretary Dole -- on behalf of the Department of Labor -- on
behalf of the American people -- thank you -- and good luck. \\\
We are here today to introduce the new Secretary of Labor.
And we are particularly grateful that many of the distinguished
Members of Congress with whom she has served are able to be here
with us. We're also glad to see Lane Kirkland And most of all,
it is a distinct and personal pleasure to welcome to Washington
the family and friends of this extraordinary woman.
The 16th District of Illinois has great historical signifi-
cance. It was a site of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, home of
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President Ulysses S. Grant, and the birthplace of Ronald Reagan.
And it is the district served for 10 years by a woman who is one
of the great leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives -- my
longtime friend -- America's new Secretary of Labor, Lynn Martin.
I've been with her there at home. You should see the love
and affection the people who know her best feel for her. And
with good cause. Lynn first became involved in politics because
-- as a mother and as a teacher -- she knew America's children
deserved better -- better schools, better choices, a better
future. She's been working to bring about improvements like
these all her life. And that's why, during my Inauguration week,
I urged a group of 10,000 young people from all across the nation
to make Lynn Martin their role model. "Watch her leadership in
the United States Congress," I said. "She's tough, she's strong
and she exemplifies the very best in public service."
Lynn Martin is committed to reaching out to American workers
-- as she told the Senate recently -- to "touching their lives
before, during, and after their years in the labor force."
Now those are the sentiments of a very thoughtful and caring
woman. Matched by her exceptional talents, it promises that
Secretary Martin will help make the American workplace more safe,
more healthy, and more secure -- and serve the Department and the
country as a powerful force for good.
A few months ago, I listened as Lynn told an Illinois
gathering about how, almost 30 years ago, she held her little
daughter Julia up above the crowd as President John F. Kennedy
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drove by. Lynn said: "If only once in her life, I wanted her to
be able to say she had seen a President of the United States."
And today, seeing Julia doing such a fine job up here, and
seeing her mother assume this high office, I realize that soon
parents will be holding their children up to see Lynn Martin.
Just the other day, Lynn remarked that the "dream is alive
in places you least expect to find it." It's so true. Lynn
Martin is the American dream. And she inspires it in others.
Madame Secretary -- congratulations, good luck, and God
bless you.
And now I would invite your husband, United States District
Court Judge Harry Leinenweber, with the assistance of your
father, to administer the oath of office. Judge Leinenweber.
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DRAFT
Logstics for Swearing In
Wednesday, February 20, 1991
Begin Great Hall Set up
Thursday, February 21, 1991
Great Hall Set up
Chairs
Move Stage
Bleachers in place
Volunteer/Usher Walk thru
Friday, February 22, 1991
Band arrives and place instruments
Security Sweep begins
Mags Open
Ushers in Place
Choir arrives
Oliver Family arrives and receives instructions
Guest begin arriving
9:45 am
Musical Prelude begins
10:00 am Military Band begins playing
10:15 am
Family and Friends are escorted to seats
10:20 am
Folk Singers sing
10:25 am
Singing of "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
THE PRESIDENT arrives
(Arrival on stage with Secretary Martin and Harry Leinenweber)
10:35 am
Invocation and Family Introductions by Julia Martin
10:38 am
Pledge of Allegiance
Led by Family of Sgt. First Class Melvin Oliver,
Department of Labor, OASAM
Now serving in the Persian Gulf, Operation Desert Storm,
10:40 am
Remarks by President George Bush
10:47 am
SWEARING IN of LYNN MORLEY MARTIN
Administered by The Honorable Harry Leinenweber,
Bible held by Mr. Lawrence Morley
10:50 am
Remarks by Secretary Lynn Morley Martin
10:55 am
Singing of "This is My Country"
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HEADLINE: Calm Bush enjoys last day as No. 2
Next leader feels sense of good will
BYLINE: By Timothy J. McNulty, Chicago Tribune
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
Sitting back in a chair to rehearse the cadence of his inaugural speech or
moving swiftly by armored limousine through the streets of Washington, George
Bush made small, personal gestures Thursday on the eve of attaining the
pinnacle of American politics.
Loose and limber, Bush even caught Rep. Lynn Martin (R., Ill.) by the arm
as she tripped going up steps in front of almost 10,000 high school students.
Bush and Martin, old political friends, both dissolved in laughter at the
embarrassment.
Despite the anticipation of a new life that might take breaths away, Bush
spent much of his day in workmanlike and unremarkable ways.
"He was worrying about all his mail piling up at the Navy Yard," Martin said
in describing the President-elect's mood. "As much as he was enjoying this, he's
at the point now where he wants to get started. It's sort of like being on
vacation and it coming to an end, he told me. He's as anxious to be president as
he is ready to finish with all the hoopla."
Bush's surprise appearance before the students was his main public appearance
during daylight, but shortly after nightfall, the President-elect was off to a
private dinner with friends and then to a nationally televised inaugural gala at
the Washington Convention Center.
His day was filled with quieter moments, including lunch in the White House
mess with Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, tennis star Chris Evert, Bush's
sister, Nancy, and others. He also walked Evert over to his office and
introduced her to another visiting tennis buddy, Australian John Newcombe.
In the sunny and mild afternoon, the 64-year-old politician sat in his room
at Blair House, the official government residence across the street from the
White House, working on the timing and phrases of his 15-minute inaugural
address, which was written with the aid of speechwriter Peggy Noonan. According
to spokeswoman Alixe Glen, "He's happy and he's still working."
With nearby streets blocked off to all traffic, Bush also slipped out of the
recently restored government guest house to visit his 87-year-old mother,
Dorothy Walker Bush, who was staying with the other 200 extended-family
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members at the Jefferson Hotel. It entailed a trip of about eight blocks through
the capital's increasingly congested traffic.
Bush has been especially pleased, aides said, at the "sense of good will" he
felt in the last two days as people on the streets clapped and waved as his new
and official stretch Lincoln Continental drove along the streets.
Bush began his day shortly before sunrise by walking across Pennsylvania
Avenue at 7:10 to spend part of his last full day as vice president in his
high-ceilinged office at the Old Executive Office Building.
He worked for about an hour and then stopped at a farewell reception for
about 60 White House senior staff members in the Roosevelt Room. In the Oval
Office, which he will occupy Friday afternoon, Bush also had a private talk with
President Reagan, whom he called "my teacher and my friend."
Back in his own office, he spent about 40 minutes in interviews, first with
wire service reporters, then with reporters from Texas dailies. Bush talked
about some of the topics that he will confront within 24 hours. "I don't think
progress (on arms control) is to be measured solely on whether there's a summit
meeting," he said.
Bush said one of his first acts as president would be to order a major review
of U.S. relations with the Soviets, a step that will delay any chance of quick
movement in strategic arms reduction talks set to resume Feb. 15.
Making it clear that the new administration will begin slowly and carefully,
Bush said he saw no need for a detailed plan for the first 100 days, adding that
such an approach was not necessary for a sitting vice president.
When asked about his emotions, the President-elect said he hasn't experienced
the level of anticipation he'd expected. He thought there would be more highs
and lows, feelings of absolute joy and worry about the responsibilities that lay
ahead, according to his aides. Instead, Bush declared, he was feeling "steady as
she goes."
Though he spent most of the day out of public view, the upbeat and relaxed
Bush began by visiting the inaugural forum for youths and telling them, "I
really feel this: Our best days are yet to come."
Reflecting perhaps his own expansive mood, Bush said, "Our American optimism
about the future is legendary, and perhaps no one better personifies that than a
President named Ronald Reagan, whose shoes are going to be pretty darn hard to
fill," prompting the students to cheer.
He also joked with them that he had "certainly learned the importance of
education during the campaign. I learned how vital it is to memorize dates -
Pearl Harbor Day, for example." He was referring to the time he told an American
Legion audience that the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was
Sept. 7, before correcting himself to the right date, Dec. 7.
Despite his new ease, Bush misspoke himself slightly when promising that his
inaugural speech wouldn't be too long and recalling that one president -
"Benjamin Harrison,' he said - died from pneumonia after giving a nearly
two-hour inaugural speech in near-freezing weather. Actually, that president
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was William Henry Harrison.
It was a minor gaffe that in a way emphasized how poised and at ease Bush has
become. He also was willing to focus attention on his friends, like Rep. Martin.
"She will do anything to upstage the President-elect of the United States,"
said the President-elect, who beamed and grinned after her stumble. "Shameless!"
Moments later he praised the red-faced congresswoman from Rockford, Ill.,
saying, "I'm proud to have her at my side, standing or falling."
Martin, a longtime Bush supporter, said later that it was like her worst
nightmare about high school proms, but if she had to fall in public, "it's kind
of nice to get a hand from the president of the United States."
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HEADLINE: Bush Says Reagan's Shoes Hard to Fill
BYLINE: By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
KEYWORD: Inaugural Rdp
BODY:
George Bush, on the eve of his inauguration as the nation's 41st president,
spoke today of his optimism about the future but also expressed his feeling that
President Reagan's "shoes are going to be pretty darn hard to fill."
Bush told a group of top high school students his mission was "to help build
a better America," and he appealed for their help.
The president-elect, who was to spend most of the day out of the public eye
until his appearance at a nationally televised evening gala, said at a youth
inaugural forum, "I really feel this: Our best days are yet to come."
He also was to bid a private farewell today to the man who he said helped
make it all possible.
"It won't be too easy," Bush said of what could be his final private moment
with Reagan before taking the oath of office.
Reagan himself said today that he is leaving office "without a hint or a
clue" as to the whereabouts of Americans held hostage in Lebanon.
In a farewell interview with news service reporters, Reagan said that while
he feels badly about the hostages, the situation should not be likened to the
one when he came to office eight years ago. Fifty-two Americans held in Tehran
were released on Jan. 20, 1981 - the same day that Reagan was inaugurated and
President Carter left. Reagan had harshly criticized Carter during the 1980
campaign for failing to win the hostages' release.
This week, the focus of the nation's leadership was already beginning to
shift to Bush, as he headlined events leading up to the Friday ceremony.
Some of his time today was to be spent rehearsing his 15-minute inaugural
address, spokeswoman Alixe Glen said.
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Meanwhile, Barbara Bush, the president-elect's wife, won cheers and laughter
today from audiences that packed three theater halls to hear her joke about her
appearance and her husband's fishing.
Mrs. Bush stepped out from behind one podium and told her audience, "Please
notice - hairdo, makeup, designer dress.
Look at me good this week. And
remember. You may never see it again."
She also made fun of her husband's comments on how tough it has been for him
to pack for the move to the White House. Noting he spent two days fishing last
week in Florida, Mrs. Bush said, "So much to the packing story."
The students Bush addressed today cheered when he said, "Our American
optimism about the future is legendary and perhaps no one better personifies
that than a president named Ronald Reagan, whose shoes are going to be pretty
darn hard to fill."
"I can't predict all the twists and the turns that you'll see in your lives,
nor can I as president prepare you for them, but this I do pledge: that I will
do all in my power to help you to help yourselves prepare for a brighter
future," Bush said.
He joked that, "I certainly learned the importance of education during the
campaign. I learned how vital it is to memorize dates - Pearl Harbor Day, for
example."
It was a reference to Bush's campaign gaffe in which he told an American
Legion audience that the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was
Sept. 7. He quickly corrected himself to the actual day, Dec. 7.
He made a new mix-up today, promising his inaugural speech wouldn't be too
long and recalling that one president - Benjamin Harrison, he said - died from
pneumonia after giving a very lengthy inaugural speech in bitterly cold weather.
Actually, that president was William Henry Harrison.
As Bush made his entrance to the stage, Rep. Lynn Martin, R-I11., tripped
on a step and had to be helped by Bush and an aide. "She will do anything to
upstage the president-elect of the United States," Bush joked.
But then he praised Mrs. Martin, a longtime supporter, saying, "I'm proud to
have her at my side, standing or falling."
The congresswoman later said that if she had to fall in public, "it's kind of
nice to get a hand from the president of the United States."
A twilight inaugural extravaganza at the stately Lincoln Memorial on
Wednesday was marked by a flyover of Navy jets, a massive fireworks display and
music by the Beach Boys and other groups. Many in the crowd waved penlights
handed out for the event to represent Bush's campaign theme of "a thousand
points of light."
Bush tried to stress his commitment to social justice during several
appearances Wednesday, as hundreds of homeless people protested outside the
lavish banquets held for Republican boosters. Protesters outside one banquet at
Union Station chanted "Feed the poor, not the rich."
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"America is strong once again, but the job is not complete," Bush said at the
Lincoln Memorial. "Some are still hurting. And we care."
Bush found time on Wednesday to meet with old Navy comrades, including some
who saved his life 44 years earlier when as a combat pilot in World War II he
was shot down by the Japanese and rescued by a U.S. submarine.
Reagan and his tearful wife Nancy, meanwhile, bade a somber farewell to
hundreds of White House staffers. "We were all revolutionaries, and the
revolution has been a success," Reagan told the gathering of aides.
Bush moved on Wednesday to the Blair House, the historic government guest
house across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. He was to spend two
nights there.
And, like any other person changing jobs and homes, Bush griped about moving.
Apologizing for Barbara Bush's absence from the RNC luncheon, the
president-elect quipped: "She's getting tough around the house. See a
half-filled crate and she puts me to work."
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January 19, 1989, Thursday, Late Final Edition
SECTION: Part 1; Page 2; Column 3; Late Final Desk
LENGTH: 380 words
HEADLINE: FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT, BUSH TELLS YOUTHS, BUT REAGAN'S SHOES WILL BE
'HARD TO FILL'
BYLINE: By AP
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
George Bush, on the eve of his inauguration as the nation's 41st President,
spoke today of his optimism about the future but also expressed his feeling that
President Reagan's "shoes are going to be pretty darn hard to fill."
Bush told a group of top high school students that his mission is "to help
build a better America," and he appealed for their help.
The President-elect, who was to spend most of the day out of the public eye
until his appearance at a nationally televised evening gala, said at a youth
inaugural forum, "I really feel this: Our best days are yet to come."
He also was to bid a private farewell today to the man who he said helped
make it all possible.
"It won't be too easy," Bush said of what could be his final private moment
with Reagan before taking the oath of office.
The students cheered when Bush said: "Our American optimism about the future
is legendary and perhaps no one better personifies that than a President named
Ronald Reagan, whose shoes are going to be pretty darn hard to fill.
"I can't predict all the twists and the turns that you'll see in your lives,
nor can I as President prepare you for them, but this I do pledge: that I will
do all in my power to help you to help yourselves prepare for a brighter
future."
He joked that "I certainly learned the importance of education during the
campaign. I learned how vital it is to memorize dates -- Pearl Harbor day, for
example."
That was a reference to Bush's campaign gaffe in which he told an American
Legion audience that the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was
Sept. 7. He quickly corrected himself to the actual day, Dec. 7.
He made a new mix-up today, promising that his inaugural speech won't be too
long and recalling that one President -- Benjamin Harrison, he said -- died from
pneumonia after giving a very lengthy inaugural speech in bitterly cold weather.
Actually, that President was William Henry Harrison.
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As Bush made his entrance to the stage, Rep. Lynn Martin (R-Ill.) tripped
on a step and had to be helped by Bush and an aide. "She will do anything to
upstage the President-elect of the United States," Bush joked.
But then he praised Martin, a longtime supporter, saying, "I'm proud to have
her at my side, standing or falling.'
Wire
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January 15, 1989, Sunday, FINAL EDITION
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LENGTH: 1047 words
HEADLINE: A Bush guide
What to expect when the new occupants take over the White House
BYLINE: By Susan Watters, W/Fairchild
DATELINE: Washington
BODY:
Just when it seemed as if the gentleman WASP was going the way of the
American buffalo, George Bush has proved that there's still a lot of fight
left in the patrician politician.
Souvlakia and Greek handkerchief dancing will not be part of this season's
White House repertoire. Dozens of Harvard intellectuals will not be flooding
into town. Instead, Tex-Mex and Chinese cuisine, Coors beer, dove-hunting
oilmen, pork rinds and Willie Nelson tunes will team up with butterscotch
sundaes, Chinese green tea, Yalies, Maine summer houses and chiseled Yankee
values as part of George Bush's dual-edged style.
From now on, the slick social trick will be striking just the right balance
between good ol' boy and old-school tie. The quintessential Bush insider will be
part preppy, part redneck. Barbecues are back with plenty of spare ribs, chops
and mesquite. But unless you're a card-carrying Texan, steer clear of string
ties.
"There will be lots of young children, a lot of grandchildren and a close
family," predicts Vic Gold, coauthor of Bush' autobiography. "And I imagine
someone will find a place on the White House lawn for the horseshoes."
Bush-style entertaining will be "very unpretentious," says longtime friend
Jessica Catto. "The talk is good and general, and the evening is early," she
adds. "Barbara Bush knows how to make everyone feel comfortable."
Although Mrs. Bush definitely admires Bess Truman, she is not likely to
remain in the background. "She is like a nice headmistress, very much the den
mother," says novelist Chris Buckley, who worked as the vice president's
speechwriter. "She is very straitlaced on values. And she has a girlish side.
She wears Bill Blass clothes, and she doesn't mind being told she looks rather
good in them."
There won't be much of a market for the elaborate political mating gyrations
that capital courtiers are 50 fond of performing, because George and Barbara
Bush already know exactly who their friends are.
"There won't be any surprises," Buckley adds. "They are very stable,
family-oriented people who go in for the minimum of glitter and gold."
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Washington is in for a breather from gilt, varnish, lacquered walls and piles
of fabric swatches. Grandmother can come out of the closet. Women can show their
age. White hair is in, and Size 6 is out. Hostesses who can still remember how
may want to practice up on relaxing. Pursuing the perfect shade of aubergine is
out. And delete all those recipes for cold pasta salads from the culinary card
catalogues. According to Barbara Bush, every time the president-elect faces a
helping of the stuff, he whispers to her, "Hey, didn't someone forget to heat
this up."
Already Washington is preparing to like Barbara Bush. "If she can't do
something, she says so," Catto says. "If she doesn't like something, she lets
you know.
Which Reagan players will hold on and who will burn out? Who ends up on the
state-dinner A-list, and whose name hits the floor? Which top donors get the
plum ambassadorial appointments such as London, Paris and Rome, and who goes to
Bermuda?
In addition to the Cabinet, other significant members of the team include
Robert Mosbacher, who could end up in an embassy post or in the Cabinet, perhaps
running the Commerce Department; Edward Ney of Young & Rubicam, a top contender
to head the U.S. Information Agency; and fellow Texan Henry Catto.
But don't expect the National Security Council to wield as much influence as
it did in the pre-Irangate days. "The NSC won't have a strongman. That agency
will go back into the pre-Kennedy, pre-McGeorge Bundy era because with Jim Baker
at State, that department will take the lead, Gold says.
The new administration's up-and-comers are already well established, led by
Bush's counselor, Boyden Gray, who is in charge of checking out the backgrounds
of Bush nominees. Also in the group: Laurie Firestone and Susan Porter Rose, who
are Barbara Bush's team, and Shelia Tate, who has worked for the Reagan and Bush
teams.
On Capitol Hill, Bush's close friends include Sen. Alan Simpson (R., Wyo.),
Rep. Richard Cheney (R., Wyo.) Rep. Bill Archer (R., Tex.), Rep. Lynn Martin
(R., Ill.) and Rep. Gillespie "Sonny" Montgomery (D., Miss.). Don't expect to
see Majority Leader Jim Wright, a fellow Texan, cozying up to Bush the way Tip
O'Neill used to do with Reagan.
In the media, George Will, Dan Rather, cartoonist Garry Trudeau and his wife,
Jane Pauley, are all out. Newsmen who Bush does like include John Mashek,
formerly with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ABC's Brit Hume and David
Broder.
State dinners are also in for some changes with less glitz and fewer Le
Cirque hairdos and aging entertainers in the lineup. Nonetheless, Bob Mosbacher
and his wife, Georgette, will add some sparkle along with Bush fundraiser Henry
Kravis and his wife, Carolyne Roehm. Bruce Gelb of Bristol Myers is a likely
guest along with William and Phyllis Draper and Will Farish, who manages Bush's
blind trust. Also expect to see Elsie Hillman of Pittsburgh and Gordy Zach of
Columbus, Ohio. But the era of state dinner seating charts based on social
considerations rather than political ones appears to be over.
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"Barbara Bush will always know exactly what issues a head of state cares
about and will seat him next to the people who will be best suited to discussing
those matters," Nancy Kissinger says. As for those cozy dinners in the family
quarters, Bush pals most likely to be invited are the Cattos, Andy Stewart
(widow of the Supreme Court Justice Potter Steward), Aileen and Russell Train,
Dick Moore, Dean and Pat Burch and plenty of Bush family children.
One thing's for certain, George and Barbara Bush are no couch potatoes.
Friends say Bush likes to be on the go - - jogging, pitching horseshoes or playing
tennis. Look for the White House tennis court list to take on new significance
with names such as Swedish Ambassador Wilhelm Wachtmeister and CIA Director
William Webster, both frequent tennis partners of the president-elect.
While the honeymoon may be short for a couple who have been in Washington off
and on since 1964, the Bushes knows their way around. "Barbara Bush will be a
very activist First Lady," Gold says. "And George Bush is going to run an open
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PHOTO: AP Laserphoto. Get out all your Willie Nelson tunes and sing along.
PHOTO: Tribune photo by Walter Kale. Barbara Bush favors fashions by Bill Blass.
PHOTO: Expect the Bushes' entertaining to be unpretentious, with Coors being a
drink of choice.
PHOTO: Yale University definitely will be the school to hail from.
PHOTO: And at the White House, look for lots of kids and horseshoes.
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LYNN MARTIN
16th District
Illinois
Committee on Rules
1214 Longworth Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
During his inauguration week, President George Bush urged a group of 10,000 young
people from all across the nation to make Lynn Martin their role model. "Watch her leadership
in the United States Congress," he said. "She's tough, she's strong and she exemplifies the
very best in public service."
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Pundits agree with the new President's assessment.
"She is disarmingly lighthearted and sometimes jokingly feminist but usually well-
informed, dependably partisan and tough," writes The Washington Post's Milton Coleman.
The National Journal described her in its January 28, 1989, issue as one of the most in-
fluential Members of Congress. The March 1989 Washingtonian magazine tapped her as the
"Best of Washington." As early as 1984, U.S. News & World Report counted her among "10
political stars in the making," destined to be the leaders of the future.
Today, as a leader in the House of Representatives, Martin speaks not only for Illinois but
for all America. She served as co-chair of the George Bush for President campaign - the only
woman to do so - and has been Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference.
In the 100th Congress, she led a successful bipartisan battle to extend to Congressional
employees the same civil rights protection available to most other American workers. In the
101st Congress, she co-chairs the Bipartisan Ethics Task Force set up to review standards of
official conduct for Members of Congress.
Her career has been one of rapid ascent.
It began in Northwestern Illinois in 1972 with her election to the Winnebago County
Board. She served one term before being elected in 1976 to the Illinois House of Representa-
tives. Her plain-spoken fiscal conservatism cemented her popularity, and she moved to the
Illinois Senate in 1978 where she served until her election to the U.S. House in 1980.
She has been lauded by such groups as the Watchdogs of the Treasury, the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Business and the National Taxpayer's
Union for her efforts to curb Federal spending and reduce the tax burden and by the National
Women's Political Caucus for her efforts to extend opportunities to women.
After completing three terms on the Budget Committee and two on the House Armed
Services Committee, Martin now is serving her first term on the House Rules Committee, an
arm of the House leadership and one of the most powerful committees on Capitol Hill.
Lynn Morley Martin was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 26, 1939. She gradu-
ated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois in 1960 and taught high school economics,
government and English in Rockford, Illinois. She has two daughters, Julia and Caroline. She
is married to the Honorable Harry Leinenweber, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
Illinois, the father of five children - Jane, John, Thomas, Stephen and Justin. The couple lives
in Loves Park, Illinois.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date: 2/14/91
TO:
Ed mcnally
FROM:
Associate CLAIRE A. Director SECHLER 08
Office of Cabinet Affairs
I understand you are writing
the speech for hynn Mastin's
Swearing- in. I thought this might
be helpful if you need anymore
back ground from Labor, please let
me know-
Thanks.
'91-02-14 15:45 DOUG GAMBLE
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DOUG GAMBLE
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Feb. 14/91
Manhattan Beach CA 90266 11
(213) 546-6409
TO: CHRISTINA MARTIN
LYNN MARTIN (Ed McNally)
THE DAY I INVITED LYNN MARTIN TO JOIN THE CABINET, SHE THREW A HECK OF A
SCARE INTO HER HUSBAND. SHE PHONED HIM AND SAID, "GUESS WHAT, I'M IN LABOR."
I ASKED LYNN IF SHE HAD ANY PLANS TO MAKE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR AMERICANS
EASIER AND SAFER. SHE SAID "YES, BUT IN YOUR CASE YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO
HOLD PRESS CONFERENCES."
THE 16TH DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HAS GREAT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. IT WAS A
SITE OF THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES, THE HOME OF PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT
AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF RONALD REAGAN. (all true) AND IT IS THE DISTRICT
SERVED FOR 10 YEARS BY A WOMAN WHO I KNOW WILL BE ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
SECRETARIES OF LABOR, LYNN MARTIN.
Introducing
the
Secretaries
of
Labor
DEPARTMEN OF LABOR
UNITED STATES is OF AMERICA
It is my great honor to serve as the 20th Secretary of Labor.
The lives of these men and women and what they did tell us much
This brochure provides a brief introduction
about the wide spectrum of Americans we serve. The history of the
to former Secretaries of Labor
Department is a microcosm of the past forty years of our Nation's life.
on the occasion of the unveiling of their photographs
in the Great Hall of the Frances Perkins Building
Our ranks include a coal miner, a steelworker, a railroad trainman,
September, 1990
a plumber, a machinist, a painter. Two were Governors, one a Senator,
two were U.S. Representatives. Four had no formal education above
Portraits and photographs
high school; three were illustrious educators. One went to school in an
of the following Secretaries
orphanage. Four were from the world of business. And three women-
have been commissioned
more than in any other agency in the federal government-have led
and will be added in the near future
the Department.
The issues and focus changed to reflect the problems of the times:
Ray Marshall (1977-1981)
four wars, a crippling economic depression, the soaring prosperity of
Raymond J. Donovan (1981-1985)
the 20's, the technological challenges of the 50's, intense new social
William E. Brock (1985-1987)
challenges of the 60's, 70's and 80's.
Ann McLaughlin (1987-1989)
As in the past, we are working hard now to improve the oppor-
tunities, welfare, and working conditions for American workers as they
face the problems of the 90's and anticipate those of the 21st century.
Elizabeth Dole
W. J. Usery, Jr.
William B. Wilson
February 10, 1976
March 6, 1913
January 20, 1977
March 4, 1921
From Georgia; Georgia Military College and Mercer University; U.S. Navy
Born in Scotland; emigrated with coal miner father to Pennsylvania.
in World War II in the Pacific. Machinist with Armstrong Cork; active
When nine years old, went to work as a breaker boy in the mines, con-
in Machinists Union (IAM), represented the union at Kennedy Space
tinued as a coal miner. Active in the union; became Secretary-Treasurer
Center, Marshall Space Center; Chaired Cape Kennedy Labor-
of United Mine Workers; served in Congress. He was a talented amateur
Management Relations Council; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor
poet.
Management Relations; Director Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service.
Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (no relation). First Labor Secretary at
a time when there were 2,000 (now 18,000) DOL employees, and when
Appointed by Gerald Ford. Used his talents for mediation to prevent
there were five bureaus-Children, Immigration, Naturalization, Con-
many incipient disputes and solve others such as the longest strike ever
ciliation, Labor Statistics. With World War I, he put DOL on the map.
in the rubber industry, and a potentially crippling trucking strike.
Many current DOL activities, except the regulatory work that is now so
important to our Department, trace back to that period-employment
Served 11 months. Went on to be Secretary Dole's "supermediator" who,
services, employment of women, fair employment for minorities, labor
in 1990, negotiated the settlement of the Pittston-United Mine Workers
and management collective bargaining. DOL helped much in winning
protracted strike. Subsequently, he chaired her Blue Ribbon Coal Com-
the War by mobilizing an effective workforce for the war effort.
mission, concerned with health and pensions of miners. He is currently
Chairman of Friends of the Department of Labor (FDL).
James L. Davis
March 5, 1921
November 30, 1930
Born in Wales; emigrated at age eight to Pennsylvania and went straight
to work in the steel mill as a puddler's assistant (he always liked to be
called "Puddler Jim"). Active in the Iron, Steel and Tin Workers Union.
A leader in the Loyal Order of the Moose, a Fraternal Organization.
Appointed by Warren Harding. The major problems of his
tenure related to immigration, which was then a DOL responsibility.
Established a Border Patrol to reduce flow of illegal aliens, called for
restrictions in the number of immigrants. Also, he strengthened labor
statistics, encouraged labor-management cooperation and, with sup-
port from the Steel and Iron Workers Union, persuaded U.S. Steel to
abolish the 12-hour work day. He was the only Secretary to serve three
Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover.
Went on to the Senate, where he was co-sponsor of The Davis-Bacon
Act.
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William N. Doak
Peter J. Brennan
December 9, 1930
February 2, 1973
March 4, 1933
March 15, 1975
From Virginia; high school and business college education. Worked as
From New York. Following High School, he became a painter's appren-
a railroad trainman, active in and rose to Vice President of the Brother-
tice, then master painter. Active in the Union; rose to be President of
hood of Railroad Trainmen; edited the Union's magazine.
New York State Building and Construction Trades Council.
Appointed by Herbert Hoover. Worked to cope with the catastrophe of
Appointed by Richard Nixon. To protect workers' pensions, the Employ-
the Great Depression. In collaboration with his predecessor, then Se-
ment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was enacted in 1974, ad-
nator Davis, worked for the passage of The Davis-Bacon Act to prevent
ding another major dimension to DOL's regulatory role. The
gauging of workers on Federal construction projects by requiring that
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 increased DOL's work for the handicapped.
they be paid the prevailing wage for the area.
During his tenure, DOL moved its headquarters from the 14th and Con-
stitution Avenue Building to the current Frances Perkins Building.
Frances Perkins
March 4, 1933
John T. Dunlop
June 30, 1945
March 18, 1975
January 31, 1976
From Massachusetts; from a well-to-do family. Graduate of Mount
Holyoke College. Trained as a social worker, worked in settlement
From Massachusetts; Harvard University economics professor, Dean
houses, including Hull House, in Chicago and Philadelphia, and had
of Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Chairman of Construction Industry
first-hand involvement with the tragic Triangle Fire. She was the first
Stabilization Committee; Member National Commission on Productivity.
woman Industrial Commissioner under New York Governor Franklin
Roosevelt; had other important labor-related jobs in the New York State
Appointed by Gerald Ford. Brought a philosophy stressing a strong col-
Government under Governors Al Smith and Franklin Roosevelt.
lective bargaining system, mutual problem solving, informal mediation;
led in improving cooperation between all of the Federal labor agencies
Appointed by Franklin Roosevelt; was the first woman Cabinet Mem-
and the private sector. Used the President's Labor-Management Advisory
ber. Led the battle against the Great Depression: The Wagner Peyser
Committee for highest-level policy development. Closely involved in
Act vitalized the employment service, The Fair Labor Standards Act gave
major cold war problems the U.S. had in the International Labor
a floor under wages and a ceiling over hours, The Wagner Act gave
Organization.
workers the right to organize. She established the Labor Standards
Bureau, a predecessor of OSHA. Through effective relationships with
the state governments, she strengthened labor law enforcement by the
state governments. She was also the principal architect of the Social
Security Act. She was inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame in 1988.
Served 12 years, 3 months (longer than any other Secretary).
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George P. Schultz
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
January 22, 1969
July 1, 1945
July 1, 1970
June 10, 1948
(Died in office)
From New York; Princeton graduate; Marine Corps Captain in World
War II in the Pacific. Graduate study (PhD) and professor at MIT.
From Washington State; lawyer; U.S. District Judge; Dean of Law School;
President's Council of Economic Advisors; Dean of Chicago University
U.S. Senator.
School of Business Administration.
Appointed by Harry Truman. Fear of post-war unemployment brought
Appointed by Richard Nixon. Promoted revenue sharing manpower pro-
The Employment Act of 1946, which made promotion of maximum em-
grams, reduction of poverty, support of comprehensive manpower
ployment the Nation's top priority. Promoted abolishment of war-time
system to integrate planning and allocation of resources. The Manpow-
wage and price controls. With a post-war wave of strikes, the Concilia-
er Training Bill of 1969 was precursor of manpower legislation to follow.
tion Service was strengthened. The Taft Hartley Act passed; DOL staff
New computer technology was used to develop job banks to match job-
was cut, the Conciliation Service was removed from DOL and made
less men and women with employment opportunities. He provided
into. the independent Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
leadership in encouraging equal employment opportunities, and
(FMCS). During his term, the Department's international work was in-
specifically The Philadelphia Plan for non-discrimination in Federal
stitutionalized; the Office of International Labor Affairs (now ILAB) was
construction projects.
established as a unit in the Office of the Secretary.
Served for 1 year, 6 months. Went on to be Secretary of the Treasury
Maurice J. Tobin
and Secretary of State.
August 13, 1948
January 20, 1953
James D. Hodgson
July 2, 1970
From Massachusetts; served in the Massachusetts House of Repre-
February 1, 1973
sentatives, Boston School Committee; Mayor of Boston; Governor of
Massachusetts.
From Minnesota; Universities of Minnesota and California; World War
II service as Naval Officer. Industrial relations jobs in industry leading
Appointed by Harry Truman. DOL's budget and staff were built up; DOL's
to Vice President for Industrial Relations of Lockheed.
international responsibilities were strengthened, including the building
of the Labor Attache Program. He made effective use of his Trade Un-
Appointed by Richard Nixon. Under his leadership, the Occupational
ion Advisory Committee (TUAC) for International Affairs in mobilizing
Safety and Health Act was passed by the Congress and signed by the
American Unions' support in the rebuilding of war-ravaged Europe under
President, greatly expanding DOL's regulatory responsibilities. To stem
The Marshall Plan. He consolidated most of widely dispersed govern-
post-Vietnam war recession, he led a major expansion of employment
ment labor functions in DOL. With the outbreak of the Korean War in
and training programs through The Emergency Employment Act of 1971.
1950, a Presidential Order made him responsible for wartime labor
The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA)
supply; created the Defense Manpower Administration.
de-centralized much of the funds and decision-making to states and
localities.
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Martin P. Durkin
Arthur J. Goldberg
January 21, 1953
January 21, 1961
September 10, 1953
September 20, 1962
From Illinois; high school, 3 years evening school. At age 17, became
From New York; son of immigrant; family from the Ukraine. Worked his
steam fitter's apprentice, became active in the Union, and rose through
way through school; a distinguished labor lawyer, General Counsel of
the ranks to be President of the Plumbers and Steam Fitters Union. From
the Steel Workers (AFL-CIO).
1933 to 1941, he was Director of Labor for the State of Illinois, with con-
siderable cooperative work with Frances Perkins, then Secretary of
Appointed by John F. Kennedy. Very active in many fields-some called
Labor.
him the "Davy Crockett of the New Frontier". Promoted minority rights,
intervened and helped settle many strikes (aerospace, transportation
Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower. He was conspicuous on Ike's
and, most notably, The Metropolitan Opera strike). Led the initiative to
"Nine Millionaires and a Plumber" Cabinet. He also was a democrat
substantially expand the coverage and raise the level of minimum wages.
among republicans. He believed the Administration would agree with
revisions in The Taft Hartley Act. He pushed for these revisions without
Served for 1 year, 8 months. Went on to be Supreme Court Justice and
success. He resigned, after less than 8 months in office (the shortest
Ambassador to the United Nations.
tenure of any Secretary of Labor).
W. Willard Wirtz
James P. Mitchell
September 25, 1962
October 9, 1953
January 20, 1969
January 20, 1961
From Illinois; Harvard Law School. Teacher of English and law; general
From New Jersey. He had a wide range of jobs to finance his educa-
counsel, Board of Economic Warfare, War Labor Board; Chairman,
tion. Had a retail business of his own; became a labor relations execu-
Wage Stabilization Board.
tive in the retail industry. Was Department of Army manpower expert
in World War II.
Appointed by John F. Kennedy. In labor-management relations disputes,
he encouraged collective bargaining resolutions rather than Government
Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower. Improved DOL organization. He was
intervention. Promoted research to identify labor shortages; led the "War
a staunch advocate of human relations and labor-management cooper-
on Poverty" with a host of programs for youth, dropouts, older workers,
ation; strengthened America's work force for peace and war; brought
hard-core unemployed. Implemented new DOL regulatory anti-
strong attention to the fight against employment discrimination and the
discrimination responsibilities in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and in the
plight of migrant workers. He established the machinery for administra-
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
tion of The Landrum-Griffin Act to protect individual union members'
rights. He clarified the roles of the Federal labor agencies to reduce
overlapping functions. Inducted into Labor Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Bush-whacked
First Lady Barbara Bush shared a secret with 1,000 at Lynn Martin's Tuesday
fundraiser in Chicago. Referring to a photo of herself and U.S. Senate candidate
Martin on the lunch program, Mrs. Bush said: "This picture had a third member in
it. I don't mind them cutting out the President of the United States, but this
is like some of the family pictures we have at our house. If it's good of
you-know-who, it doesn't matter about the other person. I consider this the best
picture of Lynn Martin I've ever seen.
Mrs. Bush singled out all the
other candidates who share spots on the statewide GOP ticket with Martin this
fall. Jim Edgar and Jim Ryan fared OK in her speech mentions, but Sue "Sutter"
and Greg "Baysie" scored a little lower in name recognition and pronunciation
- with Mrs. Bush. It's Suter with a long "u" and Baise with a silent "e."
Musical chairs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra maestro Georg Solti and 69 orchestra members faxed a
rather terse message Tuesday to the management of WFMT-FM from Osaka, Japan,
where they are touring. Solti and crew responded to the news that Norm
Pelligrini, the veteran program director, has been dumped from that position by
urging management "to recognize the enormous contribution of Norm Pelligrini to
the Chicago music community" in working out Pelligrini's future at the station.
The rally tally
State Sen. Walter Dudycz and other leaders of the Tax Accountability Amendment
drive were denied a permit for their Friday noon-time rally at the Daley Center.
Dudcyz said word came Tuesday from Mayor Rich Daley's City Hall that the city
was holding its Earth Day event at the same time 50 the tax folks could either
change their time to 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m., or forget about using a platform and
electricity. Since thousands of fliers have been distributed promoting the
event, Dudycz says he's holding it anyway and will bring his own bullhorn to
make sure "the people's voices" on this subject are heard loud and clear.
Letting the Fox loose
in the moneyhouse: Twentieth Century Fox must have a money tree somewhere
on the back lot, considering that "Die Harder" and "Predator II" are about $50
million over budget between them. Costs on "Die Harder" now stand at $70 million
(including the $40,000 birthday party that big spender producer Joel Silver
threw for star Bruce Willis at a bowling alley, with personalized bowling shirts
for 200 guests). And "Predator II," which stars Danny Glover rather than
original star Arnold Schwarzenegger, is tallying up in the neighborhood of $50
million. Considering that the two movies will be competing in the summer action
movie market against the likes of "Dick Tracy," "Another 48 Hours," and
Schwarzenegger's "Total Recall," just breaking even probably will be a big
LEXIS® NEXIS® LEXIS® ® NEXIS
Administration of George Bush, 1989 / Nov. 21
ta-
to $10,000 a year for 4 years to be used at
improving your students or your schools or
at's
M
the college of their choice. Many of those
both. This package went to the Hill in
colleges are likely to be your colleges. And
April. It's time for the Congress to act. And
el-
many of you have already launched pro-
let's make this coming year one of change
irst
grams that will complement this new effort.
and progress in education. Let's strike a
of
Another part of our proposal calls for urban
blow for excellence. Let's make passing this
ary
emergency grants to help our hardest hit
bill a top priority in Congress.
net
school districts become drug free.
None of these efforts will be a panacea; I
thy
But as with the new science scholarships,
don't present them as such. None will be a
col-
the success of this effort depends upon all
panacea for every ill that confronts our edu-
our schools; it depends upon all of them
es,
cators. And they don't stand alone. Other
nd
doing their part. We cannot give our stu-
initiatives include our $300 million increase
dents one message while they're in elemen-
on.
for Head Start; the new tax-free college sav-
lity
tary and high school and another when they
start to college. No school can afford to
ings bond program to help our low- and
ng
middle-income families send their children
remain diffident when it comes to drugs
od.
because in the war on drugs there are no
to your colleges; and continued progress to
va-
noncombatants.
our goal of doubling the budget of the Na-
ted
Yesterday-to interrupt with a personal
tional Science Foundation, supporting thou-
note-I went out to a school in inner Chica-
sands of individual researchers at colleges
out
go, 97 percent Hispanic, maybe 60, 70 per-
and universities by 1993.
so,
cent of them first-generation Americans.
Education is our most enduring legacy,
ity.
And Congresswoman Lynn Martin asked
vital to everything we are and can become.
rsi-
them to hold up their hands about how
At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution,
est
many had been exposed to drugs in one
the schools you represent stepped forward
erit
way or another. These kids were 10 years
and fueled the education and research that
of
old. I think there was only two or three
rocketed America from a frontier nation to
It
ess
hands in the entire class that didn't go up-
pea
the frontiers of space, the hands-down
her
Ch
two or three in the entire class. And yet this
winner of the industrial age. And so, now
school, in its own way, its own level, under
we stand at the dawn of a new age, an age
an
a dedicated principal, a roomful of dedicat-
in which the triumphant will be not those
irn
ed teachers, going the extra mile to teach
who master the potential of the machine
vel
these kids that they must not use drugs. It
but rather those who master the potential
nd
cannot stop simply at the secondary and the
of the mind.
iro,
elementary school level. Land-grant col-
We have the schools. We have the teach-
gan
leges, like all colleges and State universities,
ers. We have dedicated educators, like
the
like all universities, must take a stand. Your
those in this room. We have the students.
be
students, like all students, must be told that
And we have the will. And working togeth-
and
society will not tolerate the use of drugs.
There is one final part of our education
er, we will prevail and we must prevail.
pe
the
package that has special importance to me
Thank you all very much for letting me
by
and a special place with this group as we
come over. God bless you, and God bless
approach the centennial of the second Mor-
the United States. And have a wonderful
rill Land-Grant Act. The 1890 law inspired
Thanksgiving.
ind
the creation of 17 historically black land-
ing
al-
grant colleges in southern and border
Note: The President spoke at 11:20 a.m. in
States, schools that changed the lives of mil-
the Grand Ballroom of the J.W. Marriott
her
lions of young men and women by replac-
Hotel. In his remarks, he referred to Chase
ort
the
ing traditional roadblocks with avenues of
Peterson, chairman of the National Associa-
the
opportunity. But not all the roadblocks are
tion of State Universities and Land-Grant
gone. Endowments at these vital institutions
Colleges; Secretary of Education Lauro F.
ro-
lag far behind many other schools. And so,
Cavazos; Robert M. O'Neil, president of the
ath
1,
we've proposed expanded Federal help in
University of Virginia; and Joe Nathan,
igh
P
the form of matching endowment grants for
senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute of
nty
these special colleges and universities. Each
Public Affairs at the University of Minneso-
up
of these proposals will make a difference,
ta.
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MARTIN
translucent watercolor, which apparently had
ney Museum of American Art, the 1972 Kassel
been applied very wet so that the tracing-paper
Documenta, and the 1976 and 1980 Venice Bien-
ground wrinkled as it dried, giving the surface a
nales. Her works were also featured in the Muse-
visible texture.
um of Modern Art's 1976 "Drawing Now"
Continuing to experiment, in the mid-1980s Miss
exhibition, which traveled to museums in Edin-
Martin began to use a palette knife to make stripes
burgh, Baden, Zurich, and Oslo, and in "The Re-
of varying thicknesses, and she no longer consis-
ductive Object: A Survey of the Minimalist
tently penciled lines on the canvas. Most recently,
Aesthetic in the 1960s," held in 1979 at the Institute
as seen in a solo exhibition at the Pace Gallery in
of Contemporary Art in Boston. A key to Miss Mar-
February 1989, she abandoned the soft hues of her
tin's feelings vis-à-vis her viewers is the fact that
watercolors and reverted to the monochrome tints
she likes to have her paintings and drawings hung
of her earlier works, particularly a whitish gray
low for the comfort of persons of average height. In
that, in the view of Mark Stevens, is the most suit-
her view, neither the painting nor the artist are
able tone for this artist's ongoing search for classi-
real; only the response to art is an unchanging real-
cal perfection. In these paintings the variations
ity.
come from the fine distinctions between lighter
When he interviewed her for the Vanity Fair
and darker tones of gray, and, once again, from the
profile, Mark Stevens found Agnes Martin to be
differing thicknesses and numbers of the lines and
friendly and affable, but firm in her refusal to re-
stripes. Painted or drawn on the canvas, the lines
late personal anecdotes, which are, to her, digres-
sometimes extend all the way to the edges of a
sions from the main concern: art itself. Like her
work, sometimes abruptly stop short, allowing the
work, Miss Martin registers an inner security. Her
painting to "breathe," as one observer put it. Com-
strong, weathered face seems to reflect her down-
menting on the show for the New York Times
to-earth, unsentimental approach to life. Her in-
(February 10, 1989), Michael Kimmelman found
tense blue eyes have a direct, level gaze, and her
Miss Martin's latest works "austere," yet expres-
smile is warm. A 1973 photograph in Newsweek
sive of "a certain delicacy," visible in the subtle
showed her splitting logs, a somewhat stocky figure
variations from line to line. "But whatever the
with close-cropped gray hair, dressed in work
configuration," Kimmelman wrote, "regularity is
clothes and a rancher's broad-brimmed hat. Invit-
everything. It lends these paintings a kind of bal-
ed to a Harper's Bazaar luncheon honoring "100
ance and solidity that is a minimalist's response to
Women of Achievement" in 1967, she turned up in
classicism, but it also suggests an effort toward
moccasins, a rumpled skirt, and an unironed
making grandiose landscapes that link Ms. Mar-
blouse, apparently unfazed by the presence of ele-
tin's work with the abstract expressionists."
gant women in designer dresses. In the early 1980s
Miss Martin's paintings are in the collections of
she lived in Galisteo, New Mexico, in a small
several major foreign museums, including the Tate
house that, like her studio, she built herself. She
Gallery in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Am-
has since moved to Lamy, south of the Sangre de
sterdam, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Aus-
Cristo Mountains. Although she has claimed that
tralian National Gallery in Canberra, and the
"it's absolutely necessary to be alone to make
Neue Galerie der Stadt in Aachen, West Germany.
artwork," Agnes Martin is no hermit. As she ex-
In North America, her works hang in the Art Gal-
plained to one interviewer, "I paint to make friends
lery of Ontario in Toronto; the Whitney Museum
and hope I will have as many as Mozart."
of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and
the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New
References: ARTnews 75:91+ S '76 por;
York City; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffa-
Newsweek 82:74 D 24 '72 por; Vanity Fair 52:50+
lo, New York; the High Museum of Art in Atlanta,
Mr '80 por; Vogue 161:114 Je '73 pors;
Georgia; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Contemporary Artists (1983); Who's Who in
Garden in Washington, D.C.; the Los Angeles
America, 1988-89; Who's Who in American Art
County Museum of Art; and the Walker Art Center
(1988); World Artists 1950-1980 (1984)
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, among others.
In addition to the 1973 retrospective, which trav-
eled from the Institute of Contemporary Art in
Philadelphia to the Pasadena (California) Museum
of Modern Art, there has been one other compre-
Martin, (Judith) Lynn (Morley)
hensive exhibition of Agnes Martin's work, shown
at the Hayward Gallery in London and at the Ste-
Dec. 26, 1939- United States Representative
delijk Museum in 1977. In 1980 and 1981 a series
from Illinois. Address: 1214 Longworth Bldg.,
of twelve paintings completed in 1979 was exhibit-
Washington, D.C. 20515
ed at the Pace Gallery and, subsequently, at a num-
ber of art museums in the United States and
Ever since she was first elected to Congress in 1980,
Canada. Since 1961 Miss Martin has been repre-
Congresswoman Lynn Martin of Illinois has im-
sented in an impressive number of group exhibi-
mersed herself in the intricacies of the budget pro-
tions, including the 1961 and 1988-89 Carnegie
cess, with the result that she has emerged as the
Institute Internationals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva-
most prominent Republican woman in the House.
nia, the 1967 Annual and 1977 Biennial at the Whit-
A protégée of Robert H. Michel of Illinois, the mi-
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MARTIN
he 1972 Kassel
Lynn Martin was born Judith Lynn Morley in
Evanston, Illinois on December 26, 1939, the youn-
10 Venice Bien-
ed in the Muse-
ger of the two daughters of Lawrence William
Morley, an accountant, and Helen Catherine (Hall)
Drawing Now"
seums in Edin-
Morley. Raised on Chicago's North Side, Lynn was
a brilliant but restless child and something of a
nd in "The Re-
the Minimalist
tomboy, whose ambitions included becoming a
9 at the Institute
nun, a scientist, or a space traveler to Mars. En-
key to Miss Mar-
couraged by her father to read, she spent her after-
$ is the fact that
school hours at the public library, devouring a book
I drawings hung
a day while waiting for her mother to get off work
verage height. In
from the department store across the street. At Im-
or the artist are
maculate Conception parochial grade school in
inchanging real-
Chicago, she so outshone the other students that
one teacher asked the Morleys to urge their daugh-
ter to let some of the others have a chance to an-
the Vanity Fair
es Martin to be
swer questions in class. She learned her first lesson
er refusal to re-
in hardball politics when she ran for president of
e, to her, digres-
her eighth-grade class against her boyfriend. "I lost
itself. Like her
by one vote," she explained to Cheryl Wetzstein of
er security. Her
the Washington Times (May 8, 1987). "My vote.
eflect her down-
You see, I voted for my opponent because I thought
to life. Her in-
it was polite.
Well, he voted for himself, and
el gaze, and her
I learned my lesson: If you believe in yourself, vote
h in Newsweek
for yourself."
hat stocky figure
Lynn Martin
Following her graduation as an honor student at
ressed in work
William Howard Taft High School in Chicago in
nority leader, she was the first freshman member
mmed hat. Invit-
1957, she enrolled as an English major at the Uni-
ever named to the powerful House Budget Com-
n honoring "100
versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Although
mittee. Congresswoman Martin first attracted na-
she turned up in
she often cut classes, she still managed to graduate
tional attention during the 1984 presidential
d an unironed
with Phi Beta Kappa honors in only three years and
election campaign, when Republican leaders
presence of ele-
brought her forward to serve as a counterweight to
with enough education credits to qualify for certifi-
n the early 1980s
cation as a teacher. It was at about that time that
the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Geral-
xico, in a small
dine Ferraro of New York. After the election she
she abandoned the Democratic party of her parents
uilt herself. She
was chosen to be vice-chairperson of the House
and became a Republican because, as she has
of the Sangre de
Republican Conference, a policy-making caucus.
since explained, the Democrats were always talk-
has claimed that
When, two years later, she took over temporarily
ing about the rights of groups of people and had
alone to make
for Delbert Latta, the ailing ranking Republican on
seemed to forget about individual rights.
rmit. As she ex-
the Budget Committee, to lead the panel's minority
Within a week after graduating from college in
it to make friends
during a time of delicate budget negotiations, she
1960, she married John Martin, an engineering stu-
Mozart."
performed so impressively that she was named one
dent, who went on to establish a successful printing
of the "Ten Rising Stars of American Politics" by
equipment business in Rockford, Illinois. She soon
76 por;
U.S. News & World Report. In June 1989 Lynn
became pregnant, and, because expectant mothers
anity Fair 52:50+
Martin announced her candidacy for the 1990 Re-
were not then allowed to teach, she postponed her
pors;
publican nomination for the United States Senate
career plans until after the birth of her daughter Ju-
o's Who in
seat now held by Democrat Paul Simon. Her voting
lia. She taught English, government, and econom-
I American Art
record has defied easy categorization, since she is
ics at Wheaton Central and Saint Francis high
!984)
fiscally conservative but liberal on some social and
schools in Du Page County, Illinois and, from 1965,
foreign-policy issues.
at Muldoon Catholic and Guilford high schools in
Although her searing wit and relentless parti-
Rockford. Popular with her students, she earned a
sanship have made Lynn Martin some enemies,
reputation for being exacting but fair. Lynn Martin
she is widely respected for her intelligence, dili-
suspended her teaching career, permanently as it
ey)
gence, and pragmatic, nonideological approach to
turned out, to give birth to her second daughter,
social and economic problems. "She's a quick
Caroline, in 1969. Meanwhile she had become ac-
presentative
study," Jack Davis, a former Republican colleague
tive in the American Association of University
gworth Bldg.,
in the Illinois delegation who also served with her
Women and the Junior League.
in the state legislature, has said. "She has the ability
In 1972 Lynn Martin impetuously entered the
to grasp complex topics and reduce them to their
race for a seat on the Winnebago County Board. "I
Congress in 1980,
essentials and to bore through all the shading and
was with a typical bunch griping about county
f Illinois has im-
the screening material and get right to the heart of
government," she told Marianne Taylor of the
of the budget pro-
it-and drive a sword through your heart.
Chicago Tribune (November 30, 1980), "and out of
S emerged as the
There is a time when the hard line comes through
pure ignorance and pure luck, I ran." Encouraged
an in the House.
and the laughter stops and she nails you right to a
to run by Betty Ann Keegan, a Democratic state
of Illinois, the mi-
tree."
senator who did not allow partisanship to cloud her
1989 CURRENT BIOGRAPHY YEARBOOK
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MARTIN
advice to a longtime friend, she jumped into the
no clone of the independent presidential candi-
race. Although she had charged the county board
date. "We're from a different era," she explained
with being out of touch with popular concerns, af-
during her Chicago Tribune interview. "He was
ter winning the seat, she came to respect the dedi-
elected in 1960, when more and more hope was
cation of her fellow board members. During her
placed in government to be the arbiter and the so-
four-year term in county government, she served
lution to all problems. I started in the 1970s through
on the finance and public works committees, de-
a more political route, with a stronger feeling that
spite efforts by the county road supervisor to keep
government is not the solution and may in fact be
her off the latter panel, because he felt that the pro-
part of the problem."
fanity prevalent at that male bastion made it an un-
From her first days in Washington, Lynn Martin
fit place for a lady.
impressed Robert H. Michel of Illinois with her
In 1976 Lynn Martin was elected to the Illinois
depth of knowledge and unerring political in-
House, having enlisted the aid of her older daugh-
stincts. He helped her to get on the influential Bud-
ter's junior high school class in an intensive door-
get Committee, even though such a plum
to-door campaign to unseat the Democratic incum-
assignment had never before gone to a freshman.
bent. In supporting the winner for House
Although she was thrilled by the unprecedented
Republican leader, Martin was rewarded with an
opportunity, she was at first overwhelmed. She lat-
assignment to the Appropriations Committee,
er compared the experience to "getting sex educa-
where she earned a reputation as a reluctant spen-
tion at age six. It's a little too soon to understand-
der of public funds. Her most significant accom-
there's a lot of stuff you really shouldn't know until
plishment during her single term in the House was
a lot later." Eventually, she was invited to weekly
a bill barring convicted criminals from profiting
White House budget meetings to help shape the
from their misdeeds through the publication of a
Reagan administration's legislative strategy. She
book or any other information medium.
supported the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit
In 1978 Lynn Martin announced her intention to
reduction package but often sparred with Secre-
run for the Illinois state senate. Two weeks later,
tary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger and others
the incumbent Democrat decided to retire. She was
who urged a massive military buildup at the ex-
elected and won a seat on the Appropriations Com-
pense of social programs.
mittee, where for her persistent efforts to hold
During tense budget negotiations in 1986, Con-
down spending she was nicknamed "the Axe." Her
gressman Delbert Latta of Ohio, the ranking Re-
most enduring legacy, however, was reform of the
publican on the committee, underwent emergency
state's inadequately regulated nursing homes.
heart surgery, and Lynn Martin was appointed as
Haunted by the suffering of her mother, a victim
acting ranking minority member. To many observ-
of Alzheimer's disease who had died in 1974, she
ers she seemed to outperform the prickly Latta, es-
cosponsored a bill with Richard M. Daley Jr., then
tablishing a cordial working relationship with the
a state senator, requiring minimum standards for
committee chairman, William H. Gray 3d of Penn-
nursing homes throughout Illinois and setting forth
sylvania, and other Democrats. At the same time
a bill of rights for nursing home residents.
she helped to defeat attempts to revive agreed-
In 1980 Congressman John B. Anderson relin-
upon spending cuts and rallied Republican forces
quished his seat from Illinois's Sixteenth Congress-
behind an alternative budget proposal, which,
ional District, comprising the Greater Rockford
though unsuccessful, drew surprisingly strong sup-
area, to run for president, first as a Republican and
port. During her six years on the committee, she
eventually as an independent. Since she was mid-
came to realize just how difficult, if not impossible,
way into her first term in the state senate, Lynn
it is to craft a budget that will satisfy competing in-
Martin was reluctant to jump into the race, but she
terest groups. "Not only can't you please
realized that the seat was unlikely to be vacant
everybody," she later complained on the floor,
again soon. Encouraged to run by national Repub-
"you actually manage to anger everybody in one
lican leaders, who feared that the Reverend Don
way or another. Either you are spending too much
Lyon, an ultraconservative evangelical minister
on defense or too little; and you are always slight-
who had given Anderson a surprisingly strong pri-
ing the hundreds of underfunded domestic needs
mary challenge in 1978, would sweep the primary,
programs. When you are slicing up such a limited
she campaigned on a moderate platform of lower
pie to begin with, everybody goes home hungry
taxes and deregulation of business, balanced by
and angry."
support for the Equal Rights Amendment and a
Although Lynn Martin consistently receives
pro-choice position on abortion.
higher marks from conservative groups than from
With support from national women's organiza-
liberal ones, her voting record reflects a mind un-
tions, Lynn Martin erased Lyon's early lead in the
fettered by ideological restraints. She supported
polls, topped the five-man Republican field with
the Reagan administration in voting to provide
45 percent of the vote, and went on to bury her
funds for the construction of the MX missile and
Democratic opponent by a ratio of two-to-one. She
the early development of the space-based missile
has been reelected handily ever since. Although it
defense system known as Star Wars as well as aid
was reasonable to infer from her first campaign
to El Salvador and the Contra rebels fighting the
that she might follow in Anderson's footsteps, Lynn
Marxist-led Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. But
Martin made it clear from the outset that she was
she stood up to White House pressure in voting for
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MARTIN
ent presidential candi-
a nuclear freeze and against the production of
president in 1988, she was the only woman named
ent era," she explained
chemical weapons, and she pleased feminists with
a national cochairperson of his campaign.
ne interview. "He was
her support for the Equal Rights Amendment and
After the 1984 campaign Lynn Martin was elect-
'e and more hope was
federal funding of abortions for poor women. Yet
ed vice-chairperson of the House Republican Con-
the arbiter and the so-
she herself eschews the word "feminist" and, by fo-
ference, making her the first woman ever to make
ed in the 1970s through
cusing her energies on budget matters, has careful-
it into the House GOP leadership. Four years later
a stronger feeling that
ly avoided being identified with women's issues
she ran for conference chairperson but lost nar-
ion and may in fact be
exclusively. "I don't walk into every meeting hum-
rowly (85-82) to Jerry Lewis of California, partly be-
ming, 'I Am Woman," she once joked. Although at
cause Illinois already was represented in the
shington, Lynn Martin
first skeptical about the efficacy of imposing eco-
senior leadership by the minority leader and partly
el of Illinois with her
nomic sanctions against South Africa, a firsthand
because she was rumored, falsely as it turned out,
unerring political in-
look at the oppression of apartheid convinced her
to be slated for a cabinet post in the new Bush ad-
on the influential Bud-
to vote to override President Reagan's veto of the
ministration.
ough such a plum
1986 sanctions bill. One of her most significant leg-
With the convening of the 101st Congress in Jan-
e gone to a freshman.
islative achievements to date was a 1984 law,
uary 1989, Lynn Martin was appointed to the Rules
by the unprecedented
which she cosponsored with Democratic congress-
Committee. She proposed converting the Select
overwhelmed. She lat-
man Rick Boucher of Virginia, that increased the
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control into a
to "getting sex educa-
penalties for such white-collar crimes as fraud, in-
standing committee that would bring under its pur-
soon to understand-
come tax evasion, and antitrust law violations.
view drug-related matters now scattered among
y shouldn't know until
As a member of the Administration Committee,
dozens of committees and subcommittees. Con-
was invited to weekly
Lynn Martin nettled the Democratic leadership
gressman Michel supported the proposal, but it ran
igs to help shape the
with a successful campaign to bring the 30,000
into significant Democratic opposition, most nota-
islative strategy. She
congressional staff members under the protection
bly from Charles B. Rangel of New York, the cur-
man-Hollings deficit
of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, from which they had
rent chairman of the select committee. Although
sparred with Secre-
been specifically exempt. Having compiled data
Lynn Martin supported most of President Bush's
einberger and others
demonstrating that women staffers typically were
early initiatives, she did not hesitate to vote for a
ry buildup at the ex-
relegated to the lowest-paying positions on Capitol
sharp boost in the minimum wage despite the cer-
Hill, she introduced legislation in 1985 that barred
tainty of a presidential veto. She has encouraged
tiations in 1986, Con-
job discrimination on the basis of race, color, reli-
the administration to compromise in its call for a
hio, the ranking Re-
gion, national origin, sex, age, or physical handi-
constitutional amendment giving the president a
nderwent emergency
cap. "She relentlessly quizzed the chairmen to
line-item veto, the power to strike down portions
tin was appointed as
determine the salary differential between male
of a bill without having to accept or reject it in its
ber. To many observ-
and female employees on their staffs," Frank An-
entirety. In collaboration with Republican senator
the prickly Latta, es-
nunzio of Illinois, the Democratic congressman
Gordon J. Humphrey of New Hampshire, she pro-
relationship with the
who chaired the subcommittee on which she
posed legislation requiring Congress to vote upon
H. Gray 3d of Penn-
served, once noted. "She had some of those chair-
presidential recision requests within ten days. (Un-
ts. At the same time
men really perspiring."
der current law, Congress can simply ignore such
ts to revive agreed-
Lynn Martin seems to take pleasure in seeing
requests indefinitely.) Amid the controversy over
d Republican forces
the opposition sweat. Often described by her fel-
the alleged misconduct of former Speaker Jim
et proposal, which,
low Republicans as "one of the boys," she is also
Wright of Texas, she was appointed cochairperson,
prisingly strong sup-
known as the "political Joan Rivers," for her sting-
along with Democrat Vic Fazio of California, of the
the committee, she
ing attacks on Democrats. "When she combines her
bipartisan ethics task force established to review
ult, if not impossible,
wit and her sarcasm and she's on the attack," Illi-
standards of official conduct.
satisfy competing in-
nois state representative Jack Davis, a Republican,
With encouragement from President Bush and
can't you please
was quoted as saying in the Chicago Tribune
Republican governor James R. Thompson of Illi-
ained on the floor,
Magazine (April 13, 1986), "you'd better watch out
nois, Lynn Martin decided to give up her safe
Γ everybody in one
because she'll carve you up and you won't know
House seat to run for the Senate in 1990. In the
spending too much
what happened until you're bleeding."
wake of the recent Supreme Court decision foster-
u are always slight-
It was her ability to think on her feet and bore
ing state curbs on abortion, the Republican prima-
ded domestic needs
into an opponent that prompted Republican strate-
ry between Lynn Martin, who supports a woman's
g up such a limited
gists to tap Lynn Martin to portray Democratic
right to choose abortion, and Gary MacDougal, a
goes home hungry
vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro in
Chicago businessman opposed to it, is expected to
mock debates with Vice-President George Bush in
be an early test of popular sentiment on that con-
nsistently receives
1984. In preparing Bush for his televised confronta-
troversial issue in a state that is developing into a
e groups than from
tion with Ms. Ferraro, she adopted an aggressive
battleground between antiabortion and pro-choice
reflects a mind un-
debating style that caught Bush by surprise and
forces.
nts. She supported
convinced him that he needed more practice. In a
Lynn Martin is a green-eyed blonde who stands
voting to provide
strategy designed at least in part to counter the
five feet, eight inches tall. Her marriage to John
ne MX missile and
publicity enjoyed by Democrats that year in nam-
Martin ended in divorce in 1978, and in January
pace-based missile
ing the first woman to a major party ticket, she was
1987 she wed Judge Harry Leinenweber of the
Wars as well as aid
chosen to deliver one of the vice-president's nomi-
United States Court for the Northern District of Il-
rebels fighting the
nating speeches at the party's convention in Dallas
linois. She divides her time between a Washington,
in Nicaragua. But
and was named chairperson of the Reagan-Bush
D.C., townhouse and a century-old English-type
essure in voting for
campaign in Illinois. An early supporter of Bush for
country cottage in the Rockford suburb of Loves
1989 CURRENT BIOGRAPHY YEARBOOK
387
MASON
Park, which she purchased in rundown condition
Award for first fiction in 1983, and Love Life. Her
in 1984 and renovated herself. For recreation she
novels, In Country and Spence + Lila, take place
enjoys cooking, gardening, interior design, working
in the same locale and include the same underly-
crossword puzzles, and watching wildlife specials
ing theme of the challenges of social and economic
on television.
change. She has also written two works of literary
criticism.
References: Chicago Tribune mag p12+ Ap 13 '86
Anatole Broyard, who reviewed Miss Mason's
pors; Washington Post A p13 My 19 '86 por;
first collection of short stories for the New York
Washington Woman p15+ N '87 pors; Almanac
Times (November 23, 1982), was struck by the way
of American Politics, 1988; Politics in America
her characters are mired in transition between the
(1988); Who's Who in America, 1988-89; Who's
past and the future. "They don't seem to progress
Who in American Politics, 1989-90
from one thing to another," Broyard wrote, "but to
fall between one thing and another, to live in an
absence bracketed by nostalgia and apprehension.
To be restless or rootless in a small American town
is to suffer an American anxiety with none of the
camouflaging sophistication of the big city." But
Bobbie Ann Mason views the angst produced by
the replacement of unquestioned traditions with
unprecedented options and choices as a positive
development in her characters' lives. "I come from
a culture that still [believes in] the American
dream," she told Wendy Smith for Taxi (March
1989), "and when these new possibilities are
opened up, I think my characters are very optimis-
tic. They may be disappointed; a lot of their dreams
are quite naive and can only lead to disappoint-
ment and confusion. But I think optimism is impor-
tant. I admire their hopefulness-I come from it-
and I don't want them to become jaded or cynical."
Bobbie Ann Mason was born on May 1, 1940
near Mayfield, Kentucky, the daughter of Wilburn
A. and Christie (Lee) Mason. Her parents are re-
tired dairy farmers who still live on the fifty-four-
acre farm where she was raised along with her
brother and her sisters. She attended a country
school through the eighth grade before going on to
Mayfield High School. The shift from the country
to the city school in Mayfield, a town of some 8,000
inhabitants, was her first experience of what she
Mason, Bobbie Ann
has called "a special kind of class difference" be-
tween town and country, one that engendered feel-
ings of inferiority in her. In interviews, she still
May 1, 1940- Writer. Address: c/o Amanda
Urban, International Creative Management, 40
refers to herself as a country girl.
W. 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10019
None of her family had attended college, but
Miss Mason, despite being very shy-("probably
pathologically shy," she has said)-was ambitious.
The author of two short-story collections and two
She applied for and won a scholarship to the Uni-
novels, Bobbie Ann Mason occupies a unique posi-
versity of Kentucky in Lexington. "[I] wanted to get
tion in contemporary American fiction. Her stories
out and see the world," she explained to Geoffrey
are set in her native western Kentucky, a North-
Stokes during an interview for the Village Voice
South border state whose working-class inhabi-
Literary Supplement (May 1989). "I'd seen a lot of
tants are beset by signs of social and economic dis-
movies. And it wasn't so strange for kids in my
location: farm failures and factory layoffs; new
school to go to college." She majored in journalism
chain stores and shopping malls; cable television
and wrote for the University of Kentucky Kernel
and multiple-screen movie theatres; a soaring di-
and, in the summer of 1960, for the Mayfield
vorce rate and the availability of safe and legal
Messenger as a society columnist.
abortion; and the usurpation of pastoral counseling
After obtaining her B.A. degree in 1962, Bobbie
by psychoanalysis and the charlatanism of those
Ann Mason moved to New York City, though she
who claim to be psychics. The various responses of
was somewhat uncertain of what she intended to
rural and small-town Kentuckians to those changes
do there. "I've never felt that I decided much of
make up the subject matter of her two short-story
anything," she revealed to Mervyn Rothstein in an
collections: Shiloh and Other Stories, for which
interview for the New York Times Magazine (May
she won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation
15, 1988). "Like 'decided' to go to New York. I just
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CURRENT BIOGRAPHY YEARBOOK 1989
ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH BY CONGRESSWOMAN LYNN MARTIN FOR UNITED STATES SENTOR FROM ILLINOIS
NOVEMBER 6, 1989
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY, ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS
HERE. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH ME ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION.
TODAY, A NEW JOURNEY BEGINS — FOR US, AND FOR ILLINOIS.
I AM ANNOUNCING THAT I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
AND I'VE COME TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP. WILL YOU LEND ME YOUR HANDS AND STAND BY MY SIDE IN
THE DAYS AHEAD?
IF YOU WILL, THEN JUST ONE YEAR FROM TODAY -MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS, NOVEMBER 6, 1990
- WE ARE GOING TO WIN A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS. WE ARE GOING TO BRING NEW
LEADERSHIP FOR OUR FUTURE TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
MANY REASONS LED TO MY ANNOUNCEMENT. BUT THE PRINCIPAL ONE CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THREE
WORDS: ILLINOIS DESERVES BETTER.
ILLINOIS DESERVES BETTER THAN A PART-TIME SENATOR WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE MIKE
DUKAKIS WAS TOO CONSERVATIVE!
ILLINOIS DESERVES BETTER THAN A SENATOR WHO SEES AMERICA THROUGH A REAR-VIEW MIRROR
AND WANTS TO GO BACK TO THE 1930'S.
ILLINOIS DESERVES A LEADER WITH THE VISION, IDEAS AND ENERGY TO HELP OUR CHILDREN
COMPETE IN THE 1990'S AND INTO THE 21ST CENTURY - AND THAT IS THE VISION I WILL BRING.
SO, LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF - WHO I AM, WHAT I HAVE DONE, WHERE I
BELIEVE WE NEED TO GO.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ILLINOIS. I ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, GRADUATED WITH
HONORS, AND I'M FIERCELY PROUD TO BE AN ALUMNA OF THAT WONDERFUL INSTITUTION.
IN MY LIFE, I HAVE KNOWN INCREDIBLE JOYS AND SORROWS, BUT MOSTLY JOY. I AM A WOMAN WHO
HAS BEEN DEEPLY BLESSED.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A MOTHER, TEACHER, AND PUBLIC SERVANT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WORKING
MOM WHO HAS DRIVEN CARPOOLS, AND GONE FROM THE KITCHEN TABLE TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE.
I'VE SERVED ILLINOIS AS A COUNTY BOARD MEMBER AND STATE LEGISLATOR. AND, I'VE SERVED
ILLINOIS AND AMERICA IN THE U.S. CONGRESS. I WAS ELECTED TO THE HIGHEST POSITION OF REPUBLICAN
LEADERSHIP EVER HELD BY A WOMAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SOMEONE SAID, LYNN MARTIN IS THE GIRL NEXT DOOR WHO'S BECOME ONE OF THE BOYS. WELL,
THANK YOU, BUT I'M STILL THE SAME PERSON:
A PLAIN-SPOKEN, FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, PROUD TO BE HONORED AS A FRIEND OF SMALL BUSINESS,
FRIEND OF AGRICULTURE, AND FRIEND OF THE TAXPAYERS.
AND, HOW PROUD I AM, TOO, TO HAVE BEEN A WORKING PARTNER WITH RONALD REAGAN AND NOW
GEORGE BUSH ON THIS HISTORIC TEAM. GEORGE BUSH NEEDS A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON, NOT SOMEONE WHO
WORKS AGAINST HIM EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE REKINDLED THE HOPES OF AMERICA, AND THE WHOLE WORLD, WITH THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN OUR HISTORY AND PEACE WITH FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH ACROSS THE GLOBE!
THE 1980'S IS WHEN OUR GREAT RECOVERY BEGAN. THE 1990'S IS WHEN THE RACE TO THE FUTURE CAN
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BE WON. AND I'M READY.
I WANT ILLINOIS TO LEAD AMERICA INTO THE 90'S. AND, I'M GOING TO PUSH FOR CHANGES TO HELP US
LEAD.
CHANGE NUMBER ONE- I WILL BE MORE THAN AN OCCASIONAL VOICE AND VOTE FOR THIS STATE.
I WILL BE ON THE JOB, FULL-TIME - FOR ILLINOIS.
I WILL BE FIGHTING, FULL-TIME - FOR ILLINOIS.
CHANGE NUMBER TWO- MY PHILOSOPHY IS IN HARMONY WITH YOURS, MAINSTREAM ILLINOIS. THE
PRIORITIES THAT I FIGHT FOR WILL BE THE BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUES OF ILLINOIS' WORKING FAMILIES, NOT
A LIBERAL WISH LIST FOR THE WINE AND CHEESE SET IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
THE ROOTS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM ARE DEEP IN THE SOIL OF ILLINOIS.
IN THIS LAND. THE LAND OF LINCOLN. THE LAND OF FREEDOM.
THE LAND OF OPTIMISTIC, DARING PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO PROGRESS WHEN
WE HONOR HARD WORK IN A SOCIETY OF OPEN DOORS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIY AND UPWARD MOBILITY.
AND, WE STRIVE NOT ONLY TO DO GREAT THINGS, BUT TO BE GOOD PEOPLE, BY HOLDING FAST TO
THOSE ABIDING VALUES OF FAITH IN GOD, LOVE OF FAMILY AND STRONG AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.
THE LEADERSHIP THAT I OFFER WILL TAKE THIS VISION OF FREEDOM AND PUT IT TO WORK WHERE WE
SO DEARLY NEED IT - IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO REPRESENT ILLINOIS, AND TO BENEFIT ILLINOIS.
AND, WHAT A CHANGE THAT WILL MEAN ON THE KEY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES FOR OUR
FUTURE.
WE CAN HAVE LEADERSHIP THAT IS ROOTED IN SOUND PRINCIPLES.
I WILL BE A SENATOR WHO WORKS WITH PRESIDENT BUSH TO BRING DEFICITS DOWN- NOT BY
CAVING TO SPENDERS WHO SEEK ANY EXCUSE TO SOCK THE PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS AND RAISE YOUR TAXES UP.
AFTER ALL, HOW DO WE BUILD OUR ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE? WELL, NOT BY DICTATING TO OUR
FARMERS IN ILLINOIS HOW MANY ACRES OF SOYBEANS AND CORN YOU CAN PLANT, AS MY OPPONENT WOULD.
WINDS OF CHANGE ARE STIRRING FRESH HOPES FOR LIBERTY ACROSS HUNGARY, POLAND AND THE
SOVIET UNION.
FREEDOM IS WINNING IN THE WORLD TODAY.
FREEDOM IS WINNING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN STRONG. FREEDOM IS WINNING BECAUSE WE IN THE
WEST MATCHED THEIR IRON CURTAIN WITH AN IRON WILL.
THE SOVIETS ARE FRANTICALLY TRYING TO REFORM THEIR ECONOMY, NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO,
BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO!
AND, I BELIEVE THAT ILLLINOIS NEEDS A SENATOR WHO WILL PLEDGE TO YOU: YES, I WILL ALWAYS
BE IN FAVOR OF GIVING PEACE A CHANCE.
BUT, NO, I WILL NEVER TAKE A CHANCE WITH THE PEACE AND FREEDOM OF YOUR CHILDREN AND
YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN!
FREEDOM WORKS.
NOW LETS PUSH ON. LET'S PUT THIS GREAT ENERGIZER TO WORK WHERE IT HASN'T BEEN TRIED. LET'S
SHAKE THINGS UP WITH SOME CREATIVE IDEAS WHERE THE DEAD-HAND OF GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED.
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FOR EXAMPLE, WHY CAN'T WE EMPOWER PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO HELP REFORM EDUCATION
AND WELFARE? WHY CAN'T WE GIVE FREE ENTERPRISE A CHANCE TO REVIVE THE MOST DEPRESSED URBAN
AND RURAL REGIONS OF ILLINOIS? WE CAN- WITH NEW LEADERSHIP.
I MENTIONED I WAS A TEACHER. I WENT TO SCHOOL IN CHICAGO- TAFT HIGH SCHOOL- IT WAS A
WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING.
AND, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHICAGO TODAY CAN BE THE BEGINNING.
WE CAN HELP PEOPLE TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. NO GOVERNMENT CAN EVER DO
FOR PEOPLE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OURSELVES, IF WE'RE GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE.
WE NEED NOT BE LOCKED IN TO A FUTURE OF DRUGS, DEPENDENCY OR DESPAIR. WE CAN BRING JOBS,
GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY INTO OUR POOREST NEIGHBORHOOD- BUT WE MUST BE WILLING TO CHANGE.
CHANGE MEANS WE HAVE TO START MAKING SURE THE MONEY WE SPEND GOES TO PEOPLE, NOT
DEVELOPERS.
CHANGE MEANS WE SHOULD GIVE THOSE FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING, AND WHO WORK
AND SAVE, THE RIGHT TO BUY THAT HOUSING AND BECOME REAL HOMEOWNERS.
IT MEANS WE SHOULD GIVE THE URBAN AND RURAL POOR THE SAME CHANCE TO BECOME
EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS AS THE REST OF AMERICA, BY CREATING ENTERPRISE ZONES IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, CHANGE MEANS WE MUST DO MORE, MUCH MORE, TO GIVE PEOPLE CONFIDENCE THAT THE
PLACES WHERE THEY LIVE, WORK AND LEARN ARE SAFE.
I FAVOR MANDATORY SENTENCES FOR DRUG USERS. AND THAT'S NOT ALL. I FAVOR IMPOSING THE
DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG KINGPINS.
YES, I DO. I FAVOR THE DEATH PENALTY SO THAT A YOUNG GIRL, WOMAN, OR SENIOR CITIZEN WILL BE
ABLE TO WALK TO THEIR APARTMENT AT NIGHT WITHOUT BEING ATTACKED, ROBBED, RAPED OR EVEN
KILLED.
I COMMEND PAUL FOR ACCEPTING THE INVITATION TO DEBATE FROM THE 7 TOWNS WHERE ABRAHAM
LINCOLN AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS CONFRONTED THE BURNING QUESTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. ITOO
ACCEPT. AND I HOPE WE CAN ADD CHICAGO AS THE EIGHTH SITE.
AND GUESS WHICH SIDE I'M REPRESENTING! BECAUSE IF ABRAHAM LINCOLN WERE ALIVE TODAY, DO
YOU REALLY THINK HE'D BE TRYING TO HOLD US BACK IN AN AMERICA OF MEDIOCRITY, BORN OF BIG
GOVERNMENT?
OR, WOULD HE TRY TO CHALLENGE AND LEAD US FORWARD IN AN AMERICA OF ACHIEVEMENT, BORN
OF BIG DREAMS?
YES, BY ALL MEANS, LET'S DEBATE THESE ISSUES. FRANKLY, I THINK MY OPPONENT HAS SOME REAL
EXPLAINING TO DO!
HE SAYS HE'S ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE.
WELL, PEOPLE, LOOK AGAIN. SIMON SAYS YOUR FAMILIES ARE UNDERTAXED.
HE'S VOTED NUMEROUS TIMES TO RAISE YOUR TAXES. HE WAS 1 OF ONLY 3 SENATORS TO OPPOSE TAX
REFORM IN 1986. HE OPPOSED THE 1981 TAX CUTS WHICH ARE NOW SAVING A TYPICAL FAMILY $2,200 A
YEAR.
IF YOU AGREE WITH HIM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE KEEPING MORE OF WHAT YOU EARN, IF YOU THINK HE
KNOWS BETTER HOW TO SPEND IT THAN YOU DO, THEN TAKE $2,200 AND SEND IT TO:
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PAUL SIMON, IN CARE OF "TAXES R US," WASHINGTON, D.C. - AND I GUARANTEE YOU, HE'LL SPEND
EVERY CENT!
ON ISSUE AFTER ISSUE, HE VOTES AGAINST OUR BEST INTERESTS.
BUT SIMON SAYS NO. I SAY CONGRESSIONAL NEWSLETTER FUNDS SHOULD BE CUT AND THE SAVINGS
USED TO HELP DRUG-ADDICTED PREGNANT WOMEN.
BUT SIMON SAYS NO. I SAY IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO BRING ADDITIONAL AGRICULTURE MONEY TO
ILLINOIS THAN TO GIVE SOYBEAN TECHNOLOGY TO BRAZIL. BUT GUESS WHAT PAUL SIMON SAYS: SIMON
SAYS NO!
MY FRIENDS, WHEN SIMON SAYS NO, ILLINOIS SUFFERS - WE LOSE. AND, I'M TIRED OF SEEING US
LOSE, I WANT TO SEE US WIN!
MY, MY, HE HAS so MUCH TO EXPLAIN, DOESN'T HE? LIKE WHY DOES HE RAIL SO AGAINST PACS, THEN
TURN AROUND AND RAISE MORE PAC MONEY THAN ANY OTHER SENATOR RUNNING IN 1990?
WHEN I HEAR ABOUT PAC-MAN, I'M NO LONGER SURE IF I'M HEARING ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME, OR THE
JUNIOR SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS.
TO TOP IT OFF, THERE WERE 1200 TIMES WHEN PAUL SIMON FAILED TO SHOW UP IN WASHINGTON TO
VOTE FOR YOU. BUT NOW HE EXPECTS YOU TO VOTE FOR HIM - - WELL, HE'S IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE.
MY FRIENDS, I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME- ILLINOIS DESERVES BETTER. AND WITH YOUR GOOD AND
GRACIOUS HELP, WE CAN DELIVER.
I'M IN THIS RACE BECAUSE I WANT OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, TO HAVE THEIR CHANCE,
THEIR DAY IN THE SUN.
TO HAVE FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN. TO BE BLESSED BY PEACE AND PROSPERITY. TO SEE THEIR
CHILDREN GROW UP, DO WELL, MAYBE EVEN BE PRESIDENT. AND THEN GIVE BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY.
BUT, THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN A FREE NATION THAT REWARDS INDIVIDUAL TALENT AND THAT LETS
EVERY ONE OF US RISE AS HIGH AS OUR GOD-GIVEN ABILITIES WILL TAKE US.
WE SEE PEOPLE, NOT JUST FOR WHAT THEY ARE, BUT FOR ALL THEY CAN BECOME. I NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD BE STANDING HERE ANNOUNCING FOR THE U.S. SENATE. A FEW YEARS AGO, I NEVER THOUGHT ANY
WOMAN WOULD.
IT HAPPENED TO ME. SO, THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
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LYNNE MARTIN EVENT - ILLINOIS
WE'RE HERE NEAR O'HARE AIRPORT, A PLACE WHERE MILLIONS OF TRAVELLERS CHANGE
PLANES, TO SUPPORT LYNNE MARTIN, A WOMAN WHO IS GOING TO CAUSE ILLINOIS POLITICS
TO CHANGE COURSE.
I FLEW IN ON THE NEW AIR FORCE ONE. IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE HOW BIG THE PLANE
IS AND HOW MANY FEATURES IT HAS, SO LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY: WE'RE HOLDING
THIS EVENT HERE BECAUSE THE BASKETBALL ARENA ON AIR FORCE ONE IS HAVING ITS
FLOORS VARNISHED.
BARBARA WAS IN CHICAGO A FEW MONTHS AGO AND TOURED A VEGETABLE CANNING PLANT.
I WAS SORRY I COULDN'T JOIN HER. IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE VEGETABLES YOU
KNOW HOW MUCH I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE. ! REALLY DID. BUT SOMEONE HAD
TO STAY BACK IN WASHINGTON TO FEED MILLIE, SO I BIT THE BULLET AND VOLUNTEERED.
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DOUG GAMBLE
TO: MARY KATE GRANT (CONT'D)
IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE'RE HERE AT THE HOME OF THE DE PAUL BLUE DEMONS, BECAUSE
LYNNE MARTIN IS GOING TO GIVE THE OPPOSITION A DEVIL OF A SURPRISE IN NOVEMBER.
(RE "GRANDBO")
AFTER HEARING ABOUT HER TENACITY, HER COURAGE AND HER
TOUGHNESS, ALL I CAN SAY IS "MIKE DITKA MOVE OVER."
(The very tough, macho coach of the Chicago Bears.)
WE DON'T WANT AN AMERICA WHERE ONE CLASS COMPETES AGAINST ANOTHER, WE WANT AN
AMERICA WITH THE ECONOMIC STRENGTH TO COMPETE AGAINST THE WORLD.
LET THE OTHER SIDE PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF ENVY BETWEEN ONE CLASS AND ANOTHER,
WE'LL KEEP the PROMOTING THE GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.
WE WANT A CRIME BILL THAT HANDCUFFS CRIMINALS, NOT CRIME-FIGHTERS.
I INTEND TO BE HARD ON A CRIME BILL THAT'S SOFT ON CRIME.
(CIVIL RIGHTS BILL) WE CAN NEVER SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF JANE AND JOHN Q.
PUBLIC, IF THE "Q" STANDS FOR "QUOTAS."
Mary Kate:
Since you're receiving this instead of Stephanie Laudner, would
you please make copies for the other writers and for Chriss, the
way Stephanie normally would? Thanks.
Doug
MRS. BUSH'S REMARKS FOR THE FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON FOR REP. LYNN
MARTIN FOR SENATE, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1990, 12:00 P.M., CHICAGO,
IL, (7:19)
THANK YOU so MUCH LYNN. I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TODAY
WITH YOU. HERE I AM SUPPOSED TO ACKNOWELEDGE ALL THE V.I.P.'S.
WELL - THERE ARE so MANY. LET ME JUST SAY THAT IF YOU CAN JUDGE
A CAMPAIGN BY THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT IT ... LYNN'S CAMPAIGN IS A
MILE WIDE AND A MILE DEEP -- so I WILL JUST SAY DISTINGUISHED
HEAD TABLE AND DISTINGUISHED AUDIENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO SINGLE
OUT TWO VERY CLOSE FRIENDS -- JAYNE THOMPSON AND HONEY SKINNER.
I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT ORMAND WADE AND CHRISTINA GIDWITZ.
YOU KNOW, LYNN IS SUCH A LONG TIME AND CHERISHED FRIEND OF
ALL THE BUSHES.
OH, THE CAMPAIGN TRAILS WE HAVE TRAVELED. I KNOW
CAMPAINGING IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUN ... BUT DO YOU REMEMBER THE
BUS TRIP WE TOOK WITH ONE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS - LYNN?
OR THE OGLE COUNTY'S DEL MONTE VEGETABLE PLANT? I WONDER
WHY GEORGE SENT US IN HIS STEAD ON THAT ONE! AND I REMEMBER THE
FUN WE HAD CAMPAIGNING FOR LYNN'S FIRST TERM IN CONGRESS IN
ROCKFORD.
IN 1984, LYNN ALSO GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED GEORGE'S INVITATION
TO BE A STAND-IN FOR THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE PRACTICE
SESSIONS. WHEN LYNN ARRIVED FOR THE REHEARSAL, GEORGE GAVE HER A
WONDERFUL WARM GREETING, SAYING "LYNN, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU."
LYNN STOPPED, AND IN HER MOST OFFICIAL MANNER, STUCK OUT HER HAND
AND FIRMLY REPLIED, "MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M REPRESENTATIVE
GERALDINE FERARRO." THEN SHE BROKE INTO THAT GLORIOUS GRIN AND
SAID, "BUT YOU CAN CALL ME GERRY!" I THINK THE ONLY DEBATE
GEORGE EVER LOST WAS THAT PRACTICE SESSION.
LYNN FIRST BECAME INVOLVED IN POLITICS BECAUSE, AS A MOTHER
AND A TEACHER, SHE KNEW OUR CHILDREN DESERVED BETTER, -BETTER
SCHOOLS, BETTER CHOICES, A BETTER FUTURE. I AM HERE TODAY
BECAUSE I BELIEVE--AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES BELIEVES--THAT "ILLINOIS DESERVES BETTER". AND
LYNN MARTIN IS THE BEST. INCIDENTLY, GEORGE DOESN'T EXPECT LYNN
TO VOTE WITH HIM 100% - BUT WE CAN COUNT ON HER OPPONENT TO
ALWAYS VOTE AGAINST.
GEORGE ASKED LYNN TO CO-CHAIR HIS 1988 CAMPAIGN BECAUSE SHE
IS THE BEST. LYNN WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THE HOUSE
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP BECAUSE SHE IS THE BEST. HARRIS FAWELL -
LYNN'S WONDERFUL COLLEGUE AND FRIEND WILL BACK ME UP ON THAT.
SHE IS THE BEST.
THIS SEAT IS WINNABLE - WE ALL KNOW IT. OUR PARTY IS UNITED
BEHIND LYNN MARTIN. SHE'S EVERYONE'S FIRST CHOICE ...
WHY?
...
BECAUSE SHE IS THE BEST.
OUR PARTY HAS QUITE A SLATE THIS YEAR IN ILLINOIS - JIM
EDGAR, JIM RYAN, SUE SUTER AND GREG BAISE. AND ADD TO THAT LYNN
MARTIN WHO WILL REPRESENT THE GREAT STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE
UNITED STATES SENATE. WHAT A TEAM!
IT IS NOT JUST HER PHI BETA KAPPA BRAIN, AND SUPERB
POLITICAL SKILLS THAT MAKE HER THE BEST CANDIDATE. LYNN MARTIN
IS A GREAT CONGRESSWOMAN AND WILL BE A GREAT SENATOR BECAUSE SHE
HAS FACED THE SAME TOUGH, DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS FACING EACH OF
YOU. AS A WORKING MOTHER, SHE KNOWS FIRST HAND ABOUT THE CHILD
CARE CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY--AND THE BEST WAYS TO SOLVE IT.
AS A TEACHER, SHE KNOWS FIRST HAND, THAT QUALITY EDUCATION
IS THE SOLUTION TO so MANY OF OUR NATION'S PROBLEMS--AND THAT
SCHOOLS AND PARENTS, AND BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT MUST ALL BE
PART OF THE EQUATION.
AS A SINGLE PARENT, LYNN KNEW FIRST HAND, THAT IN THE FAMILY
BUDGET--EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS. LYNN THINKS THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE
FEDERAL BUDGET--EVERY TAX DOLLAR COUNTS.
LYNN NEVER WAS VERY GOOD AT BLUE SKY THEORIES. HER STYLE IS
"CAN-DO", "HANDS ON" LEADERSHIP. AND HER SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES
AS A WORKING MOTHER, TEACHER, PARENT, LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL AND
FOUR TERM CONGRESSWOMAN MAKE LYNN MARTIN THE VERY BEST PERSON TO
REPRESENT YOU IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. AND, IF I MAY TAKE A
LITTLE LICENSE WITH LYNN'S CAMPAIGN THEME--"ILLINOIS DESERVES THE
BEST."
LYNN, I AM so GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS
AND SUPPORTERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME-GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD
BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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Elizabeth Dole
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The President. Let me say at the outset here that I have an announcement to
make. I will not take questions, but I will have this statement and then ask
Secretary Dole to say a few worlds. And then keep the focus on this subject.
She will be glad to respond to questions.
This morning, Secretary Elizabeth Dole offered me her resignation. And it
is with real, deep regret that I accept this resignation. But let me hasten to
say I understand her desire to continue her public service as president of the
American Red Cross.
After a quarter-century of service to this country, Elizabeth Dole has
earned the respect of the American people. And as Secretary of Labor, she's
made the workplace safer, healthier, and more secure. She's reached out to
Americans on the job - youth at risk, workers in retirement.
Secretary Dole, you really have changed the way America looks at education
and training, retraining in the workplace. And you've built better
labor-management relations; you've kept collective bargaining a vital American
institution. And no one has been a stronger voice for job opportunity for young
people.
I couldn't help but notice this morning some very supportive comments about
Secretary Dole by the Nation's number one labor leader, Lane Kirkland
[president of the AFL-CIO]. They were supportive, and they almost said it all.
And I was very pleased because, for me, that was just one more important
testimony to the job that she has done as Secretary of Labor.
So, Barbara joins me in wishing you nothing but the best in this big, new
challenge at the Red Cross. Bob [ Dole], the Senator, tells me your first
project is disaster relief. Capitol Hill maybe or -- [laughter]. But anyway,
good luck, and thank you 50 very much. It's been a joy serving with you in the
Cabinet, and I look forward to staying in very close touch. You have done a
superb job for this country.
Secretary Dole. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you so very much.
Reporter. Are you going to have a budget tonight, Mr. President? Budget?
Q. Will there be business as usual?
Secretary Dole. Ladies and gentlemen, I have some comments to make. First
of all, Mr. President, I want to thank you so very much for the opportunity
you've given me to serve as your Secretary of Labor. I'll always be extremely
proud of the fact that I had an opportunity to serve the American people under
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your strong leadership, and I appreciate the faith that you have shown in me.
I'm grateful for that faith and confidence.
And you know, as I leave the Department of Labor, I take with me a strong
inspiration which has been fired in me in that particular post; and that's the
fact that the American working men and women are the greatest engines of
productivity that this world has ever known. And if we're going to continue to
be competitive in a complex global market, then we must realize that our most
precious resources are our human resources.
And you know, Mr. President, I remember so well when you and I first talked
about the Labor Department position. It was just about 2 years ago. It was
before Christmas. And we were talking about the kinder, gentler Nation that you
want to bring about. And I mentioned that I felt a calling to join with those
who wanted to increase charitable giving in this country. And you said,
"Elizabeth, the Labor Department offers many opportunities to make a difference,
a positive difference, for people." And how right you were.
The Labor Department is the people's department. And what we've tried to do
there is use the power of the Labor Department to empower people with the skills
they need, the safety on the job, and with security of their pensions in their
retirement years.
And I consider it just a great honor to have had this opportunity to work on
issues that mean so much to me in making a difference in people's lives. But
this does make my 25th year in government service, and I plan to continue my
public service now from a different organization.
Às president of the American Red Cross, I'll have the opportunity to work
with about 1,200,000 volunteers all across America, 250 million volunteers
around the world, Mr. President. And the sole purpose of these individuals and
the 23,000 staff members - the sole mission is to make that positive difference
for people, to meet dire human needs and to improve the quality of human life.
Now, it's occurred to me that since the Congress has chartered the Red Cross
and you're the honorary chairman and it's located just across the street here --
I wonder if we couldn't just regard this as a transfer, Mr. President. What do
you think about that? Do you think that would work?
The President. It's fine with me. Fine with me.
Secretary Dole. But in any case, you will still be the boss, and a
wonderful boss, a strong boss. And I look forward to continuing to work with
you. And again, I thank you for your support. I thank you for your trust in me
and for your friendship.
The President. Well done.
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te House, 1977-1979.
some more today. And then tomorrow I
that the safety of those deposits is guaran-
he served as Deputy
think we have more final recommendations.
teed, will continue to be guaranteed, and
anning Staff at the De-
I'll go out with it publicly probably early
that there should be no feeling around the
next week-I think that's the plan-and see
country that some solution will do anything
tholomew graduated
where we go from there.
to diminish the credit of the United States
llege (B.A., 1958) and
But, Speaker, if you can talk, you're enti-
being behind the deposits in the FSLIC
icago (M.A., 1960). He
tled a rebuttal. [Laughter]
[Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Cor-
17, 1936, in Portland,
Speaker Wright. I'm not sure, Mr. Presi-
poration], FDIC [Federal Deposit Insurance
and has four children.
dent, that any rebuttal is necessary. We're
Corporation], whatever it is. And I thought
I'd just take this occasion to make that
here to listen, and we're here to join with
statement. Thank you all very much, and
you in trying to find some creative solution
now let's all go to work.
to a very serious problem.
d States
Majority Leader Mitchell. I think the
Note: The President spoke at 8:04 a.m. in
Speaker has expressed it for all of us, Mr.
the Cabinet Room at the White House, prior
ed Nations
President. We want to work with you. This
to a meeting with congressional leaders. In
is a serious problem for the country; it's not
his opening remarks, the President referred
just for us. We've got to do the best we can
to Jim Wright, Speaker of the House of Rep-
Ethics in Medicine and
to come up with the fairest, most efficient
resentatives; George J. Mitchell and Robert
Behavioral Research,
way to solve it.
Dole, majority and minority leaders of the
irman of the Moreland
The President. Before we break up here
Senate, respectively; and Robert H. Michel,
1 Nursing Homes and
to start on our consultations, let me say-
ranking minority member of the House of
and I think I speak for everybody here-
Representatives.
es, 1975-1976. From
Abram was president of
in Waltham, MA.
ted from the University
938), the University of
Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Robert A. Mosbacher as
10), Oxford University
Secretary of Commerce
A.A., 1948; M.A., 1953),
February 3, 1989
ege (LL.D., 1972). He
1918. He is married and
The President. Thank you for that warm
back in 1903-Congressman Charles Coch-
welcome. This is a very special occasion for
ran described what he believed were the
me because, as most-I'd say please be
ideal qualifications for the Secretary. He
seated, but-[laughter]-I don't think that
said: "Above everything, he should be a
would go over too well back there. What a
man of affairs, acquainted with the vast sub-
wonderful, wonderful turnout for our new
ject with which he must deal, vigilant, en-
Secretary. But this is a special occasion, Bob
terprising, resourceful, and possessed of the
Mosbacher and I have been friends for a
sagacity which distinguishes the American.
quarter of a century-more. And I trust his
man of business from all others."
need ideas, and if we're
advice; I respect what he's accomplished in
Well, ladies and gentlemen, those of you
ing, we want to know
business. And I know he will be a very
who know anything about Bob Mosbacher
valuable member of our economic team.
know that he fits that description to a tee.
11 agree that it's time to
It's also an honor for me to participate in
And he's a savvy international businessman,
roblem. And so, what I
this swearing-in in a hall that's named after
an entrepreneur who built his own extraor-
morning is simply ask
another dear friend of mine: Mac Baldrige.
dinarily successful business and kept it on
isten. And whatever we
He was a tremendous Secretary of Com-
solid footing even during tough economic
I not be popular. And I
merce, and I know he would have been so
times. He also is known as a world-class
ever you come up with
pleased to see that this Department, which
sailor-won international and national
but we've got to get on
meant so much to him, will be in such capa-
championships. And to use a sailing analogy,
m solved. And I appreci-
ble hands.
he will now take the helm at Commerce
own here early to discuss
When what was then called the Depart-
and help chart America's economic course
n I'll be meeting, as I say,
ment of Commerce and Labor, established
into a new era of prosperity.
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It's Bob's mission to foster, promote, and
[At this point, Secretary Mosbacher was
develop the foreign and domestic com-
sworn in.]
merce of the United States, a mission that's
easily stated, but not so easily executed. As
Secretary Mosbacher. Mr. President, Sec-
Secretary, he will promote American ex-
retary Baker, if I may digress for a second:
ports aggressively, continue our support of
two wonderful, wonderful Americans who
R&D, research and development, operate
this country is so proud of and so lucky to
an export control program balanced be-
have, friends of over 30 years. Thank you,
tween safeguarding security and encourag-
sir-and, of course, my family and, of
ing exports, responsibly manage our vast
course, all of us who are going to work
national fisheries resources, and play an im-
together, fellow employees of the Depart-
portant role in this administration's efforts
ment of Commerce. I look forward with
to clean up the oceans and America's coast-
great enthusiasm to addressing the chal-
lines. I know that preserving and protecting
lenges and opportunities the American
the environment is a special concern of Sec-
people have in several vital, important
retary Mosbacher's. Bob will work with
walks of our national life.
business to create innovative programs and
Mr. President, on behalf of this Depart-
achieve scientific breakthroughs in manu-
ment of Commerce, we accept our mission.
facturing, transportation, communications,
Of course, it's a mission-and a major objec-
and other areas to guarantee that the
tive of ours at this Department is to pro-
United States maintains its leadership role
mote our economic growth and competi-
in the world marketplace.
tiveness. We must ensure that trade is a
Both Bob and I are committed to making
two-way street for American business by ex-
America more competitive than ever
panding overseas markets for top U.S. goods
before. Our businesses can compete with
and services while ensuring fair competition
anyone, anywhere in the world, if we're
through effective enforcement of our trade
given a fair chance. Our commitment to
laws.
free and fair trade will enable us to ensure
Another vitally important mission is to
that our trading partners respect our right
improve the beauty and quality of our
to compete in their marketplace, while they
oceans, shorelines, and estuaries. Our fine
compete fairly in ours.
people in the National Oceanic and Atmos-
Bob has a big job ahead of him. But
pheric Administration-NOAA, as it's
whether it's trade or tourism or NOAA or
known to all of you and now many of us-
the Bureau of Standards, Minority Business
are already working vigorously at cleaning
Development, the Census-any of the im-
up our oceans. But of course, even though
portant areas of this Department-I know
they're working on this, more work can and
that he has a great team behind him, will-
must be done because we have been
ing to give 100 percent. And one of the
blessed with an abundance of beautiful nat-
reasons I wanted to come here to the De-
ural resources, including our oceans, estu-
partment is to express my confidence in
aries, our beaches, our shoreline; and we
those of you who have worked as careers
must do all in our power to preserve and
for the Federal Government.
protect these precious assets.
The growth of commerce, both nationally
Third, as an old sailor, I know how vitally
and internationally, is the key to guarantee-
important it is to keep our weather fore-
ing that America's most productive and
casts accurate and our warnings early. You
prosperous days are still ahead. As a fellow
know, Mr. President, there are a lot of
Texan said recently: "Bob Mosbacher is the
people in this country who view Willard
right man to do the job that has to be
Scott as our weatherman. [Laughter] But
done." So, I came over here to wish him
we in this Department know that NOAA is
well-wish all of you well.
the bureau that serves as the provider of
Mr. Secretary, congratulations, good luck,
the meteorological data to the Nation's
and God bless you!
weathermen, and so, we are really your
And now Secretary [of State] Baker will
weathermen.
do the honors.
We must also enforce our national capa-
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tary Mosbacher was
bility to develop the best in modern tech-
ty Business Development Agency so that all
nology. We must pursue policies that will
Americans will have the fullest opportunity
Mr. President, Sec-
speed commercialization of technology. Our
to participate and enjoy the great American
digress for a second:
new technology administration will be in
dream. It's important, and it must happen.
erful Americans who
the forefront of this effort. Our colleagues
I'm humbled by the challenges that lie
d of and so lucky to
in economic affairs must continue their dili-
before us and confident that together we
30 years. Thank you,
gent efforts to measure efficiently and accu-
will offer our hands to help achieve our
my family and, of
rately the successes and failings of our di-
President's goals. As Reverend Parker said:
are going to work
verse economy. In the same vein, we must
"If we work together, all is possible."
oyees of the Depart-
ensure an accurate and fair census in 1990.
I look forward with
A challenge? Sure, and a tough one. But
Again, my thanks to you, sir, to the family
addressing the chal-
to do anything less than to strive to succeed
I love, and to all of you. Together we can
do the job. God bless you.
nities the American
as never before would not be right.
eral vital, important
Finally, let me say, Mr. President, you
have given us-and to me and to all of us
Note: The President spoke at 10:40 a.m. in
ife.
behalf of this Depart-
here-a special assignment that is near and
the Malcolm Baldrige Great Hall at the De-
dear to your heart. We know this. Specifi-
partment of Commerce. Reverend Diana
ve accept our mission.
n-and a major objec-
cally, we're going to strengthen the Minori-
Parker delivered the invocation.
Department is to pro-
growth and competi-
nsure that trade is a
herican business by ex-
Remarks at a White House Luncheon for Business Leaders
kets for top U.S. goods
February 3, 1989
suring fair competition
orcement of our trade
The President. Ladies and gentlemen,
lem. So, if he looks discomforted, why, it
thank you very, very much for being with
wasn't the food. [Laughter] Gregg Peters-
aportant mission is to
and quality of our
us today. Before I make some remarks, I
meyer at this table, here from Colorado,
nd estuaries. Our fine
just want to introduce you to some of the
back in the White House after quite a few
people with whom I'm working here in the
years absence, but he is handling this con-
al Oceanic and Atmos-
ion-NOAA, as it's
White House, with whom a lot of you will
cept of voluntarism, national service. I can't
and now many of us-
be interacting one way or another.
see over here who we-oh, Marlin Fitz-
vigorously at cleaning
I know you know our Secretary of Labor
water is our Press Secretary, and with him,
of course, even though
over here, Liddy Dole. Roger Porter is
Joe Hagin, fresh from Ohio, who is handling
his, more work can and
going to be doing a lot in our domestic
the scheduling. Michael Boskin is head of
cause we have been
policy. Over at this table is Bonnie
our Council of Economic Advisers. And
idance of beautiful nat-
Newman, who has got a major management
Bobbie Kilberg, sitting over here, is part of
responsibility in the White House. And
our major outreach to the different commu-
ding our oceans, estu-
our shoreline; and we
Andy Card is the Deputy to the Chief of
nities. And Jim Cicconi is the Staff Secre-
power to preserve and
Staff. And Boyden Gray many of you have
tary that keeps everything moving inside
us assets.
worked with in regulatory relief. He's the
the White House. And of course, on my left
tilor, I know how vitally
General Counsel to the President and is
here is John Sununu, our Chief of Staff.
keep our weather fore-
heading a lot of the issues as it relates to
And if I missed somebody, it's the glare.
our warnings early. You
ethics. Steve Studdert over here and Dave
[Laughter] It's not that I don't know the
nt, there are a lot of
Demarest are in our outreach and our com-
names of the people with whom I work.
ntry who view Willard
munications end of things. General Scow-
[Laughter] But listen, I wanted to thank
erman. [Laughter] But
croft most of you know-I don't want to
you all for being here. It's great to see so
ent know that NOAA is
date him, but most of you know him from
many old friends. Having made my living in
rves as the provider of
previous incarnations-[laughter]-is the
the hydrocarbon business-that's a polite
data to the Nation's
national security adviser. Richard Breeden
name for what's left of the oil business-
so, we are really your
over here worked very closely with me in
[laughter]-I do have some appreciation of
the past on regulatory matters. He's now
what some of you all face in business.
force our national capa-
wrestling with the savings and loan prob-
And today we're in the midst of a long
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Mr. Vice Pre
sistant to the President and Press Secretary.
Justice, distin
began at 11:02 a.m. in the Briefing Room at
gress, my frie
tives-[laugh
privileged to
Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony for James A. Baker III as
of you have
Secretary of State
here, and as J
you and I ha
January 27, 1989
gether. I hop
confidence. I
The President. Well, if I could ask the
Central and South America, totalitarian
our friendship
Secretary of State and Mrs. Baker and Chief
forces still threaten to undermine the will
in foreign pc
Justice to come forward, we'll get on with
of the people. We must keep democracy on
better team t]
the program here.
the march. And we're faced with change
tennis courts i
and the potential for change all over the
Ladies and
[At this point, Secretary of State Baker was
world. And it's up to us to guarantee that
oath is alway
sworn in.]
the United States remains an engaged
cannot help 1
Mr. Vice President, distinguished Mem-
power for positive change.
even more so
bers of the United States Senate and House,
In another era, the Secretary of State's
cause it's beei
Mr. Speaker-Mr. Chief Justice, thank you,
role was largely confined to matters of war
here now in
sir, for doing the honors today.
and peace. Today's world is much more
swearing-in, S
This is a very special occasion for me be-
complex than that-more dangerous, too.
swearing at. [L
cause, as you all know, Jim and I have been
Today's Secretary of State must be pre-
Mr. Preside
friends for a long time, going back perhaps
pared to work with our allies to solve such
the Senate's cc
more years than either of us would care to
global threats as the international narcotics
that dates from
admit-long, really, before our public lives
trade, terrorism, the degradation of the
Over the last 1
began. And we've served in government to-
world's environment, and the economic dis-
about the job.
gether, campaigned together, traveled a
tress of developing countries. And that's
it the more hi
long way through some rough and tumble
why I chose James Baker. He's savvy; he's
with that humi
times. And it's well known that the new
sensitive; he's tough-a rare combination,
but in our grea
Secretary of State is my friend. I have great
indeed. And so, Jim, you've got a big job
One of his Si
confidence in him. And judging from how
ahead of you, leading; coming up with bold,
tary of State is
he sailed through the confirmation proc-
new initiatives; helping all of us fulfill the
Great Seal of
ess-thank you, gentlemen-the United
President's special role in foreign policy.
pretty familiar
States Senate shares that confidence.
We will also try to restore bipartisanship to
the olive bran
And as Secretary of State, he will be my
foreign policy. It will be a bipartisanship
principal foreign policy adviser. As I
based on trust, open communication, and
pledged in my Inaugural Address a week
consistency of action.
ago, my Presidency will usher in the age of
This is a time for America to reach out
Remarks at
the offered hand, and that applies certainly
and take the lead, not merely react. And
to foreign policy. I've also spoken of a new
this is a time for America to move forward
Secretary of
engagement. Nowhere is the need for a
confidently and cautiously, not retreat. As
January 30, 1
new engagement greater than in foreign
the freest and the fairest and the most pow-
policy.
erful democracy on the face of the Earth,
The President
The postwar generation has come of age,
we must continue to shine as a beacon of
the former Sec
and today we live in a distinctly different
liberty, beacon of justice, for all the people
here. Secretary
world than that which we were born into: a
of the world.
Secretary McLa
world that demands new strategies and new
And those of you who are here today-
I hope I'm n
solutions. And today we see a process of
Jim Baker's family, closest friends-know
they're there. S
change in the Soviet Union and Eastern
something that many other people will soon
learn for themselves: Jim Baker will be a
you, certainly t
Europe, in the Middle East. A changing sit-
beth Dole and ]
uation creates new possibilities as well as
great Secretary of State.
are here with
dangers. In southern Africa and in Indo-
Jim, congratulations! The floor is yours.
husband, Bob D
china, there is diplomatic progress. And in
Secretary Baker. Mr. President, Barbara,
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Administration of George Bush, 1989 / Jan. 30
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief
arrows. There's a reverse side to that seal,
Fitzwater was As-
Justice, distinguished Members of the Con-
however, that interests me. And on it is an
ind Press Secretary.
gress, my friends-most of whom are rela-
unfinished pyramid. And on the bottom, a
tives-{laughter}-I am truly honored and
Latin inscription which means, "A new
privileged to stand before you today. Many
order of the ages." It's dated 1776. To me
Baker III as
of you have come a long distance to be
this expresses our forefathers' conviction
here, and as you mentioned, Mr. President,
that our country offers something new. Our
you and I have come a long distance to-
Constitution, our democracy is a new order
gether. I hope to continue to merit your
of human activity. And the unfinished pyra-
confidence. I know I will continue to enjoy
mid is a symbol of strength, and it's a
merica, totalitarian
our friendship. One other thing: I hope that
symbol of continuity.
undermine the will
in foreign policy we're going to make a
America rests on the broadest possible
keep democracy on
better team than we oftentimes did on the
base which, of course, is the contribution of
faced with change
tennis courts in Texas. [Laughter]
every American. But the work of America-
change all over the
Ladies and gentlemen, the taking of an
to perfect our society, to strengthen and
us to guarantee that
oath is always a solemn moment. Yet I
extend freedom-is really never finished.
emains an engaged
cannot help but think that there will be
So, as I stand here today, very grateful to
age.
even more solemn moments to follow, be-
you, Mr. President, I recognize that we are
Secretary of State's
cause it's been my experience for 8 years
entering a new era of international rela-
ed to matters of war
here now in Washington that after the
tions. One that's filled with more than its
world is much more
swearing-in, sooner or later, comes the
share of promise, but perhaps more than its
nore dangerous, too.
swearing at. [Laughter]
share of perils as well. I also recognize that
State must be pre-
Mr. President, through your choice and
our country is ever new in our capacity to
ur allies to solve such
the Senate's consent, I will occupy an office
meet the challenge and to advance the
international narcotics
that dates from the infancy of our Republic.
cause of freedom.
degradation of the
Over the last few weeks, I've learned a lot
I enter this office secure in the knowl-
and the economic dis-
about the job. I find the more I learn about
edge that under your leadership, Mr. Presi-
countries. And that's
it the more humble I become. Yet mixed
dent, and with the support of the Congress
Baker. He's savvy; he's
with that humility is a pride-not in myself
and the support of the American people we
rare combination,
but in our great country.
can continue successfully what we began
you've got a big job
One of his statutory duties of the Secre-
two centuries ago.
coming up with bold,
tary of State is to be the custodian of the
Thank you very, very much.
ing all of us fulfill the
Great Seal of the United States. We're all
ole in foreign policy.
pretty familiar with the great eagle holding
Note: The President spoke at 5:02 p.m. in
estore bipartisanship to
the olive branches-but also holding the
the East Room at the White House.
ill be a bipartisanship
n communication, and
America to reach out
Remarks at the Swearing-in Ceremony for Elizabeth H. Dole as
not merely react. And
nerica to move forward
Secretary of Labor
itiously, not retreat. As
January 30, 1989
irest and the most pow-
the face of the Earth,
The President. Well, first, my respects to
And, Reverend, thank you, sir, for those
to shine as a beacon of
the former Secretaries of Labor who are
lovely, lovely words of prayer. Actually, I've
ustice, for all the people
here. Secretary Usery I know is here and
been planning to come over to the Labor
Secretary McLaughlin, Secretary Brock, and
Department since last year to play it safe. I
1 who are here today-
I hope I'm not missing others-maybe
figured if I won the election I want to be
1, closest friends-know
they're there. So, I bid welcome to all of
here for Elizabeth's swearing-in, and if I
ny other people will soon
you, certainly to our new Secretary Eliza-
lost the election I'd come by to fill out an
es: Jim Baker will be a
beth Dole and her mother and others that
unemployment form. [Laughter]
State.
are here with us today-certainly to her
But I've come here to introduce the new
ions! The floor is yours.
husband, Bob Dole, who is with us up here.
Secretary of Labor, something that I did
Mr. President, Barbara,
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WE LOOK AT OURSELVES
HOW WE LIVE
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wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really ma-
terialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans.
right belong to those whose labor has produced them. But it has so hap-
pened, in all the ages of the world, that some have labored, and others
MARY McCARTHY, Perspective, 1953
have without labor enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong,
What has been done in Germany has been done in first instance by the
and should not continue. To secure to each laborer the whole product of
Germans themselves. Now, looking backward, many truths are obvious
his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good govern-
ment.
that were unknown in the first days of German defeat. The dissolution of
an entire nation is a social impossibility; the wreckage of Germany that
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, "Fragments of a Tariff Discussion,"
so stupefied Germans and conquerors alike in 1945 was the wreckage of
December I, 1847 (date assigned by Hay and Nicolay)
buildings and stone. But it was impossible to destroy the skills in the fingers
of German workmen, the knowledge of German engineers, and the mana-
I hold that if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do
gerial know-how of German industrialists without the physical extermina-
all the eating and none of the work, He would have made them with
tion of the German people, obviously a moral impossibility. The social
mouths only and no hands; and if He had ever made another class that
capital inherent in the accumulation of years of human experience is,
He intended should do all the work and no eating, He would have made
economically, a vaster asset than all installations of pits, turning wheels
them with hands only and no mouths.
and rails. If all American industry were leveled to the ground, America
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, "Mud-Sill Theory of Labor"
would still be the greatest industrial nation on earth because of her social
capital.
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails in New England
THEODORE H. WHITE, Fire in the Ashes, 1953
under which laborers can strike when they want to, where they are not
obliged to work under all circumstances and are not tied down and obliged
Almost everywhere in America, our nation has done wonderfully in laying
to labor whether you pay them or not! I like the system which lets a man
out and hard-surfacing one lane of its inter-job highway. The sign on the
quit when he wants to, and wish it might prevail everywhere. One of the
other, which leads from White-collar to Overalls, still reads, "Road
reasons why I am opposed to slavery is just here. What is the true condi-
Closed. Proceed at Your Own Peril."
tion of the laborer? I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free
In Vermont we are proud to post the notice-and to try to live up to
to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I don't ap-
it, "Open for Traffic in Both Directions."
prove of a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm
than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do
DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER, Vermont Tradition, 1953
wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with every-
The era is to be one of good feeling. It's being planned that way.
body else. When one starts poor, as most do in the race of life, free society
is such that he knows he can better his condition; he knows that there is
ANON., U.S. News & World Report, January, 1955, report-
no fixed condition of labor for his whole life. I am not ashamed to confess
ing that optimism "will dominate" 1955
that twenty-five years ago I was a hired laborer, mauling rails, at work on
a flatboat-just what might happen to any poor man's son. I want every
man to have a chance-and I believe a black man is entitled to it-in
CAPITAL AND LABOR
which he can better his condition-when he may look forward and hope
to be a hired laborer this year and the next, work for himself afterward,
and finally to hire men to work for him. That is the true system. Up here
If we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been or
in New England you have a soil that scarcely sprouts black-eyed beans,
can be enjoyed by us without having first cost labor. And inasmuch as
and yet where will you find wealthy men so wealthy, and poverty so rarely
most good things are produced by labor, it follows that all such things of
in extremity? There is not another such place on earth!
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, speech, New Haven, March 6, 1860
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131. LABOR MOVEMEN
26 We are here to confederate the workers of this
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL, "How to Reform
into the wild
country into a working-class movement that shall
Mankind," 1896.
effort to ...
have for its purpose the emancipation of the work-
33 No tin hat brigade of goose-stepping vigilantes
cratic life,
ing class from the slave bondage of capitalism.
or Bible-babbling mob of blackguarding and corpo-
WALTE
This organization will be formed, based and
ration-paid scoundrels will prevent the onward
founded on the class struggle, having in view no
39 Laborin'
march of labor.
compromise and no surrender, and but one object
Hey ())
and one purpose and that is to bring the workers of
JOHN L. LEWIS, quoted in Time magazine,
Ev'ythin'
September 9, 1937.
this country into the possession of the full value of
Injers
their toil.
34 The genesis of this campaign against labor in
JAMES
WILLIAM D. "BIG BILL" HAYWOOD, opening the
the House of Representatives is not hard to find.
First Se
Continental Congress of the Working Class,
It runs across to the Senate of the United States
which founded the Industrial Workers of the
and emanates there from a labor-baiting, poker-
40 The worl
World, Chicago, June 27, 1905.
playing, whiskey-drinking, evil old man whose
NORMA
27 Work and pray, live on hay,
name is [John Nance] Garner.
1968.
You'll get pie in the sky when you die.
JOHN L. LEWIS, addressing a Congressional
41 How wil
JOE HILL, in a labor song, "The Preacher and the
committee, August, 1939.
king
Slave," c.1910.
35 In the early days of the world, the Almighty
With the
is-
28 The American labor force is composed of the
said to the first of our race, "In the sweat of thy face
When tl
most uncommon collection of rugged individualists
shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except
the
ever assembled for mutual cause. They like to do
the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has
After th
their own griping and to solve their own problems.
been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first
They do not want outside help and instinctively
cost labor.
EDWIN
1899.
resist it. They were never "joiners"-and that in-
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, fragment of a discussion on
cluded unions.
tariffs, dated December 1, 1847.
42 The wor
JIMMY HOFFA, in The Trials of Jimmy Hoffa,
is, to strike,
36 I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails
1970.
methods ot
in New England under which laborers can strike
29 In the old days all you needed was a handshake.
when they want to, where they are not obliged to
WILL
Nowadays you need forty lawyers.
work under all circumstances, and are not tied
letter,
JIMMY HOFFA, in Hoffa: The Real Story, 1975.
down and obliged to labor whether you pay them
43 The ma
or not. I like the system which lets a man quit
wage dictat
30 They all know I'm back, very much back, and
when he wants to, and wish it might prevail every-
by the high
that I will be the general president again come hell
where.
the wage-e
or high water. I'm not a guy who believes in limited
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. in an address in New
make use
warfare, so the rats better start jumping the ship.
Haven, Connecticut. March 6, 1860.
Ibid.
Ibid.
37 Labor is prior to and independent of capital.
44 I feel
31 When we oppose labor and capital, labor means
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never
matter is
the group that is selling its product, and capital all
have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is
prevents a
the other groups that are buying it.
the superior of capital. and man deserves much the
RICH
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR., in a speech in
higher consideration.
direc
New York City, February 15, 1913.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, in his first annual message
order
to Congress, December 3, 1861.
June
32 Labor is the foundation of all, and those that
labor are the Caryatides that support the structure
38 The effort to build up unions is as much the
45 When
and glittering dome of civilization and progress.
work of pioneers as the extension of civilization
union thir
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 30, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AND SECRETARY OF LABOR ELIZABETH DOLE
AT SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
Department of Labor
Washington, D. C.
10:12 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. First, pardon my
voice. Please be seated. (Laughter.) Well, first, my respects to
the former Secretaries of Labor who are here. Secretary Usery I know
is here and Secretary McLaughlin, Secretary Brock -- and I hope I'm
not missing others -- maybe they're there. So I bid welcome to all
of you. To -- certainly to our new Secretary Elizabeth Dole and her
mother and others that are here with us today. Certainly to her
husband, Bob Dole, who is with us up here. And, Reverend, thank you,
sir, for those lovely, lovely words of prayer. Actually, I've been
planning to come over to the Labor Department since last year to play
it safe. I figured if I won the election, I want to be here for
Elizabeth's swearing-in. And if I lost the election I'd come by to
fill out an unemployment form. (Laughter.)
But I've come here to introduce the new Secretary of
Labor, something that I did back in 1985 when Bill Brock took his
office, which he did so well. And then last year I was a guest of
Ann McLaughlin here in the building, so I have some familiarity with
your work. I'd be remiss if I -- as I look around this crowd -- if I
didn't single out Lane Kirkland and say how pleased I am that he's
here to welcome our new Secretary, too. You've heard of Elizabeth
Dole. (Laughter and applause.) She obviously will be my top advisor
on labor issues per se. And I will also call upon her advice as
counsel, as a key policy advisor on my economic team. Because,
indeed, the economic side of the labor issue is tremendously
important.
To the people of this Department, you do touch the lives
of virtually every American. And if at times you feel like you're
taken for granted, let me just say whether you're the newest
clerk-typist who just started or whether, like Jim Taylor --
(laughter) -- Now, where is Jim? Is he here? There he is, right
there. You've got to see this guy. (Applause.) He's been here
since the days of Secretary Frances Perkins -- (laughter) -- and it
looks like he's still running about 10 miles a day, too, but --
(laughter.)
MR. TAYLOR: It's my second wind.
THE PRESIDENT: That's good. But there's something about
Jim's being here and new people, as well, to show the continuity of
this Department. But let me just say sometimes, I expect, you wonder
if people care. I want you to know that this President does not take
you for granted and never will. And when people need you you have
been there. And what you do in the Labor Department is a good
example of the many different ways in which government serves the
American people. From enforcing child labor laws to protecting
retirement pension rights; from job training to workers compensation;
you look out for the working people of America.
And I want this administration to be about working
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people. Part of that will come from excellence and responsiveness in
government. Part of that will be holding the line on taxes -- so
working people, like you and the people you serve, can keep more of
the money that you earn. Part of it will be a new voluntarism,
people helping people. And I know a great many of you, on your own
time, do work for your churches and in your communities and for
charities. And I want to thank you and I want to encourage everybody
to be involved in this kind of work. I know -- from long talks with
Elizabeth Dole, I know of her commitment to this whole concept of
:
American helping American.
I believe in government service; I believe that it plays
a vital role. But it must complement individual service. And
nothing can replace personal commitment, both in our jobs and in our
private lives. Many people look to you, the people in government, to
do all things and solve all problems. Well, I think as a people we
need to renew our sense of commitment, to take greater responsibility
not only for ourselves, but for one another.
John Kennedy challenged us to ask ourselves what we could
do for our country. And let us also each day ask, what can I do for
another person? How can I make someone else's load a little lighter?
How can I help to go a little farther? How can I be a friend to
someone lonely, or a comfort to someone in pain? Each of us can make
this a kinder and gentler nation just by the way we treat one another
each day.
I believe in government that is excellent and people who
are compassionate. I think of the mine safety experts from this
Department who after the Mexican earthquake were able, with their
special skills, to find people -- still alive -- who had been trapped
under the rubble. But I also think of the secretary who after a day
at the office takes the time to volunteer and help a child in the
neighborhood learn how to read.
Now, the position of Secretary of Labor is a very
important one, and our outgoing Secretary, Ann McLaughlin, certainly
left big shoes to fill. All of you have been doing an excellent job
in so many ways, and there's a lot to feel good about on the labor
front. The economy is growing, producing jobs and opportunity.
Those of you handling unemployment claims can see those rolls going
down, and I want to keep it that way with sound, economic policies.
But there are important taks that lie ahead, and I don't
think that the working people could hope to have a greater champion
than Elizabeth Dole. She is smart, she is effective, and she cares
-- she cares deeply about people.
You know, earlier in her career she worked as a lawyer.
Her first case -- not exactly profound, nor did it reach the Supreme
Court -- (laughter) -- was to defend a fellow accused of annoying
animals in the zoo. (Laughter.) He was charged with, among other
things, patting a lion. (Laughter.) Elizabeth won the case --
(laughter) -- arguing that "without the lion in court as a witness
there was no way to tell whether or not he was annoyed by that."
(Laughter and applause.)
SECRETARY DOLE: How did you find out about that?
THE PRESIDENT: So you can see that early on she made a
career of standing up for the little fellow against the lion.
(Laughter.) And at the Federal Trade Commission, and again at the
White House, she showed real leadership and effectiveness.
And in her four and a half years in the Cabinet, she
distinguished herself. She was our longest-serving Secretary in the
Department of Transportation and certainly one of the best, and she
took the lead on transportation safety and she made a valuable
contribution to her country to our country. And I know that she
will do a great job over here working with all of you.
America faces important challenges as we prepare the work
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force for tomorrow. There will be jobs in abundance, but we'll have
to make sure that our workers have the skills that they need to fill
those jobs with excellence. We have a new generation of workers, a
new generation of families who are finding new ways of balancing the
responsibilities of the workplace and the home.
And there are new competitive forces in the world economy
that demand a commitment to excellence from every American worker so
we can continue to lead America into the next century. I can think
of no one better qualified to head the Department of Labor during
this exciting challenge than Elizabeth Dole.
And, Elizabeth, it will be a great pleasure to have you
in my Cabinet. And now we're going to watch you take the oath one
more time. Congratulations. (Applause.)
(Secretary Dole is sworn in.)
SECRETARY DOLE: Thank you very much, ladies and
gentlemen. What a joy to see you all here today.
Mr. President, thank you for your gracious remarks, for
your expression of confidence and for the opportunity to serve the
most valuable resource this country has, its people -- the American
work force.
And as Secretary McLaughlin and Secretary Brock,
Secretary Usery -- all who made such enormous and positive
contributions to our nation -- to Lane Kirkland and other leaders of
labor who are here today; to our members of Congress, who have been
kind enough to take time to join us; to my minister, Edward Bauman,
my Harvard Law classmate, Chief Judge Judith Rogers; and to each of
you -- my family, my husband, of course; my friends, my coworkers and
colleagues, I just thank you -- a heartfelt thanks for joining me in
an occasion that, of course, is very special to me today.
Like you, Mr. President, I have built my life on the
ideal of public service. And this opportunity represents to me much
more than a job or a career choice. Rather, it's a personal
commitment akin to a special calling. The mission of the Department
of Labor is well-known and very clear -- to foster, promote and to
develop the welfare of working men and women. How we define and
fulfill that mission will help determine America's place in the 21st
century. The policies, programs and regulatory responsibilities of
this Department are front and center in assuring the continued growth
of the American economy and a vital increase in our productivity and
the ability of the United States to compete effectively on a global
basis.
Demographic projections indicate that our work force will
grow at a much slower pace than in the past. In a tight labor
market, for American businesses to compete successfully abroad, they
must first compete successfully for workers at home. This is good
news for U.S. working men and women. It means that issues once
defined as social problems will be dealt with more out of economic
necessity. In tighter labor markets, employers cannot afford to
discriminate. They can't afford to put workers at health and safety
risk. In tighter labor markets, they cannot afford to ignore
workers' obligations to family. Employers who do will simply lose
out to employers who don't.
Just a week ago in my confirmation hearing, I stressed
that the goal of the Department of Labor must be to coordinate a
strategy of growth-plus -- that's continued economic growth plus
policies to help those for whom the jobs of the future are now out of
reach because of the skills gap, or because of family pressures, or
due to a lack of supportive policies.
with the talents of the outstanding civil servants of
this Department, I believe that we can get the job done in five broad
areas: First, insuring that American workers are the world's best
trained and most highly skilled, placing special emphasis on the
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disadvantaged. Second, developing policies that make work and family
complementary. Third, establishing sound and comprehensive pension
and retirement policies. Fourth, seeing to it that the American
workplace is as safe, as healthy, and as secure as we can possibly
make it. And fifth, encouraging management and labor to continue to
move beyond confrontation and conflict, to work together on behalf of
interests held in common.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a chance to fulfill a dream
that every person in America who wants a good job can have a good job
-- if they have the proper skills. (Applause.)
We don't have unlimited funds, which means we must make
those funds we do have work for us. But it won't be enough to be
efficient if we're not effective. If we think big, if we select the
right goals, if we target our initiative, if we work smart -- in
short, if we redouble our efforts without duplicating our efforts, we
can assure that all of our people get their foot on the first rung of
that economic ladder. And what could be more effective in the war on
drugs, alcoholism, crime and poverty, than a good job?
The ideal of independence has always been one of the
cornerstones of the American experience. And today, we're here to
celebrate the independence, the strength, the self-reliance, and the
sense of purpose that only meaningful work can provide.
What a joy it was for me this morning to hear a Job Corps
graduate and Department of Labor employee, Lois Best, introduce the
President of the United States. (Applause.) And to lay my hand and
take my oath on a Bible held by Tony Bond, President of the Potomac
Job Corps class. (Applause.) And I just might add, Tony, that that
Bible is one of my most cherished possessions. It belonged to my
grandmother who lived within two weeks of her 100th birthday.
Imagine that -- two more weeks, she would have been 100 years old.
And she was a beautiful woman of great faith.
To have so many students from Potomac and Chesapeake Job
Corps Centers with us today brings an extra measure of excitement to
Job Corps' 25th anniversary. With over 100 centers nationwide, this
partnership of business, labor and government has touched the lives
of well over a million young men and women, and made them part of a
great American success story.
It's time to add new chapters to that success story.
Two-thirds of the work force of the year 2000 is already on the job.
Those trying to balance work and family deserve our support. Those
who are older and who wish to work, but face barriers to reentry, we
must enlist. Those who have been dislocated as jobs change, we must
retrain. Our challenge will be to reach more of our people, whether
young, old, disadvantaged, dual-career or disabled, to give them the
skills and the support they need so they can to give them the skills
and the support they need so they can seize their share of prosperity
and help to create more of it.
Yes, we have within our reach the fulfillment of a
long-awaited dream, that every American who wants a good job can have
a good job. But this is not a visionary idea. It's a practical
challenge -- a challenge for each of us in this Department. Our
government's strength lies in the quality of those who do their jobs
outside the headlines and without great fanfare. As John Gardner has
said, "Democracy is measured not by its leaders doing extraordinary
things, but by its citizens doing ordinary things extraordinarily
well." I was told and I'm convinced that Department of Labor
employees are a strong team of men and women dedicated to doing their
job extraordinarily well. (Applause.)
With their help, Mr. President, and by working with a
vital new generation of young people like these Job Corps members, by
working with the Congress, with labor, with schools, private
enterprise and community groups, by coordinating carefully with other
federal departments and state and local government-- by working
together as people of indomitable purpose and collective will, we can
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build a culture of high expectations and we can surely help fulfill
those expectations.
I'm confident that we can advance from the promise of
full employment to the promise of fulfilling employment for every
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working man and woman in this great nation. And I believe there can
be no higher calling as we approach the 21st century.
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Thank you, each of you, for being here today, and God
bless you all. Thank you. (Applause.)
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