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administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin: Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
OA/ID Number:
12821
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12821-018
Folder Title:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 3/22/90
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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Doc. No. / Type
Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Daily Schedule Name of briefer redacted (1 pp.)
03/22/90
(b)(3)
02. Daily Schedule Telephone number redacted (1 pp.)
03/22/90
(b)(6)
03. Telephone
Telephone numbers redacted (2 pp.)
03/22/90
(b)(6)
Memo
04. Memo
Brent Scowcroft to POTUS, Re: meeting with Prime Minister
03/22/90
(b)(1)
C
Tadeusz Mazowiecki of Poland (3 pp.)
05. List
Invitation list for tree planting ceremony info redacted (8 pp.)
03/22/90
(b)(6)
Page 1 of 1
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 03/22/90
Pinksheet Number:
RML564
OA/ID Number:
12821-018
Date Closed:
9/27/2002
FOIA/Sys Case #:
2002-1005-S
Re-review Case #:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
rv
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Thursday, March 22, 1990
8:00 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
Oval Office
8:45 am
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
9:15 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
10:00 am
Meeting with Polish Prime
Oval Office
(30 min)
Minister Mazowiecki
stills
(Scowcroft) (Distributed Separately)
10:30 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
11:00 am
B Tree Planting Ceremony
year
South Lawn
(15 min)
(Porter)
(TAB A)
11:15 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
11:30 am
Photo Opportunities
1. John Lawn (Bates) writeres
(TAB B) Oval Office
(20 min)
2. Cancer Courage Award (Demarest)
3. Leadership of National Conference
of Catholic Bishops (Demarest)
4. Commission on Minority
Business Development (Demarest)
5. Jim Fowler (Pinkerton)
12:00 pm
Lunch with Episcopal Council
Roosevelt Room
(60 min)
of Advice
(Demarest) (Distributed Separately & TAB C)
1:00 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(15 min)
1:15 pm
Meeting with Michael Eisner
Oval Office
(10 min)
(Petersmeyer)
(TAB D)
UNP 03/21/90
5:00 pm
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
01. Daily
Name of briefer redacted (1 pp.)
03/22/90
(b)(3)
Schedule
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 03/22/90
Date Closed:
9/27/2002
OA/ID Number:
12821-018
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
security information
agency
C(2) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the information
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute
C(3) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
gift [formerly listed as only C]
information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
purposes
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
1:30 pm
Staff Time
Oval Office
(60 min)
(Darman)
(TAB E)
2:30 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
3:00 pm
Staff Time
Oval Office
(10 min)
(Fitzwater)
(TAB F)
3:10 pm
Interview with Hugh Sidey
Oval Office
(20 min)
(Fitzwater)
(TAB G)
3:30 pm
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
4:00 pm
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
4:30 pm
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
7:58 add DCI Date t.
(b)(3)
(b)(3)
8:00 add Valdey 8:01 add
8:21 DCI
out 8:22 add V.P. 8:52 Dates + Acourroft out
9:03 add Fitywater 9:07 Fitywater out 9.18 UP & out
9:53 add 9:59 add Fitzwath 10:00 add P.M. + Polich notetable
+2 interpretes
10:02 Fitzwate ont 10:37 all onterpet scowerft 10:38 Popiaduk add Card Fituate -
10:39 add Date 10:40 Popiadule out 10:48 add Popiaduk
10:55 Popradule + futurate out 10:55 Poter det Oval Mus. Busl join in Res
10:56. Potes +Thes. Bunk to S. grounds 11:00 announced onto Stage 11:00 Potter remails
11:00 Concluderemards 11:11 signing streeplanting 11:14 Press conference 11:35 ConcludePress
11:39 an oval 11:43 add Lawns etal Beshopkeeter 11:46 all out 11:47 add Droverky etal 11:51
conference; to oval
11:57 add member of min. Business Dev. Commision for Photo 12:01 art
11:52 add Dong wead, Bishop Pilarczyk to oval 11:56 Bishops wead Drovecty out at
12:01 add Jim Fowler , Hogen 12104 Hagin, Fowler out
12:05 Poter to Rososevett Run luchean 1:07 Potes, all to Oral for photos
1:10 Episcopal Bouncil newbers dpt. 1:19 add M. Eisner, Pete Teeley + Peteramser
UNP 03/21/90
1:34 Petersonger. Teeley. Eisner ont 1:35 add Brady. Darman. Boshin, Parth 5:00 pm summer
1:49 summer out 3:03 Darman, Boshin, Porter, +Brady out 3:04 add Fiturate Deswright
3:06 add Porter 3:06 Porta ant 3:09 add Hugh sidey 3:15 Card & in Gates & out
5.28 all out excepo Dowerope
3:36 Acourroffont 3:42 add Firestone 4:28 Firestore out
5:37 add summer 4:44 add Porter 4:59 Per 5:02 Survare out
5:02 summer in- summer out 6:17 Potus apt oval
6:18 am med Unit 6:19 Poter to Res.
MRS. BUSH'S SUMMARY SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 22, 1990
10:15 a.m.
-Private appointment, Residence.
11:00 a.m.
-Tree Planting Ceremony (&GB), South Grounds.
(See attached material)
12:25 p.m.
-Literacy Postal Card Unveiling, South Grounds.
(See attached material)
12:35 p.m.
-Depart South Portico en route Andrews Air
Force Base.
(Drive Time: 30 minutes)
1:10 p.m.
-Depart Andrews Air Force Base en route Kirtland
Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (& Nancy
Domenici).
(Flight Time: 4 hours, 5 minutes)
(Time Change: - 2 hours)
(Food Service: Lunch)
3:20 p.m.
-Depart Kirtland Air Force Base en route
Longfellow Elementary School, 400 Edith, NE,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, (505)764-2024 (& Kathy
Carruthers).
(Drive Time: 10 minutes)
3:30 p.m.
-Visit Longfellow Elementary School.
(See attached material)
4:25 p.m.
-Depart Longfellow Elementary School en route
Doubletree Hotel, 201 Marquette, NW, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 87102, (505)247-3344 (& Marion
Chambers).
(Drive Time: 5 minutes)
4:35 p.m.
-Private Time.
(Private Time: 1 hour, 25 minutes)
continued.
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
02. Daily
Telephone number redacted (1 pp.)
03/22/90
(b)(6)
Schedule
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 03/22/90
Date Closed:
9/27/2002
OA/ID Number:
12821-018
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
security information
agency
C(2) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the information
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute
C(3) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
gift [formerly listed as only C]
information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
purposes
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
6:00 p.m.
-Depart Suite and proceed to Albuquerque
Convention Center, 401 2nd Street, NW,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102, (505) 768-4575
(& Marion Chambers).
6:05 p.m.
-Address Roots and Wings Fiestas Dinner.
(See attached material)
8:20 p.m.
-Depart Albuquerque Convention Center en route
Kirtland Air Force Base (& Marion Chambers).
(Drive Time: 10 minutes)
8:35 p.m.
-Depart Albuquerque, New Mexico, en route Santa
Fe County Municipal Airport, Santa Fe, New
Mexico (& Marion Chambers) .
(Flight Time: 30 minutes)
(Time Change: None)
(Food Service: Snacks)
9:10 p.m.
-Depart Santa Fe County Municipal Airport en route
Chambers Residence, 421 Circle Drive, Santa Fe,
New Mexico, (505) 988-2192 (& Marion Chambers).
(Drive Time: 20 minutes)
9:30 p.m.
-Arrive Chambers Residence (& Marion Chambers).
RON Marion Chambers Residence
421 Circle Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico
(b)(6)
Thursday, March 22
5:15 Breakfast for M/M Walker
5:45 M/M Walker departed the White House
6:05 Mrs. Bush to the South Grounds
6:10 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
7:12 The President to the Oval Office
7:25 Breakfast for M/M O'Donnell
7:30 Mrs. Bush to the Swimming Pool
8:00 Breakfast fro M/M Crichton
8:30 Breakfast for M/M Blake and M/M Straus
8:36 Mrs. Bush to the Second Floor
9:00 Breakfast for M/Ms Huang
9:05 M/M Straus to the State Floor
9:20 M/M Blake and M/M O'Donnell to the Ground Floor
9:30 M/M Blake to the Second Floor
9:50
Nancy Graux to the Second Floor
10:00
M/M Crichton departed the White House
10:20 M/M O'Donnell departed the White House
11:00 M/Ms Huang departed the White House
11:01
Mrs. Bush and guests to the South Grounds
11:10
The Presidnet to the South Grounds for Tree Planting Ceremony
12:20
M/M Blake departed the White House
12:25 Mrs. Bush to the South Grounds for unveiling of the
Literacy Postcard
12:35 Mrs. Bush departed the White House for Albuquerque, NM
12:30
M/M Straus down
2:45 M/M Straus to the Second Floor
3:38 M/M Straus depart
6:20 The President to the Second Floor
7:00 Dinner for the President
8:06 The President to the Doctor's Office
9:15 The President to the South Grounds
9:23 The President to the Second Floor
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
03. Telephone
Telephone numbers redacted (2 pp.)
03/22/90
(b)(6)
Memo
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 03/22/90
Date Closed:
9/27/2002
OA/ID Number:
12821-018
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
security information
agency
C(2) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the information
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute
C(3) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
gift [formerly listed as only C]
information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
purposes
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
MARCH 22nd
90
PRESIDENT BUSH
, 19
TIME
PLACED
DISC
NAME
ACTION
OUT
7:49 AM
9:30
MR. STANLEY BIRCH
OFC: ATLANTA, GA
404-395-6550
TLKD-OK 9:29 A.M.
ISSC
XMXX
(re judgship)
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
9:26 AM
9:27
MR. JAMES R. WRAY
OFC: WASHINGTON, DC
INK
456-7730
XXX
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
9:31 AM
9:39
MR. WILLIAM (WILL) FARISH
RES: DELRAY BEACH, FL
XICK
XX
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK 9:33 A.M.
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
SECRETARY JAMES A. BAKER III
TLKD WITH MS. BRIDGET
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
MONTAGNE 12:28 P.M.
INC
12:22 PM
NO NUMBER
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
MRS. DOROTHY (DORO) LeBLOND
OFC: PORTLAND, ME
Mex
3:03 PM
3:07
207-879-4349
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
MRS. MARGARET BUSH
RES: ALEXANDRIA, VA
IDEXX
4:28 PM
6:15
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK 6:14 P.M.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
PRESIDENT BUSH
MARCH 22nd
. 1990
TIME
PLACED
DISC
NAME
ACTION
OUT
XXM
MR. ROGER PORTER
OFC: WASHINGTON, DC
HIX
4:39 PM
4:41
WHITE HOUSE ADMIN EXT. 629
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XXM
MR. J.C. (JACK) FITCH
RES: HOUSTON, TX
MYCX
5:53 PM
5:58
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XAM
MR. EDWARD (ED) WEATHERBY
OFC: SOUTHGATE, CA
HRX
213-569-7186
6:08 PM
6:12
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
XMM
MR. JIMMY DEAN
RFS: ENGLEWOOD, NJ
XXXX
7:38 PM
7:39
(6)6)
entertaine
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
MR. GEORGE W. BUSH JR.
RES: PALM ISLE, FL
XXXX 9:29 PM
9:34
(b)(6)
TLKD-OK
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
March 22, 1990
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
OUT
AM
No Calls
INC
PM
out
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
out
AM
INC
PM
OUT
AM
INC
PM
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 22 March 1990
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0714
Oval Office
1056
South Grounds
1140
Oval Office
1206
Roosevelt Room
1307
Oval Office
1614
South Grounds
1625
Oval Office
1819
Residence
2012
Ground Floor
2115
South Grounds
2120
Residence
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
(George Bush Library)
Document No.
Subject/Title of Document
Date
Restriction
Class.
and Type
04. Memo
Brent Scowcroft to POTUS, Re: meeting with Prime Minister
03/22/90
(b)(1)
C
Tadeusz Mazowiecki of Poland (3 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Appointments and Scheduling, Office of
Series:
Presidential Daily Diary/Backup
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
[Presidential Daily Backup] 03/22/90
Date Closed:
9/27/2002
OA/ID Number:
12821-018
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2002-1005-S
Appeal Case #:
Re-review Case #:
Appeal Disposition:
P-2/P-5 Review Case #:
Disposition Date:
AR Case #:
MR Case #:
AR Disposition:
MR Disposition:
AR Disposition Date:
MR Disposition Date:
RESTRICTION CODES
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
Deed of Gift Restrictions
(b)(1) National security classified information
C(1) Closed by Executive Order 13526, governing access to national
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
security information
agency
C(2) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the information
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute
C(3) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
gift [formerly listed as only C]
information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion
of personal privacy
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
purposes
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
financial institutions
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
his advisors, or between such advisors [(a)(5) of the PRA]
concerning wells
Bunda
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
1933 Add-on
March 21, 1990
MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI OF POLAND
DATE: March 22, 1990
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. EST
PARTICIPANTS LIST
U.S.
The President
Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs
Robert M. Gates, Assistant to the President
and Deputy for National Security Affairs
Robert D. Blackwill, Special Assistant to the President for
European and Soviet Affairs
Christopher Perzanowski, Interpreter
Poland
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Prime Minister
Ryszard Wojtkowski, Director of the Prime Minister's Office
Krzysztof Litwinski, Interpreter
attendance
Confin mation
5-9-90- X2705
Emily x6252 Mead
message
Document Originally
Attached to
Following Page
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1990
SOUTH LAWN TREE PLANTING CEREMONY
Thursday, March 22, 1990
11:00 A.M.
South Lawn
From:
Roger B. Porter
RBP
I. PURPOSE
To transmit your "National Tree Trust Act of 1990" to
Congress. This proposal will help forge new
partnerships between individuals, businesses,
governments, and community organizations with the goal
of planting one billion trees a year across America.
The effort will depend on public awareness and
participation.
II. BACKGROUND
The "National Tree Trust Act of 1990" has two
components: first, it authorizes the President to
designate a new private non-profit tree-planting
foundation to receive Federal funds through a one-time
$35 million grant. Second, it authorizes the Secretary
of Agriculture to provide increased financial and
technical assistance to State forestry agencies and
others ($175 million annually) for the purpose of
encouraging owners of nonindustrial private lands to
plant and maintain trees and improve forests in urban
and rural areas. These two components are designed to
stimulate the planting of one billion trees a year.
The National Tree Trust, the private non-profit
foundation which will be established shortly, will
promote public awareness and a spirit of volunteerism;
encourage private sector contributions; and oversee the
use of these contributions to encourage tree planting
projects in America's communities.
These tree planting activities are a key part of your
America the Beautiful Initiative, which addresses the
protection, conservation, and enhancement of America's
natural resources.
-2-
III. PARTICIPANTS
Please see attached list.
IV. PRESS PLAN
Open Press
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
President arrives at South Lawn accompanied by the
First Lady.
President is introduced by Secretary Yeutter.
President makes remarks.
President signs transmittal message.
President and First Lady plant tree (Eastern Redbud).
President and First Lady depart.
PARTICIPANTS LIST
The President
The First Lady
Secretary Yeutter (Agriculture)
Administrator Reilly (EPA)
Chairman Deland (CEQ)
Superintendent Irvin Williams (White House Groundskeeper)
Senate
Senator Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Senator Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)
Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Senator Bob Dole (R-KS)
Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA)
Senator Howell Heflin (D-AL)
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA)
House
Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-CA)
Congressman Stan Parris (R-VA)
Congressman Ralph Regula (R-OH)
Congressman Robin Tallon (D-SC)
Pending
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)
Senator John Warner (R-VA)
Congressman Ben Blaz (D-Guam)
Congressman Silvio Conte (R-MA)
Congressman Kiki de la Garza (D-TX)
Congressman Jay Rhodes (R-AZ)
Congressman Bill Schutte (R-MI)
Congressman Denny Smith (R-OR)
Congressman Harold Volkmer (D-MO)
Congressman Sid Yates (D-IL)
TREE TRUST ACT / SOUTH LAWN
Tim
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1990 / 11:00 A.M.
SECRETARY LUJAN. ADMINISTRATOR REILLY. CHAIRMAN
DELAND. SENATORS DOLE, LUGAR AND LEAHY. CONGRESSMAN
DE LA GARZA. TRAMMELL AND MARGARET CROW. IRVIN
WILLIAMS. DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
WELCOME To THE WHITE HOUSE. AND TO AN EVENT WHICH
CELEBRATES HOW TREES CAN PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR GREAT
OUTDOORS.
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((You KNOW, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PLANTING so MANY
TREES AROUND THE COUNTRY, I MAY HAVE TO OPEN A BRANCH
OFFICE.)) //
BUT TODAY, I'M TRULY GLAD To BE IN AMERICA'S HOME
OFFICE. AND To TALK ABOUT THE PRECIOUS INHERITANCE OF
TREES PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER. //
WE SEE IT IN THE GREAT EBONIES OF INDIA, AND
TOWERING SEQUOIAS OF CALIFORNIA -- THE LUSH RAINFORESTS
OF SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE EVERGREENS OF THE ALPS.
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THEIR VERY PRESENCE DEMANDS THAT WE RENEW AND RESTORE
THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR LAND. // TREES ENHANCE OUR
ATMOSPHERE -- PROVIDING OXYGEN AND ABSORBING CARBON
DIOXIDE. A TREE PLANTED TODAY CAN ENRICH THE LIVES OF
GENERATIONS YET UNBORN. //
JUST THINK: ON THESE GROUNDS, STANDS A TREE
PLANTED BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -- 1826. NEARBY IS THE
SPOT WHERE WOODROW WILSON'S FAMILY so LOVED BAY TREES
THAT THEY OFTEN ATE LUNCH IN A MAKESHIFT GROVE. //
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NOT FAR FROM HERE IS THE LITTLE-LEAF LINDEN PLANTED IN
1937 BY FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT FOR BRITAIN'S KING GEORGE
VI. // NEXT TO THE OVAL OFFICE -- THERE YOU'LL FIND
AN OAK TREE PLANTED BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. THERE'S A
SWING ON IT -- MANY DAYS FILLED BY MY GRANDDAUGHTER
MARSHALL. TREES ARE TRULY AN INHERITANCE THAT LINKS
GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS. //
((LAST SUMMER A TERRIBLE WINDSTORM SWEPT THROUGH
WASHINGTON.
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I REMEMBER THINKING OF THESE TREES AROUND US -- AND THE
LINK THEY PROVIDE. TRUTH IS, BARBARA AND I WERE A
LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THEM -- GROVER CLEVELAND'S
JAPANESE SPIDERLEAF, FOR INSTANCE, OR HERBERT HOOVER'S
OAK. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I FEEL AN AFFINITY: SOME OF
THEM ARE LITTLE LONG IN THE TOOTH. // FOR INSTANCE,
THAT MAGNOLIA OVER THERE WAS PLANTED BY ANDREW JACKSON.
[NEXT TO SOUTH PORTICO] // THANKFULLY, THE TREES HERE
WEREN'T DAMAGED.
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((BUT ELSEWHERE IN WASHINGTON, IT WAS A DIFFERENT
STORY. AND THE NEXT MORNING PEOPLE WERE OUT SURVEYING
THE DAMAGE. MOURNING THE LOSS OF A FAVORITE OAK OR
ELM. REGARDING IT WITH CONCERN AND AFFECTION -- AS A
FAMILY WOULD A FRIEND.) )) //
TREES CAN BE FRAGILE, THEY CAN BE STURDY -- BUT
THEY ARE ALWAYS PRECIOUS. So IN THE BUDGET I SUBMITTED
IN JANUARY To CONGRESS, I ASKED FOR $175 MILLION To
PLANT 1 BILLION TREES A YEAR.
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TODAY, I'M ASKING CONGRESS TO APPROVE ANOTHER STEP TO
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT. WE CALL IT THE NATIONAL TREE
TRUST ACT OF 1990. IT WILL FOSTER THE PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS To PLANT TREES
ACROSS AMERICA.
UNDER OUR PLAN, WE WILL DESIGNATE A PRIVATE
NONPROFIT FOUNDATION TO RECEIVE A ONE-TIME FEDERAL
GRANT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND
CULTIVATION PROJECTS.
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A FOUNDATION TO SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE
SOURCES, FORGING COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS,
BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
IT WILL SOUND A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR EACH AMERICAN To
BECOME A VOLUNTEER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. AND MOST OF
ALL, PLANT THE TREES THAT CLEAN OUR AIR, PREVENT
EROSION, CONSUME CARBON DIOXIDE, AND PURIFY OUR WATER.
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THIS AcT CAN PRESERVE THE HERITAGE OF TREES: THEIR
BEAUTY THAT IS BREATHTAKING -- AND THEIR BOUNTY THAT IS
BREATHGIVING. //
As YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDING WON'T
COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK. // IN ADDITION TO THE $35
MILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY WE'RE PROPOSING, THE
FOUNDATION WILL BEGIN TO RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE
TO HELP REFOREST AMERICA. //
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THE TREE TRUST AcT WILL WORK BY USING STATE FORESTRY
AGENCIES AND PRIVATE TREE PLANTING ORGANIZATIONS.
VOLUNTEERS HELPING THOUSANDS OF NEW VOLUNTEERS To LEARN
NOT ONLY HOW AND WHERE To PLANT TREES. BUT HOW TO CARE
FOR THEM -- WHY WE NEED THEM -- AND HOW THEY HELP THE
ENVIRONMENT. // OUR FOUNDATION WILL BE ONE OF A
THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT, CREATING TEN BILLION TREES OF
LIFE.
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BY PLANTING TREES IN ALL FIFTY STATES, WE'LL KNOCK
JOHNNY APPLESEED OUT OF THE GUINNESS Book OF
RECORDS. //
THE NATIONAL TREE TRUST AcT OF 1990 IS A KEY PART
OF OUR NATIONAL TREE PLANTING AND FOREST IMPROVEMENT
INITIATIVE, To BE ADMINISTERED BY THE AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT. THIS TWO-PART PROGRAM INVOLVES BOTH RURAL
AREAS AS WELL AS LOCAL TREE PLANTING PROGRAMS IN OUR
CITIES.
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AND IT, IN TURN, IS CRUCIAL TO MY "AMERICA THE
BEAUTIFUL" PROGRAM, WHICH I ANNOUNCED IN MY STATE OF
THE UNION ADDRESS.
I'M PROUD OF "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL." IT WILL HELP
MAINTAIN AND EXPAND OUR PARKS, WILDLIFE REFUGES,
FORESTS, AND PUBLIC LANDS. FOR I LOVE THE OUTDOORS.
// AND I LOVE EXPLORING IT WITH THOSE WHO ARE THE
TRUSTEES OF OUR FUTURE. //
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((THINK OF YOUR SONS OR DAUGHTERS -- THEY KNOW WHAT
I MEAN. SEEING THE GRAND TETONS THROUGH THE EYES OF A
TEENAGER. OR TEACHING YOUNGSTERS ABOUT THE MYSTERIES
OF THE OCEAN. IT'S AT TIMES LIKE THESE THAT WE
REALIZE, MORE THAN EVER, HOW OUR CHILDREN WILL INHERIT
THE EARTH.)) //
WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS PLANTING THE SEEDS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. THAT MEANS NOT ONLY
PLANTING TREES BUT OTHER STEPS, JUST AS VITAL.
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CLEAN AIR, FOR EXAMPLE. OUR CLEAN AIR PROPOSAL
PROMISES RELIEF FROM THE SMOG, ACID RAIN, AND TOXIC
POLLUTION THAT HARM TREES AND PEOPLE. ONCE AGAIN, I
CALL ON THE CONGRESS To PASS THAT BILL. WE'RE ALSO
WORKING HARD ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND POLLUTION
PREVENTION. CLEAN OCEANS. GLOBAL COOPERATION. JUST
AS A TREE GROWS, WITH ROOTS AND BRANCHES SPREADING, OUR
EFFORTS ON ALL THESE ISSUES WILL REACH INTO THE FUTURE.
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NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, PERHAPS AMERICA'S GREATEST
CONSERVATIONIST, TEDDY ROOSEVELT, PUT IT BEST WHEN HE
CALLED OUR LANDS AND WILDLIFE "THE PROPERTY OF UNBORN
GENERATIONS." AND HE SAID THIS ABOUT AMERICA'S
SEQUOIAS AND REDWOODS: THEY "SHOULD BE KEPT JUST AS WE
KEEP A GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL." //
TODAY, OURS IS THE CHANCE To KEEP THAT CATHEDRAL
GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL.
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BY PLANTING NOT ONLY SEQUOIAS AND REDWOODS -- BUT
POPLARS AND MAPLES AND CYPRESS AND SASSAFRAS. // AND
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER TIME To BEGIN THAN THIS
SPRING -- THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF AN EVENT -- EARTH DAY
-- TEDDY ROOSEVELT WOULD HAVE LOVED.
FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW WE'LL CELEBRATE IT. BUT I
THOUGHT WE'D GET A HEAD START THIS MORNING. So I'M
PLEASED TO BE ABLE To JOIN BARBARA AS SHE PLANTS THIS
EASTERN RED BUD BLOSSOMING TREE IN A FEW MINUTES. //
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BY COMPARISON TO OTHER TREES, IT SEEMS SMALL
BUT so -- YEARS AGO -- DID THE SPECIAL TREE BESIDE TODAY. ME.
// MY KIDS WERE THE AGE OF SOME OF YOU WHEN IT, Too,
WAS PLANTED BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. // AND WHEN
YOU'RE MY AGE, BARBARA'S TREE CAN BE JUST AS STRONG --
EMBODY JUST AS MUCH HISTORY -- DO JUST AS MUCH TO
ENSURE THE SPLENDOR OF AMERICA.
TREES ARE AN INHERITANCE PRECIOUS TO AMERICA'S
CATHEDRAL OF THE OUTDOORS. //
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JUST LOOK AROUND US. AND IN THAT CONTEXT, LET ME THANK
IRVIN WILLIAMS -- AND ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE WHITE HOUSE
GROUNDS STAFF -- FOR THE TENDER LOVING CARE THEY GIVE
TO OUR TREES AND FLOWERS. //
So LET US PLANT TREES -- NURTURE THEM. So THAT
AMERICA WILL REMAIN AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL FOR ALL THE
GENERATIONS TO COME.
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THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. Now
IT IS MY PLEASURE To SIGN THE TRANSMITTAL To CONGRESS
OF THE NATIONAL TREE TRUST AcT OF 1990.
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Invitation List for Tree Planting Ceremony
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1990
Invitations to appropriate officials within the departments will
be extended by Barry McBea and Doug Adair (Cabinet Affairs, X
2800). (30 individuals)
Invitations have been extended to approximately 40 Members of
Congress officials by Fred McClure (through Becky Anderson).
(expect approximately 15 to attend)
Invitations have been extended to approximately 50 WH staffers
involved in the event and in the President's tree planting
initiative.
Invitations have been extended to the 20 staff members of CEQ.
Invitations have been extended to forty youth from the National
Association of Conservation Corps, Peg Rosenberry/Don Mathis,
331-9647 and the National Assembly, Len Stern/Jill Greenman, 347-
2080. (with escorts, will total 50 individuals)
David Alberswerth
National Wildlife Federation
797-6826
(b) (6)
Ernest Altman
President, Hardwood Plywood Mfg. Assn
435-2900
(b) (6)
Keith Argow
National Woodland Owners Assn.
255-2700
(b) (6)
Adela Backiel
Congressional Research Service
707-7263
(b) (6)
Michael Ballantyne
National 4-H Council
961-2852
(b) (6)
Mary Bates
Washington Representative, National Association of State
Foresters
624-5415
(b) (6)
Marcia Bansley
(b) (6)
Franklin Benefield
Natural Resources Defense Council
783-7800
(b) (6)
Judy Black
549-7404
(b) (6)
Donni Blumenstock
(b) (6)
Gary Blumenthal
(b) (6)
Barry Breen
The Environmental Law Institute
328-5150
(b) (6)
Ann Boren
293-4800
(b) (6)
Larry Bowles
Int'l Association of Geophy. Contractors
223-0820
(b) (6)
John Buckley
Robinson Lake
457-9270
(b) (6)
Gene Cartledge
Chairman, Union Camp Corporation
201-628-2615
(b) (6)
Dr. Henry Cathey
National Arboretum
475-4829
(b) (6)
Dr. Charles Chambers
Executive Director, American Institute of Biological Sciences
628-1500
(b) (6)
Kevin Cleary
(b) (6)
through Ann Marie
Norman Cohen
National Parks and Conservation Association
944-8539
(b) (6)
Trammel Crow
214-979-5100
Alec Courtelis
through Ann Marie
(b) (6)
Tom Curtis
National Governmors Assn.
624-5300
(b) (6)
John Datt
through Ann Marie
(b) (6)
Norah Davis
American Forestry Association
667-3300
(b) (6)
Henry Diamond
Chairman, National Celebration of the Outdoors
293-4800. 789-6103
(b) (6)
DR Doll
333-6723
(b) (6)
Tom Donnely
National Water Resources Assn.
524-1544
(b) (6)
Richard Douglas
through Ann Marie
(b) (6)
Pheobe Driscoll
Federation of Garden Clubs
293-1774
(b) (6)
Joseph Eller
through Ann Marie
(b) (6)
Brock Evans
National Audubon Society
547-9009
(b) (6)
James Fowler
203-966-6429
(b) (6)
Patricia Frank
(b) (6)
Kathryn Fuller
President, The Conservation Foundation
293-4800
(b) (6)
Peter Gatje
Earth Corps
778-2371
(b) (6)
Debra Gaugloff
American Forestry Association
(b) (6)
James Giltmier
Gifford Pinchot Institute
912-9535
(b) (6)
Gerry Gray
American Forestry Association
(b) (6)
Ralph Grossi
President, American Farmland Trust
659-5170
(b) (6)
Gilbert Grosvenor
President, National Geographic
857-7000
(b) (6)
Mary Helen Wiley Grosvenor
(b) (6)
Rick Grouse
American Forestry Association
(b) (6)
Elliot Gruber
National Parks and Conservation Association
944-8539
(b) (6)
Robert T. Herbolsheimer
463-4300
(b) (6)
Rick Hohlt
637-8999
(b) (6)
James Hubbard
President, National Association of State Forestors
624-5415
(b) (6)
Gracie Joy
SCS District Conservationist
576-6951
(b) (6)
Marvin Kauffman
American Geological Institute
379-2480
(b) (6)
William Kruidenier
Executive Director, International Soc. of Arboriculture
217-328-2032, 332-9300
(b) (6)
James Lake
through Ann Marie
(b) (6)
Gary Langley
Montana Mining Association
406-443-7297, 628-2100 x71101
(b) (6)
Richard Lawson
(b) (6)
J. Mark Lennon
(b) (6)
Richard Lewis
American Pulpwood Association
347-2900
(b) (6)
Martin Litton
2/13/17 559-12-4644
Samuel Lookner
through Rich
(b) (6)
Jack Lorenz
Executive Director, The Izaak Walton League of America
528-1818
(b) (6)
Ellen McMahon
Garden Club of America
293-1774
(b) (6)
Manley Molpus
Grocery Manufacturers of America
337-9400
(b) (6)
James Monroe
(b) (6)
Alice H. Monroe
(b) (6)
John Mixon
Vice President, National Association of State Foresters
624-5415
(b) (6)
Jeanette Moll
Ducks Unilmited
452-8824
(b) (6)
Gary Moll
American Forestry Association
(b) (6)
Allen Mossman
Boy Scouts of America
703-521-5500
(b) (6)
Bernard C. Naglelvoort
Trout Unilimited
281-1100
(b) (6)
Clay Peters
Executive Director, National Celebration of the Outdoors
293-4800
(b) (6)
Mary Frances Peters
Girl Scouts of America
658-3780
(b) (6)
Paul Pritchard
President, National Parks and Conservation Association
944-8530
(b) (6)
James Pruitt
Texaco
925-6800
(b) (6)
Carol Raulston
American Paper Institute
463-2420
(b) (6)
Stefanie Reponen
(b) (6)
James Roberts
National Association of State Foresters
624-5415
(b) (6)
Linda Robinson
through Ann Marie
(b) (6)
John Rosenow
Executive Director, National Arbor Day Foundation
402-474-5655, 703-525-1234
(b) (6)
Neil Sampson
Executive VP, American Forestry Association
667-3300
(b) (6)
Francis Satterlee
Isaak Walton League of America
1/19/22 476-10-7575
Laurence Scovotto
Executive Vice President, American Association of Nurserymen
789-2900
(b) (6)
Roger Sedjo
Resources for the Future
328-5065
(b) (6)
Susan Shewchuk
Asst. Director of Donor Relations, National 4-H Council
961-2852
(b) (6)
John Shrewder
(b) (6)
Denise Slupe
408-0290
(b) (6)
Arthur Smythe
Society of American Foresters
897-8720
3/14/19 335-01-0708
Douglas Wheeler
Conservation Foundation
778-9669
(b) (6)
Jack Wheeler
778-2371
(b) (6)
Barry Wolfe
(b) (6)
Manley Wilder
(b) (6)
Charles Wiles
Isaak Walton League of America
301-972-7480
(b) (6)
Larry Wiseman
(b) (6)
Kenneth Wonstolen
Independent Petroleum Assn
303-623-0987
(b) (6)
Naida M. Yolon
548-3383
(b) (6)
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 22, 1990
FACT SHEET
Today, on the South Lawn of the White House, President and
Mrs. Bush planted an Eastern Redbud tree as the first of the one
billion trees a year called for by the President's America the
Beautiful initiative.
The tree was donated by the American Association of Nurserymen
and is approximately 25 years old and 14 feet tall. The tree was
selected by Mrs. Bush to complement another Redbud planted
elsewhere on the lawn.
All trees planted on the White House lawn follow a landscape
pattern set in 1935 by the Olmstead brothers at the request of
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The White House grounds are home to over 500 trees and some 4000
shrubs on approximately 18 acres.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 22, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING TREE PLANTING CEREMONY
The South Lawn
11:00 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Well, please be seated. Thank you
Secretary Yeutter, Bill Reilly and Chairman Deland. To Senators
Lugar and Leahy and Congressman Kiki de la Garza, the chairman also
in the House Ag Committee, and distinguished members of Congress
here. I want to single out two other special friends, pioneers in
this greening effort tree planting -- Trammell Crow and Margaret
from Dallas, Texas. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. Irv, I
haven't forgotten you Irv Williams, who was introduced by Clayt --
really does so much to just keep the White House grounds beautiful.
And we're indebted to him every single day that we have custodianship
of this lovely house. Welcome to all of you to an event which
celebrates how trees can perserve and protect out great outdoors.
I want to talk just a little about the precious
inheritance of trees passed from one generation to another. We see
it in the great ebonies of India, or the sequoias in California --
the lush rainforests of South America, and the evergreens of the
Alps. Their very presence demands that we renew and restore the
natural beauty of our land. Trees do enhance our atmosphere --
providing oxygen and absorbing carbon dioxide. A tree planted today
can enrich the lives of generations yet unborn.
Just think, on these grounds stands a tree planted by
John Quincy Adams in 1826. Nearby is the spot where Woodrow Wilson's
family so loved bay trees that they often ate lunch in a makeshift
grove. And not far from here is the little-leaf linden planted in
1937 by Franklin Roosevelt for Britain's King George VI. Next to the
Oval Office -- there you'll find an oak tree planted by President
Eisenhower. There's a swing on it -- you can almost see it over past
that Suburban over there often our grandchild swings on it. And I
expect in the future many other grandchildren of presidents will do
the same.
Trees are truly an inheritance that links generations of
America. Last summer a terrible windstorm swept through Washington.
I remember thinking of these trees around us, and the link they
provide. Truth is that Barbara and I were a little worried about
them -- Grover Cleveland's Japanese spiderleaf, for instance, or
Herbert Hoover's oak. They're old trees and maybe I'm beginning to
feel an affinity for them with my birthday coming up, but
nevertheless, they're special. For instance, the magnolia over there
was planted by Andrew Jackson, the one next to the South Portico.
Thankfully, the trees here weren't damaged in that storm.
Elsewhere in Washington it was a different story. A lot of people
out the next morning surveying the damage, mourning the loss of a
favorite oak or an elm, regarding it with concern and affection, just
as you would view a friend.
Trees can be fragile, they can be sturdy, but they are
always precious. So in the budget I submitted to Congress, I asked
for $175 million to plant one billion trees a year. Today, I'm
asking Congress to approve another step to protect the environment.
We call it the National Tree Trust Act of 1990. It will foster the
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partnership between public and private sectors to plant trees all
across America.
Under our plan, we will designate a private nonprofit
foundation to receive a one-time federal grant to promote community
tree planting and cultivation projects. A foundation to solicit
contributions from private sources, forging cooperation between
individuals, businesses, governments and community organizations. It
will sound a nationwide call for each American to become a volunteer
for the environment. And most of all, plant the trees that clean our
air, prevent erosion, consume carbon dioxide, and purify our water.
This act can preserve the heritage of trees: their beauty that is
breathtaking, and their bounty that is breathgiving.
As you can imagine, the foundation's funding won't simply
come out of the woodwork. In addition to the $35 million in federal
money we're proposing, the foundation will begin to raise millions of
dollars more to help reforest America. The Tree Trust Act will work
by using State Forestry agencies and private tree-planting
organizations. Volunteers helping thousands of new volunteers to
learn not only how and where to plant trees, but how to care for
them, why we need them, and how they help the environment. Our
foundation will be one of a Thousand Points of Light, creating 10
billion "trees of life." By planting trees in all 50 states, we'll
knock Johnny Appleseed out of the Guinness Book of Records.
The National Tree Trust Act of 1990 is a key part of our
national tree planting and forest improvement initiative to be
administered by the Ag Department. This two-part program involves
both rural areas as well as local tree-planting programs in the
cities. And it, in turn, is crucial to my America the Beautiful
program, which I announced in the State of the Union.
I am proud of America the Beautiful. It will help
maintain and expand our parks, wildlife refuges, forests, and public
lands. I do love the outdoors and I love exploring it with those who
are the trustees of our future.
What we're doing today is planting the seeds of
environmental stewardship. And that means not only planting trees,
but other steps just as vital. Clean air, for example. Our clean
air proposal promises relief from the smog, acid rain, and toxic
pollution that harms trees and people. Once again, I call on the
Congress to pass the bill. We're also working hard on energy
efficiency, and pollution prevention. Clean oceans. Global
cooperation. Just as a tree grows, with roots and branches
spreading, our efforts on all these issues will reach into the
future.
Nearly a quarter of a century ago, perhaps America's
greatest conservationist, Teddy Roosevelt put it best when he called
our lands and wildlife "the property of unborn generations." And he
when he said this about America's sequoias and redwoods: they
"should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral."
Today, ours is the chance to keep that cathedral great
and beautiful. By planting not only sequoias and redwoods, but
poplars and maples and cypress and sassafras. And I can't think of a
better time to begin than this spring -- the 20th anniversary of an
event Earth Day Teddy Roosevelt would have loved that one.
Four weeks from now we'll celebrate it. But I thought
we'd get a head start this morning. So I'm pleased to be able to
join Barbara as she plants this eastern red bud blossoming tree in a
few minutes. By comparison to other trees it seems small today. But
so, years ago, did the special tree beside me. My kids were the age
of some of you when it, too, was planted by President Eisenhower.
And when you're my age, Barbara's tree can be just as strong --
embody just as much history -- do just as much to ensure the splendor
of America.
Trees are an inheritance precious to our cathedral of the
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outdoors. So just look around us and in that context let me thank
again Irv -- Irv Williams, thank you, sir -- and all the people of
the White House grounds staff for the tender loving care they give to
our trees and flowers.
So let us plant the trees and nurture them so that
America will remain America the Beautiful for generations to come.
I am very pleased that all of you came today. And now
with no further ado, let's get on with the tree planting.
(The tree is planted.)
END
11:09 A.M. EST
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DEPARTURE PHOTO WITH JOHN C. LAWN
AND PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD
FOR DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL CIVILIAN SERVICE
DATE:
March 22, 1990
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
11:30 a.m.
FROM:
David Q. Bates
ware
I. PURPOSE
To pose for a departure photograph with DEA Administrator
John C. Lawn and his family and to present Lawn with the
President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian
Service.
II. BACKGROUND
John Lawn (Jack) will retire on Friday as Director of the
Drug Enforcement Administration after a career of twenty
three years with the Department of Justice. He initially
served with the FBI and has been DEA Director since 1985.
Lawn will be accompanied by his wife and four children.
This is the second individual you have honored with the
Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service.
III. PARTICIPANTS
-- John C. Lawn
-- Virginia Lawn (the Director's wife)
-- Kerry Lawn
11:43
-- John K. Lawn
-- Kitty Lawn
-- Kevin Lawn
IV. PRESS PLAN
White House photographer and wire photographers.
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
-- You greet the Lawn family and pose for photographs.
11:46
-- You present Mr. Lawn with the framed award and pose with
him for a photograph.
-- Your guests depart.
VI. REMARKS
None needed.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S
CANCER COURAGE AWARD
DATE:
Thursday, March 22, 1990
TIME:
11:30 AM
LOCATION:
Oval Office
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
I
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
BOBBIE KILBERG
RK
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
I. PURPOSE
To present the American Cancer Society's Cancer Courage
Award to Dave Dravecky, pitcher for the San Francisco
Giants.
II. BACKGROUND
The American Cancer Society's Cancer Courage Award has
traditionally been presented by the President. Last year,
you presented the award to Steve Allen and Jane Meadows.
The recipient of the 1990 Cancer Courage Award is Dave
Dravecky, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Dave Dravecky
11:47
Janice Dravecky (Mrs. Dave Dravecky)
Tiffany Dravecky (daughter)
Jonathan Dravecky (son)
Dr. Robert Schweitzer, President, American Cancer Society
Dr. John Seffrin, Chairman of the Board, American Cancer
Society
William Tipping, CEO, American Cancer Society
Kathy Jeavons, Assistant Director for Public Liaison
IV. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
-- The guests enter the Oval Office and are greeted
by the President.
-- The President presents the Cancer Courage Award to Dave
Dravecky.
-- Photo opportunity.
-- The guests depart the Oval Office.
V.
MEDIA
Photo pool.
Talking points provided by Public Liaison.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1990
PHOTO OP WITH LEADERSHIP OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
CATHOLIC BISHOPS
DATE:
March 22, 1990
TIME:
11:30 a.m.
LOCATION:
Oval Office
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
H
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS
11:52
FROM:
DOUG WEAD
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
-11:56
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
I. PURPOSE
To reinforce your strong ties to the leadership of the
Catholic Church by meeting with the newly elected leaders of
the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
II. BACKGROUND
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops held their
general meeting in November 1989, and elected Reverend
Daniel Pilarczyk and Reverend William Keeler to three-year
terms as President and Vice President respectively of the
NCCB.
Reverend Daniel Pilarczyk has been a priest of the
Cincinnati archdiocese for 30 years, and Archbishop of the
half-million member archdiocese since 1982. As Vice
President of the NCCB from 1986 to 1989 he earned a
reputation as an efficient administrator who faithfully
supported Catholic teaching in divisive areas like sexual
morality, birth control, divorce, priestly celibacy, and
ordination of women.
Reverend William Keeler was Bishop of Harrisburg, PA from
1983 to 1989, when he was named Archbishop of Baltimore by
Pope John Paul II. Baltimore, the oldest Catholic diocese
in the United States, includes 500,000 Catholics.
Additionally, he was chairman of the NCCB's Committee for
Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs from 1984 to 1987.
III. PARTICIPANTS
THE PRESIDENT
MOST REVEREND DANIEL PILARCZYK
Archbishop of Cincinnati, and
President, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
MOST REVEREND WILLIAM KEELER
Archbishop of Baltimore, and
Vice President, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
DOUG WEAD
Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison
IV. PRESS PLAN
Closed. White House Photographer
V.
ORDER OF EVENTS
-- The President greets guests.
-- The President and guests participate in photo op.
-- Guests depart.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
DATE:
March 22, 1990
TIME:
11:30 a.m.
LOCATION:
OVAL OFFICE
AD
THROUGH:
DAVID DEMAREST
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
SICHAN SIV Irchan tw
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
I.
PURPOSE:
To recognize the newly appointed members of the Minority
Business Development Commission and to highlight your
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commitment and support of their work on behalf of
minority business.
II.
BACKGROUND:
12:01
The Commission on Minority Business Development was
established by the Business Opportunity Development
Reform Act of 1988. The mandated purpose is to review
and assess federal programs intended to promote the
development of minority business, and to determine
whether these federal programs are meeting their
objectives.
Administration officials that serve on the Commission
include: Secretary Mosbacher, Secretary Skinner, and
Administrator Engeleiter.
The new Commissioners will be sworn in by the Vice
President prior to this photo opportunity.
III.
PARTICIPANTS:
The President
Samuel K. Skinner
Secretary of Transportation
Susan Engeleiter, Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration
Joshua I. Smith, Chairman
Minority Business Development Commission
Mr. Hernando Caampued
Santa Clara, California
Mr. David Lam
San Francisco, California
Dr. Sybil Mobley
Miami, Florida
Ms. Maria Elena Torano
Miami, Florida
Mr. Abel Quintela
Odessa, Texas
Dr. Fern Espino
Flint, Michigan
Mr. Wright Lassiter
Dallas, Texas
Dr. William Mobley
College Station, Texas
* (List of entire Commission is attached)
Shiree Sanchez, Associate Director
Office of Public Liaison
IV.
PRESS PLAN:
Closed Press / White House Photographer
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS:
The President greets Commissioners led by
Secretary Skinner and Administrator Engeleiter
Individual Photo Ops
Guests depart.
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Chairman
Hon. Robert A. Mosbacher
Joshua I. Smith
Secretary
Chairman of the Board and
U.S. Department of Commerce
Chief Executive Officer
Washington, D.C.
The MAXIMA Corporation
Rockville, Maryland
Vice Chairman
Hon. Samuel K. Skinner
Mr. Abel Quintela
Secretary
Immediate Past President
U.S. Department of U.S.
Hispanic Camber of Commerce
Transportation
Odessa, Texas
Washington, D.C.
Hon. Susan Engeleiter
Hon. John A. Betti
Administrator
Under Secretary for Acquisition
U.S. Small Business
U.S. Department of Defense
Administration
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Hernando Caampued
Dr. Fern Espino
President
Dean of Student Development
H.G. Caampued Associates
General Motors Institute
Santa Clara, California
Flint, Michigan
Mr. David Lam
Mr. Wright Lassiter
President
President
Expert Edge
El Centro College
San Francisco, California
Dallas, Texas
Dr. Sybil Mobley
Dr. William Mobley
Dean of the School of Business
President
and Industry
Texas A & M University
Florida A&M University
College Station, Texas
Ms. Maria Elena Torano
Board of Directors
Latin American Management Association
Miami, Florida
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 22, 1990
MEETING WITH JIM FOWLER
MARCH 22, 1990
OVAL OFFICE
11:30 AM
FROM: JIM PINKERTON
P
I. PURPOSE
Photo opportunity with Jim Fowler in appreciation of his
interest in the President's tree planting initiatives. Mr.
Fowler is a contributing editor of NBC's Today show and has
expressed an interest in producing a spot on tree planting
in the near future.
II. BACKGROUND
James Fowler was co-star and later host of Mutual of Omaha's
Wild Kingdom television show. In addition, he also hosted
Mutual of Omaha's show Spirit of Adventure. Mr. Fowler is a
contributing editor of NBC's Today show and produces a
regular weekly spot. Mr. Fowler is also the National March
Leader (spokesman) for the National Parks and Conservation
Association's campaign "March for Parks". "March for Parks"
is a fundraising event for NPCA and an official kick-off
event for Earth Day. Mr. Fowler will be leading the local
march at Glenn Echo at 1:00 pm on Sunday, March 25. Monies
raised will benefit NPCA and aid in local chapter projects,
such as historic site restoration and tree planting.
III. PARTICIPANTS
Jim Fowler
IV. PRESS PLAN
Photo opportunity, White House photographer only.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
The President greets Mr. Fowler and thanks him for attending
this morning's tree planting ceremony.
The President thanks Mr. Fowler for his interest in the tree
planting initiative and expresses his hope that Mr. Fowler
can be of assistance in this effort.
(Mr. Pinkerton has already apologized for the inconvenience
of Mr. Fowler's first trip to Washington to attend the event
which was cancelled on Tuesday.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 22, 1990
MEETING WITH JIM FOWLER
MARCH 22, 1990
OVAL OFFICE
11:30 AM
FROM: JIM PINKERTON
out
I. PURPOSE
Photo opportunity with Jim Fowler in appreciation of his
interest in the President's tree planting initiatives. Mr.
Fowler is a contributing editor of NBC's Today show and has
expressed an interest in producing a spot on tree planting
in the near future.
II. BACKGROUND
James Fowler was co-star and later host of Mutual of Omaha's
Wild Kingdom television show. In addition, he also hosted
Mutual of Omaha's show Spirit of Adventure. Mr. Fowler is a
contributing editor of NBC's Today show and produces a
regular weekly spot. Mr. Fowler is also the National March
Leader (spokesman) for the National Parks and Conservation
Association's campaign "March for Parks". "March for Parks"
is a fundraising event for NPCA and an official kick-off
event for Earth Day. Mr. Fowler will be leading the local
march at Glenn Echo at 1:00 pm on Sunday, March 25. Monies
raised will benefit NPCA and aid in local chapter projects,
such as historic site restoration and tree planting.
III. PARTICIPANTS
Jim Fowler
12:01 - 12:04
IV. PRESS PLAN
Photo opportunity, White House photographer only.
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
The President greets Mr. Fowler and thanks him for attending
this morning's tree planting ceremony.
The President thanks Mr. Fowler for his interest in the tree
planting initiative and expresses his hope that Mr. Fowler
can be of assistance in this effort.
(Mr. Pinkerton has already apologized for the inconvenience
of Mr. Fowler's first trip to Washington to attend the event
which was cancelled on Tuesday.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 22, 1990
PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT
The South Grounds
11:15 A.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: I don't want to have a captive audience,
but there are a couple of things that I did want to say -- make a
statement here. I'd like to make just a few comments, after which
I'll be glad to take a couple of questions.
Last week I unveiled an aid -- economic package for the
new democracies of Panama and Nicaragua and urged a bipartisan effort
aimed at reconstructing and developing these two countries. We have
an opportunity to make this hemisphere the first to be wholly
democratic. But we must act expeditiously in order to help establish
firm democratic institutions, the rule of law, and human rights. And
I asked the Congress last week to act quickly on the aid package, and
I repeat that request today. If we are unable to resolve our
differences regarding offsets, then I would be happy to have Congress
authorize me to select the offsets from the defense budget in order
to get economic assistance moving in the region.
We must take the lead in helping our neighbors. And we
cannot look to others to make sacrifices if we ourselves cannot work
in partnership in our own hemisphere. And I'd also add there are
those that argue that Panama and Nicaragua are not as vital as
Eastern Europe. They're wrong. This is our hemisphere. And we have
a strong aid program for Eastern Europe and will continue to do so.
And we can do no less for our own neighbors. The world is changing
dramatically and we must meet the challenges in every region with
equal commitment and equal dedication.
In this regard today, I just concluded another meeting
with the Polish Prime Minister to continue the fruitful discussions
that we engaged in yesterday. We discussed questions of European
security, Poland's place in a new Europe. And I told the Prime
Minister that we see an important role for a free, democratic and
independent Poland as a factor for stability in Europe in the future.
And I reaffirmed our commitment to aiding Poland's economic recovery
and its movement to democracy and our desire to stay in very close
touch, consult on areas of mutual concern.
We look forward to Poland joining in and building a
Europe whole and free -- a Europe in which the security of all states
within their present borders is guaranteed, and one in which NATO
will continue strong and united.
And I'd be glad to take a few questions.
I'll start with Helen.
Q
Mr. President, do you see a Lithuania that's whole
and free in Europe? And why do you think that the Soviets are
getting tough on this when they didn't move in Eastern Europe? Are
they justified?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, as you know, our position on
Lithuania is, we never recognized its incorporation into the Soviet
Union. I am convinced that the answer is peaceful emergence and
discussion between the parties. I am pleased that Mr. Shevardnadze
reasserted his conviction that the Soviet Union would not use force.
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It is very important that force not be used. But I believe that they
can talk and work out these problems, Helen.
Q
The Lithuanians said today they will not lay down
their arms.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, they should talk about that. I
don't think either side to that difficult debate, discussion, wants
to see the use of force. And so my appeal would again be peaceful
resolution through discussion of this difficult question.
Q Mr. President, I want to ask about your meeting with
the Prime Minister. Did he give you any assurances that he wants
Soviet troops out of Poland? And when did he say he thought that
might happen?
THE PRESIDENT: No, he did not give assurances on that,
that I recall. And I am convinced he knows that a continued presence
of U.S. troops in Europe would be stabilizing and not a threat to
anybody. But I don't recall his making a statement to me on that
question.
Q Well, let me ask, what's your reaction to statements
by some Polish officials that there's a need for Soviet troops in
Poland?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, my reaction is, there isn't any
need for Soviet troops in Eastern Europe, and the sooner they get out
of there, the better. And I can understand the desire for stability
and the way it's changed, but I haven't changed my position. The
position of the United States is that a unified Germany should remain
in NATO. The U.S. troops will be there as long as they are wanted
because they are there as a stabilizing force, and that I think
things would be enhanced, a peaceful evolution of all, if the Soviet
troops moved out. And indeed, we're moving forward with the Soviet
side on discussions of CFE. I want to have that agreement done by
the time I sit down with Mr. Gorbachev.
Q Mr. President, is it true that one of the leading
members of Congress that met with you earlier this week on Panama and
Nicaragua said you simply would not be able to get the amounts of aid
that you have requested? And if so, do you now feel that that aid
package is in trouble?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, one of the members several of
them indicated to me that there might be difficulty getting what I
feel is essential for Panama. But I am going to continue to
reiterate the importance, not just to the United States, but to the
whole hemisphere of the aid package that I have requested for both
Panama and Nicaragua. But, yes, one particular senator I don't
think I'm violating a confidence out of that meeting - indicated he
thought it would be a very difficult sell. And I don't understand
it, because I think the United States has a disproportionate role --
others have an important role -- in the evolution of democracy that
the making firm democracy in Nicaragua and in Panama. We've got a
lot at stake in both countries. Everyone knows our security interest
in Panama, particularly. But I'm equally as concerned about doing
what's right by Nicaragua.
Q
Mr. President, your spokesman the other day
cautioned the Soviet Union against using intimidation and increasing
tension with Lithuania. Do you read this latest statement by
President Gorbachev calling on Lithuanians to lay down their arms as
intimidation?
THE PRESIDENT: I would prefer to put emphasis on his
statement that there will be no use of force. And that's where I'm
going to keep the emphasis and keep reminding every party to this
discussion over there -- no use of force. Peaceful evolution. And I
think we've got to look back over our shoulders to a year ago and see
how far Europe has evolved, the democracies in Europe, through peace.
And there was a great deal of restraint shown by the Soviet Union in
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that regard. And so I would like to say, please continue to exercise
that kind of restraint. And remember -- no use of force.
Q Mr. President, the State of Idaho is about to enact
a tough abortion law, putting severe restrictions on a woman's right
to have an abortion. What do you think of that, first of all? And
second of all, if the states do voice their individual positions, do
you still think that a constitutional ban against abortion is
necessary?
THE PRESIDENT: I have not changed my position at all,
and I think, in answer to the first part of your question, that's a
matter for the State of Idaho to decide. The President of the United
States has stated his position. It's my position, I feel strongly
about it, and I'm not going to change it on constitutional amendment
or anything else. But that matter should be debated out there, as it
is being, and those people should decide that. That's what the whole
federal system is about.
Q
Mr. President, do you consider the Lithuanian
situation an internal matter within the Soviet Union, or is there a
role for outside countries, particularly the United States, to play?
THE PRESIDENT: Role in what sense?
Q
In solving whatever -- in helping them reach
whatever goal --
THE PRESIDENT: I think the way to reach the goal is to
have peaceful resolution of the problems between them that result
from calm negotiation and discussion between the parties involved.
Q
But is it an internal matter within the Soviet
Union?
THE PRESIDENT: I've already told you the United States'
position, and that is that we do not recognize the incorporation of
Lithuania into the Soviet Union. However, there are certain
realities in life the Lithuanians are well aware of them -- and
they should talk, as they are, with the Soviet officials about these
differences.
Q Mr. President, some of those realities include what
Mr. Gorbachev has done -- that is, giving the KGB more authority,
restricting access to Lithuania. Is that, in fact, peaceful
evolution?
THE PRESIDENT: I would say -- I wouldn't put that down
as peaceful evolution. But that's a matter to be discussed between
the Lithuanians themselves, having declared their independence, and
the Soviet officials.
Q
But isn't that kind of a stranglehold also a form of
force being used?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, we see varying reports as to how
much implementation there has been to some of these statements that
come out.
Q
Were you able, in your meeting with the Polish Prime
Minister -- were you able to give him any support for his request
that a treaty recognizing Poland's border be initialed by both
Germanys prior to the two-plus-four talks, and his request that
Poland have a broader role in those talks to discuss security matters
besides borders?
THE PRESIDENT: We discussed those matters. I purposely
worked into my statement here how the role we see for Poland in a
democratic Europe standing on its own, independent, very influential
in the future. But in terms of the treaty and how the Germans enter
into a treaty with the Poles, that is a matter that I haven't changed
our view on it. But I think we may have a nuance of difference here.
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But that's a matter for the Polish Prime Minister to discuss with the
leaders of Germany.
And I believe they've come a long way. They are very,
very close now far closer than I think many of us would have
predicted from statements that were made a month or so ago. So let
them sort it out. It's going well. The mistrust, I think that you
sometimes read about between the parties is down. I think Chancellor
Kohl has come a long way in his view. I think his leadership has
been impressive and terribly important. And I would leave it there.
Q
How about two-plus-four talks, though? Do you
support the broader --
THE PRESIDENT: Two-plus-four talks, the role of the
United States is, if we're talking in the two-plus-four about Poland,
Poland should be there. Poland should be involved. We have a view
that the two-plus-four ought to deal with certain rights and
obligations that the four parties came up with right after the war.
And we don't see this as the group that is going to determine the
fate of all of Europe. It has a specific role to it. But if
two-plus four starts talking about Polish borders, for example,
clearly, the Poles should be involved.
Q Mr. President, I suppose part of the equation in
Lithuania is how much maneuvering room does Gorbachev have. Does it
seem to you that he has the political ability to let Lithuania go?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, he has asserted that whatever
changes take place will be peaceful. I guess I'd have to say I
honestly don't know the answer to your question.
Q Mr. President, when your fellow Texas Republican,
Mr. Williams, was in town the other day, he said that he would feel
less comfortable running against a woman and that he'd have to be
more cautious. Since you've been there --
THE PRESIDENT: You're talking to an expert in the field.
Q Well, did you give him any advice, and do you have
some for him if that happens?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I have none at all. But I know
exactly what he means, and I refuse to elaborate on it for fear of
complicating his life. (Laughter.) But remember 1984. I can't
forget it. And he's entitled to his opinion. Maybe he's drawing on
my experience.
Q Mr. President, in Secretary Baker's talks with
Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, was a date set for your summit with
President Gorbachev? Is that meeting likely to take place in
Washington, Kennebunkport, or elsewhere?
THE PRESIDENT: One, a date has not been set. Two, a
place has not been set, but I would anticipate that the major
business of the summit would be conducted in Washington, D.C.
Q When would you anticipate a date being set, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Soon. And the matter was raised by Jim
Baker with Eduard Shevardnadze, and we should pin this down soon,
because you have many other meetings coming up. You have a NATO
ministerial, you have the G-7 meeting that will be in Houston, Texas
-- very important meeting. We have bilaterals -- I will -- with
President Mitterrand probably in Florida. Then we'll have one with
Margaret Thatcher in Bermuda. And so the calendar is getting full on
our side, and I know it is on the Soviet side as well.
Q
Mr. President, you've gotten a lot of questions
about Lithuania. If the Soviet Union does move with force against
the Lithuanians --
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THE PRESIDENT: Too hypothetical. Stop right there. I
am not going to make an answer to a hypothetical question of that
nature. What possible good would come from the President of the
United States, standing halfway around the world, speculating on
something that he doesn't want to see happen? I mean, I could
inadvertently cause something bad to happen and I don't -- I'm very
sorry --
Q
Can I ask something else then, Mr. President?
THE PRESIDENT: You can start over on a whole new
question. (Laughter.) I really don't want to go into the
hypothetical.
Q
In another part of the world, do you think that your
comments on East Jerusalem contributed to the collapse of the
government there? And do you think over the long haul that's going
to make the peace process more difficult, or easier?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I think a President, when he
reiterates the standing policy of the United States government, is
doing the correct thing. I do not think it contributed to the fall
of the government. These are highly complex, internal matters in the
State of Israel. That is their -- who emerges, the Likud or Labor,
is their problem, their right. And I will negotiate and deal openly
with whoever, and talk freely and openly with whoever emerges as the
leader. But I don't believe it made a contribution because I think
if you look at the issues, both the domestic economy and the question
of the peace talks, that those were the key issues in the campaign.
Because most people in Israel understood that I was simply
reiterating a standing United States policy, one that I feel very
strongly about.
Q
What is the status on U.S. aid for the African
National Congress?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't know how that came out. Jim
Baker had some discussions about it, and I'm embarrassed to say I
haven't seen the final resolution. I just don't know the answer to
your question.
Q
What is your inclination?
THE PRESIDENT: My inclination is --
Q
To be cautious.
THE PRESIDENT: -- to be cautious. (Laughter.)
Q
Mr. President, as you call for these talks between
the Soviets and the Lithuanians, are you envisioning
government-to-government talks?
THE PRESIDENT: I'm envisioning let them sort it out any
way they want to. And I'm envisioning that they know how to do that,
and they don't need any advice from the President of the United
States on how to do that.
Q
Well, what kind of a signal does it send that we ask
the Soviets to negotiate with a group that we don't recognize as a
government?
THE PRESIDENT: Look, I'm for peaceful evolution. I
don't care -- we're not here to sit here and say who in Lithuania
ought to talk to who in Moscow. How presumptuous and arrogant that
would be for any president. So I'd say let them sort it out.
They're on the right track. Lithuanians have got elected leaders and
clearly the Soviets have a strong leader. They can figure that out
without fine-tuning from the United States.
Q
Mr. President, some Down Under questions. The
Australian elections are this week. Will you take up their offer to
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go to Australia, and if you go, would you also follow Secretary
Baker's example and meet with any New Zealand officials?
THE PRESIDENT: Come again on the second part of it.
Q First of all, do you plan to go to Australia at any
point after the elections?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I have no immediate plans, but I
have been invited to go to Australia and I'm dying to go to
Australia. (Laughter.) I really would like to do it and I think it
is very important that we not neglect our friends. Bob Hawke invited
me -- the last thing I want to do is intervene one way or another in
the Australian elections. I know the heads of both the parties there
and I don't think the U.S. ought to indicate anything of that nature.
But when I say Hawke invited me -- he is the Prime Minister --
Barbara and I both want to go back to Australia and I hope we'll be
able to do it before the end of the year.
Q
I have a second part, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: What was it?
Q
If you go to Australia would you also go to New
Zealand, or would you follow Secretary Baker's example and meet with
New Zealand officials --
THE PRESIDENT: I'd wait and see how events were at the
time. We've had some differences on -- that everyone's familiar with
-- with New Zealand and their policy against our ships, and so I'll
wait to see how that evolved. We have a strong affection for the
people there. I have been to New Zealand as you may remember. But I
would take a look at where things stood at the time.
THE PRESIDENT: Two more and then -- I'm handed -- Marlin
is putting the hook on me here.
Q
Mr. President, back to Lithuania. We're you pleased
to see the Senate amendment pushed by Senator Helms on Lithuania
defeated?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I don't feel that Senate amendment
would have been helpful.
Q Why not?
THE PRESIDENT: For the reasons I've stated here to about
20 different questions.
Q
Will you be going to Nicaragua at all for the
inauguration?
THE PRESIDENT: I will not be going to Nicaragua for the
inauguration. I hope to be going to Nicaragua at some point. I, as
President, will not don't want to neglect our own hemisphere, and
so we're talking about a trip that will take us well south of the Rio
Grande.
Q A follow-up. If you don't get your aid in time for
your deadline, what can you do to get around Congress to get aid to
Nicaragua?
THE PRESIDENT: Continue to work for it, because I
believe strongly in it. And I think that it is in our interest as
well as the interest of Nicaragua to support them. We see the
emergence of democracy there. We saw free and fair elections, where
the people said please make a dramatic change. And now we feel that
we want to support those who want to move down, as the Eastern
Europeans have, as other countries in our own hemisphere have, the
road to democracy.
Q
Mr. President, have you signed off on a proposal by
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your Office of Personnel Management to pay workers --
THE PRESIDENT: On broccoli? (Laughter.)
Q
To pay government workers on a merit basis rather
than on how long they serve?
THE PRESIDENT: The concept of trying to work in merit
has my strong support. I have not signed anything in the last couple
of days on that. I did talk to Connie Newman, the head of OPM, the
other day. We had a meeting with the heads of a lot of these
agencies, and she did discuss that. But the concept of merit has my
broad support, but we have to finalize the policy.
Thank you all very much.
Q
Mr. President, have you lost the broccoli vote?
Q
What about it, since you brought it up?
Q
Yes, can you give us a broccoli statement?
THE PRESIDENT: Now, look, this is the last statement I'm
going to have on broccoli. (Laughter.) There are truckloads of
broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is
divided. (Laughter.) I do not like broccoli. (Laughter.) And I
haven't liked it since I was a little kid, and my mother made me eat
it. And I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat
any more broccoli. (Laughter and applause.)
Wait a minute. For the broccoli vote out there, Barbara
loves broccoli. (Laughter.) She's tried to make me eat it, she eats
it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of
broccoli that's coming in from Washington. (Laughter.)
Q
Cauliflower?
Q
Lima beans?
Q
Brussel sprouts?
(The President does a thumbs-down.)
Q
Ah-ha, thumbs down on brussel sprouts.
END
11:35 A.M. EST
Tim
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 20, 1990
LUNCHEON FOR THE EPISCOPAL COUNCIL OF ADVICE
DATE:
March 22, 1990
TIME:
12:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Roosevelt Room
THROUGH:
Ag
DAVID DEMAREST
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM:
DOUG WEAD
]
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR PUBLIC LIAISON
I.
PURPOSE
To build relationships with the leaders of the President's
own denomination, and to demonstrate appreciation to the
Presiding Bishop for his moderating influence among liberal
churches.
II. BACKGROUND
In past months, liberal churchmen were critical of American
foreign policy in Central America. Presiding Bishop
Browning has emerged as the leader of this group, partially
because he is seen by them as a personal friend of yours and
thus more capable of influencing policy.
The Presiding Bishop has been a moderating influence among
his liberal church peers, for example refusing to publicly
criticize the Administration during a time of alleged
Salvadoran persecution of liberal church workers.
Now, the Chamorro victory in Nicaragua and Salvadoran
President Christiani's efforts to investigate the murders of
six religious workers has neutralized many concerns. This
is a good time to meet with Episcopal leaders and to
maintain credibility for Browning who leads liberal
churchmen.
The Council is composed of ten bishops: the Presiding Bishop
and the Presidents of the nine regions of the Episcopal
Church. The Presiding Bishop and five other members of the
Council will be in town March 22-23 to finalize plans for
the annual meeting of the House of Bishops to be held
September 14-21, 1990. Reverend Robert Brooks, Staff
Officer to the Presiding Bishop and director of the
Episcopal Church's Washington office, will also participate
in the lunch.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
See attached list
IV. PRESS PLAN
Closed. White House Photographer
V.
ORDER OF EVENTS
-- The President enters Roosevelt Room and greets guests.
-- The President and guests participate in lunch and
exchange remarks.
-- The President departs Roosevelt Room.
Talking points to be provided by NSC.
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Kathy Rost
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message
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Kathn Fenton
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not involved.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1990
MEETING WITH MICHAEL EISNER
Date: March 22, 1990
Location: The Oval Office
Time: 1:15 - 1:25 p.m.
THROUGH: FROM: GREGG SIG ROGICH PETERSMEYER R UP
I. PURPOSE
For you to meet with Michael Eisner, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, and thank him
for agreeing to serve as one of the Founding Directors of
The Points of Light Initiative Foundation, of which you will
be Honorary Chairman.
II. BACKGROUND
Unfortunately, Mr. Eisner is unable to attend the meeting
scheduled for next Friday, March 30, 1990, with the other
Founding Directors and you. Tomorrow's meeting will give
you a chance to thank him for agreeing to serve and to let
him know how important this undertaking is to you.
You might stress the fact that you expect some of the most
talented people in the country to engage in the Foundation's
work.
He should understand that the Foundation is intended to help
catalyze a growing movement to engage every American and
every American business, group and institution in direct and
consequential community problem solving.
You might stress to him that you hope that the Foundation
will focus on changing people's attitudes about the value
and appeal of community-based problem solving. Just as the
media have played a major role in discouraging smoking and
substance abuse, so they can play a significant role in
weaving service into stories and plot lines and spotlighting
successful community service initiatives and their leaders,
inspiring others to follow their example.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Michael Eisner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
The Walt Disney Company
Peter Teeley, President, Teeley & Associates
Gregg Petersmeyer
IV. PRESS PLAN
Official White House Photographer Only.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Messrs. Eisner, Teeley and Petersmeyer enter the Oval Office
for the meeting. You and the other gentlemen are seated and
proceed to discuss the purpose of the meeting, following
which they depart the Oval Office.
Attachment: Talking points
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH
MICHAEL EISNER
I am extremely pleased by the fact that this
whole concept of "points of light" is beginning
to be better understood and more widely embraced.
I expect that some of the most talented people
in the country will engage in the Foundation's
work.
The Foundation is intended to catalyze a growing
movement to engage every American and every
American business, group and institution in
direct and consequential community-problem
solving.
I hope that the Foundation will focus on
changing people's attitudes about the value
and appeal of such community-based problem
solving.
Just as the media have played a major role in
discouraging smoking and substance abuse, so
they can play a significant role in weaving
service into stories and plot lines and
spotlighting successful community service
initiatives and their leaders, inspiring others
to follow their example.
Tim
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT & OFFICE THE UNITED OFFICE STATES
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
0
THE DIRECTOR
March 21, 1990
Date:
March 22, 1990
Location:
Oval Office
Time:
1:30-2:30
From:
Richard G. Darman
I. PURPOSE
To continue the discussion of budget strategy -- in this
case, focusing principally upon budget process reform (as
suggested by Secretary Brady at the end of the last meeting).
II. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Secretary Brady
Governor Sununu
Richard Darman
Michael Boskin
Roger Porter
Tim
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1990
PRE-BRIEF FOR INTERVIEW WITH
HUGH SIDEY OF TIME MAGAZINE
DATE: Thursday, March 22, 1990
LOCATION: Oval Office
TIME: 3:00 p.m.
FROM: MARLIN FITZWATER Mali
I. PURPOSE/BACKGROUND
To review possible questions that may be raised in your
interview with Hugh Sidey.
II. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Governor Sununu
General Scowcroft
Marlin Fitzwater
III. PRESS PLAN
No coverage.
IV. SEQUENCE
A set of possible questions will be distributed and
reviewed.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1990
INTERVIEW WITH HUGH SIDEY OF TIME MAGAZINE
DATE:
Thursday, March 22, 1990
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
3:10 p.m.
FROM:
MARLIN FITZWATER Nahn
I. PURPOSE/BACKGROUND
To discuss how phone calls have further developed the
President's relationship with President Gorbachev and
how truly revolutionary this new method of diplomatic
communication is for US/USSR relations. How and when
do you decide to call Gorbachev; why do you think
these phone calls are important; and, how do you go
about placing these calls?
II. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Governor Sununu
General Scowcroft
Marlin Fitzwater
Hugh Sidey, TIME Magazine
III. PRESS PLAN
White House Photographer only.
IV. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Guest enters Oval Office, exchanges brief greetings and
begins interview.