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The original documents are located in Box 69, folder "Fourth of July (1976) - Operation
Sail, New York City, 7/4/76" of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library.
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Digitized from Box 69 of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 27, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO: JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Jack, Ted advises that the Vice President
is attending Op Sail in New York.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
ACTION MEMORANDUM
WASHINGTON
LOG NO.:
Date: June 24
Time: 100pm
FOR ACTION: Judy Hope
CC (for information): Jack Marsh
Max Friedersdorf
Ken Lazarus
Ed Schmults
NSC/S
Jim Cavanaugh RAR
George Humphreys
FROM THE STAFF SECRETARY
DUE: Date:
Time:
June 24
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SUBJECT:
S.J. Res. 201 - Dredging Operations for Operation Sail
ACTION REQUESTED:
For Necessary Action
For Your Recommendations
Prepare Agenda and Brief
Draft Reply
X
For Your Comments
Draft Remarks
REMARKS:
Please return to Judy Johnston, Ground Fl. WW
FORD : LIBRARY 018ALD
PLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.
If you have any questions or if you anticipate a
delay in submitting the required material, please
James M. Cannon
telephone the Staff Secretary immediately.
For the President
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
JUN 24 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Enrolled Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 201 - Dredging
for Operation Sail
Sponsors - Sen. Javits (R) New York and
Sen. Buckley (C) New York
Last Day for Action
To be effective, action must be as soon as possible.
Purpose
To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Army, acting
through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake dredging
operations in New York City Harbor for Operation Sail.
Agency Recommendations
Office of Management and Budget
Approval
Department of the Army
Approval (Informally)
Environmental Protection Agency
Approval (Informally)
Discussion
Operation Sail is a major Bicentennial activity and an
international undertaking involving almost every four-
masted sailing ship in the world plus many smaller vessels
and a display and review of United States and foreign
vessels. The Queen of England and you are scheduled to
participate in the review at New York City after arrival
of the ships on or about July 3, 1976.
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Several of the largest ships are to be displayed at piers
in waters of inadequate depth to accommodate them. To
meet this problem, S.J. Res. 201 would authorize the Secretary
of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to dredge
these waters to a depth of eighteen feet. The cost of this
dredging is estimated to be about $100,000 which the resolu-
tion authorizes to be expended from funds now available to
the Corps of Engineers for operation and maintenance purposes
in New York Harbor.
The enrolled resolution does not contain the customary pro-
visions requiring local interests to assume any liability
growing out of dredging operations. However, the absence
of such provision does not provide an appropriate basis for
veto of the resolution, and the Corps of Engineers has indi-
cated its intention to take great care in carrying out the
proposed dredging in the vicinity of the piers.
James m. Trey
Assistant Director for
Legislative Reference
Enclosures
(Butler)
July 1, 1976
First Draft
REMARKS AT U.S.S. FORRESTAL BELL-RINGING CEREMONY,
NEW YORK HARBOR, JULY 4th, 1976
It is a great pleasure to join the people of New York, my
fellow Americans throughout the Nation, and the citizens of the world
in a majestic celebration of America's 200th birthday.
No tribute could be more appropriate to this occasion --
and certainly none could be more spectacular -- than the grand
international armada which fills this great harbor today.
The sixteen tall ships and 60 naval vessels anchored here
are the proud emissaries of 30 of our sister nations, comprising the
greatest gathering of world navies in history.
In all their splendid array, they form an honors escort
of special grace and beauty as America enters her third century of
independence today.
As we view this dramatic site, we are reminded that
America is the noble offspring of many peoples and many lands.
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We are reminded, as well, that the sea and her sailing
ships have played a crucial role in the life of our country, from its
discovery down to the present day.
Sea-voyagers from many nations -- Columbus, Magellan,
Drake, Cabot and others -- explored this continent centuries before it
was colonized.
The earliest colonists to settle on our shores in search of
a new life on a new land had their strength and their hardy spirit tested
first on the rugged way across the Atlantic Ocean's bitter flood.
The sea and its ships and sailors have played a leading
part in defending the freedom we celebrate today.
That tradition of strength and courage spans two centuries,
from the time of John Paul Jones and Stephen Decatur to the Battles
of Midway and Leyte Gulf.
The proud symbols of that tradition have passed before us
today in all their glory: from the clipper ships which filled their sails
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with wind and pride, to this massive carrier which plys the sea with a
special dignity all its own.
But most important, the sea has been the passageway for
millions and millions of people from all over the world to come to America,
to share its bounty and its opportunity, and to enrich our future in return.
In this harbor stands the Statue of Liberty, herself an
immigrant from France, lifting her torch to those who come to join us in the
American adventure.
As we mark this most important anniversary of that adventure,
the Bicentennial year of our independence, we know that we have only begun
a new and uncharted voyage toward the future.
What may lie in our course, and where it may finally lead
us, we cannot know. But this much we do know: we Americans will
approach the future with confidence, with the experience of the past as
our steady compass, and with the exploring spirit that gave our Nation
life still firmly in command.
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