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NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION
1655 North Fort Myer Drive
Suite 700
Arlington, Virginia 22209
703/528-4370
sile
11-30-84
Mike -
The attached IS self explanatory and We are
Working it through The process with OPD, CEA and OMB.
However, e know how The President feels about the
Ancress of his policies in this area and C Thought you
Would like a copy to use as you feel appropriate-
How The Treasury could attempt to undo such
a successful policy in such a Vital area of our
economy completely escapes me -
Best of Luck in whatever you plan to do
In The future. you have done a great job
for your country and deserve Dan the best.
NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION
1655 North Fort Myer Drive
Suite 700
Arlington, Virginia 22209
703/528-4370
November 28, 1984
The Honorable Ronald Reagan
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
In your remarks this year on May 10 to the National Association
of Realtors, May 9 at the Small Business Person of the Year award
ceremony, September 13 at the High Technology Corridor Board meeting
in Nashville, Tennessee, and October 1 at the Detroit Economic Club,
you correctly pointed out that one of the dramatic examples of the
success of your economic program is the growth of the venture capital/
entrepreneurial high technology process. Your support of the reduction
of the capital gains tax rate to 20% and a meaningful differential
between the tax on capital and that on income was essential to this
growth. You correctly cited that committments to this risk investment
sector of our economy have increased from $39 million in 1977 to
$4.5 billion in 1983 as a result of this tax incentive. This policy
has unleashed American technology, created jobs, improved our balance
of payments, enhanced our defense capability, and provided new corporate
and individual tax revenues for the treasury. Even in static terms,
this reduction and the creation of a meaningful differential between
the rate of tax on risk investment and the tax on ordinary income
contributed net gains to the treasury.
The Treasury department proposal of November 27 would eliminate this
most important incentive for risk investment. We are mindful of the
benefits that would accrue from a simplification of the tax code and
understand the rationale for serious consideration of such a policy.
However, given the risk factor in venture investments as opposed to
more secure investments, we know that a flat or modified flat tax
will significantly narrow the after tax rate of return premium for risk
investments and would cause a major reversal in the flow of funds into
high technology entrepreneurial activity which your Administration's
economic program has so energetically encouraged and of which you have
so eloquently spoken.
There are arguments that capital gains indexing, lower income rates,
and tax simplification would be sufficient as incentives to keep the
venture process moving in an upward trend. We disagree. Human behavior
and economic good sense dictates that with a real increase in the rate of
tax on risk investment, the funds for this most important economic activity
will be significantly reduced with the resulting adverse economic impact.
Page Two
The Honorable Ronald Reagan
November 28, 1984
Mr. President, we respectfully request that in making your
decision on a tax reform proposal you maintain the differential
between the rate of tax on capital gains and that on other
investment income. By doing so, the venture process and the
entrepreneurs of this country will continue to have the positive
impact on the economy in the years to come that it has had during
the first term of your Administration.
Sincerely,
NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION
BKotegopin B. Kipling Magopian
President
Daniel Darthurly T. Kingsley
Executive Director
BKH/DTK/mmm
Community Alliance Church
Morton and Fairlawn Avenues
West Hempstead, New York
11552
Thomas R. Nason, pastor
Office 485-0770
Home 485-0760
John Looney
November 30, 1984
Michael Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. Deaver
I have for some time been a great admirer of our President and in many ways
try to model my life after him. (I also admire the work you do on his behalf.) I
would like to ask for two things that I might use to remind me of the many qualities
which I find so personally attractive in President Reagan:
1) An 8x10 picture for my office wall picturent 12/10/84
2) A pair of presidental cuff links to wear when I am speaking
Thanks so much for whatever you can do in filling this request.
Sincerely,
John Lansey John Looney
The Christian and Missionary Alliance
AMERICAN
MINING
CONGRESS
FOUNDED 1897
SUITE 300
1920 N STREET NW
The Honorable Michael K. Deaver
WASHINGTON
DC 20036
Deputy Chief of Staff and
202/861-2800
Assistant to the President
TWX 710-822-0126
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
had December 7, 1984
Officers
Dear Mike:
Chairman:
Ralph E. Bailey
Vice Chairman and Chairman,
Some of the Cabinet officers have asked for
Finance Committee:
comments on the Treasury recommendations to the
Harry M. Conger
President.
Vice Chairmen:
Charles F. Barber
George B. Munroe
I have responded as follows:
Pierre Gousseland
Robert H. Quenon
Thomas C. Graham
It was thoughtful of you to request our
Walter E. Ousterman, Jr.
Richard A. Lenon
views on the impact of the Treasury Department's
Samuel K. Scovil
Thomas D. Barrow
tax reform proposals on the domestic mining
President:
industry.
J. Allen Overton. Jr.
Secretary and Treasurer:
Our Tax Committee, composed of the mining
Henry I. Dworshak
industry's tax experts, met yesterday to assess the
Directors
Treasury's proposals. It is a difficult and time-
George B. Munroe, New York
Stonie Barker, Jr., Lexington KY
consuming task to quantify the impact of the pro-
P. Malozemoff. New York
posals on the industry. Since the finding,
Charles F. Barber. New York *
Otes Bennett. Jr., Cleveland
development and operation of a mineral prospect
Robert W. Hutton. Greenwich
spans a number of years, it is necessary to apply
Richard A. Lenon, Northbrook IL
E.B. Leisenring, Jr., Philadelphia
the Treasury's proposals for a period of years to
Ralph E. Bailey. Wilmington
obtain a meaningful quantification.
Paul W. Douglas, Greenwich
K.E. McElhattan. Pittsburgh
Samuel K. Scovil. Cleveland
Although the few days we have had the
Thomas A. Holmes, Woodcliff Lake NJ
Pierre Gousseland. Greenwich
details of the proposals have not allowed our com-
A.M. Wilson, San Francisco
panies to complete their quantitative analyses, the
Robert H. Quenon. St. Louis
Ralph F. Cox, Denver
AMC Tax Committee does offer the following prelimi-
Thomas D. Barrow, Houston
nary observations for your consideration.
Frank A. McPherson. Oklahoma City
W.A. Griffith. Wallace ID
Robert F. Anderson. Cleveland
As you are well aware, the basic charac-
Calvin A. Campbell, Jr., Chicago
Harry M. Conger. San Francisco
teristics of the mining industry are high risks,
Robert M. McCann. Bethlehem
cyclical prices, large investments, and long lead
Richard G. Miller. Jr., Chicago
Walter E. Ousterman. Jr.. Oakland
times to bring new deposits into production. These
R.J. Gary. Dallas
fundamental characteristics have long been recog-
Michael A. Morphy. El Monte CA
Charles W. Parry. Pittsburgh
nized in our income tax system through the per-
Frank V. McMillen, Danbury
centage depletion allowance and the expensing of
R.J. Assheton. Los Angeles
Kenneth J. Barr. Englewood CO
exploration and development costs.
A.W. Calder. Pittsburgh
Gino P. Giusti, Stamford
Ralph L. Hennebach, New York
The Treasury's tax reform proposals would
William G. Kegel, Indiana PA
repeal all of these provisions. The Treasury's
John A. Wright, Clayton MO
Thomas C. Graham, Pittsburgh
proposals are not simply a matter of tax policy.
Robert McInnes, Cleveland
Rather, they present fundamental questions of eco-
Douglas J. Bourne, Houston
W.J. Conway, Los Angeles
nomic and national security importance.
Raymond M. Ingram. Houston
James R. Voisinet, Dallas
Milton H. Ward, New York
lan MacGregor, Greenwich
N.T. Camicia, Greenwich t
* Immediate Past Chairman
+ Honorary
It is clear that the proposals, by increasing the domestic
mining industry's income taxes, will make many existing and
potential domestic mining projects uneconomical. Thus, domestic
reserves will not be mined and the health of the domestic mining
industry, already in a precarious state, will be further eroded.
The Treasury actually contemplates that its tax reform
proposals will result in a substantial liquidation of the domes-
tic mining industry for Treasury states that "the proposed
reforms would be beneficial in the long run because the capital
and labor released from the energy and mineral sector as a result
of the more neutral tax policy would be employed more productive-
ly in other industries." (Treasury Department Report, Volume I,
page 132.) This curtailment of the domestic mining industry
means there will be a substantial increase in our dependency on
foreign mineral imports for basic as well as sophisticated
needs.
This increased import dependency will adversely affect the
balance of trade, but, more importantly, it will substantially
increase our reliance on foreign countries for the critical min-
erals needed for our defense and national security. This should
be of grave concern particularly in view of the past history of
foreign governments' attitude toward mineral deposits located in
their countries, including the many times U.S. companies' mineral
operations in those countries have been expropriated. Justifying
reliance on foreign imports, as Treasury suggests, by the desire
to conserve domestic mineral reserves is foolhardy if the indus-
try that could extract those reserves is withered in the process.
The Treasury proposal in its desire to achieve "a neutral
tax policy" also ignores the fact that the mining industry bears
a disproportionate amount of taxes other than the income tax,
such as black lung taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes, and,
very importantly, severance taxes. It further ignores the fact
that the mining industry has borne a disproportionate share of
what is in reality an indirect form of tax, namely environmental
costs. Moreover, the domestic mining industry generally is not
in a position to pass these tax costs on in the form of higher
prices because, for many minerals, the prices are established in
the international marketplace, which is dominated by foreign,
often government-owned and -controlled, competitors.
Thank you for this opportunity to express our views on the
proposal.
With warmest personal regards, I am
Sincerely,
allen
J. Allen Overton, Jr.
President
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
10%
December 10, 1984
thei
Memorandum
To: Michael Deaver
From: Carol McCain
any
Subject: Lighting of the National Christmas Tree
The idea of 6-8 sick children standing around the President
and Mrs. Reagan for the tree lighting is ludicrous. The
President should be going to the Ellipse to light the tree. He
is the only President who has never done this. I understand the
problems with this but our excuse has always been security. With
the campaign events and the current plans for the Inaugural open-
ing and the youth pageant, security seems to be a poor excuse
for his not going.
I have a hard time using sick children in this instance as we did
that for one child last year and were beseiged with similar pleas
from other charitable groups. The children in question this
year all seem to be related in some way to someone from the
White House. Now it isn't enough to be serious ill, you have
to be connected. I feel this whole idea is wrong.
The show on the Ellipse is good. The people who work on it
have done a wonderful job. Either the President goes there
and lights the tree or he stays here and lights the tree. Let's
not take away from the Pageant of Peace by upstaging their
production.
Your consideration is greatly appreciated.
Alan DeValerio
1900 Lyttonsville Rd. #306
Silver Spring, Md. 20910
1. I don't want to imply that President Reagan has been traveling a lot lately,
but he makes Lowell Thomas look like he was a shut-in.
2. With the types of responsibilities that President Reagan has given to the
Vice-President these past four years, it has become obvious as to what kind of
job George Bush will be best suited for after 1988 - funeral director.
3. I don't want to imply that the people of the United States are somewhat confused
about what's going on in Central America, but the average American thinks that the
Contadora is an Italian tomato paste.
Dear Mr. Deaver,
Do you think that 2 could still
meet President Reagan like we talked
about last year 2. 2 would greatly
appreciate it. Thanks.
alan
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TO: Mike
FROM: KATHY OSBORNE
Personal Secretary
to the President
DATE:
12-11-84
RR has seen.
THE white HOUSE
washington
TO:
Ko
FROM:
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Information
follow-up Action to
Conversation
RR E/ 2 had
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
OK.
December 10, 1984
RR
MEMORANUDM TO MICHAEL DEAVER
FROM:
MIKE BAROODY
EMB
SUBJECT:
YOUR INQUIRY ABOUT REVEREND DAVIS ON C-SPAN
Have reviewed the C-SPAN appearance of Rev. Davis before a
Closeup Foundation of high school teachers.
His comments on Central America, specifically U.S. policy
towards Nicaragua, were extremely negative and unrelentingly
critical of the Administration -- as the attached memo from
Russ Mack, of my staff, indicates.
I would not recommend an equal time request, however.
C-SPAN at its best has a very limited viewership and to the
best of our knowledge the show created no news outside of
the broadcast itself. I think an equal time request, or any
other action which would take official notice of the show by
the White House could do very little good. At its worst it
could be counter productive by calling more attention to the
broadcast than it got -- or merited in the first place.
Since WHCA does not routinely tape C-SPAN airings, we had to
obtain a tape (through the RNC) which accounts for the delay
in this response.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Memorandum to Mike Baroody
From Russell Mack
Rm
December 10, 1984
Subject: C-SPAN Program
As requested, I have reviewed the tape of the December 4
"Issues for the '80s" television show sponsored by the
Closeup Foundation, which aired over C-SPAN and featured an
attack on the Administration's Central America policy by
Rev. Bill Davis.
Davis is co-director of the Christic Institute, which is
identified as an ecumenical center for the study of public
policy and law. Davis, who recently returned from
Nicaragua, was the show's only guest, appearing before a
friendly studio audience of high school teachers.
Davis delivered an unvarnished, hour-long tirade against
American foreign policy in Central America. Among other
things, he declared that:
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U.S. policy is "immoral, stupid and unchristian;"
and the U.S. public is being "lied to;"
Nicaragua must build up its military because the U.S.
is killing thousands of innocent citizens through our
support of the Contras, who are "paid mercenaries of
the CIA;"
The Reagan Administration fears that, if Nicaragua
succeeds in throwing off capitalist economic oppres-
sion, economic revolution will spread northward;
Historically, the U.S. "has crushed democracy" in Latin
America, and the U.S. only wants "the kind of economic
growth [in Central America] that we can control;"
As in Vietnam, the U.S. backs a "military solution" in
Central America and supports "a brutal oligarchy;"
Nicaragua's election was "amazingly free, considering
it was held under wartime conditions, " as opposed to El
Salvador's election, which was totally unfair.
With regard to requesting equal time to rebut Davis'
assertions, my view is that, outrageous as his statements
were, the show received so little attention that we might
be better off letting it pass rather than risking calling
attention to it by taking the unusual step of demanding
equal time.
December 9, 1984
hill
Dear mike,
re: THEFT OF AMERICAN PYRAMIDS PROJECT
BY THE UNSCRUPULOUS
First, congratulations on a
splendid job in Washington.
secondly I thought (or hoped)
you might be interes to
know the fate of the project
( see enclosure please).
Thirdly, wish there had been
a medical arilift of doctors and
supplies to India, in the name
1 the united States, in the wake
of the UNION CARBIDE trajedy.
Thanks mike!
warn Regards,
Carter Canada
5053 OCEAN BLVD. /333
enclosure
SARASOTA, FL 34242
(813) 349-3046
$
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The Bass brothers of Fort
Administration said.
Worth announced plans to
Foreign companies spent
invest in a $4 billion sports-
arr estimated $9.8 billion on
casino- complex in Atlantic
U.S. properties, excluding
City, N.J. The project, called
farm land, said the Com-
the "Golden Pyramids," will
merce Department office.
include five casino hotels, a
That represented a drop of
convention center, sports
nearly 30 percent from 1982.
arena, opera house, residen-
tial units and transportation
system.
Partners in the project in-
Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc. of
clude Honolulu developer
Omaha announced it has
Christopher Hemmeter.
withdrawn as a financial
partner in a project to devel-
op the world's largest coal
mine in China.
The number of companies
Kiewit will continue to
declaring favorable dividend
provide operating expertise
actions during September fell
for the $640 million project,
by more than 38 percent
at least for the time being,
from August, Standard &
said spokesman Ken Stinson.
How Hemmeter Got Involved
in Building Carter's Library
By A. A. Smyser
Contributing Editor
FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER and
As host, Hemmeter offered Gerald Ford and
Honolulu developer Christopher Hemmeter never
Carter their choice of a Honolulu stopover either
met until February 1982, a year after Carter step-
at the Hemmeter home on Kahala beach or at the
ped down from the presidency.
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Waikiki, also a Hemmeter
Now, however. such a close relationship has
hotel.
developed that all of the following are true:
Ford chose the hotel. The Carters chose the
Hemmeter home.
When Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter travel.
The Hemmeters weren't home for much of the
among their most frequent companions are Chris
Carter visit: they were on Maui getting ready for
Hemmeter and his wife Patsy. They have been to
the YPO visit. They didn't get to know the Cart-
Europe, the Middle East and Japan together as
ers well until the YPO meetings at the Maui
well as on journeys throughout the United States.
Hyatt.
The Carter Presidential Library complex is a
By then Carter was expressing his high admira-
Chris Hemmeter-conceived design with construc-
tion of both the Hemmeter home and the Maui
A-14 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Tuesday, September 11, 1984
tion to be started this month not far from down-
Hyatt. Their design and art works, he said, made
town Atlanta, Ga.
them some of the most beautiful places he had
a
The Carters have given up the idea of being
ever seen. This proved to be of much more than
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buried in their home town of Plains, Ga. Instead
passing significance.
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1 in line with Hemmeter's concept of the presi-
THE NEXT MONTH Carter called Hemmeter to
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dential park in Atlanta - they will be entombed
ask him to come to Plains, the lifelong Carter
in a small 50-seat chapel near the library. The
a
home.
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former president has agreed to use his carpentry
He had a problem, he explained, that he
talents to craft the altar, pews and possibly other
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thought Hemmeter could help him with.
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chapel furnishings.
A design competition had been held to create a
Hemmeter is the principal fund-raiser for the
design for a Carter Presidential Library. Four of
the leading architectural firms in the South sub-
i
complex and most of the needed $25 million al-
mitted entries. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter found
I
ready is pledged.
themselves liking something in each design but
One of the key buildings. the one where
not all of any of them. Would Hemmeter. whose
c
Carter will maintain his active office, will be
home and hotel they had so admired, give them
named 1 at Carter's instigation 1 the Christo-
the benefit of his design thinking?
pher Hemmeter building.
Hemmeter flew to Americus, Ga., then drove to
1.
Plains where he found the biggest house in the
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I HAVE SOUGHT FOR A YEAR to talk to
Carter residential complex belonged to the Secret
o
Hemmeter about his relationship with the former
Service while the Carters lived in a small, homey
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president and how it came about. He was willing
structure built 15 years before but not much
lived-in until they left the White House.
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Much like an architect making a presentation,
d
The Honolulu developer's connec-
Carter took Hemmeter through all four of the
d
tions with the former president.
plans for the Carter Presidential Library while
Rosalynn listened. The Carters told the Honolulan
what they liked and didn't like about each plan.
but his travel and business demands kept getting
Hemmeter then used an advantage none of the
an the way of our appointments
design competitors had. He questioned both
Finally last week. the day after Hemmeter an
Jimmy and Rosalynn to learn what they really
nounced plans for the biggest, grandest hotel yet
wanted.
seen in Hawaii the $360 million Hyatt Regency
What emerged was that all four of the designs
Waikoloa on the Big Island (only one of the rea-
were essentially monuments to a past presidency.
sons he was busy) we talked in his offices for
emphasizing the library and museum, whereas the
more than two hours.
Carters were most interested in the third aspect
We also listened to what is possibly the most
of the complex, a future-oriented, active center
remarkable 20-minute tape recording have ever
seeking to assist in world conflict resolution.
heard but more about that later Suffice it to
HEMMETER OFFERED TO TAKE a week to try
say I now am persuaded Hemmeter may be in the
to design a plan closer to the Carters' thinking.
same genius class as the late Henry Kaiser, a
They accepted.
surprisingly uncomplicated person who simply
From his plane en route back to his second
can see and conceive things better than the rest
home at Aspen, Colo., he phoned his Honolulu
of
us.
architectural associate, Herbert Lawton, outlined
THE CARTER-HEMMETER STORY starts with
a conception already formed in his mind, and
the convention of the Young Presidents Organiza-
asked Lawton to fly to Aspen as quickly as possi-
tion held Feb. 7-13, 1982, at the Hyatt Regency
ble to help get the idea down on paper. Lawton
Maui. This is the Hemmeter-built hotel that out-
arrived the next morning.
draws all other hotels in the state and in the
At Aspen they worked over drawing boards so
international Hyatt organization.
long and hard that when the week was up and
The YPO group invited all three living former
Hemmeter was flying back to Georgia, the final
presidents of the United States to address their
sketches were not thrust into his hands inside the
meetings. Initially all accepted, but Richard M.
plane until after the engines already were run-
Nixon later cancelled.
ning for the takeoff.
states and with the flags of the United States, the
president and Georgia in the center.
Just incidentally the knoll is the highest in the
They also worked so long and hard that
area and known as Sherman's Hill because Union
Hemmeter realized not long before departure that
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman stood there to
he had no written presentation to give to the
watch the burning of Atlanta in the Civil War.
2
Carters to accompany the sketches.
Southern protests over its use for the Carter
Instead of trying to write something. he went
presidential park were silenced when Carter said
to the Aspen radio station and obtained its help
the development would amount to throwing some
in making a casette recording. Searching over
Confederate dirt on it.
available sound effects he found the music of the
Hemmeter gave names like these to elements of
Don Quixote symphony, and the sounds of birds,
the complex: Avenue of the States, Plaza of the
a waterfall and a brook.
Americas, Plaza of Human Rights and Bridge of
In the next hour, working in a booth only eight
Hope. He also emphasized symbolism such as the
feet by eight feet, he made a 20-minute recording
Bridge of Hope connecting the past and future-
opening with the Don Quixote symphony and
oriented elements of the complex.
climaxing with the sound of cymbals and Hemme-
HE STRESSED THE ENVIRONMENTAL sen-
ter saying, "Let us proceed."
sitivity of the design, something not true of some
IN BETWEEN TO APPROPRIATE background
of the massive concrete edifices in some of the
mood accompaniment, Hemmeter, speaking at a
earlier proposals.
measured pace, outlined the conception of an
He also articulated an idea drawn from the
environmentally sensitive complex of buildings on
Carters' thinking that instead of the center being
a wooded hillside with the future-oriented crisis
a monument to Carter it should be a former
resolution center as its centerpiece. There also
president's gift back to the people of America.
would be an artificial lake and a trout stream.
Thus the emphasis on the center for bringing
At the very top of the hill would be a parkway
world leaders together in Camp David-like sur-
highway circle surrounded by the flags of the
roundings to address world problems in secluded.
private sessions.
Continued on Page A-13, Col. 1
Surpassing
the Pyramids
CHRISTOPHER HEMMETER of Honolulu has
even grander projects in mind than any he has
yet announced.
Now 44, he was raised in Mountain View,
Calif., and was graduated from Cornell in 1962.
Since then his focus has been on resort devel-
opment, each project seemingly bigger than its
predecessor. In the early 1960s he developed food and
beverage facilities at the Ilikai Hotel. Then he
moved on to projects in the International Mar-
ket Place in Waikiki and in Honolulu.
In the early 1970s he started Hemmeter Cen-
ter, which now includes the 1,260-room Hyatt
Regency Waikiki hotel and the King's Alley
shopping center with monarchy-themed archi-
tecture.
He followed with the Hyatt Regency Maui, a
fantasy-fulfilling complex with grottos, rope
bridges, flamingos, swans, peacocks, parrots
and superb art objects. It has become one of
the most successful hotels in the world.
Last week he announced plans to sell these
two for one-third of a billion dollars and top
them with an even-grander fantasy-fulfilling
Hyatt Regency Waikoloa on the Big Island.
HE AND THE BASS FAMILY of Texas, a
partner in the Waikoloa project, last week gave
a clue to something potentially many times as
big still ahead.
They announced a joint partnership in New
Jersey that will undertake a major redevelop-
ment of a run-down part of Atlantic City.
It could run to $3 billion or $4 billion in cost
eventually. In science fiction fashion it would
place vast acreage under tinted glass for year-
round climate control. To be called the PyΓa-
mids, it would have five glass pyramids bigger
than the pyramids of Egypt, each one sheath-
ing a hotel of up to 40 stories in. height, each
one part of a year-round playland.
If it materializes, it may be the most expen-
sive private construction project in the history
of the world. Hemmeter doesn't seem to doubt
that it indeed will materialize.
The center already is established with former
President Ford joining Carter as a director to
THE CHAPEL PLANS came about this way.
emphasize its bipartisanship. It operates in con-
While Rosalynn Carter was preparing lunch.
junction with Emory-University, Atlanta, where
Hemmeter said to Carter: "Mr. President, have
Carter is a distinguished professor.
you thought where you are going to be buried?"
Carter said he hadn't.
It hopes to address two or three key world
"When you die," Hemmeter told him, "it will be
issues every year and propose solutions via off-
a world event." He went on to suggest that the
the-record meetings among appropriate interna-
appropriate burial site would be a non-denomina-
tional leaders. Ever since his White House experi-
tional chapel in the presidential park, maybe a
ence Carter has felt an urgent need for a non-
small one seating only 60 people but with an
confrontational setting for serious international
amphitheater where hundreds of people seated
dialogue.
outside could hear services inside.
HEMMETER HAD NOT LISTENED to the tape
"Mr. President," he said, "I'd like you to be a
for months but he got a copy out and played it
resident of the park in perpetuity, to be buried
for both of us last week. Listen to it and you, too,
there."
will believe him that the Carters held hands while
With that Carter grinned and called his wife:
they listened and he pointed to sketches illustrat-
ing the points, then showed traces of tears as the
presentation went on.
"Rosalynn, come out here. Chris has just buried
Carter had grinned when the Don Quixote sym-
me."
phony opened the tape. "This is fantastic," he
Hemmeter outlined the idea to her, including
declared when the sound of cymbals ended it.
his suggestion that Carter, who loves home car-
Since then he has never allowed a single design
pentry, should personally make the altar and per-
change affecting the basic integrity of the con-
haps the pews and other furniture in the small
cept Hemmeter outlined that day - March 26,
chapel.
1982.
The chapel is now an integral part of the plan
He bought it, in effect, lock. stock and barrel,
including some additional details Carter liked at a
and vetoed changes even when the Georgia firm
carved stone chapel in Helsinki. Earlier. the Cart-
brought in as a joint venture partner with
ers had only the generalized thought they would
be buried in Plains, Ga.
Hemmeter's group suggested a very large num-
ber. The pique of the Georgia competitors at
CARTER HAS NOT personally solicited money
being edged out by a Honolulu designer was
gifts for the center or the park. But he has on his
caught in a cartoon printed. in the Economist of
travels abroad encouraged the idea of foreign art
London of Jan. 29, 1983. It showed the Center for
contributions for display at the center, perhaps in
Policy Studies in a building shaped like a pine-
the way that so impressed him at the Hyatt Maui
apple with a hula dancer at the entrance.
hotel and the Hemmeter home in Kahala.
A PRESIDENTIAL PARKWAY will provide ac-
The center already has endowments of over
cess to the presidential park from downtown
$100 million, however. Southern corporations like
Atlanta, only a few minutes away. Disputes over
Coca Cola and Delta Airlines have been among
its routing were the major construction delay, but
the big donors to both the center and the library-
they are resolved now and construction is about
museum complex. Hemmeter himself has made a
major gift.
to begin, Hemmeter said.
The three center elements - library, museum,
and Emory University's Carter Center - are all
in Phase One. The library will house 30 million
presidential documents. To keep a low-rise profile.
it will have several floors underground. A spiral
staircase will allow visitors to see the mass of
stored material under presidential seals.
The museum will include a theater for a
presentation on Carter's life, exhibits related to
the presidency and a replica of the Oval Office.
An original planned replication of the East Room
of the White House proved too expensive.
Carter Center will have three round, linked
buildings. The first, the Hemmeter Building, will
house Carter's active office with a conference
meeting room on a floor beneath it and a sky-
lighted. hall for state dinners. The other two
buildings will be for the use. of Carter Center
international study programs.
A Phase Two, not yet funded, will include the
small chapel where the Carters have agreed to be
buried, and residences for the VIP visitors to the
conference resolution center. Both security and
privacy figure in the plans. There is no press
room.
The Hemmeters and the Carters aloft.
As a companion on several of Carter's foreign
trips, Hemmeter is impressed at how gates still
swing wide open for a former president of the
United States. Carter knows this and wants to
harness it in a productive way to draw top level
people from all around the world to participate in
the Carter Center conflict resolution efforts.
The Carter-Hemmeter Library
The early design sketch of the Carter presidential park complex. At left is the
Carter Center for world conflict resolution, now three round buildings instead of
four. At right of the fountain are the Carter Museum and Library. When conflict
center conferees agree on a problem solution, the poplar trees will be lighted at
night so that viewers from Atlanta will know.
The
Richest Leople
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America
ALCULATING the wealth of
additional research yielded
the richest Americans is like
some names that eluded us in
trying to keep score in a high-
the past. Our scout in the Deep
stakes, permanently floating
South fished John Harbert out
poker game with hundreds of
of Birmingham, Ala. Harbert
players and never a-break in the
runs a vast, private construc-
action. Takeovers, mergers, ac-
tion empire and is worth an
quisitions, leveraged buyouts
estimated $500 million.
and other megadeals, some in-
Thomas Monaghan, once a
volving billions of dollars,
homeless kid from Ann Arbor,
were at a historic high in the
Mich., enters the list with $200
past year. The Stuarts, for ex-
million worth of pizza parlors.
ample, had $600 million in
Another catch is Laszlo
Carnation stock when we
Tauber, surgeon and Washing-
priced it for this listing in Au-
ton, D.C. real estate mogul,
gust (see Rules, p. 72); the same
who came to the U.S. not long
stock was worth about $720
AT inquiry into the holders of great
after escaping from a Nazi la-
million after Nestlé bid for it in
wealth in America, with notes on
bor camp (see story, P. 40). He's
September.
worth $250 million, mostly
This year's Four Hundred
the sources. of that wealth, the ca-
built up in his spare time.
collectively had a net worth of
reers of the people: who control it
Nine individuals who were
$125 billion, $7 billion more
and its effect on their. lives:
dropped from the 1983 list are
than last year's Four Hundred.
back this year. Some rejoined
Much of the $7 billion rise has
By Richard Behar with Jeff Bloch
by way of new research (e.g.,
occurred away from Wall
John Fetzer, Roy Huffington),
Street. The value of TV and
Edited by Harold Seneker
while others had particularly
radio stations-often privately
strong business years (Sher-
held-is steadily rising, now
Illustrations by Phil Huling
man and Edward Cohen, James
that the FCC is relaxing multi-
Gilmore).
ple-ownership rules. Real es-
Forty-four new players
tate values, too-especially in New York City-are general-
means 44 old ones gone, including comedian Bob Hope (see
ly on the upswing (see box, p. 70).
story, 34). "How could I get $200 million?" he quipped last
The past year's change in total net worth was small stuff
year. "I don't even play basketball." Gone, too, is Arthur
compared with the $26 billion increase the year before.
Jones, maker of Nautilus bodybuilding equipment; the size
Nevertheless, in 1984 you have to meet a $150 million
of his privately held company had been overestimated.
minimum-be a "sesquicentimillionaire"-to be among
The superrich were far more approachable in 1984. Most
The Four Hundred.
were interviewed by telephone, and many were willing to
All told, 44 new players are now at our table. A year of
meet with us directly-sometimes on the record, some-
FORBES 400/OCTOBER 1, 1984
69
1928). Fortune passed to daughter
The Forbes Four Hundred
Jane (d. 1949), then to 3 grandchil-
dren. Jane survives, shares 56% Dow
Jones & Co. with 2 other branches
(see W. Cox, Bancrofts). Once played
summer stock with Bogart; now shy,
Perry Richardson Bass
Paul Mellon
philanthropic. Dow director from
Sid Richardson Bass
1950; upholds family's hands-off
Inheritance. Upperville, Va. 77.
idowed, remarried; 2 children by
style. Fortune, tangled in trusts, ex-
ceeds $600 million.
Edward Perry Bass
first marriage (see Timothy Mellon,
Catherine Conover). Inherited some
Robert Muse Bass
$250 million from father Andrew
Jack Kent Cooke
legendary financier, U.S. Treasury
Lee Marshall Bass
Sec'y 1921-32; d. 1937). After Yale,
Real estate, cable TV, publishing,
years at family's Pittsburgh bank;
sports. Middleburg, Va. 71. Twice
Father and sons. Oil, investments.
divorced, 2 children by first wife.
left to pursue art collection, En-
Fort Worth. Legendary oilman Sid
glish literature, fox hunting, Thor-
Father's thriving picture-frame
Richardson (d. 1959) left bulk of
business Canada wrecked by De-
aghbreds. Major philanthropist:
estate to foundation, rest to neph-
.00 million British art to Yale;
pression. Young Jack sold encyclo-
ew Perry, whose mother lent Sid
st Wing 1978 to National Gal-
pedias door-to-door, then soap,
$40 to start in oilfields during De-
y, Washington, D.C. (founded by
then radio stations/newspapers
pression. Perry: 69; married, 4 sons.
with magnate Lord Roy Thomson.
ther, opened 1941); much more.
Built second-largest private oil em-
gallery from 1963, still chair-
Naturalized 1960 by act of Con-
pire (after Hunts), stakes in nearly
Genteel lifestyle on 4,000-
gress; retired for 6 months, got
every large U.S. field. Helped de-
estate. Net worth well hidden.
bored. Built/bought/sold Los Ange-
sign WWII PT boat; navigated Ted
les Forum, 2 L.A. teams. Also Tele-
Turner's World Open champion-
mpter: Family's 14%-plus
ship win 1972. Eldest son, Sid, 42;
ought over $100 million in 1981
married, 2 children; manages fam-
Stephen Davison Bechtel Sr.
Paid $92 million 1979 for
ily fortune. Did well last year: Tex-
hrysler Bldg., NYC; now worth
aco bought back 25.6 million
Stephen Davison Bechtel In.
triple that. Other property NYC,
shares (9.7%) for $1.28 billion; esti-
oenix, D.C. area. Jack's apple:
mated profit, $400 million. Unsuc-
Engineering, construction. San
86% football Redskins. Net worth
cessfully sought congressional bill
Francisco. 84, 59. Father: married, 2
excess of $600 million.
1984 to allow 4 brothers each "to go
children. Son: married, 5 children.
their own way," tax-free, with
Warren A. Bechtel started railroad
share of family assets. Edward, 39,
construction firm 1898 in Oklaho-
Samuel Curtis Johnson
ingle. Robert, 36, married, 2 chil-
ma, moved to San Francisco 1917.
onnson Wax. Racine, Wis. 56. Mar-
dren. Lee, 28, married, no children.
Son Stephen Sr. expanded from
d, 4 children. Great-grandfather
All 4 Yale graduates. Family for-
moderate size to global giant build-
nded firm 1886; Depression
tune must well exceed $3 billion:
ing mammoth projects (Hoover
fended off (no layoffs) by Glo-Coat
vast stock portfolio; real estate; oil,
Dam; Alaskan pipeline; Washing-
a or wax. Sam became new-prod-
gas reserves; hotels, etc. "Most peo-
ton, San Francisco subways). Jr.
director 1955, urged nonwax
ple, it seems, are not sure what they
took over 1960, expanded nuclear
ms (Raid, Glade). Took over
look like."
plant construction, added airports.
67, 4th-generation Johnson to
Estimated world revenues this year
S.C. Johnson & Son. Still diver-
approaching $10 billion. Profits
ying: personal care (Edge, Agree),
probably about $200 million:
ning & camping equipment
"They're not just a private com-
70s. Now, over-counter drugs. "I
pany. They're a private country."
I'm still essentially a new-
Several top execs tapped by Reagan
ducts guy at heart." Also very
for high-level posts (incl. Shultz,
vate; grooming 5th generation to
Weinberger). Also 2 huge invest-
ow. Controls family's 60% of $2
ment branches: company's Bechtel
on sales firm (see also J. Louis
Investments, family's Sequoia Ven-
worth at least $600 million.
tures. 2 sons, 2 sons-in-law of Jr. in
business. Sr. and Jr. control family
William H. Millard
fortune, Bechtel Group, Inc.; worth
more than $1.2 billion.
mputerLand. Oakland, Calif. 52.
arried, 3 daughters. College drop-
ht; chief of data processing for Ala-
meda County (Calif.) 1961; gained
Inheritance. Cohasset, Mass.; Sara-
reputation computerizing govern-
sota, Fla. 72. Thrice widowed, once
ment operations. Worked for IBM,
The oldest member of The
divorced; 3 children. Grandfather
city of San Francisco, had 2 small
Forbes Four Hundred is Helen
Clarence Barron, Boston tycoon,
software/consulting firms. Saw po-
bought Wall Street Journal, Dow tick-
tential for retailing personal com-
Clay Frick, 95.
er 1902 from Charles Dow, Edward
puter, opened first ComputerLand
Jones. Started Barron's 1921 (d.
1976. Now 670 franchises world-
86
FORBES 400/OCTOBER 1, 1984
JOHN P. COSGROVE
520 PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
(202) 628-3400
December 10, 1984
Sili
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Deaver:
Because of the current media interest in the Christmas
Pageant of Peace we are sending herewith the minutes of
the September 5 and November 27 meetings, including
list of the officers and board members of the CPofP.
This background information about this volunteer group
of public spirited individuals responsible for the Christmas
Pageant of Peace program and the lighting of the National
Christmas Tree at The Ellipse, may be helpful to you
and your associates.
Also attached is a brief history of the Pageant of Peace
committee which appeared in the 1983 program.
Ths program this year again will be produced in cooperation
with Westport Marketing Group, an organization which needs
no introduction to you.
May I take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 1985.
All good wishes.
Sincerely
John P. Cosgrove, Secretary
Mar Christmas Pageant of Peace
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT OF PEACE
Minutes of September 5, 1984
President Joseph H. Riley called the meeting to order at 12:30 after those
present enjoyed a complimentary buffet lunch in the NS&T Boardroom, Southern
Building, Washington, D.C.
Present, in addition to Mr. Riley: Treasurer Helen F. Coll, Secretary John
P. Cosgrove; Board members: Patrick Hayes, Austin Kenny, Frank LaGiusa,
Robert F. Lederer, B.E. Schaller. Advisory committee: Manus J. Fish, James
R. Squires, Richard Rovsek. Public and support groups: Sandra Alley,
Melinda Andrews, Earl Hargrove, Peggy Henkel, Carol McCain, Carolyn O'Hara,
Jerri Williams. Counsel Kethleen Raynsford of Crowell & Moring.
Mr. Riley asked for a discussion of the Westport Marketing Group's proposal
for a Christmas Tree Ornament to be produced and marketed by the WMG with
proceeds from the sale to help fund the Pageant's annual program, also to
help promote the image of the Pageant of Peace as a truly Christmas event
in support of universal peace and understanding.
After a detailed and lengthy discussion, it was concluded that the Board
could not give approval to the production and marketing of such an ornament
without having the comments and views of the National Park Service and
General Electric Company, designer and decorator of the national tree.
It was pointed out that the Christmas Pageant of Peace was not presently
structured to participate in this form of marketing and public sale of a
special ornament.
Mr. Riley thanked representatives of Westport Marketing Group for preparing
such an innovative and complete proposal and that he would communicate
directly with Mr. Rovsek's office upon receipt of word from NPS and GE.
Treasurer's report by Mrs. Coll showed a total of $15,116.62 in checking
account and Money Market balance.
Mr. Kenny moved re-election of Officers and Board. Unanimously approved.
Mr. Riley expressed thanks to Mr. Kenny and said that he would re-appoint
the Advisory Committee and Legal Counsel to serve for another year.
Ms Kathleen Raynsford, representing Brian C. Elmer of Crowell & Moring,
submitted letter of September 4, from Mr. Elmer, indicating that a creche
can be displayed on the main portion of the Ellipse and need not be dis-
played elsewhere as in previous years.
Mr. Riley reported that Willard Scott had accepted his invitation to
participate in the tree lighting program on December 13, which would be
produced by Westport Marketing Group. Details and participants to be
completed and announced shortly. Also, that Mrs. George Bush would parti-
cipate in the tree topping ceremony (for the fourth time) on either
November 27 or 28. The next meeting of the committee would be scheduled
immediately following the tree-topping in the NS&T Boardroom.
Ms Alley reported that the Public Comments on Christmas Pageant of Peace
would be scheduled for Thursday, November 1, at the National Park Service,
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W. Meeting adjourned 1:45 PM -- John P. Cosgrove, Secy.
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT OF PEACE COMMITTEE
Sept. 5, 1984
President
Chairman of the Board
Joseph H. Riley
John W. Dixon
Director
President and Chairman
NS&T Bank
E-SYSTEMS INC.
15th and New York Avenue NW
P. O. Box 226030
Washington, D.C. 20005
Dallas, Texas 75222
202/383-8050
214/661-1000
Vice President
Treasurer
Russell E. Dickenson
Director
Mrs. Helen F. Coll
National Park Service
1310 29th Street NW
18th and C Streets NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Washington, D.C. 20240
202/343-4621
General Counsel
Secretary
Brian C. Elmer
John P. Cosgrove
Crowell and Moring
520 Pennsylvania Building
1100 Connecticut Avenue NW
425 13th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Washington, D.C. 20004
202/452-5846
202/628-3400
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Wallace E. Carroll
Austin G. Kenny
Chairman of the Board
Executive Vice President
Katy Industries Inc.
Washington Convention and
853 Dundee Avenue
Visitors' Association
Elgin, Illinois 60120
1575 Eye Street NW
312/697-8900
Washington, D.C. 20005
202/789-7000 or 789-7014
J. Patrick Hayes
Managing Director Emeritus
Frank LaGiusa
Washington Performing Arts
General Electric Company
Society Inc.
Nela Park
1029 Vermont Avenue NW
Cleveland, Ohio 44112
Washington, D.C. 20005
216/266-2140
202/393-3600
Robert F. Lederer
Edwin K. Hoffman
American Association of
Chairman of the Board
Nurserymen Inc.
Woodward and Lothrop
1250 Eye Street NW
11th and F Streets NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
Washington, D.C. 20013
202/789-2900
202/879-8886
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT OF PEACE
Minutes of November 27, 1984
President Joseph H. Riley called the meeting to order shortly after 12:00,
while those present finished the buffet luncheon, in the NS&T Boardroom,
Southern Building, Washington, D.C.
In addition to Mr. Riley, present were: Treasurer Helen F. Coll, Secretary
John P. Cosgrove. Board members: Frank LaGiusa, Robert F. Lederer, John R.
O'Brien, F. Alexis H. Roberson, William H. Rumsey, B. E. Schaller, John R.
Tydings, Richard Rovsek was represented by Peggy Henkel. Advisory Committee:
J.I. McDaniel, James R. Squires, Rev. John T. Tavlarides and Martin Walsh.
Public and support groups: Sandra Alley, Melinda Andrews, Carol McCain,
Carolyn O'Hara. Counsel Kathleen Raynsford of Crowell & Moring.
Mr. Riley read a letter from The White House appointments secretary in which
President Reagan accepted his invitation to light the National Christmas
Tree on the Ellipse, December 13, 1984.
Mr. Riley noted certain promotional literature on behalf of songwriter Eileen
O'Leary referring to her composition LET'S TURN ON THE LIGHTS ON THE CHRISTMAS
TREE as the "official" song played at the lighting of the National Christmas
Tree. It was agreed that Mr. Riley would respond with an appropriate letter
to the effect that the Christmas Pageant of Peace has never adopted that
composition, nor any other song, as the Pageant's official song.
Treasurer Coll reported a total of $30,871.98 in checking account and Money
Market balance as of November 27.
Mr. Riley reported on attending the Public Meeting for Comments on the
Christmas Pageant of Peace at the National Park Service headquarters on
November 1.
Also that Hargrove Inc. would place and arrange the Nativity scene (about
20 pieces), donated by the Committee to Restore Religious Heritage USA.
Hargrove will also provide, install and remove, one 12' x 16' rear projection
screen suspended 8 feet above the ground by a scaffolding support. The video
projection will be accomplished by using a GE 5050 light valve projector.
A scaffolding support will also hold the video projector. Total cost not
to exceed $4,700 (does not include any applicable sales tax). This equipment
is necessary for those present at The Ellipse to observe the lighting of
the tree by President Reagan, provided this action is done at The White House,
as it has been since President Reagan has been in office.
Ms Henkel reviewed the program which will include the U.S. Navy Band, a
representative Boy Scout and Girl Scout, Milwaukee Choirsters, Christmas Prayer
by Rev. William J. Byron, S.J., President of Catholic University of America;
songs Shirley Jones, Dave Hodel, Gavin MacLeod and Jill Whelan. NBC's Willard
Scott will appear dressed as Santa Claus. Message from President Reagan.
Joseph Riley will preside. Ms F. Alexis H. Roberson reported on printed program
and distribution of tickets. Carolyn O'Hara on program site. Frank LaGiusa on
readiness for tree topping by Mrs. Bush on November 28.
Meeting adjourned 1:50 PM
-- John P. Cosgrove, Secy
The
Story
of the
Christmas
Pageant
of
Peace
For more than 25 years, the Na-
tional Christmas Tree has been the
focal point of the Christmas Pageant
of Peace in the Nation's Capital. A
group of Washington, D.C., commu-
nity leaders organized the first Pag-
eant in 1954 as a means to empha-
size America's desire to maintain
peace around the world through the
spirit and meaning of Christmas.
In 1972 it was decided to expand
the Pageant of Peace beyond the
Washington, D.C., area and make it a
truly national event. Accordingly, John
transplanted to the Pageant's site in
This custor
W. Dixon, a Dallas, Texas, business-
1978 from the state of Pennsylvania.
when Pres
man, became the first president of the
The living tree replaces a series of cut
walked to
Christmas Pageant of Peace, Inc.
trees donated by various states and
White Hous
Joseph H. Riley, a Washington
trees growing on or near the White
native state
banker and community leader, was
House grounds. Now, visitors to
has continu
elected Pageant president in 1979.
Washington can view the living tree
tions of Pres
The Center of the annual celebra-
year-round as it grows on the Ellipse.
Franklin D.
tion is the National Christmas Tree, a
The tree is traditionally lighted by
man, Dwigl
living 30-foot Colorado blue spruce
the President of the United States.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Dec. 7, 1984
TO:
Bob Kimmitt
Craig Fuller
FROM:
BILL SITTMANN
Special Assistant to the President
and Special Assistant to the
Deputy Chief of Staff
MKD would like your
thoughts asap. Thanks.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 5, 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL K. DEAVER
FROM:
James K. Coyne
SUBJECT:
Private Sector Council to Assist the Ethiopian
People
Over the past few weeks, our office has been working with the
International Development Corporation Agency, INTERACTION (an ad
hoc umbrella group of private voluntary organizations) and the
Red Cross to mobilize the private sector to respond to the
Ethiopian famine.
On December 10th at 11:00 a.m. the President will inaugurate his
Presidential Citation Award Program for corporations and trade
associations. This program awards a Presidential C-Flag and
medal to corporations and trade associations which demonstrate a
high degree of community involvement and volunteerism.
There will be Chief Executive Officer's of over 200 corporations,
trade associations and professional groups in the audience.
Moreover, there will be the White House press pool and trade
press coming to the event.
In my judgement, this would be an excellent forum and opportunity
to have the President, in his remarks, ask for interested
corporations and trade associations to come forward and form a
private sector council to work with my office on mobilizing the
private sector help for the victims of the Ethiopian famine.
(1) Formation of Private Sector Council to assist the Office of
Private Sector Initiatives in mobilizing support for the
victims of the Ethiopian famine.
Approval
Disapproval
(2) Presidential remarks requesting corporations and trade
associations present to come forward and participate on this
council.
Approval
Disapproval