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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1983,
Dear Senator Doolittle:
It was SO kind of you to send me a
personalized copy of your 1983 legis-
lative handbook. I know that it will
be an excellent source of information
for the office.
Thank you again for thinking of me.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
The Honorable John T. Doolittle
California Legislature
Room 4090
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
REPLY TO:
COMMITTEES:
ROOM 4090
SACRAMENTO. CALIFORNIA
95814
(916) 445-5788
CANADA SEAL THE SEAL OF THE LEGIS THE STATE OF
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS
STATE CAPITOL
VICE CHAIRMAN
AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES
INSURANCE CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY
JUDICIARY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
5777 MADISON AVE.
SUITE 720
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
95841
(916) 338-5930
Senate
California Legislature
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE
Republican Whip
July 14, 1983
Mr. Michael K. Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff
Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Deaver:
I have enclosed a copy of the 1983 legislative handbook
for your reference.
I hope you will find it to be a convenient source for
legislative information.
Please call upon me whenever I may be of assistance.
Sincerely,
T.Dalittle
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE
JTD:kh
Enclosure
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1983
Dear Senator Thurmond:
We have just received your beautiful
South Carolina peaches and want you
to know that they are very much ap-
preciated.
While Mr. Deaver is traveling in the
Far East and will, therefore, be unable
to enjoy this delicious fruit, I know
that he would want me to thank you for
your thoughtfulness.
Thank you from all of us.
Sincerely,
Donna Blume
Staff Assistant to
Michael K. Deaver
The Honorable Strom Thurmond
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Strom Thurmond
United States Senator
South Carolina
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1983
Dear Mr. Jesella:
Thank you for your letter of July 13th
addressed to Mr. Deaver. I am writing
to let you know that he will be out of
the country, traveling for the President,
and will not be in Washington again until
early August. I know that upon his re-
turn he will be most interested in re-
viewing your letter.
Thank you for taking the time to keep
him informed.
Sincerely,
Donna Blume
Staff Assistant to
Michael K. Deaver
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
3015 DAVID AVE.
PCOLOGICAL
X
SAN JOSE. CA 95128
July 13, 1983
(408) 379-306⁶
ENERGY CONSULTANTS
Deputy Chief of Staff Michael K. Deaver
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Deaver:
A few months ago you responded to me with the enclosed letter concerning
the two issues of a U.S.-U.S.S.R. pre-summit meeting at Hiroshima, Japan and
legislation, H.R. 1264, to establish a Select Commission on National Service.
This is a follow-up letter to share with you some of the many replies I
received on both issues from your fellow co-workers in the Administration.
Additionally you will find a letter from the American Legion is subport of
H.R. 1264, a letter from Congressman Panetta challenging Assistant Secretary
of Defense Korb's remarks and a well stated speech by Mayor Kock's of New
York. Mr. Harold Willens also wrote an article explaining his reasons why he
asked the President to go to Hiroshima for a pre-summit meeting, a copy of
this article and a letter from Dr. Wolfgang Panofsky, director of the Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center is included. Yesterday the Senate voted 82-7 to
urge a summit meeting to discuss arms control.
In April I had an opportunity to speak to Vice Consul Monachov, of the
Soviet Consulate in San Francisco. Before I could carry on additional
dialogue with him he returned to the Soviet Union. On July 6 I spoke to
Consul Alexander Potemkin about this issue and shared with him the inclosed
letters dealing with a meeting at Hiroshima. He recommended to me the action
of writing directly to Mr. Andropov, which was done today. Some Democrats
have expressed feelings that such a meeting by the President would produce
more political returns rather than education on the cost/benefits in a nuclear
arms race. I hope this would not be the President's only reason for going to
Hiroshima, when meeting with Mr. Andropov.
I find Secretary Korb's remarks to be very shallow. The history of this
legislation clearly shows that the majority of the supporters strongly feel
that this commission or a National Youth Service Program would be very
sensitive to the manpower needs of the military. His implications could be
expanded to include his possable concerns over youth entering the private
sector, in a sustained economic recovery, rather than excepting the challenge
and duty of service to one's society.
It is likely that the House will pass this bill this summer, but
difficulties will be found in the Senate. Only with the Administration's
support will it most likely pass in the Senate. I hope after deeper
consideration of this legislation the Reagan Administration will find
sufficient just cause to urge passage of H.R. 1264.
Finally on August 22-25 I will be in Washington, speaking to varied
officials about these two issues and employment in Washington. If you or
somebody who is more appropriate would like to discuss these concerns further
please be free to contact me to arrange a date and time.
Sincerely Peter Inelle yours,
Peter P. Jesella
enclosures
BUILDING A BALANCED FUTURE
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 30, 1983
Dear Mr. Jesella:
Thanks for sending the letter to President
Reagan. I have passed it on to the National
Security Office for their comments. Thank
you for your input.
Sincerely,
luke
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
Phlebotomist, Kaiser Hospital
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
6/14/83 the
Andropov agrees "in principle" with a
proposal by the mayor of Lawrence, Kan.,
1 for a U.S.-Soviet summit in that city, Mayor
David Longhurst said. But he said the Soviet
leader added. in replying via the Soviet Em-
bassy, that substantive results must be
guaranteed before any summit can begin.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 29, 1983
Dear Mrs. Jesella:
William P. Clark has referred to me your
letter of March 18, dealing with two issues:
a presummit meeting with Mr. Andropov at
Hiroshima, and Congressman Panetta's bill
to establish a select commission on national
service.
These proposals have, of course, been
considered by the President's office.
Certainly Mr. Clark would not express an
objection in principle to a Hiroshima
meeting and the President has indicated
he would consider it. It is not possible
at this time to advise you of plans for an
appropriate meeting between the President
and Mr. Adnropov.
Mr. Clark is unable to add to the comments
earlier made this month by Edwin Meese con-
cerning the proposal for a national youth
service program. He thanks you for your
interest and the expression of your views.
Sincerely,
Ruhard Now
Richard C. Morris
Special Assistant
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
Phlebotomist, Kaiser Hospital
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, California 95128
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 26, 1983
Dear Mr. Jesella:
William P. Clark has requested that I respond on behalf of
the National Security Council to your letter addressed to the
President and referred by Michael K. Deaver to the NSC.
This letter is also in response to other letters you have
addressed to Robert C. McFarlane of the NSC, to James S.
Rosebush in the Office of The First Lady and to Rich Beal in
the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, all seeking response
to your Presidential letter.
As you know, your suggestions for the creation of a
Presidential Commission to study proposals for a National
Youth Service Program, have been responded to by Edwin
Meese III. This letter will not address those suggestions.
In addressing U.S.-Soviet relations, we are interested in
positive and meaningful Soviet deeds, not just rhetoric.
That is, we are interested in tangible evidence that the
Soviets are prepared to moderate their aggressive and expan-
sionist course. We have sought opportunities for constructive
and genuine progress on specific problems, but tempered with
realism. However, given the Soviet record this is likely to
be a slow and difficult process.
Concerning a possible summit, President Reagan has said that
he would be willing to meet with Mr. Andropov, but that this
would require careful preparation and a fruitful, serious
outcome should be conceivable. There are no plans for a
summit meeting at this time. Discussions on a possible venue
would be appropriate once the decision on a possible U.S.-
Soviet summit had been made.
Sincerely,
Ruhank Means
Richard C. Morris
Special Assistant to
William P. Clark
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
Phlebotomist, Kaiser Hospital
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, California 95128
OF DEFENSE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20301
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
1 8 APR 1983
MANPOWER,
RESERVE AFFAIRS
AND LOGISTICS
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
Phlebotomist, Kaiser Hospital
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, California 95128
Dear Mr. Jesella:
Thank you for your letter of March 1, 1983 to President
Reagan concerning a pre-summit meeting between the President and
Mr. Andropov and Congressman Panetta's bill to establish a Select
Commission on National Service. Suggestions such as your
Hiroshima pre-summit meeting are continually being evaluated by
the Administration's foreign affairs experts. As the
Administration official with primary responsibility for
overseeing the manpower concerns of our all volunteer Armed
Forces, I am responding to the latter issue on the President's
behalf.
While strongly supportive of the goals underlying the
establishment of a Select Commission on National Service, the
Defense Department is concerned that voluntary service programs
might compete with military recruiting. The seriousness of such
competition will depend on the number of young people who enter
civilian voluntary service programs and the participation rate on
the part of young men and women will be affected by the
compensation and benefits offered. The proposed legislation does
not address the impact that these programs might have on militay
recruiting.
While, due to the above factors, we do not support the
enactment of the proposed legislation, be assured of our
commitment to the goals outlined in your letter of creating the
psychological/political climate that will allow for a
comprehensive movement towards obtaining a balance in
appropriations and revenue. Thank you, again, for taking the
time to express your views to the President.
Sincerely,
I Karia
Lawrence J. Korb
Assistant Secretary of Defense
Reserve Affairs & Logistics)
The
American
Legion
*
WASHINGTON OFFICE
1608 "K" STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20006
*
(202) 861-2700
*
For God and Country
May 9, 1983
Honorable Leon E. Panetta
U.S. House of Representatives
339 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Panetta:
The American Legion wishes to express its support for your proposal to
"establish a select commission to examine the issues associated with volun-
tary service," H.R. 1264. As you know, it is a long-standing Legion tradi-
tion to support and maintain community based volunteer programs.
The need for increased volunteer program participation, in these times
of budget consciousness, is becoming quite evident. Indeed, the level of
self-help efforts at the local level has been recently revealed by a Gallup
poll which estimated that 8.4 billion volunteer service hours were delivered
in 1981. The Gallup survey also estimated the value of volunteer work at
more than $64 billion. We cannot help but feel that these figures would be
dramatically increased if effective goal oriented federal support and coor-
dination were implemented.
Mr. Panetta, while expressing our support for the intent of this legis-
lation to include examination of national service alternatives, we reaffirm
our belief in military service as the primary responsibility of U.S. citizen-
ship. We, however, understand that religious and/or other moral convictions
must be accommodated as well as other considerations which call for a study
of such alternative service.
The American Legion appreciates your efforts to draw upon the resources
of the volunteer community and to assess the needs of volunteer organizations
as well as the needs of Americans in need. We feel that H.R. 1264 is a major
step toward recognizing the contributions of the nation's volunteers and
determining the appropriate federal involvement in such activities.
Sincerely,
E E Philishigh
E. Philip Riggin, Director
National Legislative Commission
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 5, 1983
Dear Mr. Jesella:
Thank you for your letter of March 20, 1983 expressing your views
concerning the upcoming START summit in Geneva and the proposed
Commission on National Service.
Please be advised that I have forwarded your correspondence to
the National Security Council for consideration of your request
that a "pre-summit" meeting be held in Hiroshima, Japan, and you
should be hearing from the NSC directly.
As stated in Mr. Meese's letter to you of March 9, 1983, we
appreciate your comments regarding the creation of a Presidential
Commission on a National Youth Service and can assure you that
they will be given careful consideration.
Thank you for writing.
Sincerely,
111 Fred F. Fielding
Counsel to the President
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 5, 1983
Dear Mr. Jesella:
Thank you for your March 20 letter enclosing a copy of your
correspondence to the President suggesting that a "pre-
summit" meeting be held in Hiroshima, Japan with Soviet
leader Yuri Andropov. Your letter also urged the Adminis-
tration's support for legislation to establish a Select
Commission on National Service.
I appreciate your interest in sharing with us your thoughts
on these matters. Please know that your comments are being
brought to the attention of the appropriate Presidential
advisers.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
tor Aubust
Kenneth M. Duberstein
Assistant to the President
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
May 11, 1983
Dear Mr. Jessella:
I am replying to your March 20 letter to Mr. James
A. Baker enclosing a copy of your March 1 letter to
President Reagan.
We appreciated reviewing your suggestion that the
President hold a "pre-summit" meeting with Soviet General
Secretary Andropov in Hiroshima. We are very much
interested in learning the views of Americans and in
receiving their proposals on foreign policy and related
issues.
We remain hopeful that ultimately the Soviets will join
with us in a serious search for ways of reducing the risk of
war. Concerning the general question of a future U.S.-
Soviet summit, the President has said on many occasions
that he would be willing to meet with Secretary Andropov,
but that this would require careful preparation.
Sincerely,
John John H. H Kelly Kelly
Acting Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Public Affairs
Mr. Peter P. Jessella,
3015 David Avenue,
San Jose, California.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Mail Address
STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
SLAC, P.O. Box 4349
Stanford, California 94305
June 30, 1983
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, California 95128
Dear Mr. Jesella:
It was a pleasure meeting you during my talk to the San Jose chapter
of the Lawyers Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control.
After the meeting you asked me to give my reaction to the proposal
incorporated in your letter to the President dated March 1, 1983, suggest-
ing that he have a pre-summit meeting with Mr. Andropov in Hiroshima,
Japan. As I suggested during the meeting and in our conversation after-
wards, I consider such a meeting to be principally a public relations move
to increase public awareness of the issue of arms control and the nuclear
threat. I doubt that such a meeting would help one way or the other in
actually resolving the major issues which currently prevent the United
States and the Soviet Union from reaching meaningful arms control agreements.
The arms control process, by its very nature, has to be complex, being
an intermediate course between unilateral disarmament on the one hand and
an unfettered arms race on the other. Arms control attempts to define a
boundary between what is permitted and what is prohibited in the armament
field. Since the problems which the United States and the Soviet Union
face in the area of national security are very different, and since the
history of their evolution of weapons has followed very diverse paths, any
arms control agreement between them will necessarily involve a complex bar-
gain, trading rather dissimilar items. Thus, I see no path in which arms
control agreements between the U. S. and the Soviets can be worked out
through a single grand confrontation. Only negotiations with a serious in-
tent on both sides to resolve differences can succeed. Let me add that I
am not at all persuaded that such an intent exists at this time in the
current Administration.
A meeting between the President and Mr. Andropov at the historic
Hiroshima site could well be the culmination of an arduous negotiation pro-
cess, or be a proper setting for a signing ceremony, but I doubt that it
would be a useful arrangement for meeting to negotiate.
With best personal regards,
Welfs KMPI
W. K. H. Panofsky
Director
WKHP :ja
TC. Mr. Robert A. Weeks
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE UNITED * STATES
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
APR 14 1983
Mr. Peter P. Jesella
3015 David Avenue
San Jose, California 95128
Dear Mr. Jesella:
Thank you for sending me your thoughts on establishing a
Select Commission on National Service.
I will be pleased to review them and share them with others
in OMB who may be interested.
I appreciate your taking the time to write, and please be
assured that your views will be given careful
consideration.
Sincerely,
David Sitrin
Deputy Associate Director
for National Security
LEON E. PANETTA
WASHINGTON OFFICE:
16TH DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA
330 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20618
(202) 228-2801
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Congress of the United States
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SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA
(408) 420-1878
MAJORITY REGIONAL WHIP
Mr. Peter Jesella
3015 David Ave.
San Jose, California 95128
Dear Mr. Jesella:
I am writing to bring you up to date on the status of my national
service legislation, H.R. 1264. I appreciate your sending me copies
of the correspondence you have received on this subject.
I am glad to inform you that H.R. 1264 was approved by the House
Committee on Education and Labor on May 10, by voice vote. The
support of the American Legion and the American Council on Education
was helpful in obtaining the Committee's approval. I expect action on
H.R. 1264 by the Rules Committee in the near future, and hope that the
bill will soon be scheduled for consideration by the full House.
With regard to the issue of military service, it is true that H.R.
1264 does not specifically mention this matter. However, the scope of
the study that the proposed Select Commission would undertake is not
restricted, and I believe the effects of a national service program on
the All-Volunteer Force would be one of the most important issues that
the Commission would investigate. This question is addressed in the
letter of support I have recently received from the American Legion,
which states that "we reaffirm our belief in military service as the
primary responsibility of U.S. citizenship. We, however, understand
that religious and/or other moral convictions must be accommodated as
well as other considerations which call for a study of national
service alternatives." I have enclosed a copy of the American
Legion's letter for your reference.
I hope this information is helpful to you, and that you will let me
know if I can be of further service.
Sincer 1v
LEON E. PANETTA
Member of Congress
LEP/glc
Enclosure
San Jose Mercury
Monday, March 28, 1983
13B
Going to Hiroshima
Superpower summit could sweep away hostilities
By Harold Willens
standing by the Japanese as a skeletal reminder of the
terrible new force that came into being here on
August 6, 1945.
N
ONE of Jonathan Swift's many works criti-
The superpower chiefs of state could then tour the
cizing Britain's Irish policy so shocked and
nearby Peace Memorial Museum. After viewing the
disturbed his British readers as his infamous
exhibits - photographs of burnt people, lumps of
"A Modest Proposal." The Irish satirist's bitter 1729
fused human bone - Reagan and Andropov might
polemic suggested that Britain cut to the heart, as it
stop for a minute of meditation before the most
were, of its problems with intractable Irish national-
unassuming and yet most frightening of the displays: a
ism by fattening and eating Irish children.
WHAT A COINCIDENCE
scrap of paper with a number scrawled on it. On
Two hundred and fifty years later, the Irish problem
Hiroshima Day last year that number was 100,717, the
is still very much with us and Swift's modest proposal
WE THOUGHT WE
total number of people who had died over the years as
still stands as a classic of political satire. But, vicious
a result of the atomic bombing. Those are the fatali-
and deadly as the Irish Catholic and Protestant con-
COULD WIN. Too...
ties from one single bomb.
frontation has been over the centuries, it is as nothing
As they sign the guest register, perhaps jotting down
compared to the global confrontation between the
their personal impressions of the museum, Reagan
Soviet Union and the United States, armed as they are
and Andropov might consider in a fresh light the 5,000
with some 50,000 nuclear weapons. We won't have
nuclear warheads they control between them. It
centuries in which to work out the differences that
doesn't seem too much to hope that they might find
divide the superpowers. Increasingly, in fact, it doesn't
themselves able - even if only for a moment - to
look as if we even have many years left before this
step outside of their roles as protectors of their respec-
confrontation unleashes a conflagration. So, as the
tive military might and political pride and see them-
arms control process becomes ever more bogged
selves as protectors of all the world's people; to view
down in mistrust and grandstanding, what may be
each of their warheads not as a bargaining chip in the
called for is a little dramatic Swiftian symbolism.
global balance of power, but as representing the lives
Therefore, when I met with President Reagan Feb-
of 100,717 people. Not is it unrealistic to expect that
ruary 9 to hand-deliver a message from the 4 million
this sobering realization would color the private talks
Californians who voted last fall for a bilateral nuclear
following the tour.
freeze, I submitted to him - modestly - my own
This is my "modern proposal," not so savagely
"modern proposal." Make history, I urged him, by
ironic as Swift's, but dramatic enough in its own way.
meeting with Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov in Hiro-
As my own short visit to the birthplace of nuclear
shima, the first city to experience the impact of an
atomic bomb.
OCRAWLÓ
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warfare forever changed my life, so too might a
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similar visit by the leaders of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
While the President has already made clear his
S. C. Rawis - NEA
change the course of this most deadly arms race. It
reservations about premature summit meetings, my
would not be the first time that a seemingly small,
proposal is for something quite different. I envision
cer, I myself visited Hiroshima, not many weeks after
Of course, Reagan and Andropov would find a much
symbolic act set off a chain of substantive events
the two world leaders, who between them have the
it was struck by a relatively small American atom
different Hiroshima than the blasted wasteland that
resulting in concrete political changes.
power to virtually obliterate the human race, meeting
bomb. Over the next 15 years - as the world nuclear
greeted me. But enough reminders of the bombing
simply as two human beings. They could talk inti-
arsenal swelled to the equivalent of over a million
remain to evoke vividly the horrors of nuclear war-
Harold Willens, a California business executive
mately as men with very similar burdens and respon-
Hiroshimas - I'd thought I'd forgotten the details of
fare. The two leaders might first meet and shake
and until recently state chairman of the Califor-
sibilities, absent the dueling match atmosphere of
the carnage I saw there, but I now know that they are
hands in the Peace Memorial Park, directly below
nia Nuclear Freeze Campaign, now serves as
official negotiations. And what better site for this first,
printed indelibly on my mind. Once a person has seen
where "Little Boy" exploded so violently 37 years ago.
senior adviser to the Washington-based Center
informal meeting than Hiroshima?
the consequences of nuclear war, that person will
Visible through the park's foliage would be the
for Defense Information. He wrote this column
In 1945, as a young Marine Corps intelligence offi-
never, ever forget.
devasted dome of the Industrial Promotion Hall, left
for the Mercury News.
REMARKS BY MAYOR EDWARD I. KOCH
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LUNCHEON
SHERATON CENTER, 7TH AVE. & 52ND ST., MANHATTAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1983, 12:30 P.M.
Thank you, Ben Holloway.
I am very pleased to be here with you today. It is an honor to accept
this award. Thank you for making me a "Good Scout." There are those who said
I'd never make it.
I am especially pleased to have the opportunity to speak to you today
because, as representatives of the Boy Scouts and New York's Construction
Industry, you are concerned on a day-to-day basis with service to others,
character development, work and the building of America. With these elements,
I believe we can solve two of our most serious problems -- jobless, alienated
youth and the nation's unmet need for public service.
As we well know, America is facing critical problems. Last month, eleven
and half million people were out of work, almost two million of them
teenagers. Youths between the ages of 16 and 19 make up only seven and a half
percent of the labor force, but comprise sixteen and a half percent of the
nation's unemployed. More than a fifth of our teenagers can't find work, and
the figure among black and hispanic teenagers is close to 50 percent. At the
same time, government at all levels is reducing commitments to basic social
programs.
Every time the unemployment rate goes up one percent, the national
economy loses -- by conservative estimates -- about $7.7 billion in wages.
The 1.8 million 16-to-19-year-olds who are out of work could be adding almost
$13 billion to the economy on an annual basis -- if they had jobs. Prolonged
periods of youth enemployment represent a huge loss in national output -- and
an enormous waste of human potential. Worse, young people, deprived of the
opportunity to develop their skills and hold jobs may never get into the
mainstream of American life.
Add to this the fact that many young people affluent and impoverished
alike -- are disaffected and lacking purpose. Their outlook is narrow. Too
often, they are out of touch with the spirit of altruism which is a basic part
of every human being, especially the young. They don't know what it feels
like to give to others and to their country; and this is unfortunate. Because
the Boy Scout Handbook teaches us that "you become a better person when you
help others."
To help solve this problem, I want to discuss with you today my proposal
for a nationwide program in which all young men and women would give a year of
service to their country when they reach age 18. The participants would be
free to choose between military and civilian service.
I believe that a universal service program would have many benefits. For
example, it would strengthen the military by producing a more socio-
economically balanced force. An army and navy from which the upper and middle
classes of America are largely missing is not representative of our nation,
nor is it as effective'as it could be. Those who enjoy the benefits of
democracy must share the responsibility for defending it.
An intelligently designed and administered universal service program
would also give the nation's 18-year-olds an early opportunity to apply their
skills and energies. Those who do not have skills would be given a chance to
learn.
In 1978, the Urban Institute and the American Institute For Research
completed an analysis of job-creation potential for the 1980's. They found
there is an annual need for more than three million jobs in a wide variety of
areas. Environmental protection alone could absorb 150,000 low-skilled
teenagers who could plant trees, monitor air quality, survey water supplies
and work in labor-intensive jobs such as recycling glass, paper, aluminum and
other materials.
In education, there is a need for classroom and teacher aides. Staff
support is needed for truancy follow-up and for counselling and tutoring
programs. Half a million teenager workers could be absorbed in educational
work alone.
A National Service Program could provide significant impetus to basic
literacy training. America may have as many as 40 million illiterate adults.
And the importance of literacy training should not be underestimated -- in
recent years, the army had to doungrade some of its training manuals from
twelfth to seventh-grade levels.
In the area of social services, there are more than 400,000 jobs that
teenagers could fill. Recruits in the national service program could help
deliver meals on wheels, escort the elderly and handicapped on shopping trips
and to doctors' offices and provide home care for persons who would otherwise
be institutionalized.
We know our population is aging. Twenty-five million Americans -- one
out of nine -- are 65 or older. Census bureau projections indicate that, by
the year 2025, one out of every five of us will be 65 and older. Making it
possible for men and women to avoid institutionalization is a civilized and
humane approach to caring for the elderly -- and by using the services of our
young people it would also be for less costly.
National service participants could work with children in day-care
programs, and increase staff support for foster care and adoption agencies.
One of our Queens Community Boards (Board 5 in Ridgewood) estimates that it
could put up to 100 youngsters to work in a variety of projects. For example,
they could prune the thousands of trees that line Ridgewood streets. They
could work on special clean-up projects, escort senior citizens who cannot
travel alone, do small repair jobs, help care for the children in local day-
care programs and work in a variety of clerical and administrative positions
assisting understaffed not-for-profit community organizations.
On a citywide basis, the Victim Services Agency could absorb 1,000 full-
time workers in a variety of jobs to help cut down on crime and to assist
crime victims. Let me give you some examples of what they could do.
A team of-20 workers could assist V.S.A. locksmiths who secure homes that
have been broken into, allowing the V.S.A. to help 2,000 additional burglary
victims each year. Another team of 20 could notify 4,000 civilian witnesses
each month of upcoming court appearances. This would expedite the work of the
courts and would help to restore confidence in our judicial system. Workers
could also be assigned to hospital emergency rooms to help victims of assault,
domestic violence, or rape. Others could be trained to work in junior and
senior schools to teach crime-avoidance strategies to students.
The kinds of jobs that National Service participants could fill are
almost unlimited. Moreover, this is work that needs doing and no one is doing
it. And it's not likely that the private sector will find the money to have
it done.
The young people themselves would gain a great deal. Those who have not
completed high school (and there are 60,000 functionally illiterate teenagers
in New York City alone) would leave National Service with the ability to read
and write and do basic math.
A recent survey of American industry and school systems conducted by the
Center for Public Resources showed that American industry is hampered in its
attempts to meet foreign competition because too many young people entering
the work force lack basic skills in reading, writing, amd mathematics and
science, forcing American companies to spend millions of dollars for remedial
training. But many of the youngsters in a National Service program would
obtain their high school equivalency diplomas. They would develop responsible
work habits. Because of National Service, they would be better prepared to
hold jobs.
Vista and the Peace Corps demonstrated that doing something to make the
world a better place to live in leads to an improved self-image and a better
way of life. After National Service, some young people will go on to college
or aspire to jobs they hadn't thought they could perform.
Other nations have already developed versions of universal service,
notably West Germany and Israel. Our own recent history shows that the New
Deal offered us the Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Youth
Administration, programs that together employed seven million young people.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Civilian Conservation Corps, so it
is appropriate to look back at that program to see what it accomplished.
Historians estimate that the value of work performed by the Civilian
Conservation Corps exceeded the program's expenditures in wages, equipment and
supervision over its duration. We still benefit from work done by the C.C.C.
C.C.C. erosion-control efforts improved 40 million acres of farmland. The
C.C.C. built 126,000 miles of roads and planted 21 million acres of trees.
Near Olympia, Washington, 90,000 acres were reforested at a cost of $270,000.
Today, these trees being harvested as timber valued at $630 million.
More recently, in the 1970's it was established that participants in an
action-sponsored youth program designed to test national service at the local
level performed work in Seattle valued at twice the cost of funding the
program. What's more, 70 percent of the participants were unemployed when
they entered the program but, six months after the program ended, only 18
percent were without jobs.
Today, the young people in the California Conservation Corps -- which,
incidentally, usually has a waiting list of up to 2,000 would-be members
despite its emphasis on "Hard work, Low pay and Miserable conditions" -- are
cleaning up oil spills, restoring areas devastated by mud slides, fighting
forest fires and reforesting state timberlands. Two years ago, they played an
important role in efforts to eliminate the Mediterranean Fruit Fly which
threatened the state's multi-billion-dollar agricultural industry.
I believe that young people everywhere are eager to do the king of
meaningful work done by the California Corps. Just look at our experience
with the Peace -Corps and Vista. For every person accepted there were six or
seven applicants who had to be turned away.
A National Service program would give every teenager the opportunity to
serve the Nation, and it would be just that -- a service program, not a make-
work or job-training f-program.
We would need to find an efficient way to administer a universal service
program. The Federal Government would be the likely agent for establishing
the system and would, of course, continue to administer the military
service. The domestic service programs, however, might be run by a federally
chartered public benefit corporation. State and local governmemts could be
responsible for day-today administration, recruitment, job selection and
facilities. Private organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America might
serve as partners. After all, the Boy Scouts of America stand for service.
Of the approximately four million young people who will turn 18 this
year, we might assume that initially three million would be eligible to serve.
Their entry into a universal service program should, of course, be phased so
as to ensure a smooth start-up period. Among those ineligible would be youths
with physical and mental health impairments, mothers with infants, those who
are the sole support of their families and youths who happen to be serving
time in jail.
The cost of administering a program for three million people would be
substantial -- perhaps $25 billion to $30 billion a year if the program were
residential and a basic subsistence allowance were provided. But the costs
would decline as the number of 18-year-olds goes down. By 1990, the
demographers tell us that there will be a half million fewer 18-year -olds
than in 1983. And the cost of the program must be compared to the costs
associated with unemployment. the Congressional Budget Office estimates that
each rise of one percent in the jobless rate costs the United States Treasury
$25 - 30 billion in lost taxes and increased unemployment insurance.
Consider the enormous cost of dependency and unemployment in New York
City. In 1982, we spent $27 million in transfer payments to 18-year-olds
alone, $7.8 million of it paid directly by the city. And we must bear in mind
the cost of providing assistance over a long period of time to young people
who never develop their potential for independence. A single mother of public
assistance who has the first of two children at age 18 can easily cost the
public $180,000 in income assistance alone by the time she reaches 65, and
that figure doesn't include medical assistance, housing assistance or food
stamps. While these expenditures ensure the survival of the needy, they don't
improve the recipients' gloomy prospects for the future.
A mandatory national service program would also result in savings in the
military budget, principally in the areas of advertising, recruitment, and
dropouts. As long as the defensells dollar is eroded by a 30 percent dropout
rate among first-term enlistes, we will continue to spend defense dollars
without increasing the quality of our defense. Today we spend 50 cents of
every defense dollar 0 personnel costs. The Soviets spend half as much on
manpower as we do.
The costs of a universal service program are modest in comparison to the
$187 bullion we spent on defense in fiscal 1982 and the $215 billion scheduled
for fiscal 1983. The program could easily be funded out of the cuts that have
been advocated by a wide array of elected officials and other observers of the
defense program -- which could amount to as much as $136 billion over the next
five years. Just cancelling the controversial B-1 bomber would save $32
billion. Billions more could be saved if other recommended cuts were made.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 20, 1983
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Thank you again for writing.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 22, 1983
Dear Dr. Ross:
Thank you for your letter of July 20th
addressed to Mr. Deaver.
I am writing to let you know that Mr. Deaver
is out of the country, traveling for the
President and will see your letter upon his
return to Washington.
Thank you for taking the time to write and
let him know how the United Cerebral Palsy
Association feels regarding the "Economic
Equity Act," S. 888.
Sincerely,
Donna Blume
Staff Assistant to
Michael K. Deaver
Dr. E. Clarke Ross
Director
United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc.
Chester Arthur Building, Suite 141
425 I Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.
Governmental Activities Office
Chester Arthur Building, Suite 141
425 I Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 842-1266
July 20, 1983
Michael Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant
to the President
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Deaver:
On June 20 and 21 the Senate Finance Committee conducted comprehensive
hearings on the "Economic Equity Act," S. 888. Title II of the bill proposes
changes to the existing "dependent care tax credit" provision. It is our
understanding that the Administration is now seriously considering the
dependent care issue. Please be informed that United Cerebral Palsy
Associations, Inc. endorses changes to the existing provision.
The two proposals we endorse are: (1) the expansion of the sliding
scale for the dependent child care tax credit from 30% to 50% for families
with incomes at 10,000 or below and (2) the refund of the dependent care tax
credit refundable so that families can take advantage of the credit by receiving
cash payments when their incomes are too low to pay taxes or the credit exceeds
their tax liability. These provisions would provide more support to struggling
lower-income families in meeting the needs of their dependents and thus help
avoid the pressures to institutionalize these dependents when disabilities are
involved. Currently, a family earning $10,000 a year would have to pay $2,400
per year, nearly one-fourth of its income, to receive the maximum credit of
$720.00.
According to Dr. Elizabeth Boggs ("Income Maintenance: Federal Income
Resources for Persons with Long-Term Disabilities Originating in Childhood,"
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, New York, Brumer and Mazel,
1977, pages 251-273), the United States is the only industrial nation in the
world that does not make regular cash payments to families with severely disabled
children. Sixty-six nations currently provide such payments. The proposed
dependent care tax credit amendments are a first step towards encouraging and
supporting families to directly care for their disabled dependents.
Robert Moroney ("Mental Disability: The Role of the Family," in Changing
Government Policies for the Mentally Disabled, Cambridge, MA, Ballinger
Publishing, 1981, pages 209-238), has observed:
LEONARD H. GOLDENSON
JACK HAUSMAN
NINA EATON
HOWARD C. MILLER, JR.
GEORGE S. DOLIM
WILLIAM BERENBERG, M.D.
EARL H. CUNERD
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
VICE CHAIRMAN
VICE CHAIRMAN
VICE CHAIRMAN
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MEDICAL AFFAIRS
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 22, 1983,
Dear Mr. Lugar:
In Mr. Deaver's absence, I am writing to
thank you for your note informing him that
a check has been sent to Dennis Revell for
the Maureen Reagan for Senate Committee.
It is SO nice that the National Republican
Senatorial Committee is in a position to
help out. Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Donna L. Blume
Staff Assistant to
Michael K. Deaver
The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
Chairman
National Republican Senatorial Committee
414 C Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
National Republican Senatorial Committee
SENATOR RICHARD G. LUGAR
CHAIRMAN
MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
July 18, 1983
The Honorable Mike Deaver
Deputy Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mike:
It was good talking with you on Friday.
I am pleased that we are in a position to help
out.
Enclosed you will find a photocopy of the
check that we sent via Federal Express to Dennis
Revell at The Hannaford Company address.
Sincerely,
Wick
Richard G. Lugar
Chairman
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enc.
404 C Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
(202) 224-2351
Robert J. Perkins, Treasurer
Paid for and authorized by the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
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