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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 17, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: GOP Fundraiser -
Jackson, Mississippi, Monday, June 20, 1983
Richard Darman has asked that comments on the above-referenced
draft remarks be sent directly to Aram Bakshian by noon
today. The remarks honor Minority Whip Trent Lott and his
fellow Mississippi Republicans. The remarks also review the
continuing progress of the economic recovery, repeat promises
to veto budget-busting bills or efforts to interfere with
the tax cut or indexing, and support the rebuilding of our
defenses and Administration initiatives in Central America.
I see no legal objections.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 17, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING Orig. signed by FFF
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: GOP Fundraiser -
Jackson, Mississippi, Monday, June 20, 1983
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced draft
remarks, and finds no objection to them from a legal
perspective.
CC: Richard G. Darman
FFF: JGR: aw 6/17/83
CC: FFFielding
JGRoberts
Subj.
Chron
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 17, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: GOP Fundraiser -
Jackson, Mississippi, Monday, June 20, 1983
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced draft
remarks, and finds no objection to them from a legal
perspective.
FFF:JGR:aw 6/17/83
CC: FFFielding
JGRoberts
Subj.
Chron
ID #.
CU
WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET
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Subject:
Presidential Remarks: GOP Fundraiser
Jachson Missiosippi Monday,
June 20, 1983
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5/81
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 15, 1983 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
NOON, June 18, 1983
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOP FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1983
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HARPER
MEESE
HERRINGTON
BAKER
JENKINS
DEAVER
McMANUS
STOCKMAN
MURPHY
CLARK
ROGERS
DARMAN
P
SS ROLLINS
DUBERSTEIN
VERSTANDIG
FELDSTEIN
WHITTLESEY
FIELDING
BRADY/SPEAKES
BAKSHIAN
FULLER
\
HENKEL
GERGEN
FISCHER
REMARKS:
Please provide Aram Bakshian with any edits/comments by noon tomorrow and send
an information copy to my office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Richard G. Darman
Assistant to the President
Ext. 2702
(Rohrabacher/AB)
June 16, 1983
3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOP FUNDRAISER
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1983
Congressmen Lott and Franklin, Senator Cochran, Leon
Bramlett, Ebbie Spivey, all of you. Thank you for that fine
welcome. My, isn't it wonderful to see so many Republicans in
Mississippi? It wasn't too long ago when it was hard to find a
Republican in this State.
There's a story about former Congressman Prentiss Walker.
During his first campaign he visited a farm and when he
introduced himself as a Republican candidate, the farmer's eyes
lit up. He said he'd never seen a Republican before and ran off
to get his wife. A few minutes later when the farmer and his.
wife returned they asked if he would give them a short speech.
Prentiss looked for something to stand on and finally he stepped
onto a pile of barnyard fertilizer and proceeded to do his best
job of convincing them. After the speech he'd apparently won the
farming couple over and they told him it was the first time
they'd ever heard a Republican. Prentiss replied, "That's O.K.,
that was the first time I've ever given a speech from a
Democratic platform."
Seriously, though, today we understand the importance of
reaching out to Democrats with whom we have fundamental
agreement, Democrats who have little in common with the National
and State Democratic Party platforms. Your candidate for
Governor, Leon Bramlett, was himself an active Democrat, like me,
until he saw the light.
Page 2
One of our top priorities since getting to Washington has
been turning power back to levels of government closer to the
people. For this to succeed we need good people, like Leon
Bramlett, in positions of authority at the State level. I hope
that from now until election day you'll put out maximum effort to
make him Mississippi's first Republican Governor in more than
100 years.
Today we're honoring all your Republican office holders, but
especially Congressman Trent Lott. I know you're proud of him
and I only wish we had another 150 just like him in the House of
Representatives.
Trent began his political career as an administrative aide
to Democratic Congressman William Colmer, a fine man who ably
represented this State for many years.
When Congressman Colmer retired and Trent ran, as a
Republican, to fill his seat, the old man didn't know who to
endorse. He loved Trent like a son, but at heart he was still a
Democrat. Near the end of the campaign the veteran Congressman
held a press conference and mentioned that, although he wasn't
endorsing anyone, he wanted everybody to know that he was voting
for Trent Lott.
Trent, I've got it on good authority that the turning point
came when you went to visit the old Congressman and you brought
him a half dozen shot and cleaned squirrels ready for cooking. I
think what we've got to do is get a large batch of Mississippi
squirrels for Trent to bring back so that everybody in the
Congress can have a big helping.
Page 3
Trent represents all that is best in the new generation of
Republican leaders. He combines a deep personal commitment to
the ideals of free enterprise and individual liberty, with a
practical expertise in getting things done. He's put together
one of the best staffs on Capitol Hill and is admired on both
sides of the aisle for his efficient handling of constituent
problems. He's the number two Republican in the House today, and
I pray that someday we will see him as Speaker of a Republican
controlled House of Representatives.
Trent was first elected in 1972 and for years has been
fighting, along with a few stalwart Republicans, against the
taxing and spending irresponsibility that shoved our country into
the economic turmoil and decline from which we are just now
emerging. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Trent,
Congressman Franklin, and Senator Cochran for the courage they've
shown in tackling what seemed like overwhelming problems just
2½ years ago.
In 1980, we promised to make America strong again. It's
taken everything we could muster, but we've ridden out the storm.
We've beaten back attempts to gut our program before it had a
chance. And I'm proud to tell you today that -- as even our
critics now have to admit -- it's working.
We've brought inflation -- formerly public enemy number
one -- down from 12.4 percent to less than 1 percent for the last
6 months.
We were handed prime interest rates of 21½ percent.
Ignoring calls for a quick fix, we've worked the prime down
Page 4
slowly but surely to 10½ percent. And that's good news for
thousands of Mississippians involved in the construction and
timber industries.
Two-and-a-half years ago Federal spending seemed out of
control, rising at 17 percent in 1980 alone. We've cut that
growth rate by 40 percent.
To finance all that spending, Federal income taxes doubled
between 1976 and 1981. By 1980 many working people were being
taxed at rates reserved for the well-to-do only a few years ago.
Together we've managed to reduce the tax rates 25 percent
across-the-board and to index the tax rates thereafter, so
inflation can no longer push people into higher and higher
brackets.
Much of the economic turmoil we've gone through can be
traced directly to over spending and over taxing. Those who
think they can pull the wool over the eyes of the voters and
return to the tax, spend, and inflate policies of the past are
badly mistaken. For my part, if confronted with budget-busting
spending bills or any attempt to take away the people's tax rate
cuts or indexing, I will not hesitate to use my veto powers.
The big spenders, anxious to get their hands back in the
public's pockets, are now saying our tax rate reductions have
only benefited the rich. Well, how do they explain that, with
our new tax program in place, tax revenue acquired from the
wealthy actually increased last year, going from $76 billion to
$85 billion, and this was in the midst of an economic downturn.
Page 5
And, let's set the record straight about indexing. Indexing
prevents lower- and middle-class people from being pushed into
higher brackets. It has no impact on our wealthiest citizens.
Those who advocate eliminating indexing are trying to perpetrate
a cynical hoax on lower- and middle-income Americans.
In the last few months we've seen the initial phases of a
strong and steady economic recovery: retail sales and
productivity are up; real wages are up; housing starts are up;
auto sales are up; and new business incorporations are at near
record levels. And unemployment, always a lagging indicator, has
finally begun inching down.
Those who talk about raising taxes are gambling with the
future of the recovery. That's a game I don't intend to play.
A weak economy wasn't the only cause for concern in the 1980
election. During the last decade our military strength was
permitted to erode dangerously. At a time when the Soviets were
dramatically increasing their military effort, real spending for
our defense needs was reduced by almost 20 percent. By 1980, our
fleet, which numbered nearly a thousand ships in the late 1960's,
had dwindled to less than 500. Our military personnel were
relying on weapons designed a generation before and many of our
airmen were flying in bombers that were older than the pilots.
We promised to turn this threatening situation around.
Again, with the help of your Republican Representatives, we've
set in place a program to rebuild our defensive capabilities. We
are doing our best to keep costs down, but no matter how diligent
we are there is no escaping the fact that providing this country
Page 6
with an adequate defense is an expensive undertaking, especially
when you're forced to make up for the irresponsibility of so many
past years. But, I say to our critics, we will not send our
brave men and women in the military out to defend us with
second-rate weapons and bargain-basement equipment. If they can
put their lives on the line for us, we can afford to give them
what they need to do the job right.
The security of our country, of course, depends on more than
weapons. We must have the will to meet the challenges of an
adversary who is constantly testing our resolve to defend our
vital national interests. This is exactly what is happening in
Central America.
I appreciate the sincere motives of many who point to the
faults of our friends and ask for reforms. I agree with those
who insist on economic as well as military assistance.
Nevertheless, there is no excuse for not providing those under
attack the weapons they need to defend themselves. If our
friends are disarmed, if Central America is turned into a string
of anti-American Marxist dictatorships, and if a flood of
refugees -- and this time they'll be "feet people" and not "boat
people" -- swarm into our country seeking a safe haven from
Communist repression to our south, the American people will know
who is to blame. I hope you agree with me. We cannot permit the
Soviet-Cuban-Nicaraguan axis to take over Central America.
What we have in this country is the most precious gift God
has given to mankind. Our country, more than any other, has been
blessed with liberty and abundance.
Page 7
A few years ago some people were counting America out,
claiming that our best days were behind us, that our country was
in decline. Well, not anymore. That pessimism is something else
we've turned around.
I'm as confident as ever that the character of the American
people is still strong and the soul of this Nation is still
something of which we can be proud. This was never more apparent
than recently when floods swept through your State. From all
reports your citizens -- young and old, white and black -- proved
that the American spirit is alive and well.
Take the case of Tommy Wallace, from Marion County, who
heard the screams of people who'd been washed out of their cars
by the raging waters. Wallace launched his small boat into the
torrent and, braving the rushing waters and floating logs, saved
the lives of at least six people. Later, when he was asked about
it, he replied, "You just don't think about being scared. You
feel like you've got to do what you've got to do."
During the floods there were numerous accounts of neighbor
helping neighbor, of heroism and kindness, crossing all racial
and economic lines. The people of Mississippi showed the country
that when the chips are down, we are all Americans.
Today we have a heavy responsibility; the future peace and
freedom of our children and of all mankind rests on our
shoulders. But we have no reason to fear. Instead, like Tommy
Wallace and all good Americans, we will do what we have to do.
That is our way. I know I can count on you. Thank you for
having me with you -- and God bless you.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 20, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD A. HAUSER
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS sor
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: GOP Fundraiser
Richard Darman has requested that comments on the above-
referenced draft remarks be sent directly to Aram Bakshian
by 9:00 a.m. today. This is a revised version of remarks
previously cleared by our office. The revisions are merely
minor stylistic ones, and I see no legal objections.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 20, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
RICHARD A. HAUSER
RAD
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: GOP Fundraiser
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced draft
remarks, and finds no objection to them from a legal
perspective.
CC: Richard G. Darman
FFF:JGR:aw 6/20/83
CC: FFFielding
JGRoberts
Subj.
Chron
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 20, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
RICHARD A. HAUSER
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: GOP Fundraiser
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced draft
remarks, and finds no objection to them from a legal
perspective.
CC: Richard G. Darman
FFF:JGR:aw 6/20/83
CC: FFFielding
JGRoberts
Subj.
Chron
ID #
CU
WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING WORKSHEET
o OUTGOING
H - INTERNAL
I INCOMING
Date Correspondence
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Name of Correspondent: Richard G. Darman
MI Mail Report
User Codes: (A)
(B)
(C)
Subject:
Presidential Remarks : GOP Fundraiser
(6/17 - 3:00 draft)
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Referral Note:
WAT09
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11
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A Answered
C Completed
C Comment/Recommendation
R - Direct Reply w/Copy
B - Non-Special Referral
S Suspended
D Draft Response
S For Signature
F Furnish Fact Sheet
X. Interim Reply
to be used as Enclosure
FOR OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE:
Type of Response = Initials of Signer
Code = "A"
Completion Date = Date of Outgoing
Comments:
Keep this worksheet attached to the original incoming letter.
Send all routing updates to Central Reference (Room 75, OEOB).
Always return completed correspondence record to Central Files.
Refer questions about the correspondence tracking system to Central Reference, ext. 2590.
5/81
17 1952
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 17
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: MONDAY, 9:00 a.m.
6/20
SUBJECT:
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOP FUNDRAISER
(6/17 - 3:00 draft)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HARPER
MEESE
HERRINGTON
BAKER
JENKINS
DEAVER
McMANUS
STOCKMAN
MURPHY
CLARK
ROGERS
DARMAN
P
5S ROLLINS
DUBERSTEIN
VERSTANDIG
FELDSTEIN
WHITTLESEY
FIELDING
BRADY/SPEAKES
BAKSHIAN
FULLER
HENKEL
-
GERGEN
FISCHER
REMARKS:
Please provide any minor edits directly to Aram Bakshian
by 9:00 a.m. on Monday, June 20th, with an information
copy to my office.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Richard G. Darman
Assistant to the President
(Rohrabacher/AB)
June 17, 1983
3:00 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: GOP FUNDRAISER
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1983
Congressmen Lott and Franklin, Senator Cochran, Leon
Bramlett, Ebbie Spivey, all of you. Thank you for that fine
welcome. My, isn't it wonderful to see so many Republicans in
Mississippi? It wasn't too long ago when it was hard to find a
Republican in this State.
There's a story about former Congressman Prentiss Walker.
During his first campaign he visited a farm and when he
introduced himself as a Republican candidate, the farmer's eyes
lit up. He said he'd never seen a Republican before and ran off
to get his wife. A few minutes later when the farmer and his
wife returned they asked if he would give them a short speech.
Prentiss looked for something to stand on and finally he stepped
onto a pile of barnyard fertilizer and proceeded to do his best
job of convincing them. After the speech he'd apparently won the
farming couple over and they told him it was the first time
they'd ever heard a Republican. Prentiss replied, "That's O.K.,
that was the first time I've ever given a speech from a
Democratic platform."
Seriously, though, today we understand the importance of
reaching out to Democrats with whom we have fundamental
agreement, Democrats who have little in common with the National
and State Democratic Party platforms. Your candidate for
Governor, Leon Bramlett, was himself an active Democrat, like me,
until he saw the light.
Page 2
One of our top priorities since getting to Washington has
been turning power back to levels of government closer to the
people. For this to succeed we need good people, like Leon
Bramlett, in positions of authority at the State level. I hope
that from now until election day you'll put out maximum effort to
make him Mississippi's first Republican Governor in more than
100 years.
Today we're honoring all your Republican office holders, but
especially Congressman Trent Lott. I know you're proud of him
and I only wish we had another 434 just like him in the House of
Representatives.
Trent began his political career as an administrative aide
to Democratic Congressman William Colmer, a fine man who ably
represented this State for many years.
When Congressman Colmer retired and Trent ran, as a
Republican, to fill his seat, the old man didn't know who to
endorse. He loved Trent like a son, but at heart he was still a
Democrat. Near the end of the campaign the veteran Congressman
held a press conference and mentioned that, although he wasn't
endorsing anyone, he wanted everybody to know that he was voting
for Trent Lott.
Trent, I've got it on good authority that the turning point
came when you went to visit the old Congressman and you brought
him a half dozen shot and cleaned squirrels ready for cooking. I
think what we've got to do is get a large batch of Mississippi
squirrels for Trent to bring back so that everybody in the
Congress can have a big helping.
Page 3
Trent represents all that is best in the new generation of
Republican leaders. He combines a deep personal commitment to
the ideals of free enterprise and individual liberty, with a
practical expertise in getting things done. He's put together
one of the best staffs on Capitol Hill and is admired on both
sides of the aisle for his efficient handling of constituent
problems. He's the number two Republican in the House today, and
I pray that someday we will see him as Speaker of a Republican
controlled House of Representatives.
Trent was first elected in 1972 and for years has been
fighting, along with other stalwart Republicans, against the
taxing and spending irresponsibility that shoved our country into
the economic turmoil and decline from which we are just now
emerging. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Trent,
Congressman Franklin, and Senator Cochran for the courage they've
shown in tackling what seemed like overwhelming problems just
2½ years ago.
In 1980, we promised to make America strong again. It's
taken everything we could muster, but we've ridden out the storm.
We've , beaten back attempts to gut our program before it had a
chance. And I'm proud to tell you today that -- as even our
critics now have to admit -- it's working.
We've brought inflation -- formerly public enemy number
one -- down from 12.4 percent to less than 1 percent for the last
6 months.
We were handed prime interest rates of 21½ percent.
Ignoring calls for a quick fix, we've worked the prime down
Page 4
slowly but surely to 10½ percent. And that's good news for
thousands of Mississippians involved in the construction and
timber industries.
Two-and-a-half years ago Federal spending seemed out of
control, rising at 17 percent in 1980 alone. We've cut that
growth rate by 40 percent.
To finance all that spending, Federal income taxes doubled
between 1976 and 1981. By 1980 many working people were being
taxed at rates reserved for the well-to-do only a few years ago.
Together we've managed to reduce the tax rates 25 percent
across-the-board and to index the tax rates thereafter, SO
inflation can no longer push people into higher and higher
brackets.
Much of the economic turmoil we've gone through can be
traced directly to over spending and over taxing. Those who
think they can pull the wool over the eyes of the voters and
return to the tax, spend, and inflate policies of the past are
badly mistaken. For my part, if confronted with budget-busting
spending bills or any attempt to take away the people's tax rate
cuts or indexing, I will not hesitate to use my veto powers.
The big spenders, anxious to get their hands back in the
public's pockets, are now trying to use greed and envy to
undercut the economy-building aspects of our tax program. They
are calling for a tax cap on benefits that would undermine new
investment, job creation and economic growth.
I hope the American people remember that many of those
advocating this tax cap opposed any reduction in tax rates for
Page 5
anybody. They don't think we are taxed enough. And what they
are suggesting now isn't a cap on tax cut benefits, it's a cap on
the recovery and we can't let that happen.
And, let's set the record straight about indexing. Indexing
prevents lower- and middle-class people from being pushed into
higher brackets. It has no impact on our wealthiest citizens.
Those who advocate eliminating indexing are trying to perpetrate
a cynical hoax on lower- and middle-income Americans.
In the last few months we've seen the initial phases of a
strong and steady economic recovery: retail sales and
productivity are up; real wages are up; housing starts are up;
auto sales are up; and new business incorporations are at near
record levels. And unemployment, always a lagging indicator, has
finally begun inching down.
Those who talk about raising taxes are gambling with the
future of the recovery. That's a game I don't intend to play.
A weak economy wasn't the only cause for concern in the 1980
election. During the last decade our military strength was
permitted to erode dangerously. At a time when the Soviets were
dramatically increasing their military effort, real spending for
our defense needs was reduced by almost 20 percent. By 1980, our
fleet, which numbered nearly a thousand ships in the late 1960's,
had dwindled to less than 500. Our military personnel were
relying on weapons designed a generation before and many of our
airmen were flying in bombers that were older than the pilots.
We promised to turn this threatening situation around.
Again, with the help of your Republican Representatives, we've
Page 6
set in place a program to rebuild our defensive capabilities. We
are doing our best to keep costs down, but no matter how diligent
we are there is no escaping the fact that providing this country
with an adequate defense is an expensive undertaking, especially
when you're forced to make up for the irresponsibility of so many
past years. But, I say to our critics, we will not send our
brave men and women in the military out to defend us with
second-rate weapons and bargain-basement equipment. If they can
put their lives on the line for us, we can afford to give them
what they need to do the job right.
The security of our country, of course, depends on more than
weapons. We must have the will to meet the challenges of an
adversary who is constantly testing our resolve to defend our
vital national interests. This is exactly what is happening in
Central America.
I appreciate the sincere motives of many who point to the
faults of our friends and ask for reforms. I agree with those
who insist on economic as well as military assistance.
Nevertheless, there is no excuse for not providing those under
attack the weapons they need to defend themselves. If our
friends are disarmed, if Central America is turned into a string
of anti-American Marxist dictatorships, and if a flood of
refugees - and this time they'll be "feet people" and not "boat
people" -- swarm into our country seeking a safe haven from
Communist repression to our south, the American people will know
who is to blame. I hope you agree with me. We cannot permit the
Soviet-Cuban-Nicaraguan axis to take over Central America.
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What we have in this country is the most precious gift God
has given to mankind. Our country, more than any other, has been
blessed with liberty and abundance.
A few years ago some people were counting America out,
claiming that our best days were behind us, that our country was
in decline. Well, not anymore. That pessimism is something else
we've turned around.
I'm as confident as ever that the character of the American
people is still strong and the soul of this Nation is still
something of which we can be proud. This was never more apparent
than recently when floods swept through your State. From all
reports your citizens -- young and old, white and black -- proved
that the American spirit is alive and well.
Take the case of Tommy Wallace, from Marion County, who
heard the screams of people who'd been washed out of their cars
by the raging waters. Wallace launched his small boat into the
torrent and, braving the rushing waters and floating logs, saved
the lives of at least six people. Later, when he was asked about
it, he replied, "You just don't think about being scared. You
feel like you've got to do what you've got to do."
During the floods there were numerous accounts of neighbor
helping neighbor, of heroism and kindness, crossing all racial
and economic lines. The people of Mississippi showed the country
that when the chips are down, we are all Americans.
Today we have a heavy responsibility; the future peace and
freedom of our children and of all mankind rests on our
shoulders. But we have no reason to fear. Instead, like Tommy
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Wallace and all good Americans, we will do what we have to do.
That is our way. I know I can count on you. Thank you for
having me with you -- and God bless you.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 20, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR RICHARD A. HAUSER
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS are
SUBJECT:
Draft Presidential Remarks: Signing
Ceremony for S.J. Res. 42 - Alaska
Statehood Anniversary
Richard Darman has requested that comments on the above-
referenced draft remarks be sent directly to Aram Bakshian
by close of business today. The remarks are to be delivered
at a signing ceremony on June 22, at which the President
will sign S.J. Res. 42, commemorating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of Alaskan statehood. The innocuous remarks
review Alaska's contribution to the Union.
The second sentence states that Alaska was admitted to the
Union on January 4, 1958. The correct date is January 3,
1959, the date of the signing of Proclamation No. 3269 by
President Eisenhower. See 48 U.S.C. prec. § 21. The
correct date appears in S.J. Res. 42. I have noted this
error in the attached memorandum for Bakshian.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 20, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
RICHARD A. HAUSER
RAA
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Draft Presidential Remarks: Signing
Ceremony for S.J. Res. 42 - Alaska
Statehood Anniversary
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced proposed
remarks. The second sentence contains an incorrect date for
the admission of Alaska into the Union. Alaska was admitted
on January 3, 1959, when Proclamation 3269 was signed by
President Eisenhower. We have no other objection.
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MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
RICHARD A. HAUSER
DEPUTY COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Draft Presidential Remarks: Signing
Ceremony for S.J. Res. 42 - Alaska
Statehood Anniversary
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced proposed
remarks. The second sentence contains an incorrect date for
the admission of Alaska into the Union. Alaska was admitted
on January 3, 1959, when Proclamation 3269 was signed by
President Eisenhower. We have no other objection.
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
COB MONDAY
DATE: June 17, 1983 ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: June 20, 1983
SUBJECT:
DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING CEREMONY FOR S.J. RES 42--
ALASKA STATEHOOD ANNIVERSARY
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HARPER
MEESE
HERRINGTON
BAKER
JENKINS
DEAVER
McMANUS
STOCKMAN
MURPHY
CLARK
ROGERS
DARMAN
P
SS ROLLINS
DUBERSTEIN
VERSTANDIG
FELDSTEIN
WHITTLESEY
FIELDING
BRADY/SPEAKES
FULLER
FISCHER
BAKSHIAN
GERGEN
REMARKS:
Please Note: This event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 22,
and will not be held Monday as indicated on speech draft.
Please forward comments/edits directly to Aram Bakshian, with a copy
to my office, by close of business Monday, June 20.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Richard G. Darman.
Assistant to the President
(Dolan/AB)
June 17, 1983
4:30 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SIGNING CEREMONY S.J. RES 42 --
ALASKA STATEHOOD ANNIVERSARY
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1983
I'm delighted today to take the first step toward what will
be for all Americans a proud and joyous moment: the celebration
of the 25th anniversary of Alaska's statehood. Alaska was
admitted to the Union on January 4, 1958; then as now, Alaska
was a treasure house of natural resources and a State of
undisturbed vistas and incomparable beauty.
In many ways, the story of Alaska and her people is
America's story, the struggle of courageous men and women with a
wild and bounteous frontier. Today the State of Alaska reminds
us of this rich heritage and our own continuing efforts toward
developing a Nation while seeking to preserve its irreplaceable
beauty and resources.
The resolution which I am about to sign speaks of Alaska's
material wealth. It notes that Alaska provides one-eighth of the
Nation's gold, one-fifth of its oil production and two-fifths of
its harvested fish. Alaska possesses ten of the sixteen vital
materials needed for the Nation's security and all of this has
resulted in the national treasury collecting $3 for every $1 of
Federal money that is spent in this rich and vital State.
As the resolution notes, the United States has reaped
economic rewards from Alaska many times greater than its original
$7 million investment. But Alaska's contribution to our Nation
goes far beyond this. All Americans benefit from the commitment
and courage, the vitality and frontier spirit of the people of
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Alaska. Alaskans and Alaska remain an inspiration to all
Americans and a reminder of the richness, diversity, and beauty
of America's heritage.
Today I call on all Americans and all levels of government
to join with me in celebrating Alaska Statehood Day with
appropriate ceremonies and recognition.
I will now sign S.J. Resolution 42 into law.
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 28, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR FRED F. FIELDING
FROM:
JOHN G. ROBERTS
SUBJECT:
Draft Presidential Remarks:
California GOP Fundraiser
Richard Darman has requested that comments on the above-
referenced draft remarks be submitted directly to Aram
Bakshian by noon today. The remarks review the fortunes of
the GOP in California, economic progress nationwide, and the
situation in Central America. On page 3 the draft repeats a
line from the NRA speech that caused some concern, in which
the President advises locking up career criminals and
"throwing away the key." As penological policy this is
probably objectionable; as rhetorical flourish it is not. I
have no legal objections, and have noted two typographical
errors in the proposed memorandum to Bakshian.
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 28, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
FFFIRAA
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Draft Presidential Remarks:
California GOP Fundraiser
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced draft
remarks, and finds no objection to them from a legal
perspective. On page 6, line 5, there should'be a dash
between "them" and "Democrats." There is also an obvious
typographical error in the quotation on page 9.
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WASHINGTON
June 28, 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR ARAM BAKSHIAN, JR.
DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
FRED F. FIELDING
COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Draft Presidential Remarks:
California GOP Fundraiser
Counsel's Office has reviewed the above-referenced draft
remarks, and finds no objection to them from a legal
perspective. On page 6, line 5, there should` be a dash
between "them" and "Democrats." There is also an obvious
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WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
JUN 28
NOON TOMORROW
June 27, 1983
DATE:
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: Tuesday, June 28, 1983
DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CALIFORNIA GOP FUNDRAISER
SUBJECT:
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HARPER
MEESE
HERRINGTON
BAKER
JENKINS
DEAVER
McMANUS
STOCKMAN
MURPHY
CLARK
ROGERS
DARMAN
P
S
ROLLINS
DUBERSTEIN
VERSTANDIG
FELDSTEIN
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FISCHER
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BAKSHIAN
REMARKS:
Please forward comments/edits directly to Aram Bakshian, with a copy
to my office, by Noon tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28.
Thank you.
RESPONSE:
Richard G. Darman
Assistant to the President
2702
(Elliott/AB)
June 27, 1983
6:30 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CALIFORNIA GOP FUNDRAISER
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1983
Thank you very much George. Thank you all for that
wonderful, warm California welcome. You know, Nancy and I look
forward so much to coming home for these short visits. Seeing
old friends like you here tonight is the best part of our trip.
And now of course we have a special reason for cheer. How sweet
it is to say: Governor George Deukmejian.
George and I go back many years -- more than I think he or I
care to remember. Maybe that's because we seem to have so much
in common. For one thing, we both have this habit of getting
sent to Sacramento -- to clean up after the Browns.
Well, I must say, you all look great. Maybe it's our
"spruced" up surroundings. Or could you be smiling because
things are looking up for our Grand Old Party in California and
across the country?
I'm told that here tonight, thanks to your support, we will
raise $1 million for California Republicans -- what a shot in the
arm that will be. Isn't it great to see so many Republicans in
California?
It wasn't always that way. It wasn't long ago that
Republicans were about as plentiful as spring water in Death
Valley. And I ought to know, I spent a good part of my life on
that desolate piece of real estate.
I'm reminded of a story about a young Republican candidate
searching for votes in Mississippi. It seems this young man
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dropped in on a farm and introduced himself as a Republican
candidate. And as he tells it, the farmer's eyes lit up and then
he said. "Hold everything until I get my wife. We've never seen
a Republican before." And a few minutes later he was back with
his wife and they asked if he would give them a speech. He
looked around for a podium, something to stand on. And the only
thing available was a pile of that stuff that the late
Mrs. Truman said it had taken her 35 years to get Harry to call
"fertilizer." So he stepped up on that and made his speech. And
apparently he won them over. And they told him it was the first
time they'd ever heard a Republican. And he said, "That's okay.
This is the first time I've ever given a speech from a Democratic
platform."
Well, our party is strong and growing and I'm proud to say
we've got a leader in this state doing a tremendous job. And you
know I'm talking about Tirso del Junco.
We did all right last year and we will do better in 1984.
Certainly our losses in 1982 were due more to gerrymandering than
to any repudiation of our philosophy. A perfect example was John
Rousselot. John ran a terrific race. His wife even campaigned
for him in Spanish. He almost pulled off the upset of the year.
But let me assure you: your loss is our gain. John Rousselot is
on our team and I'm mighty pleased to have his help.
I'm also pleased to have another local success story working
closely with us in Washington -- our senator, the good California
senator, Pete Wilson.
Now as I mentioned, we know what a tough job George
Deukmejian has. But let's make something else plain: if anyone
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in California has the talent, experience and determination to
turn this State around -- George will do it.
He's been taking the no-nonsense stands we need on the
budget, education and crime. He's proving the truth of Andrew
Jackson's words, "One man with courage makes a majority." George
wants to make it safe for Californians to walk their streets
again without having to be afraid. He said no to Prop 15 because
you won't get gun control by disarming law abiding citizens.
There's only one way you get real gun control: disarm the thugs
and career criminals, lock them up, and throw away the key.
George also wants to help working people keep their earnings
safe from all those who would bleed them dry with higher and
higher taxes. I notice there have been some complaints against
Prop 13. Anything that could conceivably be better will be done
with more tax dollars. Maybe you could help George by sending a
message: Tell them the people approved Prop 13, the people still
want Prop 13 and the people will defend Prop 13.
I think I can sympathize with what George is up against.
When I was here a year ago, I said we were engaged in an epic
conflict with the proponents of "no," the people who offer the
politics of no growth, no take-home pay, no incentives to work or
save.
We arrived in Washington to find a calamity dumped in our
laps: spending increasing at an annual rate of 17 percent;
double-digit inflation; record interest rates; and a tax system
pushing working families into higher brackets faster than they
could earn or save.
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It took us nearly the entire first year to get our program
approved, and even then, the tax cut had to be watered down. The
morning after the tax cut passed, the liberals announced the
program had failed. I said that in fairness, to borrow their
favorite word, we needed a little more time.
Do you remember all those predictions they made which
received SO much publicity? They said the our program would
guarantee double-digit inflation. Well, they left us inflation
of 12.4, and we've knocked it down to 3.5 percent over the last
6 months -- the lowest in a decade. They said the program would
push interest rates to a new record. Well, the prime rate was
21.5 percent when they left. Today it's 10.5.
Since so much of what they said, and are still saying, is
pure propaganda, let me give you one prediction you can count on.
Despite all their attacks and demagoguery, the full and final
portion of the tax cut -- the 10 percent -- will go into effect
in less than 24 hours, and it will be followed by indexing in
1985.
You know, if they had their way, I think the Democrats would
want to tax motherhood and apple pie, but don't worry because
we've not going to let them do it.
What we see is a recovery gaining momentum and an economy
beginning to sparkle: tax rates have been cut; real wages are
improving; retail sales are up; personal savings and productivity
have reversed their declines; the stock market has surged into
new, high ground; venture capital investments have reached record
levels; production is increasing in one industry after another;
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more and more workers are being called back, and in the words of
Al Jolsen, "you ain't seen nothin yet."
Maybe it's time we told our critics: "If you can't
cooperate and work with us, if you can't do anything but carp,
whine and oppose
then stand aside, get out of the way and
let us get on with it."
You know I've asked this before, but maybe you've noticed it
too. Now that our program is working, how come they don't call
it Reaganomics anymore? I never wanted to call it that. I've
always thought it was the people's program. But I will say one
thing: I'll take Reaganomics over Taxonomics anyday. The last
thing we need is more taxes for more spending. And if the
spenders can't get that straight, then I am prepared to veto
their budget-busting bills again and again and again.
Tax rates affect prices for working, saving and investing.
And when you raise the prices of those productive activities, you
get less of them and more activity in the underground economy,
tax shelters and leisure pursuits. Business people can't force
the public to buy products that aren't selling by raising their
prices. But too many in Washington and across the country still
believe that we can raise more revenues from the economy, by
making it more expensive to work, save and invest in the economy.
The truth is, since the capital gains tax was cut in 1978,
revenues to the government have gone up. And since we lowered
the top rate of personal income tax from 70 to 50 percent in
1981, we're getting more tax revenues at the lower rate than we
were getting when the rate was 70 percent. And that's the secret
of good taxes. As I've said before, we didn't run up a trillion
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dollar debt because you're not taxed enough. We ran up that debt
because government spends too much.
We cannot compromise fundamental principles without
compromising ourselves and our future. We're not asking the
Congress to do what's easy. We're asking them Democrats and
Republicans alike -- to work with us to do what's right.
Doing what's right includes standing up for a strong,
national defense, making America second to none. We believe that
what occurred during the last decade -- when the Soviets raced
ahead militarily and we stood still -- was wrong. We believe it
is immoral to ask the sons and daughters of America to protect
this land with second-rate equipment and weapons that won't work.
We are not a belligerent people. We have never sought war
we have always sought peace. We occupy no country, we build no
walls to keep our people in, and we have no armies of secret
police to keep them quiet. But we must understand our foes will
do everything they can to divide us and undermine our will. To
keep our families safe, to keep our country at peace, the enemies
of democracy must know that America has the courage to stay
strong -- and I intend to make sure they do.
The security of our country, of course, depends on more than
weapons. We must have the will to meet the challenges to our
vital interests. What is going on now in Central America, only a
few hundred miles from our shores, directly affects the United
States' national security.
Two-thirds of all our foreign trade and petroleum pass
through the Panama Canal and the sealanes of the Caribbean. But
look in that area and what do we see. We see contruction in Cuba
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of a Naval base at Cienfuegos, from which Soviet nuclear
submarines can operate. We see development of Soviet capacity
for air reconnaissance over our Eastern coast from Cuban bases.
We see the building of an enormous war machine in Nicaragua:
thousands of Cuban military personnel, sophisticated weapons
including Soviet made T-55 tanks, with arms being funnelled in
from the Soviet Union, the eastern bloc, Libya, the PLO and
another and another and another.
The Soviet-Cuban-Nicaraguan war machine is not being built
to make Central America safe for democracy. It's not being built
for the purpose of economic and agragrian reform. It is being
built for one reason only: to impose communist dictatorships
throughout Central America.
I appreciate the sincere motives of those who point out the
faults of our friends and ask for reforms. El Salvador is trying
to build democracy. El Salvador did hold elections, and under
threats of death, a greater percentage of their people voted than
in our own country.
I agree with those who insist on economic as well as
military assistance to Central America. I wonder, though, why
the news media SO seldom reminds the public that we're giving
more than twice as much economic aid as military aid. But I must
come back to the main point. It is US security that is at stake.
We have a choice: either we pay a small price now, SO we can
prevent a crisis; or, we listen to the do-nothings and risk an
explosion of violence that will bring real danger closer and
closer to home.
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We will not turn our backs on our friends. We must never
permit dictators to ram communism down the throats of innocent
people in one country after another.
You know, the the Soviet paper, Pravda, recently said
something I actually support. It said that peace in Central
America is possible only on the basis of respect for the right of
each people to choose itself its way of life. Well, I would only
add this -- that two perfect places to begin are Cuba and
Nicaragua where free and democratic elections are not permitted.
To those dictators we say this: "Prove to the world your
system is legitimate. Prove you're not afraid of your own
people. Put down your guns. Permit a free press. Stop
harrassing your priests. Let your people vote." Then we'll see
if they truly desire your repression and regimentation, or the
chance for a new life with dignity and opportunity and freedom.
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What we have in this country is the most precious gift God
has given to mankind. Our country, more than any other, has been
blessed with liberty and abundance.
A few years ago some people were counting America out,
claiming that our best days were behind us, that our country was
in decline. Well, not anymore. That pessimism is something else
we've turned around.
We have an agenda for growth and security and we can be
proud of what we're doing. Let us tell the people who we are and
what we stand for. We are the party that fights for lower taxes,
more opportunity, stable prices, a sound dollar, and peace
through strength. We believe that standing up for America means
standing up for the God who has SO blessed our land.
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Lincoln charted our course. "I am not bound to win," he
said, "but I am bound to be true." And he said, "Let us have
faith that right makes might, and in that faith let 7's to the
end dare to do our duty as we understand it."
We are rebuilding America. If we stick together and trust
in God, we will make this wonderful land all we have ever dreamed
she could be.
Thank you very much and God bless you all.