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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: President, Office of the: Presidential Briefing Papers: Records, 1981-1989 Folder Title: 10/05/1981 (Case File: 043558)(2) Box: 7 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ F THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 2, 1981 MEETING WITH SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD, SENATOR JENNINGS RANDOLPH, CONGRESSMAN CLEVE BENEDICT AND THE 1980 AND 1981 WEST VIRGINIA STRAWBERRY QUEENS DATE: Monday, October 5, 1981 LOCATION: The Oval Office TIME: 4:15 p.m. (5 minutes) THRU: Max L. Friedersdorf FROM: Powell A. Moore M. I. PURPOSE To respond to a request from Senator Robert Byrd for a meeting and photo session with the 1980 and 1981 West Virginia Straw- berry Queens. II. BACKGROUND Senator Byrd's active support of the air defense sale to Saudi Arabia is extremely important to us and we have been highly cooperative with him recently as a consequence. Senator Randolph is also undecided. The request for this meeting with the West Virginia Strawberry Queens has been a longstanding one. The first request came from Congressman Benedict and was turned down. We resurrected the event recently after Byrd requested it for the reason stated above. Congressman Benedict is the probable GOP candidate against Senator Robert Byrd in 1982. He is a first-term Republican representing the 2nd District, in the eastern part of West Virginia, which was represented for 32 years by a Democrat. Benedict serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and has been a solid supporter of the Administration. The West Virginia Strawberry Festival and Pageant is an annual event held in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The Strawberry Queen is eligible for competition in the Miss West Virginia Beauty Pageant. The 1980 Strawberry Queen, Miss Cynthia McWhorter, is a student at Fairmont State College. The 1981 Strawberry Queen, Miss Sherree Evangelist, is a dental hygienist. -2- III. PARTICIPANTS The President Cynthia L. McWhorter, 1980 Strawberry Queen Sherree A. Evangelist, 1981 Strawberry Queen Gary A. Frush, Director, West Virginia Strawberry Festival Association Richard D. Jenkins, President and Executive Director, West Virginia Strawberry Festival Senator Robert Byrd Senator Jennings Randolph Congressman Cleve Benedict Staff Powell A. Moore IV. PRESS PLAN White House photographer and photo opportunity for the press. V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS A. Participants enter Oval Office from the West Lobby. B. Brief introduction and greeting by the President. C. The President and participants move to front of fireplace. D. Media enters for still photographs and silent footage. E. After media departs, participants depart. Attachment: Talking Points TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH 1980 AND 1981 WEST VIRGINIA STRAWBERRY QUEENS -- Thank Senator Byrd for bringing these two lovely young women to see you. -- Thank Senator Randolph and Congressman Benedict for coming to the White House for this occasion. -- Ask the two young women to tell you about the pageants and what being the Strawberry Queen involves. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE LARRY McDONALD (D-GEORGIA) DATE: October 5, 1981 LOCATION: The Oval Office TIME: 4:30 P.M. (5 minutes) FROM: MAX L. FRIEDERSDORF I. PURPOSE To express special thanks to Congressman Larry McDonald, who supported the economic package 100%; and to express apprec- iation for his ongoing counsel and friendship. II. BACKGROUND Larry McDonald represents the 7th Congressional District of Georgia (northwest corner of the state). Now serving in his third term, Larry is a member of the Armed Services Committee. The Almanac of American Politics 1982 characterizes Larry as "one of the nation's most unusual Congressmen", presumably because he is a medical doctor (urologist) by profession, has been a member of the John Birch Society, and maintains one of the most conservative voting records in the House (e.g., American Conservative Union rating of 100%). Larry McDonald is the only House Democrat with a 100% voting record in favor of the economic package who is not also a member of the Conservative Democratic Forum (CDF). The other nineteen House Democrats with perfect voting records--all CDFers--were invited to meet with the President in the Oval Office on September 14th. At that time they received the President's special thanks and presented him with a "boll weevil" tie and other memorabilia. Taken together, Larry McDonald and the 19 CDF 100%ers constitute the core of the Administration's Democratic support in the House. Although Larry has met with the President on numerous occasions in conjunction with the economic recovery package, he has not yet received the special recognition afforded his CDF counter- parts. III. PARTICIPANTS The President OMB Director Stockman 2 III. PARTICIPANTS (cont.) Representative Larry McDonald (D-Georgia) Max L. Friedersdorf Kenneth M. Duberstein IV. PRESS PLAN White House photographer only. V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS No set schedule Attachment: Talking Points SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE LARRY McDONALD (D-GEORGIA) -- Express special thanks to Larry for his 100% support of the economic package. -- Indicate your awareness of Larry's medical background (medical doctor with a specialty in urology) and applaud his outstanding efforts to help restore the nation to sound "economic health" as well. Ask Larry for his advice on how best to achieve the needed "second round" Budget cuts. -- Express your intention to continue to work closely with Larry and stress that you are counting on his help. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN RON MOTTL (D-OHIO) AND HIS SON, RON MOTTL, JR. DATE: October 5, 1981 LOCATION: The Oval Office TIME: 4:35 p.m. (5 minutes) FROM: Max L. Friedersdorf w-G. I. PURPOSE To have a photo opportunity with Congressman Ron Mottl and his son, Ron Mottl, Jr. This fulfills a commitment to the Congressman. II. BACKGROUND Congressman Mottl voted with the President on all but one key vote on the economic package. He was one of the two Northeast-Midwest Democrats that provided key support. His 19-year old son, Ron, Jr., is running as an Independent candidate for President of the Parma, Ohio City Council against an incumbent Democrat. Congressman Mottl has re- quested that the President endorse his son's candidacy. This photo opportunity will fulfill this request. III. PARTICIPANTS The President The Vice-President Congressman Ron Mottl Ron Mottl, Jr. Max L. Friedersdorf 2 IV. PRESS PLAN White House Photographer only. V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS No specific agenda. Attachment A: Talking Points ATTACHMENT A SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN RON MOTTL AND RON MOTTL, JR. -- Thank Ron Mottl for his support for your economic package. -- Stress that if Congress is concerned about interest rates then Congress is going to have to help restrain government spending. -- Ask Mottl for his support for your continuing efforts to reduce federal deficits. -- Point out to the Mottls that you are also trying to reduce the federal government's interference in state and local matters. -- Congratulate Ron Mottl, Jr. for his interest in government and wish him luck in his candidacy for the President of the Parma City Council. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 2, 1981 MEETING WITH SENATOR TED STEVENS, MR. WILLIAM H. PERKINS AND HIS SON, GARY PERKINS DATE: Monday, October 5, 1981 LOCATION: The Oval Office TIME: 4:40 p.m. (5 minutes) THRU: Max L. Friedersdorf FROM: Powell A. Moore P.m I. PURPOSE To respond to a request of Senator Ted Stevens for a meeting and photo opportunity for Mr. William H. Perkins and his son, Mr. Gary Perkins. II. BACKGROUND Senator Stevens has had a longstanding request for a meeting and photo opportunity for Mr. William H. Perkins and his son, Gary. Bill Perkins and his son have had their pictures taken with every President since Harry Truman, and would like to continue this tradition by having a photograph taken with you. Mr. Bill Perkins is prominent in Illinois legislative circles and is a key Republican Party financial supporter. He is a public affairs/legislative consultant and has his own firm in Chicago. III. PARTICIPANTS The President Mr. William H. Perkins, Jr. Mr. Gary D. Perkins Senator Ted Stevens Staff Powell A. Moore IV. PRESS PLAN White House photographer only. -2- V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS A. Senator Stevens, Mr. William Perkins and Mr. Gary Perkins enter the Oval Office from the West Lobby. B. Brief introduction and greeting by the President. C. Participants move to the front of the fireplace for photographs. D. Participants depart. Attachment: Talking Points ATTACHMENT B BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON CONGRESSMEN COATS, HOPKINS, McEWEN, MARLENEE, AND MARRIOTT Congressman Dan Coats, Republican representing north- east Indiana, 1st term, member of Energy and Commerce Committee. Congressman Larry Hopkins, Republican representing north-central (Frankfort and Lexington) Kentucky, 2nd term, member of Agriculture and Armed Services Committees. Congressman Bob McEwen, Republican representing southwest Ohio, 1st term, member of Public Works and Transportation and Veterans' Affairs Committees. Congressman Ron Marlenee, Republican representing central and eastern (Great Falls and Billings) Montana, 3rd term, member of Agriculture and Interior and Insular Affairs Committees. Congressman Dan Marriott, Republican representing west (Salt Lake City) Utah, 3rd term, member of Interior and Insular Affairs and Small Business Committees. Marriott is very supportive of the decision to initially base the MX in existing Titan and Minuteman sites. ATTACHMENT A SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN COATS, HOPKINS, MARLENEE, McEWEN, AND MARRIOTT Thank you for your help in enacting the budget cuts and tax reductions. However, additional spending cuts are necessary if the economic recovery program is to succeed. I am confident that because of strong Republican support for my proposal, the Congress will approve the additional cuts. G THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEETING WITH LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY GROUP DATE: October 5, 1981 TIME: 5:00 p.m. (20 minutes) LOCATION: The Oval Office SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY RE CONTINUING RESOLUTION (S) DEFERRALS/BUDGET I. PURPOSE The purpose of the meeting is to discuss selected sensitive issues of legislative strategy. These relate to operations under the continuing resolution, the possibility of advancing a set of "deferrals," and associated issues which may affect the ability to achieve your deficit targets. II. PARTICIPANTS David A. Stockman Edwin Meese III James A. Baker III Michael K. Deaver Richard G. Darman Max L. Friedersdorf Craig L. Fuller David R. Gergen III. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS Dave Stockman will introduce the issues. Following group discussion, he will seek your guidance. (Dolan) October 4, 1981 OUT OF TOWN MEDIA BRIEFING -- 9:30 a.m. - Monday, October 5, 1981 First, let me welcome you today to the White House. The opportunity to meet and talk with you in these special HAVE briefings is something all of us in the Administration looken forward to and hold in very high regard. It reminds me of a remark attributed some years ago to a New York City educator during the newspaper strike in that city. This particular educator, who lived near Washington Square Park, supposedly noted the absence of the Times from the newstands and said this had two primary effects: first, the park was much cleaner; second, there was a new diversity of opinion at cocktail parties. you DONTIME NEED to TELL you OF Well, that story illustrates the tremendous influence these of you OF the press and media have on public opinion. I think you're the first to agree that diversity of interpretation and opinion is very important to your work and to our robust tradition of press freedom. This diversity, as you know, has been threatened recently with the sad demise of several important institutions in the newspaper field. This came home to us in Washington recently when the SHOP Washington Star closed up office after more than a century of publication. So we do look forward to this opportunity to talk with you you all know the fresh perspective that a new reporter can bring to an old beat. That's why we hope these briefings HANDWRITING FILE Page 2 will lead to some new insights and perspectives -- for both of us and that the ultimate beneficiaries will be the readers, listeners and viewers in your hometowns. This last month has been an extremely busy one. But it's also been a very satisfying time. think we have brought about a sea change in national policy. MAY ***hink you detect a feeling of zest and buoyancy around the White House. For all of us here, this has been an exciting and invigorating 9 months. THERE WAS In the last month a made a radio address to the Nation on Labor Day, a television address on the economy, and hold a news conference that covered the waterfront of issues. I've had an opportunity to do some traveling -- to talk about the housing industry to union members in Chicago, to help get Westway underway in New York City, assist at the dedication of President Ford's museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and to talk to Republican women leaders in Denver about Wall Street and Main Street. Last week, in New Orleans, we announced some major initiatives on crime and I hope, talked some much needed sense about that problem. We also spoke to the World Bank conference about our new development policy and g WHEN r LEAVE You I'M TALKING pportunity to convey to the National Alliance of Business some thoughts about mobilizing the private sector to assist the underprivileged. During all of this, we've had the usual round of White House activities ranging from a luncheon for Black Page 3 college leaders to some very fruitful diplomatic discussions including a visit with Prime Minister Begin of Israel. hour Think mention that's all this good for I a think gory when it is only important works 2am to 3 Bours a day. note that while We have made economic recovery a first priority BUT the approach of this Administration is hardly one-dimensional. We have been moving systematically to deal with that broad range of problems we promised to do something about in the campaign last year. There's a good bit of discussion now about our plans to sell the AWACS system to Saudi Arabia. As E-pointed out in my press conference last this issue is not simply a question of balancing the interests of two nations in the Middle East. It has to be seen in the larger context of the strategic importance of the Persian Gulf area. I think this BEGINNINGTO message IS get through to key members of Congress. The truth is: we intend to stand by our old and trusted allies but we also intend to look for new and dramatic ways to protect and solidify the security and peace in the Middle East. In our recent decision to rebuild our strategic force, we have also attempted to show some balance and flexibility. Our plans for the MX and B-1 have these advantages: we can afford them; we keep our options open -- so that we can respond adequately and in time to any new Soviet build-ups; and we send to the Soviets that signal that Winston Churchill Page 4 once said was critical for any successful negotiations with the U.S.S.R. -- strength of purpose, strength of resolve. In the area of the economy, we are now pressing for the additional budget cuts needed to keep our promise of a balanced budget. I think we have managed to take the Social Security problem out of partisan politics with the appointment of a bipartisan commission charged with one task: finding a solution to Social Security's deep financial problems. These two initiatives should be seen in the context of WE'VE DONE what else in the last 9 months. When this Administration entered office, the Federal budget was growing by some 14 percent a year. That growth has now been cut in half. When this Administration took Federal tax revenues were scheduled to increase by more than $300 billion over 3 years' time. We have now RATE passed the largest taxreduction in history and almost entirely thwarted this increase. We have also indexed taxation to the rate of inflation -- another historic reform. On the regulatory front, more than 180 Federal regulations have been modified or cancelled with an estimated savings of more than $15 billion. The flow of new regulations has been cut in half. And we have also worked hard to assure a stable monetary policy. If you times It has been an exciting time -- and I admit sometimes a painful and difficult one. Page 5 This came home to me when I was discussing our belt tightening measures with President Ford while we were also talking about his new library and museum in Michigan. I with an on the confess I felt a little envy about it all, with Dave 1 spoke to o are Streeman He of thed me his been serving Steckmen Inteld lucky to bookmobiles named after me THE should settle for that though the way things looknow nobody an in my Well, I've greatly enjoyed these few minutes with you. I hope you will find your day here a productive one. I hope too you will relax and enjoy yourselves. (Although L saution Dont relax too much -- as you know, my staff doesn't like waking people up.) Dave Stockman and Don Regan are here to talk with you, too. But before we hear from them -- let me take a few questions. OCTOBER 5, 1981 2:30 SIGNING CEREMONY: RAOUL WALLENBERG BILL -- TODAY I AM SIGNING A BILL TO MAKE RAOUL WALLENBERG AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT IN MAKING HIM A U.S. CITIZEN, TRULY WE ARE THE ONES BEING HONORED. RAOUL WALLENBERG IS THE SWEDISH SAVIOR OF ALMOST 100,000 JEWISH MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. WHAT HE DID, WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED IS OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS. -- SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, ANOTHER MAN OF FORCE AND FORTITUDE, IS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS RECEIVED HONORARY U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS JOHN F. KENNEDY SAID AT THAT SIGNING CEREMONY, "INDIFFERENT HIMSELF TO DANGER, HE WEPT OVER THE SORROWS OF OTHERS." THAT COMPASSION ALSO EXEMPLIFIES THE MAN WE GATHER FOR TODAY. PAGE 2 -- IN 1944, THE U.S. REQUESTED SWEDEN'S COOPERATION IN PROTECTING THE LIVES OF HUNGARIAN JEWS FACING EXTERMINATION AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS. IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED, THE U.S. SUPPLIED THE FUNDS AND THE DIRECTIVES, AND RAOUL WALLENBERG SUPPLIED THE COURAGE AND THE PASSION. HOW CAN WE COMPREHEND THE MORAL WORTH OF A MAN WHO SAVED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVES, INCLUDING THOSE OF CONGRESSMAN AND MRS. LANTOS? | IN 1945, IN VIOLATION OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, HE WAS SEIZED BY THE SOVIET UNION; TODAY THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT HE IS STILL IMPRISONED BY THE SOVIETS. WHEREVER HE IS, HIS HUMANITY BURNS LIKE A TORCH. PAGE 3 -- I HEARD SOMEONE ONCE SAY THAT A MAN HAS MADE AT LEAST A START ON UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE WHEN HE PLANTS SHADE TREES UNDER WHICH HE KNOWS HE WILL NEVER SIT RAOUL WALLENBERG IS JUST SUCH A MAN. HE NURTURED THE LIVES OF THOSE HE NEVER KNEW AT THE RISK OF HIS OWN. -- THEN, JUST RECENTLY, I WAS TOLD THAT IN A SPECIAL AREA BEHIND THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN ISRAEL, HUNGARIAN JEWS NOW LIVING IN SWEDEN PLANTED 10,000 TREES IN RAOUL'S HONOR. MRS. LAGERGREN, MR. VON DARDEL, WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER SO THAT YOUR BROTHER CAN SIT BENEATH THE SHADE OF THOSE TREES AND ENJOY THE RESPECT AND LOVE SO MANY HOLD FOR HIM. # PRESIDENT'S REMARKS FOLLOWING LUNCHEON OCTOBER 5, 1981 THIS DISTINGUISHED BIPARTISAN GROUP OF FORMER NAT'L SECURITY OFFICIALS HAVE AGREED TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE SALE OF AWACS & OTHER AIR DEFENSE EQUIPMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA. AFTER READING THIS STATEMENT, BOTH HAROLD BROWN & HENRY KISSINGER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FURTHER STATEMENT OF THEIR OWN. "THE SALE OF AWACS & OTHER AIR DEFENSE EQUIPMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA WOULD MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THE U.S. IN A VITAL PART OF THE WORLD. THE REJECTION OF THIS SALE WOULD DAMAGE THE ABILITY OF THE U.S. TO CONDUCT A CREDIBLE & EFFECTIVE FOREIGN POLICY, NOT ONLY IN THE GULF REGION, BUT ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES." 020 I WISH TO PERSONALLY THANK EACH FOR THEIR RECOGNITION THAT THIS SALE IS IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THIS NATION. THEIR PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT THIS TIME IS AN INDICATION OF THE BROAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT THIS SALE HAS AMONG KNOWLEDGEABLE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH REPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS. (DOLAN) OCTOBER 5, 1981 OUT OF TOWN MEDIA BRIEFING FIRST, LET ME WELCOME U TODAY TO THE W.H. THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET & TALK WITH U IN THESE SPECIAL BRIEFINGS IS SOMETHING ALL OF US IN THE ADMIN. HAVE LOOKED FORWARD To. U DON'T NEED ME TO TELL U OF THE TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE U OF THE PRESS & MEDIA HAVE ON PUBLIC OPINION. I THINK YOU'RE THE FIRST TO AGREE THAT DIVERSITY OF INTERPRETATION & OPINION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOUR WORK & TO OUR ROBUST TRADITION OF PRESS FREEDOM. THIS DIVERSITY, AS U KNOW, HAS BEEN THREATENED RECENTLY WITH THE SAD DEMISE OF SEVERAL IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER FIELD. THIS CAME HOME TO US IN WASH. RECENTLY WHEN THE WASH. STAR CLOSED UP SHOP AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY OF PUBLICATION. -2- SO WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH U -- U ALL KNOW THE FRESH PERSPECTIVE THAT A NEW REPORTER CAN BRING TO AN OLD BEAT. THAT'S WHY WE HOPE THESE BRIEFINGS WILL LEAD TO SOME NEW INSIGHTS & PERSPECTIVES -- FOR BOTH OF US & THAT THE ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES WILL BE THE READERS, LISTENERS & VIEWERS IN YOUR HOMETOWNS. THIS LAST MONTH HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY BUSY ONE. BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN A VERY SATISFYING TIME. WE THINK WE HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A SEA CHANGE IN NAT'L POLICY. U MAY DETECT A FEELING OF ZEST & BUOYANCY AROUND THE W.H. FOR ALL OF US HERE, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING & INVIGORATING 9 MONTHS. IN THE LAST MONTH THERE WAS A RADIO ADDRESS TO THE NATN ON LABOR DAY, A TV ADDRESS ON THE ECONOMY, & A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT COVERED THE WATERFRONT OF ISSUES. -3- I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME TRAVELING -- TO TALK TO UNION MEMBERS IN CHICAGO ABOUT THE HOUSING INDUSTRY TO HELP GET WESTWAY UNDERWAY IN N.Y.C. ASSIST AT THE DEDICATION OF PRES. FORD'S MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., & TO TALK TO REPUB. WOMEN LEADERS IN DENVER ABOUT WALL STREET & MAIN STREET. LAST WEEK, IN NEW ORLEANS, I ANNOUNCED SOME MAJOR INITIATIVES ON CRIME & ALSO SPOKE TO THE WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ABOUT OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT POLICY. WHEN I LEAVE YOU, I'M TALKING TO THE NAT'L ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS ABOUT MOBILIZING THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ASSIST THE UNDERPRIVILEGED. DURING ALL OF THIS, WE'VE HAD THE USUAL ROUND OF W.H. ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM A LUNCHEON FOR BLACK COLLEGE LEADERS TO SOME VERY FRUITFUL DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSIONS INCLUDING A VISIT FROM P.M. BEGIN OF ISRAEL. NOW I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A GUY WHO ONLY WORKS 2 OR 3 HOURS A DAY. -4- WE HAVE MADE EC. RECOVERY A 1ST PRIORITY BUT THE APPROACH OF THIS ADMIN IS HARDLY 1-DIMENSIONAL. WE HAVE BEEN MOVING SYSTEMATICALLY TO DEAL WITH THAT BROAD RANGE OF PROBLEMS WE PROMISED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IN THE CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR. THERE'S A GOOD BIT OF DISCUSSION NOW ABOUT OUR PLANS TO SELL THE "AWACS" SYSTEM TO SAUDI ARABIA. THIS ISSUE IS NOT SIMPLY A QUESTION OF BALANCING THE INTERESTS OF 2 NATNs IN THE MID. EAST. IT HAS TO BE SEEN IN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE PERSIAN GULF AREA. I THINK THIS MESSAGE IS BEGINNING TO GET THROUGH TO KEY MEMBERS OF CONG. THE TRUTH IS: WE INTEND TO STAND BY OUR OLD & TRUSTED ALLIES BUT WE ALSO INTEND TO LOOK FOR NEW & DRAMATIC WAYS TO PROTECT & SOLIDIFY THE SECURITY & PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. -5- IN OUR RECENT DECISION TO REBUILD OUR STRATEGIC FORCE, WE HAVE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO SHOW SOME BALANCE & FLEXIBILITY. OUR PLANS FOR THE MX & B-1 HAVE THESE ADVANTAGES WE CAN AFFORD THEM; WE KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN I SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND ADEQUATELY & IN TIME TO ANY NEW SOVIET BUILD-UPS; & WE SEND TO THE SOVIETS THAT SIGNAL THAT WINSTON CHURCHILL ONCE SAID WAS CRITICAL FOR ANY SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE USSR -- STRENGTH OF PURPOSE, STRENGTH OF RESOLVE. IN THE AREA OF THE ECONOMY, WE ARE NOW PRESSING FOR THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET CUTS NEEDED TO KEEP OUR PROMISE OF A BALANCED BUDGT. I THINK WE HAVE MANAGED TO TAKE THE SOC. SEC. PROBLEM OUT OF PARTISAN POLITICS WITH THE APPT. OF A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION CHARGED WITH 1 TASK FINDING A SOLUTION TO SOC. SEC.'s DEEP FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. -6- THESE 2 INITIATIVES SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT ELSE WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS. WHEN THIS ADMIN. ENTERED OFFICE, THE FED'L BUDGET WAS GROWING BY SOME 14% A YEAR. THAT GROWTH HAS NOW BEEN CUT IN HALF. FED'L TAX REVENUES WERE SCHEDULED TO INCREASE BY MORE THAN $300 BIL. OVER 3 YEARS TIME. WE HAVE NOW PASSED THE LARGEST TAX RATE REDUCTION IN HISTORY & ALMOST ENTIRELY THWARTED THIS INCREASE. WE HAVE ALSO INDEXED TAXATION TO THE RATE OF INFLATION -- ANOTHER HISTORIC REFORM. ON THE REGULATORY FRONT, MORE THAN 180 FED'L REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED OR CANCELLED WITH AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF MORE THAN $15 BIL. THE FLOW OF NEW REGs HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF. & WE HAVE ALSO WORKED HARD TO ASSURE A STABLE MONETARY POLICY. -7- IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING TIME -- & I ADMIT SOMETIMES A PAINFUL & DIFFICULT ONE. THIS CAME HOME TO ME WHEN I WAS DISCUSSING OUR BELT TIGHTENING MEASURES WITH PRES. FORD WHILE WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT HIS NEW LIBRARY & MUSEUM IN MICH. I CONFESS I FELT A LITTLE ENVY ABOUT IT ALL. WITH AN EYE ON THE FUTURE I SPOKE TO DAVE STOCKMAN. HE TOLD ME HE'S BEEN PRICING BOOKMOBILES. I HOPE U WILL FIND YOUR DAY HERE A PRODUCTIVE ONE. I HOPE TOO YOU WILL RELAX & ENJOY YOURSELVES. (DON'T RELAX TOO MUCH -- AS U KNOW, MY STAFF DOESN'T LIKE WAKING PEOPLE UP.) DAVE STOCKMAN & DON REGAN ARE HERE TO TALK WITH U, TOO. BUT BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THEM LET ME TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS. (PARVIN/TD) OCTOBER 5, 1981 PRESIDENT'S BACKUP COPY FOR NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS THANK YOU FOR THAT WARM WELCOME. I KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATION IS CONCERNED WITH JOBS, I HEARD OF A FELLOW WHO HAS BEEN UNEMPLOYED A LONG TIME. A FEW DAYS AGO HE FOUND A JOB IN A CHINA WAREHOUSE. HE'D ONLY WORKED A COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN HE SMASHED A LARGE ORIENTAL VASE. THE BOSS TOLD HIM IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THE MONEY WOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM HIS WAGES EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE VASE WAS PAID FOR. THE FELLOW ASKED, "HOW MUCH IT COST?" THE BOSS TOLD HIM, "$300!" THE FELLOW SAID, "AT LAST, I'VE GOT A STEADY JOB." SERIOUSLY, I'M AWARE THAT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS WAS FORMED TO REDUCE THE DESPAIR OF UNEMPLOYMENT & TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY WOULD OTHERWISE NOT EXIST. YOU HAVE SET FOR YOURSELVES A NOBLE & NECESSARY GOAL. YOU KNOW THAT A JOB AT $4 AN HOUR IS PRICELESS IN TERMS OF THE SELF-RESPECT IT CAN BUY. MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE ECONOMICALLY TRAPPED IN WELFARE. THEY WOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO BE OUT IN THE WORK-A- DAY WORLD WITH THE REST OF US, INDEPENDENT & SELF-SUFFICIENT. THEY AREN'T LAZY OR UNWILLING TO WORK -- THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM THAT WELFARE SECURITY BLANKET. HANDWRITING FILE PAGE 2 AFTER WE UNDERTOOK OUR WELFARE REFORMS IN CALIFORNIA, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A WOMAN WITH SEVERAL CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN ON WELFARE. SHE WROTE THAT SHE HAD BECOME SO DEPENDENT ON THE WELFARE CHECK SHE EVEN TURNED DOWN OFFERS OF MARRIAGE RATHER THAN GIVE UP THE SECURITY IT SEEMED TO REPRESENT. BUT SHE SAID SHE ALWAYS KNEW IT COULDN'T LAST FOREVER, SO WHEN OUR REFORMS BEGAN SHE JUST ASSUMED THE TIME HAD COME. SHE TOOK THE KIDS & THE $600 SHE HAD SAVED FROM HER, AS SHE PUT IT, "SO CALLED POVERTY" & WENT TO ALASKA WHERE SHE HAD RELATIVES. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE NOW HAD A GOOD JOB & THAT WORKING HAD GIVEN HER A GREAT DEAL OF SELF-RESPECT FOR WHICH SHE THANKED ME. AND THEN ONE LINE I'LL NEVER FORGET; SHE SAID, "IT SURE BEATS DAYTIME TELEVISION." OUR ECONOMIC PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR THE VERY PURPOSE OF CREATING JOBS. AS I SAID ON LABOR DAY, LET ME MAKE OUR GOAL IN THIS PROGRAM VERY CLEAR: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, & MORE JOBS. AND WHAT IS MORE, OUR PROGRAM WILL REDUCE INFLATION SO THE WAGES FROM THESE JOBS WILL NOT DECREASE IN EARNING POWER. PART OF THAT ECONOMIC PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES BUDGET CUTS. SOME OF THESE CUTS WILL PINCH -- WHICH UPSETS THOSE WHO BELIEVE THE LESS FORTUNATE DESERVE MORE THAN THE BASIC SUBSISTENCE WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS PROVIDE. THE FACT IS, I AGREE. MORE CAN BE DONE. MORE SHOULD BE DONE. BUT DOING MORE DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN SIMPLY SPENDING MORE. THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE BAROMETER OF SOCIAL CONSCIENCE OR CHARITABLE CONCERN. PAGE 3 ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OR NOT, ISN'T IT TIME TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE WAY WE PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES? NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY COST SO MUCH & WASTE SO MUCH, BUT BECAUSE T00 MANY OF THEM JUST DON'T WORK. EVEN IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD ALL THE MONEY IT WISHED TO SPEND ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS, WOULD WE STILL WANT TO SPEND IT THE WAY WE HAVE IN THE PAST? IN ALL MY YEARS AS GOVERNOR, & NOW AS PRESIDENT, I HAVE NEVER FOUND AN AGENCY, A PROGRAM, A PIECE OF LEGISLATION OR A BUDGET THAT WAS ADEQUATE TO MEET THE TOTAL NEEDS OF HUMAN BEINGS. SOMETHING IS MISSING FROM SUCH AN EQUATION. I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING IS PRIVATE INITIATIVE & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT -- THE KIND THE NAB EXEMPLIFIES. THERE IS A LEGITIMATE ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT, BUT WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT BEFORE THE IDEA GOT AROUND THAT GOVERNMENT WAS THE PRINCIPAL VEHICLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE REAL SOURCE OF OUR PROGRESS AS A PEOPLE WAS THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THE PRIVATE SECTOR STILL OFFERS CREATIVE, LESS EXPENSIVE, & MORE EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVES TO SOLVING OUR SOCIAL PROBLEMS. NOW, WE ARE NOT ADVOCATING PRIVATE INITIATIVES & VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES AS A HALF-HEARTED REPLACEMENT FOR BUDGET CUTS. WE ADVOCATE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT IN THEIR OWN REGARD. THEY ARE A PART OF WHAT WE CAN PROUDLY CALL "THE AMERICAN PERSONALITY. PAGE 4 THE ROLE OF VOLUNTARISM & INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES WILL NOT BE BY CHAR TY ALONE RESTORED BY WEALTHY PEOPLE DANCING TILL DAWN #1 CHARITY BALLS. NOR WILL WE REPLACE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES. WITH THE JUNIOR LEASUE. VOLUNTARISM IS A MEANS OF DELIVERING SOCIAL SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVELY & OF PRESERVING OUR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS. JOHN F. KENNEDY KNEW THIS WHEN HE SAID: 11 ONLY BY DOING THE WORK OURSELVES -- BY GIVING GENEROUSLY OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS -- CAN WE HOPE IN THE LONG RUN TO MAINTAIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE PEOPLE OVER THE STATE -- TO INSURE THAT THE PEOPLE REMAIN THE MASTER -- THE STATE, THE SERVANT "EVERY TIME THAT WE TRY TO LIFT A PROBLEM FROM OUR OWN SHOULDERS, & SHIFT THAT PROBLEM TO THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT, TO THE SAME EXTENT WE ARE SACRIFICING THE LIBERTIES OF OUR PEOPLE. II THERE ARE HARD-HEADED, NO-NONSENSE MEASURES BY WHICH THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS OF SOCIETY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT, CANNOT OR WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FILL. VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES & PHILANTHROPY PLAY A ROLE AS WELL AS ECONOMIC INCENTIVES & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. TO BE CERTAIN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMERICA'S DEEP SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY BUT WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A BUCK FOR BUSINESS IF IT HELPS TO SOLVE OUR SOCIAL ILLS. PAGE 5 WITH THE SAME ENERGY THAT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SOUGHT GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS, WE WILL SEEK PRIVATE SOLUTIONS. THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US IS TO FIND WAYS ONCE AGAIN TO UNLEASH THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE & THEIR COMMUNITIES. THAT ENERGY WILL ACCOMPLISH FAR, FAR MORE THAN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS EVER COULD. WHAT FEDERALISM IS TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR, VOLUNTARISM & PRIVATE INITIATIVE ARE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THIS COUNTRY IS BURSTING WITH IDEAS & CREATIVITY, BUT A GOVERNMENT RUN BY CENTRAL DECREE HAS NO WAY TO RESPOND. HAVING BEEN A GOVERNOR FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT KNEW SOMETHING OF THE DANGERS OF OVER-CENTRALIZATION. IN A MESSAGE TO THE CONGRESS, HE WROTE, "CONTINUED DEPENDENCE UPON RELIEF (IT HADN'T YET BEEN GIVEN THE NAME WELFARE) INDUCES A SPIRITUAL & MORAL DISINTEGRATION FUNDAMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE TO THE NATIONAL FIBRE. TO DOLE OUT RELIEF IN THIS WAY IS TO ADMINISTER A NARCOTIC, A SUBTLE DESTROYER OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT... THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST & SHALL QUIT THIS BUSINESS OF RELIEF." WHAT EXACTLY IS VOLUNTARISM? I GUESS GARY COOPER DID ABOUT THE BEST JOB DESCRIBING IT IN THE MOVIE "MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN. II PAGE 6 "FROM WHAT I CAN SEE," HE SAID, "NO MATTER WHAT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WE HAVE, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE LEADERS & ALWAYS BE FOLLOWERS. IT'S LIKE THE ROAD OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. IT'S ON A STEEP HILL. & EVERY DAY I WATCH THE CARS CLIMBING UP. SOME GO LICKETY-SPLIT UP THAT HILL ON HIGH -- SOME HAVE TO SHIFT INTO SECOND -- & SOME SPUTTER & SHAKE & SLIP BACK TO THE BOTTOM AGAIN. SAME CARS -- SAME GASOLINE -- YET SOME MAKE IT & SOME DON'T. AND I SAY THE FELLAS WHO CAN MAKE THE HILL ON HIGH SHOULD STOP ONCE IN A WHILE & HELP THOSE WHO CAN'T." OVER OUR HISTORY, AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS EXTENDED THEIR HANDS IN GESTURES OF ASSISTANCE. THEY HELPED BUILD A NEIGHBOR'S BARN WHEN IT BURNED DOWN, THEN FORMED A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SO IT WOULDN'T BURN DOWN AGAIN. THEY HARVESTED THE NEXT FELLOW'S CROP WHEN HE WAS INJURED OR ILL & RAISED SCHOOL FUNDS AT QUILTING BEES & CHURCH SOCIALS. THEY TOOK FOR GRANTED THAT NEIGHBOR WOULD CARE FOR NEIGHBOR. WHEN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WAS LEVELED BY FIRE, URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS DIDN'T EXIST; THE PEOPLE SIMPLY GOT TOGETHER & REBUILT THE CITY. THE GREAT FRENCH OBSERVER OF AMERICA, DE TOCQUEVILLE, WROTE, "WHENEVER AT THE HEAD OF SOME NEW UNDERTAKING YOU SEE THE GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE, OR A MAN OF RANK IN ENGLAND, IN THE UNITED STATES YOU WILL BE SURE TO FIND AN ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUALS." PAGE 7 THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICANS HAS DONE SO MUCH & IS SO RICH IN VARIETY. CHURCHES ONCE LOOKED AFTER THEIR OWN MEMBERS & DURING THE DEPRESSION THE MORMON CHURCH UNDERTOOK ITS OWN WELFARE PLAN BASED ON THE WORK ETHIC -- A PLAN THAT IS STILL SUCCESSFUL TODAY. WITH NO DISRESPECT INTENDED ONE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF GOVERNMENT WELFARE WOULD EXIST IF ALL OUR CHURCHES HAD PICKED UP THAT TASK. BEFORE WORLD WAR I, THE ROCKEFELLER & CARNEGIE FOUNDATIONS TOGETHER SPENT TWICE AS MUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT FOR EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES -- SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WAS A NEED. THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS SET OUT TO CONQUER POLIO WITH DIMES & DID IT. IN A FITTING SYMBOL OF AMERICA, OUR OWN STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS BUILT WITH THE NICKELS & DIMES OF FRENCH SCHOOLCHILDREN & THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THEIR PARENTS. WE ALL KNOW COUNTLESS STORIES OF INDIVIDUAL & PERSONAL GENEROSITY. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN LOS ANGELES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO INVOLVING A MAN NAMED JOSE SALCIDO WHOSE WIFE HAD DIED OF CANCER, LEAVING HIM BOTH THE FATHER & MOTHER OF 13 CHILDREN. IN AN ACCIDENT ONLY THE LORD CAN EXPLAIN, ONE DAY THE BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK DID NOT HOLD & HE WAS CRUSHED AGAINST A BRICK WALL AS HE WALKED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHILDREN WHO HAD LOST THEIR MOTHER NOW HAD LOST THEIR FATHER. BUT THEY WERE NOT ORPHANED BY THEIR NEIGHBORS OR EVEN COMPLETE STRANGERS WHO IMMEDIATELY BEGAN COLLECTING CONTRIBUTIONS. THE PARISH CHURCH STARTED A DRIVE. FINALLY A FUND WAS SET UP AT THE BANK & A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY ALSO DISCOVERED HOW KIND THE PEOPLE OF THIS LAND CAN BE. PAGE 8 ONE LETTER ACCOMPANYING A CHECK SAID IT ALL. "THIS IS FOR THE CHILDREN OF JOSE SALCIDO. IT IS FOR THEM TO KNOW THERE ARE ALWAYS OTHERS WHO CARE; THAT DESPITE PERSONAL TRAGEDY, THE WORLD IS NOT ALWAYS THE DARK PLACE IT SEEMS TO BE; THAT THEIR FATHER WOULD HAVE WANTED FOR THEM TO GO ON WITH COURAGE & STRENGTH, & STILL OPEN HEARTS. I KNOW THERE ARE CYNICS WHO DISMISS THE NOTION OF AMERICANS HELPING OTHER AMERICANS. THEY SAY THAT I SPEAK OF AN AMERICA THAT NEVER WAS & NEVER CAN BE. THEY BELIEVE VOLUNTARISM IS A MUSHY IDEA & THE PRODUCT OF MUSHY THINKING. THEY SAY OUR SOCIETY TODAY IS TOO COMPLEX OR THAT WE ARE TRYING TO REPEAL THE 20TH CENTURY. THE CYNICS WHO SAY THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN SO BUSY INCREASING WASHINGTON'S POWER -- THAT THEY HAVE LOST SIGHT OF AMERICA. HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN THE GREAT NATIONAL EFFORTS BEFORE THERE EVER WAS A THING CALLED "FOREIGN AID"? THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ORGANIZED TO HELP JAPAN IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE, FAMINE IN INDIA, BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN. THE SPIRIT IS NOT DEAD. I WISH THE CYNICS WOULD VISIT DAVID & FALAKA FATTAH IN PHILADELPHIA. THE FATTAHS DECIDED TO PUT THEIR HEARTS & MINDS INTO REDUCING THE GANG VIOLENCE IN WEST PHILADELPHIA, WHICH KILLED UP TO 40 PERSONS A YEAR IN THE EARLY 1970's. THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN NEGOTIATING A CITY-WIDE PEACE TREATY AMONG GANGS THAT REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM 40 TO ABOUT 1 A YEAR. PAGE 9 THIS ONE COUPLE DID SOMETHING THAT ALL THE SOCIAL WELFARE & LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TOGETHER HAD BEEN UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. THEY REPLACED THE GANG STRUCTURE WITH A FAMILY STRUCTURE. THEIR HOUSE OF - (YOU-MOW-JAH) - HAS HELPED MORE THAN 500 BOYS DEVELOP INTO SELF-SUFFICIENT & PRODUCTIVE YOUNG MEN. AND TODAY THEY ARE ESTABLISHING WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED AN URBAN BOYS TOWN. I WISH THE DOUBTERS WOULD VISIT DETROIT WHERE A FEW YEARS AGO HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AWAITING ADOPTION WERE IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. POTENTIAL BLACK PARENTS WERE JUDGED BY ARBITRARY INCOME STANDARDS & NOT BY WHETHER THEY COULD OFFER A WARM, LOVING, SECURE FAMILY TO A HOMELESS CHILD. BUT A COMMUNITY GROUP CALLED HOMES FOR BLACK CHILDREN CHALLENGED THE ADOPTION PRACTICES OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES WITH ASTOUNDING RESULTS. IN ITS FIRST YEAR, HOMES FOR BLACK CHILDREN PLACED MORE KIDS IN PERMANENT HOMES THAN ALL 13 OF THE TRADITIONAL PLACEMENT AGENCIES COMBINED. THERE IS THE DEBOLT FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA THAT BEGAN ADOPTING ONLY CHILDREN WHO WERE GRIEVOUSLY HANDICAPPED. I WISH THE CYNICS WOULD CALL ON THE NEW YORK CITY PARTNERSHIP, AN ASSOCIATION OF 100 BUSINESS & CIVIC LEADERS, WHICH THIS PAST SUMMER FOUND JOBS FOR ABOUT 14,000 DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE FOUND JOBS. OR MAYBE THEY SHOULD TALK TO THE HONEYWELL PEOPLE, WHO ARE TRAINING PRISON INMATES IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. THOSE INMATES WHO REACH AN EMPLOYABLE SKILL LEVEL BEFORE LEAVING PRISON HAVE A RECIDIVISM RATE OF LESS THAN 3%, COMPARED TO A NATIONAL RATE ESTIMATED AT 70%. PAGE 10 OR LOOK AT THE MARVELOUS WORK McDONALD'S IS DOING WITH ITS RONALD McDONALD HOUSES, THESE ARE PLACES -- HOMES REALLY -- USUALLY NEAR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS WHERE FAMILIES CAN STAY WHILE THEIR CHILDREN ARE TREATED FOR SERIOUS DISEASES. CURRENTLY, 28 HOMES ARE OPEN & ANOTHER 32 ARE IN SOME STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. SINCE THE HOMES ARE FUNDED MAINLY BY THE LOCAL McDONALD OPERATORS & THE STAFF IS ALL VOLUNTEER, NO TAXPAYER MONEY IS SPENT. THE CYNICS SHOULD ASK THE FATTAHS IF THE SPIRIT IS DEAD. THEY SHOULD ASK THE FAMILIES WHO'VE BEEN HELPED BY THE McDONALD HOUSES & THE HOMES FOR BLACK CHILDREN IF THE SPIRIT IS DEAD. THEY SHOULD ASK THE DISADVANTAGED NEW YORK YOUTHS WHO HAD SUMMER JOBS OR THE PRISON INMATES WHO ARE DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WHY CAN'T THE SKEPTICS SEE THE SPIRIT IS THERE -- WHERE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN -- INSIDE INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS? INSIDE INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS LIKE FATHER BRUCE RITTER. FATHER RITTER'S COVENANT HOUSE IN THE HEART OF TIMES SQUARE OFFERS YOUTHS WHO ARE RUNAWAY OR EXPLOITED A SANCTUARY FROM THE PRESSURES OF MODERN LIFE & AN ESCAPE FROM THOSE WHO WOULD PREY ON THEM. WITH THE HELP OF 200 PART-TIME & 65 FULL-TIME VOLUNTEERS, FATHER RITTER LAST YEAR AIDED NEARLY 12,000 YOUTHS, PAGE 11 PERHAPS THE DOUBTERS SHOULD CONSIDER HOW EMPTY & GRAY OUR SOCIETY WOULD BE IF RIGHT NOW THERE WERE NO SUCH THING AS VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY. ERMA BOMBECK, THAT WITTY WOMAN WHO APPEARS IN OUR NEWSPAPERS, ONCE WROTE A MORE SOBER ARTICLE ON WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THE VOLUNTEERS ALL SET SAIL FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY. LET ME READ PART OF WHAT SHE SAID: "THE HOSPITAL WAS QUIET AS I PASSED IT. ROOMS WERE VOID OF BOOKS, FLOWERS & VOICES. THE CHILDREN'S WING HELD NO CLOWNS NO LAUGHTER. THE RECEPTION DESK WAS VACANT. "THE HOME FOR THE AGED WAS LIKE A TOMB, THE BLIND LISTENED FOR A VOICE THAT NEVER CAME. THE INFIRM WERE IMPRISONED BY WHEELS ON A CHAIR THAT NEVER MOVED. FOOD GREW COLD ON TRAYS THAT WOULD NEVER REACH THE MOUTHS OF THE HUNGRY. "ALL THE SOCIAL AGENCIES HAD CLOSED THEIR DOORS, UNABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEIR PROGRAMS OF SCOUTING, RECREATION, DRUG CONTROL, BIG SISTERS, BIG BROTHERS, YW, YM, THE RETARDED, THE CRIPPLED, THE LONELY, & THE ABANDONED. "THE HEALTH AGENCIES HAD A SIGN IN THE WINDOW 'CURES FOR CANCER, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, BIRTH DEFECTS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, EMPHYSEMA, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, KIDNEY DISORDERS, HEART DISEASES, HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST. "THE SCHOOLS WERE STRANGELY QUIET WITH NO FIELD TRIPS, NO VOLUNTEER AIDS ON THE PLAYGROUND OR IN THE CLASSROOMS. AS WERE THE COLLEGES WHERE SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL SUPPORT WERE NO MORE. PAGE 12 "THE FLOWERS ON CHURCH ALTARS WITHERED & DIED. CHILDREN IN DAY NURSERIES LIFTED THEIR ARMS BUT THERE WAS NO ONE TO HOLD THEM IN LOVE." HER ARTICLE TOLD A VERY MUCH UNRECOGNIZED TRUTH: VOLUNTEER CUTS WOULD BE MUCH MORE DISRUPTIVE TO THE NATION THAN FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS. BECAUSE THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT, THIS ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO ELEVATE VOLUNTARY ACTION & PRIVATE INITIATIVE TO THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE. WE SEEK TO INCREASE THEIR INFLUENCE ON OUR DAILY LIVES & THEIR ROLES IN MEETING OUR SOCIAL NEEDS. FOR TOO LONG THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE RELIEVED OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR HELPING THEIR FELLOW MAN BECAUSE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN OVER THE JOB. WE SEEK TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE FOR VOLUNTARISM WITHOUT FEDERALIZING IT. TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING THE CREATION OF A PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES, COMPRISED OF 35 LEADERS FROM CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, & VOLUNTARY & RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. ITS PURPOSE WILL BE TO PROMOTE PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERSHIP & RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOLVING PUBLIC NEEDS & TO RECOMMEND WAYS OF FOSTERING GREATER PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. I HAVE ASKED BILL VERITY, THE CHAIRMAN OF ARMCO STEEL, TO CHAIR THE TASK FORCE & ACT AS MY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN EXPANDING PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES & IN RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF CORPORATE & COMMUNITY EFFORTS. of He HAS AGREED TO Do so. PAGE 13 I AM INSTRUCTING THE CABINET TO REVIEW AGENCY PROCEDURES & REGULATIONS & IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT. WE WANT TO DEREGULATE COMMUNITY SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE, MOTHERS & GRANDMOTHERS HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITHOUT SPECIAL COLLEGE TRAINING. WHY IS IT CERTAIN STATES PROHIBIT ANYONE WITHOUT A COLLEGE DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FROM OPERATING A DAY- CARE FACILITY? I AM ALSO ASKING THE CABINET TO DEVELOP PUMP PRIMING & SEED MONEY PROGRAMS THAT OFFER INCENTIVES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE CABINET WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP PRIVATE INCENTIVES. FURTHERMORE, EXISTING PROGRAMS WILL BE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THOSE WHICH COULD BE MORE PRODUCTIVELY CARRIED OUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, VOLUNTARISM IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR PLAN TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE PEOPLE. I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS FOR THIS RESPONSIBILITY. I BELIEVE THEY WANT TO BE ENLISTED IN THIS CAUSE, WE HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA IN THE DAYS AHEAD TO BUILD ON OUR PAST TRADITIONS AND THE RAW RESOURCES WITHIN OUR PEOPLE. WE CAN SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SOCIAL SYSTEM MORE HUMANE, MORE COMPASSIONATE & MORE EFFECTIVE IN MEETING ITS MEMBERS NEEDS THAN ANY EVER KNOWN. PAGE 14 AFTER I SPOKE OF VOLUNTARISM SEVERAL DAYS AGO, I RECEIVED THIS MAILGRAM: "AT A BREAKFAST MEETING THIS MORNING, 35 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF SAN ANTONIO MET & COMMITTED TO: 1. SUPPORT OF YOU & YOUR COMMITMENT OF RETURNING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUPPORT OF MANY WORTHY PREVIOUSLY FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. 2. COMMITTING THEMSELVES INDIVIDUALLY & CORPORATELY TO DO MORE IN BEING A PART OF CONTINUING OR ESTABLISHING THAT SAFETY NET OF SERVICES EACH COMMUNITY NEEDS. 3. AS A FIRST STEP, COMMITTING TO ACHIEVING A MINIMUM 20% INCREASE IN OUR LOCAL UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN WHICH REPRESENTS 60 AGENCIES INCLUDED WITHIN THAT SAFETY NET. AND FINALLY, COMMITTING THEMSELVES THAT THE PROGRAMS SUPPORTED ARE NEEDED & EFFICIENTLY & EFFECTIVELY ADMINISTERED. YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT. HAROLD E. O'KELLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & PRESIDENT, DATAPOINT CORPORATION. TOM E. TURNER, SR., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & PRESIDENT, SIGMOR CORPORATION. DR. ROBERT V. WEST, JR., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION. H. B. ZACHRY, SR., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, H.B. ZACHRY COMPANY." PAGE 15 AND JUST THIS WEEKEND I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY PROMISING TO UNDERTAKE NEW & URGENT INITIATIVES TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT, ESPECIALLY AMONG MINORITY YOUTHS. THE INSURANCE COMPANIES PLAN TO DIRECT THEIR FINANCIAL RESOURCES -- WHICH ARE IN THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS -- TO FURTHER THIS GOAL. THEY ALSO PLAN TO INCREASE THEIR DOLLAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THOSE PROGRAMS AFFECTING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS. THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN ADDRESS THE TOUGH SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF SPECIAL CONCERN TO MINORITY AMERICANS. AND I BELIEVE WE WILL SOON SEE A TORRENT OF PRIVATE INITIATIVES THAT WILL ASTOUND THE ADVOCATES OF BIG GOVERNMENT. THE EFFORTS OF YOU AT THIS CONFERENCE ALSO SHOW WHAT CAN BE DONE WHEN CONCERNED PEOPLE & BUSINESSES JOIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT. YOU ARE A MODEL OF FUTURE ACTION. I AM CALLING UPON YOU TODAY TO HELP IN THE CAUSE TO ENLARGE THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR CITIZENS. THE SPIRIT THAT BUILT THIS COUNTRY STILL DWELLS IN OUR PEOPLE. THEY WANT TO HELP -- WE ONLY NEED TO ASK THEM. ALL OF US AND PARTICULARLY WE WHO ARE PARENTS HAVE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THE YOUTH OF TODAY HAVE ABSORBED SOME OF THE TRADITIONS WITH WHICH WE ARE SO INDOCTRINATED. WELL A FEW YEARS AGO IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF., OCEAN FRONT HOMES WERE THREATENED BY AN ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDE & STORM GENERATED HEAVY SURF. ALL THROUGH THE DAY & COLD WINTER NIGHT, VOLUNTEERS WORKED FILLING & PILING SANDBAGS IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE THESE HOMES. PAGE 16 LOCAL TV STATIONS, AWARE OF THE DRAMA OF THE SITUATION, COVERED THE STRUGGLE. IT WAS ABOUT 2 A.M. WHEN ONE NEWSCASTER GRABBED A YOUNG FELLOW IN HIS TEENS, ATTIRED ONLY IN WET TRUNKS. HE HAD BEEN WORKING ALL DAY & NIGHT - ONE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED OF HIS AGE GROUP. NO, HE DID NOT LIVE IN ONE OF THE HOMES THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE. HE WAS COLD & TIRED. THE NEWSCASTER WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE & HIS FRIENDS WERE DOING THIS. THE ANSWER WAS SO POIGNANT BUT TELLS US SOMETHING SO TRUE -- IT SHOULD BE PRINTED ON A BILLBOARD. "WELL," HE SAID, "I GUESS, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE EVER FELT LIKE WE WERE NEEDED." AMERICANS ARE NEEDED. THEY ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY TRUE TO THE TRADITION OF VOLUNTARISM THAT HAS SERVED US SO WELL. AND THEY ARE NEEDED TO KEEP AMERICA TRUE TO HER VALUES. IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II WHEN A WAR RAVAGED WORLD COULD HAVE SLIPPED BACK INTO THE DARK AGES, POPE PIUS THE 12TH SAID: "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A GENIUS FOR GREAT & UNSELFISH DEEDS. INTO THE HANDS OF AMERICA GOD HAS PLACED AN AFFLICTED MANKIND." LET THOSE WORDS BE TRUE OF US TODAY. LET US GO FORTH FROM THIS CONFERENCE & SAY TO THE PEOPLE: JOIN US IN HELPING AMERICANS HELP EACH OTHER. ### (Parvin) CARDS October 2, 1981 WALLENBERG BILL SIGNING CEREMONY -- OCTOBER 5, 1981 -- Today I am signing a bill to make Raoul Wallenberg an honorary citizen of the United States. But in making him a U.S. citizen, truly we are the ones being honored. Raoul Wallenberg is the Swedish savior of almost 100,000 Jewish men, women, and children. What he did, what he accomplished is of biblical proportions. -- Sir Winston Churchill, another man of force and fortitude, is the only other person who has received honorary U.S. citizenship. As John F. Kennedy said at that signing ceremony, "Indifferent himself to danger, he wept over the sorrows of others." That compassion also exemplifies the man we gather for today. : In 1944, the United States requested Sweden's cooperation in protecting the lives of Hungarian Jews facing extinction at the hands of the Nazis. In the months that followed, the U.S. supplied the funds and the directives, and Raoul Wallenberg supplied the courage and the passion. How can we comprehend the moral worth of a man who saved tens of thousands of lives, including those of Congressman and Mrs. Lantos? HANDWRITING FILE Page 2 In 1945, in violation of diplomatic immunity and international law, he was seized by the Soviet Union; THERE ISQUIDENCE THEY today he is still imprisoned by the Soviets. But the glow of his goodness cannot be darkened by the brutality of the Soviet prison system. Wherever he is, his humanity burns like a torch. I heard someone once say that a man has made at least a start on understanding the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows he will never sit. Raoul Wallenberg is just such a man. He nurtured the lives of those he never knew at the risk of his own. -- Then, just recently, I was told that in a special area behind the Holocaust Memorial in Israel, Hungarian Jews now living in Sweden planted 10,000 trees in Raoul's honor. Mrs. Lagergren, Mr. von Dandel, we are going to do everything in our power so that your brother can sit beneath the shade of those trees and enjoy the respect and love so many hold for him.

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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections.\nCollection: President, Office of the: Presidential\nBriefing Papers: Records, 1981-1989\nFolder Title: 10/05/1981 (Case File:\n043558)(2)\nBox: 7\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nF\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 2, 1981\nMEETING WITH SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD, SENATOR\nJENNINGS RANDOLPH, CONGRESSMAN CLEVE BENEDICT\nAND THE 1980 AND 1981 WEST VIRGINIA STRAWBERRY\nQUEENS\nDATE:\nMonday, October 5, 1981\nLOCATION:\nThe Oval Office\nTIME:\n4:15 p.m. (5 minutes)\nTHRU:\nMax L. Friedersdorf\nFROM:\nPowell A. Moore M.\nI.\nPURPOSE\nTo respond to a request from Senator Robert Byrd for a meeting\nand photo session with the 1980 and 1981 West Virginia Straw-\nberry Queens.\nII.\nBACKGROUND\nSenator Byrd's active support of the air defense sale to\nSaudi Arabia is extremely important to us and we have been\nhighly cooperative with him recently as a consequence.\nSenator Randolph is also undecided.\nThe request for this meeting with the West Virginia Strawberry\nQueens has been a longstanding one. The first request came\nfrom Congressman Benedict and was turned down. We resurrected\nthe event recently after Byrd requested it for the reason\nstated above.\nCongressman Benedict is the probable GOP candidate against\nSenator Robert Byrd in 1982. He is a first-term Republican\nrepresenting the 2nd District, in the eastern part of\nWest Virginia, which was represented for 32 years by a Democrat.\nBenedict serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and has\nbeen a solid supporter of the Administration.\nThe West Virginia Strawberry Festival and Pageant is an annual\nevent held in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The Strawberry Queen\nis eligible for competition in the Miss West Virginia Beauty\nPageant. The 1980 Strawberry Queen, Miss Cynthia McWhorter,\nis a student at Fairmont State College. The 1981 Strawberry\nQueen, Miss Sherree Evangelist, is a dental hygienist.\n-2-\nIII. PARTICIPANTS\nThe President\nCynthia L. McWhorter, 1980 Strawberry Queen\nSherree A. Evangelist, 1981 Strawberry Queen\nGary A. Frush, Director, West Virginia Strawberry Festival\nAssociation\nRichard D. Jenkins, President and Executive Director, West\nVirginia Strawberry Festival\nSenator Robert Byrd\nSenator Jennings Randolph\nCongressman Cleve Benedict\nStaff\nPowell A. Moore\nIV.\nPRESS PLAN\nWhite House photographer and photo opportunity for the press.\nV.\nSEQUENCE OF EVENTS\nA.\nParticipants enter Oval Office from the West Lobby.\nB.\nBrief introduction and greeting by the President.\nC.\nThe President and participants move to front of fireplace.\nD. Media enters for still photographs and silent footage.\nE.\nAfter media departs, participants depart.\nAttachment: Talking Points\nTALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH 1980 AND\n1981 WEST VIRGINIA STRAWBERRY QUEENS\n-- Thank Senator Byrd for bringing these two lovely young\nwomen to see you.\n-- Thank Senator Randolph and Congressman Benedict for\ncoming to the White House for this occasion.\n-- Ask the two young women to tell you about the pageants\nand what being the Strawberry Queen involves.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE LARRY\nMcDONALD (D-GEORGIA)\nDATE:\nOctober 5, 1981\nLOCATION:\nThe Oval Office\nTIME:\n4:30 P.M. (5 minutes)\nFROM:\nMAX L. FRIEDERSDORF\nI.\nPURPOSE\nTo express special thanks to Congressman Larry McDonald, who\nsupported the economic package 100%; and to express apprec-\niation for his ongoing counsel and friendship.\nII.\nBACKGROUND\nLarry McDonald represents the 7th Congressional District of\nGeorgia (northwest corner of the state). Now serving in his\nthird term, Larry is a member of the Armed Services Committee.\nThe Almanac of American Politics 1982 characterizes Larry as\n\"one of the nation's most unusual Congressmen\", presumably\nbecause he is a medical doctor (urologist) by profession, has\nbeen a member of the John Birch Society, and maintains one of\nthe most conservative voting records in the House (e.g.,\nAmerican Conservative Union rating of 100%).\nLarry McDonald is the only House Democrat with a 100% voting\nrecord in favor of the economic package who is not also a\nmember of the Conservative Democratic Forum (CDF). The other\nnineteen House Democrats with perfect voting records--all\nCDFers--were invited to meet with the President in the Oval\nOffice on September 14th. At that time they received the\nPresident's special thanks and presented him with a \"boll\nweevil\" tie and other memorabilia.\nTaken together, Larry McDonald and the 19 CDF 100%ers constitute\nthe core of the Administration's Democratic support in the House.\nAlthough Larry has met with the President on numerous occasions\nin conjunction with the economic recovery package, he has not\nyet received the special recognition afforded his CDF counter-\nparts.\nIII. PARTICIPANTS\nThe President\nOMB Director Stockman\n2\nIII.\nPARTICIPANTS (cont.)\nRepresentative Larry McDonald (D-Georgia)\nMax L. Friedersdorf\nKenneth M. Duberstein\nIV.\nPRESS PLAN\nWhite House photographer only.\nV.\nSEQUENCE OF EVENTS\nNo set schedule\nAttachment: Talking Points\nSUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH\nREPRESENTATIVE LARRY McDONALD (D-GEORGIA)\n--\nExpress special thanks to Larry for his 100% support of\nthe economic package.\n--\nIndicate your awareness of Larry's medical background\n(medical doctor with a specialty in urology) and applaud\nhis outstanding efforts to help restore the nation to\nsound \"economic health\" as well.\nAsk Larry for his advice on how best to achieve the needed\n\"second round\" Budget cuts.\n--\nExpress your intention to continue to work closely with\nLarry and stress that you are counting on his help.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN RON MOTTL (D-OHIO)\nAND HIS SON, RON MOTTL, JR.\nDATE:\nOctober 5, 1981\nLOCATION:\nThe Oval Office\nTIME:\n4:35 p.m. (5 minutes)\nFROM:\nMax L. Friedersdorf\nw-G.\nI. PURPOSE\nTo have a photo opportunity with Congressman Ron Mottl and\nhis son, Ron Mottl, Jr. This fulfills a commitment to the\nCongressman.\nII. BACKGROUND\nCongressman Mottl voted with the President on all but one\nkey vote on the economic package. He was one of the two\nNortheast-Midwest Democrats that provided key support. His\n19-year old son, Ron, Jr., is running as an Independent\ncandidate for President of the Parma, Ohio City Council\nagainst an incumbent Democrat. Congressman Mottl has re-\nquested that the President endorse his son's candidacy. This\nphoto opportunity will fulfill this request.\nIII. PARTICIPANTS\nThe President\nThe Vice-President\nCongressman Ron Mottl\nRon Mottl, Jr.\nMax L. Friedersdorf\n2\nIV. PRESS PLAN\nWhite House Photographer only.\nV. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS\nNo specific agenda.\nAttachment A: Talking Points\nATTACHMENT A\nSUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH\nCONGRESSMAN RON MOTTL AND RON MOTTL, JR.\n-- Thank Ron Mottl for his support for your economic package.\n-- Stress that if Congress is concerned about interest rates\nthen Congress is going to have to help restrain government\nspending.\n-- Ask Mottl for his support for your continuing efforts to\nreduce federal deficits.\n-- Point out to the Mottls that you are also trying to reduce\nthe federal government's interference in state and local\nmatters.\n-- Congratulate Ron Mottl, Jr. for his interest in government\nand wish him luck in his candidacy for the President of the\nParma City Council.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nSeptember 2, 1981\nMEETING WITH SENATOR TED STEVENS, MR. WILLIAM\nH. PERKINS AND HIS SON, GARY PERKINS\nDATE:\nMonday, October 5, 1981\nLOCATION:\nThe Oval Office\nTIME:\n4:40 p.m. (5 minutes)\nTHRU:\nMax L. Friedersdorf\nFROM:\nPowell A. Moore P.m\nI. PURPOSE\nTo respond to a request of Senator Ted Stevens for a\nmeeting and photo opportunity for Mr. William H. Perkins\nand his son, Mr. Gary Perkins.\nII. BACKGROUND\nSenator Stevens has had a longstanding request for a\nmeeting and photo opportunity for Mr. William H. Perkins\nand his son, Gary. Bill Perkins and his son have had\ntheir pictures taken with every President since Harry\nTruman, and would like to continue this tradition by\nhaving a photograph taken with you. Mr. Bill Perkins\nis prominent in Illinois legislative circles and is\na key Republican Party financial supporter. He is a\npublic affairs/legislative consultant and has his own\nfirm in Chicago.\nIII. PARTICIPANTS\nThe President\nMr. William H. Perkins, Jr.\nMr. Gary D. Perkins\nSenator Ted Stevens\nStaff\nPowell A. Moore\nIV.\nPRESS PLAN\nWhite House photographer only.\n-2-\nV.\nSEQUENCE OF EVENTS\nA.\nSenator Stevens, Mr. William Perkins and Mr. Gary\nPerkins enter the Oval Office from the West Lobby.\nB.\nBrief introduction and greeting by the President.\nC.\nParticipants move to the front of the fireplace\nfor photographs.\nD.\nParticipants depart.\nAttachment: Talking Points\nATTACHMENT B\nBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON CONGRESSMEN\nCOATS, HOPKINS, McEWEN, MARLENEE, AND MARRIOTT\nCongressman Dan Coats, Republican representing north-\neast Indiana, 1st term, member of Energy and Commerce\nCommittee.\nCongressman Larry Hopkins, Republican representing\nnorth-central (Frankfort and Lexington) Kentucky,\n2nd term, member of Agriculture and Armed Services\nCommittees.\nCongressman Bob McEwen, Republican representing\nsouthwest Ohio, 1st term, member of Public Works\nand Transportation and Veterans' Affairs Committees.\nCongressman Ron Marlenee, Republican representing\ncentral and eastern (Great Falls and Billings) Montana,\n3rd term, member of Agriculture and Interior and\nInsular Affairs Committees.\nCongressman Dan Marriott, Republican representing\nwest (Salt Lake City) Utah, 3rd term, member of\nInterior and Insular Affairs and Small Business\nCommittees. Marriott is very supportive of the\ndecision to initially base the MX in existing Titan\nand Minuteman sites.\nATTACHMENT A\nSUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING\nWITH CONGRESSMEN COATS, HOPKINS, MARLENEE,\nMcEWEN, AND MARRIOTT\nThank you for your help in enacting the budget cuts\nand tax reductions.\nHowever, additional spending cuts are necessary if\nthe economic recovery program is to succeed.\nI am confident that because of strong Republican\nsupport for my proposal, the Congress will approve\nthe additional cuts.\nG\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMEETING WITH LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY GROUP\nDATE:\nOctober 5, 1981\nTIME:\n5:00 p.m. (20 minutes)\nLOCATION:\nThe Oval Office\nSUBJECT:\nLEGISLATIVE STRATEGY\nRE CONTINUING RESOLUTION (S)\nDEFERRALS/BUDGET\nI. PURPOSE\nThe purpose of the meeting is to discuss selected\nsensitive issues of legislative strategy. These\nrelate to operations under the continuing resolution,\nthe possibility of advancing a set of \"deferrals,\"\nand associated issues which may affect the ability\nto achieve your deficit targets.\nII. PARTICIPANTS\nDavid A. Stockman\nEdwin Meese III\nJames A. Baker III\nMichael K. Deaver\nRichard G. Darman\nMax L. Friedersdorf\nCraig L. Fuller\nDavid R. Gergen\nIII. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS\nDave Stockman will introduce the issues. Following\ngroup discussion, he will seek your guidance.\n(Dolan)\nOctober 4, 1981\nOUT OF TOWN MEDIA BRIEFING -- 9:30 a.m. - Monday, October 5, 1981\nFirst, let me welcome you today to the White House.\nThe opportunity to meet and talk with you in these special\nHAVE\nbriefings is something all of us in the Administration looken\nforward to and hold in very high regard.\nIt reminds me of a remark attributed some years ago to\na New York City educator during the newspaper strike in that\ncity. This particular educator, who lived near Washington\nSquare Park, supposedly noted the absence of the Times from\nthe newstands and said this had two primary effects:\nfirst, the park was much cleaner; second, there was a new\ndiversity of opinion at cocktail parties.\nyou DONTIME NEED to TELL you OF\nWell, that story illustrates the tremendous influence\nthese of you OF the press and media have on public\nopinion. I think you're the first to agree that diversity\nof interpretation and opinion is very important to your work\nand to our robust tradition of press freedom. This diversity,\nas you know, has been threatened recently with the sad\ndemise of several important institutions in the newspaper\nfield. This came home to us in Washington recently when the\nSHOP\nWashington Star closed up office after more than a century\nof publication.\nSo we do look forward to this opportunity to talk with\nyou you all know the fresh perspective that a new reporter\ncan bring to an old beat. That's why we hope these briefings\nHANDWRITING FILE\nPage 2\nwill lead to some new insights and perspectives -- for both\nof us\nand that the ultimate beneficiaries will be the\nreaders, listeners and viewers in your hometowns.\nThis last month has been an extremely busy one. But\nit's also been a very satisfying time.\nthink\nwe have brought about a sea change in national policy.\nMAY\n***hink\nyou\ndetect a feeling of zest and buoyancy around\nthe White House. For all of us here, this has been an\nexciting and invigorating 9 months.\nTHERE WAS\nIn the last month a made a radio address to\nthe Nation on Labor Day, a television address on the economy,\nand hold a news conference that covered the waterfront of\nissues. I've had an opportunity to do some traveling\n--\nto talk about the housing industry to union members in\nChicago, to help get Westway underway in New York City,\nassist at the dedication of President Ford's museum in Grand\nRapids, Michigan, and to talk to Republican women leaders in\nDenver about Wall Street and Main Street.\nLast week, in New Orleans, we announced some major\ninitiatives on crime and I hope, talked some much needed\nsense about that problem. We also spoke to the World Bank\nconference about our new development policy and\ng\nWHEN r LEAVE You I'M TALKING\npportunity to convey to the National Alliance of\nBusiness some thoughts about mobilizing the private sector\nto assist the underprivileged.\nDuring all of this, we've had the usual round of White\nHouse activities ranging from a luncheon for Black\nPage 3\ncollege leaders to some very fruitful diplomatic discussions\nincluding\na visit with Prime Minister Begin of Israel.\nhour Think mention that's all this good for I a think gory when it is only important works 2am to 3 Bours a day.\nnote that while We have made economic recovery a first\npriority BUT the approach of this Administration is hardly\none-dimensional. We have been moving systematically to deal\nwith that broad range of problems we promised to do something\nabout in the campaign last year.\nThere's a good bit of discussion now about our plans to\nsell the AWACS system to Saudi Arabia.\nAs\nE-pointed\nout\nin\nmy press conference last this issue is not simply a\nquestion of balancing the interests of two nations in the\nMiddle East. It has to be seen in the larger context of the\nstrategic importance of the Persian Gulf area. I think this\nBEGINNINGTO\nmessage IS get through to key members of Congress. The\ntruth is: we intend to stand by our old and trusted allies\nbut we also intend to look for new and dramatic ways to\nprotect and solidify the security and peace in the Middle\nEast.\nIn our recent decision to rebuild our strategic force,\nwe have also attempted to show some balance and flexibility.\nOur plans for the MX and B-1 have these advantages: we can\nafford them; we keep our options open -- so that we can\nrespond adequately and in time to any new Soviet build-ups;\nand we send to the Soviets that signal that Winston Churchill\nPage 4\nonce said was critical for any successful negotiations with\nthe U.S.S.R. -- strength of purpose, strength of resolve.\nIn the area of the economy, we are now pressing for the\nadditional budget cuts needed to keep our promise of a\nbalanced budget. I think we have managed to take the Social\nSecurity problem out of partisan politics with the appointment\nof a bipartisan commission charged with one task: finding\na solution to Social Security's deep financial problems.\nThese two initiatives should be seen in the context of\nWE'VE DONE\nwhat else\nin the last 9 months.\nWhen this Administration entered office, the Federal\nbudget was growing by some 14 percent a year. That growth\nhas now been cut in half.\nWhen\nthis\nAdministration\ntook\nFederal tax revenues were scheduled to increase by\nmore than $300 billion over 3 years' time. We have now\nRATE\npassed the largest taxreduction in history and almost\nentirely thwarted this increase. We have also indexed\ntaxation to the rate of inflation -- another historic reform.\nOn the regulatory front, more than 180 Federal regulations\nhave been modified or cancelled with an estimated savings of\nmore than $15 billion. The flow of new regulations has been\ncut in half. And we have also worked hard to assure a\nstable monetary policy.\nIf\nyou\ntimes\nIt has been an\nexciting time -- and I admit sometimes a painful and difficult\none.\nPage 5\nThis came home to me when I was discussing our belt\ntightening measures with President Ford while we were also\ntalking about his new library and museum in Michigan. I\nwith an on the\nconfess I felt a little envy about it all,\nwith\nDave\n1 spoke to o are Streeman He of thed me his been serving\nSteckmen Inteld lucky to\nbookmobiles named after me THE should settle for that though\nthe\nway\nthings\nlooknow\nnobody\nan\nin my\nWell, I've greatly enjoyed these few minutes with you.\nI hope you will find your day here a productive one. I hope\ntoo you will relax and enjoy yourselves.\n(Although\nL\nsaution\nDont\nrelax too much -- as you know, my staff doesn't\nlike waking people up.)\nDave Stockman and Don Regan are here to talk with you,\ntoo. But before we hear from them -- let me take a few\nquestions.\nOCTOBER 5, 1981\n2:30\nSIGNING CEREMONY: RAOUL WALLENBERG BILL\n-- TODAY I AM SIGNING A BILL TO MAKE RAOUL\nWALLENBERG AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF THE\nUNITED STATES.\nBUT IN MAKING HIM A U.S.\nCITIZEN, TRULY WE ARE THE ONES BEING\nHONORED.\nRAOUL WALLENBERG IS THE SWEDISH\nSAVIOR OF ALMOST 100,000 JEWISH MEN,\nWOMEN, AND CHILDREN.\nWHAT HE DID, WHAT\nHE ACCOMPLISHED IS OF BIBLICAL\nPROPORTIONS.\n-- SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, ANOTHER MAN OF\nFORCE AND FORTITUDE, IS THE ONLY OTHER\nPERSON WHO HAS RECEIVED HONORARY U.S.\nCITIZENSHIP AS JOHN F. KENNEDY SAID\nAT THAT SIGNING CEREMONY, \"INDIFFERENT\nHIMSELF TO DANGER, HE WEPT OVER THE\nSORROWS OF OTHERS.\"\nTHAT COMPASSION\nALSO EXEMPLIFIES THE MAN WE GATHER FOR\nTODAY.\nPAGE 2\n--\nIN 1944, THE U.S. REQUESTED SWEDEN'S\nCOOPERATION IN PROTECTING THE LIVES OF\nHUNGARIAN JEWS FACING EXTERMINATION AT\nTHE HANDS OF THE NAZIS.\nIN THE MONTHS\nTHAT FOLLOWED, THE U.S. SUPPLIED THE\nFUNDS AND THE DIRECTIVES, AND RAOUL\nWALLENBERG SUPPLIED THE COURAGE AND THE\nPASSION.\nHOW CAN WE COMPREHEND THE MORAL\nWORTH OF A MAN WHO SAVED TENS OF\nTHOUSANDS OF LIVES, INCLUDING THOSE OF\nCONGRESSMAN AND MRS. LANTOS?\n|\nIN 1945, IN VIOLATION OF DIPLOMATIC\nIMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, HE WAS\nSEIZED BY THE SOVIET UNION;\nTODAY\nTHERE IS EVIDENCE THAT HE IS STILL\nIMPRISONED BY THE SOVIETS.\nWHEREVER\nHE IS, HIS HUMANITY BURNS LIKE A TORCH.\nPAGE 3\n--\nI HEARD SOMEONE ONCE SAY THAT A MAN HAS\nMADE AT LEAST A START ON UNDERSTANDING\nTHE MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE WHEN HE PLANTS\nSHADE TREES UNDER WHICH HE KNOWS HE\nWILL NEVER SIT\nRAOUL WALLENBERG IS\nJUST SUCH A MAN.\nHE NURTURED THE LIVES\nOF THOSE HE NEVER KNEW AT THE RISK OF\nHIS OWN.\n--\nTHEN, JUST RECENTLY, I WAS TOLD THAT IN\nA SPECIAL AREA BEHIND THE HOLOCAUST\nMEMORIAL IN ISRAEL, HUNGARIAN JEWS NOW\nLIVING IN SWEDEN PLANTED 10,000 TREES\nIN RAOUL'S HONOR.\nMRS. LAGERGREN,\nMR. VON DARDEL, WE ARE GOING TO DO\nEVERYTHING IN OUR POWER SO THAT YOUR\nBROTHER CAN SIT BENEATH THE SHADE OF\nTHOSE TREES AND ENJOY THE RESPECT AND\nLOVE SO MANY HOLD FOR HIM.\n#\nPRESIDENT'S REMARKS FOLLOWING LUNCHEON\nOCTOBER 5, 1981\nTHIS DISTINGUISHED BIPARTISAN GROUP\nOF FORMER NAT'L SECURITY OFFICIALS HAVE\nAGREED TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF SUPPORT\nFOR THE SALE OF AWACS & OTHER AIR DEFENSE\nEQUIPMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA.\nAFTER READING\nTHIS STATEMENT, BOTH HAROLD BROWN & HENRY\nKISSINGER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FURTHER\nSTATEMENT OF THEIR OWN.\n\"THE SALE OF AWACS & OTHER AIR DEFENSE\nEQUIPMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA WOULD MAKE A\nSUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL\nSECURITY INTERESTS OF THE U.S. IN A VITAL\nPART OF THE WORLD.\nTHE REJECTION OF THIS SALE\nWOULD DAMAGE THE ABILITY OF THE U.S. TO\nCONDUCT A CREDIBLE & EFFECTIVE FOREIGN\nPOLICY, NOT ONLY IN THE GULF REGION, BUT\nACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF ISSUES.\"\n020\nI WISH TO PERSONALLY THANK EACH FOR\nTHEIR RECOGNITION THAT THIS SALE IS IN THE\nNATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS OF THIS NATION.\nTHEIR PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT THIS TIME IS AN\nINDICATION OF THE BROAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT\nTHIS SALE HAS AMONG KNOWLEDGEABLE FORMER\nNATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH\nREPUBLICAN & DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS.\n(DOLAN)\nOCTOBER 5, 1981\nOUT OF TOWN MEDIA BRIEFING\nFIRST, LET ME WELCOME U TODAY TO THE\nW.H. THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET & TALK WITH U IN\nTHESE SPECIAL BRIEFINGS IS SOMETHING ALL OF US\nIN THE ADMIN. HAVE LOOKED FORWARD To.\nU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL U OF THE\nTREMENDOUS INFLUENCE U OF THE PRESS & MEDIA\nHAVE ON PUBLIC OPINION. I THINK YOU'RE THE\nFIRST TO AGREE THAT DIVERSITY OF INTERPRETATION\n& OPINION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOUR WORK &\nTO OUR ROBUST TRADITION OF PRESS FREEDOM.\nTHIS DIVERSITY, AS U KNOW, HAS BEEN THREATENED\nRECENTLY WITH THE SAD DEMISE OF SEVERAL\nIMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS IN THE NEWSPAPER FIELD.\nTHIS CAME HOME TO US IN WASH. RECENTLY WHEN\nTHE WASH. STAR CLOSED UP SHOP AFTER MORE THAN\nA CENTURY OF PUBLICATION.\n-2-\nSO WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY\nTO TALK WITH U -- U ALL KNOW THE FRESH\nPERSPECTIVE THAT A NEW REPORTER CAN BRING TO\nAN OLD BEAT. THAT'S WHY WE HOPE THESE\nBRIEFINGS WILL LEAD TO SOME NEW INSIGHTS &\nPERSPECTIVES -- FOR BOTH OF US\n& THAT THE\nULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES WILL BE THE READERS,\nLISTENERS & VIEWERS IN YOUR HOMETOWNS.\nTHIS LAST MONTH HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY\nBUSY ONE.\nBUT IT'S ALSO BEEN A VERY SATISFYING\nTIME.\nWE THINK WE HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT A\nSEA CHANGE IN NAT'L POLICY.\nU\nMAY DETECT A\nFEELING OF ZEST & BUOYANCY AROUND THE W.H.\nFOR ALL OF US HERE, THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING &\nINVIGORATING 9 MONTHS.\nIN THE LAST MONTH THERE WAS A RADIO\nADDRESS TO THE NATN ON LABOR DAY, A TV ADDRESS\nON THE ECONOMY, & A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT\nCOVERED THE WATERFRONT OF ISSUES.\n-3-\nI'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME TRAVELING --\nTO TALK TO UNION MEMBERS IN CHICAGO ABOUT THE\nHOUSING INDUSTRY TO HELP GET WESTWAY UNDERWAY\nIN N.Y.C.\nASSIST AT THE DEDICATION OF\nPRES. FORD'S MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.,\n& TO TALK TO REPUB. WOMEN LEADERS IN DENVER\nABOUT WALL STREET & MAIN STREET.\nLAST WEEK, IN NEW ORLEANS, I ANNOUNCED\nSOME MAJOR INITIATIVES ON CRIME & ALSO SPOKE\nTO THE WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ABOUT OUR NEW\nDEVELOPMENT POLICY.\nWHEN I LEAVE YOU, I'M\nTALKING TO THE NAT'L ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS\nABOUT MOBILIZING THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ASSIST\nTHE UNDERPRIVILEGED.\nDURING ALL OF THIS, WE'VE HAD THE USUAL\nROUND OF W.H. ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM A\nLUNCHEON FOR BLACK COLLEGE LEADERS TO SOME VERY\nFRUITFUL DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSIONS INCLUDING A\nVISIT FROM P.M. BEGIN OF ISRAEL.\nNOW I THINK\nTHAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR A GUY WHO ONLY WORKS\n2 OR 3 HOURS A DAY.\n-4-\nWE HAVE MADE EC. RECOVERY A 1ST PRIORITY\nBUT THE APPROACH OF THIS ADMIN IS HARDLY\n1-DIMENSIONAL.\nWE HAVE BEEN MOVING\nSYSTEMATICALLY TO DEAL WITH THAT BROAD RANGE\nOF PROBLEMS WE PROMISED TO DO SOMETHING\nABOUT IN THE CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR.\nTHERE'S A GOOD BIT OF DISCUSSION NOW\nABOUT OUR PLANS TO SELL THE \"AWACS\" SYSTEM\nTO SAUDI ARABIA.\nTHIS ISSUE IS NOT SIMPLY A\nQUESTION OF BALANCING THE INTERESTS OF\n2 NATNs IN THE MID. EAST.\nIT HAS TO BE SEEN\nIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE STRATEGIC\nIMPORTANCE OF THE PERSIAN GULF AREA.\nI THINK\nTHIS MESSAGE IS BEGINNING TO GET THROUGH TO\nKEY MEMBERS OF CONG.\nTHE TRUTH IS: WE INTEND\nTO STAND BY OUR OLD & TRUSTED ALLIES BUT WE\nALSO INTEND TO LOOK FOR NEW & DRAMATIC WAYS\nTO PROTECT & SOLIDIFY THE SECURITY & PEACE\nIN THE MIDDLE EAST.\n-5-\nIN OUR RECENT DECISION TO REBUILD OUR\nSTRATEGIC FORCE, WE HAVE ALSO ATTEMPTED TO\nSHOW SOME BALANCE & FLEXIBILITY.\nOUR PLANS FOR\nTHE MX & B-1 HAVE THESE ADVANTAGES\nWE CAN\nAFFORD THEM; WE KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN\nI\nSO THAT WE CAN RESPOND ADEQUATELY & IN TIME\nTO ANY NEW SOVIET BUILD-UPS;\n& WE SEND TO THE\nSOVIETS THAT SIGNAL THAT WINSTON CHURCHILL\nONCE SAID WAS CRITICAL FOR ANY SUCCESSFUL\nNEGOTIATIONS WITH THE USSR -- STRENGTH OF\nPURPOSE, STRENGTH OF RESOLVE.\nIN THE AREA OF THE ECONOMY, WE ARE NOW\nPRESSING FOR THE ADDITIONAL BUDGET CUTS\nNEEDED TO KEEP OUR PROMISE OF A BALANCED BUDGT.\nI THINK WE HAVE MANAGED TO TAKE THE SOC. SEC.\nPROBLEM OUT OF PARTISAN POLITICS WITH THE\nAPPT. OF A BIPARTISAN COMMISSION CHARGED WITH\n1 TASK\nFINDING A SOLUTION TO SOC. SEC.'s\nDEEP FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.\n-6-\nTHESE 2 INITIATIVES SHOULD BE SEEN IN\nTHE CONTEXT OF WHAT ELSE WE'VE DONE IN THE\nLAST 9 MONTHS.\nWHEN THIS ADMIN. ENTERED OFFICE, THE\nFED'L BUDGET WAS GROWING BY SOME 14% A YEAR.\nTHAT GROWTH HAS NOW BEEN CUT IN HALF.\nFED'L\nTAX REVENUES WERE SCHEDULED TO INCREASE BY\nMORE THAN $300 BIL. OVER 3 YEARS TIME.\nWE\nHAVE NOW PASSED THE LARGEST TAX RATE REDUCTION\nIN HISTORY & ALMOST ENTIRELY THWARTED THIS\nINCREASE.\nWE HAVE ALSO INDEXED TAXATION\nTO THE RATE OF INFLATION -- ANOTHER HISTORIC\nREFORM.\nON THE REGULATORY FRONT, MORE THAN\n180 FED'L REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED OR\nCANCELLED WITH AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF MORE\nTHAN $15 BIL.\nTHE FLOW OF NEW REGs HAS BEEN\nCUT IN HALF.\n& WE HAVE ALSO WORKED HARD TO\nASSURE A STABLE MONETARY POLICY.\n-7-\nIT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING TIME -- & I ADMIT\nSOMETIMES A PAINFUL & DIFFICULT ONE.\nTHIS CAME HOME TO ME WHEN I WAS\nDISCUSSING OUR BELT TIGHTENING MEASURES WITH\nPRES. FORD WHILE WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT\nHIS NEW LIBRARY & MUSEUM IN MICH.\nI CONFESS\nI FELT A LITTLE ENVY ABOUT IT ALL.\nWITH AN\nEYE ON THE FUTURE I SPOKE TO DAVE STOCKMAN.\nHE\nTOLD ME HE'S BEEN PRICING BOOKMOBILES.\nI HOPE U WILL FIND YOUR DAY HERE A\nPRODUCTIVE ONE.\nI HOPE TOO YOU WILL RELAX &\nENJOY YOURSELVES.\n(DON'T RELAX TOO MUCH --\nAS U KNOW, MY STAFF DOESN'T LIKE WAKING\nPEOPLE UP.)\nDAVE STOCKMAN & DON REGAN ARE HERE TO\nTALK WITH U, TOO. BUT BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THEM\nLET ME TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS.\n(PARVIN/TD)\nOCTOBER 5, 1981\nPRESIDENT'S BACKUP COPY FOR NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS\nTHANK YOU FOR THAT\nWARM WELCOME.\nI KNOW YOUR ORGANIZATION IS CONCERNED WITH JOBS,\nI HEARD\nOF A FELLOW WHO HAS BEEN UNEMPLOYED A LONG TIME.\nA FEW\nDAYS AGO HE FOUND A JOB IN A CHINA WAREHOUSE.\nHE'D ONLY\nWORKED A COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN HE SMASHED A LARGE ORIENTAL\nVASE.\nTHE BOSS TOLD HIM IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THE MONEY\nWOULD BE DEDUCTED FROM HIS WAGES EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE VASE\nWAS PAID FOR.\nTHE FELLOW ASKED, \"HOW MUCH IT COST?\"\nTHE BOSS TOLD HIM, \"$300!\"\nTHE FELLOW SAID, \"AT LAST, I'VE GOT A STEADY JOB.\"\nSERIOUSLY, I'M AWARE THAT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF\nBUSINESS WAS FORMED TO REDUCE THE DESPAIR OF UNEMPLOYMENT &\nTO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY WOULD OTHERWISE NOT\nEXIST.\nYOU HAVE SET FOR YOURSELVES A NOBLE & NECESSARY\nGOAL.\nYOU KNOW THAT A JOB AT $4 AN HOUR IS PRICELESS IN\nTERMS OF THE SELF-RESPECT IT CAN BUY.\nMANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE ECONOMICALLY TRAPPED IN WELFARE.\nTHEY WOULD LIKE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO BE OUT IN THE WORK-A-\nDAY WORLD WITH THE REST OF US, INDEPENDENT & SELF-SUFFICIENT.\nTHEY AREN'T LAZY OR UNWILLING TO WORK -- THEY JUST DON'T\nKNOW HOW TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM THAT WELFARE SECURITY\nBLANKET.\nHANDWRITING FILE\nPAGE 2\nAFTER WE UNDERTOOK OUR WELFARE REFORMS IN CALIFORNIA, I\nRECEIVED A LETTER FROM A WOMAN WITH SEVERAL CHILDREN WHO HAD\nBEEN ON WELFARE. SHE WROTE THAT SHE HAD BECOME SO DEPENDENT\nON THE WELFARE CHECK SHE EVEN TURNED DOWN OFFERS OF MARRIAGE\nRATHER THAN GIVE UP THE SECURITY IT SEEMED TO REPRESENT.\nBUT SHE SAID SHE ALWAYS KNEW IT COULDN'T LAST FOREVER, SO\nWHEN OUR REFORMS BEGAN SHE JUST ASSUMED THE TIME HAD COME.\nSHE TOOK THE KIDS & THE $600 SHE HAD SAVED FROM HER, AS SHE\nPUT IT, \"SO CALLED POVERTY\" & WENT TO ALASKA WHERE SHE HAD\nRELATIVES. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE NOW HAD A GOOD JOB & THAT\nWORKING HAD GIVEN HER A GREAT DEAL OF SELF-RESPECT FOR WHICH\nSHE THANKED ME. AND THEN ONE LINE I'LL NEVER FORGET; SHE\nSAID, \"IT SURE BEATS DAYTIME TELEVISION.\"\nOUR ECONOMIC PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR THE VERY PURPOSE\nOF CREATING JOBS. AS I SAID ON LABOR DAY, LET ME MAKE OUR\nGOAL IN THIS PROGRAM VERY CLEAR: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, & MORE\nJOBS. AND WHAT IS MORE, OUR PROGRAM WILL REDUCE INFLATION\nSO THE WAGES FROM THESE JOBS WILL NOT DECREASE IN EARNING\nPOWER.\nPART OF THAT ECONOMIC PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES BUDGET\nCUTS. SOME OF THESE CUTS WILL PINCH -- WHICH UPSETS THOSE\nWHO BELIEVE THE LESS FORTUNATE DESERVE MORE THAN THE BASIC\nSUBSISTENCE WHICH THE GOVERNMENTAL SAFETY NET PROGRAMS\nPROVIDE. THE FACT IS, I AGREE. MORE CAN BE DONE. MORE\nSHOULD BE DONE. BUT DOING MORE DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN SIMPLY\nSPENDING MORE. THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET IS NOT AN\nAPPROPRIATE BAROMETER OF SOCIAL CONSCIENCE OR CHARITABLE\nCONCERN.\nPAGE 3\nECONOMIC PROBLEMS OR NOT, ISN'T IT TIME TO TAKE A FRESH\nLOOK AT THE WAY WE PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES? NOT JUST\nBECAUSE THEY COST SO MUCH & WASTE SO MUCH, BUT BECAUSE T00\nMANY OF THEM JUST DON'T WORK.\nEVEN IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD ALL THE MONEY IT\nWISHED TO SPEND ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS, WOULD WE STILL WANT TO\nSPEND IT THE WAY WE HAVE IN THE PAST? IN ALL MY YEARS AS\nGOVERNOR, & NOW AS PRESIDENT, I HAVE NEVER FOUND AN AGENCY,\nA PROGRAM, A PIECE OF LEGISLATION\nOR A BUDGET\nTHAT WAS\nADEQUATE TO MEET THE TOTAL NEEDS OF HUMAN BEINGS. SOMETHING\nIS MISSING FROM SUCH AN EQUATION. I BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING\nIS PRIVATE INITIATIVE & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT -- THE KIND\nTHE NAB EXEMPLIFIES.\nTHERE IS A LEGITIMATE ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT, BUT WE MUST\nNOT FORGET THAT BEFORE THE IDEA GOT AROUND THAT GOVERNMENT\nWAS THE PRINCIPAL VEHICLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD\nTHAT THE REAL SOURCE OF OUR PROGRESS AS A PEOPLE WAS THE\nPRIVATE SECTOR. THE PRIVATE SECTOR STILL OFFERS CREATIVE,\nLESS EXPENSIVE, & MORE EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVES TO SOLVING OUR\nSOCIAL PROBLEMS. NOW, WE ARE NOT ADVOCATING PRIVATE INITIATIVES\n& VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES AS A HALF-HEARTED REPLACEMENT FOR\nBUDGET CUTS. WE ADVOCATE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT IN\nTHEIR OWN REGARD. THEY ARE A PART OF WHAT WE CAN PROUDLY\nCALL \"THE AMERICAN PERSONALITY.\nPAGE 4\nTHE ROLE OF VOLUNTARISM & INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE HAS\nBEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES WILL NOT BE\nBY\nCHAR\nTY\nALONE\nRESTORED\nBY\nWEALTHY\nPEOPLE\nDANCING\nTILL\nDAWN\n#1\nCHARITY\nBALLS. NOR WILL WE REPLACE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &\nHUMAN SERVICES. WITH THE JUNIOR LEASUE. VOLUNTARISM IS A\nMEANS OF DELIVERING SOCIAL SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVELY & OF\nPRESERVING OUR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS. JOHN F. KENNEDY KNEW\nTHIS WHEN HE SAID:\n11\nONLY BY DOING THE WORK OURSELVES -- BY GIVING\nGENEROUSLY OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS -- CAN WE HOPE IN THE LONG\nRUN TO MAINTAIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE PEOPLE OVER THE STATE --\nTO INSURE THAT THE PEOPLE REMAIN THE MASTER -- THE STATE,\nTHE SERVANT\n\"EVERY TIME THAT WE TRY TO LIFT A PROBLEM FROM OUR OWN\nSHOULDERS, & SHIFT THAT PROBLEM TO THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT,\nTO THE SAME EXTENT WE ARE SACRIFICING THE LIBERTIES OF OUR\nPEOPLE.\nII\nTHERE ARE HARD-HEADED, NO-NONSENSE MEASURES BY WHICH\nTHE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS OF SOCIETY THAT THE\nGOVERNMENT HAS NOT, CANNOT OR WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FILL.\nVOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES & PHILANTHROPY PLAY A ROLE AS WELL AS\nECONOMIC INCENTIVES & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. TO BE\nCERTAIN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMERICA'S DEEP SPIRIT OF\nGENEROSITY BUT WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A BUCK FOR BUSINESS\nIF IT HELPS TO SOLVE OUR SOCIAL ILLS.\nPAGE 5\nWITH THE SAME ENERGY THAT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SOUGHT\nGOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS, WE WILL SEEK PRIVATE\nSOLUTIONS. THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US IS TO FIND WAYS ONCE\nAGAIN TO UNLEASH THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE &\nTHEIR COMMUNITIES. THAT ENERGY WILL ACCOMPLISH FAR, FAR\nMORE THAN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS EVER COULD. WHAT FEDERALISM\nIS TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR, VOLUNTARISM & PRIVATE INITIATIVE\nARE TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THIS COUNTRY IS BURSTING WITH\nIDEAS & CREATIVITY, BUT A GOVERNMENT RUN BY CENTRAL DECREE\nHAS NO WAY TO RESPOND.\nHAVING BEEN A GOVERNOR FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT KNEW SOMETHING\nOF THE DANGERS OF OVER-CENTRALIZATION. IN A MESSAGE TO THE\nCONGRESS, HE WROTE, \"CONTINUED DEPENDENCE UPON RELIEF (IT\nHADN'T YET BEEN GIVEN THE NAME WELFARE) INDUCES A SPIRITUAL\n& MORAL DISINTEGRATION FUNDAMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE TO THE\nNATIONAL FIBRE. TO DOLE OUT RELIEF IN THIS WAY IS TO\nADMINISTER A NARCOTIC, A SUBTLE DESTROYER OF THE HUMAN\nSPIRIT... THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST & SHALL QUIT THIS\nBUSINESS OF RELIEF.\"\nWHAT EXACTLY IS VOLUNTARISM? I GUESS GARY COOPER DID\nABOUT THE BEST JOB DESCRIBING IT IN THE MOVIE \"MR. DEEDS\nGOES TO TOWN. II\nPAGE 6\n\"FROM WHAT I CAN SEE,\" HE SAID, \"NO MATTER WHAT SYSTEM\nOF GOVERNMENT WE HAVE, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE LEADERS & ALWAYS\nBE FOLLOWERS. IT'S LIKE THE ROAD OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.\nIT'S ON A STEEP HILL. & EVERY DAY I WATCH THE CARS CLIMBING\nUP. SOME GO LICKETY-SPLIT UP THAT HILL ON HIGH -- SOME\nHAVE TO SHIFT INTO SECOND -- & SOME SPUTTER & SHAKE & SLIP\nBACK TO THE BOTTOM AGAIN. SAME CARS -- SAME GASOLINE --\nYET SOME MAKE IT & SOME DON'T. AND I SAY THE FELLAS WHO\nCAN MAKE THE HILL ON HIGH SHOULD STOP ONCE IN A WHILE & HELP\nTHOSE WHO CAN'T.\"\nOVER OUR HISTORY, AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS EXTENDED THEIR\nHANDS IN GESTURES OF ASSISTANCE. THEY HELPED BUILD A\nNEIGHBOR'S BARN WHEN IT BURNED DOWN, THEN FORMED A VOLUNTEER\nFIRE DEPARTMENT SO IT WOULDN'T BURN DOWN AGAIN. THEY\nHARVESTED THE NEXT FELLOW'S CROP WHEN HE WAS INJURED OR ILL\n& RAISED SCHOOL FUNDS AT QUILTING BEES & CHURCH SOCIALS.\nTHEY TOOK FOR GRANTED THAT NEIGHBOR WOULD CARE FOR NEIGHBOR.\nWHEN THE CITY OF CHICAGO WAS LEVELED BY FIRE, URBAN\nRENEWAL PROGRAMS DIDN'T EXIST; THE PEOPLE SIMPLY GOT TOGETHER\n& REBUILT THE CITY. THE GREAT FRENCH OBSERVER OF AMERICA,\nDE TOCQUEVILLE, WROTE, \"WHENEVER AT THE HEAD OF SOME NEW\nUNDERTAKING YOU SEE THE GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE, OR A MAN OF\nRANK IN ENGLAND, IN THE UNITED STATES YOU WILL BE SURE TO\nFIND AN ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUALS.\"\nPAGE 7\nTHE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICANS HAS DONE SO MUCH & IS SO\nRICH IN VARIETY. CHURCHES ONCE LOOKED AFTER THEIR OWN\nMEMBERS & DURING THE DEPRESSION THE MORMON CHURCH UNDERTOOK\nITS OWN WELFARE PLAN BASED ON THE WORK ETHIC -- A PLAN THAT\nIS STILL SUCCESSFUL TODAY. WITH NO DISRESPECT INTENDED ONE\nCAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF GOVERNMENT WELFARE WOULD EXIST IF\nALL OUR CHURCHES HAD PICKED UP THAT TASK. BEFORE WORLD\nWAR I, THE ROCKEFELLER & CARNEGIE FOUNDATIONS TOGETHER SPENT\nTWICE AS MUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT FOR EDUCATION & SOCIAL\nSERVICES -- SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WAS A NEED. THE NATIONAL\nFOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS SET OUT TO CONQUER POLIO\nWITH DIMES & DID IT. IN A FITTING SYMBOL OF AMERICA,\nOUR OWN STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS BUILT WITH THE NICKELS & DIMES\nOF FRENCH SCHOOLCHILDREN & THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THEIR\nPARENTS.\nWE ALL KNOW COUNTLESS STORIES OF INDIVIDUAL & PERSONAL\nGENEROSITY. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT IN LOS ANGELES A COUPLE\nOF YEARS AGO INVOLVING A MAN NAMED JOSE SALCIDO WHOSE WIFE\nHAD DIED OF CANCER, LEAVING HIM BOTH THE FATHER & MOTHER OF\n13 CHILDREN. IN AN ACCIDENT ONLY THE LORD CAN EXPLAIN, ONE\nDAY THE BRAKES ON HIS TRUCK DID NOT HOLD & HE WAS CRUSHED\nAGAINST A BRICK WALL AS HE WALKED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.\nTHE CHILDREN WHO HAD LOST THEIR MOTHER NOW HAD LOST THEIR\nFATHER. BUT THEY WERE NOT ORPHANED BY THEIR NEIGHBORS OR\nEVEN COMPLETE STRANGERS WHO IMMEDIATELY BEGAN COLLECTING\nCONTRIBUTIONS. THE PARISH CHURCH STARTED A DRIVE. FINALLY\nA FUND WAS SET UP AT THE BANK & A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO\nTAKE CARE OF IT. THEY ALSO DISCOVERED HOW KIND THE PEOPLE\nOF THIS LAND CAN BE.\nPAGE 8\nONE LETTER ACCOMPANYING A CHECK SAID IT ALL.\n\"THIS IS\nFOR THE CHILDREN OF JOSE SALCIDO. IT IS FOR THEM TO KNOW\nTHERE ARE ALWAYS OTHERS WHO CARE; THAT DESPITE PERSONAL\nTRAGEDY, THE WORLD IS NOT ALWAYS THE DARK PLACE IT SEEMS TO\nBE; THAT THEIR FATHER WOULD HAVE WANTED FOR THEM TO GO ON\nWITH COURAGE & STRENGTH, & STILL OPEN HEARTS.\nI KNOW THERE ARE CYNICS WHO DISMISS THE NOTION OF\nAMERICANS HELPING OTHER AMERICANS. THEY SAY THAT I SPEAK\nOF AN AMERICA THAT NEVER WAS & NEVER CAN BE. THEY BELIEVE\nVOLUNTARISM IS A MUSHY IDEA & THE PRODUCT OF MUSHY THINKING.\nTHEY SAY OUR SOCIETY TODAY IS TOO COMPLEX OR THAT WE ARE\nTRYING TO REPEAL THE 20TH CENTURY. THE CYNICS WHO SAY\nTHESE THINGS HAVE BEEN SO BUSY INCREASING WASHINGTON'S\nPOWER -- THAT THEY HAVE LOST SIGHT OF AMERICA. HAVE THEY\nFORGOTTEN THE GREAT NATIONAL EFFORTS BEFORE THERE EVER WAS A\nTHING CALLED \"FOREIGN AID\"? THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ORGANIZED\nTO HELP JAPAN IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE, FAMINE IN INDIA,\nBUNDLES FOR BRITAIN. THE SPIRIT IS NOT DEAD.\nI WISH THE CYNICS WOULD VISIT DAVID & FALAKA FATTAH IN\nPHILADELPHIA. THE FATTAHS DECIDED TO PUT THEIR HEARTS &\nMINDS INTO REDUCING THE GANG VIOLENCE IN WEST PHILADELPHIA,\nWHICH KILLED UP TO 40 PERSONS A YEAR IN THE EARLY 1970's.\nTHEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN NEGOTIATING A CITY-WIDE PEACE\nTREATY AMONG GANGS THAT REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM 40\nTO ABOUT 1 A YEAR.\nPAGE 9\nTHIS ONE COUPLE DID SOMETHING THAT ALL THE SOCIAL\nWELFARE & LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TOGETHER HAD BEEN UNABLE\nTO ACCOMPLISH. THEY REPLACED THE GANG STRUCTURE WITH A\nFAMILY STRUCTURE. THEIR HOUSE OF - (YOU-MOW-JAH) - HAS\nHELPED MORE THAN 500 BOYS DEVELOP INTO SELF-SUFFICIENT &\nPRODUCTIVE YOUNG MEN. AND TODAY THEY ARE ESTABLISHING WHAT\nMIGHT BE CALLED AN URBAN BOYS TOWN.\nI WISH THE DOUBTERS WOULD VISIT DETROIT WHERE A FEW\nYEARS AGO HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AWAITING ADOPTION WERE IN THE\nFOSTER CARE SYSTEM. POTENTIAL BLACK PARENTS WERE JUDGED BY\nARBITRARY INCOME STANDARDS & NOT BY WHETHER THEY COULD OFFER\nA WARM, LOVING, SECURE FAMILY TO A HOMELESS CHILD.\nBUT A COMMUNITY GROUP CALLED HOMES FOR BLACK CHILDREN\nCHALLENGED THE ADOPTION PRACTICES OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES WITH\nASTOUNDING RESULTS. IN ITS FIRST YEAR, HOMES FOR BLACK\nCHILDREN PLACED MORE KIDS IN PERMANENT HOMES THAN ALL 13 OF\nTHE TRADITIONAL PLACEMENT AGENCIES COMBINED. THERE IS THE\nDEBOLT FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA THAT BEGAN ADOPTING ONLY CHILDREN\nWHO WERE GRIEVOUSLY HANDICAPPED.\nI WISH THE CYNICS WOULD CALL ON THE NEW YORK CITY\nPARTNERSHIP, AN ASSOCIATION OF 100 BUSINESS & CIVIC LEADERS,\nWHICH THIS PAST SUMMER FOUND JOBS FOR ABOUT 14,000 DISADVANTAGED\nYOUTHS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE FOUND\nJOBS. OR MAYBE THEY SHOULD TALK TO THE HONEYWELL PEOPLE,\nWHO ARE TRAINING PRISON INMATES IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING.\nTHOSE INMATES WHO REACH AN EMPLOYABLE SKILL LEVEL BEFORE LEAVING\nPRISON HAVE A RECIDIVISM RATE OF LESS THAN 3%, COMPARED TO\nA NATIONAL RATE ESTIMATED AT 70%.\nPAGE 10\nOR LOOK AT THE MARVELOUS WORK McDONALD'S IS DOING WITH\nITS RONALD McDONALD HOUSES, THESE ARE PLACES -- HOMES\nREALLY -- USUALLY NEAR CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS WHERE FAMILIES\nCAN STAY WHILE THEIR CHILDREN ARE TREATED FOR SERIOUS DISEASES.\nCURRENTLY, 28 HOMES ARE OPEN & ANOTHER 32 ARE IN SOME STAGE\nOF DEVELOPMENT. SINCE THE HOMES ARE FUNDED MAINLY BY THE\nLOCAL McDONALD OPERATORS & THE STAFF IS ALL VOLUNTEER, NO\nTAXPAYER MONEY IS SPENT.\nTHE CYNICS SHOULD ASK THE FATTAHS IF THE SPIRIT IS\nDEAD. THEY SHOULD ASK THE FAMILIES WHO'VE BEEN HELPED BY\nTHE McDONALD HOUSES & THE HOMES FOR BLACK CHILDREN IF THE\nSPIRIT IS DEAD. THEY SHOULD ASK THE DISADVANTAGED NEW YORK\nYOUTHS WHO HAD SUMMER JOBS OR THE PRISON INMATES WHO ARE\nDEVELOPING SKILLS FOR THE OUTSIDE WORLD. WHY CAN'T THE\nSKEPTICS SEE THE SPIRIT IS THERE -- WHERE IT HAS ALWAYS\nBEEN -- INSIDE INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS?\nINSIDE INDIVIDUAL AMERICANS LIKE FATHER BRUCE RITTER.\nFATHER RITTER'S COVENANT HOUSE IN THE HEART OF TIMES SQUARE\nOFFERS YOUTHS WHO ARE RUNAWAY OR EXPLOITED A SANCTUARY FROM\nTHE PRESSURES OF MODERN LIFE & AN ESCAPE FROM THOSE WHO\nWOULD PREY ON THEM. WITH THE HELP OF 200 PART-TIME & 65\nFULL-TIME VOLUNTEERS, FATHER RITTER LAST YEAR AIDED NEARLY\n12,000 YOUTHS,\nPAGE 11\nPERHAPS THE DOUBTERS SHOULD CONSIDER HOW EMPTY & GRAY\nOUR SOCIETY WOULD BE IF RIGHT NOW THERE WERE NO SUCH THING\nAS VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY. ERMA BOMBECK, THAT WITTY WOMAN WHO\nAPPEARS IN OUR NEWSPAPERS, ONCE WROTE A MORE SOBER ARTICLE\nON WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THE VOLUNTEERS ALL SET SAIL FOR\nANOTHER COUNTRY. LET ME READ PART OF WHAT SHE SAID:\n\"THE HOSPITAL WAS QUIET AS I PASSED IT. ROOMS WERE\nVOID OF BOOKS, FLOWERS & VOICES. THE CHILDREN'S WING HELD\nNO CLOWNS NO LAUGHTER. THE RECEPTION DESK WAS VACANT.\n\"THE HOME FOR THE AGED WAS LIKE A TOMB, THE BLIND\nLISTENED FOR A VOICE THAT NEVER CAME. THE INFIRM WERE\nIMPRISONED BY WHEELS ON A CHAIR THAT NEVER MOVED. FOOD\nGREW COLD ON TRAYS THAT WOULD NEVER REACH THE MOUTHS OF THE\nHUNGRY.\n\"ALL THE SOCIAL AGENCIES HAD CLOSED THEIR DOORS, UNABLE\nTO IMPLEMENT THEIR PROGRAMS OF SCOUTING, RECREATION, DRUG\nCONTROL, BIG SISTERS, BIG BROTHERS, YW, YM, THE RETARDED,\nTHE CRIPPLED, THE LONELY, & THE ABANDONED.\n\"THE HEALTH AGENCIES HAD A SIGN IN THE WINDOW 'CURES\nFOR CANCER, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, BIRTH DEFECTS, MULTIPLE\nSCLEROSIS, EMPHYSEMA, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, KIDNEY DISORDERS,\nHEART DISEASES, HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST.\n\"THE SCHOOLS WERE STRANGELY QUIET WITH NO FIELD TRIPS,\nNO VOLUNTEER AIDS ON THE PLAYGROUND OR IN THE CLASSROOMS.\nAS WERE THE COLLEGES WHERE SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL SUPPORT\nWERE NO MORE.\nPAGE 12\n\"THE FLOWERS ON CHURCH ALTARS WITHERED & DIED. CHILDREN\nIN DAY NURSERIES LIFTED THEIR ARMS BUT THERE WAS NO ONE TO\nHOLD THEM IN LOVE.\"\nHER ARTICLE TOLD A VERY MUCH UNRECOGNIZED TRUTH:\nVOLUNTEER CUTS WOULD BE MUCH MORE DISRUPTIVE TO THE NATION\nTHAN FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS. BECAUSE THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT,\nTHIS ADMINISTRATION SEEKS TO ELEVATE VOLUNTARY ACTION &\nPRIVATE INITIATIVE TO THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE. WE\nSEEK TO INCREASE THEIR INFLUENCE ON OUR DAILY LIVES & THEIR\nROLES IN MEETING OUR SOCIAL NEEDS. FOR TOO LONG THE AMERICAN\nPEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE RELIEVED OF RESPONSIBILITY\nFOR HELPING THEIR FELLOW MAN BECAUSE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN\nOVER THE JOB.\nWE SEEK TO PROVIDE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE FOR\nVOLUNTARISM WITHOUT FEDERALIZING IT. TODAY I AM ANNOUNCING\nTHE CREATION OF A PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON PRIVATE SECTOR\nINITIATIVES, COMPRISED OF 35 LEADERS FROM CORPORATIONS,\nFOUNDATIONS, & VOLUNTARY & RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. ITS\nPURPOSE WILL BE TO PROMOTE PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERSHIP &\nRESPONSIBILITY FOR SOLVING PUBLIC NEEDS & TO RECOMMEND WAYS\nOF FOSTERING GREATER PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.\nI HAVE ASKED BILL VERITY, THE CHAIRMAN OF ARMCO STEEL,\nTO CHAIR THE TASK FORCE & ACT AS MY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE\nIN EXPANDING PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES & IN RECOGNIZING\nOUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF CORPORATE & COMMUNITY EFFORTS.\nof He HAS AGREED TO Do so.\nPAGE 13\nI AM INSTRUCTING THE CABINET TO REVIEW AGENCY PROCEDURES\n& REGULATIONS & IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT.\nWE WANT TO DEREGULATE COMMUNITY SERVICE. FOR EXAMPLE,\nMOTHERS & GRANDMOTHERS HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN FOR\nTHOUSANDS OF YEARS WITHOUT SPECIAL COLLEGE TRAINING. WHY\nIS IT CERTAIN STATES PROHIBIT ANYONE WITHOUT A COLLEGE\nDEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FROM OPERATING A DAY-\nCARE FACILITY?\nI AM ALSO ASKING THE CABINET TO DEVELOP PUMP PRIMING &\nSEED MONEY PROGRAMS THAT OFFER INCENTIVES FOR PRIVATE SECTOR\nINVESTMENT. IN ADDITION, THE CABINET WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL\nKNOWLEDGE TO DEVELOP PRIVATE INCENTIVES. FURTHERMORE,\nEXISTING PROGRAMS WILL BE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THOSE WHICH\nCOULD BE MORE PRODUCTIVELY CARRIED OUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR,\nVOLUNTARISM IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR PLAN TO GIVE\nTHE GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE PEOPLE.\nI BELIEVE THE PEOPLE\nARE ANXIOUS FOR THIS RESPONSIBILITY. I BELIEVE THEY WANT\nTO BE ENLISTED IN THIS CAUSE, WE HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED\nOPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA IN THE DAYS AHEAD TO BUILD ON OUR\nPAST TRADITIONS AND THE RAW RESOURCES WITHIN OUR PEOPLE.\nWE CAN SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SOCIAL SYSTEM MORE\nHUMANE, MORE COMPASSIONATE & MORE EFFECTIVE IN MEETING ITS\nMEMBERS NEEDS THAN ANY EVER KNOWN.\nPAGE 14\nAFTER I SPOKE OF VOLUNTARISM SEVERAL DAYS AGO, I RECEIVED\nTHIS MAILGRAM:\n\"AT A BREAKFAST MEETING THIS MORNING, 35 CHIEF EXECUTIVE\nOFFICERS OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS\nOF SAN ANTONIO MET & COMMITTED TO:\n1. SUPPORT OF YOU & YOUR COMMITMENT OF RETURNING THE\nRESPONSIBILITY OF SUPPORT OF MANY WORTHY PREVIOUSLY FEDERALLY\nFUNDED PROGRAMS TO THE LOCAL LEVEL.\n2. COMMITTING THEMSELVES INDIVIDUALLY & CORPORATELY TO\nDO MORE IN BEING A PART OF CONTINUING OR ESTABLISHING THAT\nSAFETY NET OF SERVICES EACH COMMUNITY NEEDS.\n3. AS A FIRST STEP, COMMITTING TO ACHIEVING A MINIMUM\n20% INCREASE IN OUR LOCAL UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN WHICH REPRESENTS\n60 AGENCIES INCLUDED WITHIN THAT SAFETY NET.\nAND FINALLY, COMMITTING THEMSELVES THAT THE PROGRAMS\nSUPPORTED ARE NEEDED & EFFICIENTLY & EFFECTIVELY ADMINISTERED.\nYOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT.\nHAROLD E. O'KELLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & PRESIDENT,\nDATAPOINT CORPORATION.\nTOM E. TURNER, SR., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD & PRESIDENT,\nSIGMOR CORPORATION.\nDR. ROBERT V. WEST, JR., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, TESORO\nPETROLEUM CORPORATION.\nH. B. ZACHRY, SR., CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, H.B. ZACHRY\nCOMPANY.\"\nPAGE 15\nAND JUST THIS WEEKEND I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE\nINSURANCE INDUSTRY PROMISING TO UNDERTAKE NEW & URGENT\nINITIATIVES TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT, ESPECIALLY AMONG MINORITY\nYOUTHS. THE INSURANCE COMPANIES PLAN TO DIRECT THEIR\nFINANCIAL RESOURCES -- WHICH ARE IN THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS\nOF DOLLARS -- TO FURTHER THIS GOAL. THEY ALSO PLAN TO\nINCREASE THEIR DOLLAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THOSE PROGRAMS AFFECTING\nBASIC HUMAN NEEDS. THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN ADDRESS THE\nTOUGH SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF SPECIAL CONCERN TO MINORITY AMERICANS.\nAND I BELIEVE WE WILL SOON SEE A TORRENT OF PRIVATE INITIATIVES\nTHAT WILL ASTOUND THE ADVOCATES OF BIG GOVERNMENT.\nTHE EFFORTS OF YOU AT THIS CONFERENCE ALSO SHOW WHAT\nCAN BE DONE WHEN CONCERNED PEOPLE & BUSINESSES JOIN IN\nPARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT. YOU ARE A MODEL OF FUTURE\nACTION.\nI AM CALLING UPON YOU TODAY TO HELP IN THE CAUSE TO\nENLARGE THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR CITIZENS. THE\nSPIRIT THAT BUILT THIS COUNTRY STILL DWELLS IN OUR PEOPLE.\nTHEY WANT TO HELP -- WE ONLY NEED TO ASK THEM.\nALL OF US AND PARTICULARLY WE WHO ARE PARENTS HAVE\nWORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THE YOUTH OF TODAY HAVE ABSORBED SOME\nOF THE TRADITIONS WITH WHICH WE ARE SO INDOCTRINATED. WELL\nA FEW YEARS AGO IN NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF., OCEAN FRONT HOMES\nWERE THREATENED BY AN ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDE & STORM GENERATED\nHEAVY SURF. ALL THROUGH THE DAY & COLD WINTER NIGHT,\nVOLUNTEERS WORKED FILLING & PILING SANDBAGS IN AN EFFORT TO\nSAVE THESE HOMES.\nPAGE 16\nLOCAL TV STATIONS, AWARE OF THE DRAMA OF THE SITUATION,\nCOVERED THE STRUGGLE. IT WAS ABOUT 2 A.M. WHEN ONE NEWSCASTER\nGRABBED A YOUNG FELLOW IN HIS TEENS, ATTIRED ONLY IN WET\nTRUNKS. HE HAD BEEN WORKING ALL DAY & NIGHT - ONE OF\nSEVERAL HUNDRED OF HIS AGE GROUP. NO, HE DID NOT LIVE IN\nONE OF THE HOMES THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE. HE WAS COLD &\nTIRED. THE NEWSCASTER WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE & HIS FRIENDS\nWERE DOING THIS. THE ANSWER WAS SO POIGNANT BUT TELLS US\nSOMETHING SO TRUE -- IT SHOULD BE PRINTED ON A BILLBOARD.\n\"WELL,\" HE SAID, \"I GUESS, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE EVER FELT\nLIKE WE WERE NEEDED.\"\nAMERICANS ARE NEEDED. THEY ARE NEEDED TO KEEP THIS\nCOUNTRY TRUE TO THE TRADITION OF VOLUNTARISM THAT HAS SERVED\nUS SO WELL. AND THEY ARE NEEDED TO KEEP AMERICA TRUE TO\nHER VALUES. IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II WHEN A WAR\nRAVAGED WORLD COULD HAVE SLIPPED BACK INTO THE DARK AGES,\nPOPE PIUS THE 12TH SAID: \"THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A GENIUS\nFOR GREAT & UNSELFISH DEEDS. INTO THE HANDS OF AMERICA GOD\nHAS PLACED AN AFFLICTED MANKIND.\" LET THOSE WORDS BE TRUE\nOF US TODAY. LET US GO FORTH FROM THIS CONFERENCE & SAY TO\nTHE PEOPLE: JOIN US IN HELPING AMERICANS HELP EACH OTHER.\n###\n(Parvin)\nCARDS\nOctober 2, 1981\nWALLENBERG BILL SIGNING CEREMONY -- OCTOBER 5, 1981\n--\nToday I am signing a bill to make Raoul Wallenberg an\nhonorary citizen of the United States. But in making\nhim a U.S. citizen, truly we are the ones being honored.\nRaoul Wallenberg is the Swedish savior of almost 100,000\nJewish men, women, and children. What he did, what he\naccomplished is of biblical proportions.\n--\nSir Winston Churchill, another man of force and fortitude,\nis the only other person who has received honorary U.S.\ncitizenship. As John F. Kennedy said at that signing\nceremony, \"Indifferent himself to danger, he wept over\nthe sorrows of others.\" That compassion also exemplifies\nthe man we gather for today.\n:\nIn 1944, the United States requested Sweden's cooperation\nin protecting the lives of Hungarian Jews facing extinction\nat the hands of the Nazis. In the months that followed,\nthe U.S. supplied the funds and the directives, and\nRaoul Wallenberg supplied the courage and the passion.\nHow can we comprehend the moral worth of a man who\nsaved tens of thousands of lives, including those of\nCongressman and Mrs. Lantos?\nHANDWRITING FILE\nPage 2\nIn 1945, in violation of diplomatic immunity and\ninternational law, he was seized by the Soviet Union;\nTHERE ISQUIDENCE THEY\ntoday he is still imprisoned by the Soviets. But the\nglow of his goodness cannot be darkened by the brutality\nof the Soviet prison system. Wherever he is, his\nhumanity burns like a torch.\nI heard someone once say that a man has made at least\na start on understanding the meaning of human life when\nhe plants shade trees under which he knows he will\nnever sit. Raoul Wallenberg is just such a man. He\nnurtured the lives of those he never knew at the risk\nof his own.\n--\nThen, just recently, I was told that in a special area\nbehind the Holocaust Memorial in Israel, Hungarian Jews\nnow living in Sweden planted 10,000 trees in Raoul's\nhonor. Mrs. Lagergren, Mr. von Dandel, we are going to\ndo everything in our power so that your brother can sit\nbeneath the shade of those trees and enjoy the respect\nand love so many hold for him."
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