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Ney le Olympics
Working in Partnership
for America's Games
A progress report from the White House Task Force
on the Olympic & Paralympic Games
WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE
THE NO
USA
GAMES
OLYMPIC
&
PARALYMPIC
Vice President Al Gore, Chairman
Mack McLarty, Vice Chairman,
APRIL 12, 1996
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Copyright 1992 Newspaper Publishing PLC
The Independent
February 11, 1992, Tuesday
SECTION: FOREIGN NEWS PAGE; Page 8
LENGTH: 295 words
HEADLINE: Albertville finds its portion of Quayle hard to digest
BYLINE: From JULIAN NUNDY in Paris
BODY:
PARIS - The head of protocol at the Albertville Winter,
Olympics said some time ago that his greatest problem would be
the visit of Dan Quayle, writes Julian Nundy.
The US Vice-President, stopping over between newly independent
Lithuania and Germany for Saturday's opening of the Games in
Savoy (joined to France in 1860), at first planned to bring an
entourage of 160 in gas-guzzling limousines on the narrow Alpine
roads.
The Veep asked for reservations in a three-star restaurant but
the Olympic sites do not possess one. His party rejected second
best, a two-star establishment, on the grounds of expense.
Saturday lunch, however, was to be a simple affair. Mr Quayle
and his wife, Marilyn, went to the Olympic Village cafeteria in
Brides-les-Bains with the US team. The Americans asked for 80
passes; the locals limited the number to 23. This was ignored and
at least double the two dozen walked in.
According to accompanying American journalists, the mayor of
Brides-les-Bains, as he offered Mr Quayle the visitors' book, was
ejected by Mr Quayle's security men to make room. "Get him the
hell out of here, Steve Bull, a member of the US Olympic
Committee, was quoted as saying.
Jean-Francois Chedal-Bornu, the mayor, denied any such thing.
'There were a few too many journalists in the village. The
security of Mr Quayle was a little difficult to co-ordinate with
the security of the athletes. There is no cloud in our relations
with the American delegation.
A US Olympic Committee spokesman said: ' 'We regret any
problems that the visit of the Vice-President may have caused.
A French official of the Olympic Games Organising Committee said
there had been "a bit of a crush' 'Quotas were exceeded, he
said. "I can't say more.
Copyright 1992 The Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times
February 9, 1992, Sunday, Home Edition
SECTION: Sports; Part c; Page 6; Column 4; Sports Desk
LENGTH: 286 words
HEADLINE: THE OLYMPICS: WINTER GAMES AT ALBERTVILLE;
QUAYLE MOB SCENE ANGERS THE FRENCH
BYLINE: From Associated Press
DATELINE: BRIDES-LES-BAINS, France
BODY:
A good-luck visit by Vice President Dan Quayle to the Olympic
athletes' village here turned into a mob scene that shut out the
local mayor and left some members of Quayle's entourage,
including the U.S. ambassador, out in the cold.
Quayle was swarmed by American and other athletes, and more
reporters and security people than the French had counted on in
the village cafeteria where he had lunch with U.S. Olympians.
"The Americans abused their rights," an angry Mayor
Jean-Francois Chedal-Bornu said. "There were just too many people
in the restaurant. It was unbelievable."
Officials of this Alpine town of 600 had authorized only 23
people to be in Quayle's group. But a couple of dozen more were
brought in with the vice president, leaving some people outside,
scrambling to get in.
Chedal-Bornu himself was ejected from the scene as he was
trying to get Quayle to sign a guest register.
"Get him the hell out of here," U.S. Olympic Committee member
Steve Bull was overheard saying.
Walter Curley, U.S. ambassador to France, was also initially
denied access to the village by the French and had to be escorted
inside.
"The U.S. delegation asked for about 80 passes, and we limited
them to 23," Chedal-Bornu said. "We made a big effort with the
vice president's visit, and this is what happened."
More than 40 people entered the village with Quayle, said Hugh
Addington, an official with Quayle's office.
Quayle was met by about 50 U.S. athletes and officials in
front of one of the village residences. In the cafeteria, people
swarmed around Quayle as reporters and U.S. Olympic Committee
photographers elbowed for position. Athletes jostled one another
to have their pictures taken with Quayle.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Copyright 1992 Guardian Publication, Ltd.
Manchester Guardian Weekly
February 23, 1992
SECTION: Pg. 6
LENGTH: 362 words
HEADLINE: Tangled trail of Quayle
BYLINE: By Hella Pick
BODY:
THE US vice-president, Dan Quayle, returned to Washington last
week, leaving behind a trail of diplomatic debris and a string of
bemused and bewildered European politicians.
Brief encounters with the Veep, as he moved in rapid
succession to the Olympics, Munich, Geneva, and London have
failed to reassure the Europeans about Mr Quayle's
qualifications for high office.
The first manifestation of his insensitivity came when he
breezed in to the winter Olympics at Albertville. He does not
appear to have realised that his outsize party and their outsize
cars caused serious crush problems, or that the local mayor was
less than enthused by being told to "get the hell out of here"
when he asked Mr Quayle to sign the visitor's book.
In Munich, at the annual high-powered Wehrkunde security
conference, Mr Quayle left unspoken most of his prepared text and
launched into a thinly-veiled warning that failure of the Gatt
trade talks was likely to throw into question America's
commitment to Nato. His loosely phrased speech was widely
interpreted as an attempt to link the outcome of the Gatt
negotiations with the continued deployment of US troops in
Europe, and even the survival of the alliance.
Not so, Mr Quayle has been energetically explaining. He had
been misunderstood. There had been no threat. This was no
sinister message from the White House that the Europeans had a
choice between giving way on agricultural subsidies or losing the
US presence.
Some of the Republican senators at the security conference had
been talking linkage, the vice-president said. But not he.
Mr Quayle's comments on the Vietnamese boat people in Hong
Kong left similar confusion. Does he, or does he not understand
the inconsistency of condemning the repatriation of Vietnamese
and endorsing the repatriation of Haitians?
In Geneva he asserted that everyone knew that the Vietnamese
were political refugees, in sharp contrast to the Haitains, who
were demonstrably only economic migrants. After a briefing from
the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Douglas Hurd, the
vice-president declared that he now had a perfect understanding
of the refugee issue.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
The Associated Press
The materials in the AP file were compiled by The Associated
Press. These materials may not be republished without the express
written consent of The Associated Press.
February 8, 1992, Saturday, AM cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 148 words
DATELINE: NEW YORK
BODY:
Vice President Dan Quayle had a brief scare in the French
Alps on Saturdaywhen the brakes failed on the car taking him to
the Winter Olympics, according to broadcast reports.
Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, were headed toward the opening
ceremonies inAlbertville when the brakes on his armored vehicle
did not work. The car started down a steep road before the driver
was able to bring it to a stop, ABC, CBS and CNN reported.
The Quayles and their guests switched to another car and
completed their trip without incident. The vice president's
arrival was delayed about an hour.
Quayle met with U.S. athletes at the Olympic village. After
the afternoon ceremonies, he went on to Lyon, where he spent the
night.
Quayle is in France between a visit to the Baltic states,
where he pledged U.S. aid to the newly independent countries, and
a visit to Germany, Switzerland and Britain.
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
Olympic
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Event
April 12, 1994
WHITE HOUSE OLYMPIC EVENT
Date:
April 13, 1994
Location:
East Room
Time:
2:15 p.m. . 3:15 p.m.
From:
Reta J. Lewis, Olympic Task Force
White House Staff Liaison
I.
PURPOSE
You will honor the members of the 1994 United States Olympic team and
congratulate them on their outstanding accomplishments in Lillehammer, Norway.
II.
BACKGROUND
You have demonstrated strong support for the USOC and for the Olympic
movement throughout your administration. The appointment of the Vice
President to chair the Interagency Task Force for the 1996 Summer Olympic
Games and the First Lady's participation as head of the U.S. delegation to the
Lillehammer Games have been received very positively by the leadership of the
USOC. This event will be an opportunity for you to recognize the members of
the 1994 U.S. Winter Olympic team, and to congratulate the 13 medalists from
the Lillehammer Games. This type of event has been a White House tradition
for a number of years. A summary of information on the U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic teams and a state-by-state roster of athletes, provided by the USOC, is
attached for your information.
As you are aware, the Special Olympic World Games will be held in New Haven,
Connecticut in 1995 and the Summer Olympic Games will be held in Atlanta,
Georgia in 1996. Representatives from the Special Olympics organizing
committee and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games will attend the
White House Olympic celebration.
Earlier today the First Lady visited Paul Junior High School with Speed Skating
gold medalist Dan Jansen as a part of the USOC's "Champions In Life" program.
The Champions in Life program is designed to give young people the chance to
be exposed to the values possessed by Olympic athletes who can serve as role
models.
Page 2, Olympic Event
This program is designed to provide forums for Olympians to deliver messages of
hopeand encouragement directly to young people, and to demonstrate to them the value
of hard work. The objective of the athletes is to show the students that there is no
limitation as to what the human spirit can achieve, and that every individual can be a
champion in life.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
See attached lists of guests from the USOC, ACOG, the Special Olympics and
members of the U.S. delegation to Lillehammer.
In addition to the members of the United States Olympic team, you should be
aware that the following individuals are in attendance for the ceremony:
OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES
Anita DeFrantz, IOC Member and USOC Board Member
LeRoy Walker, USOC President
Harvey Schiller, USOC Executive Director
George Steinbrenner, USOC Board Member
Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell
Billy Payne, President and CEO of ACOG
Eunice Shriver, Founder and CEO of U.S. Special Olympics
Florence Griffith Joyner, Co-Chair of the President's Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports
Thomas McMillen, Co-Chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports
Note: Governor Zell Miller will not be in attendance for the White House
ceremony, but will attend the USOC annual dinner.
Page 3, Olympic Event
CABINET OFFICIALS
Secretary Jesse Brown
Dr. Lee Brown
Secretary Ron Brown
Secretary Hazel O'Leary
Hon. Leon Panetta
Secretary Richard Riley
MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESS
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Senator Russell Feingold
Representative Edward Markey
Representative Robert Michel
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton
CBS REPRESENTATIVES
Greg Gumbel and other sportscasters from the
Lillehammer Games
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open press.
Page 4, Olympic Event
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
See Social Office scenario.
VI. REMARKS
Prepared by Speechwriting.
1994 WINTER OLYMPIC MEDALISTS
NAME OF ATHLETES
MEDAL
EVENT
Bonnie Blair
Gold
( 1,000 Meters, Speed Skating)
Nikki Ziegelmeyer
Bronze
( Short Track, 3,000 Meter Relay)
John Coyle
Silver
( Short Track, 5,000 Meter Relay)
Eric Flaim
Silver
( Short Track, 5,000 Meter Relay)
Randy Bartz
Silver
( Short Track, 5,000 Meter Relay)
Picabo Street
Silver
( Downhill, Alpine)
Dan Jansen
Gold
( 1,000 Meters, Speed Skating)
Cathy Turner
Bronze
( Short Track, 3,000 Meter Relay)
Nancy Kerrigan
Silver
( Ladies' Single, Figure Skating)
Diann Roffe-Steinrotter
Gold
( Super G, Alpine)
Liz McIntyre
Silver
( Moguls, Freestyle)
Andy Gabel
Silver
( Short Track, 5,000 Meter Relay)
Karen Cashman
Bronze
( Short Track, 3,000 Meter Relay)
Amy Peterson
Bronze
( 500 Meters, Short Track)
Tommy Moe
Gold
( Downhill, Alpine)
USOC OFFICIALS
Mary A. Baldwin, USOC Board Member
Howard Buxton, USOC Board Member
Anita DeFrantz, USOC Board Member
Charles Foster, USOC Board Member
Paul George, USOC Board Member
Ralph Hale, USOC Board Member
Jane Hale, USOC Board Member
David Joyner, USOC Board Member
Michael Lenard, USOC Board Member
Frank Marshall, USOC Board Member
Charles Moore, USOC Board Member
Judith Moore, USOC Board Member
George Schaefer, USOC Board Member
Mary Ann Schaefer, USOC Board Member
Harvey Schiller, USOC Board Member
Marcia Schiller, USOC Board Member
George Steinbrenner, USOC Board Member
LeRoy Walker, USOC Board Member
James Hardymon, Textron (USOC Sponsor)
Gay Hardamon, Textron (USOC Sponsor)
Mary Howell, Textron (USOC Sponsor)
John Howell, Textron (USOC Sponsor)
Raymond Caine, Textron (USOC Sponsor)
Sharon Caine, Textron (USOC Sponsor)
Steve Bull, USOC Director of Government Relations
Bill Fitzpatrick, USOC Photographer
Peter Knight, USOC Consultant
ACOG OFFICIALS
ACOG
Charlie Battle, Managing Director of Sports & International Organizations
Shirley Franklin, Managing Director & Senior Policy Advisor
A.D. Frazier, Chief Operating Officer
Billy Payne, President and CEO
Linda Stephenson, Managing Director of Olympic Programs
Dick Yarbrough, Managing Director of Communications
ACOG CONSULTANTS
Bill Talmadge
Gordon Giffin
REPRESENTATIVES OF GEORGIA
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Mac Holladay
George Hooks
Johnny Isakson
Sonny Perdue
Pete Robinson
Calvin Smyre
Matt Towery
Larry Walker
UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY
Mrs. Florence Griffith Joyner
Co-Chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Mr. C. Thomas McMillen
Co-Chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Mr. Irby C. Simpkins, Jr.
Publisher
Accompanying Members
Mr. Frederick DuVal
Deputy Chief of Protocol
Mrs. Maria Sotiropoulos
Protocol Escort Officer
SPECIAL OLYMPIC BOARD MEMBERS/OFFICERS
Eunice Shriver
Founder, US Special Olympics
Susan Saint James, Secretary
1995 Special Olympics World Games Organizing Committee
Kimberly Elliot
Special Assistant to the Chairman
1995 Special Olympics World Games Organizing Committee
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TO:
THE PRESIDENT
THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE FIRST LADY
DATE:
April 13, 1994
RE:
OLYMPIANS EVENT
LOCATION:
East Room
NO. OF PEOPLE:
Approx. 220 Athletes
Approx. 150 Guests/Open Press
FROM:
Ann Stock
1:00 p.m.
Guests arrive East Visitor's Gate and proceed to
State Dining Room.
1:30 p.m.
Olympic athletes arrive by busses at the NW Gate
and proceed to East Room. (If raining, busses
will arrive at the East Gate.)
2:15 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT and THE
FIRST LADY arrive in the Green Room for event
briefing.
Program Begins:
-- THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT and THE
FIRST LADY are announced into the East Room
and proceed on stage.
-- THE FIRST LADY makes welcoming remarks
and introduces THE VICE PRESIDENT.
-- THE VICE PRESIDENT remarks and introduces
THE PRESIDENT.
-- THE PRESIDENT remarks.
-- Cammy Myler, the U.S. flag bearer,
presents team jacket to THE PRESIDENT.
Upon conclusion of program, THE PRESIDENT,
THE VICE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY take
group photos with Olympic team.
NOTE: If weather permits, the speaking program and photos
will be moved outside.
Olympic
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Grad
April 12, 1994
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE DINNER
Date:
April 13, 1994
Location:
Washington Hilton Hotel
Time:
7:45 p.m.
From:
Reta J. Lewis, Olympic Task Force
White House Staff Liaison
I.
PURPOSE
You will honor the 1994 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes during the 1994
Olympic dinner.
II.
BACKGROUND
The President of the United States has traditionally served as the Honorary
President of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). In January of this
year, you agreed to continue this tradition and accepted the USOC invitation to
become the Honorary President of the committee. In addition, you agreed to
serve as the Honorary President of the Annual Olympic Dinner, and Vice
President Gore agreed to serve as the event's Honorary Vice President.
Approximately 1,800 people are expected to attend, including members of the
1994 Winter Olympic Team, approximately 100 members of the United States
Congress, the members of your Cabinet, and the members of the Interagency Task
Force for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
III.
PARTICIPANTS
See attached list.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open press.
Page 2, Olympic Dinner
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
-You will arrive at the Washington Hilton at approximately 7:40 p.m. and proceed
to hold, accompanied by Dr. LeRoy Walker, President of the USOC and Dr.
Harvey Schiller, Executive Director of the USOC.
-The Olympic athletes will be announced into the ballroom and proceed to the
stage.
-You will be announced into the ballroom, accompanied by the Vice President
and the First Lady.
-You and the Vice President will proceed onstage. The First Lady will proceed to
the head table.
-The National Anthem will be played, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
-The Vice President will make brief remarks and introduce you.
-You will give remarks.
-Dr. Walker will present you and the Vice President with USOC blazers.
-Chris Waddell will give the invocation.
-You will depart, accompanied by the Vice President and the First Lady. The
athletes will proceed to their tables.
-Dinner is served.
VI.
REMARKS
Prepared by Speechwriting.
USOC ANNUAL DINNER, APRIL 13, 1994
Members Attending the Dinner
4/8/94 Update
Rep. Wayne Allard
Rep. Doug & Betty Applegate
Rep. Dick Armey-
Rep. Spencer Bachus
Senator Kay Balley Hutchison
Rep. Peter Barca
Rep. Carlos Romero Barcelo
Rep. Jim Barcia
Rep. Tom Barlow
Rep. Tom Barrett
Rep. Joe Barton & guest
Rep. Herb & Linda Bateman
Senator Max Baucus & Zeno Baucus
Senator Bob Bennett & Joyce Bennett
Rep. Jim Bilbray & Mrs. Bilbray
Rep. Michael Bilirakis
Rep. Sherry Boehlert & Marianne Boehlert
Senator John Breaux & Lois Breaux
Senator Conrad Burns & Mrs. Burns
Rep. Sherrod Brown
Rep. Dave Camp & Nancy Kell
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (reception only)
Rep. Howard Coble
Rep. Cardiss Collins & guest
Rep. Mac Collins & Mrs. Collins
Rep. Gary Condit & guest
Sénator Paul Coverdell
Rēp. Bill Coyne
Senator Larry & Mrs. Craig (Reception only)
Rep. Philip Crane
Rep. Mike Crapo (Reception only)
Rep. Pat Danner
Rep. Buddy Darden
Senator Tom Daschle
Rep. Nathan Deal
Rep. Kika de la Garza
Senator Christopher Dodd
Senator Pete Domenic
Rep. Cal Dooley & Linda Dooley
Rep. Jimmy Duncan
Rep. Chet Edwards & Lea Ann Edwards
Rep. Vernon Ehiers
Rep. Terry Everett
Rep. Thomas Ewing
Rep. Sam Farr
Rep. Vic Fazio
Rep. Jack Fields
Rep. Bob Filner & guest
Rep. Bob Franks & guest
Rep. Gary Franks
Rep. Dean Gallo
Rep. George Gekas
Rep. Newt Gingrich
Rep. Bob Goodlatte
Rep. Rod Grams
Senator Chuck Grassley
Rep. Jim Greenwood & guest
Senator Judd Gregg & Sarah Gregg
Rep. Dan Hamburg & Carrie Hamburg
Rep. Mel Hancock
Rep. Jimmy Hayes & guests (2)
Rep. Joel Hefley & Lynn Hefley
Rep. Maurice Hinchey & Eleanor Nash Brown
Rep. George Höchbrueckner
Rep. Pete Hoekstra
Rep. Martin Hoke (Reception only)
Rep. Amo Houghton & Mrs. Houghton
Rep. Michael Huffington
Rep. Tim Hutchinson & Ray Reid
Rep. Don Johnson
Rep. Sam Johnson
Senator Dirk Kempthorne
Senator John Kerry (Reception only)
Rep. Jay Kim
Rep. Peter King & Mr. Sean King (son)
Rep. Herb Klein & Jacqueline Klein
Rep. Scott Klug
Rep. Joe Knollenberg & Sandie Knollenberg
Senator Herb Kohl & guest (tentative)
Rep. John LaFaice
Rep. Blanche Lambert
Rep. Greg Laughlin
Senator Frank Lautenberg
Rep. Jerry & Arlene Lewis
Rep. John Lewis
Rep. John Linder & Lynne Linder
Rep. Bill Lipinski & Molly Gaudreau
Rep. Marilyn Lloyd
Senator Richard Lugar
Senator Connie Mack
Rep. Carolyn Maloney
Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky
Rep. Edward Markey
Rep. Matthew Martinez
Rep. Scott Mcinnis & Bob & Patti Mcinnis-Cole
Rep. Carrie Meek & Mr. Tola Thompson
Rep. John Mica & Mrs. Mica
Rep. Dan Miller & Glenda Miller
Rep. Jim Moran
Rep. Connie Morella & guest
Senator Frank Murkowski & Mrs. Murkowski
Rep. Austin Murphy & Marissa Creager
Senator Sam Nunn (Reception only)
Rep. John Olver
Rep. Solomon Ortiz & guest
Rep. William Orton & Jacqueline Massey
Rep. Mike Oxlay & Pat Oxley
Rep. Mike Parker
Rep. Ed Pastor
Rep. Bill Paxon
Rep. Richard Pombo
Rep. Glenn Poshard & guest
Rep. Deborah Pryce & guest
Senator Larry & Harriet Pressler
Senator David Pryor and Barbara Pryor
Rep. James Quillen
Rep. Jack Quinn & guest
Rep. Jack Reed & guest
Rep. Ralph Regula
Rep. Mel Reynolds & guest
Rep. Carlos Romero-Barcelo
Rep. Lucille Roybal Allard & Edward T. Allard
Rep. Ed Royce & Betty Jane Royce
Rep. Bernard Sanders & Mrs. Sanders
Rep. Rick Santorum
Rep. Jim Saxton
Rep. Pat Schroeder & Jim Schroeder
Rep. Bobby Scott
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner & Mrs. Sensenbrenner
Rep. Jose Serrano
Rep. Christopher Shays
Rep. Nick Smith & Bonnie Smith
Rep. Gerald Solomon & Freda Solomon
Senator Arlen Specter
Rep. Cliff Stearns
Senator Ted Stevens & Mrs. Stevens
Rep. Ted Strickland
Rep. Gerry Studds & Mr. Dean Hara
Rep. Bart Stupak
Rep. Dick Swett
Rep. John Tanner & Mrs. Tanner
Rep. Billy & Cecile Tauzin
Rep. Charles Taylor
Rep. Craig Thomas & Susan Thomas
Rep. Bennie Thompson & guest
Rep. Karen Thurman
Senator Strom Thurmond & Brown McLeod
Rep. Walter Tücker & Mrs. Tucker
Rep. Robert & Mrs. Underwood
Rep. Jolene Unsoeld
Rep. Barbara & George Vucanovich
Rep. James Walsh
Rep. Melvin Watt
Senator Paul Wellstone
Rep. Lynn Woolsey
USOC ANNUAL DINNER, APRIL 13, 1994
Guest RSVP List
4/9/94
Robble Alken & guest
Steve
Marcie & David Adier
AA, Senator Dole
hleen Ambrose
AA, Rep. Peter Hoagland
Amdur
NY Times
Karen Anderson & guest
WH Political Affairs
Chuck Atkins
AA, Rep. Scotty Baesler
& Arthur Auer
AA, Rep. Stenholm
Sandy Baldwin
Schiller- USOC Officer
J
Ballabon & guest
Senator Danforth, Crime Bill Coalition (seat W Cleplak & Flanagan)
Melissa Banks & guest
The White House
Janice Barbleri
D vid & Joan Barram
Dep. Sec., Dept. of Commerce
Charlie Battle
ACOG & Schiller
Kisk Bauer & Hal Hunt
Schiller- National Handicapped Sports
Colonel & Mrs. Charles
Barb
Beardall
Douglas Bennet
Asst. Sec. International Organization Affairs Bureau
Art &:Bonnie Berko
NBC Dateline- Press
Paul Berry & guest
Pryor- Global USA (Seat W DP)
Jo Bonner
AA, Rep. Sonny Callahan
neral Walter &
Boomer
for General Carl Mundy- Commander of the Marines
V.Borger
AA, Rep. Jim Greenwood
Boster
AA, Rep. Rick Lazio
skine Bowles
Administrator, Small Business Administration
the
Bull & guest
Stave
Christine Brennan
Press- The Washington Post
lack Bennan & guest
Steve
Elizabeth Brimmer
AA, Rep. Craig Thomas
Parkes Brittan
Advantage International
Morgan Broman
AA, Rep. Richard Neal
Ann Brooks & Chuck Akstin
Director of Special Events, DOD
Susan Brophy
The White House- Legislative Affairs
Marilyn Brown
D.C. Board of Education
Larry Buendorf
Schiller- USOC Staff
Harold & Bette Burson
Burson Marsteller
Bill Burton
Sr. Policy Advisor to the Chief of Staff, The White House
Howard Buxton
Schiller
Anthony Caligiuri
AA, Rep. Wayne Glichrest
Barry Caldwell
AA, Senator Spector
Mayor Bill Campbell
ACOG. Mayor of Atlanta
Bill Campbell
ACOP & Schiller (sw Sidead Dizdarevik)
Lisa Caputo & Guest
Dep. ATP & Press Sec. to the First Lady
Ed Cassidy
AA, Rep. Martin Hoke
David Castagnetti
AA, Rep. Norm Mineta
Victor Castillo
Rep. Filner
Linda & Mark Chastang
AA, Rep. John Lewis
Lisa & Bernard Cieplak
Crime Bill- Senator Pete Domenici (Seat with Ballabab & Flanagan)
Kelly Craighead
The White House
Sherry Crawford
(x Evan Lovell)
Peter Cobb
Dep. Chief of Staff, Joint Comm. on Taxation
Terry Coleman
Member Georgia House of Representatives
David & Elizabeth Cook
AA, Rep. Nathan Deal
Jim Conzelman & guest
AA, Rep. Mike Oxley
Cindy & Tony Crane
Karen Cronin
Madelyn Creedon &
Senate Armed Services Committee
James Bracco
Mr. & Mrs. Wesley Creel
Ellen- Finance Committee
Denise Crum
Senator Lugar- Nancy
Miniard Culpepper
AA, Rep. Barbara Rose Collins
Christopher D'Arcy
Acting AA for Rep. Richard Pombo
Maurice Daniel
AA, Rep. Bobby Rush
Del Davis &
House Appropriations Committee
Sally Chadbourne
Shannon Davis
AA, Rep. Karan English
Tom Dawson
AA, Rep. Neal Smith
Hal DeCell III
AA, Rep. Jamie Whitten
Anita DeFrantz
Schiller- U.S. IOC Representative
Kris Delninger
AA, Rep. Steve Gunderson
Rudy & Anne de Leon
Special Asst. to the Sec. of Defense, Dept. of Defense
Donna DeVerona & John Pinto
ABC Sports
Philip & Jacquita Diehl
Exec. Dep. Dir., US Mint, Dept. of Treasury
Morris Dillard
Michael Duggan
Knight Kidder- Press
Margaret Durbin
Min. Staff Dir., House Comm. on Energy & Commerce
Howard Edelson
AA, Rep. Bob Carr
Robert & Elizabeth Eisenhaur
Nancy
Marilyn Elrod
Committee on Armed Services
Rahm Emanuel & Amy Rule
ATP, Dep. Dir. of Communications
John Emerson &
The White House
Kimberly Mateau
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Engel
Dept. of State. IO/PPC
Warren Erdman
AA, Senator Kit Bond
Eugene Essner & Guest
Dep. Dir., US Mint. Dept. of Treasury
William Evans
Olympic Legislative Support (x Bob Varga)
Karen Ewing
The White House
Fariborz & Nancy Fatemi
AA, Rep. Marcy Kaptur
Pate Felts
Senator Pryor's office
Laurie Fenton
AA, Rep. Jim Kolbe
Kathy Fine
AA, Senator Paul Coverdell
Stephanie Finley
AA, Rep Scott McInnis
Amy Fisackerly
M to Senator Cochran
Benita Fitzgerald
USOC
Sara Flanagan & guest
(Seat W Lisa Cleplak & Jeff Ballaban)
Jan & John Flatley
DISCUS- Nancy
Andrew & Mrs. Fleming
Pres. & CEO 1996 Paralympics Games, Atlanta
Chuck Foster
Schiller- USCO officer
Robert Foster
House Appropriations Committee
Jim Fox
Schiller- USOC Staff
Roger France
AA, Rep. Charles Taylor
Shirley Franklin
A.D. Frazier
LCDR & Mrs. Rene Fry
Barb
Bob Gaylor
AA, Rep. Buddy Darden
Mark Gearan
ATP. Director of Communications
& Mary Herlihy Gearan
Charles Gentry
AA, Senator Pete Domenici
Paul George
Schiller
David & Anne Gergen
The White House
Cindy Gillespie
ACOG
David Gilliand
AA, Rep. Tille Fowler
Connie Godwin
Nancy- Senator Ted Stevens
Afice Gosney
Patti
Beverly Griffin & Tien Wong
AA, Rep. William Lipinski
Doug Gray
AA, Rep. Pat Danner
Gordon Griffin
ACOG- Long, Aldrich & Norman
Frank & Barbara
Grochala-Kruesi
Crime Bill- Children's Defense Fund
Ralph Hale
Schiller- USOC Officer
Scott Hallenbeck
Schiller- USOC Staff
Peter Halpin
Dir. Communications & External Affairs, Dept. of Transportation
& Jenny Halpin
Tracee Hamilton
The Washington Post
Michael T. Harrigan
Trigon Sports International
Bill & Susie Harris
NRSC
Steve & Cindy Harris
Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs
Diana Hart & Scott Wahlin
Ford's Theater
Nicholas Hayes
AA, Rep. Hamilton Fish
Rick Henderson
Counselor to the Administrator, Small Business Admin.- ACOG
Mr. & Mrs. John Hendricks
Ellen- Finance Committee
Brian Reardon
AA, Rep. Joel Hefley
Theodore M. Hester
King & Spaulding
Ms. Frankle Hewilt &
Ford Theater
Ms. Julian Hewitt
Steven Hilton & Guest
Dep. ATP. Dep. Dir. of Public Liason
Kathryn Hoffman & guest
Sp. Asst. to the Sec., Dept. of Commerce- ACOG
George Hooks
ACOG- Georgia State Senator
Teresa Hooper
Rep. Don Johnson- ACOG
Gregg & Kelli Hopkins
Senator Robert Bennett
Beth Howard
Schiller- USOC Staff
Diana Huffman
Senator Dodd
Michael Hutton
AA, Rep. Bob Menendez
Jon Hymes
AA, Rep. Peter King
Harold Ickes & guest
ATP, Deputy Chief of Staff
Doug Ingram
Schiller- USOC Staff
Johnny Isakson
Georgia State Senator- ACOG
Michael Jackson
Schiller- USOC Staff
Bill Jarrell
AA, Rep. Jim Saxton
Dave Johnson
Schuler- Utah Site Committee
AI & Florence Joyner
Olympians/ Pres. Counsel- Nancy
Joseph Johnson
Paralympian
Kelly Johnston &
Senate Policy Committee
Adrienne Cordova
Michelle Kaufman
Detroit Free Press- Press
Gene Karp
AA, Senator DeConcinl
Jeremy Karpatkins &
AA, Senator Paul Simon
Susan Fry
David Karvelos
AA, Rep. George Zimmer
Tom & Judy Keaney
AA, Rep. Bob Matsul
Charles Kelly
AA, Rep. Mel Reynolds
Kristie Kenny &
Sp. ATP for National Security Affairs
Bill Brownfield
Norma Ketay Asnes
Ketay Asnes Productions
Peter & Ginny Kinzier
Financial Institutions Subcommittee
Peter Knight & Gail Britton
(x Erika Schiller & Michael Jackson)
Joan Bates Korich
Paul & Marie Kositzka
Raleigh Kraft
Nancy
Madeleine Kunin
Dept. of Education
Marcus Kunian
AA, Rep. Charles Schumer
Phil & Unda Lader
ATP, Dep. Chief of Staff
David & Diane Lambert
Piyor- NYSE (Seat W Pryor)
George Latimer & guest
HUD
John Lawrence &
Committee on Natural Resources
Deborah Phillips
Michael Lenard
Schiller- USOC Officer
Tom Lehner
AA, Senator Charles Robb
Bruce Lindsey
Sp. ATP, The White House (x Cheryl Mills)
Gordon & Sabriya Linton
Federal Transportation Administrator & daughter
Joy Lee
ACOG- Olympic Rep. for Rep. Roy Rowland
Reta & Carlton Lewis
Special ATP for Political Affairs
Janice Lloyd
Press- USA Today
Paul Lobo
AA, Rep. Susan Molinari
Jorge Lopez & guest
Senator Dodd
Brian Lopina
AA, Rep. Emest Istook
Winston & Bette Lord
Asst. Sec., East Asian & Pacific Affairs Bureau
Evan Lovell
(x Sherry Crawford)
Maggi Luca
AA, Rep. Leslle Byrne
Dave & Carolyn Maggard
Schiller
Alphonse Maldon
Dep. ATP, Dir. of the White House Military Office
Sean Marcus &
Acting AA, Rep. Peter Deutsch
Alicia Lepier
Capricia Marshall
Special Assistant tto the First Lady
& Dr. Robert Marshall
Frank Marshall &
Board of Director/ Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Keith Mason
The White House
Nora & Joseph Matus
AA, Rep. Karen Thurman
Edgar Mays
Schiller
Doris Matsul
Dep. AST for Public Liason
Trevor McCabe & guest
AA Senator Steven
Carol McCain
National Soft Drink Association
Ed McDonald
AA, Rep. Howard Coble
Patty McDonald
AA, Senator Malcolm Wallop
Rob McDonald
AA Senator Jack Danforth
Nancy McFadden
Dep. Associate Attorney General, Dept. of Justice- ACOG
Carola McGriffert
& Howard Waltzman
The White House
Thomas "Mack" McLarty
The White House (Reception only)
Fred P. McLuckie, Jr.
AA, Rep. Austin J. Murphy
Jeanne McManus
Washington Post- Press
Cynthia Meadow
House Judiciary Committee
Karen Melchar
King & Spaulding
Jeff Mendelsohn
AA, Rep. Frank Tejeda
Moses Mercado
AA, Rep. Gene Green
Larry Michael
Westwood One
Kyle
ACOG- Long, Aldridge & Norman
Mark Middleton
Special ATP
Bobby Miller
AA, Rep. Tom Barlow
Susan Miller
Dean Mitchell
Charles Judith Moore
Morgan & Michel Moran V. &
Senator Lugar- Nancy
Cheryl Mills'
Associate Counsel, ATP / ATP & Senior Advisor (x Bruce Lindsey)
King & Spaulding-ACOG
Schiller
Mike
Schiller- USOC Staff
Jay
AA, Rep. Mac Collins
Gene & Cherl Morrison
Sp. Asst. to the Secretary, Special Action Officer
Jedd Moskowitz
AA, Rep. Gary Ackerman
Danny Murray & guest
Piyor- BellSouth (Seat W telephone folks)
Jay Carol Neel
AA, Rep. Chet Edwards
Kent Nelson
UPS
Darryl Nirenberg
Senator Jesse Helms
Bruce Nitsche
Disabled Vets
Judy Norrell guest
Pryor- Judy Norrell & Associates
Ivan & Mrs. Nottingham
USAF
Peter O'Brien & guest
Pryor- DNC (seat W Wilhelm)
Shella O'Dougherty
USOC
Nancy Ogle
Patti
Dave Ogrean
USA Hockey- Nancy (x NHL)
Jennifer Oldham
AA, Rep. Spencer Bachus
Jim Page
Schiller- USOC Staff
Scott Palmer
AA, Rep. Dennis Hastert
Leon Panetta
Dir. Office of Management & Budget
William J. Peascrell, III
AA, Rep. Herb Klein
Susan Pease Langford
Dir. of Olympic Coordination, Atlanta City Hall- ACOG
& Michael V. Coleman
Federico & Elien Pena
Sec. of Transportation
Sonny Perdue
ACOG. Senator Georgia State Assembly
Sandra Perimutter
Exec. Dir. President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sport
& Tony Komhelser
Melinda & David Plaisier
AA, Rep. Pete McCloskey
Wade Plunkett & Guest
The White House- Office of Personell Management
Paul Powell
AA, Rep. Jack Kingston
Gary Pulliam
AA, Rep. Earl Hutto
Usa Quigley
AA, Rep. Cal Dooley
John & Diane Quinn
AST and Chief of Staff, Counselor to the Vice President
Jenny Rademacher
AA, Rep. Ron Machtley
Michael Ratchford
AA, Rep. Michael Castle
Brian Reardon & Nini Shokrall
AA, Rep. Joel Hefley
Rochelle Reichfeld
Nancy
Clark Reid
AA Rep. Charles Canady
Ray Reid
Rep. Hutchinson
Linda Reiff & Jeff Harris
AA, Rep. Vic Fazio
Richard & Vivian Reynard
Minority Staff Director, Armed Services Committee
Steve Ricchetti &
Dep. ATP, Legislative Affairs
Amy Blanchard
Chris Riley
Rep. Nate Deal
Brian Riordan
AA, Rep. Joel Hefley
Pedro Rivera-Casino
AA, Rep. Romero Barcelo
Dan Rebinovitz
AA, Rep. Edward Markey
Mark Rodgers
AA, Rep. Rick Santorum
Clint Robinson
Olympic Leg. Support. Rep. Linder
Pete Robinson
Pro Tempore Georgia State Senate- ACOG
Miray Ross
USOC
Majority Staff Director, House Energy & Commerce Comm.
Ann Rowan
AA, Rep. Mike Andrews
John Ruger
Schiller
Susan Russ
AA, Rep. Jim Jeffords
Sarah Ryan & guest
The White House
Meg Ryan-O'Donnell
AA, Rep. Dan Hamburg
Mark Salter
Senator McCain
John Samuelson
USOC Staff
Ted & Amy Jo Savaglio
Press- CBS News
Steve Saye
Schiller- USOC Staff
George & Mary Ann Schaefer
Schiller
Matt Scheckner & guest
Steve- New York
Erica Schiller & Harry Dubin
Schiller- USOC
Harvey & Marcia Schiller
Schiller- USOC Executive Director
Mr. & Mrs. William Shumadine
Ellen- Finance Committee (x R. DeHaven)
Carlottia Scott
AA, Rep. Ron Delums
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Sellinger
Ellen- IBM & Finance Committee
Christine Seyfried
for Shaun Marher, Olympic Coin
Larry Siddons
Press- Associated Press
David Simon & guest
USOC Board
Irby & Peaches Simpkins, Jr.
Press- Publisher, The Nashville Banner
Adam Sitkoff & Pamela Sklar
for Joseph Duffy - Office of Public Lialson, USIA
Marsha Scott & guest
Dep. ATP, Director of Correspondence & Presidential Messages
Duke Short
AA, Senator Strom Thurmond
Barbara Skycoff
Schiller
Jeff Slack
Schiller
Harry Smith & Andrea Joyce
Press- CBS This Morning
Shannon Smith
AA, Rep. Sam Johnson
Calvin Smyre
Georgia House of Representatives- ACOG
Ambassador & Mrs. Soren
Sommerfelt
former Ambassador to Norway
Doug Sosnik &
ATP for Legislative Affairs
Fabiana Jorge
Maria & Mr. Sotiropoulos
State Dept.
Gene Sperling & Kim O'Neill
The White House
George Steinbrenner
Schiller- USOC Officer
Josh Steiner
Counselor to the Sec & Chief of Staff, Dept. of Transportation- ACOG
Unda Stephenson
ACOG & Schiller
Melvin Stewart
Olympian, Advantage International
Nan Stockholm
AA, Senator Bradley
Sandi Stuart &
Asst. Sec Legislative Affairs for the Pentagon
Michael Murray
Steven Sutton
AA, Rep. Torklisen
Roger Szemraj
AA, Rep. Barcia
George Tagg & guest
Pryor- Federal Express
Monica Taylor
Schiller- USOC Staff
Lindsay Thomas
ACOG
Amy Thompson
Senator Coats- Nancy
Annette Thompson
AA, Rep. Newt Gingrich
Jeff Thompson
Pryor- Direct Impact OROC
Marilyn Thompson
ACOG. Federal Relations
Mr. & Mrs.Ken Thorton
Ellen- Finance Committee
Kevin Thurm &
Suzanne Selden
Health & Human Services
Barbara Toffling
AA, Rep. Sam Gibbons
Jeff Trinca & guest
Pryor- Van Scoyoc Associates ( Seat W NALU)
Beth & Wayne Vance
Ways and Means
Melanne & Phillip Verveer
Dep. ATP, Dep. Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Ambassador & Mrs. Kjeld Vibe
Royal Norwegian Embassy
Major General & Mrs.
Vollrath
Schiller
Patrick Von Bargen
AA, Senator Jeff Bingaman
Frank Vuono
Intergrated Sports International
Mr. & Mrs. Waddell
Chris Waddell's parents
Mary Wakefield &
Charlie Christianson
AA, Senator Kent Conrad
Larry Walker
Georgia House of Representatives- ACOG
Dr. LeRoy Walker
Schiller- USOC President
Rodney Walker
Asst. Press Sec. to Bennett Johnson
Robert Wallace
Min. Staff Dir., Senate Energy Committee
Jim & Sarah Walton
Press- CNN
L Courtney Ward
Senate Banking Committee
David & lleene Watkins
ATP for Management & Administration
Ginger Watkins
ACOG & Schiller
Billy Webster
Chief of Staff, Dept. of Education- ACOG
Sandy Webster & guest
AA, Rep. Blanche Lambert
Donna Weinbrecht
Athlete
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Weisberg
(x Bernard Engel)
Tom & Alma Welch
Schiller- Utah Olympic Committee
Frank West
Pryor- Frank West Associates
Dan Wexler
The White House
Joe Western
AA, Rep. Toby Roth
Danielle Wilkshire
Schiller- USOC Staff
Margaret Williams & guest
Office of the First Lady
Jan Wilson
Schiller- USOC Staff
Mike Wilson
Schiller- USOC Staff
Terri Winston
AA, Rep. Harold Ford
Tom Wolfe
AA, Rep. Deborah Price
Kathy Wood
AA Rep. Dan Miller
Steve Woodward
Press- USA Today
Greg Wright
AA Rep. Newt Gingrich
Rob Wrigley
Rep. Steve Neal & OLSG
Matt Yancy
Associated Press
Dick Yarbrough
ACOG
Martin Yerick
AA, Rep. Faleomavaega- willattend only if wife can.
Andy Young
ACOG
Frank Zang & guest
Schiller
Elaine Zayak & John Berg
Olympian
Amy Zisook
Special ATP & Social Secretary
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WILLIAM SAFIRE
Wrapping Himself in the Rings'
ATLANTA
In America
Never in the history of the modern
Olympiad has head of state made
Clinton seizes
BOB HERBERT
such political capital out of a sporting
event. "Clinton is wrapping himself in
the Polympics.
the rings," says an Olympic official.
Six weeks ago, Bill Clinton sent his
Bird Max
wife and daughter to Greece to be
photographed at the lighting of the
"the equivalent of six Super Bowls a
Max Roach, smiling and shaking
Max Roach got a reprieve. "When 1
Olympic torch. Two weeks ago, to
day for 17 days.' Afterward, on Aug.
his head, pointed to the elaborately
got busted after, you know, going
further identify themselves with the
8, as the Republican Platform Com-
1996 Summer Games, the President
carved straight-back chair in the liv-
around with that stuff, my family sent
mittee meets on the eve of the G.O.P.
ing room of his apartment on Central
me down to Dismal Swamp [North
and Vice President accompanied
convention, Clinton is scheduled to
Olympic athletes to a media "out-
Park West. He was telling a story
Carolina], where I was born, and
keep focusing the nation's attention
about Charlie Parker that went back
reach" event at a high school football
where they did a lot of logging. I
on his tight embrace of the U.S. Olym-
to the 1940's.
stadium in Virginia
stayed down there about six, months
pic team at an all-photographers-wel-
Bird was addicted to heroin and as
Last week, Clinton speechwriters
with my uncles, working, pulling out
come White House dinner.
were instructed to hit the Olympic
the pre-eminent jazz musician of his
logs with mules and climbing up these
theme in all future Presidential re-
Lest the Dole campaign get too
time (perhaps of all time) his per-
tall pine trees, and I got healthy as 1
marks, enfolding its news peg in his
great a "bounce" coming out of its
sonal habits were as closely imitated
don't know what. And when 1 got back
centrist election-year theme: "The
San Diego convention, on the day af-
as his music. One musician after
to New York, Bird said to me, 'Boy, I
real meaning of the Olympics," Mr.
ter the G.O.P. concludes, Aug. 16, Clin-
another, trying to be like Bird, would
wish I could go down there someday
Clinton will keep saying, "is what
ton will go to Atlanta to capitalize on
find himself hooked.
and get myself straightened out.' So it
miracles happen to people when they
the human interest attending the sub-
"The guys would flop at my house
was on his mind. But we never did get
make a profound commitment to take
sequent opening of the Paralympics
in Brooklyn," Mr. Roach said. "My
around to it."
personal responsibility.'
for handicapped athletes.
mother did day work, so we'd be
Mr. Roach, like many others, is still
Over the past weekend, AI Gore
In a sense, this is "Mondale's Re-
there by ourselves all day. Now Bird
haunted by the loss of Charlie Parker.
made the network news cutting Olym-
venge." In 1984, Ronald Reagan asso-
was clever. He knew my mother was
Perhaps the loss was inevitable.
pic ribbons. Plenty to come: On June
ciated himself with the aura of Olym-
very religious and as soon as he'd
Bird's demons seemed far more viru-
21, a nationwide torch relay, having
pic idealism as political opponents
hear her putting that key in the door,
detoured around a politically incor-
gnashed their teeth. But Reagan's
he'd pick up the Bible, jump in that
rect county in Georgia represented by
urging of U.S. athletes to "win one for
chair and pretend he was reading it.
the House Speaker, will cross the
the Gipper" does not begin to ap-
"My mother would say to me,
Helping others
South Lawn of the White House to be
proach the systematic, all-out, costly
'Why can't you be like that nice Char-
greeted by the Clintons just in time
Clinton-Gore campaign exploitation
lie Parker?' I'd say to myself,
fight their demons.
for the morning TV shows.
of the '96 Summer Games.
'That's my problem.'
On July 19, in the formal role cor-
The Atlanta Committee on the
Mr. Roach, a legendary drummer
rect for a head of the host state, Mr.
Olympic Games (ACOG) denies po-
and composer, is tall, graceful, hand-
Clinton ("with two-thirds of the world
liticization. Dick Yarbrough of ACOG
some and 72 years old. Whenever he
lent and far more entrenched than
watching," gushes aide Mack McLar-
assures us the White House is doing
tells this story he breaks into a husky
ty) will declare open the centennial
the natural thing. Small wonder that
laugh. He has endless stories about
most. But Max Roach has always
Games of the 26th Olympiad.
no squirm of embarrassment is
Bird.
believed that his friend might have
Then follows Clinton's avidly publi-
The grip of Charlie Parker on the
been saved if "we could have shel-
shown by Atlanta: that city is getting
cized interest in what McLarty calls
what amounts to a free baseball
memories and the devotion of the
tered him in some kind of environ-
great musicians he played with is
ment and given him the care he need-
stadium from the Federal taxpayer.
unshakeable. He was drug-addicted
ed" at a time when he still had the
Vice President Gore got up to an-
and alcoholic, but also charismatic,
energy and the will to recover.
nounce proudly last week that the cost
generous, profoundly creative, and
Some years ago Mr. Roach and Mr.
of these games to the U.S. would be
somehow deeply. inspirational. No
Gillespie (who died in 1993), along
$227 million, mainly from the defense
one had ever played the saxophone
with Charlie Parker's widow, Doris,
budget, plus a hundred million or so to
the way he played alto. Dizzy Gilles-
and other friends of Bird lent their
spruce up Georgia housing.
pie, a co-founder of bebop with Mr.
support to an ambitious program on
Only Senator John McCain pro-
Parker and others, believed that the
Manhattan's Upper West Side that
tests. He does not begrudge a cent of
"height of the perfection of our mu-
tries to salvage the lives of drug-
the $03 million Washington has budg-
sic" was achieved in the mid-1940's
addicted unwed mothers and their
eted to prevent terrorism, pointedly
by a quintet made up of Bird, Diz,
children. The program is called Veri-
recalling the 1972 attack on Israeli
Max, Bud Powell and Curley Russell.
tas and the women who are referred
Olympic athletes in Munich. But an
Describing the band in his auto-
to it, often by the criminal justice
additional $150 million for transporta-
biography, Mr. Gillespie said, "Aw
system, are hard-core addicts (either
tion and other non-security expenses
man, it was on fire all the time."
pregnant or with very young chil-
- including the demeaning use of U.S.
In the late 1980's, more than 30
dren) whose futures are limited for
troops as chauffeurs for the athletes
years after Charlie Parker died, I
the most part to a choice between a
- seems a strange use of Defense
asked Mr. Gillespie how close they
jail cell and the gutter.
Department funds: The Pentagon
had really been. He replied, "How
They do not leave Veritas until they
Olympic Limousine Service (POLS)
close are two coats of paint?"
are healthy, stable and employed.
is even set to pay Georgia $100,000 for
When Max Roach talks about Bird
Each year Mr. Roach heads up a
commercial driver's licenses.
it's always with a smile, and in a tone
benefit jazz session called "An
This infusion of Federal pork will
of admiration, and often, awe. "I
Evening With Friends of Charlie
help ACOG "break even" - that is, to
loved him,' he says.
Parker." The proceeds go to Veritas.
come out with a profit of an 83,000-
Charlie Parker, at the tenderest of
This year's session (Milt Jackson,
seat baseball stadium that the city
ages, lowered himself into the caul-
Morgana King, etc.) will be June 17 at
will lease to the Atlanta Braves. (Re-
dron of drugs and alcohol and never
the Mirage Night Club on West 56th
publicans have rolled over: Georgia's
managed to escape. The end came in
Street.
Gingrich can't complain, and Utah's
1955 at age 34. The body of the most
"I'm living testimony that this
Orrin Hatch wants the same subsidy
inventive soloist in jazz was so rav-
thing can be beat," said Mr. Roach.
for Salt Lake City's Games.)
aged the coroner estimated his age
"Those of us in a position to help have
None of the criticism will intrude on
at 53.
to do what we can."
the Clintonization of the Olympic
Games. His face will appear, like Zel-
ig's, at every major ceremony; his
speeches and press conferences will
be infused with the heroic stories of
our athletes; his piggy-backing of the
THE NEW YORK TIMES
saturation coverage will be worth tens
MONDAY. MAY 20. 1996
of millions in campaign advertising.
Is this a political plot to steal the
Olympic gold? You bet it is, and Clin-
ton and Gore, breathing hard, will give
the Polympics their personal best.
Aristide Foundation Spurs Dialogue in Haiti
To the Editor:
on Haitian women, literacy classes,
A May 12 news article on Haiti
recreational events for youth and
refers to the Aristide Foundation for
basketball tournaments for street
Democracy. As a member of the
children.
board of advisers; I would like to
Former President Jean-Bertrand
offer more information about its
Aristide should be lauded for show-
THE NEW YORK TIMES
work.
ing the courage to dedicate his ener-
MONDAY, MAY 20, 1996
The foundation's priorities include
gies to creating a forum where all
working with Haiti's more than
sectors of Haitian society can par-
200,000 street children, advocating
ticipate in a dialogue on their coun-
for children living in households as
try's future.
JONATHAN DEMME
unpaid domestic laborers, support-
New York, May 17, 1996
ing literacy training (85 percent of
the population cannot read or write),
fostering community-based econom-
About All Those Perks Dole Will Relinquish
ic initiatives and promoting debate
on issues of national importance.
To the Editor:
To the Editor:
You refer to a forum the founda-
William Safire, in his May 16 col-
When the dust has settled from
tion sponsored in which participants
umn on Bob Dole's decision to leave
Campaign '96, you might take a few
voiced criticism of the Government's
the Senate to devote full time to his
moments to reflect on the 27 years of
privatization plan. Isn't freedom of
Presidential campaign, refers to Mr.
public service that Senator Bob Dole
expression the lifeblood of democra-
Dole's "eloquent statement - 'to
has given our country. Whether you
cy? Two years ago Haitians were
leave behind all the trappings of pow-
agree with his views or not, it seems
killed. when they criticized their Gov-
er, all comfort and all security.'
unfitting to remember those years in
ernment. That this forum could OC-
That must be read while recalling
the manner of "Bye-Bye, Beltway
cur is a welcome sign that democra-
that Mr. Dole will leave with a pen-
Bob" (editorial, May 16).
cy is taking root in Haiti.
sion of $107,000 a year for life. He
To summarize those years as a
The foundation's auditorium,
will also receive the best medical
failure because the latest round of
which you call "sleek," has no regu-
care in the United States. To millions
political maneuvering purposely tied
lar electrical power or running wa-
of struggling Americans, this is not
his agenda up with relatively trivial
ter. Yet it has been the site of a
exactly leaving behind all secur-
legislation is an injustice to the man
number of events, including a forum
ity.
WILLIAM R. BREEN
and
the
Senate.
THOMAS B. HUFF
of 800 literacy workers, a symposium
Valhalla, N.Y., May 16, 1996
Fairfax, Va., May 16, 1996
Barnard's Students Meet Gandhi's Principles
Pataki Needs to Rethink
To the Editor:
continues to be a serious issue on
Plan on Juvenile Crime
Leslie J. Calman's sermon to the
campus.
DEBORAH VALENZE
To the Editor:
seniors who refuse meekly to accept
New York, May 16, 1996
Barnard College's punishment for
The May 9 Metro Matters column
The writer is an associate professor
their civil disobedience (letter, May
calls attention to a troubling conun-
of history at Barnard College.
15) shows an incomplete grasp of
drum - how to prevent as well as
resistance theory and practice.
punish juvenile crime - that needs
To the Editor:
There are two reasons to accept
to be addressed by Gov. George E:
Contrary to the assertion of Judith
punishment: to prove sincerity and
Pataki's budget proposal now before
R. Shapiro, the president of Barnard
to demonstrate respect for the insti-
both houses in Albany.
College, that mediation of the strike
tution. We believe the students are
Proven preventive services and
is continuing (news article, May 16),
sincere in their support of the col-
constructive community develop-
there have been no negotiations since
lege's low-paid employees. Perhaps
ment projects are more effective and
their refusal to accept Barnard's ret-
April 12.
economical than mandatory sentenc-
ribution shows lack of respect for an
The parent you quote who wishes
ing and more prisons.
institution that treats its nonacadem-
she had the benefits we do may not
While appropriate sentences
know that our current union health
ic staff shabbily.
should be meted out to offenders,
Gandhi would not approve of the
benefit plan is far less expensive than
even those as young as 16, when the
use Ms. Calman makes of his teach-
the plan covering management em-
crime and the criminal deserve it,
ings. Gandhi understood that effec-
ployees at Barnard. We don't think
mandatory sentencing and the
tive resistance has a coercive aspect.
anyone would envy our low salaries
wholesale transfer of high school
The aim, as Martin Luther King said,
(on average $24,000) which make our
kids to adult prisons are not the
is to produce a "creative tension"
benefits essential.
JAYMA ABDOO
answer.
and force opponents to face the moral
CATHERINE COOK, SHARON WALLS
Effective legislation must also
issue squarely. Barnard's response is
Oradell, N.J., May 16, 1996
preserve judicial discretion so that
to call on students to obey the rules,
The writers are members of Local
each young person will be responded
whatever they might be. It has not
2110 of the U.A.W., Barnard College.
to individually and appropriate-
yet addressed its employees' griev-
ly.
BARBARA PAUL ROBINSON
ances.
SANDRA N. LYONS
President, Association of the Bar of
DAVID B. LYONS
NYT
the City of New York
Jamaica Plain, Mass., May 15, 1996
New York, May 16, 1996
To the Editor:
The New York Times
Faculty and student support for
the strike at Barnard College cannot
Company
The Grateful Living
be said to have "ebbed" when a
229 West 43d St., N.Y. 10036-3959
To the Editor:
majority of faculty members, with
How can the actor Joe Grifasi say
support from students, carried on the
ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER, Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
that playwrights aren't smiling about
better part of the semester at off-
LANCE R PRIMIS, President
this spring's Broadway boom, "ex-
campus sites (news article, May 15).
Chief Operating Officer
cept maybe those smiling in their
For several months we have been
DAVID L. GORHAM, Senior Vice President
graves" (NYC column, May 14)?
fielding phone calls, sorting and de-
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Right now on Broadway, we have
livering our own mail and painstak-
DIANE P. BAKER, Senior Vice President
ingly discussing the issues of the
Chief Financial Officer
these living American playwrights:
strike with students and colleagues.
KATHARINE P. DARROW, Senior Vice President
Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, August
Many of us felt pride that Barnard
LEONARD P. FORMAN, Senior Vice President
Wilson, Terrence McNally, Reg E.
women were willing to express their
LAURA J. CORWIN, Secretary
Gaines, Ken Ludwig and, of course,
views and muster support for what
RICHARD G. THOMAS, Treasurer
Rob Becker.
DAVID PRATT
New York, May 14, 1996
Fullympian MONDAY, MAY 20, 1996
USA TODAY
Clinton hoping to
capitalize on Games
As he opened the 1984 Sum-
mer Olympics in Los Angeles,
President Reagan gained valu-
able media coverage that
boosted his image in that presi-
dential election year.
The wave of patriotism and
good feeling that washed over
the country as U.S. athletes
piled up 174 medals - thanks
to a Soviet bloc boycott of the
Games - went hand-in-giove
with Reagan's "Morning in
America" campaign theme.
Reagan wrote in his mem-
oirs he "sensed a renewed na-
tional pride in America
The
spiritual rebirth I had hoped
for was under way."
At a recent briefing outlining
In Lake Placid, N.Y.: Vice President Mondale, left, opened the 1980
federal spending for the 1996
Olympics with Lord Killanin of the International Olympic Committee.
Summer Olympics
in Atlanta, Vice
mer Games were
boost his own political fortunes.
President Gore de-
held, Hoover still
The team came to the White
fended administra-
didn't go, but sent
House. But as he wrote in his
tion activities by
Curtis, his vice pres-
memoirs, "I was hoping that
saying, "The presi-
ident.
this victory and the gold medal
dent of the United
When the 1960
were an omen of better days
States traditionally
Winter Games
ahead. But that was not to be."
opens the Games
opened, President
Clearly, President Clinton is
when the United
Eisenhower, near
counting on a replay of 1984,
States is host."
the end of his sec-
when the economy was good
But that's not SO.
ond term and in no
and the pageantry of the Olym-
Opening the
Politics
need of a political
pics gave the incumbent Rea-
Olympics in this
By Richard
boost, sent Nixon, a
gan a big boost.
country had been a
Benedetto
native Californian.
The timing of the Olympic
ceremony for vice
Eisenhower took
Games - they end Aug. 4, just
presidents until 1984:
a 14-day goodwill tour of Latin
over a week before the Repub-
Walter Mondale opened
America during the Games.
lican convention in San Diego
the 1980 Winter Olympics in-
But no Olympics staged in
- provides a golden opportuni-
Lake Placid, N.Y.
the United States was more
ty for Clinton, Vice President
Richard Nixon opened the
fraught with politics than those
Gore and their families to gain
1960 Winter Olympics-in
of 1980. About a month before
positive nonpolitical media ex-
Squaw Valley, Calif.
the opening of the Winter
posure by attending a number
Charles Curtis opened the
Games, the Soviet Union invad-
of Olympic athletic events and
1932 Summer Olympics in Los
ed Afghanistan.
activities.
Angeles.
President Carter, already
Presidential candidate Bob
President Hoover declined
besieged by the hostage crisis
Dole, who by then will no long-
an invitation to open the 1932
in Iran, dispatched Secretary
er be Senate leader, can't even
Winter Olympics at Lake Plac-
of State Cyrus Vance to Lake
go to Atlanta as a government
id. With the nation mired in the
Placid to ask the International
official. Any appearance there
Depression, Hoover figured it
Olympic Committee to cancel
by him, therefore, will be seen
would be too frivolous to go. It
or postpone the Summer
as purely political.
proved a miscalculation.
Games in Moscow.
And any ground he's man-
For the first time, the Games
The request was turned
aged to close in Clinton's lead
were nationally broadcast on
down. A dejected Carter,
before the Olympics isn't likely
radio and proved to be highly
locked in a tough re-election
to survive the rush of excite-
popular and uplifting. New
fight, skipped the Lake Placid
ment over the Games.
York Gov. Franklin D. Roose-
opening, sending Mondale in
veit, who opened the games,
his stead.
Richard Benedetto's politics
got: the coverage. Later that
Still, Carter hoped the na-
column appears Mondays.
year, he defeated Hoover for
tional euphoria sparked by the
Past columns on USA TODAY
the presidency.
underdog U.S. hockey team's
Online at
By the time the 1932 Sum-
defeat of the Soviets would
http://www.usatoday.com
USA TODAY
MONDAY, MAY 20, 1996
LETTERS
Parents key to education
Pilots reject fellow flier's ValuJet comments
I found last week's series about schools
and education interesting and informative
On Wednesday USA TODAY pub-
("A Quest for Excellence," Monday-Fri-
lished a letter by airline Capt. Phillip S.
day). However, I feel you left out mention
Beall, who called airlines like ValuJet
of the single most important and most ig-
havens for pilots who are "has-beens
nored aspect of education: parental Γe-
and derelicts." Beall's remarks trig-
sponsibility in the home.
gered two dozen letters critical of the
If parents want their children to do well
Dallas, Texas, pilot's views.
in school, they must create an atmosphere
at home that is pro-learning This includes
I don't know what airline Phillip
limiting television time, encouraging read-
Beall flies for, but the cheap shot he
ing, and showing an interest in reading and
took at ValuJet particularly concerns
learning Good students are children en-
me. Clearly, Beall can't separate his
couraged by their parents to be eager to
professional opinion from his economic
learn and understand about the world
self-interest ("Fliers: Beware of 'up-
around them.
start' airlines").
Peter Zahler
His attack on ValuJet pilots is un-
Watertown, N.Y.
called for, especially since they meet
the same federal standards he does. On
Liberal bias in poll reading
a personal level, I know he's off base.
My brother is a pilot for ValuJet, and
By Candace Barbot. AP
In Thursday's news analysis, Richard
I know he has spent his lifetime prepar-
Airliner crash: ValuJet Everglades trage-
Benedetto quotes your poll showing a 67%
ing for what he is now - an airline pi-
dy sparks airline safety debate.
disapproval rating for Congress ("Off the
lot. He earned the trust he is given with
Hill, Dole will have more room to run").
many hours as a distinguished naval
a vast amount of aviation experience.
Although this is accurate, Benedetto's in-
aviator. A pilot myself, I have flown
They may just want to stay close to
terpretation of the poll's results shows his
with him many times, and he has never
home, as I do.
liberal bias. Your own polls show consider-
failed to impress me with his skill.
The many pilots I work with are very
able up-and-down movement in congres-
Why is he flying with ValuJet? Prob-
qualified and just as professional and
sional approval ratings over time. Howev-
ably for the same reason Beall flies
dedicated to the safety and well-being
er, congressional approval ratings are at
with his airline: because it hired him
of their passengers as any major airline
their highest levels in many years.
first when the opportunity arose.
pilot.
Democrats, with the media's help, are
Beall's claim that the major airlines
Perhaps Beall needs to look closer in
trying to create the impression that what
hire their pilots for experience alone is
his own back yard at the problems sur-
Congress is doing is unpopular, but just the
patently false. The negative impact on
rounding today's commercial aviation.
opposite is true. Much of the disapproval is
average pilot experience caused by the
The majors are not at all immune to the
because Republicans have not succeeded
hiring of underrepresented groups at
tragedy of human error.
in overriding Clinton's vetoes.
the major airlines has been well docu-
Perhaps Beall is employed by the
Dave Hulett
mented in the aviation community and
same major carrier whose crew depart-
Dallas, Texas
reported in major newspapers.
ed Miami last winter only to fly a per-
Beall also fails to mention the many
fectly good Boeing 757 into a mountain
Border vigilantes
highly experienced former Eastern
down in Colombia. I do not hear the
Airlines pilots hired by ValuJet. Many
words "marginal" or "derelicts" in this
Reading about the group that hangs
of these pilots crossed the picket line
accident. What I do suspect the cause to
around the San Diego airport looking for
during Eastern's strike and are thus
be is also the No. 1 killer in aviation,
illegal immigrants, I didn't know whether
now underrepresented at the union-
and that is complacency.
to laugh or cry ("Civilians take on border
dominated major airlines. Does that
My dear Capt. Beall, you have a real-
guard role," News, Thursday). These are
sound like pilot hiring on merit alone?
ly good job. Now you need to get a life.
vigilante cowboys harassing people who
The public should be wary of such
Micky L. Price
look foreign. Maybe Win Housley and his
snake oil.
Montevallo, Ala.
friends should look for jobs with the U.S.
Michael S. Mazzola
Border Patrol, which just received a
Starkville, Miss.
'Irresponsible' comments
healthy budget increase from Congress.
The real tragedy is that 200 Americans
Get a life, Capt. Beall
I, too, am a pilot for a major airline,
with enough time, energy and anger to
and I've never heard such arrogance as
make a political statement choose to do so
I'm a captain for a large regional air-
to suggest that pilots who go to work for
by bullying poor people. If Housley and
line. Capt. Phillip S. Beall stated that
an upstart airline are "has-beens and
company are so concerned about the nega-
these "upstart" airlines are composed
derlicts." That comment is completely
tive impacts of illegal immigration, why
of pilots who are "derelicts and has-
irresponsible and without any facts to
not direct their frustration at those respon-
beens."
back it up.
sible - politicians and corporations who
I believe the good captain is blinded
Might I remind you that a college-
make earning a decent living increasingly
by his overinflated ego. He fails to see
educated, highly qualified crew for a
difficult on this side of the border and next
that some of these pilots work for these
"major" airline took a brand-new
to impossible on the other side?
small companies as a matter of choice.
Boeing 757 and flew it into a mountain
Laura Neish
I enjoy the seniority I hold, along
on a clear night? Were they "has-beens
San Francisco, Calif.
with the short trips I fly. This allows me
and derelicts" also?
to spend more time at home with my
Another crew for a "major" airline in
To comment
family.
Denver did not complete any checklists
If you would like to comment on editorials, col-
I have no desire to work for a major
and took off without proper flap set-
umns or other topics in USA TODAY, or on any-
airline and to become another number
tings. They crashed and burned. Are
subjects important to you: Send e-mail for letters
on a very long list of pilots. There are
they "has-beens and derelicts," too?
to the editor only to [email protected]. Fax 1-
many pilots just like me, people who
Pilots like Beall are an embarrass-
703-247-3108. Mail Letters to the Editor to 1000
Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22229. Please include
have higher values than just climbing
ment to the profession and have no
address and day and night phone numbers so let-
the career ladder.
place in the cockpit.
ters may be verified. Letters and articles submitted
There are individuals who had long
Mark McDaniel
to USA TODAY may be published or distributed in
military careers, bringing to the airline
Houston, Texas
print, electronic or other forms.
USA TODAY
File Olympies
MONDAY, MAY 20, 1996
SENATE SCHEDULE: Senate leaders of both parties
WASHINGTON
predicted the Senate will break a deadlock on a rollback of
gasoline taxes and a minimum-wage increase. Majority
Whip Trent Lott said he thought a way could be found to
move ahead on the issues. Senate Minority Leader Tom
Daschle said he believes legislation will go to Clinton.
GOP leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole had to
shelve the issues last week after failure to get agreement on
how to handle them. Democrats want a "clean" vote on in-
creasing the minimum wage by 90 cents over two years.
Republicans want to link an increase to labor legislation op-
posed by Democrats. They've separately pushed for a roll-
back of the 4.3-cent per gallon gas tax passed in 1993.
DOLE FUNDS: The Dole campaign insists it's not broke
despite charges by the Clinton campaign that it has already
exceeded federal primary-season spending limits. "While
some have been merrily predicting financial problems
we have an adequate budget to travel the country and
spread Bob Dole's message," Dole spokesman Nelson War-
field said. Federal law limits candidates' spending until the
By Nell Redmond, AP
August conventions to $37 million. The Dole campaign has
At the Charlotte Motor Speedway: Racing great Richard
reported to the Federal Election Commission it is $176,914
Petty looks over the shoulder of Sen. Bob Dole.
below the limit. But Warfield said the primary season cam-
paign committee will raise $1.2 million by selling assets like
computers and phone systems to the general-election cam-
Dolle planning a tax cut,
paign. He said that will give the campaign $1.4 million to
spend. Each campaign gets $60 million in taxpayer funding
pondering balanced budget
for the general election campaign after the conventions.
Bob Dole, hoping to gain momentum from his surprise
exit from the Senate, is planning to propose a tax cut and is
rethinking his balanced-budget amendment strategy. One
issue he's pondering is his pledge three weeks ago to bring
the balanced-budget amendment back before the Senate.
"We'll lose; so the question is do I want to bring it up and
lose," Dole said. He'll discuss it with GOP leaders Tuesday.
In a late-night discussion with reporters on his campaign
plane Saurday, Dole also said he wants to pass a health-
care bill before he leaves the Senate. The House and Senate
have passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-
Kan., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., to guarantee that
workers who lose or change jobs can buy health insurance.
Dole did not say whether he will propose an income tax
cut, but campaign aides say he's committed to the idea.
Some aides want a 15% cut. Dole meets with GOP rival
Steve Forbes on Wednesday to discuss tax issues.
Dole and his wife, Elizabeth, began their weekend at the
Winston Select NASCAR stock-car race Saturday night in
By Charles Rex Arbogast, AP
Concord, N.C. The Doles were swarmed by fans, drivers
In Madison, N.J.: Hillary Clinton after her commence-
and pit crews before making a lap around the 1.5-mile Char-
ment address Sunday. Behind her is Thomas Kean,
lotte Motor Speedway. assured the crowd. of 125,000
Drew University president and former GOP governor.
that he loves "racing and country music" before delivering
FIRST LADY'S REQUEST: As the rhetoric of the pres-
the traditional "Gentlemen, start your engines."
At a Cuban Independence Day celebration Sunday in Mi-
idential campaign heats up, first lady Hillary Rodham Clin-
ami, Dole criticized Clinton for a policy of "appeasement"
ton said Saturday that politics should "not give way to ex-
toward Cuba. Dole promised for the first time that if he is
tremism and shouting, because we don't solve problems
that way." In a commencement address to Drew Universi-
elected he will "bring Fidel Castro down and end his regime
ty, Clinton said, "The debate
should be carried out in
of terror in Cuba."
- Judy Keen
reasoned tones."
"One of the great dangers at a time like this is to seize
IN THE POLLS: New polls show Dole gaining little sup-
upon easy answers, to use generalization and stereotypes to
port since his announcement he'll quit the Senate:
describe the world and to describe people who are unlike
A Newsweek poll done Thursday and Friday found
ourselves," Clinton told about 440 graduates and about 4,500
him trailing President Clinton 44% to 37%. But 79% said his
spectators at the small liberal arts school 25 miles outside
resignation won't make much difference in their vote.
New York City. "If you're a liberal, you're a bleeding heart;
A Time poll has a 22-point Clinton lead, 56% to 34%, up
if you're a conservative, you have no heart."
from 12 points earlier this month. "This is May," Dole said.
"If it's this way in September, I'll be a little nervous."
SUNDAY'S TALK:
"Let me: assure you that I, in no way, would want the
Senate to become an appendage of the House. We have our
own agenda. We have our own tempo and way of doing
things, and not much will change." - Sen. Trent Lott, R-
Miss, on changes if he's voted Senate majority leader.
"We both want this to end up so that we don't have any
acrimony, that we're able to work together and support
each other as we have in the past." - Sen. Thad Cochran,
R-Miss., challenging Lott for the leadership post.
"I think the good news from where I sit is that the next
Republican leader is not going to speak with an accent" -
Sen. John Breux, D-La, deputy minority whip.
USA TODAY
MONDAY, MAY 20, 1996
Clinton to back China
Favored trade status will stir debate
By Bill Montague
Chinese pirating of U.S. soft-
telecommunications firms.
and Jeff Mangum
ware, movies and CDs.
Their products are high on
USA TODAY
"Most people in Congress
China's list of goods that
are realistic about the impor-
could be hit by sanctions.
President Clinton is ex-
tance of our strategic rela-
Right now, most U.S. firms
pected to endorse today Chi-
tionship with China," says
involved in China are lying
na's trade status as a, Most
Rep. Robert Matsui, D-Calif.,
low, hoping an outright trade
Favored Nation, stirring the
a leading MFN proponent.
war can be avoided. "We re-
debate over troubled U.S.-
If they can't block MFN,
main hopeful this problem
China relations.
opponents may try to attach
will be resolved," Motorola
In a speech to the Pacific
conditions, such as requiring
spokesman Tim Kellogg says.
Basin Economic Council,
that China stop exporting nu-
According to Kellogg, Chi-
Clinton reportedly will an-
clear weapons technology
na and Hong Kong sales ac-
nounce his intention to ex-
and cease persecuting politi-
counted for 12% of Motoro-
tend China's MFN status for
cal dissidents.
la's 1995 revenue. At its
one year. He has until June 3
Business groups say they
China plant, the firm makes
to formally notify Congress
will oppose any MFN condi-
cellular phones and pagers
of his decision.
tions, which they fear will
mainly for sale throughout
MFN, granted to all but a
trigger retaliatory measures
Asia.
few countries, allows imports
by China's government. "The
Other companies have less
to the USA under low or no
Chinese have made it clear
to worry about. Coca-Cola,
tariffs: Losing the status
they're not going to be kicked
for example, has 16 plants in
would force Chinese export-
around anymore," says Rob-
China, with seven more to
ers to pay sharply higher tar-
ert Kapp, president of the
open by the end of 1997. But
iffs - up to 70% more on
U.S.-China Business Council.
98% of materials used in its
toys, for example.
U.S. firms doing business
China operations come from
Under a 1974 human
in China already face sanc-
there, spokeswoman Kath-
rights law, Congress can
tion threats because of the pi-
ryn Norton says.
block MFN renewal for Chi-
racy dispute. The United
While the ongoing battles
na, but must act no later than
States has threatened to slap
over copyright piracy and
Aug. 31. Stopping it would
100% tariffs on $2 billion in
MFN status may cast a shad-
take a majority vote in the
Chinese imports, mostly ap-
ow over. U.S.-China trade,
House and Senate. Clinton
parel and consumer electron-
few experts foresee a major
could veto such a move, re-
ics, if the pirate operations
breakdown in relations.
quiring a two-thirds vote to
aren't shut. China says it will
"This kind of bickering is go-
override his veto.
respond by raising tariffs on
ing to go on," says James
Supporters are confident
some U.S. goods and freezing
Chan, president of Asia Mar-
they can beat back attempts
U.S. investment in China.
keting & Management, a con-
to block MFN, despite a
One group especially vul-
sulting firm. "That isn't going
looming trade battle over
nerable in the dispute: U.S.
to change the landscape."