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Copyright 1994 The Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times
January 16, 1994, Sunday, Home Edition
SECTION: Part A; Page 1; Column 5; National Desk
LENGTH: 1783 words
HEADLINE: FIRST LADY IN SPOTLIGHT FOR HER ROLE IN WHITEWATER;
INQUIRY: HER REPUTATION AS A TOP CORPORATE LAWYER SEEMS TO
CONFLICT WITH HER PURPORTED NAIVETE ABOUT HIGH FINANCE.
BYLINE: By JOHN M. BRODER and JAMES RISEN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
As the White House struggles to contain the controversy surrounding the First Family's
involvement in the tangled Whitewater real estate and banking affair, First Lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton's role has begun to raise as many questions as her husband's.
Indeed, the Whitewater matter now seems to be a controversy befitting the Clintons'
modern, two-career political marriage: Just as the First Lady has played a critical role in
major policy decisions on health care and other issues, she now finds herself a central figure
with her husband in this politically threatening affair.
It is Hillary Clinton's independent career as a top attorney in Little Rock, Ark., while her
husband served as governor -- and her reputation for being the financial brains of the
household -- that have prompted questions about her role in the Whitewater matter.
Even friends in Arkansas are wondering why she has not come forward with a fuller
account of what she did and what she knew at the time the events in Arkansas were
unfolding.
"I don't know why she hasn't been more open about explaining" her work as a lawyer for
the defunct savings and loan at the center of the affair, said Beverly Bassett Schaffer, a
former Arkansas state regulator and longtime acquaintance. "I don't understand why they (the
Clintons) were in business with someone like McDougal," the thrift's owner.
James B. McDougal, a friend of Clinton's, owned Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan and
was half-owner with the Clintons in an Ozark Mountain real estate venture called Whitewater
Development Corp.
The President and Hillary Clinton have said they were innocent bystanders as McDougal
drove his lending institution into the ground with a binge of bad loans and frittered away
nearly $70,000 of their assets on the bankrupt Whitewater project.
Unresolved, though, is the mystery of how to reconcile this image of naivete in the world
of high finance with Hillary Clinton's reputation as a top corporate lawyer and board member
of some of the nation's biggest corporations.
The question being asked more openly in Washington and Arkansas is: How could Hillary
Clinton -- whom one legal journal called one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the
United States -- be unaware of gross mismanagement at a savings institution she represented
as an attorney and neglect her family's only substantial financial asset?
Those questions intertwine with a web of others as federal investigators continue their
inquiry.
Specifically, they are trying to determine whether, amid the careening disorder in the
runaway S&L and Whitewater, money from a federally guaranteed thrift was diverted into
Clinton's 1984 campaign coffers. Also, there is the matter of whether the institution got
favorable treatment from Arkansas authorities that helped keep it in business before federal
regulators finally shut it down in 1989.
It is Hillary Clinton's role as a former attorney for the savings and loan that has raised
concerns about her actions.
McDougal, who worked with Clinton in Sen. J. William Fulbright's office in the 1960s,
bought Madison Guaranty in 1982 and soon began using it to make loans to important figures
and to finance an assortment of speculations including his 4-year-old Whitewater venture with
the Clintons, according to records filed with state regulators.
Before long, the S&L was on dangerous ground, and in 1984 federal regulators warned that
they considered its lending practices questionable. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board
directed the S&L -- along with others in Arkansas -- to raise more capital and put its house in
order.
McDougal hit upon a quick way to raise money: selling stock. But that was not normal
practice for savings and loans in Arkansas, and the proposal needed approval from the
Arkansas Securities Commission. So McDougal had Little Rock's Rose Law Firm -- and
specifically partner Hillary Clinton -- make his case for the stock sale to state regulators.
The White House has acknowledged that Hillary Clinton, then on a $2,000-a-month retainer
with Madison Guaranty, worked on the proposal in 1985. But senior presidential adviser
Bruce Lindsey said her involvement was minimal and that most of the legal work was done
by a junior associate, Richard N. Massey, then a 28-year-old, first-year lawyer at the firm.
Joe Madden, the current commissioner of the Arkansas Securities Department, said there
are at least three Rose Law Firm documents to the commission that refer questions back to
either Hillary Clinton or Massey. But he said the case was fairly routine and that a
"competent first-year attorney (as Massey was at the time) could have been primarily
responsible for doing the research and doing the drafting."
Schaffer, who had just been appointed securities commissioner by then-Gov. Clinton when
the case arose, said Massey handled meetings with her staff and that Hillary Clinton was the
only senior attorney at the Rose firm with whom she or her staff communicated.
Ultimately, Schaffer and her staff decided that the unusual capital-formation plan did not
violate Arkansas law and approved it. Because of its growing financial problems, though,
the plan was never carried out by the thrift.
Schaffer, now an attorney in private practice in Fayetteville, Ark., said she did not feel
pressured to rule favorably because the governor's wife was involved in the case.
But she expressed frustration at her old friend's seeming hesitation to publicly explain her
role as a senior attorney in the case and thereby allow suspicions to grow.
Repeatedly, Hillary Clinton has insisted that questions arising from private matters a decade
or more ago are not a fit subject for public scrutiny. She has refused to respond to any
detailed inquiries, including the central one: whether it was proper to represent a business
partner before a state regulatory board run by a personal friend and appointee of her
husband's.
She has expressed bewilderment that the press and investigators are interested in the
aftermath of a money-losing private real estate investment.
Jack Pitney, a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, said the First
Lady's response created a credibility problem. It is difficult, he said, to believe she would
ignore a major family investment and overlook a potential conflict of interest.
"She can't just throw her hands in the air and say she doesn't understand all this legal
stuff. She can't claim ignorance of legal details," he said. "It is not a credible defense. Her
involvement is a fix of her own making."
Friends and associates said the two images of Hillary Clinton -- meticulous lawyer and
absent-minded investor -- are not mutually exclusive. While she was a keen professional at
work, she had little interest in acquiring wealth or closely monitoring her family's finances,
according to her defenders.
Lindsey, a longtime Arkansas friend of the First Family, said the Clintons got into the
Whitewater deal on the assumption that McDougal would manage the property and the
Clintons would simply make payments periodically on loans taken out to purchase the
undeveloped land.
"They went into a real estate development with a developer with the clear understanding
that he would manage the investment and with the clear understanding they would be passive
investors," Lindsey said.
"When they were asked to write a check to Citizens Bank of Flippin (Ark.) or even to the
McDougals when McDougal said there weren't sufficient funds from property sales to cover
that month's mortgage payments, that didn't seem unusual."
He said the Clintons were aware that the property appeared to be losing value, but rather
than questioning McDougal or seeking detailed financial statements on the deal, they just
wrote it off as "bad business judgment,"
Lindsey said.
Another family friend's assessment is that neither of the Clintons was interested in getting
rich; they concentrated through the 1980s on Clinton's political career and his wife's policy
crusades.
"They don't know beans about business," said this Arkansas friend, who asked to remain
nameless.
According to McDougal, the Clintons early in 1985 expressed interest in Madison
Guaranty's affairs -- as well as their personal enrichment -- and sought the thrift's legal work
for the Rose Law Firm. McDougal said he put Hillary Clinton and the Rose firm on the
$2,000-a-month retainer at then-Gov. Clinton's request -- a claim the White House has denied.
In 1988, when Madison Guaranty clearly was on the verge of failure and McDougal was
suffering personal problems, records show that Hillary Clinton wrote to McDougal to seek
power of attorney over all Whitewater-related business.
She received that power but apparently did not use it until 1992, when she authorized Rose
firm law partner Vincent Foster to work on Whitewater's delinquent tax returns.
In an unrelated case, she took a distinctly active role in a family investment involving
much less money. In 1983, she, Foster and Webster L. Hubbell, another law firm partner,
formed an investment partnership called Mid-life Investors, with each contributing an initial
$15,000.
Roy P. Drew, a stockbroker who helped them set up the venture, said neither Foster nor
Hubbell later expressed much interest in the performance of the partnership but that Hillary
Clinton called frequently to ask about her investment, at times phoning him daily with
questions and instructions.
The partnership eventually foundered, paying annual dividends of between $2 and $20 from
1986 to 1992, according to the Clintons' income tax returns. Lindsey, who follows the
Clintons' personal business closely, said he knew virtually nothing about Mid-life Investors
except that it was an insignificant part of the family's portfolio.
Some of the White House defensiveness about Whitewater questions over the last three
weeks can be attributed to concern for Hillary Clinton's potential exposure to political
damage.
The chief item on the White House agenda for 1994 is the health care reform initiative,
which the First Lady has headed.
White House aides -- and ultimately the Clintons -- concluded this week that until
questions are resolved about the First Family's business matters, little progress can be made
on affairs of state, officials said.
"There ain't going to be no health care campaign if they don't get Whitewater out of the
way," said Betsey Wright, Clinton's former gubernatorial chief of staff and an informal
adviser.
Times staff writer Thomas B. Rosenstiel contributed to this story.
*
WHITEWATER CHRONOLOGY: A look at the Clintons' involvement in the Arkansas
real estate and banking venture. A18
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOAD-DATE-MDC: January 17, 1994
Copyright 1994 The Times Mirror Company
Los Angeles Times
January 12, 1994, Wednesday, Home Edition
SECTION: Part A; Page 12; Column 4; National Desk
LENGTH: 1080 words
HEADLINE: S&L TIE TO FIRST LADY'S LAW FIRM PROBED;
BANKING: FDIC ASKS IF ATTORNEYS WHO REPRESENTED U.S. IN CASE AGAINST
THE THRIFT'S ACCOUNTANTS MISLED REGULATORS ABOUT POSSIBLE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
BYLINE: By JAMES RISEN and JOHN M. BRODER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
DATELINE: WASHINGTON
BODY:
Federal banking regulators have begun an investigation of the Rose Law Firm's
involvement with a failed savings and loan owned by a former business partner of President
Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, officials said Tuesday.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to determine whether lawyers at Rose -- the
Little Rock, Ark., firm in which Mrs. Clinton was a partner -- misled regulators about the
potential for a conflict of interest when they represented the federal government in a case
against the now-defunct Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan's accountants, said David Barr,
a spokesman for the agency.
Federal regulators hired the Rose firm in 1989 to sue the accountants, Frost & Co., for
negligence in auditing the S&L's books. Ultimately, the law firm received $400,000 in legal
fees from the FDIC and settled the case in 1991 for $1 million. The government had sought
$6 million from Frost.
While Madison was still in business in 1985, Rose attorneys, including Mrs. Clinton,
represented the thrift and its owner, James B. McDougal, when it sought state regulatory
approval for a novel plan to sell stock and raise money to keep the S&L afloat.
The plan to raise capital was approved by a state regulator appointed by then-Gov. Bill
Clinton but was never acted on because of the thrift's worsening financial condition.
The state regulatory approval for the stock plan has become a key issue in a federal
criminal investigation of ties between McDougal and the Clintons. The issue has raised
questions about Mrs. Clinton's role in helping McDougal win the beneficial state ruling.
In their efforts to win state regulatory approval for Madison, the Rose attorneys relied on
an audit report on the S&L by Frost & Co. to make its case in favor of the stock plan. When
the law firm represented the FDIC in 1989, it was hired to sue the Frost firm on behalf of the
federal government.
FDIC officials said they do not have evidence that they were purposefully misled by the
Rose firm but cannot find any documentation and do not recall ever being told by Rose
lawyers that it had represented Madison four years earlier in the state case. The Rose firm
has insisted that it told the agency about the earlier case.
Documents released by the FDIC show that in 1989, Rose senior partner Vincent Foster,
who later became deputy White House counsel and who committed suicide in July, 1993,
solicited the federal agency's legal work on failed financial institutions in Arkansas. After
the Rose firm won the right to handle legal work on Madison, much of the work was done
by Webster Hubbell, now the No. 3 official at the U.S. Justice Department.
Hubbell, who handled the FDIC suit against Frost, insists that the federal regulators were
told about the firm's prior involvement in the case. "Mr. Hubbell has said that he disclosed all
the information that was requested and won a substantial settlement in the case for the FDIC,"
Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern said.
The FDIC said its inquiry is separate from an ongoing Justice Department criminal
investigation of Madison and Whitewater Development Corp., the Arkansas real estate
venture owned jointly by the Clintons and McDougal and his wife.
If the regulatory agency finds that it was misled by the Rose firm, it could move to bar the
firm from receiving further work from either the FDIC or the Resolution Trust Corp., the
federal agency charged with cleaning up and disposing of the assets of failed S&Ls. And if
the agency finds that any Rose attorneys made false statements to federal officials about their
potential for a conflict of interest, the FDIC could seek to press criminal charges, Barr said.
The FDIC investigation, being supervised by Jack Smith, deputy general counsel, has found
no indication that false statements were made, Barr said.
Meanwhile, in a direct challenge to one of the First Family's chief contentions about the
Whitewater real estate venture, Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa) said Tuesday that he does not see
how the Clintons could have lost $68,900 on the investment, as they have maintained.
Rather, Leach said, his analysis of the records of the Clinton investment in the Ozark
mountains property deal indicates that they may have broken even or lost at most $9,000.
McDougal, who was 50-50 partners with the Clintons in the deal, said last weekend that he
believed that the Clintons invested and lost about $9,000 in Whitewater.
The White House has cited the large reported loss in deflecting suggestions that the
Clintons may have benefited from the failure of Madison, which ultimately cost taxpayers
more than $47 million.
Leach, the senior Republican member of the House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
Committee, noted that McDougal sank a much larger stake in the deal, yet granted the
Clintons an equal share in the operation.
"That is an obvious gift," Leach said in a session with reporters. "The question is, what was
the quid pro quo?"
Senior White House aide Bruce Lindsey disputed Leach's figures and vigorously denied the
implication that Clinton had profited from his association with McDougal or used his office to
benefit the Arkansas businessman.
"The Clintons submitted their records to an independent accounting firm who did a
reconstruction and found that the Clintons invested almost $69,000 in this investment and that
they lost the entire amount," Lindsey said.
Congressional and Justice Department investigators are seeking to learn whether Clinton, as
governor, granted McDougal and Madison Guaranty favorable regulatory treatment that kept
the institution open for several years after it had become insolvent.
They also want to know whether funds were illegally diverted from Madison to
Whitewater or to retire a $50,000 debt from Clinton's 1984 campaign for governor.
Leach also accused the Clintons and their defenders of engaging in a "conspiracy of
silence" about Foster's role in Whitewater.
Leach said that Foster, who negotiated the Clintons' sale of their share in Whitewater and
who prepared the delinquent tax returns for the partnership, was intimately involved in the
deal and suggested that it may have been a factor in his suicide. Foster shot himself in the
head July 20 in an isolated federal park in Virginia.
"There is absolutely no basis whatsoever to speculate that Whitewater had anything to do
with Vince's death," Lindsey said. "It's ghoulish to try to connect the two without proof."
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LOAD-DATE-MDC: January 13, 1994
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Vista Magazine Corporate Achievement Awards Reception
15 February, 1994
Talking Points
Acknowledgements
It is so wonderful to be here tonight. I would like to thank
VISTA Magazine for inviting me and for giving me this award.
As I look out into the audience I am extraordinarily proud of
what I see. Here tonight are a group of women who are working
hard and working together to make our world a more equitable
place. Here are women who are breaking barriers. They are seizing
opportunities for themselves, and in so doing they are creating
opportunities for others.
Unfortunately, all of us are familiar with sexual discrimination.
The discriminatory practices that attempt to keep qualified women
from rising to the top despite their education, experience, or
years of service, are real barriers with pernicious effects. For
Hispanic women the problems are twofold. It is hard enough to be
the token woman in a firm, but to be the token Hispanic as well
is extraordinarily difficult.
Discrimination-- be it on the grounds of sex, ethnicity or
race-- has no place in a country such as our own. And we must
continue our fight to break down barriers. But what the seven
award recipients and all the women here tonight have shown is
that there are no obstacles that we cannot surmount. There is
no glass ceiling strong enough to keep us down.
The women that we celebrate tonight defy the edicts of the past.
They show that nothing is impossible. And these women show the
promise of the future. By working hard to ensure that the future
of this country [and for women in it] is bright and strong. And
by providing wonderful role models for young [Hispanic-American]
women. I hope that when your daughters are CEOs of major
companies that they will invite me to come and visit them.
The seven women we honor tonight have [with their election to the
Board of Directors of their Companies] shattered the glass
ceiling in Corporate America. And it is up to all of us to remove
all the shards and pieces of glass that remain.
One of the great strengths our sex is that we have always
understood that no woman is an island. We have learned about the
power and energy that comes from talking and sharing with one
another. We have learned the importance of helping and looking
out for one another. I think that tonight's celebration shows
just how important these lessons have been.
I am so proud of all the women here tonight and what you have
accomplished. And I know that the best is yet to come.
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PROJECT FOR THE
REPUBLICAN FUTURE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WILLIAM KRISTOL. CHAIRMAN
VIRGINIA GILDER
MICHAEL S JOYER
THOMAS L. RHODES
February 10, 1994
MEMORANDUM TO REPUBLICAN LEADERS
FROM:
WILLIAM KRISTOL we
SUBJECT:
Defeating the Coming Clinton-Cooper Compromise
Attached is a third political strategy memorandum on the debate over health care reform. The
good news is that the president's plan has been further wounded in recent weeks. The bad news
is that the logic of the current situation points toward eventual Clinton-Cooper compromise
legislation -- legislation that would be bad for health care and for the nation.
We argue in this memo that Republicans can help avert this outcome We can do this, first. by
intensifying our assault on the Clinton plan and its underlying premises, which are shared by
the Cooper proposal. This assault will require a mobilization of public opinion across the coun-
try All polls tell us that the more people learn about the president's plan, the more likely they
are to reject it. It is therefore essential that Republicans, business groups, and conservative
organizations engage in media, direct mail, and other "voter contact" efforts now in order to
expose the perils of the president's plan. The course of public opinion over the next several
weeks is crucial to shaping a desirable legislative outcome.
Second, the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill needs to complement these grassroots
efforts to discredit both Clinton and Cooper by moving more aggressively to advance a set of
proposals that address America's health care problems. This set of principled, targeted reforms
should not be simply another "Republican alternative"; rather it should be put forward explic-
itly as the basis for future bipartisan compromise - a "Moynihan-Dole" bill, say .. that serves
as the fundamental alternative to Clinton-Cooper. Such a bill would build on past bipartisan
efforts while forging a new path toward greater choice and control for individuals and the doc-
tors who treat them. And it would have the added virtue of appealing to all who are increasing-
ly doubtful about the president's bill, including those who, while retreating from Clinton, may
have taken temporary refuge with Cooper.
As in the past, we would be grateful for your thoughts about this assessment of the health care
debate and the recommendations that accompany it.
1150 17TH STREET, NW, FIFTH FLOOR, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 (202) 293-4900 FAX: (202) 293-4901
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HEALTH CARE: DEFEATING THE COMING CLINTON-COOPER COMPROMISE
"You should realize our bills are very similar. The White House bill and my bill have a lot in common,
and we're very proud of that / want the White House to win." Rep. Jim Cooper (February 4, 1994)
"[I]n some ways / think that Jim Cooper is being extremely helpful to the process, extremely helpful to
the process." Sen. Jay Rockefeller (February 4, 1994)
"[I]n broad outline the Clinton and Cooper proposals are more alike than either side at times finds it
convenient to acknowledge." The Washington Post (February 7, 1994)
Jim Cooper, Jay Rockefeller, and the Washington Post know something that many people in Washington
(including, we fear, many Republicans) do not: that while the Clinton Administration's health care legis-
lation may be in trouble, its project of reform by sweeping government dictat is, unfortunately, still alive.
The new conventional Washington wisdom about health care has it that the Clinton plan is in trouble,
its current momentum stalled and its future prospects threatened by the emergence of Representative
Jim Cooper's "moderate alternative." This week's Time goes 50 far as to suggest that Clinton's plan might
be "DOA." Evidence for this theory is deceptively obvious. The president has been on the defensive
since before his State of the Union message, which included a veto threat he apparently deemed neces-
sary to protect legislation he had introduced just two months carlier. That speech failed to move poll
numbers as intended; public support for the plan remains below levels recorded early last fall. And there
have been signs of White House fear and weakness ever since.
Concerned about potential political support for less radical reform than his, the President has offered
surprising (if ultimately unsuccessful) concessions in a bid for support by the National Governors
Association. His aides have responded somewhat hysterically to a series of critical television ads and
to an article in The New Republic that convincingly detailed their plan's likely ill effect on American
medical services. Tuesday's Congressional Budget Office pronouncement raises further serious ques-
tions about the plan's financing and budget effect. And last week saw a new rush of business objections
to the Administration's health care proposal: tough Congressional testimony by the Chamber of
Commerce, a declaration of opposition by the National Association of Manufacturers, and an outright
endorsement of Cooper by the Business Roundtable.
THE CLINTON-COOPER PHONY WAR. It's true that the Clinton health care legislation, as written, is made
weaker by the fresh strength of the Cooper bill. And the harsh reaction to this development by the
White House and its allies seems at first glance to support the notion that large ideas are at issue in a
Clinton/Cooper tug of war. But large ideas are not in fact at issue; Clinton and Cooper are instead, as
the Congressman correctly claims, "first cousins in this debate and hoping for a family reunion this
year." Both Democratic proposals involve a radical federal regulatory rearrangement of the financing
and delivery of American medical services. In this respect they constitute not two political positions on
health care, but only one. Clinton's health plan is by no means "dead on arrival."
The fact that Clinton and Cooper now thoroughly dominate the Washington health care debate, and
thus threaten permanently to circumscribe its acceptable parameters, should alarm Republicans.
Neither bill is compatible with conservative principle, and Republicans therefore have no business
cheering for either side of the Clinton/Cooper controversy much less "participating constructively" in
its resolution, despite the disingenuous advice we now receive from editorialists. Any conceivable
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Clinton-Cooper compromise legislation would represent an unprecedented government encroachment
on the authority of individual citizens to make basic decisions about their daily lives, in this case about
their very health. Republicans ought not be reluctant to defend such Individual rights and oppose a
Clinton-Cooper compromise that threatens them.
The health care debate is at a watershed. The Cooper bill is currently ascendant not because "managed
competition" has any broad-based, intrinsic appeal, but rather, we suspect, because its Congressional
and business supporters see no other politically realistic vehicle with which to register their opposition to
Clinton. Republicans must now make clear that Cooper is not a meaningful departure from the Clinton
vision, and must make a principled case for the real alternative solution to America's health care prob-
lems: sensible, straightforward reforms that would make insurance more stable and affordable. Those
reforms have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past; they can earn such support again this year.
Unless we are prepared to oppose Clinton-Cooper vigorously and propose our own reforms intelligent-
y, the ultimate success of Clintonism, broadly understood, will be virtually certain. The White House
can meet Jim Cooper well more than half way in the public and private compromise negotiations now
underway, and the president will still be able to sign the terrible result into law.
UNDERSTANDING THE COOPER BILL Managed competition, the core of the Cooper bill, shares with the
president's proposal the vision of a government-directed remaking of American health care delivery and
financing. Though it comes in free-market guise, the Cooper bill would undo the medical system we
now take for granted just as radically and completely as would the Clinton plan.
True, Cooper avoids a mandate that employers pay for their employees' health care. That has been ITS
central attraction for business groups. But a closer examination of the bill reveals other ways in which
employers would be drawn into a web of state-administered health care machinery. Firms with fewer
than 100 employees (about 93 percent of all businesses), for example, would be required to register
with regional Health Plan Purchasing Cooperatives, forward information about all their full- and part-
time employees, and deduct from paychecks the cost of health care premiums, whether or not the firms
were providing health care coverage.
Each of these purchasing cooperatives would be required to make available "accountable health plans"
that offer a standard set of benefits determined by a vote of Congress. Proponents of the Cooper bill
point out, correctly, that under their plan consumers might still choose plans whose benefits exceed the
government's established standards. But the Cooper bill is essentially designed to limit individual choice
by pushing consumers into the lowest-priced health plan in their region. Through the introduction of a
tax deduction cap, both individuals and employers would be permitted to deduct only the cost of the
lowest priced plan in their region. Anything beyond that would be subject to the top corporate rate.
Businesses that today offer their employees generous health plans would effectively be forced either to
accept the government's more austere benefit limits or face stiff economic penalties.
This is a remarkably coercive use of the tax code. The federal government would first decide what type
of health insurance should be in a employee's benefit package, and then, in effect, penalize all those
who choose what the Cooper bill deems "excess" health coverage. Cost savings would presumably
emerge from the competition among these minimum benefit plans to become the lowest bidder in any
given region. The Cooper bill advances these measures in the name of cost containment. But they are
tantamount to an arbitrary government restriction on how much money goes into the health system. To
retain the tax deductible status of the health plan under which they work, doctors, nurses, and hospital
administrators would be driven primarily by budget priorities. The ability of patients to obtain high qual-
ity service and a full range of treatment options would invariably be compromised.
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In most regions, the only plans able to meet government-set standards for certification as "accountable
health plans" would be health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Representative Cooper's candor on
this point has been widely overlooked. "My guess," he has said, "is that fee-for-service medicine will be
discouraged and mostly die out." Alain Enthoven, one of the authors of the managed competition
model, has made the same prediction: "We doubt that (private-practice doctors) would generally be
compatible with economic efficiency." Seeing a specialist when you like, seeking a second opinion,
choosing your own family physician - all these things would be as rare under Cooper as under Clinton.
Surviving health plans would be further hampered by the Cooper requirement that no plan charge
enrollees different rates for any reason other than age. While ostensibly designed to guarantee access to
health Insurance, this Cooper version of "community rating" would effectively prevent a plan from offer-
ing different premiums based on health status or medical history. Under Cooper's system, in other
words, the individual who quits smoking or takes preventive health measures would be treated the
same, for insurance purposes, as a smoker or someone with a debilitating disease. And both would like-
ly wind up in the same "lowest price" accountable health plan.
For the health consumer in America, life under the Cooper plan would look very much as it would
under the president's: standardized medicine, impersonal systems of care, and hospitals and doctors
judged by economic efficiency standards. "Cost containment" would become the mantra of American
medicine, and all incentives in the system would be geared toward cutting corners and trimming ser-
vice. Doctors operating in an accountable health plan would be required to report on procedures, treat-
ments, outcomes, patient background, expenses and other "necessary" medical information; health
plans would withhold payment to any doctor who does not provide such requested data. The number
of specialists trained each year would be decided and alloted by a panel of government experts.
Above everything, the Cooper system shares the president's fixation with a complex architecture of
national health care bureaucracy that regulates, monitors, and coordinates virtually every aspect of the
doctor-patient relationship. Like the president, Cooper would establish Health Cooperative Boards in
each region. He would also create a Health Plan Standards Board to establish standards for every health
plan; an Agency for Clinical Evaluations to oversee federal medical research; and a Benefits, Evaluation,
and Data Standards Board to manage a national health data system. The entire structure would be gov-
erned by a Health Care Standards Commission of five presidential appointees - an independent agency
that would function as a Supreme Court of Health. While steps may be taken to shield them, all these
organizations would be subject to immense pressure from politicians, interests groups, and professional
health industry lobbyists. Vital decisions about experimental drugs or even routine medical procedures
would become political questions. The quality of treatment patients receive, the options available to
them, and the advancement of medical practice would all become tertiary concerns.
THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY. The Clinton health care plan and its Cooper "cousin" are together a gigan-
tic leftward social policy gamble by the Democrats, one that should be impossible to win given every-
thing the United States has learned over the past 25 years about the failures of big-government liberal-
ism. The White House had no right to expect anything but fierce opposition to the proposal from
American business, which has a legitimate and necessary interest in protecting itself from government,
and from Republicans, who have a comparable but even more important Interest in defending both pri-
vate American relationships (like that between patient and doctor) and those non-governmental institu-
tions that remain basically sound and successful (our health care system most definitely among them).
But such an opposition has not emerged, not so far at least. And if It doesn't, soon, the Clinton gamble
may well pay off despite the fact that it pursues a misguided answer to a misconceived problem, and
does 50 from premises a justly skeptical America has long since rejected.
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For its part, the Republican Party in Congress has limited options. It can remain fractured, with various
Members attached to various proposals, and hope for the best. But the best won't happen; Clinton-
Cooper will pass, and the Republican Party will have been passively complicit in its passage. The Party
might instead decide to play the inside legislative game of Clinton-Cooper-Chafee, working the subcom-
mittee hearings and the committee markups, and trying somehow to influence the final bill on the mar-
gins. Clinton-Cooper passes that way, too, and Republicans will be actively implicated.
There are those Republicans prepared to argue that such a result involves no compromise of conviction.
Durenberger, for example, Cooper's only Republican cosponsor in the Senate and a cosponsor
also of the very similar Chafee bill, says that "Republicans already have a winning strategy and that strat-
egy is managed competition," which he calls a "comprehensive vision" consistent with "Republican prin-
ciples." Senator Durenberger is wrong. Managed competition is not a Republican principle. it is mas-
sive social regulation, precisely the kind of thing the Republican Party should exist to oppose, and for
Republicans to acquiesce or participate in its enactment would bring us no credit, and much shame.
The only honorable and realistically successful path for Republicans, then, is that outlined by Senator
Dole in his calm and intelligent State of the Union response, and restated last Wednesday in a speech
by RNC chairman Haley Barbour: advancing specific solutions to the problems of health care coverage,
affordability, and cost that most Americans agree exist while at the same time defending our medical
system's unparalleled benefits and making clear that those benefits are under attack by the White
House. Republicans should not be deterred from this position, as some appear to have been in recent
days, by press criticism and isolated polling statistics. The criticism comes from advocates of the
Clinton-Cooper position. And public opinion, which political parties are formed to help shape and
change, is already overwhelmingly hostile to any health care reform that would, as Clinton-Cooper will,
limit the availability of medical services. Senator Dole and Chairman Barbour are making a correct
argument in principle. And a winnable one.
A STARK CHOICE There is already widespread public nervousness over the Clinton-Cooper program.
New York Representative Charles Schumer, for example, reflecting on his trip home during the last Hill
recess, expressed this fear quite starkly to The New York Times: "How are we going to explain to a
majority of my constituents, who have worked hard and invested in a [health] plan that they're not terri-
bly unhappy with, that they should jump into the abyss of the unknown?" He was talking about the
Administration's legislation, of course, but the same question can and should be asked of Cooper. And
when it is, Cooper's supporters many of whom have joined his bill for purely tactical, anti-Clinton
purposes will be eager for an alternative to the coming Clinton-Cooper compromise.
It is the Republican Party's duty to speak for Charles Schumer's Brooklyn constituents and the silent
majority of Americans who want reform but whose medical care would be badly damaged by the radi-
cal experimentation of the Clinton-Cooper health care proposals. Republicans must reframe the health
care debate and offer these Americans a clear choice: a crisis-driven Clinton-Cooper "jump into the
abyss," on the one hand, or real solutions to existing problems that give individual citizens, not govern-
ment, more control over their health care. What is needed is not yet another "Republican plan";
instead, the Republican Hill leadership should put forward a proposal that can be the basis of effective
bipartisan legislation.
The political damage recently sustained by the Clinton health care plan suggests that a Clinton-Cooper
compromise will be forced on the White House sooner rather than later. It would be useful to get the
principled alternative a proposal that might eventually become the "Moynihan-Dole" bill, for example
on the table just as fast. This is a sound strategy for Republicans, and for the country.
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Veterans Affairs
Date:
February 10, 1994
From:
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Subj:
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs
Presentation to American Legion Mid-winter Conference
To
Hillary Rodham Clinton
These are our thoughts on the strongest points you could make in your health-care
reform presentation to The American Legion's mid-winter conference:
The President and you decided from the outset that, under any health-care plan you
proposed, the VA health-care system would remain independent and the plan would be
designed TO improve veterans health care.
To ensure that these goals were achieved, veterans organizations and Secretary Brown
were "at the table", their voices were heard, and their best ideas for strengthening the
VA were incorporated in the Health Security Act.
Here are a few of the ways the President's plan strengthens the VA:
VA will provide the comprehensive package of benefits to all veterans who
enroll in a VA health plan That solves the problem of VA's complex and
confusing eligibility rules, which too often lead to fragmented care and the denial
of care. Under the President's comprehensive package, the means test 'and all the
other complicated rules go out the window. VA doctors will treat patients on the
basis of medical judgment, not complicated, outdated statutes. A veteran who
chooses the VA gets the care he or she needs.
Service-connected veterans, low-income veterans, and ex-POWs get the
comprehensive package totally free; they will pay no premiums, no copayments,
and no deductibles. This is a tremendous improvement for millions of veterans.
All of America's veterans can enroll in a VA health-care plan. Today most
veterans are locked out by the means test and inadequate VA resources.
By giving VA access to new funding streams including insurance and
Medicare payments -- the President's plan gives VA a bright, stable financial
future.
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By providing a $3.3 billion investment fund over the next three years, the
President's plan gives VA the means to make improvements it needs to become
truly competitive.
No other health-care plan addresses the VA and veterans' special needs. All of the
other plans ignore the VA and, by doing so, both fail to help VA and. what is worse,
would undercut the VA system.
Achieving what the President and you want to do for veterans requires enactment of
the main components of the Health Security Act -- universal coverage, a
comprehensive benefits package, and employer mandates. Without these, VA
entitlement reform and improvements in VA's financial picture are not possible.
Congress cannot simply detach the pro-veteran provisions of the President's bill and
attach them to another bill. The other bills simply do not have what it takes to make
this work. One cannot take the wings off a jetliner, put them on a dump truck, and
expect it to fly.
Mrs. Clinton, you need the Legion's help in enacting these vital improvements. The
future of the VA health-care system is at stake.
Please let me know if we can be of further help. 1 can be reached at (o) 273-5611 or
273-5608 or (h) 301/986-1839.
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they believe the first three words should be "We, the
government."
Their agenda is to raise taxes, increase government
spending, increase government mandates, increase government
regulations, and increase the role that government has in the day
to day life of every American.
Who should decide were your child should go to school?
President Clinton and the liberals say the government.
Conservatives say that decision belongs with you.
Who should decide the leave policies of your business?
President Clinton and the liberals say the government.
Conservatives say that decision belongs with you.
Who should decide what doctor you see, what treatment you
receive, and what your health insurance plan should be?.
President Clinton and the liberals say the government.
Conservatives say that decision belongs with you.
The Health Care Debate
The health care debate will last for much of this year. And
make no mistake about it, President and Mrs. Clinton are going to
marshall all of their resources on behalf of their plan. They
will continue to attack pharmaceutical companies, insurance
companies, the AMA, or anyone else who might have the nerve to
disagree.
The White House is also attacking the plan written by
Congressman Cooper. And conservatives shouldn't be lulled into
believing those are the only two alternatives. Because if it
comes down to the Clinton plan and the Cooper plan, then
Americans will be left without a true choice.
And that's what our position in the health care debate is
all about.
We're about creating a system that creates a maximum amount
of choice for the maximum amount of people.
We're about helping people gain access to the best system in
the world,
We're about a market system that includes true competition--
and not a system of alliances managed and mandated by the
provences.
The Clinton plan is not about any of those priorities. It's
not about choice. It's not about free markets. It's not about
competition. And it's certainly not about the best system in the
world. And neither is the Cooper plan.
Don't get IMP wrong. Conservatives know that our health care
system is not perfect, and that there are real Americans in need.
But we can meet their needs and fix what needs to be fixed
without more taxes, more bureaucracy, or denying you the right to
choose your own doctor.
Foreign Policy: North Korea. Bosnia
Whatever the issue--health care, crime, welfare reform,
education--conservatives and Republicans must continue to advance
ideas that are true to our principles.
And one idea that is true to our principles is an America
that is respected around the world.
Unfortunately, our image and position abroad is on the same
downward spiral as during the Carter years when the United States
was feared by none, respected by few, and ignored by many.
Despite its rhetorical toughness, this administration is
telegraphing its timidity around the globa, by appeasing
dictators and subcontracting American policy to multi-lateral
bureaucracies.
North Korea, determined to possess a nuclear capability, is
offered an ever-expanding bundle of concessions--as if it is
another poor, third world country misunderstood by the west.
Instead of taking firm action to strengthen deterrence on
the Korean peninsula, U.S.-South Korean exercises are canceled,
and missed deadlines are ignored. Meanwhile, the North Koreans
continue to work on building nuclear bombs.
The new democracies in eastern Europe, having recently
emerged from the tyranny of communism, seek greater economic and
security ties with the United States and western Europe.
Yet, at the NATO summit, we let these countries down by
failing to establish criteria and set milestones for expanded
membership in NATO--because Russia objected. It seems to me that
we have supported Russia--to the tune of $2.5 billion--and we
should be able to expect greater cooperation in foreign policy,
not more Soviet-style vetoes.
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And, of course, in Bosnia, a country and its people are
being destroyed by aggression, as the United States adheres
religiously to a U.N. arms embargo against the Bosnian
government--violating Bosnia's right to self-defense under the
U.N. charter.
The announcement by NATO last night was welcome. But I hope
that it is not just more talk. That it not just another cry of
"wolf" cry we have heard far too often from NATO and from the
White House.
I don't usually quote the Washington Post--especially to
this audience--but let me read from an editorial this morning:
"At this point in the dying of Bosnia, more talk policy is
an obscenity. If the government isn't conducting a serious
policy, it should just shut up."
In my view, the President should not wait one more day to
unilaterally lift the arms embargo, and to allow the Bosnian
people to defend thomselves from the ongoing slaughter.
Don't Subordinate U.S. Interests to U.N. Agenda
Perhaps the greatest failing of this administration in the
foreign policy arena, is its obsession with the United Nations
and its willingness to subordinate U.S. interests to the U.N.
agenda.
Boutros Boutros Ghali, an unelected international
bureaucrat, seems to have more power than the Secretary of State
or the Secretary of Defense--he can veto airstrikes in Boenia,
change the mission of U.S. troops in Somalia,
and place American forces under foreign command.
The American taxpayer is being asked to pay at least $3.2
billion for U.N. peacekeeping in the first two years of the
Clinton administration. U.N. peacekeeping is the fastest
growing international entitlement program, with operations in
more than 20 countrics--most having no strategic importance to
the United States.
The bottom line is that America, under the Clinton
administration, is abdicating leadership--at the United Nations,
at NATO, and around the globe. If there is one thing the cold
war taught us, it was that only American leadership can ensure
the protection of American interests.
The world is still a dangerous place, but, in my view--and
I've been there-it is just as dangerous to embrace unguided
multilateralism as it is to retreat into isolationism. America
18 still the world's only superpower and the leader of the free
world.
In closing, as Senate Republican Leader, let me thank you
for all you have done these past years for our party. Thank you
for the stamps you have licked, the precincts you have walked,
the votes you have cast, the money you have donated, the articles
you have written, and the difference you have made.
And thank you for the work I know you will be doing in the
months ahead to make gains in the House, the Senate, and
Governor's offices across the country and to ensure that it
will be our ideas and our principles that will lead American into
the 21st century.
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VILMA S. MARTINES serves on
ard of directors of Anheuser
Busch Companies, Inc., Flur
sporation and Sanwa Bank of
California. She is Mexican-Ar ican and a graduate of the
University of Texas and Columbia Law School. Ms. Martinez is a
Litigation Partner at the Los Angeles law firm MUNGER, TOLLES &
OLSON. She was the first woman to run the Mexican American Legal
Defense Fund (MALDEF), a national Hispanic organization.
LINDA G. ALVARADO serves on the board of directors of Pitney Bowes
and Cyrus Amax. she is Mexican-American and a graduate of Pomona
College. Ms. Alvarado is President and CEO of ALVARADO
CONSTRUCTION, INC. located in Denver, CO. Unlike any other
Hispanic, she is part owner of a National League baseball
franchise, the Colorado Rockies.
PATRICIA SALAS PINEDA serves on the board of directors of Levi
strauss Associates Inc., the parent company of Levi Strauss & Co.
She is Mexican-American and a graduate of Mills College and the
University of Berkeley, School of Law. Presently, Ms. Pineda is
the General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of New United
Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
DONNA M. ALVARADO serves on the board of directors of Harnischfeger
Industries, Inc. she earned her bachelor's and master's degree
from ohio State University. She is the President and CEO of QUEST
INTERNATIONAL, a non-profit educational organization that promotes
positive youth development in 27 countries.
KATHERINE D. ORTEGA serves on the board of directors of Ralaton
Purina, Diamond Shamrock, Inc., Long Island Lighting Company, and
the Kroger Company. She is a graduate of Eastern New Mexico
University, Ms. Ortaga served as the 38th Treasurer of the United
states from September 1983 through June 1989.
REMEDIOS DIAS OLIVER serves on the board of directors of US West
Barnett Banks and Avon Products. She was born in Cuba and is a
graduate of the University of Havana and received her master's
degree from Havana Business University and Havana Business college.
She is the President and CEO of ALL AMERICAN CONTAINERS, INC. She
served as president of the American Cancer Society from 1988- 1991.
SILA M. CALDERON serves on the board of directors of BanPonce and
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. She was born in Puerto Rico and is
a graduate of Manhattanville College. Currently, she is President
of Commonwealth Investment Company, Inc. In 1988, Ms. Calderón was
the first woman to be appointed Secretary of state of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In this position, she was the
constitutional successor to the Governor of Puerto Rico.
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PASTORA SAN JUAN CAFFERTY serves on the board of directors of
Kimberly Clark Corporation and People's Energy corporation. she
received her Bachelor's degree from St. Bernard College and her
master's and doctorate degrees from George Washington University.
Ms. Cafferty is a Professor in the School of Social Service
Administration and the School of Public Folicy Studies at the
University of Chicago.
DELIA REYES serves on the board of directors of H.F. Ahmanson &
Company, which is the parent company of Home Savings of America.
She was born in Cuba and a graduate of Havana Business College.
Currently, Ms. Reyes is President of REYES CONSULTING GROUP, which
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specialized in the recruitment of women and minorities. From 1991-
1992, she has served as Chairperson for the United States Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce.
February, 15, 1994
SEVEN AWARD RECIPIENTS
Donna M. Alverado
Harnischfeger Industries
Linda G. Alvarado
Pitney Bowes, Cyrus Amax
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Kimberly-Clark
Remedios Diaz Oliver
Avon, US West
Katherine Davalos Ortega
Ralston Purina, Diamond Shamrock, Kroger Patricia
Salas Pineda
Levi Strauss
Delia Reves
Home Savings of America
February 15, 1994
THE VISTA 50 BEST COMPANIES FOR HISPANIC WOMEN
[In alphabetical order]
Adolph Coors Co. Golden, Colorado
Aetna Insurance Hartford Connecticut
Allstate Insurance Co. Northbrook, Illinois
American Express New York, New York
Ameritech Corp.
Chicago, Illinois
Anheuser-Busch Companies
St. Louis, Missouri
AT&T
New York, New York
Avon Products
New York, New York
Bacardi Imports
Miami, Florida
Banponce Corp.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bank Of America
San Frnacisco, California
Campbell Soup Co.Camden, New Jersey
The Chase Manhattan Corp.
New York, New York
The Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta, Georgia
Colgate-Palmolive Co. New York, New York
Cyprus-Amax Minerals Co.
Denver, Colorado
Dayton Hudson Corp. Minneapolis Minnesota
Digital Corp.
Malboro, Maryland
Eastman Kodak, Co.
Rochester, New York
Federal Express Corp. Memphis, Tennessee
Fluor Corp.
Irvine, California
Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, Michigan
Goya Foods
Secaucus, New Jersey
H.F. Ahmanson
Irwindale, California
Harnischfeger Industries
Brookfield, Wisconsin
J.C. Penney Co.
Dallas, Texas
Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mary Kay
Dallas, Texas
Kelly Services
Troy, Michigan
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Dallas, Texas
Kraft (Philip Morris)
Northfield, Illinois
Levi Strauss Associates Inc.
San Francisco California
McDonald's Corp. Oak Brook, Illinois
Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Motorla,
Schaumburg, Illinois
Nationsbank
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nestle USA, Inc.
Glendale, California
Nynex Corp.
New York, New York
Pacific Bell
San Francisco, California
Pitney Bowes
Stamford, Connecticut
The Proctor and Gamble Co. Cincinnati, Ohio
Prudential Insurance of America
Newark, New Jersey
The Quaker Oats Co.
Chicago, Illinois
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Chicago, Illinois
Ralston Purina
St. Louis, Missouri
RJR Nabisco
East Hanover, New Jersey
Ryder System
Miami, Florida
US West
Englewood, Colorado
Whirlpool
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Xerox Corp.
Rochester, New York
[*** The names on bold are the corporations from which the seven award recipients
have been chosen because of their position on the Board of Directors]
February, 15, 1994
SEVEN AWARD RECIPIENTS
Donna M. Alverado
Harnischfeger Industries
Linda G. Alvarado
Pitney Bowes, Cyrus Amax
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Kimberly-Clark
Remedios Diaz Oliver
Avon, US West
Katherine Davalos Ortega Ralston Purina, Diamond Shamrock, Kroger
Patricia Salas Pineda
Levi Strauss
Delia Reves
Home Savings of America
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VISTA MAGAZINE CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
RECEPTION
DATE:
February 15, 1994
LOCATION: National Press Club
TIME:
6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
FROM:
Liz Bowyer, Angela Buchanan
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PURPOSE
To be the special guest and featured speaker at the VISTA Magazine Corporate
Achievements Award Reception. This award banquet will honor seven ispanic
women who currently sit on some of the nation's largest corporate boards of
directors. Your presence there is an important sign to leaders in the Hispanic
community that the Administration is serious about its commitment to include
Hispanics.
II
BACKGROUND
The issue many Hispanic leaders are most concerned about with regard to the
Administration is the lack of Hispanic appointments. This dinner is an opportunity
to point out the numerous Hispanic women who are part of our team. Many of the
President's female Hispanic appointees will be at the event, and they should be
recognized as a group. Two who merit special attention are Patti Solis, your own
scheduler, and Suzanna Valdez, Associate Director for Public Liaion, who has
primary responsibility for Hispanic outreach.
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VISTA Magazine
VISTA Magazine is a monthly magazine that has a national circulation of 1.2 million
and is carried as a Sunday supplement in major newspapers in over 40 cities in the
United States. Although it is a national publication, it is complemented with local
coverage in four regions: California, Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, as well
as New York City and Chicago. This approach enables VISTA to cover significant
local topics and events, while continuing to report the news and information that
impacts the Hispanic community at a national level. It services a large community,
as 9.5% of the United States is Hispanic. It is the sister publication of the well-
known, Hispanic Magazine ( this english language magazine is similar to a
combination of People and Time.) The readership consists of most leading
Hispanic business people and so is a powerful vehicle for influencing opinion in the
community. The February edition of VISTA magazine was devoted to Hispanic
women and features an article on the 50 U.S. companies that offer the best career
opportunities for Hispanic Women. The article also recognizes the women that serve
on the Board of Directors at nine of these companies.
The Awards/Reception
The VISTA Corporate Achievements Award Reception is the first annual event
honoring Hispanic women in corporate America, and the corporations that have
hired them. Seven of the nine women who are on the Board of Directors at nine of
these companies will be specially recognized. These women are being honored
because they have "shattered the infamous glass ceiling with their election to their
Board of Directors." The purpose of the February edition of VISTA, the reception,
and the coverage that will follow, is to bring national recognition to the companies
which have taken a leadership role in offering high level positions to Hispanic
women.
Approximately 30 Hispanic women appointed by the President are expected to
attend.
Award
The VISTA Magazine's Corporate Achievement Award is a statue of "Cerviel," the
"Angel of Strength." It is an original work of art by sculptor Gabriel Sorzano. HRC
will receive one before she gives her keynote address.
III
PARTICIPANTS
HRC
Alfredo J. Estrada, Publisher, Hispanic Publishing Corporation
Mary Estrada, Wife of Alfredo J. Estrada
Gustavo Goday, Publisher, VISTA Magazine
Fred Estrada, Chairman Hispanic Publishing Corporation
Terry Estrada, Wife of Fred Estrada
Six VIP Corporate Latinas attending (see attached)
Seven award recipients (see attached)
One representative from each of the 50 recognized companies
300 people expected to attend
IV
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Mr. Alfred J. Estrada gives welcoming remarks
Presentation of the Corporate Achievement Awards to the seven recipients.
HRC arrives National Press Club, greeted by Fred and Terry Estrada
Mr. Fred Estrada introduces HRC
Mr. Fred Estrada presents award to HRC
HRC delivers keynote address
Optional ropeline
Official Photo taken with award recipients, theEstradas, and several Hispanic
CEO's
HRC departs.
V
PRESS PLAN
Open Press
Closed Press
Official Photo with award recipients
VI
REMARKS
see attached
February 15, 1994
THE VISTA 50 BEST COMPANIES FOR HISPANIC WOMEN
[In alphabetical order]
Adolph Coors Co. Golden, Colorado
Aetna Insurance Hartford Connecticut
Allstate Insurance Co. Northbrook, Illinois
American Express New York, New York
Ameritech Corp. Chicago, Illinois
Anheuser-Busch Companies
St. Louis, Missouri
AT&T
New York, New York
Avon Products
New York, New York
Bacardi Imports
Miami, Florida
Banponce Corp.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bank Of America
San Frnacisco, California
Campbell Soup Co.Camden, New Jersey
The Chase Manhattan Corp.
New York, New York
The Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta, Georgia
Colgate-Palmolive Co. New York, New York
Cyprus-Amax Minerals Co.
Denver, Colorado
Dayton Hudson Corp. Minneapolis Minnesota
Digital Corp.
Malboro, Maryland
Eastman Kodak, Co.
Rochester, New York
Federal Express Corp.
Memphis, Tennessee
Fluor Corp.
Irvine, California
Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, Michigan
Goya Foods
Secaucus, New Jersey
H.F. Ahmanson
Irwindale, California
Harnischfeger Industries
Brookfield, Wisconsin
J.C. Penney Co.
Dallas, Texas
Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mary Kay
Dallas, Texas
Kelly Services
Troy, Michigan
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Dallas, Texas
Kraft (Philip Morris)
Northfield, Illinois
Levi Strauss Associates Inc.
San Francisco California
McDonald's Corp. Oak Brook, Illinois
Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Motorla,
Schaumburg, Illinois
Nationsbank
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nestle USA, Inc.
Glendale, California
Nynex Corp.
New York, New York
Pacific Bell
San Francisco, California
Pitney Bowes
Stamford, Connecticut
The Proctor and Gamble Co.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Prudential Insurance of America
Newark, New Jersey
The Quaker Oats Co.
Chicago, Illinois
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Chicago, Illinois
Ralston Purina
St. Louis, Missouri
RJR Nabisco
East Hanover, New Jersey
Ryder System
Miami, Florida
US West
Englewood, Colorado
Whirlpool
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Xerox Corp.
Rochester, New York
The names on bold are the corporations from which the seven award recipients
have been chosen because of their position on the Board of Directors]
February, 15, 1994
SEVEN AWARD RECIPIENTS
Donna M. Alverado
Harnischfeger Industries
Linda G. Alvarado
Pitney Bowes, Cyrus Amax
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Kimberly-Clark
Remedios Diaz Oliver
Avon, US West
Katherine Davalos Ortega
Ralston Purina, Diamond Shamrock, Kroger Patricia
Salas Pineda
Levi Strauss
Delia Reves
Home Savings of America
BIOGRAPHY OF ALFRED "FRED" ESTRADA
Mr. Estrada is the Chairman and CEO of Horizon Communoications
Companty, the compnay that publishes VISTA Magaizine. Through
his career he has been active in international trade, investment
and development with Pan-American industries. From the period
1959 to 1961 Mr. Estrada worked for the Cuban government as
Director of Refining forthe Cuban Institute of Petroleum.
Follwing these years he held positions with both Marathon Oil
Company and Mobil Oil Corporation. He is the Founder of the
Hispanic Educationla Fund, and the VISTA Institute of hispanic
Studies. He is married, with three children. (One of whom is
ALfredo J. Estrada.)
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HISPANIC WOMEN APPOINTED BY CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
Aida Alvarez
Director, Office of Federal Housing
Enterprise Oversight
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
1700 G. Street, N.W.
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20552
(202) 414-3800
Katherine Archuleta
Deputy Chief of Staff
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-1111
Judith A. Canales
2/2
Legislative Assistant
Office of Congressional
and Intergovernmental Relations
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
451 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20410
(202) 708-0005
Alma Candelaria
Legislative Officer
Office of Congressional
and Intergovernmental Relations
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room 11325
Washington, DC 20210
(202) 219-6141
Norma V. Cantu
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20202
(202) 205-5413
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Maria Teresa Cardona
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20230
(202) 482-3263
Dolores J. Chacon
Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary
Office of Policy, Management & Budget
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-4203
- Mavisol Negron -
Ana Cobian
Deputy Press Secretary
U.S. Department of Justice
Tenth St. and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
1737 Riggs PI. we
Washington, DC 20536
(202) 616-2765 / TAX keel 514-5331
working 20009
Carolyn Curiel
Presidential Speechwriter
The White House
Verouse a L. Gase
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
(202)720-2406
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 546-2777
Anna L. Dorand
Deputy Concral Counsel
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 690-0318
Maria Echaveste
Administrator, Wage & Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20210
(202) 219-8305
Ana Sol Gullovez
Deputy Amministenter
Gloria Gutierrez
Research + Special Programs Aoma
Acting Chief Financial Officer &
Assistant Secretary for Administration
Department Transportation
400 Sounder Si. $ 00
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20590
Washington, DC 20230
(202) 360-4461
(202) 482-4951
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Carmen Guzman Lowrey
Deputy Assistant for Congressional Affairs
Office of the U.S. Trade Representatives
Winder Bldg. 600 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20506
(202) 395-6951
Luz A. Hopewell
Director
Mari-Luci Jaramillo
office of Smilld Disadvantaged
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Business Utilization
Inter-American Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense
Department or Taspitation
The Pentagon 4C800
you Seventh St. SIW.
Washington, DC 20301
washmation, D.C. 20590
(202) 697-5884
(202)366-1930
Carmen Lonellin
Director, Office of International Affairs
Office of Personnel Management
1900 E. Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20415
(202) 606-0961
Roxie Lopez
Special Assistant to the Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Tenth Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room 5110
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 514-2001
Beatrice Mastas
Burrau of Internative balor
Capricia Marshall
Atlains
Special Assistant to the First Lady
us. Repoirent
The White House
200 Constitution Ave. N.W.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Rm-3-5006 Rm 3. 5006
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-1660
Washington, A.C. 70210
(202) 219-7616
Pilar Martinez
Confidential Assistant to the Assistant Secretary and
Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th St. and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room 3802
Washington, DC 20230
(202) 482-5777
Late -
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Choco Gonzalez Meza 2/9
w/ill attend last
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Luis Burgillo guest
for Intergovernmental Relations
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
451 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20410
(202) 708-0030
Liz Montoya 2/9
DavideLie
White House Liaison
U.S. Department of Transportation
well we-a
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-1111
Angelina M. Ornelas
Special Assistant for Public Affairs
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
451 Seventh Street, S.W.
Room 10136
Washington, DC 20410
(202) 708-0685
Eva M. Plaza
,Torts
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Civil Division, Tots Branch
U.S. Department of Justice
Tenth St. and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 514-3309
Hermelinda Pompa
Special Assistant to the Director
Women's Bureau
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Room S. 3002
Washington, DC
(202) 219-6611
Suzanne Ramos
Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20202
(202) 401-3389
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Lula Rodriguez
Assistant to the Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Tenth St. and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20536
(202) 616-2765
Margarita Roque 3/2 received . wee attand
Director, Executive Secretariat
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 Seventh st., S.E.
Room 10206
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-4277
Araceli Ruano
Policy Advisor to Mrs. Gore
Office of the Vice President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-6640
Patti Solis
Director of Scheduling for the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-7560
Isabelle Rodriguez Tapia
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of
Scheduling and Advance
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-7560
Theresa Trujeque attending 2/9
Deputy Assistant Secretary
- Coary Teslor
Human Resources
streeting
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C. Street, N.W.
Room 5100
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 208-6254
Suzanna A. Valdez
Associate Director for Public Liaison
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
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Lisa Sara Villareal
Public Liaison Assistant
Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
14 Street and Independence Ave. S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
DATE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1994
DRAFT #4
Scheduling Desk:
Julie Hopper
202-456-7561
office
202-456-2317
fax
202-544-4223
home
1-800-528-7528
WHCA#4096
PREV RON
The White House
10:35 am
DEPART The White House South Portico
EN ROUTE The Sheraton Washington Hotel
[Drive Time: 15 minutes]
Travelling Staff:
Kelly Craighead
Lisa Caputo
Melanne Verveer
WH Photographer
10:50 am
ARRIVE The Sheraton Washington Hotel
2660 Woodley Rd., NW
NOTE: Sec. Jesse Brown, Veterans Affairs will ride to the event
with HRC.
NOTE: Kara McGuire will meet HRC curbside.
Greeters: Albert Bruce Thiesen; Natl Commander
Helen Holcomb; Pres. of the Auxiliary
Claude Carpenter; Natl Exec. Comm. from Arkansas
10:55 am -
OFFICIAL PHOTO w/American Legion Leadership
11:00 am
Hallway, Beside the Delaware Room
CLOSED PRESS
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 11 expected to attend
11:00 am -
AMERICAN LEGION EVENT
12:00 pm
Sheraton Washington Ballroom
Holding Room: Backstage
Phone: 202/328-2000
Fax: 202/234-0015
Attire: Business
OPEN PRESS
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 1500 expected to attend
[See briefing book for further info]
FORMAT: Expanded format in briefing book
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1994
PAGE 2
- Bruce Thiesen, Natl Commander of the American
Legion intros Sec. Jesse Brown
- Sec. Jesse Brown gives brief remarks
- Bruce Thiesen, intros HRC
- HRC delivers remarks
- Bruce Thiesen gives closing remarks
- Chairman Pesso adjourns session
- Exit dias
Event Contact: John Sommer
861-2711
h-703/560-7516
12:00 pm
DEPART The Sheraton Washington Hotel
EN ROUTE The White House
[Drive Time: 15 minutes]
12:15 pm
ARRIVE The White House South Portico
12:25 pm
GREET Mrs. Nazarbayev in the Diplomatic Reception
Room
12:30 pm -
TEA w/Mrs. Nazarbayev
1:00 pm
Yellow Oval Room
CLOSED PRESS
PARTICIPANTS:
-HRC
-Mrs. Nazarbayev
-Dariga Nazarbayev, daughter of Mrs. Nazarbayev
-Ms. Paula Feeny, wife of U.S. Ambassador to
Kazahstan
-Mrs. Gulistan Khamzaev, wife of ranking official
at Kazahstan Embassy in U.S.
-Akmaral Arystanbekova, Her Excellency &
Ambassador of Kazahstan to the U.S.
-Melanne Verveer
FORMAT:
- HRC will greet Mrs. Nazarbayev at the Diplomatic
Reception Room Entrance at 12:25 pm.
- Proceed to the Yellow Oval Room
Staff Contact: Christine Hathaway-Protocol
647-4073
1:00 pm -
PVT MTG w/Maggie Williams & Patti Solis
1:15 pm
Residence
1:15 pm -
PVT MTG w/Maggie Williams
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1994
PAGE 3
1:30 pm
HRC's Office
1:30 pm-
LUNCH
2:00 pm
2:35 pm
DEPART The White House South Portico
EN ROUTE The Washington Hilton & Towers
[Drive Time: 8 minutes]
Travelling Staff:
-Kelly Craighead
-Lisa Caputo
-Melanne Verveer
-WH Photographer
2:42 pm
ARRIVE The Washington Hilton Hotel
1919 Connecticut Ave, NW
NOTE: Kara McGuire will meet HRC curbside.
Greeters: Karen Ignagni; GHAA President
Pamela Mittelstadt; Dir. of Medical Affairs
2:45 pm -
OFFICIAL PHOTO/MEET & GREET
3:00 pm
w/GHAA Board of Directors
Cabinet Room
CLOSED PRESS
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 20 expected to attend
[See briefing book for complete list]
3:00 pm -
17TH ANNUAL HMO MANAGED CARE POLICY CONFERENCE
4:00 pm
Health Care Reform: The Time is Now
International Ballroom
Holding Room: VIP Room
Phone: 202/483-3000
Fax: 202/265-8221
Attire: Business
OPEN PRESS
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 1700 expected to attend
[See briefing book for further info]
FORMAT:
- HRC will be escorted into the ballroom by Karen
Ignagni GHAA's President & CEO; James Walworth;
Past Chairman; George Halberson, Chair Elect;
Samuel Havens
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1994
PAGE 4
- Samuel Havens; Board Chairman & Senior VP of The
Prudential Insurance Co. intros HRC
- HRC delivers keynote address to GHAA
- Exit dias
NOTE: NO Q & A.
Event Contact: Mary Prunchak
202/778-3235
202/939-4090
4:05 pm
DEPART The Washington Hilton Hotel
EN ROUTE The White House
4:15 pm
ARRIVE The White House South Portico
4:15 pm -
OFFICE/PHONE TIME
5:00 pm
7:15 pm
DEPART The White House South Portico
EN ROUTE National Press Club
[Drive Time: 5 minutes]
7:20 pm
ARRIVE National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
13th Floor
NOTE: Kara McGuire will meet HRC curbside.
Greeters in the Main Lounge:
-Fred Estrada; Chairman, Hispanic Publishing Corporation
-Terry Estrada; wife of Fred Estrada
7:30 pm -
8:00 pm
VISTA CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Vista Reception Honoring 50 Best Companies for
Hispanic Women
Ballroom
Holding Room: Main Lounge
Phone: 202/662-7500
Fax: 202/879-7512
Attire: Business
OPEN PRESS
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 300 expected to attend
[See briefing book for further info]
FORMAT:
7:25 pm
- Fred Estrada, Chairman, Hispanic Publishing
Corporation intros HRC
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1994
PAGE 5
7:30 pm
- HRC delivers brief remarks & accepts special
achievement award
- Exit stage, work ropeline **OPTIONAL**
Staff Contact: Joe Velasquez
456-6257
Event Contact: Randy Belcher-Torres
682-3000
7:45 pm -
7:55 pm
OFFICIAL PHOTO w/Award Recipients & CEO's
Main Lounge Room
CLOSED PRESS
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 15 expected to attend
[See briefing book for complete list]
8:00 pm
DEPART National Press Club
EN ROUTE The White House
8:05 pm
ARRIVE The White House South Portico
RON
The White House
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON, DC:
-- Partly cloudy. Minimum temps 25 to 30. Maximum temps 48 to
53. Wind southwest at 5 to 10 knots.
EVENTS:
KENNEDY CENTER:
-D.C. Public Schools Music Celebration
-Shear Madness
ARENA STAGE:
-The Price
-A Small World
NATIONAL THEATER:
-Grease
OFFICIAL PHOTO PARTICIPANTS
Albert Bruce Thiesen, National Commander, American Legion
Graetion Elaine Theisen, Wife of the National Commander
Helen Dean Holcomb, National President, American Legion Auxiliary
Harvey Floyd Holcomb, Husband of the National President
Robert William Spanogle, National Adjutant
John Finley Sommer, Jr., Executive Director, D.C. Office
Charles C. Ragsdell, Department Commander, Arkansas
Linda Marie Newsome, Vice President, American Legion Auxiliary
William Donald Jackson, Executive Director, Indianapolis Office
Margaret Sappenfield, National Secretary, American Legion Auxiliary
Claude Brewer Carpenter, National Executive Committeeman, Arkansas
Roger Munson, Past National Commander
Dominic Di Francesco, Past National Commander
George Derrick, National Executive Committeeman, Florida
John H. Geiger, Past National Commander
John p. Comer, Past National Commander
Honorable Daniel F. Foley, Past National Commander
Richard Pedro, Department Adjutant, New York
James Wagonsetter, Past National Commander
T. Les Galloway, National Executive Committeeman, Oregon
Dr. Almo J. Sebastianelli, Past National Vice-Commmander
E. Roy Stone Jr., National Executive Committeeman, South Carolina
Joe E. Matthews, Past National Commander
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PHOTOGRAPHS (cont.)
NATIONAL COMMANDER'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Roger A Munson, Chairman
DOB:
9321 Creekwood Dr.
SS #:
(b)(6)
002
Menter, OH 44060-6422
Caucasian Male
Dominic D. DiFrancesco
DOB:
Vice Chairman
ss #:
(b)(6)
062
6 Bangor Road
Caucasian Male
Middletown, PA 17057-3202
George L Derrick
DOB:
1353 Wolfs St.
SS #:
(b)(6)
002
Jacksonville, PL 32205-8302
Caucasian Male
John H. Geiger
DOB:
758 Laurel Ave.
SS #:
(b)(6)
002
Dea Plaines, IL 60016-4331
Caucasian Male
John P. (Jake) Comer
DOB:
45 Lancaster St.
SS #:
((b)(6)
002
Quincy, MA 02169-6915
Caucasian Male
Hon Daniel F. Foley
DOB:
(b)(6)
325 O'Day St. 5.
SS #:
002
Muplewood, MN 55119-6725
Caucasian Male
Richard M. Pedro
DOB:
23 Ruth St.
ss #:
(b)(6)
002
Owego, NY 13827-1727
Caucasian Male
James M. Wagonseller
DOB:
(b)(6)
1973 Coldepring Dr.
SS #:
002
Lancaster, OH 43130-1458
Caucasian Male
T. Les Galloway
DOB:
P. O. Box 404
SS #:
(b)(6)
002
Clatakanie, OR 97016-0404
Caucasian Male
Dr. Almo J. Sebastianelli
DOB:
201 Church St.
SS #
(b)(6)
CO2
Jessup, PA 18434-1022
Caucasian Male
E. Roy Stone, Jr.
DOB:
P. O. Box 444
SS #:
(b)(6)
002
Greenville, SC 29602-0444
Caucasian Male
Jee L. Matthews
DOB:
P.O. Box 6454
SS #:
(b)(6)
002
Forth Worth, TX 76115-0454
Caucasian Male
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GREETERS
Albert Bruce Thiesen
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Caucasian Male
Helen Dean Holcomb
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Caucasian Female
Claude Brewer Carpenter
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Caugasian Male
STAFF
John Finley Sommer, Jr.
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Caugasian Male
Chere Louise Johnson
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Black Female
Phillip John Budahn
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Caugasian Male
PHOTOGRAPHS
official photos
Albert Bruce Thiesen
Graetian Elaine Thiesen
Nat' Commag
DOB:
+ hiswfe
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Caugasian Female
Helen Dean Holcomb
Notil Pres. of Am leg. Auxiliary
Harvey Floyd Holcomb
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Caucasian Male
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Robert William Spanogle
DOB:
Not'l Adjutant of Am. leasion
SSN:
(b)(6)
002
Causasian Male
John Finley Sommer, Jr.
Exec direc. of Wash office
Charles C. Ragsdell
DOB:
(b)(6)
Dept Cannander of Arkansas
SSN:
002
Caugasian Male
(State)
Linda Marie Newsome
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
->
R V.P.OF Am. Leg Auxialea
002
Caugasian Female
William Donald Jackson
DOB:
SSN:
(b)(6)
B Exec. Dr. of Inclapdes offic.
002
Causasian Male
Margaret Sappenfield
of A.C.
DOB:
(b)(6)
SSN:
002
Caucasian Female
Nox/Sec. of Am. (ea Aexiley
Claude Brewer Carpenter
)
Naty Exec. Committee Man
Membersof Nat'
from Arkansas
Roger Munson
Past. Natt Commander
Dommic DiFrancesco - Past Nat' Comm.
George Derrick- Not' Exec. Committemen, Florida
John Fl Geiger - Past Nat! Cam.
John P. Comer -
Hn. Daniel F. Foley
Richard Pedro - Dept adjutent, N.Y.
James Wagonseller - Part Nas 1 Cemman
T.Les Galloway Nod' Exec. Commttee Mon, or
Dr. AlmoJ Sebastianelli - Past Nas'l Vice- Common
E. Zoy Stone Jr Nat / Exec. Cami Hema, S.C.
Jre C. Matthews Past NatilC
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
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THE MAGAZINE FOR ALL HISPANICS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS: Randy Belcher-Torres
Wednesday, February 9, 1994
(202) 692-9023
Mercedes Acosta
(212) 683-2288
The Highest Ranking
Hispanic Women of Corporate America
to be honored by VISTA MAGAZINE
VISTA MAGAZINE'S CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD will be presented to nine Hispanic
women who are presently serving on the board of directors of America's largest corporation. First
Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the featured speaker at the awards ceremony taking place at
the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., from 6:00 to 8:30pm, Tuesday, February 15, 1994.
The executives being honored and their companies are:
Katherine Davalos Ortega
Ralston Purina, Diamond Shamrock, Kroger
Vilma S. Martinez
Anheuser-Busch, Fluor Corp, and Sanwa Bank
Remedios Diaz Oliver
Avon, US West
Linda G. Alvarado
Pitney Bowes, Cyrus Amax
Donna M. Alvarado
Harnischfeger Industries
Delia Reves
Home Savings of America
Patricia Salas Pineda
Levi Strauss
Silas M. Calderon
Banco Popular
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Kimberly-Clark
VISTA MAGAZINE'S CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, a statuc of "Cervie!," the "Angel of
Strength" is an original work of art by sculptor Gabriel Sorzano. This award will be presented
annually ar part of VISTA MAGAZINE'S effort to recognize the 50 U.S. corporations offering the
best career opportunities for Hispanic women.
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VISTA CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
National Press Club
February 15, 1994
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
PROGRAM
6:00 p.m.
Reception begins
7:00 p.m.
Program begins
Welcoming remarks by Alfredo J. Estrada
President of Hispanic Publishing Corporation
Presentation of special corporate achievement
awards to Hispanic women serving on the Board of
Directors of Fortune 500 companies
by Gustavo Godoy, Publisher of Vista Magazine
Introduction of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
by Fred Estrada, Chairman, Hispanic Publishing Corporation
7:30 p.m.
Keynote address by First Lady
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VISTA
These Neurpapers carry VISTA
CIRCULATION
DISTRIBUTION
NEWSPAPER
VISTA
STATE
NEWSPAPER
DAY
TOTAL
TOTAL
ARIZONA
Phoenix Gazette
FRIDAY
82,178
18,500
18,500
CALIFORNIA
*Alahambra Post Advocate
WEDNESDAY
24,789
24,789
303,054
"Belvedere Citizen
WEDNESDAY
16,325
16,325
"Eagle Rock Sentinel
WEDNESDAY
10,010
10,010
"East Los Angeles Commerce Tribune
WEDNESDAY
16,326
18,859
"East Side Journal
WEDNESDAY
17,605
17,505
"El Sereno Star
WEDNESDAY
13,685
8,685
Hanford Sentinel
SATURDAY
14,534
14,534
"Highland Park News Herald & Journal
WEDNESDAY
17,085
17,086
"Lincoin Heights Bulletin
WEDNESDAY
9,685
9,685
Madera Tribune
SATURDAY
3,848
8,848
Merced Sun Star
MONDAY
24,506
22,500
*Montebello News
WEDNESDAY
17,719
17,719
"Monterey Park Progress
WEDNESDAY
17,588
17,588
"Mt Washington Star Review
WEDNESDAY
5,110
5,110
Porterville Recorder
MONDAY
13,500
13,500
*San Padro News Pilot
SATURDAY
15,570
15,670
Tulare Advance-Register
MONDAY
9,113
9,113
"Venture Star Free Prems
SATURDAY
49,877
17,500
Visalia Times-Delte
MONDAY
23,429
23,429
Watsonvile Register-Pajaronian
MONDAY
14,500
14,500
COLORADO
Denver Post
SUNDAY
418,354
33,000
33,000
FLORIDA
El Nuevo Herald Miami
SATURDAY
110,000
71,472
113,972
Tampa Tribune
TUESDAY
270,256
42,500
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Tribune
SATURDAY
38,576
38,576
60,580
Santa Fe New Mexican
MONDAY
22,004
22,004
TEXAS
Austin American-Statesman
SATURDAY
172,269
38,340
380,566
Brownsville Herald
SUNDAY
19,798
19,798
Dallas Morning News
SUNDAY
618,283
55,500
El Paso Times
TUESDAY
62,744
54,300
Harlingen Valley Morning Star
SUNDAY
28,833
28,833
Houston Post
SUNDAY
353,424
19,000
Laredo Times
SUNDAY
22,804
22,804
McAllen Monitor
SUNDAY
40,000
40,000
San Antonio Express-News
SUNDAY
278,135
96,500
Waco Tribune-Herald
SUNDAY
61,796
15,500
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED THROUGH HOST NEWSPAPERS
919,672
CONTROLLED CIRCULATION
New York ADI
150,000
Chicago ADI
28,500
TOTAL ABC AUDITED CIRCULATION
1,098,172
"LA ADI Newapaper Circulation 196,630
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The Hispanic market is huge-24.1 million people: 9.5% of
the United States!
The Hispanic market is projected to grow five times faster
than the general U.S. population.
The Hispanic market is an economic powerhouse-in
excess of $240 billion in spending power!
WHY VISTA?
HISPANIC U.S.A.
VISTA reaches more Hispanics than any other print vehicle in
the market, with 23 million loyal readers every month.
VISTA fills the need of bicultural Hispanic Americans for
relevant, informative editorial, in a bilingual format.
VISTA distributes through newspapers, targeting delivery to the
better educated Hispanic with an eye towards community
involvement, politics, national affairs and world events.
VISTA readers remain emphatically Hispanic while embracing
the American culture in which they were educated. VISTA
readers are fusing two languages and two cultures into a new
dynamic a new Hispanic American reality.
VISTA'S NATIONAL/REGIONAL APPROACH
VISTA's national product is complemented with local coverage in
four regions - New York, Florida, Southwest/Midwest and
West - providing far greater editorial attention to each
ethnic subgroup of Hispanic America.
VISTA's unique regional approach covers significant local topics
and eventa, while continuing to report the news and informa-
tion that impacts the Hispanic community on a national
level.
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FRED
ALFRED ESTRADA
19145 Fisher Island Dr.
Fisher Island, Fl 33109
EDUCATION:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering - 1954
CURRENT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES:
HORIZON COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
Chairman & CEO
A Company that publishes VISTA Magazine, the publication for U.S.
Hispanics with the largest national circulation.
HISPANIC PUBLISHING CORPORATION
Chairman & CEO
A Company that publishes HISPANIC MAGAZINE, a subscription, general
interest magazine with a monthly circulation of 160,000 copies.
PAN AMERICAN GROUP - Tamna. Florida
Partner
A management and Investment group.
CONVERTIDORES CATALITICOS MEXICANOS S.A.
Vice-Chairman
A Company dedicated to the manufacturing and installation of catalytic
converters for the Automotive Industry in Mexico and other Latin American
countries.
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SERVICIOS ECOLOGICOS PANAMERICANOS, INC.
Chairman and CEO
A Company established to provide comprehensive environmental services to
Latin American countries.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
1978 - 1982
PAN AMERICAN INDUSTRIES
President
A Company dedicated to ventures development and International trading.
1972 - 1978
BEKER INTERNATIONAL
President
Directed international operations of Beker Industries a major producer and
marketer of fertilizers.
1970 . 1972
C.E. LUMMUS
Project Director
C.E. Lummus is a leader in the process engineering and construction industry
with worldwide operations. During this period directed projects in the U.S.
and Brazil.
1966 - 1970
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM
Director of Business Development for Occidental Chemicals
During this period developed projects in the U.S. and several foreign
countries.
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1964 . 1966
MOBIL OIL CORPORATION
Project Manager
During this period managed the design, construction and start-up of projects
in the U.S. and Italy.
1961 - 1964
MARATHON OIL COMPANY
Refinery Manager
During this period directed the design, construction and start-up of the first
oil refinery built in Spain.
1959-1961
CUBAN GOVERNMENT
Director of Refining for the Cuban Institute of Petroleum
In charge of the nationalized oil refining industry (4 refineries).
1954-1959
SHELL OIL COMPANY
During this period worked for Shell in various capacities in Cuban and
England, starting as an Engineering Trainee and working up to Director of
Economics and Scheduling for Shell Cuba.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Chairman
and Founder of: Hispanic Educational Fund.
President
and Founder of: VISTA Institute of Hispanic Studies
Member of:
Executive Committee of Corporate Supporters of SER Jobs
for Progress.
Former
Member of:
Industry Policy Advisory Committee (IPAC) for
Multifateral Trade Negotiations.
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b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
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VISTA
THE MAGAZINE FOR ALL HISPANICS
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS: Randy Belcher-Torres
Wednesday, February 9, 1994
(202) 692-9023
Mercedes Acosta
(212) 683-2288
The Highest Ranking
Hispanic Women of Corporate America
to be honored by VISTA MAGAZINE
VISTA MAGAZINE'S CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD will be presented to nine Hispanic
women who are presently serving on the board of directors of America's largest corporation. First
Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the featured speaker at the awards ceremony taking place at
the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., from 6:00 to 8:30pm, Tuesday, February 15, 1994.
The executives being honored and their companies are:
Katherine Davalos Ortega
Raiston Purina, Diamond Shamrock, Kroger
Vilma S. Martinez
Anheuser-Busch, Fluor Corp. and Sanwa Bank
Remedios Diaz Oliver
Avon, US West
Linda G. Alvarado
Pitney Bowes, Cyrus Amax
Donna M. Alvarado
Harnischteger Industries
Delia Reves
Home Savings of America
Patricia Salas Pineda
Levi Strauss
Silas M.Calderon
Banco Popular
Pastora San Juan Cafferty
Kimberly-Clark
VISTA MAGAZINE'S CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, a statue of "Cerviel," the "Ange! of
Strength" is an original work of art by sculptor Gabriel Sorzano. This award will be presented
annually ar part of VISTA MAGAZINE'S effort to recognize the 50 U.S. corporations offering the
best career opportunities for Hispanic women.
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18 Pages
THE MAGAZINE FOR ALL HISPANICS
MEMORANDUM
To:
Suzanne Valdez, Patrick Willie
Joe Velasquez, Peter Shakow
Office of Public Liaison
From: Randy Belcher-Torres, 202-682-9020
HISPANIC Magazine
Date:
February 10, 1994
Re:
VISTA Magazine Salute to 50 Corporations offering the best career opportunities for
Hispanic women and presentation of VISTA Magazine Corporate Achievement Awards,
Tuesday, February 15, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. National Press Club, Washington DC.
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Special Guest and Featured Speaker at this first annual
event honoring Hispanic women in Corporate America and Corporations that have hired them.
VISTA Magazine is a monthly magazine that has a national circulation of 1.2 million and is carried
as a Sunday supplement in major newspapers in over 40 cities in the U.S.
Nine of the Women serve on the Board of Directors of these companies. They are being given
special recognition. The Hispanic women appointed by the President have been invited to attend.
We would appreciate it if the first Lady would be available for photo's in a special holding room we
have arranged for that purpose. This can be done either prior to the official program or after her
speech.
The program is expected to begin at 7:00 p.m. The First Lady is scheduled to speak at 7:30.
We would appreciate it if the First Lady could acknowledge the efforts of these Companies to
shatter the corporate glass celling.
The following attachments are included:
1. Program
2. Press Release
3. VISTA Circulation information
4. Copy of the article appearing in the February Issue
5. List of VIP Women attending
6. List of Hispanic Women Appointees invited.
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CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
February 15, 1994
6:00 p.m. . 8:30 p.m.
PROGRAM
6:00 p.m.
Cooktail Reception
/:00 p.m.
Welcoming remarks by Alfredo J. Estrada
President of Hispanic Publishing Corporation
Presentation of special corporate achievement awards to the
Hispanic women serving on the Board of Directors of Companies
selected by VISTA as the U.S. Companics offering the best career
opportunities for Hispanic women by Gustavo Godoy, Publisher of
VISTA Magazine
Introduction of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and special
achievement award presentation by Fred Estrade,
Chairman, Hispanic Publishing Corporation
7:30 p.m.
Keynote address by First Lady
VISTA MAGAZINE'S CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, a statue of "Cervici," the "Angel of
Strength" is an original work of art by sculptor Gabriel Sorzano. This award will be presented
annually ar part of VISTA MAGAZINE'S effort to recognize the 50 U.S. corporations offering the
best career opportunities for Hispanic women.
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VISTA
CIRCULATION
STATE
NEWSPAPER
DISTRIBUTION
NEWSPAPER
VISTA
DAY
TOTAL
TOTAL
ARIZONA
Phoenix Gazene
FRIDAY
78,551
10,725
16,725
CALIFORNIA
*Alahambra Post Advocate
WEDNESDAY
24,789
24,769
356,477*
*
*Belvedere Citizen
WEDNESDAY
16,325
16,325
"Eagle Rook Sentinal
WEDNESDAY
10,010
10,010
"East Los Angeles Commerce Tribune
WEDNESDAY
18,326
18,326
"East Side Journal
WEDNESDAY
17,605
17,605
*Ei Serene Star
WEDNESDAY
8,685
8,685
Hanford Sentinel
SATURDAY
14,137
13,723
"Highland Park News Hereld & Journal
WEDNESDAY
17,086
17,085
"Lincoin Heights Bulletin
WEDNESDAY
9,655
9,005
Madera THOUMS
SATURDAY
8,054
8,054
Merced Sun Star
MONDAY
23,000
21,507
"Montabello News
WEDNESDAY
17,719
17,719
"Monterey Park Progress
WEDNESDAY
17,588
17,588
*Mt. Washington Star Review
WEDNESDAY
5,110
8,110
Porterville Recorder
MONDAY
14,000
13,404
"San Pedro News Pliot
SATURDAY
16,500
16,266
Tulare Advance-Register
MONDAY
8,726
7,804
*Ventura Star Free Press
SATURDAY
53,096
19,919
Visalla Times-Deita
MONDAY
26,000
23,482
Watsonville Register-Pajaronian
MONDAY
12,500
12,191
FLORIDA
El Nuevo Herald-Miami
SATURDAY
110,000
75,000
112,312
Tampa Tribune
TUESDAY
255.432
37,312
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Tribune
BATURDAY
47,000
39,009
80,847
Santa Fe New Mexican
MONDAY
23,239
21,838
TEXAS
Austin American-Statesman
SATURDAY
173,106
30,902
692,054
Browneville Herald
SUNDAY
21,000
19,415
Dallas Morning News
SUNDAY
814,404
54,445
El Paso Times
TUESDAY
65,662
64,187
Harlingen Valley Merning Star
SUNDAY
40,700
37,801
Houston Post
SUNDAY
320,975
17,765
Laredo Times
SUNDAY
25,780
28,100
McAllen Monitor
SUNDAY
53,600
52,389
San Antonio Express-News
SUNDAY
395,814
88,789
Waco Tribune-Herald
SUNDAY
59,081
13,101
TOTAL DISTRIBUTED THROUGH HOST NEWSPAPERS
881,225
CONTROLLED CIRCULATION
New York ADI
161,000
Ohicago ADI
26,600
San Francisco ADI
57,200
TOTAL ABC AUDITED CIRCULATION
1,118,025
, LA ADI Newspaper Circulation 199,112
" includes Controlled Circulation In San Francisco
1/24/94
VISTA
THE MAGAZINE FOR ALL HISPANICS
January 28, 1994
Ms. Araceli Ruano
Policy Advisor to Mrs. Gore
Office of the Vice President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Ruano:
We are pleased to extend a personal invitation for you to attend a
very special reception to be held Tuesday, February 15, 1994, 6:00-
8:30 pm at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. At the
reception we will recognize the 50 companies selected by VISTA
Magazine as the U.S. companies offering the best career
opportunities for Hispanic women.
We are honored that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to
attend the event as our special guest and featured speaker.
We have enclosed for your review the February issue of VISTA
Magazine which is devoted to Hispanic Women and features a special
article on the 50 Companies.
You will be interested to know that Hispanic women serve on the
Boards of Directors of nine of the selected companies. At the
reception we are honoring these outstanding women who have
shattered the infamous glass ceiling with their election to their
Board of Directors by presenting to each of them the "VISTA
CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD".
Through that article, the National Press Club Event and the follow
up coverage we hope to bring national recognition to companies
which have taken a leadership role in offering high level positions
to Hispanic women.
As a top ranking Hispanic woman in the Clinton Administration, your
attendance will add to the prestige of the event and we are looking
forward to seeing you there. Should you have any questions, please
contact Randy Belcher-Torres, Director of Public Relations at (202)
682-3000.
Sincerely,
F.Est
Fred Estrada
Chairman
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CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
National Press Club
Washington, D.C
February 15, 1994
6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
PROGRAM
6:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
7:00 p.m.
Welcoming remarks by Alfredo J. Estrada
President of Hispanic Publishing Corporation
Presentation of special corporate achievement awards to the
Hispanic women serving on the Board of Directors of Companies
selected by VISTA as the U.S. Companies offering the best career
opportunities for Hispanic women by Gustavo Godoy, Publisher of
VISTA Magazine
Introduction of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and special
achievement award presentation by Fred Estrada,
Chairman, Hispanic Publishing Corporation
7:30 p.m.
Keynote address by First Lady
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FRED
ALFRED ESTRADA
19145 Flsher Island Dr.
Fisher Island, FI 33109
EDUCATION:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering . 1954
CURRENT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES:
HORIZON COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
Chairman & CEO
A Company that publishes VISTA Magazine. the publication for U.S.
Hispanics with the largest national circulation.
HISPANIC PUBLISHING CORPORATION
Chairman & CEO
A Company that publishes HISPANIC MAGAZINE, a subscription, general
Interest magazine with a monthly circulation of 160,000 copies.
PAN AMERICAN GROUP - Tamna. Florida
Partner
A management and investment group.
CONVERTIDORES CATALITICOS MEXICANOS S.A.
Vice-Chairman
A Company dedicated to the manufacturing and installation of catalytic
converters for the Automotive Industry in Mexico and other Latin American
countries.
THE VISTA 50 BEST COMPANIES FOR HISPANIC WOMEN
[In alphabetical order]
Adolph Coors Co.
Levi Strauss Associates Inc.
Aetna Insurance
McDonald's Corp.
Allstate Insurance
Miller Brewing Co.
American Express
Motorola
Ameritech Corp.
Nationsbank
Anheuser-Busch Companies
Nestle USA, Inc.
AT&T
Nynex Corp.
Avon Products
Pacific Bell
Bacardi Imports
Pitney Bowes
Banponce Corp.
The Proctor and Gamble Co.
Bank of America
Prudential Insurance of America
Campbell Soup Co.
The Quaker Oats Co.
The Chase Manhattan Corp.
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
The Coca-Cola Co.
Ralston Purina
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
RJR Nabisco
Cyprus-Amax Minerals Co.
Ryder System
Dayton Hudson Corp.
US West
Digital Corp.
Whirlpool
Eastman Kodak, Co.
Xerox Corp.
Federal Express Corp.
Fluor Corp.
Ford Motor Co.
Goya Foods
H.F. Ahmanson
Harnischfeger Industries
J.C. Penney Co.
Johnson & Johnson Co.
Mary Kay
Kelly Services
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Kraft (Philip Morris)
February 15, 1994
THE VISTA 50 BEST COMPANIES FOR HISPANIC WOMEN
[In alphabetical order]
Adolph Coors Co. Golden, Colorado
Aetna Insurance
Hartford Connecticut
Allstate Insurance Co. Northbrook, Illinois
American Express New York, New York
Ameritech Corp.
Chicago, Illinois
Anheuser-Busch Companies
St. Louis, Missouri
AT&T
New York, New York
Avon Products
New York, New York
Bacardi Imports
Miami, Florida
Banponce Corp.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bank Of America
San Frnacisco, California
Campbell Soup Co.Camden, New Jersey
The Chase Manhattan Corp.
New York, New York
The Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta, Georgia
Colgate-Palmolive Co. New York, New York
Cyprus-Amax Minerals Co.
Denver, Colorado
Dayton Hudson Corp. Minneapolis Minnesota
Digital Corp.
Malboro, Maryland
Eastman Kodak, Co.
Rochester, New York
Federal Express Corp. Memphis, Tennessee
Fluor Corp.
Irvine, California
Ford Motor Co.
Dearborn, Michigan
Goya Foods
Secaucus, New Jersey
H.F. Ahmanson
Irwindale, California
Harnischfeger Industries
Brookfield, Wisconsin
J.C. Penney Co.
Dallas, Texas
Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mary Kay
Dallas, Texas
Kelly Services
Troy, Michigan
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Dallas, Texas
Kraft (Philip Morris)
Northfield, Illinois
Levi Strauss Associates Inc.
San Francisco California
McDonald's Corp. Oak Brook, Illinois
Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Motorla,
Schaumburg, Illinois
Nationsbank
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nestle USA, Inc.
Glendale, California
Nynex Corp.
New York, New York
Pacific Bell
San Francisco, California
Pitney Bowes
Stamford, Connecticut
The Proctor and Gamble Co. Cincinnati, Ohio
Prudential Insurance of America
Newark, New Jersey
The Quaker Oats Co.
Chicago, Illinois
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Chicago, Illinois
Ralston Purina
St. Louis, Missouri
RJR Nabisco
East Hanover, New Jersey
Ryder System
Miami, Florida
US West
Englewood, Colorado
Whirlpool
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Xerox Corp.
Rochester, New York
[*** The names on bold are the corporations from which the seven award recipients
have been chosen because of their position on the Board of Directors]
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February 15, 1994
VISTA MAGAZINE CORPORATE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
RECEPTION
DATE:
February 15, 1994
LOCATION: National Press Club
TIME:
6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
FROM:
Liz Bowyer, Angela Buchanan
I
PURPOSE
To be the special guest and featured speaker at the VISTA Magazine Corporate
Achievements Award Reception. This award banquet will honor seven ispanic
women who currently sit on some of the nation's largest corporate boards of
directors. Your presence there is an important sign to leaders in the Hispanic
community that the Administration is serious about its commitment to include
Hispanics.
II
BACKGROUND
The issue many Hispanic leaders are most concerned about with regard to the
Administration is the lack of Hispanic appointments. This dinner is an opportunity
to point out the numerous Hispanic women who are part of our team. Many of the
President's female Hispanic appointees will be at the event, and they should be
recognized as a group. Two who merit special attention are Patti Solis, your own
scheduler, and Suzanna Valdez, Associate Director for Public Liaion, who has
primary responsibility for Hispanic outreach.
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VISTA Magazine
VISTA Magazine is a monthly magazine that has a national circulation of 1.2 million
and is carried as a Sunday supplement in major newspapers in over 40 cities in the
United States. Although it is a national publication, it is complemented with local
coverage in four regions: California, Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, as well
as New York City and Chicago. This approach enables VISTA to cover significant
local topics and events, while continuing to report the news and information that
impacts the Hispanic community at a national level. It services a large community,
as 9.5% of the United States is Hispanic. It is the sister publication of the well-
known, Hispanic Magazine ( this english language magazine is similar to a
combination of People and Time.) The readership consists of most leading
Hispanic business people and so is a powerful vehicle for influencing opinion in the
community. The February edition of VISTA magazine was devoted to Hispanic
women and features an article on the 50 U.S. companies that offer the best career
opportunities for Hispanic Women. The article also recognizes the women that serve
on the Board of Directors at nine of these companies.
The Awards/Reception
The VISTA Corporate Achievements Award Reception is the first annual event
honoring Hispanic women in corporate America, and the corporations that have
hired them. Seven of the nine women who are on the Board of Directors at nine of
these companies will be specially recognized. These women are being honored
because they have "shattered the infamous glass ceiling with their election to their
Board of Directors." The purpose of the February edition of VISTA, the reception,
and the coverage that will follow, is to bring national recognition to the companies
which have taken a leadership role in offering high level positions to Hispanic
women.
Approximately 30 Hispanic women appointed by the President are expected to
attend.
Award
The VISTA Magazine's Corporate Achievement Award is a statue of "Cerviel," the
"Angel of Strength." It is an original work of art by sculptor Gabriel Sorzano. HRC
will receive one before she gives her keynote address.
III
PARTICIPANTS
HRC
Alfredo J. Estrada, Publisher, Hispanic Publishing Corporation
Mary Estrada, Wife of Alfredo J. Estrada
Gustavo Goday, Publisher, VISTA Magazine
Fred Estrada, Chairman Hispanic Publishing Corporation
Terry Estrada, Wife of Fred Estrada
Six VIP Corporate Latinas attending (see attached)
Seven award recipients (see attached)
One representative from each of the 50 recognized companies
300 people expected to attend
IV
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Mr. Alfred J. Estrada gives welcoming remarks
Presentation of the Corporate Achievement Awards to the seven recipients.
HRC arrives National Press Club, greeted by Fred and Terry Estrada
Mr. Fred Estrada introduces HRC
Mr. Fred Estrada presents award to HRC
HRC delivers keynote address
Optional ropeline
Official Photo taken with award recipients, theEstradas, and several Hispanic
CEO's
HRC departs.
V
PRESS PLAN
Open Press
Closed Press
Official Photo with award recipients
VI
REMARKS
see attached
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CORPORATE LATINAS
Ms. Olga Salazar
National Program Manager
Adolph Coors Co.
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 277-6269
Ms. Sonia Moria Green
Director of Marketing
Avon Products Inc.
Nine West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 546-6913
Ms. Mary Aquiña
Vice President, Operator Services
Ameritech Corporation
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 750-5000
Ms. Regla Carillo
Assistant Vice President,
Human Resources
Bacardi Imports
2100 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FI 33137
(305) 573-8511
Ms. Yvonne "Bonnie" Garcia
Director, Hispanic Consumer Market
Coca-Cola USA
Atlanta, GA 30313
(404) 676-2121
Ms. Grace Tillinghast
Coordinator, Diversity Initiatives
Eastman Kodak
343 State Street
Rochester, NY 14650
(716) 724-2573
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1994
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International Ballroom
Holding Room: Cabinet Room
Phone: 202/
Fax: 202/
Attire:
OPEN PRESS
PARTICIPANTS: Approx.
expected to attend
[See briefing book for further info]
FORMAT:
- HRC will be escorted into the ballroom by Karen
Ignagni, GHAA's President & CEO, and Samuel
Phil
Havens, Board Chairperson
- Samuel Havens intros HRC
- HRC delivers keynote address to GHAA
NOTE: NO Q & A.
nong 4:05 pm
Event Contact: Mary Prunchak
202/778-3235
DEPART The Washington Hilton
EN ROUTE The White House
4:15 pm
ARRIVE The White House South Portico
XXXX pm
DEPART The White House South Portico
EN ROUTE National Press Club
[Drive Time: 5 minutes]
pm
ARRIVE National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Greeters:
NOTE:
will meet HRC curbside.
7:30 pm -
XXXX pm
VISTA CORPORATE ACHEIEVEMENT AWARDS
Vista Reception Honoring 50 Best Companies for
Hispanic Women
Room:
Holding Room:
Phone: 202/662-7500
Fax: 202/
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1994
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Attire:
PRESS??
PARTICIPANTS: Approx.
expected to attend
[See briefing book for further info]
FORMAT:
7:30 pm
- HRC delivers the Keynote Address,
minutes
Staff Contact: Joe Velasquez
456-6257
Event Contact: Randy Belcher-Torres
682-3000
XXXX pm
DEPART National Press Club
EN ROUTE The White House
XXXX pm
ARRIVE The White House South Portico
RON
The White House
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