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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 22, 1998 Mrs. Roselyne Swig 3710 Washington St. San Francisco, CA 94118 Dear Cissy: Thank you for your letter to the President regarding your interest to serve your country as an Ambassador. I have forwarded your letter to the President. Hope all is well. Sincerely, Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady @ ROSELYNE C. SWIG VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS June 11, 1998 Ms. Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady Office of the First Lady The White House Room 100 OEOB Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Ms. Verveer: Mrs. Swig has asked that I send you the original letter that she has written to the President. Mrs. Swig would appreciate it if you could facilitate routing this letter to his office. For your information, Mrs. Swig is out of the country until July but I will be speaking with her regularly and can relay any messages. 3710 Washington If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at 415-956- 3222. Sincerely, San Francisco here Kimmal Irene Kimmel Assistant to Roselyne C. Swig California 94118 /ijk Enclosure 415 752-2122 Fax 415 387-8525 ROSELYNE C. SWIG June 11, 1998 ORIGINAL President William Jefferson Clinton The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20500-2000 Dear Mr. President, I enjoyed the opportunity that I had of serving you and our country as Director of The Art in Embassies Program in the Foreign Buildings Operations of the State is Department from July 1994 until September of 1997. I was so honored to have been appointed by you to this position and enjoyed every minute of my term and especially sharing the "win win" aspects of the program with individuals in the United States and around the world. As I move forward following Dick's death, I am very interested in returning to work and serving you and the administration once again. It has always been a strong interest of mine to work in the area of foreign relations and I would very much enjoy the privilege of specifically representing our country as an Ambassador, and just as important, the opportunity to serve you and the country in a proactive way. I am aware that many of the overseas Ambassadorial posts have been filled. However, it has come to my attention that positions in Switzerland as well as Argentina and China may be available in the coming year. Any one of these posts 3710 Washington would be very attractive to me and provide the active agendas and challenges I would enjoy. I believe I have the people skills and the administrative experience, as well as the disposition essential in this level of service. I am very aware of the responsibility San Francisco and challenges associated with this position and feel that I can provide the leadership, and commitment of time, energy, and inner resources that this honored post demands and requires. My availability to serve will be responsive to your request. I do hope that you will look with favor on my request to be considered for an California 94118 appointment to an Ambassador position and look forward to hearing from you in the near future. Sincerely, 415 752-2122 Cissie Roselyne C. Swig Fax 415 387-8525 Arent Fox Regul int ATTORNEYS AT LAW by phone Christopher Smith 4/9 Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC Direct (202) 857-6105 do we 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-5339 [email protected] file Phone 202/857-6000 Fax 202/857-6395 www.arentfox.com March 30, 1998 Ms. Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady Office of the First Lady 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Ms. Verveer: This month President Bill Clinton becomes the first United States President in over twenty years to visit South Africa. In celebration of President Clinton's historic trip to South Africa and the new "Partnership for the 21st Century" between South Africa and the United States, South African Ambassador Franklin Sonn and Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC invite you to a reception on May 18, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the Arent Fox suites located at 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Fifth Floor. The reception will afford you the opportunity to meet with various business leaders, heads of federal agencies and multilateral institutions, as well as Congressmen and Senators who have supported South Africa. Invited guests include Newt Gingrich, Charles Rangel, Colin Powell, Carol Moseley-Braun, Jack Kemp, John Conyers and Jim McDermott. Attached please find a list of the corporate invitees. In order to make this a truly festive South African occasion, musicians from South Africa are scheduled to perform, and there will be exhibits of South African art. The reception will also feature South African wines and food. We hope you will be able to join us in celebrating this new South African-American partnership. Please RSVP to Anita L. Henri at (202) 775-5793 no later than April 15, 1998. We look forward to your attendance. Sincerely yours, Christopher Smith Christopher Smith Managing Attorney Attachment WASHINGTON, DC NEW YORK, NY BUDAPEST, HUNGARY JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA CORPORATE INVITEES (Partial List) 1. AT&T 40. TRW 2. American Sciences & Engineering, Inc. 41. United Technologies 3. Aurora Associates 42. The Westar Group 4. Baer Marks Upham 43. Weyerhaeuser 5. Black Entertainment Network 6. Boeing 7. Caltex 8. Caterpillar 9. Chrysler 10. The Chubb Group 11. Citicorp 12. Colgate 13. Dresser Incorporated 14. Duke Energy 15. Eastman Kodak 16. El Paso Energy International 17. Equator Bank 18. Enron Corporation 19. General Motors 20. Goldman Sachs 21. Heinz Corporation 22. Johnson & Johnson 23. KLT Power INC. 24. Lucent Technologies 25. Marriott Corporation 26. McDonnell Douglas 27. The Merck 28. Mobile 29. Motorola 30. MWI Corporation 31. NationsBank 32. Oracle Corporation 33. Pasteur Merieux Connaght 34. Pfizer 35. Pratt & Whitney 36. Rockwell Industries 37. Samuels International 38. The Scowcroft Group 39. Standard Charter Bank Arent Fox WASHING ON U.S POSTAGE 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW APREO 98 #032 Washington, DC 20036-5339 nc Ms. Melanne Verveer ] Chief of Staff to the First Lady Office of the First Lady 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20500 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 20, 1998 Mr. Kenneth T. Serong National Board Member Open Family Australia PO Box 1170 South Melbourne, VIC Australia Dear Mr. Serong: Thank you very much for your letter and invitation to the First Lady to speak at an Open Family 500 Club function in Australia. Mrs. Clinton is not scheduled to travel to Australia in the foreseeable future, but we will keep your request on file in case there is an opportunity in the future. Best wishes. Sincerely, Nue Melanne Verveer w Chief of Staff to the First Lady R PO Box 1170 SOUTH MELBOURNE OPEN VIC 3205 FAMILY PHONE: (03) 9699 5588 FACSIMILE: (03) 9696 3326 [email protected] AUSTRALIA http://www.labyrinth.net.au/-openfamily/ 11th March 1998 Miss Melanne Verveer Assistant to the President Chief of Staff to the First Lady Office of the First Lady 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., WASHINGTON D.C. 20500 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Dear Miss Verveer Last year we asked whether Mrs Clinton would be prepared to be a guest speaker at an Open Family 500 Club function when she next visited Australia You very kindly responded that it was not envisaged that Mrs Clinton would be coming to Australia in the near future. This month, the writer will be again visiting Charleston, South Carolina to lecture to Chief Reuben M. Greenberg's Charleston Police Department. In early April we will be addressing members of the Ocean City Police Department. Mindful of how close Ocean City is to Washington, it might be an opportunity for the writer to call upon you to outline in more detail exactly how similar are the aims of Open Family Australia, to those views expressed by Mrs Clinton in her concern for the alienated and disadvantaged youth. Perhaps then we may be able to entice Mrs Clinton to set aside a few hours in her busy schedule if she were to travel 'Down Under'. This could be next year, the following year or even the year after. Whatever is your decision, you may care to Fax me C/- Chief R.M. Greenberg, Charleston Police Department + 803 722 4085 Yours Sincerely Hen Jenony Kenneth T. Serong National Board Member 24HR STREETWORK SERVICES FOR KIDS AT RISK MELBOURNE SYDNEY CANBERRA BRISBANE COUNTRY VICTORIA & NSW THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 13, 1998 Ms. Elizabeth Shannon Director International Visitor's Program Boston University 25 Lenox Street Brookline, MA 02146 Dear Liz: Congratulations on being selected to receive the honorary Degree of Master of the University from the University of Ulster. You are a most deserving awardee. The First Lady and I are so pleased to hear the wonderful news. Thank you for your comments about Hillary's inspirational leadership. The challenges in Northern Ireland continue to be daunting. Best wishes. Sincerely, New Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady R Boston University International Visitors Program Elizabeth Shannon, Director 25 Lenox Street CONDITA BOSTONITASIS XIXT Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 Tel: 617/353-6162 Fax: 617/353-7110 March 6, 1998 Melanne Verveer Office of the First Lady Room 100 Old Executive Office Building Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Melanne, I am so honored to be one of the recipients of an honorary degree that was set in place at the University of Ulster following Mrs. Clinton's Memorial Lecture there. Her interest and involvement with the women in Northern Ireland has had far-reaching effects, and I hear from all sides words of affection for her from the women in the North. She has inspired many of them to speak out and and get involved in the political process. It's dark days in Northern Ireland now, but one keeps hope alive. Hope to see you one of these days soon. Best wishes, Liz Elizabeth Shannon U From the Vice-Chancellor Professor Lord Smith of Clifton, Kt. ULSTER STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Professor L Shannon Boston University 881 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 USA 8 January 1998 Dear Professor Shannon As you may know the First Lady, Mrs Hillary Clinton, gave the inaugural Joyce McCartan Memorial Lecture last October in Jordanstown pointing to the role of women in cross-community bridge-building. In order to follow-up on her inspiring address we are proposing to honour a number of women who exemplify this kind of activity and accordingly I have great pleasure in inviting you to accept the Honorary Degree of Master of the University (MUniv) during one of our Degree ceremonies in the summer of 1998. We wish to make this award for your work as US co-ordinator of the Reaching Common Ground initiative. I hope very much that you will be willing to receive the degree. Until I have your acceptance I am unable to report the list of Honorary Graduands to Senate which is a necessary formality. I should therefore be grateful if you would maintain confidentiality on this matter until we have released the news to the press. I shall write to you again to consult with you on dates and give you further details if, as I very much hope, you feel able to accept. The University would, of course, meet travel and other expenses. Yours sincerely TREVOR SMITH canning Rosearch THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 5, 1998 Ms. Galina Sviridova 4100 Brickell Drive, #302 Fairfax, VA 22033 Dear Ms. Sviridova: Thank you very much for your letter and invitation to the First Lady to be an Honorary Chairperson of the Festival of Two Capitals in April. Regrettably, the First Lady will be unable to participate. I recommend that you get in touch with the Director's Office of USIA, which is responsible for international cultural exchange programs, about appropriate official U.S. government participation. Best wishes on a successful event. Sincerely, Mean Chief of Staff to Melanne Verveer the First Lady Pls. draft NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL response based on NSC January 27, 1998 recommendation Katy: We recommend that the First Lady decline to participate in this event. While the event and organization appear to be legitimate, it does not merit First Lady-level attention and would set a poor precedent for future events requesting her participation. I suggest that you recommend to the sponsors that they get in touch with the Director's office of USIA, which is responsible for international cultural exchange programs, about appropriate official U.S. government participation. Let me know if you have any questions. wied to call earlier today - please let me know 'f you have ofever thoughts, ideas. HKS, ke FROM : FESTIVAL OF TWO CAPITALS PHONE NO. : 703 803 984 Jan. 13 1998 01:54PM P2 "Festival of Two Capitals" Washington - Moscow USA 4100 Brickell Drive, #302. Fairfax, VA 22033 Tol/Fax (703) 808-9844 or (703) 855-3359 Russia, Moscow 125048. 2-Brestskaja St., 6. Tel/Fax (095) 482-7722 January 13.1998 Ms.Hillary Rodham Clinton The First Lady The White House Washington DC 20500 Dear Ms. Clinton: It is my great privilege to announce the plans of an upcoming event, which will allow you to expend "new concepts" throughout Russia and the New Independent States (NIS). Business Novations Company, LTD and American Company "Festival of Two Capitals" will spearhead the production of the "Festival of Two Capitals", featuring The Russian Film Festival to be held in the capitol of the US, Washington, DC. With the full endorsement of the Mayor of Moscow, Mr. Yuri Luzhkov, along with the entire Government of Moscow, we are pleased to release this tremendous opportunity. The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and the Russian Embassy are allied with prominent Russian Filmmakers to bringing forth this first event of its kind. Beginning April 1st through April 12th 1998, the festival will take place at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and the Russian Embassy. Then following in November 1998 in Moscow, we will present the first ever American Film Festival. This project has been dubbed the "Festival of Two Capitals". From here on, each year in Washington DC and later during the same year in Moscow, two great nations will have quality time to discuss and develop business relationships, as well as enhance and exchange cultural opportunities during the wonderful event - "Festival of Two Capitals". 11 Ms. Clinton, I would like to offer you to be an Honorary Chairperson of the "Festival of Two Capitals". In term of creating better relationships between U.S.A. and Russia, it is the most powerful project! I would be so appreciative, if, you have any advises or ideas for me At your convenience, I invite you to contact me so that we may discuss your role in this endeavor. With Best Regards, Sincerely, Cop Festival of Two Capitals Galina Sviridova Festival of Two Capitals President "Festival of Two Capitals" Washington- Moscow FROM : FESTIVAL OF TWO CAPITALS PHONE NO. : 703 803 984 Jan. 13 1998 01:53PM P1 BUSINASS Novations LTD Founded in Moscow, Russia in 1991 4100 Brickell Drive, #302 Fairfax VA 22033 Tel/Fax: (703) 803-9844 U.S.A. 125048 Moscow. 2 Brestskaja, 6 Tel/Fax: (095) 482-7722 Russia Galina Sviridova Vice President Business Novations, LTD General Producer "Festival of Two Capitals" U.S.A. Washington Representative Tel/Fax: (703) 803-9844 cell. (703) 855-3359 Date: January 13.1998 To: Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton ATT: Ms. Katy Button Fax: 202-456-6244 Number of Pages including cover page: - 5- - Massage: Dear Ms Button, Please take a moment to review the enclosure. It will be very kind of you if you can pass all information to Ms. Clinton. Internationally it is a very important project and I am sure it will be the most powerful it term of creating better relationships between Two Great Nations. It would be pleasure to speak to you. Very Galina Truly Sviridova Yours, AR 4100 Brickell Drive, #302 Fairfax VA 22033 Tel/Fax: (703) 803-9844 U.S.A. 125048 Moscow. 2 Brestskaja, 6 Tel/Fax: (095) 482-7722 Russia History often figures in contem porary Russian art as a theme I'e- Jan. 13 1998 01:54PM P3 flecting both glory and shaine. In "The True Russia: Contempo- rary Paintings and Sculpture," currently on view at the Charles Summer School Museum. artists make overt and subtle use of the past. Tatiana Nazarenko's "Time: Triptych" (1993) positions an im- poverished woman and child, praying or begging in the snow, between smaller portraits of Rus- sian nobles. It is the collapse of Above "Time: Triplych, Taliana Nazarenko, 1993. Right: "Peace and Plenty," Natalya Nesterova. 1992. Both Plintos by Ross 0 Franklun The Washington Times Russian civilization that time has from The True Russia: Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture," at the Charles Sumner School Museum. brought. though there is hope in the offered prayer RUSSIA Natalya Nesterova contrasts a classical marble park statue with WHAT: "The True Russia: that these artists exist and deserve the drab. howed heads of pass- From page DI Contemporary Paintings and recognition. And we want the ershy in "Peace and Plenty" Sculpture" painters to make some money. to (1992). another elegy to cultural WHERE: Charles Sumner School have a real reason to do their decline. PHONE NO. 703 803 984 pictures. he save Museum, 1201 17th SI. NW (across work," Mr. Gasset explains. An older painter, Valentin "A simple watercolor of onion from National Geographic) "An incredible thing is going on Saratov. wraps the red-and-yellow skins like me by Victor Cheresh WHEN: Monday through Friday from in Russian ant today: The chaotic feathers of a peacock around a vil- also says, The have onion skins to 10 a.m to 5 p.m. through Jan. 20 situation gives them freedom. Be- lage in "The Old Russia" (1994). paint because we ate onions for PHONE: 202/727-3419 fore the end of the Soviet Union. According to Miss Goryacheva, dinner.' they would have been obliged 10 the bird. seen here again and Russia" draw too heavily on join the Union of Artists and follow again. signifies positive change. Despite harsh living for most friends, diplomats and journalists. ism and surrealism, which 1: its uniformity." he says. good news and the home. Mr. their work a dated feel. All of 11 Russians. artists included, Amer- who had been in Moscow with me "Chaos is birth. But il is also Saratov includes the church in his ican and Western European risi- We talked about the Foung, tal- difficult to create in this situation." are visibly struggling to find bird-protected scene. rendered on ented Russian artists who had im- set of symbols to represent re. tors are amazed at the high quality The artists sponsored by Ty- wood in a style familiar from Rus- of artwork being made. This rev- pressed us. and we wanted to do MediArt look variously to nature. with borrowing that appears sian icons. elation has inspired several recent something for them." be savs. the physicality of the city, religion, haphazard at times. But Olga Business Novations, a new pri- exhibits Twenty friends in Paris and gakova manages to use sun and Russian history for inspira- vate financial services company Washington created a nonprofit ism. appropriately: in fantasy An excellent show seen in tion. Expressive and representa- working in Moscow and Washing- Georgetown last fall and heading group, Tri-MediArt, dedicated to tional. these artists share a potent traits that depict the bitter 1. ton. spent more than $500,000 to of life under communism. for New York this year is "New showing the work of seven artists desire to reflect (in solitude) on bring this exhibit to the United Generation of Russian Artists." from Moscow and St. Petersburg. national destiny; as it is held in States. They raised money for the exhibit. There is work from the re; the brainchild of Ulysse and common. "We think there are a lot of mis- that is insistently nonpolit. Frederique Gosset. paid to bring the artists to the Tagged the "Van Cogh of Mos- understandings about Russia in FROM FESTIVAL OF TWO CAPITALS As a French correspondent for United States. and saved on ship- such as the small paintings cow" for his frugal lifestyle and the United States," said Galina almost miniature still lifes ID: TF1, Mr. Gossel spent seven years ping costs by ferrying out paint- defiant Talent, Valeri Koschliakov, Sviridova, the American-based in Moscow in the midst of great ings, one by one, when members shown at the Addison/Ripley for example. paints views of the partner. "It isn't all ugliness and lery this winter: changes of the group happened to be in city that resemble those of a 16th- fear over there. Wonderful art is ") met many painters in Russia. Russia. For the past three years. the century master - on dilapidated being made, and this beauty helps When I was transferred to Wash- Why 60 to this trouble? lery has shown the work of a g: canvas that shows its age. us all." ington in 1993. 1 ran into old "We want to let the West know of artists working together "Koschliakov shows the fall of Some of the artists in "The True helping each other in Si PM The Washington TIMES Sunday, January 15, 1995 FOIA Number: 2013-0534-S Clinton Presidential Records Foreign Language Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff to identify the location of a document written in a foreign language Foreign Language Marker Collection: Clinton Presidential records Subgroup: First Lady's Office Series: Melanne Verveer Subseries: Document Title [Russian language document] Language: Russian Folder Title Melanne Verveer's Mail - 1998 - S [2] OA/ID: 14385 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 5, 1998 Ms. Rhea S. Schwartz 4770 Reservoir Road, NS Washington, DC 20007 Dear Ms. Schwartz: Phon I received your letter and a copy of your resume. I have shared your resume with staff involved in the selection process and from my conversations, I know you will get every consideration. Best wishes. Sincerely, Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady JAN-25-98 04:06 PM SCHWARTZ&WOLFF 202 333 5233 P.02 R Sent to Rhea S. Schwartz 4770 Reservoir Road, N.W. Boob Nesh Washington, D.C. 20007 Office: 202/736-0547 Home: 202/338-6423 ACHIEVEMENTS Co-Founder, Adult Skaters' Forum. A grass-roots organization formed to lobby the United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA) to recognize adult figure skaters as a significant athlete group and to provide competition and other program activities for adult figure skaters, The Adult Skaters' Forum convinced the USFSA to create its Adult Skating Program Committee. Chairman, Adult Skating Program Committee of the USFSA. First Chairman of committee consisting of athletes, coaches and judges from all four skating disciplines. Responsibilities include organizing some 20,000 adult figure skaters into appropriate test and competitive levels; restructuring regional, sectional and national adult championships; creating program for adults who do not compete; bringing older participants into the sport and maintaining active participation for all athletes over 25 years of age; national and international spokesperson for adult figure skaters. # Creator, U.S. Adult National Championships Organized the first-ever adult figure skating national champlonships in 1995, which attracted 400 competitors to Wilmington, DE The 1996 event, in Lake Placid, NY had 600 competitors and 900 "starts", the 1997 event had 600 competitors and 1000 "starts, "one of the largest skating events ever: Fourteen competitors were over 60. The fourth annual championships are scheduled for April 16-19, 1998, in Oakland, CA Creator, Editor, Adult Insights The quarterly newsletter of adult figure skating provides a discussion forum for all issues of interest to adult skaters. It is a focus for comments and suggestions, as well as a means of creating a "community" of adult athletes across the country. Current competitor in singles events at the Regional and National Championships. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IS 1974 - Present: Practice of law. Currently, Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C. = 1986 - Present: Sole proprietor, RAPCO Development A real estate development and management company in the Washington Metropolitan Area. PHOTOCOPY PRESERVATION THE UNITED STATES FIGURE SKATING ASSOCIATION January 25, 1998 Adult Skating Program Subcommittee Chair Ms. Rhea S. Schwartz 4770 Reservoir Road NH Washington, DC 20007 H: 202/338-6423 Bob J. Nash 0: 202/736-0547 Assistant To The President and F: 202/333-5233 Director of Presidential Personnel Dear Mr. Nash: Vicki Radd suggested that I write to reiterate my interest in appointment to the President's Council on Physical Fitness, in light of the recent vacancy on the Council. As Chairman of the United States Figure Skating Association's Adult Skating Program, I represent some 20,000 "baby boomer" athletes in the hottest sport of the moment. I note that the papers report that only figure skating is sold out for the Nagano Olympics. In addition to running the Adult Program, I am also a competitor. With all the talk about keeping fit and staying healthy into the "golden years," there has been very little official recognition of older athletes. The President's Council has always focused on school children - but need not be so limited Appointing an older athlete to the Council would make an important statement about "greying" health and fitness I believe strongly that the older athlete should not be, as in previous administrations, simply an aging star, but for the first time, an actively competing adult. Enclosed is an updated copy of my resume for your convenience. I previously sent you a package containing articles covering adult figure skating Recently, adult skating, and my work in promoting it, has received increased media attention, including a spot on CBS news, and a feature story on NPR's nationally broadcast Weekend Edition Sunday, to be aired February 8, 1998 You may have seen Miriam Hernandez's piece on me and adult skating on Channel 9 right-after Christmas Enclosed is an article from last Sunday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I will be out of the country from January 30 through February 15 I will call you upon my return. Sincerely, Enclosure Then Rhea S. Schwartz 5 Schwartz STATES CARD ICU PHOTOCOPY PUBLISHERS OF SKATING MAGAZINE PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT Member Member international Skaling Union Rhea S. Schwartz Page 2 OTHER ACTIVITIES Girl Scouts - Board of Directors (7 years); Assistant Treasurer Washington Performing Arts Society - Chairman, Lawyers' Committee Emily's List - President's Circle Women's Forum of Washington, D.C., International Women's Forum Commercial Real Estate Women Democrats 2000 PHOTOCOPY PRESERVATION THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 30, 1998 Mr. Theodore P. Stein 9418 Sunnyfield Court Potomac, MD 20854 Dear Ted: I received your letter and the materials on your renewed interest in a position in the Clinton Administration. I have forwarded your materials to the office of Presidential Personnel and am confident that you will be given full consideration. My best to you and your family. Sincerely, we Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady @ THEODORE P. STEIN 9418 Sunnyfield Court Potomac, Maryland 20854 January 23, 1998 Ms. Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff Office of the First Lady Room 100 Old Executive Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Melanne: Several months ago, I contacted you about a possible position in the Clinton Administration Subsequently, I decided to stay in private practice through the end of the year. Now, however, I have decided that I need to pursue a new challenge and would welcome the opportunity serve the President or First Lady in a capacity that would best use my legal and political skills. To that end, I would appreciate your circulating the enclosed professional resume, as you so kindly agreed to do, to the Presidential Personnel Director as well as other staff at The White House. If I can provide any additional information, please call me on a confidential basis at my office, (301) 951-9339, or at home, (301) 299-7272. Warmest personal regards. Very truly yours, Ted Theodore P. Stein Enclosure THEODORE P. STEIN 9418 Sunnyfield Court Potomac, Maryland 20854 (301) 299-7272 (home) (301) 951-9339 (office) LEGAL EXPERIENCE: Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg & Cooper, Chartered, Bethesda, Maryland (February, 1988-present): Extensive experience in helping professionals and businesses solve complex litigation and corporate problems. Represented professionals and business principals in connection with partner and shareholder disputes, ERISA claims, estate and business succession planning. Principal since May, 1992. Trial counsel in the following representative cases: --v. George Conard, et ux. V. Schindler Elevator Corp., Circuit Court for Montgomery County: Represented plaintiff seriously injured in elevator accident. Complaint asked for $7 million in damages. Result: Obtained major settlement (confidential) for plaintiff shortly before trial. --Whichard V. Federal Data Corp., et al., U.S. District Court for District of Maryland: Represented plaintiff in ERISA action to enforce ESOP distributions to plan participant. Result: Judgment entered for plaintiff in amount of value of improperly- withheld distributions ($230,348), directing further distributions, and for attorneys fees and costs ($158,256). --Estates of David and Molly Levin, Circuit Court for Montgomery County: Represented attorney for Estates in contested fee petition case. Result: Full amount of fee ($235,000) awarded to attorney. --Summar A. Lake V. Erie Insurance Co., Circuit Court for Montgomery County: Represented plaintiff who suffered closed head trauma in action against uninsured/underinsured motorist insurer. Result: Obtained $225,000 settlement shortly prior to trial. --Aronson, Fetridge & Weigle V. King Farm Joint Venture, et al., Circuit Court for Montgomery County: Represented plaintiff in action to collect accountant's fees. Result: Obtained jury verdict for $70,000 based on theory of unjust enrichment. Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C. (September, 1984- February, 1988) Practice focused on complex commercial litigation, including defense of outside director of Maryland savings & loan association, defense of Lloyd's underwriters, and UCC disputes in federal and state courts. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Delegate, High Technology Council of Maryland. Member, Standing Committee on the Resolution of Fee Disputes, (1997 - present), Member, Ethics Committee (1997 - present), Bar Association of Montgomery County. Chairman, Business Law & Banking Section, Bar Association of Montgomery County (1991-1996). Member, Federal Court Task Force; Member, Joint Bar Association Advisory Committee for the Southern Division of Maryland (U.S. Courthouse, Greenbelt). CLE Lecturer on business law and professional issues. BAR ADMISSIONS: Maryland; District of Columbia. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE: Common Cause, Washington, D.C. (1977-1981): Drafted policy statements and investigative studies on campaign finance reform, Sunset laws and state government public policy issues, and managed and organized state grassroots organizations in 12 states. Formerly, state director and chief state legislative lobbyist for Missouri chapter. EDUCATION: Catholic University Law School, J.D. Comment Editor (Vol. 33), Staff Member (Vol. 32), Catholic University Law Review Class Rank: 3/181 Am Jur Awards in Torts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Commercial Transactions Note, Nixon V. Fitzgerald: Presidential Immunity as a Constitutional Imperative, 32 Cath. U.L. Rev. 759 (1983) Intern for Honorable Abner J. Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit University of Michigan, B.A., Honors In English with High Distinction COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Member, Men's Club, Hebrew Home of Greater Washington; Member, Scholarship Task Force, Washington Hebrew Congregation. PERSONAL: Married to Susan C. Stein; two children: Robert (12), Julie (8) ; personal interests: golf, swimming. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 30, 1998 Ms. Elizabeth Shannon Director, International Visitors Program Boston University 25, Lenox Street Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 Dear Liz: Thank you for your letter and your book, "I Am Of Ireland", which I have given to the First Lady. In was good to hear from you again. Best wishes in all you do. Your efforts are so vital. Sincerely, Melanne mee Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady Boston University International Visitors Program Elizabeth Shannon, Director CONDITA MDCCCXX BOSTONIENS XIX @ 25 Lenox Street Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 Tel: 617/353-6162 Fax: 617/353-7110 January 20, 1998 Melanne Verveer Office of the First Lady Room 100 Old Executive Office Building Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Melanne, A new edition of my book, "I Am Of Ireland," has just come out, published by the University of Massachusetts Press. I added new material to bring it up to date and have some information about Mrs. Clinton's visit to Ireland, which I thought might interest her. I would be very appreciative if you would pass the book on to her. I hope all is well with you. I look forward to seeing you one of these days on a Washington visit. With best wishes, Liz Elizabeth Shannon THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 29, 1998 Ms. Kathleen Stephens Consul General Consulate General of the United States of America Belfast BT1 6EQ, Northern Ireland Dear Ms. Stephens: Thank you very much for your letter and for sending us the article by one of the Youth Council Conference participants. I have passed the article along to the First Lady and we appreciate the important work that you do. Congratulations on your new posting to Lisbon. Best wishes. Sincerely, Me Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady R CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Belfast BT1 6EQ, Northern Ireland January 8, 1998 Ms. Melanne Verveer Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20500-0000 Dear Melanne, I thought you and the First Lady might enjoy seeing an article written by one of the young people who was at the Youth Council Conference in Belfast. Obviously there was a lot of "mainstream" press coverage of the visit, but this one, I thought, was rather special. Thank you for continuing to send the photographs from the visit. Everyone here is very pleased to have them - not lest the Consulate staff! I am off to Lisbon in the summer; in the meantime, the next few months look to be rough but hopefully not without progress. With best wishes, Sincerely, Kathleen Kathy Stephens Consul General CIRCUS to 24TH DECEMBER 1997 Robin Greer Press Officer American Consulate Queen's House 14 Queen Street BELFAST BT1 6EQ Dear Mr Greer Thank you very much for arranging for Sean to be part of the First Lady's visit to the Generation 2000 event; it was a great experience for him of which he still talks about. Sean is a member of Circus 1 to 3, a Specialist Community Arts Programme serving young people and children in residential care and the juvenile justice system. Their writer's workshop had just embarked upon their latest venture, The Black Hatchet Press when Sean covered the conference at the waterfront. The young people at Circus 1 to 3 are, described by the NIO as the most disadvantaged young people in Northern Ireland. Many have been rejected by family and community, neglected and/or suffered abuse. The Circus 1 to 3 Project is unique in both its approach and the methods it uses to help these young people develop their full potential as individuals and valuable members of their communities. Therefore, this opportunity was of great significance. The young people would like to send a copy of the Black Hatchet Press to the First Lady. We will contact you in the New Year regarding how we can go about this. Best wishes for 1998. KATHRYN [DEVELOPMENT MONTGOMERY OFFICER] Change of address: Glenmona Resource Centre Glen Road BELFAST BT11 8BX CIRCUS 1 TO 3 Westside Project, 471 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6DD Tel: 01232 239069 Fax: 01232 241970 Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. Black Hatchett Press A Circus 1 To 3 Project, Glenmona Resource Centre, TEL (01232) 301123 REPORTERS FIRST LADY VISITS STEPHEN BEST IRELAND'S YOUTH Belfast - The First Lady of the have asked you members of LEIGH United States Mrs. Hilary Generation 2000 to contribute Clinton visited the Waterfront to the building and sustaining of MCBRIDE Hall where she received a warm peace, it is indeed an onerous response from over 300 young task." people. She pledged ongoing support The Generation 2000 confer- from her country's government. WHAT'S ence in Belfast was just one of "The US will stand by you to SEAN Mrs Clinton's stops in a IN help the peace makers of this crammed one-day tour of time and the millennium. Let MCAULEY STORE Northern Ireland. Generation 2000 be a call to "No-one has a greater interest action, a challenge to make your in a peace that will take root contribution. We want you to be relatives during the 27 year and flourish than the youth and part of building a future where conflict here presented the First Generation 2,000," the First your children and grandchildren Lady with a silver tea pot, TOMAS Lady said. will not have to struggle," which is used by the Clinton She added "A generation has concluded Mrs. Clinton to a family daily. TOWNSEND crossed into streets with rubble standing ovation. Security throughout the First and burning cars. There has Earlier Mrs. Clinton visited the Lady's visit was tight. been a persistent plague of University of Ulster at bigotry an discrimination." Jordanstown, where she and By Sean McAuley At the conference, Northern over a hundred people paid their DARREN Secretary of State Mo Mowlam, respects to the East Belfast First Lady, Hillary Clinton Minister of Development Paul Andersonstown News reflects Community worker Joyce HILDITCH Murphy and the Lord Chief McCartan, who died this year at on a quarter century of being in Justice Sir Robert Carswell the age of 67 years. print, by Thomas Townsend listened attentively to the During her last trip to Northern demands of the young people. Ireland two years ago, Mrs. Leigh McBride transforms Several youths spoke of the Clinton accompanying her Kafka style for a rare restaurant VINCENT affect of the 'troubles' on review. husband U.S. President Bill Northern Ireland's young Clinton met with Mrs. DUNN population. McCartan at an Ormeau Road First Lady Mrs. Clinton come They stressed the frustration drop-in-centre for a cup of tea. under the eagle eye of Sean because adults did not listen to Mrs. McCartan, who lost 18 McAuley. their views. "We do not have a say. Our Stephen Best writes from the ADRIAN views are not important. We are Moscow State Circus. too immature to notice the GILLOWAY damage that politics does to out Playwright tackles the sensitive country. But that is wrong. We issue of bullying, Stephen Best are not immature, our views are and Vincent Dunn review. SUB-EDITOR important, that is the purpose of today's meeting," said one young person addressing the Festival comes unders the ADRIAN panel. critical eyes of Adrian Gilloway GILLOWAY Mrs. Clinton appealed to all the and Leigh McBride. audience, "Against all odd we R NFTE\ National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Inc. Patti January 9, 1998 Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton c/o Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mrs. Clinton: We are sorry that you were not able to attend the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Inc.'s (NFTE - pronounced 'nifty') first Adopt-a-Youth-Entrepreneur' Breakfast held Tuesday, December 9, here in our Nation's capital. We were very pleased with the event's success. Some highlights were that over 350 of Washington's leaders from all sectors came together for the event. And, some thirty NFTE junior and senior high school and young entrepreneurs conducted business and shared their NFTE experience with the guests. We deeply appreciated the several calls from your staff letting us know of your interest in the event and in NFTE's youth-oriented entrepreneurial training initiatives and programs. NFTE has served over 17,000 inner city youth across the United States since its inception in 1988 and over 1,400 young people in the D.C. area since NFTE came to Washington in 1994. The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship provides entrepreneurial training - essentially a 'mini-MBA' for youth (ages 11-21) from low-income communities via direct service, teacher training and curriculum development. NFTE is a 501 (c)(3) organ- ization which relies on private sector (corporate, foundation, individual donor and volun- teer) support. We implement our educational entrepreneurial training programs through strategic partnerships with leading youth organizations and public schools throughout the United States. Given your interest in and support of inner city entrepreneurship and micro-credit loans for adults in low-income communities within the United States and abroad, we believe that NFTE's vision of entrepreneurial youth education and helping inner city youth start their own businesses might be of real interest to you. 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005 Phone: (202) 628-6383 Fax: (202) 628-7738 e-mail: [email protected] As Director of NFTE's Washington Division, I would welcome the opportunity to share with you more about NFTE's initiatives and to offer our resources, experience and net- work to your efforts supporting inner city entrepreneurship. We would welcome the opportunity to have you and members of your team visit one of the NFTE training programs in a participating D.C. public junior or senior high school or Summer BizCamp. TM Or, perhaps, you would be interested in attending a NFTE-sponsored event where you would have the opportunity to both meet and see in action some of Washington's youngest and most dynamic entrepreneurs! On January 23, NFTE's D.C. Division will be holding its annual Business Plan Competi- tion in which NFTE students will present business plans for their own companies. The judges will be prominent local business leaders committed to inner city and youth entre- preneurship. We extend a cordial invitation to you and/or any members of your staff to attend what promises to be a very exciting, lively and serious NFTE student event! I shall contact your office mid-January to see if you might be interested in and available to attend part of the NFTE Business Plan Competition or, perhaps, you would like to visit a NFTE training program. Further, I am enclosing some general material about NFTE for your information, as well articles about the NFTE 'Adopt-a-Youth-Entrepreneur Breakfast and several very enterprising local NFTE youth who are doing great things! We appreciate very much your interest in the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepre- neurship and look forward to working more closely to help rebuild our Nation's capital. With best wishes to the First Family for the New Year! Sincerely, Julie Silard Julie Silard Divisional Director - Washington D.C. cc: Bobbie Greene - Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady Steve Mariotti - President & Founder, NFTE Enclosures JS/cb THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 5, 1998 Mr. Kurt A. Strasser Associate Dean for Academic Affairs School of Law The University of Connecticut 65 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105-2290 Dear Mr. Strasser: Thank you very much for your letter of recommendation on behalf of Christopher Stratton. I have forwarded your letter to Bob Nash, Director of Presidential Personnel, and I am certain Chris will receive full consideration. Best wishes. Sincerely, Melanne Chief of Staff Verveer we to the First Lady Melanne Verveer Huma - pls respond then send original to Bob Nash cities attached note Done & go Payment School of Law UNIVERSITY OF 65 Elizabeth Street CONNECTICUT Hartford, CT 06105-2290 December 23, 1997 Ms. Melanne Verveer Assistant to the President and First Lady's Chief of Staff The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Ms. Verveer, Christopher A. Stratton, who will soon graduate from our law school, has applied for a job and I am pleased to write on his behalf. I have known Chris since his first days here, starting as his instructor in first semester Contracts, then in two later courses, and working with him on many student activities. Chris has been a strong student and exceptional citizen of the law school, as well as a person of the highest integrity, and I am pleased to give his application my strongest personal support. Our school has benefitted much by Chris's presence. At school and in his personal life, he exhibits the finest characteristics of citizenship, scholarship and humanity. In every class in which I have taught him, he has been among the most imaginative and original thinkers, quick to grasp the legal issues at hand and the related social and political issues. Viewing classroom experience as a shared educational endeavor, he is always ready to share his insights when called upon, often offering an exceptional synthesis of the subtleties and complexities of the issues being discussed. Chris is a real asset to every course he takes. In addition to being an excellent student, Chris has been an engaged member of the community. I have seen his work first hand here, too, as faculty advisor to the environmental law society (ELS). In the fall of 1995, after a slow year, ELS lay dormant. Chris, then in his second year, revived ELS, taking over its presidency and recruiting an active corps of first year students. Together, they staged eight events in a semester and a half, bringing speakers in from Boston and from the area legal and environmental communities and from the state government. They also teamed up with local AmeriCorps participants to do an Earth Day cleanup of the North Park River near a Hartford housing project. From that event, Chris originated the idea of converting the river into a park, complete with nature trails. From the effort to make this idea a reality has sprung an environmental law non-profit group which Chris and his friends are starting. 3 An Equal Opportunity Employer Chris has accomplished all this while carrying a heavy load beyond the ordinary burdens of law school. In addition to being a full-time student, he has worked 15-20 hours per week as a research assistant to two different professors in his second year and to a third professor this year. Further, Chris has had to carry an extra personal burden during his time here. In November 1994, near the end of his first semester here, Chris's mother, a high school special education teacher in Arkansas, was assaulted and gravely injured by two students involved in a gang-related fight. She soon found out that what seemed to be was just a sore neck was almost broken. In the following two years, she went through two rounds of surgery, partial paralysis and extraordinary pain. Chris, and the rest of their family, went through this and suffered with her. Sadly, she was unable to survive the process and died last January, shortly after Chris returned to UConn from campaign work to commence spring semester studies. Chris carried this special burden with strength and grace. Save for his closest friends and confidants, few of Chris's peers knew what he and his family were going through. To the community at large, he always came across as professional, bright and upbeat. In addition, his family circumstances eventually forced him to disrupt his studies here and went to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law School as a visiting student. Although Chris started at UALR four weeks into the semester, he performed well and was also able to provide much needed emotional support for his family In sum, I am pleased to give Chris my highest personal recommendation. I know he is completely committed to working for the Administration and I am sure he will perform admirably if given the opportunity. Please call me if further information would be helpful. Sincerely, Kurt A. Strasser Ostrana Associate Dean for Academic Affairs THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 12, 1998 Mr. Mark Schickman Fox and Grove 240 Stockton Street Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94108 Dear Mr. Schickman: On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for your letter and invitation to the "Mid-Year Bar Conference" in February 1998. I have forwarded your letter to the First Lady's scheduling office and they will be in touch once a decision has been made. Best wishes. Sincerely, Лиси Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady 01-07-1998 12:10 14159566342 FOX & GROVE, SF P.01 @ FOX AND GROVE CHARTERED ATTORNEYS AT LAW 311 SOUTH WAGKER DRIVE - ALITE 6200 MARK I. SCHICKMAN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60600 0022 WILLIAM M. ANDREWS 240 STOCKTON STREET. SUITE 900 (312) 876 0000 FAX: (312) 382 0700 MABEL NC SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94108 300 CENTRAL. IITH FLOOR ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA 23701 (813) 621-2080 PAX, (013) 822 3970 (415) 956-1360 500 EAST KENNEDY BLVD., SUITE 200 TAMPA. FLORIDA 33602 FACSIMILE: (415) 956-6342 (913) 203 0745 FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET DATE: January 7, 1998 TO: Melanne Verveer FAX NO: (202) 456-6244 Assistant to the President, and Chief of Staff to the First Lady Patti Solis Doyle FAX NO: (202) 456-2317 Scheduling Officer First Lady of the United States FROM: Mark I. Schickman, Esq. RE: State Bar of California, Children's Forum, Silverado Country Club February 21, 1998 - Napa, California Number of pages, including transmittal sheet: 3 [ ] ORIGINAL WILL NOT FOLLOW [X] ORIGINAL WILL FOLLOW Special Instructions: Telecopies can be received 24 hours/7 days a week at (415) 956-6342 IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ALL OF THE PAGES, PLEASE CALL BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - (415) 956-1360 INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FACSIMILE MESSAGE IS ATTORNEY PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION INTENDED THE FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY NAMED ABOVE. IF THE READER OF THIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, ONLY THE EMPLOYEE OR AGENT RESPONSIBLE TO DELIVER IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY OR DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPYING OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US BY TELEPHONE IMMEDIATELY. AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE TO US AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 01-07-1998 12:10 14159566342 FOX & GROVE, SF P.02 CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA Chair Executive Committee MARK A. HART, Northridge BAR OF KIRK AH TYE, Senta Barbara Vice Chair MARIA C. ANGELETTI, Santa Monico ROBERT K. PERSONS, Chico KARL D. CHANDLER, San Jose Vice Chair LAURA GOLDIN, San Francisco RICHARD RAINES, Denville MARK A. HART, Northridge Vice Chair DANETTE E. MEYERS, Van Nuys TOMMI R. SAGHATELIAN, Bakersfield Vior Chair THE W, PATRICK O'KEEFE, JR., Senta Ana BRENDA JOHNS PENNY, Los Angeles MATTHEW ST. GEORGE, San Pedro JWLY ROBERT K. PERSONS, Chico Via Chair RICHARD RAINES. Denville JAMES W. TALLEY, Escondido TOMMI R. SAGHATELIAN, Bakersfleld 555 FRANKLIN STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94102-4498 MARK I. SCHICKMAN, San Francisco Immediate Past Chair TELEPHONE: (415) 561-8844 JOEL SCHIFF, Lot Angeles ROBERT A. WEEKS, San Jose FAX: (415) 561-8857 MATTHEW ST. GEORGE, San Pedro Director JAMES W. TALLEY, Escondido JANET K. HAYES January 6, 1998 DIANE E. WASZNICKY, Secramento MICHAEL H. WHITE, Las Angeles Hilary Rodham Clinton, Esq. First Lady of the United States THE WHITE HOUSE Washington, DC 20500 Re: State Bar of California, Children's Forum, Silverado Country Club, Napa, California February 21, 1998 Dear Madam First Lady: The Executive Committee of the State Bar of California will be sponsoring a "Mid-Year Bar Conference" on February 20 through 22, 1998, at the Silverado Country Club in Napa, California. Echoing the theme of State Bar President Marc Adelman to urge every lawyer in California to donate 50 hours per year towards children's issues, the centerpiece of the Mid-Year bar conference will be a Saturday afternoon program directed towards children's issues. Break-out sessions on Saturday afternoon will deal with topics including: the criminalization of children; assisting children in obtaining S.S.I. benefits; assisting family courts in helping families, and; issues regarding schools and children with special needs. Prior to those break-out sessions, we will have a plenary session to discuss the legal issues affecting children, in an attempt to mobilize the bar leaders in attendance to give top attention towards obtaining volunteer efforts of their members towards children's issues. If your schedule permits, we would respectfully, and with great anticipation, invite you to take part in that plenary session. While we would schedule the program (currently scheduled for 1:30 2:45 p.m.) around yours, we would envision a 20-minute presentation by you, underscoring the unmet legal needs of children in America, and urging bar associations to take significant steps towards meeting those needs. Attendees at the program already include Dru Ramey, Executive Director of the Bar Association of San Francisco (who you know well), California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George, Assemblywoman Kerri Mizzoni (Chair of the Assembly Education Committee), Tanya Neiman (Director of the San Francisco Volunteer Legal Services Program), State Bar President Marc 01-07-1998 12:11 14159566342 FOX & GROVE, SF P.03 Ms. Hilary Rodham Clinton January 6, 1998 Page 2 Re: State Bar of California, Children's Forum, Silverado Country Club, Napa, California, February 21, 1998 Adelman, Doreen Dotson, Chair of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants (SCLAID), among others. The attendees will be some 200 bar association presidents and volunteer legal services directors, throughout the State of California. I sincerely hope that it meets your calendar and your interests to attend this program. With best regards for the holiday season and hopeful to receive an affirmative reply from you soon, I am, Respectfully, STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA Marla Mark I. Schickman, Executive Committee Conference of Delegates MIS/jr "hilary letter" CC: Ms. Melanne Verveer Ms. Patti Solis Doyle p.s. Dear Ms. Verveer: Esther Lardent suggested that I make sure that you see this letter, so I fax it to you. I believe that this is an important program that the First Lady would enjoy attending. Thank you. Mark I. Schickman THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 9, 1998 Ms. Donna Stark Senior Associate The Annie E. Casey Foundation 701 St. Paul Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Dear Ms. Stark: Thank you very much for your thoughtful letter and for the information on the National Foster Care Outreach Campaign, which I have given to the First Lady. Thanks and best wishes in your most important work. Sincerely, Либи Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady 701 St. Paul Street C Baltimore, MD 21202 410 $47-6600 FAX 410 547-6624 The Annie E. Casey Foundation December 18, 1998 Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady Office of the First Lady The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Ms. Verveer: At the suggestion of Tony Podesta, we are sending you a letter for the First Lady and a set of materials on the National Foster Care Outreach Campaign. We hope that you will bring these to the attention of Mrs. Clinton. The National Foster Care Outreach Campaign is designed to raise awareness and encourage action on behalf of the more than 500,000 children in out-of-home care. This effort is a unique collaboration of The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Casey Family Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, KTCS Public Broadcasting in Seattle and the Child Welfare League of America. We have heard of the First Lady's interest in quality foster care and hope that she will find these materials useful, informative and motivating. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of further assistance. Sincerely, Douna Stark Donna Stark Senior Associate Жөнский Консорциум ННГ-США Жіночий Консорціум ННД-США TO: Melanne Vervecr DATE: January 14, 1998 Office of the First Lady FROM: Shella Scott, US Coordinator PAGES: 5 Dear Mclanne, We are writing to inform you and the First Lady that the Second International Meeting of the NIS-US Women's Consortium will bc held from January 23-26th, 1998 in Kyiv, Ukraine. We would like to ask the First Lady to contribute a few words that could be read as part of the opening plenary speeches on January 23, 1998. This is an excellent opportunity to continue the leadership on women's issues and reform in the NIS that was begun at the Vital Voices: Women in Democracy conference held in Vicnna in July 1997. We are also inviting contributions from Ambassador Richard Momingstar, Ambassador Swanee Hunt and other strong US supporters of NIS women. Anastasia Posadskaya of the Open Society Institute will bc giving the keynote speech on "Women at the Cusp of the 21st Century." The Second International Meeting will bring together over 170 women from member organizations in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and the US as well as observers from women's NGOs in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Central Europe. One of the meeting's goals is to create an Action Plan for 2000 and Beyond outlining future strategic priorities to guide the Consortium. In addition, two full days will bc devoted to increasing women's skills through participatory training focusing on advocacy, women's rights, entrepreneurship, information technologies, NGO/government collaboration, prevention of violence against and trafficking in women, women in politics, fundraising and sustainability. This event is being sponsored by USAID/Kyiv, the Open Society Institute, Winrock International, the International Renaissance Foundation/Kyiv and an anonymous donor. We hopc you can encourage the First Lady to take advantage of this unique opportunity. I leave for K Ukraine on Monday the 19th and Elise leaves the 21st. After that time, please send any correspondence to us directly in Ukraine via e-mail ([email protected]) or fax (38044 228-0685), although the fax is perpetually busy given the flurry of preparations underway! We appreciate any efforts you can make on our behalf. << Smile Satt Warm regards. Elise Sheila Scoll, US Coordinator Elise Smith, Director NIS-US Women's Consorilum Global Women's Leadership and Gender Program Attachment: Accomplishments to Date, September 1997 cc: Don Pressley, USAID/AA/ENI Margaret Lycctic, USAID/G/WID Teresa Loar, President's InterAgency Council on Women Winrock International 1611 North Kent Street, Suite 600 Arlington, VA 22209 Telephone: 703-525-9430 Fax: 703-525-1744 E-mail: [email protected] WINROCK INTERNATIONAL January 20, 1998 Theresa Loar Senior coordinator for International Women's Issues US Department of State Room 2906 Washington, DC 20520 fax: (202)647-5337 Dear Theresa, We were very excited about the meeting we had with you and Alyse on Friday. The opportunity to really make a difference in the way US forcign policy and foreign assistance can benefit women in the NIS is one we are all eager to work on together. As you so rightly suggested, the Second International Meeting of the NIS-US Women's Consortium in Kyiv will provide valuable ideas for a major follow up-program to the Vital Voices: Women in Democracy conference held in Vicnna. We are completing the various tasks we outlined together. The following are two draft paragraphs that can give some guidance to the First Lady's comments to be delivered on her behalf at the conference. "It is encouraging to SCC so many women gathered together, committed to common goals and drawing upon one another's strengths and experience. The NIS-US Women's Consortium is an example of the power of coalitions to join women together in the name of human rights, economic opportunity and democracy. For these are the fundamental issues which tic us together and provide motivation when the uphill battlc seems steep indeed The NIS-US Women's Consortium works across borders and languages. For participants from neighboring countries, it is a model for women who are working to change discriminatory laws and violations of their human rights. The Consortium represents a powerful force to influence policy makers. 1 am sure sharing strategies and lessons learned in advocacy work at the conference will strengthen participants' capacity to reverse discriminatory laws as well as provide new thinking on combating violence, advancing economic opportunities and democratic participation. I congratulate you all on the excellent work you are doing, and wish you success in the next few days as you draft the blue print for a stronger more just future." Theresa, I hope these suggestions will be useful. Warm regards, The fax 38044 228-0685 Elise Smith Director, Global Women's Leadership and Gender Program cc: Sheila Scott Cara Galbraith to be delivered by us Ambussador Elena Ershova Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development to Ukraine 1611 North Kent Street, Arlington. Virginia 22209, USA Telephone (703) 525-9430 Fax (703) 525-1744 NOTICE faxed overseas to Elsie Smith THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 23, 1998 Dear Friends: I am so pleased to be able to send my greetings to all the women gathered in Kyiv for the NIS-US Women's Consortium. Your meeting is a powerful example of how women are joining together across borders to address common challenges, to share experiences and to chart programs in critical issues, such as economic opportunity, human rights, and democracy building. I know how important your gathering will be for sharing ideas and lessons learned in issue advocacy. Your involvement will enable you to develop more effective public policy strategies and to organize more effective grassroots NGO citizens participation. Congratulations on your hard work and your commitment and best wishes for a successful meeting. Sincerely yours, Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton faxed overseas to Elsie Smith PHOTOCOPY HRC HANDWRITING opportunity, human nts, PHOTOCOPY - / HRC HANDWRITING and democracy building Den Friends l Know her night 1 a m So pleased to be your gathering will ideas be for shoring strategies and able to send my greetings leasons learned in to all me women gathered in 1 some advo cocy algement Hire 1.Kgiv for me NIS us women's is Contusute your pateorpation Consortium your meeting will enable you to develop a pmerful example how more effective public policy Wamen are joining gether ptrategies and for across border to address organizing more effective Mrs. Clinton 7 Common challenges to grounds NGO citizens Share experiences + to P B Twent m your & handward bedwishes pateripation Chart pragrem in the critical 1ssuer such as economic The Clinton affair Gerard Baker explains why the allegations over Monica Lewinsky present such a threat to the US presidency hitewater, Gen- women, are one thing. But a 21 W nifer Flowers, year old college girl - that's dif- Travelgate, the ferent." suicide of Vin- Yet the hallmark of this presi- cent Foster, cam- dency is that Mr Clinton already paign finance irregularities, Mon- has an irredeemable reputation ica Lewinsky. To the casual with the public as a bad boy, but observer, the latest allegations of WHITE HOUSE that Americans do not seem to wrongdoing by President Bill Clinton look like merely another 77 MN care very much. A remarkable poll taken on election day in 1996 tiresome name in the litany of showed that while a majority of inconsequential investigations. It Americans approved of Mr Clin- is the sort of thing that excites ton, a similar majority thought the Washington press corps and he could not be trusted. hostile politicians but seems to Even more remarkably, have little resonance beyond the another poll taken immediately Beltway. after this week's allegations sur- Yet as the story has unfolded faced suggested that while most over a frenetic 48 hours it has people disapprove of the presi- become clear the allegations sur- dent's actions, they still do not rounding the president and Ms seem to regard them as a matter Lewinsky go much further than for impeachment. scandal-as-usual. This is more Though a small majority say than just another "bimbo erup- the president should resign if he tion". The allegations have called is discovered to have told Ms down upon the president an Lewinsky to lie, a majority say unstoppable legal and media that if he does not resign, he machinery that, in the US more should not face impeachment. than in any other country, is not "This is a massive deflection of to be distracted by discussions attention This country knows about whether the case is really what it got when it elected Bill significant. Because of this, the Clinton twice," said Robert scandal does indeed have the Reich, Mr Clinton's former Labor potential, however slight, to secretary. exact the ultimate price on Mr Clinton's presidency. he explanation for That possibility has darkened For the past two days, it has been T this extraordinary the the mood at the White House. apparent tolerance may lie in popular as tense as anyone can remember cynicism about the since Mr Clinton came to office. political process. Many Even close friends of the presi- Americans seem to be disturbed dent have spoken openly about by the behaviour of Mr Starr's the lethal danger of the latest prosecutors. allegations. It was not immediately clear "If they're true they're not only why an investigation of a suspi- politically damaging, but could cious land transaction in Arkan- lead to impeachment" said sas should lead to inquiries about George Stephanopoulos, Mr Clin- the president's sexual activities. ton's former close adviser. Mr Starr has something of a rep- But why should the yet more utation as a partisan republican. claims of sexual dalliances and His investigation into the White- legal prestidigitation in this water property scandal has been administration be given any Pind in train for years and has still more credence than the others? not produced evidence of crimi- The simple answer in that It in nal wrongdoing by the president. by fur the clount Mr Clinton has IN a defendant. Paula Corbin mane fact of the CARD In that the committed perjury himself. More than $30m has been spent come to having been seen to have Jones, an employee of the state of woman at the contro of the Mr Starr's office in now pursu- on Invostigating the сивов Mr broken the law. Beyond that, Arkansas while Mr Clinton was storm. the now 24 year old Ms ing this line of inquiry. Yester- Starr has examined: Whitewater; there are many who argue that governor, claims he asked her to Lewinsky, has signed the sworn day, it demand documents from the firing of the White House this case could, unlike the others, have sex with him an act that affidavit that states, under oath, the White House that record Ms travel office; the alleged improper seriously damage the president's she claims constituted sexual that she had no relationship with Lewinsky's movement in and out use by the White House of FBI credibility even if he is found to harassment. She is seeking dam- the president. of the presidential mansion. files; the suicide of Vincent Fos- have committed no crime. ages of up to $2m. If Ms Lewinsky, who is sched- In all this activity, Mr Clinton ter, a White House counsel. All of Washington yesterday was a In their pursuit of the case, Ms uled to give evidence to Ms now has the appearance of a man them have, it, seems, produced city in one of its periodic fren- Jones lawyers have sought to Jones's Tawyers today decides to being swept along, beyond his plenty of allegations but still no zies. As network news anchors prove that Mr Clinton has a his- stick by her affidavit and say control, by the majesty and hard evidence. Mr Starr's hurried back from Cuba, aban- tory of aggressively promiscuous that what she said in her conver- relentlessness of the American announcement a year ago that he doning their (as it turned out) extra-marital sexual activity. sations with her friend was made legal process. The power of legal would be leaving the investiga- ill-timed trips to cover the Pope's Their investigations turned up up, or that the tapes were forg. proceedings in the US is some- tion last summer seemed to some historic visit, talk of another sort the name of Ms Lewinsky, who, eries, then the president could thing that non-Americans some- to be conclusive proof that he of history filled the air. It is not they allege, had an affair with well be in the clear. Even if she times find puzzling. But in a had found nothing. The hurried every day that the president is the president which continued goes back on her original affida- country founded on a legal docu- retraction of his resignation seriously accused of having com- until at least late last year. vit, it could prove to be yet ment, with many different cultu- raised new questions in the mitted perjury, of having sub- In an affidavit to the lawyers, another case of Mr Clinton's rese, the law plays more than minds of many Americans both orned perjury by another party Ms Lewinsky denied under oath word against someone else's. Few usually prominent and unifying about his motivation and his reli- and, thereby, of having that she had had such an affair. people familiar with the man role. Its inexorable grinding out ability. obstructed justice. But on Wednesday two newspa- seem prepared to believe that Mr of minute pieces of detail can be It is of course still possible that If true, there is little doubt that pers reported the sensational Clinton could have been foolish a dangerous process, and Mr the public mood may darken. such allegations would represent news that Kenneth Starr, the spe- enough to leave hard evidence Clinton may find himself Further revelations may yet dam- what are defined in the US con- cial prosecutor investigating the that he urged someone to lie trapped. age the president. stitution as "high crimes and Whitewater property case, had under oath. But what if, as must be possi- But it is hard to resist the con- misdemeanors" and would lead audio tapes of conversations The word from those close to ble, the legal case again amounts clusion that it will be the legal directly to his Impoachment. between her and another former her in that who will In fact plead to nothing? In past presidencies, case alone that will determine But as the media bandwagon White House staffer. On these the Fifth Amondment hor right questionable behaviour short of the final political implications. If rolls on, it is wise to step back tapes, Ms Lewinsky apparently to silence pending a criminal actual illegality would have been the evidence is not enough to from the immediate excitement says that her affidavit was not investigation. damning enough, if not to end a damn him in court, the chances and separate known fact from only false, but that she was per- Yet the case would still pose presidency, at least to cripple it. are that the Comeback Kid will speculative hyperbole. suaded to make It 80 by the presi- potentially tricky legal problems. The mere suggestion that Mr fight another day. The accusation is that the pres- dent and by his close friend and It may not be necessary for Mr Clinton had an affair with a 21 It was a former senior Clinton ident began an affair with the adviser, Vernon Jordan. Starr's prosecutors to prove that year old intern a college girl adviser, David Gergen, who yes- then 21-year old Ms Lewinsky If true, the accusation suggests Mr Clinton or Mr Jordan did in in his own office, and then dis- terday summed up what seems to while she worked at the White Mr Clinton suborned perjury fact suborn perjury. Last Satur- sembled afterwards, could per- be the crux of the issue. "This is House over the last few years. If from Ms Lewinsky. That would day, in his own deposition to Ms haps seriously damage his credi- either the greatest act of self true, that may be tawdry. Even if be enough to finish his presi- Jones's lawyers, Mr Clinton bility. destruction by any president in true, that would be no crime. dency. As yet no reliable evi- apparently swore that he had had "This will not go down well the 20th century, or it is the The allegations of criminal dence has yet come into the pub- no sexual relationship with Ms with the American people" said greatest smear of any president activity arise from evidence in a lic domain that the president has Lewinsky. If prosecutors can Tim Russert, political commenta- in the modern era." The next few civil case concerning another sex- done anything illegal. On the prove otherwise, Mr Clinton tor for NBC News. "Gennifer days and weeks will start to ual scandal in which Mr Clinton contrary, the only known ger- would at least be guilty of having Flowers and Paula Jones, mature reveal which it is. FINANCIAL TIMES FRIDAY JANUARY 23 1998 PHOTOCOPY PRESERVATION THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 26, 1998 Dr. M. Roy Schwarz Chairman of the Board National Center for Health Education 72 Spring Street Suite 208 New York, NY 10012-4019 Dear Dr. Schwarz: Thank you for your letter and proposal for a White House Conference on the Health of Children and Youth. I have passed the information along to the First Lady and we will review your materials carefully. We appreciate your important work. Best wishes. Sincerely, Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady ROLLOW NCHE National Center for Health Education Clarence E. Pearson President and Chief Executive Officer 72 Spring Street, Suite 208 New York, NY 10012-4019 Tel. 212 334-9470 Fax 212 334-9845 NCHE National Center for Health Education 72 Spring Street, Suite 208 New York, NY 10012-4019 (212) 334-9470 Fax (212) 334-9845 Board of Directors January 14, 1998 Chairman M. Roy Schwarz, M.D. President China Medical Board of New York Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton Office of the Chairman The White House O. Milton Gossett Retired Chairman Washington, DC 20500 Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Worldwide Dear Mrs. Clinton: Vice Chairman Michael C. Ryan, Esq. Partner At the suggestion of Dr. C. Everett Koop, I am writing to request your support Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft for the establishment of a White House Conference on the Health of Children and Youth for fall 1999. With education and health of children and youth high Secretary/Treasurer on the nation's list of priorities since the election of President Clinton, the time Arthur H. Spiegel III President now seems appropriate. Inspiration for the conference is the forthcoming 25th CSC Health Care anniversary of the President's Committee on Health Education which high- President and lighted the need for broad programs of education for health of the public. The Chief Executive Officer formation of the National Center for Health Education was an outcome of the Clarence E. Pearson, MPH, CHES President's Committee report. Given your long commitment and actions on David V. B. Britt behalf of children, (you were an honoree for NCHE's 1993 Health Education President and CEO Award), this conference at the culmination of the President's eight years in Children's Television Workshop office would be a legacy that would affect children's lives for generations. Audrey Gotsch, Dr.PH, CHES Professor & Director The proposed White House Conference is described in the attached concept Division of Community Health UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson paper. We are requesting that you accept the position of Honorary Chairper- Medical School son of the White House Conference and that Dr. Koop serve as Honorary Chairman of the Conference Program Planning Committee. William M. Kizer, Sr. Chairman and CEO Central States Health & Life Co. The staff and Board of the National Center for Health Education, under the C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D. guidance of Dr. Koop as Honorary Chairman of the Planning Committee, C. Everett Koop Institute would provide the logistical and planning support. The Planning Committee Dartmouth would involve the appropriate national leadership and raise the necessary Allan Rosenfield, M.D., Dean funds through a partnership with government, business and social sector School of Public Health sources to make the conference viable and solvent. To acquaint you with the Columbia University NCHE, I am enclosing our 20 Year Report. Susan Schoon Retired Senior Vice President I look forward to hearing from you and hope that we might have an Chase Manhattan Bank opportunity to discuss the goals, process and potential results. Daniel L. Seckinger, M.D. Group Vice President Sincerely yours, for Professional Standards American Medical Association Betty Spectorman (Retired) Nassau County (NY) Department of Drug and M. Roy Schwarz, M.D. Alcohol Addiction Chairman of the Board Harvey L. Sperry, Esq. Partner Willkie Farr & Gallagher To lead the nation in the implementation of lifelong comprehensive health education for our children and youth. National Center for Health Education Concept for a White House Conference on the Health of Children and Youth Background The education and health of children and youth have been high on the nation's list of priorities since the election of President Clinton. The time now seems appropriate to make plans leading up to a White House Conference on the Health of Children and Youth for fall 1999. Inspiration for the conference is the forthcoming 25th anniversary of the President's Committee on Health Education which highlighted the need for broad programs of education for health of the public. Formation of the National Center for Health Education was an outcome of the President's Committee report. The purpose of the proposed conference would be to lay the groundwork for a national policy on the many health, medical care and health education problems affecting children and youth. The conference would involve government, business and the social sector as partners in the solution, to be implemented during the first decade of the 21st century. Given President and Mrs. Clinton's commitment and actions on behalf of children, this conference at the culmination of the President's eight years in office would be a legacy that would affect children's lives for generations. Organizational Leadership The planning stages of the White House Conference will be executed under the auspices of the National Center for Health Education and a coalition of leading national health organizations. Funding would come from multiple sources, including philanthropic foundations, business and government. Suggested Logistics The planning process in late 1998 would include statewide hearings and forums organized by each state affiliate of national organizations concerned with the health of children and youth. The recommendations of the state meetings would be used to formulate the agenda for the White House Conference--giving it the grassroots involvement and content needed to make the 1999 conference successful. The meetings would focus on the broad issues of public health, medical care and health education directed to children and youth. The Honorary Chair of the White House Conference would be Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Chairman of the Conference Program Planning Committee would be C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General of the U.S. The designated representative of the President would participate actively in all committee deliberations. Staffing would be implemented under the leadership of the National Center for Health Education in concert with the Executive Branch of government and members of the coalition of representative national organizations. A follow-up plan would be included as part of the White House Conference; it would include specific tasks assigned for implementation during the early years of the next century. Once the decision to hold the conference is made and the dates established, the Planning Committee would convene and begin the task of raising funds and determining the timetable for the series of statewide meetings and the White House Conference. A report to the people of the U.S. would be prepared and widely distributed. Specific plans for implementation, including outcomes expected, timetable, sources of revenue and the process recommended for implementation would be part of the report. Clinton Presidential Records Digital Records Marker This is not a presidential record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. This marker identifies the place of a publication. Publications have not been scanned in their entirety for the purpose of digitization. To see the full publication please search online or visit the Clinton Presidential Library's Research Room. National Center for Health Education Station 20 Years of Education for Health Il 1975-1995 Advocacy Convening Information Exchange Technical Assistance Research and Evaluation THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 22, 1998 Ms. Diane Salvatore Executive Editor Good Housekeeping 959 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 Dear Ms. Salvatore: Thank you very much for your thoughtful letter and good wishes. The millennial series is terrific and so inspirational. Thanks for writing and for your friendship. Sincerely, Name Chief of Staff to Melanne Verveer the First Lady DIANE SALVATORE EXECUTIVE EDITOR Good Housekeeping THE HEARST CORPORATION LIMITED WARRANTY TO CONSUMERS Good Housekeeping REPLACEMENT ACEMENT Promises OR REFUND W DEFECTIVE 959 EIGHTH AVE., NEW YORK, NY 10019 * 212-649-2348 * FAX 212-265-3307 Good Housekeeping 959 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10019 * 212-649-2200 * FAX 212-265-3307 2348 January 16, 1998 Melanne Verveer Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady Old Executive Office Building, Rm. 100 Washington, D.C. 20502 Dear Melanne: Belated Happy New Year...I hope things are going well with you. (I thought the profile of you in the Washington Post was terrific, and hope you did, too.) I've just read about the First Lady's "Millennium Project" and wanted to make you aware of our own! I've attached Ellen Levine's editor note explaining the "100 Years of Living" series, as well as the profiles we've done so far. We're very excited about turning the whole thing into a special Good Housekeeping book next Christmas. I know we're working on a couple of projects with you (through Jurate) but also did want to say that we're still up for the menopause seminar if you are. Dine Executive Editor LIMITED WARRANTY 10 Good Housekeeping Promises " REFUND DEFECTIVE A PUBLICATION OF HEARST MAGAZINES, A DIVISION OF THE HEARST CORPORATION THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 15, 1998 Ms. Julie Silard National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Inc. 733 15th Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ms. Silard: On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for your letter and invitation to NFTE's annual Business Plan Competition later this month. I have forwarded your letter to our scheduling office and they will be in touch once a decision has been made. Best wishes. Sincerely, Income Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 20, 1998 Ms. Isabel Carter Stewart Girls Incorporated 30 East 33 Street New York, NY 10016-5394 Dear Ms Stewart: (sabel On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for your letter and invitation to Girls Incorporated's Biennial National Conference in April. Regrettably, the First Lady is unable to attend as she is scheduled to be out of the country during that time. Best wishes for a successful and productive conference. Sincerely, Melanne Me Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady From : Opochh8D PHONE No. : 2126893700 Feb. 11 1998 12:47PM P01 R This FAX TRANSMISSION Girls Incorporated Are will EXECUTIVE OFFICE 30 EAST 33 STREET NEW YORK, NY 10016-5394 be ane 9 PH: 212-689-3700 FAX: 212-683-1253 Comply To: April20 Melanne Verveer Date: February 11, 1998 Fax #: 202-456-6244 Pages: 2, including this cover sheet. From: Isabel Carter Stewart Subject: Letter to The First Lady COMMENTS: Attached for your reference is a copy of the letter sent to the First Lady requesting an audience with her on the afternoon of Monday, April 20, 1998. ] will call your office next week to follow up on this request. Thank you for your assistance. From : Opochh8D PHONE No. : 2126893700 Feb. 11 1998 12:47PM P02 Girls Incorporated 30 East 33rd Street New York, NY 10016-5394 Tel: 212 689-3700 Fax: 212 683-1253 9 February 1998 Hillary Rodham Clinton Honorery Chair Hillary Rodham Clinton girls Donna Braco Ogilvie The White House Chan al the Hund Inc. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Regina T Montoya President Washington, DC 20500 Helping girls Tara Stacom become strong, Vice Prosident Dear Mrs. Clinton: smart and bold Francis X. Burnes. III Treasurer 1 am writing to update you on plans for the upcoming Girls Incorporated Ellen Shockro Biennial National Conference in Washington, DC on April 19-21, 1998. We Secretary anticipate 250-300 participants, including executive directors. national and local leabol Carter Stowart board members and girls representing our affiliates from around the country. National Executive Director We are preparing an exciting schedule of events. The focus will be the role of Girls Incorporated in advocacy for girls and young women - from girls in the juvenile justice system, especially as affected by legislation moving through Congress in this session, to the importance of community based organizations providing after school child care that affords girls opportunities to become "strong, smart and bold". Our national board president, Regina Montoya, joins me in requesting a visit AND with you as Girls Incorporated comes to Washington. Would it be possible to arrange an informal reception at the White House on the afternoon of Monday, April 20 during which you would address our constituents from around the country whose work impacts the lives of 350,000 young people? They would be particularly interested in ways our work with girls can support your and the President's agenda for young people in after school settings. Given her deep interest in teen pregnancy prevention, Jane Fonda has recently joined our board. She will be the keynoter at our Scholars Luncheon at the Marriott on Monday, April 20 and has agreed to spend the afternoon getting better acquainted with our organization. She has expressed keen interest in accompanying us to our meeting with you, our Honorary Chair. I will call Melanne Verveer to follow up on this request and very much hope we will HCC you on April 20. All good wishes, Isabe) Carter Stewart National Executive Director co: Melanne Verveer THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 4, 1998 Mr. John Stremlau International Relations Department University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3, WITS 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa Dear John: Thank you very much for your letter and for your invitation to the First Lady to visit the University of the Witwatersrand during the upcoming trip to Africa. I have forwarded your letter to our scheduling office to be considered as decisions are made about the trip. It was good to hear from you. Best wishes. Sincerely, Me Melanne we Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady R CARNEGIE commission ON PREVENTING DEADLY CONFLICT CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK January 28, 1998 Ms. Melanne Verveer Assistant to the President Chief of Staff to the First Lady Old Executive Office Building 17th & Pennsylvania Ave. NW Room 100 Washington, DC 20503 Dear Melanne: When we spoke during the First Lady's meeting with the Carnegie Commission back in early December, I mentioned that I will be moving to South Africa to become the Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and head of department at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). As you can imagine, the university and the International Relations Department are in the midst of an exciting and challenging transformation. If the First Lady accompanies the President on his visit to South Africa in March it would be wonderful if she could break away and spend a little time meeting with my students. I watched her wonderful speech at the University of Cape Town last year and I think she would enjoy very much visiting Wits should she come to Johannesburg. 1 know how tightly scheduled the trip will be, having worked in the State Department and accompanied the Secretary of State on a trip to Africa, but I could not resist planting this seed. Our ambassador, Jim Joseph is an old friend and I will be touch with him about the trip's status. I will also be back in Washington for ten days in early March and could speak with you at that time. In any event, I hope you keep me in mind as planning for the trip moves forward. My new address will be: International Relations Department University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3, WITS 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: 011-27-11-716-2921 Fax: 011-27-11-339-4605 Until I am settled at Wits, my secretary Mrs. Mary McKenna will be receiving my e-mail at [email protected] Best wishes. R John Stremlau 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 715, Washington, DC 20036-2103 Tel: (202) 332-7900 Fax: (202) 332-1919 E-mail: [email protected] THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 4, 1998 Ms. Karen Sherman Vice President for Programs Counterpart International 1200 18th Street, NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Dear Karen: Thank you very much for your letter and for the information on Counterpart's ongoing commitment to women's enterprise development in the NIS. The work being done for women is so vital. I understand that twins are on the way. I'm thrilled for you and Bill. Take care. You'll be embarking on a wonderful adventure. Sincerely, Meer Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady FEB-26-1998 15:02 COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL 202 296 9679 P.02 OUNTERPART i NTERNATIONAL @ BOARD OF DIRECTORS Elizabeth B. Silverstein 1200 18th Street, NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC, 20036 Chairperson / Founder TEL: 296 9676 FAX: 202 296 9679 EMAIL: [email protected] Lee N. Steiner, Esq. Secretary Http://www.counterpart.org Attorney. Loab and Lorb Dr. Bryant George Theasunts / Clargyman Stanley W. Hosis February 26, 1998 Chief Executive Officer Sally Montgomery- Brumbsugh U.S.A.D. Retirnal Ms. Melanne Verveer John H. Costello Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady President, CNFA Perry Eaton Office of the First Lady President, AVI Washington, DC Eve Haller USBC Foundation John A. Hoyt President Emeritus, Dear Melanne, The Humane Society of the United States Paul G. Irwin President, CEO, It was good to see you and all of our other colleagues from Vienna yesterday. I was The Humalic Society of the United States greatly impressed by the number and quality of activities currently taking place in Janice Manley Motion Picture Evecutive East/Central Europe and the former Soviet Union (FSU) as a result of the Conference. Maurice Silverstein Toward that end, I wanted to bring you up-to-date on Counterpart's activities in the FSU President, Silverstein International in the area of women's enterprise development. Since this past July, Counterpart has: INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Conducted three business training programs for women entrepreneurs in Fred Brumbaugh Second National Bank Corp. OH Belarus, using Counterpart's training manual, five-day training module and our Hon Frank C. Carlueri cadre of local business trainers in the region; Carlyk Group Brends Eddy Right Associates Nancy Killis Provided on-going business training for women entrepreneurs in Ukraine, as part Kinsmon Associates Takashi Endo of our sub-grant from Winrock and the U.S.-NIS Women's Consortium; President. TK Consepts Yoel Hailer, M.D. Mariette Hartley Artress, Author Initiated a women's micro-credit program in L'viv Ukraine in partnership with James M. Keogan. M.D. Mary Barden Kergan the local branch of a women's organization, Soyuz Ukrainok; and, Houston End Hunger Network Irina Koxyrev Founder, Russian Care Lanteri Leimulu Sponsored a five-day Women's Enterprise Development Conference in Tbilisi, United Nations Georgia in which more than 130 women from throughout the region Raymond Liesegang Century Parking, Inc. participated; three follow-on business training programs involving over 75 Hon Shellyn G. McCaffroy McCaffixy-Bralsy. Inc. women were also held. Prof. Merryn Meggitt, Ph.D. Anthropologist Hon. Cranwell Montgomery Baker-Worthington Should you be interested, I would be pleased to provide you with additional information Lawis Parinham Commonwealth of Learning on the above mentioned programs, including a full Conference Report from Georgia. Kevin Quigley Asia Sexiety I look forward to continuing the important work begun in Vienna. Cordon Hisks President, fatercuntinental Enterprians Limited. Harvey Bilver Best regards, President, Care Personnel Hon. Margaret Taylor Randal c. Tangue Virys, Salar, Saymure di Passe Sharon B. Webster, Ph.D. Karen Uan Shen Sherman A.A. Global Financial, Inc. Svystoslav Zablin Russian Socio-Ecological Union Vice President for Programs Stanley W. Hosis Chief Executive Officer Gregory T. Toums Chief Operating Officer Founded in 1905 as The Fuundation for the Peoplex of the South Harific Tux exempt under Internal Revenue Tax Code Section 501 (c) (3) Member of IUCN TOTAL P.02 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 9, 1998 Mr. Arthur Schecter Schecter & Marshall 3200 Travis Houston, TX 77006 Dear Mr. Schecter: On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for your letter and for expressing your support for the reappointment of Miles Lerman to Chair the National Holocaust Council. In case you have not received word of his reappointment, I am enclosing a copy of the White House press release. Best wishes. Sincerely, Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady Since Leiman was uninstated / I presume we don't have to deal with this. Pan @ france Schechter Q Marshall L.L.P. 3200 Travis Houston, Texas 77006 (713) 757-781 FAX (713) 751-0412 He reapptd un National Watts Houston Numbers: I (800) 543-0109 or 1 (800) 282-2122 Houston Galveston San Antonio Amarillo send clap February 6, 1998 PRIVIOUSLY + FAXED Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton Office of the First Lady The White House, Room 100-OEOB Washington, DC 20500 Facsimile #202/456-6244 Dear Hillary: I have the great privilege of serving on the National Holocaust Council. It has an experience which I value very deeply as I watch the enormous success of the museum, both as a teaching institution and as a museum. I, of course, am very grateful to the President for allowing me this opportunity. Miles Lerman chairs the Council and has been outstanding. Miles, who is a survivor of the Holocaust himself, has devoted one hundred percent of his time to this office. As a result he has been a strong participant in raising almost two hundred million dollars for the Museum. I personally can attest to Miles' fundraising capabilities as a donor who was compelled by his strong personality. In addition, Miles has personally gotten many of the exhibits that have come through the Museum and has worked closely with governments now in place in countries previously very unfriendly to both Americans and their Jewish population. Miles recently has been involved in a controversy. At the suggestion of Council Member Dennis Ross and others who are deeply involved in the Mideast Peace Process, it was decided after an initial hesitation to extend an invitation to Yassar Arafat to come to the Museum. Though Miles initially opposed the invitation, he quickly changed his mind, and made known that Yassar Arafat would be welcome. In this as in all other matters, Miles has almost one hundred percent support from the Executive Committee and his governing Council. Because this decision was somewhat controversial, especially with people that we regard as being right-wingers, it has caused some difficulty for Miles. Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton February 9, 1998 Page 2 Nonetheless, he has risen above this. I understand that Miles is currently being considered for reappointment. He should be reappointed. He has done a superlative job in all that he has done. He has devoted heart, mind, spirit and substantial financial and other resources to this task. I believe that the success of the Museum can be greatly attributed to his leadership. For reasons which are connected to my current status as a potential presidential appointee, I am unable to come to Austin this coming week. I regret very much missing the opportunity to see you there, but I have children who are coming as emissaries. I trust and hope that all is well with you and your family. Please know that I remain, Yours Wahien regards, Arthur L. Schechter ALS:Ime cc: Mr. Bob Nash Director of Presidential Personnel The White House Washington, DC 20500 Facsimile #202/456-6508 Ms. Marsha Scott Office of Presidential Personnel The White House Washington, DC 20500 Facsimile #202/456-5558 Schechter HOUS ON US POSTAGE & FEB 9'93 222 0,32 Now Marshall L.L.P. CMETER TEXAS S211205 3200 Travis Houston. Texas 77006-3636 Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton Office of the First Lady The White House, Room 100-OEOB Washington, DC 20500 March 9, 1998 Mr. Arthur Schecter Schecter & Marshall 3200 Travis Houston, TX 77006 Dear Mr. Schecter: On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for your letter and for expressing your support for the reappointment of Miles Lerman to Chair the National Holocaust Council. We were delighted to learn recently of his reappointment. An case you have not received word 9 his am enclosing a copy of the White House press release announcing Mr. Lerman's reappointment to the council. reaginatment, Best wishes. Sincerely, Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 8, 1998 Mr. Arthur L. Schechter Nineteen A West Lane Houston, TX 77019 Dear Arthur: Thank you for your letter and the press clippings on the First Lady's trip to Houston. We appreciate your thoughtfulness and your support. Best wishes. Sincerely, Male Melanne Verveer Chief of Staff to the First Lady @- Arthur L. Schechter Thanks NINETEEN A WEST LANE HOUSTON. TEXAS 77019 18 march 1998 Dear melanne, The fundraising political trip A Haurton got the Just Lady same gust her puss audiences - me included as usual, she waved to su the local clippings thought you might the Regards arthur

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