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    "ocrText": "Originally Processed With FOIA(s):\nFOIA Number:\nS\n2011-2184-F\nFOIA\nMARKER\nThis is not a textual record. This is used as an\nadministrative marker by the George Bush Presidential\nLibrary Staff.\nRecord Group/Collection:\nGeorge H.W. Bush Presidential Records\nCollection/Office of Origin:\nSpeechwriting, White House Office of\nSeries:\nSpeech File Draft Files\nSubseries:\nChron File, 1989-1993\nOA/ID Number:\n13483\nFolder ID Number:\n13483-015\nFolder Title:\nBismarck, North Dakota, 4/24/89\nStack:\nRow:\nSection:\nShelf:\nPosition:\nG\n26\n15\n6\n6\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\n(Bismarck, North Dakota)\nFor Immediate Release\nApril 24, 1989\nREMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT\nDURING DEDICATION OF\nNORTH DAKOTA'S CENTENNIAL GROVE\nCapitol Square\nBismarck, North Dakota\n4:35 P.M. CDT\nTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. I'm so pleased\nto be here. Thank you, Tom Kleppe. When Secretary -- and I say\nSecretary because North Dakotans know that Tom served so well as\nSecretary of the Interior -- former Congressman, but called me about\nthis marvelous project of yours -- he's right. I accepted in a\nhurry, and I'm very grateful to Governor Sinner and all involved in\nthe preparations for this wonderful visit.\nI want to pay my respects to -- not only to Governor and\nMrs. Sinner, Governor Link, Senator Conrad, Congressman Dorgan, and\nother distinguished leaders of the North Dakota Legislature. Thank\nyou for inviting me. It has been a very emotional day for me. I\nunderstand that lost on the Iowa was the grandson of a Bismarck\nfamily, and if that family didn't attend today's services, I can\nattest firsthand how moving it was, and what a wonderful job our Navy\ndid in holding the loved ones close to them, giving them comfort that\nI know all Americans would want given to these families. It was a\nvery moving day, and the flags I see at half-mast here are\nappropriate tribute to those young men who lost their lives.\nI'm also proud to see that POW and MIA flag flying,\nGovernor, right here at this magnificent state capital, because we\nmust never forget the POWs and the MIAs.\nWhen I accepted your invitation to come here, I had no\nidea that part of the program was to put me to work. \"A sapling,\"\nthey said. \"All you'll have to do is to plant a sapling.\" No one\ntold me that the sapling is about 12 feet tall over there, but I\nthink we can figure it out. This hardy Elm is a descendant of a tree\nplanted on the White House lawn by John Quincy Adams. And now, its\nseedlings will be a part of North Dakota forever.\nAnd just a few years before this state was carved out of\nthe Dakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHaving lost his wife and mother in one single day, he came to these\nparts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the range\nin the harshest weather, always leading and never following. And he\nwore a sheriff's badge, and he roamed the Badlands to singlehandedly\nbring the worst characters to justice. And in short, Teddy Roosevelt\nbecame a man in North Dakota. And he became something else -- a\nguardian of nature. When he went back East, and back to politics,\nTeddy Roosevelt took with him an understanding that the seemingly\nendless resources of the West were threatened by the unfettered\nexploitation of man. As President, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words\nto school children on Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children\nwould face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as\nhopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota\nand the memory of the nation's first true environmentalist by\ndedicating this Centennial Bur Oak along with this White House Elm.\nMORE\n- 2 -\nBefore the year 2000, your state will plant 100 million trees --\nalmost half -- (applause) -- almost half as many new trees in one\nstate as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree add to the\nabundance of the good life in North Dakota, cleaner air for North\nAmerica.\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are fulfilling\nthe spirit that I call 1000 points of light -- the spirit of\nvolunteerism, from projects to help senior citizens, to the building\nof local and community centers, to a memorial for the North Dakotans\nwho fell in the war.\nThis year, you're also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children -- the\nsons and daughters of the pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else -- the\nNative Americans of North Dakota. (Applause.) These Americans knew\nthe plains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn then\nfrom a special, poignant knowledge that they taught us, that nature\nonce violated, is forever altered.\nAround the world there's a growing recognition that\nenvironmental problems respect no borders. In these first few months\nin office we've begun to act on our own and in concert with other\nnations to face up to this fundamental fact. We've agreed that all\nnations must get together to ban CFCs and to prevent global warming.\n(Applause.) And as the world wakes us to these problems -- and\nbelieve me, it is awakening -- North Dakota, you're already at work\nplanting trees that exchange carbon dioxide for fresh oxygen. What a\nfitting way to celebrate this magnificent centennial -- by getting\nready for the next 100 years. (Applause.)\nAs you've shown, we do not have to accept as inevitable\nthe spoiling of our air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests.\nWhen North Dakotans celebrate their bicentennial, these two trees\nwill be mammoth, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as the\npeople they represent. Let them stand as a symbol of our commitment\nto a clean and healthy environment. May we always have the priceless\nresource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of our children and our\nchildren's children.\nThank you for asking me to be with you today at this\nwonderful celebration. I just can't tell you how moved I was when I\ncame in from the airport to be greeted by so many of your neighbors,\nso many citizens of this great state. The respect for the\ninstitutions that we hold dear, in this case, the presidency -- it\nhas nothing to do with the President -- the respect for the\ninstitution was clear and evident for all to see, and I am grateful\nfor that warm welcome. (Applause.)\nAnd so, I will watch with interest and lend a hand where\nI can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the Peace Garden\nState.\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God bless you, and God\nbless the United States of America. (Applause.) Thank you all very\nmuch.\nEND\n4:45 P.M. CDT\nREMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\nMONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 P.M.\nTHANK YOU ToM\nIt's GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL\n...\nGOVERNOR (GEORGE) SINNER, FORMER GOVERNOR (ARTHUR)\nLINK, SENATOR (KENT) CONRAD, CONGRESSMAN (BRYAN)\nDORGAN, MAJORITY LEADER (BILL) HEIGARRD (HIGH-GARD),\nMINORITY LEADER (JOHN) OLSON, SPEAKER (BILL) KRETSCHMAR\n(KRETCH-MAR),\n- 2 -\nMAJORITY LEADER (RICHARD) KLOUBEC (CLOUGH-BACK)\nTHANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME TO DEDICATE NORTH\nDAKOTA'S CENTENNIAL GROVE.\n((WHEN I ACCEPTED YOUR INVITATION TO COME TO\nBISMARCK, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE GOING TO PUT ME TO\nWORK\n...\nA SAPLING, THEY SAID. MR. PRESIDENT, ALL\nYOU HAVE TO DO IS PLANT A SAPLING. No ONE TOLD ME THAT\nTHE SAPLING IN QUESTION IS TWELVE-FEET TALL\n))\n- 3 -\nTHIS HARDY ELM IS A DESCENDANT OF A TREE PLANTED ON\nTHE WHITE HOUSE LAWN BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Now IT AND\nITS SEEDLINGS WILL BE A PART OF NORTH DAKOTA,\nFOREVER . .\nJUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE THIS STATE WAS CARVED OUT\nOF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY, A YOUNG MAN FROM NEW YORK CITY\nSET ASIDE A PROMINENT CAREER IN POLITICS TO BECOME A\nNORTH DAKOTA RANCHER.\n- 4 -\nHAVING LOST HIS WIFE AND MOTHER IN A SINGLE DAY, HE\nCAME TO THESE PARTS ALMOST INSANE WITH GRIEF. No\nTENDERFOOT, HE WORKED THE RANGE IN THE HARSHEST\nWEATHER, ALWAYS LEADING, NEVER FOLLOWING. HE WORE A\nSHERIFF'S BADGE, AND ROAMED THE BADLANDS TO\nSINGLEHANDEDLY BRING THE WORST CHARACTERS TO JUSTICE.\nIN SHORT, TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECAME A MAN IN NORTH DAKOTA.\nAND HE BECAME SOMETHING ELSE -- A GUARDIAN OF NATURE.\n- 5 -\nWHEN HE WENT BACK EAST, AND BACK TO POLITICS, TEDDY\nROOSEVELT TOOK WITH HIM AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE\nSEEMINGLY ENDLESS RESOURCES OF THE WEST WERE THREATENED\nBY THE UNFETTERED EXPLOITATION OF MAN. As PRESIDENT,\nTEDDY ROOSEVELT WROTE THESE WORDS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN ON\nARBOR DAY, 1907: \"A PEOPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN WOULD FACE\nA HOPELESS FUTURE; A COUNTRY WITHOUT TREES IS ALMOST AS\nHOPELESS.\"\n- 6 -\nSo LET US HONOR THE COMING 100TH BIRTHDAY OF NORTH\nDAKOTA, AND THE MEMORY OF THE NATION'S FIRST\nENVIRONMENTALIST, BY DEDICATING THIS CENTENNIAL BUR OAK\n((100 FEET FROM PODIUM AT 3 O'CLOCK)), ALONG WITH THIS\nWHITE HOUSE ELM. BEFORE THE YEAR 2000, YOUR STATE WILL\nPLANT 100 MILLION TREES -- ALMOST HALF AS MANY TREES IN\nONE STATE AS THERE ARE AMERICANS IN THE UNION. MAY\nEACH TREE ADD TO THE ABUNDANCE OF THE GOOD LIFE IN\nNORTH DAKOTA, AND CLEANER AIR FOR NORTH AMERICA\n- 7 -\nTHIS FORESTATION EFFORT IS JUST ONE OF 600\nAMBITIOUS CENTENNIAL PROJECTS NORTH DAKOTANS ARE TAKING\nON. You ARE FULFILLING THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM,\nFROM PROJECTS TO HELP SENIOR CITIZENS, TO THE BUILDING\nOF LOCAL AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO A MEMORIAL FOR THE\nNORTH DAKOTANS WHO FELL IN WAR.\n- 8 -\nTHIS YEAR, YOU ARE ALSO HONORING THOSE WHO SETTLED\nHERE BEFORE NORTH DAKOTA BECAME A STATE, BY HONORING\nTHEIR CHILDREN --THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE\nPIONEERS, SOME 3,000 STRONG.\nAND LET US ESPECIALLY REMEMBER, IN WORD AND DEED,\nTHOSE GREAT PEOPLES AND GREAT CULTURES HERE WELL BEFORE\nANYONE ELSE -- THE NATIVE AMERICANS OF NORTH DAKOTA.\nTHESE AMERICANS KNEW THE PLAINS WHEN BUFFALO RANGED IN\nTHE MILLIONS.\n- 9 -\nWE CAN LEARN FROM THEM A SPECIAL, POIGNANT KNOWLEDGE\nTHAT NATURE, ONCE VIOLATED, IS FOREVER ALTERED.\nAROUND THE WORLD THERE IS A GROWING RECOGNITION\nTHAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS RESPECT NO BORDERS. IN\nTHESE FIRST FEW MONTHS IN OFFICE, WE'VE BEGUN TO ACT --\nON OUR OWN, AND IN CONCERT WITH OTHER NATIONS -- TO\nFACE UP TO THIS FUNDAMENTAL FACT. WE'VE AGREED THAT\nALL NATIONS MUST TOGETHER BAN CFCs, AND PREVENT GLOBAL\nWARMING.\n- 10 -\nAND, AS THE WORLD WAKES UP To THESE PROBLEMS, NORTH\nDAKOTA IS ALREADY AT WORK -- PLANTING TREES THAT\nEXCHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE FOR FRESH OXYGEN. WHAT A\nFITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE YOUR CENTENNIAL -- BY GETTING\nREADY FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.\nAs YOU HAVE SHOWN, WE DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT AS\nINEVITABLE THE SPOILING OF OUR AIR, OUR RIVERS, OUR\nWETLANDS AND OUR FORESTS.\n- 11 -\nWHEN NORTH DAKOTANS CELEBRATE THEIR BICENTENNIAL, THESE\nTWO TREES WILL BE MAMMOTH, ALMOST 50 FEET TALL, AS\nHARDY AND STRONG AS THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. LET\nTHEM STAND AS A SYMBOL OF OUR COMMITMENT TO A CLEAN AND\nHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. MAY WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PRICELESS\nRESOURCE OF THE OUTDOORS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR\nCHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.\nTHANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO HELP YOU HERE TODAY WITH\nTHIS WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.\n- 12 -\nI WILL WATCH WITH INTEREST, AND LEND A HAND WHERE I\nCAN, AS THIS TREE GROWS AND DEVELOPS, JUST LIKE THE\nPEACE GARDEN STATE.\nHAPPY BIRTHDAY NORTH DAKOTA. GOD BLESS YOU, AND\nGOD BLESS AMERICA.\n# # #\nINSERT IN NORTH DAKOTA SPEECH\n((Insert on p. 3 where marked on draft.)\nTeddy Roosevelt said over 80 years ago that the the\nprotection of the environment touches virtually every other\naspect of our national life. Around the world, there is a\ngrowing recognition that environmental problems\ncentral\nRESPECT no borous\nto our international life as well. In these first few\nmonths in office, we've begun to act -- on our own, and in\nconcert with other nations -- to face up to this fundamental\nfact. Here at home, we've started drafting a bill to\nprovide for cleaner air, proposed to expand our parks, and\nincreased the resources available to clean up waste sites\ncreated by the government We've agreed that all nations\ntaxtu ban\nAND PREVENT\nshould band together to ban CFCs, which destroy the ozone\nGLOBAL WARMING\nlayer and contribute to a warming of the atmosphere.\nScientists the world over are increasingly worried\nabout this trend toward global warming.' We re ready as am\nnation not only to investigate and to act, but to lead\n:\nbecause we can't there solve this problem alone\nAnd as the world\nwakes up to this problem, North Dakota is already at work\nTRADE\nfor\nO\nplanting trees that absorb carbon dioxide and thus provide\none part of the solution. What a fitting way to celebrate\nyour centennial -- by getting ready for the next 100 years.\nDavis/Nallace\nApril 20, 7 p.m.\nDraft: Three\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\nMONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 p.m.\nThank you Tom It's good to see you all ... Governor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\n...\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall ...))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHaving lost his wife and mother in a single day, he came to these\nparts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand hack to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\ngrod\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\ntree\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of NOTCH Bakula. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nAs you have But showngyouve do\nwe not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native eem Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nDocument No. 028446 SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\nDATE: 4/20/89\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nSUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BISMARCK, ND\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\n>\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nBREEDEN\nROGERS\nCARD\nWINSTON\nCICCONI\nPINKERTON\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nThe attached was forwarded to the President.\nRESPONSE:\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 20, 1989\nINFORMATION\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nMARK DAVIS\nTHROUGH:\nCHRISS WINSTON\ncw\nSUBJECT: Bismarck\nYou will stop briefly in Bismarck, North Dakota, to dedicate a\n\"centennial grove\" in front of the capitol grounds. North Dakota\nis celebrating the year of its 100th birthday with 600 civic\nactivities. The centerpiece program encourages North Dakotans to\nplant 100 million trees by the year 2000. For this brief speech,\nI suggest pursuing the environmental angle by drawing on the\ntradition of a former North Dakota rancher -- Teddy Roosevelt.\nDavis/Wallace\nApril 20, 7 p.m.\nDraft: Three\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\nMONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 p.m.\nThank you Tom\nIt's good to see you all\nGovernor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I -had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall ))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHaving lost his wife and mother in a single day, he came to these\nparts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources cf the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nBut we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nCAMP DAVID\nI would like to have\none more substantive\npara. on environment\nbeing a wqorld problem, our\nwanting to lead on global\nwarming, tying it all in to\n'trees in No. Dakota\"\nThis issue is mvoing to the\nfront burner internationally ar\nyou here in ND are taking\nthe lead not talkin but\n1\n'doing' maybe refer to\nnew EPA head\nIn sum:\na little more substance.\ngb\n122\nTHE\nRECIDENT\nENT\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nOF THE UNITED OFFICE BUDGET OF ON STATE\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\nI\nDATE:\n4/27/89\nTO:\nChriss W.\nFROM:\nROBERT E. GRADY\nASSOCIATE DIRECTOR\nNATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY AND SCIENCE\nThis material is FUI,\nMay be useful for brifing\nRb.\nNotes for President's Visit to North Dakota\no The North American Waterfowl Management Plan -- signed on May\n6, 1986 by the Secretary of the Interior and the Canadian Minister\nof the Environment -- calls for the restoration of nearly 6 million\nacres of wetlands in the United States and Canada.\nO This Plan provides a blueprint for the cooperative activities\nthat are a priority for this Administration. It brings together\nnations, states, provinces, and the private sector -- right down\nto the farmer on the ground -- in a cooperative partnership to\nsolve the common crisis of disappearing wetlands and declining\nwaterfowl and wildlife populations across the continent.\nO In North Dakota alone -- the state known as the most productive\nduck factory of the United States -- the last 100 years have seen\na loss of nearly 2.5 million acres of productive wetlands, or 50%\nof its original wetland area. A major consequence of this has been\na 70% decline in nesting pintails and mallards since 1970.\nO North Dakota has recognized the importance of their wetland\nresources by being the first state in the nation to implement, on\nJuly 1, 1989, \"no net loss of wetlands\" legislation in line with\nthe federal policy of no net loss that I have enacted. In fact,\nthe concept of no net loss of wetlands originated in this state.\nO I will soon be appointing an interagency task force, made up of\nfederal and non-federal interests, to closely review the federal\npolicies and executive orders on wetlands to see how they may be\nimproved to conform to my position of no net loss of wetlands. I\nplan to instruct that group to look closely at North Dakota's\nwetlands legislation as a model for the national effort.\no The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation -- established with\nmy strong support in 1984 -- has become a highly successful\norganization in forging partnerships between government and the\nprivate sector and in attracting private financing for wetlands\nand waterfowl conservation. The Foundation intends to provide\ngrant money to the Chase Lake Project in nine counties in central\nNorth Dakota next year, just as it has this year to the Crystal\nSprings Preserve and Lake Thompson wetland conservation projects\nin South Dakota. For both of the South Dakota projects, the\nFoundation provided a total of $125,000 in Challenge grants, which\nwere immediately matched by $100,000 from The Nature Conservancy,\n$500,000 from Ducks Unlimited, $125,000 from Anheuser-Busch\nCorporation, $200,000 from the state, and $500,000 from the U.S.\nFish and Wildlife Service. Both Ducks Unlimited and The Nature\nConservancy are planning to increase their financial investments\nin these partnerships severalfold over the next few years, up to\nseveral million dollars.\nO The North Dakota partnership for wetlands conservation\nincludes the governor's wetland management committee, land owners,\nsportsmen, farmers, county commissioners, state wildlife, water,\nand land agencies, agricultural organizations, the U.S. Departments\nof Agriculture and Interior, EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers, the\nFarmers Home Administration, and a host of other national, state,\nand local natural resources conservation groups. (The groups are:\nDucks Unlimited, The Nature Conservancy, Farmers Union, Farm\nBureau, North Dakota Water Users Association, Pheasants Forever,\nNational Audubon Society, Garrison Diversion Conservancy District,\nWaterfowl Restoration Group, National Wildlife Federation,\nInstitute for Ecological Studies, Great Plains Wildlife Services,\nNorth Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Soil Conservation\nDistricts Association.)\no A related issue: Refuge Revenue Sharing. The administration's\nFY 90 budget did not request funds for the Refuge Revenue Sharing\nAct which authorizes FWS to make revenue sharing payments to\ncounties: $6.7 million is required to meet FWS obligations. 12\ncounties in ND currently disapprove of FWS land acquisition because\nof the lack of Refuge Resource payments.\nAPR 20 '89 10:20 IAFWA/WDC FAX# 202-624-7891\nP.2/3\nADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE BUSH TRIP TO NORTH DAKOTA\nHOW MANY ACRES OF WETLAND HABITAT WAS HISTORICALLY IN NORTH DAKOTA AND HOW\nMUCH IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE?\nEstimates are that North Dakota contained over 5 million acres of\nwetlands during pioneer days. Current figures indicate that number\nhas declined to approximately 2 million acres, a 60% reduction.\nHOW DO THE HISTORIC AND CURRENT WATERFOWL POPULATIONS COMPARE?\nThe waterfowl populations in North Dakota are reflective of the\npreviously discussed habitat loss figures. Total duck populations\nduring the breeding season have dropped from almost 4 million in 1970\nto under 2.5 million in 1988. A more accurate reflection considers\nthose species of waterfowl most dependent on the wetland habitats which\nhave been lost in North Dakota. Pintails and Mallards are highly\ndependent on shallow-water wetlands surrounded by grassland during\nbreeding and nesting periods. Their combined numbers have fallen from\n1,647,000 in 1970 to 496,000 in 1988, a 70% decline.\nWHO ARE THE COOPERATORS INVOLVED IN WETLAND PROTECTION AND WATERFOWL\nENHANCEMENT EFFORTS IN NORTH DAKOTA?\nMajor coordinations efforts in North Dakota have resulted in the\nformation of two committees charged with wetland protection and\nwaterfowl enhancement efforts. They are:\nNorth Dakota Action Group--This committee is charged with advancing\nthe goals and objectives of the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture of the\nNorth American Waterfowl Management Plan in North Dakota. The Group is\nchaired by Bob Ingstad, a prominent farmer and businessman in central\nNorth Dakota. The following groups, organizations and agencies are\nactive in the activities of the Action Group.\nDucks Unlimited\nThe Nature Conservancy\nGarrison Diversion\nInstitute for Ecological\nWetland Trust\nStudies\nGreat Plains Wildlife\nNational Audubon Society\nServices\nND Chapter Wildlife Society\nWaterfowl Restoration Group\nNational Wildlife Federation\nUS Fish and Wildlife Service\nND Game and Fish Department\nGovernors Wetland Management Committee--This committee was developed\nby the Governor to provide a diverse source of advice on the development\nof the North Dakota wetland policy and other wetland related issues.\nThe following groups, organizations and agencies are active on this\ncommittee.\nFarmers Union\nFarm Bureau\nND Water Resource Districts\nND Water Users Association\nAssociation\nSoil Conservation Districts\nPheasants Forever\nAssociation\nDucks Unlimited\nGarrison Diversion Conservancy\nNational Audubon Society\nDistrict\nP.S.\nAPR 20 '89 10:21 IAFWA/WDC FAX# 202-624-7891\nND Chapter Wildlife Society\nUS Fish and Wildlife Service\nND Game and Fish Department\nND Agriculture Department\nToBob Grady\nCAMP DAVID\nI would like to have\none more substantive\npara. on environment\nbeing a wqorld problem, our\nwanting to lead on global\nwarming, tying it all in to\n'trees in No. Dakota\"\nThis issue is mvoing to the\nfront burner internationally ar\nyou here in ND are taking\nthe lead not talkin but '\n'doing'\nmaybe refer to\nnew EPA head\nIn sum:\na little more substance.\ngb .\nDavis/Wallace\nApril 20, 7 p.m.\nDraft: Three\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\nMONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 p.m.\nThank you Tom\n...\nIt's good to see you all\n...\nGovernor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\n...\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall ...))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHaving lost his wife and mother in a single day, he came to these\nparts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand back tn politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\ngood\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of NORTH Bakula. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nBut we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nDocument No.\n028446SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n4/20/89\n4/20/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BISMARCK, N.D.\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE N/C\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN N/C\nSTUDDERT N/C\nBATES N/C\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\nCICCONI\nPINKERTON\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY 1/C\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,\nx2930, no later than 2:00 PM, TODAY, Thursday, April 20,\n1989, with an info copy to my office. Sorry for the\nshort turnaround. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nTOTHE PRESIDENT James W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nDavis/Wallace\n1309 APR 20\nIII\n0)\nApril 19, 9 a.m.\nDraft: Two\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: (CAPITOL SQUARE)\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\n(April 24, t.b.d.)\nThank you Tom\nIt's good to see you all\nGovernor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall ))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHe came to these parts almost insane with grief, having lost his\nwife and mother in a single day. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nBut we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\nÈ\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 20, 1989\nMEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON\nFROM:\nROGER B. PORTER\nRBP\nSUBJECT:\nPresidential Remarks: Bismarck, N.D.\nWe have no suggested changes from a policy standpoint and\napprove of the draft in its present form.\nCC: James W. Cicconi\nDocument No.\n028446SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n4/20/89\n4/20/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BISMARCK, N.D.\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\nCICCONI\nPINKERTON\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,\nx2930, no later than 2:00 PM, TODAY, Thursday, April 20,\n1989, with an info copy to my office. Sorry for the\nshort turnaround. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nDavis/Wallace\n1999 APR 20 N. 98\nApril 19, 9 a.m.\nDraft: Two\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:\n(CAPITOL SQUARE)\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\n(April 24, t.b.d.)\nThank you Tom\nIt's good to see you all\nGovernor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall ))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHe came to these parts almost insane with grief, having lost his\nwife and mother in a single day. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nBut we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 20, 1989\nMemorandum to Chriss Winston\nSip\nand\nFrom:\nRoger Porter\nJim Pinkerton\nof\nRe:\nDrafts of Building A Better America, Publishers,\nBismarck, Ford Aerospace\nBuilding A Better America\nNo comments.\nPublishers\nThis draft could benefit from using the principles and\nthemes outlined in the Building A Better America book released\nlast 2/9.\n1,4,1\n\"taken some tough shots\" is too self-conscious and some\nmay interpret as thin-skinned. We'd omit.\n3,8,1\nWe could identify four, and possibly five,\nthemes/principles: \"Freedom\" on page three, graf eight;\n\"Fairness\" on page four, graf one; \"quiet negotiations\" on page\nfour, graf five; \"focusing now on the kind of future we want \"\non page six, graf two; and \"map [ping] strategy in an\ninternational environment where change is more rapid\n\"\non page\nseven, graf four.\nThe principles laid out here are fine, but the structure is\nconfusing. We can't tell whether the subsequent list of\ninitiatives comes under the rubric of \"fairness\" or \"quiet\nnegotiations.\" Again, this could benefit from the tight\nstructure of Building A Better America.\nFurthermore, it seems as if we are hinting at a third\nprinciple later on page six, graf two, where we say \"focus now on\nthe kind of future we want \" Investing in the future is a\ngood, serviceable theme that accurately organizes a host of the\nPresident's initiatives.\n(more)\n2-2-2\n5,4,2\n\"The reform plan I sent to Congress\n\"\nWe should\nconsider applauding the Senate for passing the plan.\n6,2,2\nAgain, the President's refrain on the future is a good\none and we should stick to it: \"Investing in the future\".\n6,3,1\nWe should not pass up the opportunity to describe the\nPresident's education initiatives for what they are: a program\nof education reform.\n6,4,1\nGood recitation of the education principles. When\nspeaking of choice, however, we should always say \"parental\nchoice\" to be clearer and avoid the obvious confusion with the\nabortion issue.\n9,2,2\nWe like the idea expressed in this paragraph and\nsuggest strenghtening it by the line from the President's\nAnnouncement Speech (Oct. 12, 1987) : \"I am a practical man; I\nlike what's real. I'm not much for the airy and abstract. I\nlike what works.\"\nBismarck\nA good speech. We particularly like the Teddy Roosevelt\nArbor Day quote on page 2 which is very apt for the occasion.\nFord Aerospace\n2,3,2\n\"Government's role is to harness \" sounds too\nrestrictive. We'd suggest something that conveys the opposite\nimage, like \"unharness\" or \"unleash\" or \"remove the barriers,\"\nespecially since we are talking about cutting capital gains and\ncutting the deficit. Entrepreneurs don't want to hear about the\ngovernment harnessing anything.\nTo the extent that government should harness anything, we\nshould harness the national energy and creativity of the American\npeople on behalf of the poorest and the most needy, to protect\nthe environment, etc.\n2,4,2\nInstead of \"For every dollar of interest debt we\neliminate \" we prefer: \"For every dollar the government does\nnot have to borrow there is more capital available for\ninvestment.\"\n(more)\n3-3-3\n3,2\nSince we are in Silicon Valley, it makes sense to\nexplicitly refer to the role of high-tech in creating the 20\nmillion new jobs and the fact that the Steiger Amendment cutting\ncapital gains made many of the existing jobs and companies\npossible. We should have some language that starts off with\nRight here in Silicon Valley \" and ties it in with job\ncreation and the capital gains cut.\n4,5,2\n\"That is why I have asked Congress for an increase of\n$2.4 billion for the Space Program.\" This should read \"NASA\"\ninstead of \"Space Program.\"\n7,3\nPurely by way of suggestion, we recall that during the\ncampaign the President frequently said: \"Technological\nadvancement has always been at the heart of our nation's pioneer\nspirit, pushing the boundaries of our knowledge, creating\neconomic opportunity and increasing our standard of living.\"\n#\nCC: Bill Roper\nBrad Mitchell\nJohn Gardner\nDocument No.\n028446SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n4/20/89\n4/20/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BISMARCK, N.D.\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nBREEDEN\nROGERS\nCARD\nWINSTON\nCICCONI\nPINKERTON\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,\nx2930, no later than 2:00 PM, TODAY, Thursday, April 20,\n1989, with an info copy to my office. Sorry for the\nshort turnaround. Thank you.\nRESPONSE: Ohay\nGisw\n4/20\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nDocument No.\n028446SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n4/20/89\n4/20/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BISMARCK, N.D.\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\nCICCONI\nPINKERTON\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,\nx2930, no later than 2:00 PM, TODAY, Thursday, April 20,\n1989, with an info copy to my office. Sorry for the\nshort turnaround. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\ngod AD\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nDavis/Wallace\n1908 APR 20 S\nApril 19, 9 a.m.\nDraft: Two\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: (CAPITOL SQUARE)\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\n(April 24, t.b.d.)\nThank you Tom\nIt's good to see you all\n...\nGovernor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall ...))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHe came to these parts almost insane with grief, having lost his\nwife and mother in a single day. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nBut we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nApril 20, 1989\nMEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON\nFROM;\nDENISE SCHWARZ\nOFFICE OF CABINET AFFAIRS\nSUBJECT;\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BISMARK, N.D.\nLOG #028446SS\nWe have reviewed the remarks and have no comments.\nAttachment\nCC: Jim Cicconi\nDocument No.\n028446SS\nWHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM\n4/20/89\n4/20/89 2:00 PM\nDATE:\nACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: BISMARCK, N.D.\nSUBJECT:\nACTION FYI\nACTION FYI\nVICE PRESIDENT\nMCCLURE\nSUNUNU\nNEWMAN\nSCOWCROFT\nPORTER\nDARMAN\nSTUDDERT\nBATES\nUNTERMEYER\nROGERS\nBREEDEN\nWINSTON\nCARD\nCICCONI\nPINKERTON\nDEMAREST\nFITZWATER\nGRAY\nHAGIN\nREMARKS:\nPlease forward any comments to Chriss Winston, Rm. 122,\nx2930, no later than 2:00 PM, TODAY, Thursday, April 20,\n1989, with an info copy to my office. Sorry for the\nshort turnaround. Thank you.\nRESPONSE:\nJames W. Cicconi\nAssistant to the President\nand Deputy to the Chief of Staff\nExt. 2702\nDavis/Wallace\n1909 APR 20 IN S:\nApril 19, 9 a.m.\nDraft: Two\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: (CAPITOL SQUARE)\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\n(April 24, t.b.d.)\nThank you Tom\nIt's good to see you all\n...\nGovernor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall ))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHe came to these parts almost insane with grief, having lost his\nwife and mother in a single day. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nBut we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 20, 1989\nMEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON\nDEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT\nFOR COMMUNICATIONS\nFROM:\nMICHAEL J. ASTRUE MJA\nASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT\nSUBJECT:\nPresidential Remarks: Bismarck, North Dakota\nCounsel's office has reviewed the above-referenced proposed\nPresidential remarks, and we have no legal objection to their\ndelivery.\nCC: James W. Cicconi\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 20, 1989\nMemorandum to Chriss Winston\nBips\n999\nFrom:\nRoger Porter\nJim Pinkerton\nof\nRe:\nDrafts of Building A Better America, Publishers,\nBismarck, Ford Aerospace\nBuilding A Better America\nNo comments.\nPublishers\nThis draft could benefit from using the principles and\nthemes outlined in the Building A Better America book released\nlast 2/9.\n1,4,1\n\"taken some tough shots\" is too self-conscious and some\nmay interpret as thin-skinned. We'd omit.\n3,8,1\nWe could identify four, and possibly five,\nthemes/principles: \"Freedom\" on page three, graf eight;\n\"Fairness\" on page four, graf one; \"quiet negotiations\" on page\nfour, graf five; \"focusing now on the kind of future we want \"\non page six, graf two; and \"map[ping] strategy in an\ninternational environment where change is more rapid\n\" on page\nseven, graf four.\nThe principles laid out here are fine, but the structure is\nconfusing. We can't tell whether the subsequent list of\ninitiatives comes under the rubric of \"fairness\" or \"quiet\nnegotiations.\" Again, this could benefit from the tight\nstructure of Building A Better America.\nFurthermore, it seems as if we are hinting at a third\nprinciple later on page six, graf two, where we say \"focus now on\nthe kind of future we want....\" Investing in the future is a\ngood, serviceable theme that accurately organizes a host of the\nPresident's initiatives.\n(more)\n2-2-2\n5,4,2\n\"The reform plan I sent to Congress\n\" We should\nconsider applauding the Senate for passing the plan.\n6,2,2\nAgain, the President's refrain on the future is a good\none and we should stick to it: \"Investing in the future\".\n6,3,1\nWe should not pass up the opportunity to describe the\nPresident's education initiatives for what they are: a program\nof education reform.\n6,4,1\nGood recitation of the education principles. When\nspeaking of choice, however, we should always say \"parental\nchoice\" to be clearer and avoid the obvious confusion with the\nabortion issue.\n9,2,2\nWe like the idea expressed in this paragraph and\nsuggest strenghtening it by the line from the President's\nAnnouncement Speech (Oct. 12, 1987) \"I am a practical man; I\nlike what's real. I'm not much for the airy and abstract. I\nlike what works. \"\nBismarck\nA good speech. We particularly like the Teddy Roosevelt\nArbor Day quote on page 2 which is very apt for the occasion.\nFord Aerospace\n2,3,2\n\"Government's role is to harness \" sounds too\nrestrictive. We'd suggest something that conveys the opposite\nimage, like \"unharness\" or \"unleash\" or \"remove the barriers,\"\nespecially since we are talking about cutting capital gains and\ncutting the deficit. Entrepreneurs don't want to hear about the\ngovernment harnessing anything.\nTo the extent that government should harness anything, we\nshould harness the national energy and creativity of the American\npeople on behalf of the poorest and the most needy, to protect\nthe environment, etc.\n2,4,2\nInstead of \"For every dollar of interest debt we\neliminate \" we prefer: \"For every dollar the government does\nnot have to borrow there is more capital available for\ninvestment.\"\n=\n(more)\n3-3-3\n3,2\nSince we are in Silicon Valley, it makes sense to\nexplicitly refer to the role of high-tech in creating the 20\nmillion new jobs and the fact that the Steiger Amendment cutting\ncapital gains made many of the existing jobs and companies\npossible. We should have some language that starts off with\n\"Right here in Silicon Valley \" and ties it in with job\ncreation and the capital gains cut.\n4,5,2\n\"That is why I have asked Congress for an increase of\n$2.4 billion for the Space Program.' This should read \"NASA\"\ninstead of \"Space Program.\"\n7,3\nPurely by way of suggestion, we recall that during the\ncampaign the President frequently said: \"Technological\nadvancement has always been at the heart of our nation's pioneer\nspirit, pushing the boundaries of our knowledge, creating\neconomic opportunity and increasing our standard of living.\"\n#\nCC: Bill Roper\nBrad Mitchell\nJohn Gardner\nREMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\nMONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 P.M.\nTHANK YOU ToM\nIt's GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL\n...\nGOVERNOR (GEORGE) SINNER, FORMER GOVERNOR (ARTHUR)\nLINK, SENATOR (KENT) CONRAD, CONGRESSMAN (BRYAN)\nDORGAN, MAJORITY LEADER (BILL) HEIGARRD (HIGH-GARD),\nMINORITY LEADER (JOHN) OLSON, SPEAKER (BILL) KRETSCHMAR\n(KRETCH-MAR),\n- 2 -\nMAJORITY LEADER (RICHARD) KLOUBEC (CLOUGH-BACK)\nTHANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME TO DEDICATE NORTH\nDAKOTA'S CENTENNIAL GROVE.\n((WHEN I ACCEPTED YOUR INVITATION To COME TO\nBISMARCK, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE GOING TO PUT ME TO\nWORK\nA SAPLING, THEY SAID. MR. PRESIDENT, ALL\nYOU HAVE TO DO IS PLANT A SAPLING. No ONE TOLD ME THAT\nTHE SAPLING IN QUESTION IS TWELVE-FEET TALL\n))\n- 3 -\nTHIS HARDY ELM IS A DESCENDANT OF A TREE PLANTED ON\nTHE WHITE HOUSE LAWN BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Now IT AND\nITS SEEDLINGS WILL BE A PART OF NORTH DAKOTA,\nFOREVER\nJUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE THIS STATE WAS CARVED OUT\nOF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY, A YOUNG MAN FROM NEW YORK CITY\nSET ASIDE A PROMINENT CAREER IN POLITICS To BECOME A\nNORTH DAKOTA RANCHER.\n- 4 -\nHAVING LOST HIS WIFE AND MOTHER IN A SINGLE DAY, HE\nCAME TO THESE PARTS ALMOST INSANE WITH GRIEF. No\nTENDERFOOT, HE WORKED THE RANGE IN THE HARSHEST\nWEATHER, ALWAYS LEADING, NEVER FOLLOWING. HE WORE A\nSHERIFF'S BADGE, AND ROAMED THE BADLANDS TO\nSINGLEHANDEDLY BRING THE WORST CHARACTERS To JUSTICE.\nIN SHORT, TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECAME A MAN IN NORTH DAKOTA.\nAND HE BECAME SOMETHING ELSE -- A GUARDIAN OF NATURE.\n- 5 -\nWHEN HE WENT BACK EAST, AND BACK TO POLITICS, TEDDY\nROOSEVELT TooK WITH HIM AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE\nSEEMINGLY ENDLESS RESOURCES OF THE WEST WERE THREATENED\nBY THE UNFETTERED EXPLOITATION OF MAN. As PRESIDENT,\nTEDDY ROOSEVELT WROTE THESE WORDS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN ON\nARBOR DAY, 1907: \"A PEOPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN WOULD FACE\nA HOPELESS FUTURE; A COUNTRY WITHOUT TREES IS ALMOST AS\nHOPELESS.\"\n- 6 -\nSo LET US HONOR THE COMING 100TH BIRTHDAY OF NORTH\nDAKOTA, AND THE MEMORY OF THE NATION'S FIRST\nENVIRONMENTALIST, BY DEDICATING THIS CENTENNIAL BUR OAK\n((100 FEET FROM PODIUM AT 3 O'CLOCK)), ALONG WITH THIS\nWHITE HOUSE ELM. BEFORE THE YEAR 2000, YOUR STATE WILL\nPLANT 100 MILLION TREES -- ALMOST HALF AS MANY TREES IN\nONE STATE AS THERE ARE AMERICANS IN THE UNION. MAY\nEACH TREE ADD TO THE ABUNDANCE OF THE GOOD LIFE IN\nNORTH DAKOTA, AND CLEANER AIR FOR NORTH AMERICA\n- 7 -\nTHIS FORESTATION EFFORT IS JUST ONE OF 600\nAMBITIOUS CENTENNIAL PROJECTS NORTH DAKOTANS ARE TAKING\nON. You ARE FULFILLING THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM,\nFROM PROJECTS TO HELP SENIOR CITIZENS, To THE BUILDING\nOF LOCAL AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO A MEMORIAL FOR THE\nNORTH DAKOTANS WHO FELL IN WAR.\n- 8 -\nTHIS YEAR, YOU ARE ALSO HONORING THOSE WHO SETTLED\nHERE BEFORE NORTH DAKOTA BECAME A STATE, BY HONORING\nTHEIR CHILDREN --THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE\nPIONEERS, SOME 3,000 STRONG.\nAND LET US ESPECIALLY REMEMBER, IN WORD AND DEED,\nTHOSE GREAT PEOPLES AND GREAT CULTURES HERE WELL BEFORE\nANYONE ELSE -- THE NATIVE AMERICANS OF NORTH DAKOTA.\nTHESE AMERICANS KNEW THE PLAINS WHEN BUFFALO RANGED IN\nTHE MILLIONS.\n- 9 -\nWE CAN LEARN FROM THEM A SPECIAL, POIGNANT KNOWLEDGE\nTHAT NATURE, ONCE VIOLATED, IS FOREVER ALTERED.\nAROUND THE WORLD THERE IS A GROWING RECOGNITION\nTHAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS RESPECT NO BORDERS. IN\nTHESE FIRST FEW MONTHS IN OFFICE, WE'VE BEGUN TO ACT --\nON OUR OWN, AND IN CONCERT WITH OTHER NATIONS -- To\nFACE UP TO THIS FUNDAMENTAL FACT. WE'VE AGREED THAT\nALL NATIONS MUST TOGETHER BAN CFCs, AND PREVENT GLOBAL\nWARMING.\n- 10 -\nAND, AS THE WORLD WAKES UP To THESE PROBLEMS, NORTH\nDAKOTA IS ALREADY AT WORK -- PLANTING TREES THAT\nEXCHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE FOR FRESH OXYGEN. WHAT A\nFITTING WAY To CELEBRATE YOUR CENTENNIAL -- BY GETTING\nREADY FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.\nAs YOU HAVE SHOWN, WE DO NOT HAVE To ACCEPT AS\nINEVITABLE THE SPOILING OF OUR AIR, OUR RIVERS, OUR\nWETLANDS AND OUR FORESTS.\n- 11 -\nWHEN NORTH DAKOTANS CELEBRATE THEIR BICENTENNIAL, THESE\nTWO TREES WILL BE MAMMOTH, ALMOST 50 FEET TALL, AS\nHARDY AND STRONG AS THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. LET\nTHEM STAND AS A SYMBOL OF OUR COMMITMENT TO A CLEAN AND\nHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. MAY WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PRICELESS\nRESOURCE OF THE OUTDOORS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR\nCHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.\nTHANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO HELP YOU HERE TODAY WITH\nTHIS WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.\n- 12 -\nI WILL WATCH WITH INTEREST, AND LEND A HAND WHERE I\nCAN, AS THIS TREE GROWS AND DEVELOPS, JUST LIKE THE\nPEACE GARDEN STATE.\nHAPPY BIRTHDAY NORTH DAKOTA. GOD BLESS YOU, AND\nGOD BLESS AMERICA.\n# # #\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 20, 1989\nINFORMATION\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nMARK DAVIS\nTHROUGH:\nCHRISS WINSTON\ncw\nSUBJECT:\nBismarck\nYou will stop briefly in Bismarck, North Dakota, to dedicate a\n\"centennial grove\" in front of the capitol grounds. North Dakota\nis celebrating the year of its 100th birthday with 600 civic\nactivities. The centerpiece program encourages North Dakotans to\nplant 100 million trees by the year 2000. For this brief speech,\nI suggest pursuing the environmental angle by drawing on the\ntradition of a former North Dakota rancher -- Teddy Roosevelt.\nDavis/Wallace\nApril 20, 7 p.m.\nDraft: Three\nTitle: Bismarck\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE\nBISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA\nMONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 p.m.\nThank you Tom\n...\nIt's good to see you all\nGovernor\n(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,\nCongressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd\n(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)\nKretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec\n(Clough-back)\n...\nThank you all for inviting me to dedicate\nNorth Dakota's Centennial Grove.\n((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had\nno idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they\nsaid. Mr. President, all you' 11 have to do is to plant a\nsapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-\nfeet tall .))\nJust a few years before this state was carved out of the\nDakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a\nprominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.\nHaving lost his wife and mother in a single day, he came to these\nparts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the\n2\nrange in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.\nHe wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to\nsinglehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,\nTeddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became\nsomething else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,\nand back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an\nunderstanding that the seemingly endless resources cf the West\nwere threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As\nPresident, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children\non Arbor Day, 1907: \"A people without children would face a\nhopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless.\"\nSo let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,\nand the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by\nplanting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your\nstate will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees\nin one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree\nadd to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and\ncleaner air for North America\nThis forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious\ncentennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are\nfulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help\nsenior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,\nto a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.\n3\nThis year, you are also honoring those who settled here\nbefore North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --\nthe Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.\nAnd let us especially remember, in word and deed, those\ngreat peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --\nthe Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the\nplains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from\nthem a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is\nforever altered.\nBut we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of\nour air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North\nDakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will\nbe a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as\nthe people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our\ncommitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always\nhave the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of\nour children and our children's children.\nThank you for asking me to help you here today with this\nwonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a\nhand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the\nPeace Garden state.\n4\nHappy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless\nAmerica.\n#\n#\n#\nAPR 23 '89 15:51\nPAGE. 01\nBISMARCK\nto: MARK DAVIS\nFR: Rick PFARR\n23 APR 89\nAPR 23 '89 15:51\nPAGE. 02\nPar.\"\nso LBT us HONOR THE COMING 100TH\nBIRTH DAY OF NORTH DAKOTA, AND\nMRMORY OF THE NATION'S FIRST\nENVIROTIBNTALIST, BY DEDICATING THIS\nCENTENNIAL BUR OAK (100 FT FROM PODIUM AT 3 ocroch\nAND BY PLANTING THIS AMERICAN ELIY\n400FT 9 oclock) WHICH IS A SEROLING FROM A TREE 200\nYEARS OLD ,THAT WAS PLANTED ON THE\nSOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE\nBY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. BRFORE\nTHE YBAR 2000, your STATE WILL\nPLANT 100 MILLION TRRRS ALMOST HALF\nAS MANY TRABS IN ONE STATE AS THERE\nARR ATRRICANS IN THE UNION. MAY\nEACH TREE AND To THE ABUNDANCE\nOF THE GOOD LIFE IN NORTH DAKOTA,\nAND CLRANER AIR FOR NORTH ATTERICA,\nAPR 23 '89 15:51\nPAGE. 03\nPar. 4\n-\nTHiS ENORMOUS GOAL, FOR A\nSTATE WITH your POPULATION,\nis A SHINING EXAMPLE FOR\nALL AMERICANS TO FOLLOW -\nPLANT TREES FOR CLEANER\nAIR iN NORTH AMERICA, AND\nA BETTER LIFE IN NORTH DAKOTA,\nAPR 23 '89 15:52\nPAGE. 04\nPAR 8\nBUT wh 120 NOT HAVE To ACCEPT AS\nINBUITABLE THE SPOILING OF OUR\nAIR, out RIVERS, OUR WATRANDS AND\nOUR FORESTS. WHEN NORTH DAKOTANS\nCRLE BRATE THEIR BICEN TENNIAL, THIS\nNATIVE BUR OAK (100 DET AT 3' OCLOCK)\nAND THIS AMERICAN ELM (100FI AT =\n9 O'CLOCK) WITH SUCH HISTORICAL\nSIGNIFICANCE, WILL BOTH BE MANITOTH\nTRBBS, ALMOST 50 FEGT TALL, AS HARDY\nAND STRONG AS: THE PROPLE IT REPRESEN\nLET THEM STAND As A 5Y+YBOL OF\nOUR COMMITMENT To A CLEAN AND\nHRALTHY ENVIROITIENT, MAY WE\nALWAYS HAVE THE PRICELESS RESOURC\nOF THE OUT DOORS FOR THE ENJOYITEN\nOF OUR CHILDREN AND our CHILDRENS\nCHILDREN"
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