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WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT
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Name of Document: BRIEFING PAPERS
FOR PRESIDENTS
Subject Codes:
SCHEDULED
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THE SCHEDULE OF
PRESERVATION COPY PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Tuesday, June 28, 1983 The President has seen
9:00 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker, Meese, Deaver)
9:30 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Clark)
9:50 am
Photo with Bay Buchanan and Family
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Fischer)
(TAB A)
9:55 am
Photo/with Wayne and Elaine Newton
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Sittmann)
(TAB B)
10:00 am
Meeting with former Treasury
Oval Office
(15 min)
Secretaries
(Fuller)
(TAB C)
10:15 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
11:00 am
Clark Briefing
Oval Office
(60 min)
(Clark)
12:00 m
Luncheon with the new Advisory
Residence
(75 min)
Council on Private Sector Initiatives
(Coyne/Rosebush)
(TAB D) (draft remarks attached)
1:30 pm
Pre-News Conference Briefing
Family Theatre
(2 hrs)
(Gergen/Speakes)
3:30 pm
Personal Staff Time Remainder
Oval Office/
of Afternoon
Residence
8:00 pm
News Conference
East Room
(30 min)
(Gergen/Speakes)
UNP 6/27/83
4:00 pm
THE SCHEDULE OF
Der
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Tuesday, June 28, 1983 The President has seen
9:00-
9:00 am
Staff Time 9:03-
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker, Meese, Deaver)
9803 for WRIGHT -9:05 9:24 we
9:30 am
National Security Briefing 9:33 -
Oval Office
(15 min)
945
STATEMAN th, Em, MRO, KRED WETTERING, MEFARLAND
(Clark) Ame. KINKPATHICK AmB. QUAINTON
9:50 am
Photo with Bay Buchanan and Family
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Fischer)
(TAB A)
9:55 am
Photo with Wayne and Elaine Newton
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Sittmann)
(TAB B)
10:00 am
Meeting with former Treasury 10.04- 10:22 Oval Office
(15 min)
Secretaries PHOTO
(Fuller)
(TAB C)
10:15 am
Personal Staff Time 10:24-
Oval Office
(45 min)
11:00 am
(60 min)
Clark (Clark) Briefing 11:07-
Oval Office
KROD
12:00 m
Luncheon with the new Advisory
- 1:19 Residence
(75 min)
Council on Private Sector Initiatives
(Coyne/Rosebush)
(TAB D) (draft remarks attached)
1:30-2:05 am, FIELDING, MKD, SPEAKES, DARMAN
1:30 pm
Pre-News Conference Briefing
Family Theatre
(2 hrs)
(Gergen/Speakes) 2:09-
3:30 pm
Personal Staff Time Remainder
of Afternoon
3:34-
Oval Office/
Residence
8:00 pm
News Conference
East Room
(30 min)
(Gergen/Speakes)
UNP 6/27/83
4:00 pm
THE SCHEDULE OF
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Tuesday, June 28, 1983
9:00 am
Staff Time
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Baker, Meese, Deaver)
9:30 am
National (Clark) Security Briefing fred writing
Oval Office
(15 min)
9:45 -
9.40 amh@mainton
9:50 am
Photo with Bay Buchanan and Family
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Fischer)
(TAB A)
9:55 am
Photo with Wayne and Elaine Newton
Oval Office
(5 min)
(Sittmann)
(TAB B)
10:00 am
Meeting with former Treasury
Oval Office
(15 min)
Secretaries
(Fuller)
(TAB C)
10:15 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
get David Jones
11:00 am
Clark Briefing
Oval Office
(60 min)
(Clark)
12:00 m
Luncheon with the new Advisory
Residence
(75 min)
Council on Private Sector Initiatives
(Coyne/Rosebush)
MTG.
(TAB D) (draft remarks attached)
1:30 pm
-
MKD
Pre-News FF, (30)
OD,
Conference Briefing
Family Theatre
(2 hrs)
(Gergen/Speakes)
2:00
3:30 pm
Personal Staff Time Remainder
Oval Office/
of Afternoon
Residence
8:00 pm
News Conference
East Room
(30 min)
(Gergen/Speakes)
UNP 6/27/83
4:00 pm
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1983
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH
WAYNE NEWTON
DATE:
Tuesday, June 28, 1983
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
9:55 a.m. (5 minutes)
FROM:
William F. Sittmann
ml
I.
PURPOSE
To have a photo opportunity with Wayne and Elaine Newton.
II.
PARTICIPANTS
NEWTON
Elaine Newton (wife) Fiscater
III.
PRESS PLAN
Official White House Photographer only
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1983
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH ANGELA M. "BAY" BUCHANAN
DATE:
Tuesday, June 28, 1983
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
9:50 am
FROM:
David Fischer
I.
PURPOSE
Photo opportunity with Bay Buchanan, who is leaving her
position as United States Treasurer on July 1, 1983.
II. BACKGROUND
Bay Buchanan has served as United States Treasurer since
the beginning of the Administration. Prior to her Presi-
dential Appointment, she worked on the 1976 and 1980
campaigns.
On January 28, 1983, Mrs. Buchanan had a son and has
chosen at this point in life to devote full time to her
husband and family.
III. PARTICIPANTS
Em
The President
Bay Buchanan
Catherine Buchanan (her mother)
William Buchanan (her father)
Billie Buchanan, Jr. (her 5 month old son)
IV.
PRESS PLAN
White House Photographer
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
9:50 am
Bay Buchanan and family enter
Oval Office. Photos are taken
and you visit briefly.
9:55 am
Bay Buchanan and family depart
Oval Office.
June 28, 1983
Kathy:
The following people will be in attendance at the 11:00
meeting with the Presisdent this morning:
Judge Clark
Bud McFarlane
Phil Dur
Don Fortier
Al Sapia-Bosch
Oliver North
Florence
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1983
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH ANGELA M. "BAY" BUCHANAN
DATE:
Tuesday, June 28, 1983
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
9:50 am
FROM:
David Fischer
I.
PURPOSE
Photo opportunity with Bay Buchanan, who is leaving her
position as United States Treasurer on July 1, 1983.
II. BACKGROUND
Bay Buchanan has served as United States Treasurer since
the beginning of the Administration. Prior to her Presi-
dential Appointment, she worked on the 1976 and 1980
campaigns.
On January 28, 1983, Mrs. Buchanan had a son and has
chosen at this point in life to devote full time to her
husband and family.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The President
Bay Buchanan
Catherine Buchanan (her mother)
William Buchanan (her father)
Billie Buchanan, Jr. (her 5 month old son)
IV. PRESS PLAN
White House Photographer
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
9:50 am
Bay Buchanan and family enter
Oval Office. Photos are taken
and you visit briefly.
9:55 am
Bay Buchanan and family depart
Oval Office.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1983
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH
WAYNE NEWTON
DATE:
Tuesday, June 28, 1983
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
9:55 a.m. (5 minutes)
FROM:
William F. Sittmann
I.
PURPOSE
To have a photo opportunity with Wayne and Elaine Newton.
II.
PARTICIPANTS
Elaine Newton (wife)
III.
PRESS PLAN
Official White House Photographer only
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1983
MEETING WITH SECRETARY REGAN AND SIX FORMER
SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY
DATE:
June 28, 1983
LOCATION:
Oval Office
TIME:
10:00 A.M. (15 Minutes)
FROM:
Craig L. Fuller CLF
I. PURPOSE
To endorse the proposed legislation providing for increased
U.S. participation in the International Monetary Fund.
II. BACKGROUND
The International Monetary Fund was established nearly
forty years ago to avoid the economic restrictions and
financial disruption of the interwar years and to promote
a sound world economic and financial system. Under U.S.
leadership the IMF has been remarkably successful in
fulfilling its responsibilities and has served well the
broadest of U.S. economic, foreign policy and security
interests.
The world economy is currently experiencing economic and
financial strains without precedent in the postwar period
and the resources of the IMF are being rapidly depleted.
The Congress is now being asked to approve legislation
providing for the U.S. share of an increase in IMF
resources. There is widespread reluctance by the Members
of Congress to support this request.
Ten former Treasury Secretaries have agreed to sign an
endorsement of the proposed increase. Six of them will
meet with you to voice their strong support for the
legislation.
III. PARTICIPANTS
Secretary Regan, C. Douglas Dillon, Henry H. Fowler,
David M. Kennedy, G. William Miller, John W. Snyder,
Joseph W. Barr, Ed Meese, Jim Baker, Bill Clark,
Ken Duberstein, and Craig Fuller.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Photo opportunity
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
- Secretary Regan will introduce each former Secretary to
you.
- Secretary Regan will make brief remarks.
- You will make brief remarks, primarily thanking the
former Secretaries for their bipartisan support.
- Photo opportunity.
TALKING POINTS FOR THE MEETING WITH FORMER TREASURY
SECRETARIES JUNE 28, 1983
--
I thank you both for coming in today and for your
support of our efforts to pass a supplemental appro-
priations measure for the International Monetary Fund
(IMF).
--
I have seen the joint statement that each of you has
signed and I know it will help us advance this important
measure in the Congress.
---
You should know that I have met with our congressional
leaders on this matter. I have told them that:
The maintenance of a sound world economy and stable
financial system are essential to U.S. economic recovery
as well as vital U.S. foreign policy and security
interests.
The IMF is the centerpiece of U.S. strategy for dealing
with the international debt problem.
Absent IMF financing , many developing countries would
have to undertake severe and abrupt economic adjustment
which could lead to serious political and social in-
stability.
Confidence in U.S. leadership would be weakened were we
to walk away from an institution that the U.S. created
and has led for forty years under both Republican and
Democratic Administrations.
--
Regarding concerns expressed by Congress, we have
indicated:
The IMF is a monetary institution, and a revolving fund.
The U.S. is the second largest user of IMF resources
(U.K. is first).
The increase in U.S. funds for the IMF will not directly
affect the budget deficit and will have only a very
modest impact on Treasury borrowing requirements.
Bank regulators, in consultation with Congress, are
moving to strengthen their supervisory practices and
procedures over international lending by banks.
--
Hill status:
We are pushing the House to take-up the IMF authorization
as soon as they return from their July 4th recess--the
House will not consider the IMF supplemental until after
the authorization bill is considered.
We could use broad bipartisan support from the former
Treasury secretaries to help build a coalition.
Their statement will help. Anything else that the
former Treasury secretaries could do or suggest to
encourage the House to move on this measure will be
appreciated.
JOINT STATEMENT BY FORMER SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY:
THE NEED FOR AN INCREASE IN IMF RESOURCES
As former Secretaries of the Treasury, we want to affirm our
belief that legislation providing for increased U.S. participa-
tion in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is vital to American
interests and voice our strong support for this legislation.
The IMF has been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign economic
policy under Republican and Democratic Administrations for nearly
forty years. It was established under U.S. leadership to avoid
the economic restrictions and financial disruption of the inter-
war years and to promote the sound world economic and financial
system essential to prosperity of all countries. The IMF has been
remarkably successful in fulfilling its responsibilities and as
such has served well the broadest of U.S. economic, foreign policy,
and security interests.
The world economy is currently experiencing economic and
financial strains without precedent in the postwar period. Many
developing countries are no longer able to earn the foreign ex-
change to pay for needed imports and to service their debts, and
could be forced to implement excessive economic contraction and
disruptive trade and financial measures reminiscent of the
Depression. The success of cooperative efforts to achieve an
orderly resolution of these difficulties depends to a great ex-
tent on the IMF. However, the resources of the IMF are being
depleted rapidly, and its ability to provide financing in support
of members' balance of payments adjustment efforts will soon be
exhausted.
After intensive negotiations, international agreement has
been reached on measures to assure that the IMF has adequate
resources to fulfill its important responsiblities. The Congress
is now being asked to approve legislation providing for the U.S.
share of the increase in IMF resources -- a share that is less
than 20 percent of the total increase. Failure of the United
States to participate in this increase in resources, for the
institution that is at the center of international efforts to
deal with current global financial problems, would have serious
consequences for our own economic recovery and the preservation
of millions of American jobs. Moreover, it would have a deva-
stating impact on international confidence in U.S. leadership
and result in severe economic and political instability in coun-
tries of vital interest to the United States.
The IMF was created in response to the lessons of the Great
Depression. Unless we learn from the lessons of the past, we
will inevitably repeat earlier mistakes. The costs to the
United States would far exceed the investment the Congress is
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now being asked to approve. For these reasons, we urge prompt
approval of this legislation.
Robert B. Anderson
Joseph W. Barr
W. Michael Blumenthal
John B. Connally
C. Douglas Dillon
Henry H. Fowler
David M. Kennedy
G. William Miller
George P. Shultz
John W. Snyder
Former Secretary
Term
Administration
Major Developments
John M. Snyder
6/25/46-
Truman
Served during years
1/20/53
immediately following
World War II when U.S.
was pursuing broad
economic programs to
assist reconstruction
efforts, especially
the Marshall Plan.
IMF began operations
on March 1, 1947.
Douglas Dillon
1/21/61-
Kennedy
Spearheaded drive to
4/1/65
Johnson
open up capital markets
internationally. Sup-
ported the boosting
of IMF resources through
the establishment of the
General Arrangement to
Borrow (1962).
Henry A. Fowler
4/1/65-
Johnson
Paid particular atten-
12/20/68
tion to strengthening
the international mone-
tary system through
adequate liquidity.
Was instrumental in
creation of the new
international reserve
asset, the Special
Drawing Right, now the
unit of account for
all IMF transactions
Additionaly, was major
figure in getting 1966
general quota increase.
2
Former Secretary
Term
Administration
Major Developments
Joseph W. Barr
12/21/68-
Johnson
Very close to
1/20/69
international monetary
affairs both as
Undersecretary: 4/29/65-
Undersecretary and
12/21/68
later as Secretary;
has remained actively
involved in important
international monetary
issues as a private
citizen.
David M. Kennedy
1/22/69-
Nixon
Special Drawing
2/10/71
Right facility activated
and the first and
second SDR allocations
made. Quotas were
increased in 1970.
Additionally, studies
were made of proposals
for adopting limited
exchange rate flexi-
bility.
G. William Miller
8/6/79-
Carter
Seventh general IMF
1/20/81
quota increase became
effective (1980).
Supported IMF to assume
an expanded surveillance
role under the floating
exchange rate system.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1983
LUNCHEON FOR THE NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON
PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
DATE:
June 28, 1983
LOCATION:
State Dining Room
TIME:
12 noon
FROM:
James K. Coyne, Special Assistant
to the President for Private Sector
Initiatives
I. PURPOSE
To welcome the new Presidential Advisory Council Members
on Private Sector Initiatives to their new jobs. They
will be sworn in by the Attorney General in a meeting at
the Red Cross Building on the morning of the 28th.
II. BACKGROUND
The new Presidential Advisory Council on Private Sector
Initiatives has been created with an Executive Order that
will just have been issued. The new Chairman of the
Advisory Council will be Robert Galvin who is the Chairman
of the Board of Motorola. The new Vice Chairman will be
Dr. Gloria Toote.
At the completion of its work, the former Task Force on
Private Sector Initiatives which was headed by Bill Verity
recommended that its work be carried on in some appropriate
manner because of the importance of Presidential participation.
The decision was made to create a new Council that would
concentrate on action and implementation of the many proven
private sector initiative concepts. The new Council has been
created to take Bill Verity's Task Force's work the next
step.
III PARTICIPANTS
Attached is the list of the new members of the President's
Advisory Council on Private Sector Initiatives.
IV. PRESS PLAN
Open Press Coverage.
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
-- 12:00 noon Arrive at the State Dining Room
-- Greeted by Robert Galvin, Chairman of the new Presidential
Advisory Council on PSI
William Verity, Chairman of the former Task
Force on PSI
James K. Coyne, Special Assistant to the President
for PSI
-- lunch
-- brief remarks
-- Photo Opportunity handshake with the new members
-- 1:15 P.M. Depart
Advisory Committee Members Attached
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON
PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
CHAIRMAN
Robert Galvin
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Motorola, Incorporated
1303 East Algonquin Road
Schaumberg, Illinois 60196
(O) 312/576-5300
VICE CHAIRMAN
Dr. Gloria E. A. Toote
President
TREA Estates and Enterprises
282 West 137th Street
New York, New York 10030
(0) 212/926-5114
MEMBERS
Mr. Paul J. Adams
Principal
Providence - St. Mel High School
119 South Central Park
Chicago, Illinois 60624
(0) 312/722-4600
Miss Ann Ascher
President
Ann Ascher Interiors, Inc.
201 South Beverly Glenn Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
(0) 213/279-1189
The Honorable Malcolm Baldrige
Secretary
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. 20230
(O) 202/377-2112
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George Ball
President, Chief Executive Officer
Prudential - Bache Securities
100 Gold Street
New York, New York 10292
(0) 212/791-2617
The Honorable Terrel H. Bell
Secretary
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, D.C. 20202
(0) 202/426-6420
The Honorable John R. Block
Secretary
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20250
(0) 202/447-3631
Edmund T. Cranch
President
Worcester Polytech Institute
West Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01609
(0) 617/793-5200
Osborne A. Day
1400 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(0) 202/466-6789
The Honorable Elizabeth H. Dole
Secretary
U.S. Department of Transportation
Washington, D.C. 20590
(0) 202/426-1111
The Honorable Raymond Donovan
Secretary
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20210
(0) 202/523-8271
John "Jock" Elliott
Chairman Emeritus
Ogilvy & Mather (Advertising)
2 East 48th Street
New York, New York 10017
(0) 212/907-3400
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Thomas W. Evans, Esq.
Partner
Mudge, Rose, Guthrie,
Alexander & Ferdon
20 Broad Street
New York, New York 10005
(0) 212/701-1514
The Honorable Margaret M. Heckler
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C. 20201
(0) 202/245-7000
John Cardinal Krol
Archbishop of Philadelphia
222 North 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(0) 215/587-3800
Mr. A. C. Lyles
A. C. Lyles Productions
Warner-Hollywood Studios
1040 North Formosa Avenue
Hollywood, California
(0) 213/850-2492
General William Lyon
The William Lyon Company
19 Corporate Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(O) 714/833-3600
Fred Malek
Executive Vice President
The Marriott Corporation
Number One Marriott Drive
Washington, D.C. 20058
(0) 202/897-9000
John McClaughry
President
Institute for Liberty and Community
RFD
Concord, Vermont
(H) 802/695-2555
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Mrs. Joyce Miller
Vice President and Director of
Social Services for the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers Union
15 Union Square
New York, New York 10003
(0) 212/242-0700
Dr. Robert W. Miller
President
Freedoms Foundation
at Valley Forge
Valley Forge, PA 19481
(0) 215/933-8825
Robert T. Monagan, Jr.
President, California
Manufacturers Association
Hotel Senator Office Building
1121 L Street
Suite 900
Post Office Box 1138
Sacramento, California 95805
(0) 916/441-5420
Robert Mosbacher, Jr.
Vice President
Mosbacher Production Company
1300 Main Street
Suite 2100
Houston, Texas 77002
(0) 713/651-0100
Donald E. Nordlund
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company
2200 Eldorado Street
Decatur, Illinois 62525
(0) 217/423-4411
The Honorable Thomas Pauken
Director
ACTION
806 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20525
(0) 202/254-3120
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The Honorable Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.
Secretary
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D.C. 20410
(0) 202/755-6417
John V. Roach
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Tandy Corporation
1900 One Tandy Center
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(0) 817/390-3214
Donald Sammis
Chairman of the Board
The Foundation for Private
Sector Innovation
Suite 902
888 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
(O) 202/835-0816
R. William Taylor
President
American Society of Association
Executives
1575 Eye Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
(0) 202/626-2723
Alexander Trowbridge
President
National Association of Manufacturers
1776 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
(0) 202/626-3700
C. William Verity, Jr.
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Armco, Incorporated
703 Curtis Street
Middletown, Ohio 45042
(0) 513/425-5666
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Dr. Sheldon Weinig
President
Material Research Corporation
Route 303
Orangeburg, New York 10962
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Robert Woodson
President
National Center for Neighborhood
Enterprise
1130 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
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(Parvin/AB)
June 27, 1983
3:30 p.m.
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: LUNCHEON WITH PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY
COUNCIL ON PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1983
Thank you. I'm very pleased to welcome to the White House
the members of the new Advisory Council on Private Sector
Initiatives, the members of the Cabinet who will be serving on
the Council, Bob Galvin, our new chairman, and Bill Verity who
chaired our earlier Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives.
I haven't seen so much talent gathered together at the White
House since the Beach Boys were here.
But I'll tell you, we are here today to talk about a popular
revolution that is going to rival rock and roll when we all look
back on it.
Private Sector Initiatives are as basic as the American
traditions of neighbor helping neighbor, as selfless as our
millions of volunteers and as simple as a helping hand. But
these private actions are part of a national movement that is
sweeping across the country like a prairie fire. The American
people have developed a new way of thinking about how to solve
social and economic problems.
Today you can go to about any community and discover private
individuals creatively solving public problems. I wish you
could've been to all the places I've already been and seen the
remarkable, public-spirited things I've already witnessed. And I
also hear countless stories of people whom I'll never be able to
meet who've taken the initiative to find private solutions to
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public problems. I could give you examples all afternoon of the
efforts that are already being made.
In Harris County, Texas, Dr. Joel Reed and the Harris County
Medical Society have developed a system whereby computers
schedule indigent families into time slots that doctors donate.
The McDonald's Corporation, which is known already for its
Ronald McDonald Houses, has now launched a major child
safety-belt campaign in cooperation with the National Safety
Council. And I hope they're just as successful with the safety
program as they are with their hamburgers.
In New York, the Private Industry Council and American
Express have found a new way to put homebound handicapped people
to work. American Express has given word-processing equipment to
handicapped employees who are now able to work in their homes. A
whole new market of productive workers has been opened up.
There are examples of food banks and job-a-thons and elderly
care and any number of good causes. Everywhere I travel, people
are forming new coalitions to explore ways for their communities
to meet child care needs, help displaced workers find new jobs,
and address important community problems like drug and alcohol
abuse. Everywhere you look people are developing creative
solutions to our local needs.
And here because it's such an important issue, let me
mention there are many, many ways the private sector could help
the Nation out on its educational problems. Throughout the
country, businesses are adopting schools and new educational
partnerships are forming. Private citizens and parents are
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getting involved in schools and I hope you will take a special
look at what we can do here.
Neighbor helping neighbor is an American tradition. But let
me tell you something -- the secret is getting out. Not long ago
I was down in Williamsburg -- you may have read about it; it was
in all the papers. Well, I just learned that at the Williamsburg
Summit the Japanese heard about our private sector initiatives.
They've asked for information and they're studying its
possibilities. If the Japanese are interested, we must really be
on to something.
As members of the new Advisory Council on Private Sector
Initiatives, I am asking you to contribute your energy to a
national movement that is already energized. All over the
country, people are finding new solutions for the problems they
see in their communities. But they can use your help too.
We want to activate even more of that energy in our people.
We need your help in multiplying the applications of all the good
private sector ideas and projects around the country. We want
the individual or company who seeks to do something about
displaced workers, for example, to know there are successful
programs that have worked in other communities. Bob Galvin and
Jim Coyne have some proposals on how we can achieve all these
ends.
We want the person with a good idea about how to help with
social and economic problems to know that he or she can make a
difference. We need each of you to help us find ways to build
the networks, develop the partnerships, and find the resources to
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make seemingly small ideas become national solutions to broad
problems.
This is a call to action. We need your help -- the Nation
needs your help -- to ensure that our communities, our
volunteers, our service organizations and corporations are active
participants in solving our critical problems. I believe in what
Americans can do for each other. And I believe in what you on
this Council can do. I want to thank you for your service to
America and to her people. And I look forward to the good work
you will do. God bless you.