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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001a. fax
To Maggie Williams from Lynn Cutler re: meeting (1 page)
11/28/95
Personal Misfile
001b. memo
To Lottie Shackelford, Ann Lewis, Deb de Lee from Lynn Cutler re:
11/15/95
Personal Misfile
Women's Activities at the Convention (2 pages)
001c. fax
To Lynn Cutler from M. Tramontina re: Principal Travel (1 page)
11/07/95
Personal Misfile
001d. chart
Proposed Visits by Principals to lowa (1 page)
11/07/95
Personal Misfile
001e. report
A Proposal for Trips by VPOTUS to Iowa Democratic Party Training
11/07/95
Personal Misfile
Workshops (1 page)
002a. fax
To Maggie Williams from Lynn Cutler (1 page)
12/20/95
Personal Misfile
002b. memo
To Hillary Rodham Clinton from Lynn Cutler re: End of the Year
12/29/95
Personal Misfile
Women's Update (2 pages)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Maggie Williams (Subject Files)
OA/Box Number: 10813
FOLDER TITLE:
Women's Office Info [2]
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 13, 1995
MEMORANDUM FOR WOMEN APPOINTEES
FROM:
BETSY MYERS
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director for
Women's Initiatives and Outreach
RE:
THIS HOLIDAY, WOMEN'S OUTREACH - AT THE TABLE
The holidays are nearly upon us and I know many of you are planning trips to your home towns.
This holiday, please consider setting aside an hour to meet with local women as part of our
nationwide women's outreach initiative, At The Table.
Women across America are eager to share their concerns with the President. The President
needs you to serve as his ambassador to local women. Women appointees are the President's
best representatives for listening to women and carrying their voices to the policy table. You can
help local women have access to the President and you can empower them with the information
you share about the President's work for women and families. We will compile a monthly
report to the President and White House policy-makers outlining women's concerns.
We are asking each woman appointee to host at least one At The Table roundtable discussion
with small groups of local women outside the Beltway during your regular official travel or
when you are home for the holidays and then to report back to my office what women said.
You can be any level of appointee, from Schedule C to PAS. You do not need to be an
expert on domestic policy. You merely need to be willing to spend some time listening to
local women. If you have not yet received a simple "how-to" kit with all the materials you
need, including a report form, please call us at (202) 456-7300.
It can be as easy as sitting down for an hour with former community colleagues to ask what's on
their minds. Attached is a list of some local resources you could call. My office also has
some contacts across the country who may be able to help. We will include you in our White
House kick-off event at which we hope to announce that women appointees have successfully
held hundreds of At The Table roundtables. You will join the ranks of the President, Vice
President, First Lady, Mrs. Gore, Secretary Shalala and the Attorney General -- all of whom have
gathered local women to hear their input. To date, dozens of women appointees have reached out
to local women across the country, from advocates in Massachusetts, to businesswomen in New
York, to single mom's whose voices are not usually heard at the policy table.
We must stress that At The Table is not a political activity and may not be used as such;
rather, it is part of the Administration's efforts to include women in government policy and to
share women's input with the President. This is about giving women the opportunity to talk to a
listening ear about issues important to them.
Please help us keep track of your plans by faxing the attached sign-up sheet to us and also
to your agency women's liaison. Please also tell us of any local women leaders you know
whom we ( 1 k to serve as contacts for helping t up At The Table meetings.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
SUGGESTED LOCAL RESOURCES for
AT THE TABLE OUTREACH MEETINGS
Your neighbors and family friends (e.g., your mother's bridge club).
Your high school and college acquaintances.
Local chapters of women's organizations, such as: League of Women Voters, American
Association of University Women, National Organization of Women (NOW), Women's
Political Caucus, Junior League, Garden Clubs, Society of Women Engineers, Business &
Professional Women's Club, Eastern Star, Council of Jewish Women, etc. (Think of
organizations in which you, your mom or your grandmothers have participated.)
Other local organizations: Parent-Teacher Association, Chamber of Commerce, Jay Cees,
Urban League, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the women's section of state or
local bar associations, medical societies, NAACP, Anti-Defamation League, labor unions,
groups of educators, schools, etc.
Churches or synagogues and religious organizations for women, including women's
"circles" and groups of women with young children. Churches and synagogues may have
their own day care programs or community centers where/through which local mothers
and elderly women may be contacted.
Neighborhood groups, like Neighborhood Watch and neighborhood associations.
Mayor and/or Governor's Women's Office or Women's Commission.
Women elected officials and women appointed officials.
Women's newspapers or press.
Nursing homes, retirement homes or other institutions where many women live and have
trouble getting out.
Colleges/Universities in your area or your Alma Mater: Contact the Dean's Office, the
student government association or the college women's center.
Government-related groups of women: government-employees organization, WIC, Head
Start, etc. You may be able to locate these sources by calling the local welfare office, i.e.,
AFDC, the local school superintendent's office, etc.
Please also tell us of any local women leaders you know whom we can ask to serve as
contacts for helping set up At The Table meetings for other appointees.
TIPS ON GETTING MEDIA COVERAGE FOR
YOUR AT THE TABLE OUTREACH MEETINGS
If you have not worked closely with the media before, please call Mary Dixon in the Women's
Office at 202-456-7300. We will give you media contacts and advice.
Strategies for Pitching Your Roundtable
Prepare a News Release: Prepare a news release announcing your roundtable to fax to
all local media: television, radio, newspapers, specialty and trade press. See the sample
news release in your At the Table kit or call us. Whenever calling the media to come
cover your roundtable, have a news release ready to fax to them. They will always want
to see the information on paper. In addition to what the sample news release suggests that
you include, add the names of the participants if you have them. If not -- just tell the
editor or reporter the time, date and place.
Photos: If you are not comfortable having the roundtable covered by a reporter, try
placing just a photo. Call a weekly newspaper to come take a photograph or maybe take
your own photograph of the participants at the table and submit it later to a local
newspaper.
Local Angle: Emphasize the local angle while giving the national angle, too. Simply: To
convince a reporter to cover the roundtable, explain that local women are participating
in a national initiative.
Emphasize that this is a White House initiative: Always emphasize that a report will
be sent from your roundtable to the White House and that monthly reports are being
compiled and sent to the President and other policy-makers throughout the White House.
You are the President's Representative: The bottom line -- as a Presidential appointee
always remember that you are representing the President.
We're Here to Help: If you have questions you can't answer about the At the Table
initiative, call Mary Dixon in the Women's Office at 202-456-7300 or have the reporter
call her directly.
Who To Call for Press
Local and Special-Interest Papers: Always reach out to the local weekly newspapers
and the specialty press (i.e., a Women's magazine, African-American newspaper, Hispanic
or Asian-American) as well as the trade press. If you have businesswomen at your table,
call the local business publication. In many cities, there are women business publications
you should contact. As Peggy Lewis in White House Media Affairs reminds us: Think
inclusive and not exclusive when contacting the media.
-continued-
Page 2
At the Table
Media Suggestions
Women's Issues Reporters: When deciding which reporter to call at a newspaper, try
asking who covers women and family issues. They may be your best bet.
Columnists: Consider calling a columnist at the local newspaper. They are always
looking for column ideas and this will give them an opportunity to come hear the
concerns of the local women in their community.
Suburban Editions: Most large metropolitan newspapers have suburban editions. If you
are holding a roundtable in a suburban area, see if the larger newspaper in the area has a
suburban bureau there. Call the main number of the newspaper and ask for the bureau
number. Then call the reporters in that bureau and ask them to cover your roundtable.
Talk Radio: Contact a local talk radio show host, especially if there is a woman talk
show host in the area. See if you can get an interview before or after the roundtable.
Remember interviews are not pop quizzes. You don't have to know all the answers.
Simply answer the questions you know and say you will get back to them with the
answers you don't know.
Specific Topics: If your roundtable is on a specific topic, like domestic violence, find out
the reporters in your area who cover that topic usually and target them.
TV: If you want television coverage, contact the local television stations by calling and
asking for the assignment editor. Tell the editor that the White House is holding a
roundtable with local women to discuss their concerns. Tell them who will be there and
give them a little background on the At the Table initiative.
PLEASE ALWAYS FAX OR MAIL ANY NEWS CLIPS FROM YOUR ROUNDTABLE
TO THE WOMEN'S OFFICE: FAX: 202-456-7311.
THE WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE FOR WOMEN'S INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH
708 JACKSON PLACE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
WOMEN APPOINTEES SIGN UP NOW!
JOIN THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONWIDE WOMEN'S OUTREACH INITIATIVE!
AT THE TABLE
Women across America are eager to share their concerns with The White House and to
know that the President has heard their input. As women appointees, we can serve as the
President's best representatives in listening to women and carrying their voices back to the
President. The At The Table project relies on women appointees to meet with small groups of
local women outside of the Beltway - during your regular official travel or when you are home
for Thanksgiving or the Holidays and then to report back to us what women said.
We'll make it easy for you. You do not need to be an expert on the President's domestic
policy agenda. You merely need to be willing to spend some time listening to local women. We
will help you reach local women by providing contacts who can set up a meeting for you in any
city. We'll provide all the materials you will need. This is not a political activity and may not be
used as such; rather, it is part of the Administration's efforts to include women in government
policy and to share women's input with the President.
Are you willing to host an At The Table outreach meeting for local women? (Y)
(N)
DATE for your At The Table:
CITY for your At The Table:
NAME:
TITLE:
DEPARTMENT/AGENCY:
STREET ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
WORK PHONE:
(
)
FAX:
(
)
HOME PHONE:
(
)
FAX:
(
)
INTERNET:
Fax this form to:
The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach
Betsy Myers, Director
202-456-7300; Fax 202-456-7311
YOUR PAST WILL AMAZE you
CHRISTMAS ON S STREET
In addition to viewing the exhibit, "An Act of Right and Justice: Woodrow Wilson and
Women's Suffrage," on the evening of Wednesday, December 20, 1995, visitors are invited
to tour the Wilson House. The Woodrow Wilson House is the only Presidential museum in
the nation's capital. The house is decorated in historic style for the Christmas season. Here
remain the trophies, souvenirs and keepsakes of a President, exactly as they were when he was in
residence. Describing the Wilsons' selection of this home for their retirement, Edith Wilson stated
the house on S Street was "comfortable, dignified, unpretentious, and suited to the needs of a
"
gentleman...'
Woodrow Wilson began his long and varied career as a university professor, writing nine
books, and more than thirty-five articles on politics and history. After serving as President of
Princeton University (1902-1910), he was elected governor of New Jersey. In 1912, he was elected
President of the United States, winning re-election to a second term in 1916.
In 1921, after leading the nation through the first World War, President Woodrow Wilson
moved to this elegant Washington home, in the heart of today's Embassy Row. The museum
provides a glimpse into the life of an educator, scholar and world statesman. The house was
designed in the Georgian Revival architectural style by Washington architect Waddy Butler Wood.
Here the Wilsons entertained prominent visitors including David Lloyd George, and Georges
Clemeceau, Prime Ministers of England and France during World War I. King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth of the Belgians visited the Wilsons in retirement in this home. Wilson spent his days
visiting with friends and family in the comfort of his Library and taking long chauffeured drives
through the Virginia countryside. In the evenings the Wilsons watched silent films on his
"Graphoscope" movie projector, a gift of screen star Douglas Fairbanks.
After Wilson's death in 1924, his widow Edith Bolling Wilson, continued to live in the
house on S Street until her death at age 89 in 1961. She left the home to the National Trust for
Historic Preservation to be operated as a museum dedicated to Wilson's legacy. The museum has
been open to the public since 1963.
Wilson House staff will be stationed in the historic rooms to answer visitor questions.
Rooms on view include the Drawing Room, Library, Morning Room, Dining Room, home office
affectionately called, "The Dug-out" along with the cooking kitchen, full of early 1920's cooking
items. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the historic private bedrooms.
Don't miss this opportunity to tour one of the Capital's truly unique historic houses!
Your past will amaze you!
The Woodrow Wilson House
Invites You to Celebrate Women's Right to Vote
and View the Exhibit
"An Act of Right and Justice:
A National Trust
Woodrow Wilson and Women's Suffrage"
Historic Site
The Woodrow Wilson House is pleased to offer a group tour of this
special exhibit for the women appointees of the Clinton Administration. The
tours will be held on the evening of Wednesday, December 20, 1995. Open
Universal suffrage is the foundation of
house hours are 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $ 4.00 per person, payable at
every evil in this country
the door.
Woodrow Wilson as a Princeton student, 1879.
My own mind is in the midst of
"An Act of Right and Justice: Woodrow Wilson and Women's Suffrage," honors
the debate [on suffrage]. I do not feel
the 75th Anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth
I am ready to utter any confident
Amendment passed into law granting all adult women citizens the right to vote in America. In
judgement about it.
November, 1920, women participated at the national level in their first Presidential election.
WW, New Jersey Governor, 1912.
An Act of Right and Justice captures the spirit of the final years of the suffrage campaign
the movement for woman suffrage is
with original memorabilia, including a suffragist marching costume, banners, pins, books, handbills,
becoming irresistible.
and photographs of suffrage activities. On view is the official pardon of 16 imprisoned suffragists.
WW during the 1916 re-election campaign.
signed by President Wilson in 1917. Featured in the exhibit are audio recordings of interviews with
suffragists Alice Paul and Laura Ellsworth Seiller and suffrage songs of the era.
/ regard the concurrence of the Senate
in the constitutional amendment
Notes, letters, and speeches of President Wilson illustrate his turnaround from noncommittal
proposing the extension of suffrage to
bystander to suffrage advocate. Visitors may see copies of ratification documents from a few of the
women as vitally essential to the
thirty-six states that ratified the amendment.
successful prosecution of the great war
of humanity in which we are now
The exhibit also explores the depth to which the suffrage controversy penetrated American
engaged.
popular culture. On display are "Votes for Women" playing cards, suffrage Valentines, postcards,
WW speaking before the U.S. Senate, 1918.
and birth announcements, and novelty items such as a suffrage thimble, fan, and calendar. Also on
view is sheet music for popular pro-suffrage songs of the day, including "She's Good Enough to be
I shall be interested to find out if
Your Baby's Mother and She's Good Enough to Vote With You."
women are rallying to our the
Democratic Party's] cause. I shall be
The Wilson House is located at 2340 S Street, NW, off embassy Row,
very much disappointed if they do not
and think that they have forgotten that
near the corner of 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, NW, in the District.
they are chiefly indebted to me for the
Limited on-street parking is available. The museum is within walking distance of Metro, DuPont
suffrage.
Circle Station (Red Line). Parking and access for persons with disabilities is available.
WW in retirement, commenting upon the
upcoming Congressional elections, 1922.
Please RSVP to the answering machine number (202) 234-6162.
Woodrow Wilson House
Commemorates
Women's Voting Rights
Now through January 8, 1996
New
WOODROW
York
WILSON HOUSE
2340 S Street. Northwest
Washington,
District of Columbia 20008
202 387.4062
WOMEN APPOINTEES SIGN UP NOW!
JOIN THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONWIDE WOMEN'S OUTREACH INITIATIVE!
AT THE TABLE
Women across America are eager to share their concerns with The White House and
to know that the President has heard their input. As women appointees, we can serve as the
President's best representatives in listening to women and carrying their voices back to the
President. The At The Table project relies on women appointees to meet with small groups
of local women outside of the Beltway -- during your regular official travel or when you are
home for Thanksgiving or the Holidays -- and then to report back to us what women said.
We'll make it easy for you. You do not need to be an expert on the President's
domestic policy agenda. You merely need to be willing to spend some time listening to local
women. We will help you reach local women by providing contacts who can set up a
meeting for you in any city. We'll provide all the materials you will need. This is not a
political activity and may not be used as such; rather, it is part of the Administration's efforts
to include women in government policy and to share women's input with the President.
Are you willing to host an At The Table outreach meeting for local
women? (Y)
(N)
DATE for your At The Table:
CITY for your At The Table:
NAME:
TITLE:
DEPARTMENT/AGENCY
STREET ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
WORK PHONE:
(
)
FAX:
(
)
HOME PHONE:
(
)
FAX: (
)
INTERNET:
Fax this form to:
The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach
Betsy Myers, Director
202-456-7300; Fax 202-456-7311
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
AT THE TABLE
THE KIT
*
Background: At the Table
*
How to Hold an At the Table -- The 10 Easy Steps
*
Form: The Report From My At the Table
*
Form: Roundtable Sign-In Sheet for Participants
*
Sample Letter of Invitation
*
Sample News Release
*
Sample Thank You Letter
*
A Message from The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach
*
Background: The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach
*
Form: What I want The President to Know
*
Miscellaneous: Background Materials and News Clips
Special Notes:
*
Please make extra copies of any of the enclosed materials for those
joining you At the Table.
*
Fax ASAP your sign-up form to: 202-456-7311.
Following your roundtable, fax your At the Table report to
the White House to 202-456-7311.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
HOW TO HOLD AN AT THE TABLE ---
THE 10 EASY STEPS
Your enthusiasm and your willingness to participate in an At the Table roundtable event are
key to the success of this program. When you are on official travel, you have the perfect
opportunity to hold an At the Table roundtable. It's easier than you think (should you
choose to hold one).
The 10 Easy Steps:
1.
The next time you travel, set aside an hour or two of your time to hold an At the
Table roundtable.
2.
Call your agency women's liaison or Carrie Wofford at the White House Women's
Office (202-456-7300) about your plans and to ask for the names of the community
leaders who can gather participants for you -- between 10 and 30 is ideal.
3..
Pick a location for the roundtable -- your home, a friend's home or a public meeting
place. You can opt to go formal and big outside your home or be a little more
informal at your home with fewer participants. You decide what's easiest for you.
4.
During the roundtable, begin the discussion by explaining the At the Table series and
that you will carry their message back to the White House. You may also want to
discuss what you do at your agency and the programs available to women in the
Administration. Let the participants know you are listening to them on behalf of the
Administration and that their opinions are important to the President and your agency.
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Page 2
At the Table
The 10 Easy Steps
5.
Listen! Allow the participants to discuss the issues that are most on their minds. If you
want to stick to one topic, that's fine too. But allow the participants to have a chance
to voice their opinions, concerns and ideas and to ask questions.
6.
If you are asked questions about topics you are not familiar with -- don't panic. This
isn't a pop quiz -- just tell the participants you don't have all the answers but you will
help them get the right answers later when you are back in Washington.
7.
Ask all the participants to fill out copies of the "What I want the President
to Know" forms and collect them.
8.
After the meeting, you should tell your agency and the White House what you heard.
Fill out a copy of "The Report from My At the Table" form and send it to The White
House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach, 708 Jackson Place, Washington,
D.C. 20503, Phone: (202)456-7300, Fax:(202)456-7311. This is to make sure that the
President gets feedback from your roundtable.
9.
The Media: If you want, you can contact the media in your area to cover your
roundtable. Specifically, if you have smaller community newspapers or radio in the
area, call them to come listen. Call Mary Dixon in the Women's Office (202) 456-
7300 if you need assistance with the news media in your area.
10.
If you have any questions or concerns, you should always feel free to call The
Women's Office. We are here to help. We can help with logistics. We can provide
materials to give to participants on issues and the President's initiatives and
accomplishments. We can help with media. Call us: Phone: (202) 456-7300.
Contacts in The Women's Office for At the Table:
Barbara Woolley, At the Table Coordinator
Carrie Wofford, At the Table Coordinator
Judy Gold, At the Table Coordinator
Mary Dixon, Communications
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
THE REPORT FROM MY AT THE TABLE:
(Please return to White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach
AȘAP following roundtable: Fax: 202-456-7311.)
Presidential Appointee Host:
Department/Agency:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Location of Roundtable:
Date of Roundtable:
Local Contact:
Address of Local Contact:
Phone of Local Contact:
Fax of Local Contact:
E-Mail of Local Contact:
Number of Participants at Roundtable:
(See attached At the Table Roundtable Sign-In Sheet. Please send back along with this form
and please make sure that all the participants have signed the sheet.)
Brief Description of Participants (i.e. working women, mothers, ethnicity, age):
Main Topics Discussed:
Most Important Conclusion:
MISCELLANEOUS: (e.g. newspaper clips, other thoughts)
Send completed forms to The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach,
708 Jackson Place, Washington, D.C. 20503 Fax: 202-456-7311
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
At the Table
Roundtable Sign-In Sheet
(To the Presidential Appointee: Please return this sheet with your other materials to the White
House ASAP following roundtable: Fax: 202-456-7311.)
Presidential Appointee Host:
Location of At the Table:
Date of At the Table:
Participants at the Roundtable
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
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Sign-In Sheet
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Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
(Continue on another page if necessary.)
SAMPLE LETTER OF INVITATION
Date
Dear:
The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach invites you to attend a
roundtable discussion with other women from your community to discuss issues of
importance to you. President Clinton and Vice President Gore are keenly aware of the
importance of your ideas.
The roundtable will be held:
Date:
Time:
Location:
Address:
The roundtable is part of a national women's outreach initiative called At the Table which is
the primary project of The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach. The
office was created June 5, 1995, by President Clinton to ensure better outreach to women and
women's organizations across the nation. All the At the Table roundtables are hosted by a
Presidential appointee.
I hope you might join us for this discussion. Please feel free to contact me at (your phone
number) with any questions. I look forward to seeing you At the Table.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Title
SAMPLE NEWS RELEASE
WHITE HOUSE TO HOLD ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL WOMEN
YOUR TOWN AND DATE -- The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and
Outreach is hosting a roundtable discussion here (time, date) with (name of community or
town) women to learn about their local concerns.
The roundtable will be at (address) and is being hosted by Presidential appointee (your
name and title).
The roundtable being held here is part of a national women's outreach initiative called
At the Table, which is the primary project of the White House Office for Women's Initiatives
and Outreach. The office was created by President Clinton to conduct outreach to women
and women's groups around the nation.
Following each roundtable, a report is sent to the White House and a monthly report
will be written for the President and others in his Administration. The purpose of the
roundtables is to give women around the nation an opportunity to share their concerns and
ideas with the White House.
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SAMPLE THANK YOU LETTER
Date
Dear
:
I want to thank you for participating in the At the Table roundtable discussion in your
community. This was just one of many such meetings being held by the White House across
the nation to seek input from women on issues and to hear what's on their minds.
The discussion was very engaging and will help President Clinton and others in his
Administration keep a pulse on local women's concerns. A report from the roundtable has
been sent to the White House along with the comments from the participants about what they
most want the President to know.
Please feel free to contact me or the White House Office for Women's Initiatives and
Outreach about any further concerns or suggestions. My phone number is: (your number and
your fax.) The phone number for the White House Office for Women's Initiatives and
Outreach is: 202-456-7300 and the fax is 202-456-7311.
Thank you again for joining us At the Table.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Title
Following Your Roundtable -----
Please return to the White House Office for Women's
Initiatives and Outreach
As Soon As Possible:
*The Report From Your At the Table
*The "What I Want the President to Know" forms from the participants
*The Sign-In Sheets, listing the participants At the Table
Fax: 202-456-7311
Phone: 202-456-7300
Address: The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach
708 Jackson Place
Washington, D.C. 20503
THE WOMEN'S NEWSLETTER
NUMBER: 3
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE FOR WOMEN'S INITIATIVES AND
OUTREACH
NOVEMBER 27, 1995
"And there is no contradiction between being practical and dreaming. There's no contradiction
between taking care of people and taking care of one's self. That is a false choice that has
been posed by those currently in power in Congress."
-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, October 31, 1995,
Women's Leadership Forum
The Top Team at the White House
Meets with Women Leaders
Important Date To Remember:
President Clinton, Vice President Gore,
Tuesday, Dec. 5: Holiday Party at the
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and
Women's Office. For more information
Mrs. Gore all spoke to members of the
call 202-456-7300.
Women's Leadership Forum on Oct. 30 in
the White House. They contrasted the
Republican's anti-woman/anti-family
legislative agenda with the Clinton
Vice President Speaks at National
Administration's accomplishments for
Violence Prevention Conference
women and families. The President noted
On Oct. 23, the Vice President delivered
that the current budget battle is about
the keynote speech at the opening session
balancing values, balancing priorities and
of the National Violence Prevention
continuing to bring our nation forward.
Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. The
Citing how cutting government can be
conference brought together 1,000
balanced with setting priorities, the
prevention practitioners from law
President noted that the SBA's budget had
enforcement, family and juvenile courts,
been cut by 40 percent but loans to women
public health, youth development and
have increased by 86 percent. The First
social services, substance abuse prevention
Lady also spoke to the women's forum on
and public housing. In his remarks, the
Oct. 31. She said: "We've learned a lot of
Vice President praised the work of Bonnie
lessons about what works and doesn't work
Campbell, head of the Justice Department's
in a hundred years, but the basic needs
Violence Against Women Office. He also
have not changed. People still need one
commended the exemplary service of 20
another. No matter what information
AmeriCorps volunteers working with the
technology does and no matter how we
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
explore cyberspace it cannot replace the
Extra! The Vice President helped celebrate
need to change a baby or teach a child to
Planned Parenthood of America's 79th
read or play catch with a teenager. It
anniversary with a video tape message for
cannot undermine the fundamental
its Nov. 3 and 4 New York event.
relationship people have one to the other."
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White House Women's Office Holds
Nov. 27, 1995
Briefing on Fourth World Conference
More than 300 women Presidential
Women's Office Conducts
appointees attended the White House
Nationwide Outreach Project
Women's Office reception and forum on
The White House Office for Women's
the Fourth World Conference on Women
Initiatives and Outreach is conducting a
on Nov. 7. Speakers included: Secretary
series of roundtables called At the Table.
Shalala; Geraldine Ferraro, U.S.
Administration appointees will meet with
Ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights
women around the nation to discuss local
Commission; Bonnie Campbell, Director
women's concerns. A monthly report of the
of the Violence Against Women's Office;
meetings' findings will be submitted to the
Madeline Kunin, Education Deputy
White House, ensuring that women's
Secretary; Jean Nelson, Counselor to the
concerns are given attention in policy
Administrator, EPA; and Lynn Cutler,
development. Get involved. Call Carrie
Senior Vice President of The Kamber
Wofford at 202-456-7300.
Group. Betsy Myers also launched the At
the Table outreach project by asking
First Lady Gives Briefing on
women appointees to hold roundtables
Fourth World Conference on Women
around the nation to bring local women's
The First Lady gave a briefing on Oct. 25
concerns to the President. (Want more
to more than 80 women Presidential
information? Call Carrie Wofford at 202-
appointees, as well as to 100 members of
456-7300.)
the Beijing delegation, on the Fourth
World Conference on Women. She stressed
First Lady and Robert Reich Call for
the need for finding common ground on a
Family-Friendly Workplace Policies
variety of issues important to women and
The First Lady and Labor Secretary Reich
families. She also spoke about the
saluted on Oct. 31 corporate executives
President's Interagency Council on Women,
who have pledged to invest $100 million in
which was created to ensure
family-friendly workplace programs that
implementation of the commitments from
will benefit workers in 50 communities.
Beijing. Chaired by HHS Secretary Donna
They urged every employer in the nation to
Shalala, the council is composed of
adopt policies to help workers balance their
officials from each government agency.
family and work responsibilities. Senior
The First Lady serves as the honorary
executives from 20 lead companies of the
chair. Others participating in the event:
American Business Collaboration (ABC)
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Madeline
for Quality Dependent Care attended the
Albright, Congresswoman Jane Harman,
White House event, as well as families of
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney,
their employees. ABC recently made a
State Dept. Agency Representative
historic pledge to invest $100 million over
Kathleen Hendrix and former
six years in child and elder care programs.
Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies-
James Schiro, chief executive officer of
Mezvinsky.
Price Waterhouse, one of ABC's lead
companies, was featured at the event.
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health promotion and disease prevention.
November 27, 1995
President Clinton wrote in a letter to
conference participants, "This year, we are
The First Lady and Secretary Reich urged
celebrating milestone anniversaries of key
employers, organizations and individuals
programs that have worked for older
throughout the nation to join the Working
Americans for decades -- Medicare and
Women Count Honor Roll. Launched by
Medicaid, Social Security, and the Older
the Labor Department's Women Bureau,
American Act. As I continue to fight for a
this nationwide public-private initiative
strong national economy and balanced
encourages implementation of family-
federal budget, I will oppose proposals that
friendly workplace policies. For more
undermine these important programs and
information call: 202-219-6611.
the people they serve."
Study noting importance of family-
White House Women's Office Holds
friendly work policies: The Women in
Meeting to Discuss Welfare Reform
Cable & Telecommunications Foundation
On Oct. 19, The Women's Office organized
is wrapping up the third year of its Child
and coordinated a meeting with key
Care Initiative, which addresses the
women leaders on welfare reform in the
productivity issues surrounding child care
Roosevelt Room with Leon Panetta, Alexis
and work/life issues in the
Herman, Melanne Verveer and Betsy
telecommunications industry. In 1994, the
Myers. The meeting focused on the effects
foundation conducted an industry-wide
on women and children.
employee survey to determine the effect
child care and work/life issues have on
The Women's Office is
workplace productivity. Among the
Coming to Your Agency
findings: child care related turnover could
Betsy Myers, Deputy Assistant to the
cost a telecommunications company with
President and Director of the Women's
500 employees $650,000 annually; 71
Office, is holding a series of brown bag
percent of survey respondents reported
lunches with women appointees in federal
being "somewhat" to "very" stressed trying
agencies. Call us to learn when we will be
to balance child care and work; and to deal
at your agency: 202-456-7300. Join the
with child-related stress, employees have
Team.
decreased their level of commitment and
productivity at work.
If You Have Questions: Call us:
The White House Office for Women's
Follow-up to White House
Initiatives and Outreach: Betsy Myers,
Conference on Women and Aging
Deputy Assistant to the President and
On Oct. 30, the National Policy and
Director; Barbara Woolley, Deputy
Resource Center on Women and Aging
Director; Peggy Lussier, Scheduler/Office
convened "Women and Aging: An Agenda
Manager; Carrie Wofford, Agency
for Action" to evaluate how the resolutions
Representative, Interagency Council on
passed at the White House Conference on
Women's Business Enterprise/Appointee
Aging held last May affect lives of mid-
Coordinator; Judy Gold, Legal/Political;
life and older women. Dr. Susan
Beth Newburger, Operations; and Mary
Blumenthal, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Dixon, Communications. 202-456-7300.
for Women's Health, led a discussion on
Fax: 202-456-7311.
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
PRO-WOMAN/PRO-FAMILY AGENDA
Making Families More Economically Secure
Signed the Family & Medical Leave Act
Improved access to child care, established Child Care
Bureau and National Child Care Information Center
(1-800-616-2242)
Expanded Earned Income Tax Credit by $21 billion
over five years
Committed to increasing the minimum wage
Strengthened equal opportunity for all through
affirmative action
Increased enforcement of child support and
introduced legislation that doubles federal child
support collections
Fighting for federal budget that strengthens families,
e.g., Medicare
Keeping Our Families Safe from Violence
Signed Assault Weapons Ban and Brady Bill
Signed the Violence Against Women Act
Created the Violence Against Women Office
Introduced Operation Safe Home to fight crime in
public housing
Passed Family Preservation and Support Act,
providing services to prevent child abuse and neglect
Making Education and Training a Reality For All
Created and signed Student Loan Reform, saving
students and taxpayers money
Signed National Service Act, helps communities and
students
Signed School-to-Work Opportunities Act, preparing
students for careers and advanced education
Signed Goals 2000: Educate America Act, setting
higher standards
Increased Head Start funding by $760 million
Signed reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, providing better education for
impoverished students
Supported Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act
Health Care That Makes Sense
Made improvement of women's health a priority
Signed legislation requiring that women and
minorities are included in NIH-supported research
Increased funding for breast cancer research by 65%
Signed Childhood Immunization Plan, ensuring
vaccination and healthy future for all children
Developed healthy school meal initiative for students
Placed WIC on full-funding path
Revoked Reagan-Bush restrictions on abortion
counseling
Ensured safety, effectiveness and availability of
mammography
Increased AIDS funding by 40%
Established first Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Women's Health
Expanding Economic Opportunities for Women
SBA lending to women increased by 86 percent
DOL's Women's Bureau launched Honor Roll
initiative, encouraging employers to implement
family-friendly policies good for women
Expanded the public-private SBA's Women's
Demonstration Program, providing business skills and
training for women
Created the Interagency Committee on Women's
Business Enterprise, eliminating barriers to economic
development within federal agencies
Increased federal procurement contracts for women in
both percentage and dollar amounts
Making Way for Women
42 percent of President's appointees are women,
highest ever
Six women hold Cabinet-level positions, highest ever
59 percent of all President's judicial nominees are
women and minorities, highest ever
Second President to nominate a woman to the
Supreme Court
Opened almost 260,000 positions for women in the
military
Established Older Women's Initiative, bringing focus
on issues impacting older women and their families
Established White House Office for Women's
Initiatives & Outreach
White House Office for Women's Initiatives & Outreach
202-456-7300, fax 202-456-7311
9/18/95
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
PLEASE MAKE COPIES
OF THESE MATERIALS
AND DISTRIBUTE TO
PARTICIPANTS AT YOUR
AT THE TABLE
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
A Message from
The White House Office
For Women's Initiatives and Outreach
We want to thank you for your interest in helping give women a voice and a place At the
Table with the Administration. Our At the Table series of roundtables will actively engage
participants in a dialogue on issues that directly impact them and their families.
We are aiming to have hundreds of roundtables to give thousands of women an opportunity to
speak out and get involved. Administration appointees will travel across the nation and lead
these meetings -- from informal gatherings in homes to larger, more formal settings in
community halls.
From each roundtable, we will collect a report on what issues were of top concern to the
women at the table. The Women's Office will compile these reports and ensure that
policy-makers throughout the White House hear these voices.
The At the Table series exemplifies this President's commitment to ensure that women have a
voice in his Administration. Whether you are an appointee leading a roundtable or a
participant at the table -- thanks for taking the time to make government more responsive to
your concerns and ideas.
If you have any questions about the At the Table series, call us in the Women's Office and
we will help: (202) 456-7300 Fax (202) 456-7311.
Betsy Myers
Deputy Assistant to the President and
Director of The White House Office for
Women's Initiatives and Outreach
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
BACKGROUND
AT THE TABLE --
A NATIONWIDE WOMEN'S OUTREACH EFFORT
BY THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
FOR WOMEN'S INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH
The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach, which serves as a
liaison between the White House and America's women, was created by President Clinton to
better inform, respond to and listen to women across the nation.
The office's outreach efforts include a series of roundtables called At the Table. These
roundtables, led by Administration officials, will give the Clinton Administration the
opportunity to hear directly from women constituents about issues that are important to them,
their families and their communities.
A report will be generated from each roundtable and submitted to The White House
Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach. The reports will be compiled and abstracted for
monthly submission to the policy offices in the White House.
Several roundtables have already been held, including a series with the First Lady on
working women's issues, discussions between the Vice President and local women leaders on
domestic issues and a discussion between Mrs. Gore and women labor leaders. Other
roundtables have been held in the White House on the U.N. Fourth World Conference on
Women, focusing on domestic issues; in Chicago at a school for pregnant teenagers, focusing
on education; and in Fall River, Massachusetts, focusing on working women.
President Clinton is committed to strong leadership on women's issues and has worked
steadfastly to ensure that Administration policies support women. The At the Table series
will spark a dialogue and provide a mechanism to get the word out about the President's
commitment, as well as his accomplishments that directly affect the lives of women. At the
Table will also provide women a direct means to bring their concerns and proposals to the
President and others in his Administration.
(If you would like more information about At the Table and would like to participate, call
The White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach, Phone: (202)456-7300 FAX:
(202)456-7311.)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
BACKGROUND
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE FOR
WOMEN'S INITIATIVES AND OUTREACH
On June 5, 1995, President Clinton announced the appointment of Betsy Myers to
head the first White House Office For Women's Initiatives and Outreach. The office was
created by the President to better serve and listen to his constituents. It serves as a liaison
between the White House and women's organizations, listening to women's concerns and
proposals and bringing these ideas to the President and others in the Administration. Inside
and outside of the White House, the office advocates for issues that are important to women.
The office schedules events and speeches for White House officials and presidential
appointees and holds events and roundtables to amplify the President's pro-woman/pro-family
agenda. It serves as a clearinghouse on women and family issues, publishing a biweekly
newsletter discussing activities by the President, Vice President and other Administration
officials working on women and family issues.
The office's primary initiative, called At the Table, is a series of roundtables across the
nation with women and Administration officials to ensure that women's voices are heard at
policy tables. The office has held several roundtable and media events including the
President's Violence Against Women White House event October 2, 1995; the President's and
First Lady's Suffrage celebration in Wyoming on August 26, 1995; a series of roundtables
hosted by the First Lady on working women's issues; meetings with women leaders and the
Vice President in San Francisco and Albuquerque; a meeting hosted by Mrs. Gore for labor
women leaders; a meeting with women presidential appointees and Dr. Laura Tyson on the
impact of the proposed Republican budget; Attorney General Janet Reno's discussion with
businesses and families on the Family & Medical Leave Act; and a roundtable in the White
House on the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women, focusing on domestic economic
needs.
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(November 7, 1995)
WHAT I WANT THE PRESIDENT TO KNOW
Dear President Clinton:
1.
2.
3.
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
FAX:
E-MAIL:
Location of At the Table:
Date of At the Table:
Host of At the Table:
©
1995 East Chicago News
Friday, September 29, 1995
Photo by Linda Rich
Carmen Lomellin, fourth from the left, is surrounded by women from across
Northwest Indiana
Hispanic Women's Roundtable
by Linda Rich
Early in September, at Ivy Tech State
step to getting women's voices heard was to
College, a group of concerned Hispanic
have more women in key policy-making
women from across Northwest Indiana met
roles. Carmen was on hand to reassure the
to discuss some of their concerns as Hispanic
women, that as a representative of the
women. Leading the discussion was Carmen
President of the United States, she will make
Lomellin, a representative of the White
sure the President hears their voice.
House Office on Women's Initiatives.
The White House Women's Office will be
She will take her roundtable notes back to
holding these roundtable discussions through-
Washington as will other members of the
out the United States, as part of their outreach
White House Office on Women's Initiatives.
efforts. East Chicago was very fortunate to
Her notes will include the fact that Hispanic
have been the first city to hold a roundtable
women have a sense of not getting resources
discussion.
to education, the need for quality day care,
the lack of successful role models, and the
Carmen Lomellin, a native of East Chicago,
lack of health care initiatives.
is on assignment at the White House to
coordinate these Hispanic outreach efforts.
Carmen has a history of community service
Carmen not only had the good fortune to
and a true commitment to the Hispanic
meet with these Northwest Indiana women
community. Prior to being appointed to the
but to also take in a family visit.
Clinton administration in October of 1993
she worked for Chicago's Mayor Richard
As the discussion made its way around the
Daley, and she was the Executive Director
table, almost every woman commented on
of the Chicago Private Industry Council.
their concerns regarding the youth and the
As Director of Leadership Development
community. Education was a major concern,
for the Mexican American League Defense
since many felt that today in schools Hispanic
and Education Fund her goal was to increase
girls are not being encouraged to obtain a
the participation of Hispanics on policy-
higher education.
making boards and commissions.
Poverty, lack of communication or barriers
The Hispanic women that were present are
in the language, and a lack of positive
eagerly anticipating another visit with Carmen
influences on the children were some of the
to hear how President Clinton will respond
other concerns that were voiced.
to the needs and concerns of the Hispanic
It was further discussed that one important
community.
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Nuria Grant, left, a public relations professional from Bowie, recently met with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton along with seven other area
women to examine issues of most concern to working families.
October 12, 1995 - October 18, 1995 - The Prince George's Post
Nuria Grant Meets With First Lady
By Avonie Brown
Lady to talk about issues that
10 years and temporarily served
to speak directly to Mrs. Clinton
Prince George's Post staff writer
most concerned them as work-
as the Lieutenant Governor's
about issues as they specifically
Nuria Grant, of Bowie, was
ing women. The meeting is a fol-
lead staff person.
impacted her life.
one of seven women from the
low up to the First Lady's keyn-
There were two very key
"It was a tremendous experi-
Greater Washington Area recen-
ote address at the Women's Con-
issues that Grant presented to
ence," said Grant, "and I was
tly invited to participate in a
ference in Beijing, China.
the First Lady.
very honored and moved to
breakfast meeting with First
To maintain the momentum of
"As the mother of a three-
have been selected to have this
Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at
the conference and in recogni-
Mrs. K's Toll House, in Silver
year-old and with elderly
conversation with the First
tion that the issues affecting
parents, I have some definite
Lady."
Spring.
women are global, the First Lady
opinions on the quality of public
Now that the meeting has
The meeting, the first in a
has initiated this discussion
education and medicare," said
taken place, Grant said, "I won-
series of roundtable discussions
series.
Grant.
der what direction they are
between the First Lady and
Grant was recommended for
"I was able to talk to the First
going with the information, but
American women, was coordi-
this meeting by Lieutenant Gov-
Lady about the lack of emphasis
as the First Lady told us, there
nated by the White House Office
ernor Kathleen Kennedy Town-
of Women's Initiative and
in public schools on multicultur-
will be a follow up to this meet-
send, because of her community
alism, the large student to teach-
ing because they hope to deve-
Outreach.
involvement. The Lieutenant
er ratio and the need for greater
lop an action plan focusing on
Through their efforts these
Governor was familiar with
parental involvement in setting
the needs of working women."
women from differing racial,
Grant's activities because she
policy."
The First Lady is reportedly
social, economic and political
also worked for then County
backgrounds met with the First
The meeting was designed
working on a book about family
Executive, Parris Glendening for
such that each woman was able
life in American society.
THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1995
David Scull/The New York Times
Striking Back at Domestic Violence
"The days of men using physical violence to control
human tragedy, hugged Shuk Yee Fung Ng, a
the lives of their wives, their girlfriends, their chil-
victim of domestic violence, after speaking in the
dren are over," President Clinton declared yesterday
East Room of the White House to her and other
in opening a monthlong campaign against domestic
victims. Looking on, at left, was Bonnie Campbell,
violence. Mr. Clinton, who called the problem a
director of the Violence Against Women office.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1995
Clinton declares effort against abuse
wives, their girlfriends, their chil-
tic abuse is not just a problem for
ASSOCIATED PRESS
urged Clinton to focus on getting
dren, are over," Clinton said in an
women. "This is a children's problem
more men involved in fighting do-
WASHINGTON - Domestic vio-
East Room speech before an audi-
and it's a man's problem," he said.
mestic violence. "Men must tell men
lence is a tragic "American issue,"
ence of domestic violence victims,
"We're not doing anybody any fa-
to stop hitting, beating and murder-
President Clinton said yesterday as
predominantly women.
vors, least of all the abusers, by ig-
ing women," Rossi said.
he declared October a special aware-
In his proclamation, Clinton cited
noring it any longer."
Under the Violence Against
ness month and directed federal
a recent Justice Department study
Clinton's actions were welcomed
Women Act passed last year, federal
agencies to begin awareness cam-
that showed women were six times
by Nashville, Tenn., police Detective
agencies set up partnerships with
paigns.
as likely as men to suffer from do-
Sergeant Mark Wynn, 40, who grew
private groups in hopes of stemming
"This is a human tragedy," the
mestic violence. In 1992, that study
up in an abusive household and now
domestic violence through alcohol or
president said. "It is an American is-
showed, nearly one-third of all wom-
works in domestic violence preven-
sue. It's a values issue. We do not
en killed in the United States died at
drug treatment, counseling and
tion. Police departments desperately
have to put up with this."
the hands of a husband, former hus-
need resources to fight abuse within
emergency shelter.
Citing his own childhood, in
band or boy friend.
families, Wynn said, and only
In passing the act, Congress au-
which he saw his stepfather beat his
Clinton met privately in the Oval
"strong leadership in government"
thorized spending $1.6 billion over
mother, Clinton urged that domestic
Office with six women who survived
can ensure the resources will flow.
six years for a range of services.
violence be seen "as a problem of so-
domestic violence. One woman, Clin-
"I have seen the criminal justice
Last week, the Senate approved
ciety, not just an unfortunate thing
ton said, did not seek help until her
system at its worst for victims of do-
an amendment that would authorize
that happens to some families on oc-
husband broke her back; another left
mestic violence," Wynn said. "This is
$175 million in fiscal 1996, as the
casion, including mine."
after her husband threatened a child
an issue of basic civil rights."
Clinton administration requested.
"The days of men using physical
with a meat cleaver.
Jerry Rossi, president and chief
During the summer, the House ap-
violence to control the lives of their
But, Clinton pointed out, domes-
executive officer of Marshalls Inc.,
proved $115 million.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1995
THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL -BULLETIN
Working women find sympathetic ear
An adviser to the President
named to the Honor Roll of Ameri-
me, seeing how your factory works,"
on women's issues tours a Fall
FALL RIVER
can companies by the Department of
Myers later told a gathering of gar-
Labor, an award given to companies
ment workers. "What really
River plant to hear about the
in the forefront on family issues,
impresses me is, people don't leave."
workers' concerns.
"It allows women to work smarter,
education and job training. About 90
Turnover is rare at Essex.
not harder."
percent of Essex's 110 employees
Soforenko said people who make it
By ROBERT CORRIEA
Since March, workers at Essex
are women.
Journal-Bulletin Staff Writer
through the six-week training period
have been videotaped at their sta-
Myers, the senior adviser to Presi-
usually stay until they retire. He rat-
FALL RIVER - Presidential
tions, and the tape analyzed by com-
adviser Betsy Myers walked the cav-
puter. The data has helped workers
dent Clinton on women's issues, was
tled off years served for each
impressed. She nodded frequently,
employee as he walked through the
ernous workshop of the Essex Man-
eliminate wasted motions - making
ufacturing Co. yesterday, the steady
peppered Soforenko with questions
shop. "Every time someone leaves,
them more productive with less
hum of dozens of sewing machines
effort. The result has been higher
and stopped at several stations to
it's another gold watch," he said.
ask women about their work. She
Myers was in Fall River as the
in one ear, and talk of videotaping,
productivity for the company, and
computer analysis and state-of-the-
higher wages for the employees.
marveled at their efficiency of move-
guest of Rep. Barney Frank and the
art equipment in the other.
"We learn more from the opera-
ment, how they nimbly gathered the
Chamber of Commerce, as part of
"The whole thing is computer-
material and guided it through their
her effort to identify issues that con-
tors," Soforenko said. "They typical-
ized," said David B. Soforenko, co-
sewing machines with a smooth,
cern women. She was named in
ly know a better way to do some-
swift stroke.
June as first director of the White
owner of the company, which manu-
thing than we do."
factures women's and men's blazers.
As a result, Essex was recently
"This has been real exciting for
Turn to WOMEN, Page C-6
Providence Journal-Bulletin
October 24, 1995
acknowledges that a mutual agree-
ment was reached without the influ-
Women
Bradley Scott Clothes. "Everything
ence of any outside agencies and
is SO expensive today, most women
that a "monetary settlement" was
have to work.
But if you have to
contained within that accord.
Continued from Page C-1
work just to pay day care, it's not
House Office for Women's Initiatives
worth leaving the house."
Coyle, who has returned to
work, said she could have settled for
and Outreach, created by Mr. Clin-
Geraldine Cordeiro, a machine
ton to listen to the concerns of
operator for Riverfall Manufactur-
a larger cash payment but that she
women. She serves as the Presi-
ing, wants Mr. Clinton to revive the
opted for reinstatement in the face of
dent's liaison to women's organiza-
ill-fated health care battle, saying
needing "my job and the security. I
tions.
there should be medical coverage for
hope I made the right decision."
all Americans.
In recent months, Myers has held
The missing $3,000 represent-
several roundtable discussions and
"If a women gets $6 an hour at
ed 1993 cash receipts from the land-
public events across the country,
her job, and she has to pay for health
fill, and the loss was discovered as
dealing with issues in the work
care for her and her child, then day
records were being checked during
place, domestic violence, medical
care, it's tough," Cordeiro said.
leave and voting. Myers said her job
"With pre-existing condition claus-
preparation of the town's annual
is to make women understand that
es, you're really in a bind. What do
report.
what is happening in Washington
you do? You have no insurance."
The town uled that during a
has direct bearing on their future,
In response to Larrabee, Myers
disciplinary hearing evidence had
and that they should get involved in
touted the administration's Child
been produced to show that money
the political process.
Care Bureau, which has an 800 num-
directly under Coyle's control "failed
ber that can provide information on
to be deposited with the town trea-
"The average women today are,
day-care providers anywhere in the
surer."
what we say, just in a survival
nation. She told Cordeiro she "has-
mode," she said in an interview.
n't seen the last of health care," and
Police droppea, an investigation
"They're trying to get to work, get
promised that Mr. Clinton will veto
because of a lack of evidence.
their kids to day care. They're still
the Medicare and Medicaid bills
While Coyle has acknowledged
getting 72 cents on the dollar. They
passed by Congress.
that the money was not being
don't understand what's going on in
Micki Gold, whose father started
Washington. They don't understand
deposited in a timely fashion, she
Essex 42 years ago, told Myers the
the budget.' What we're trying to do
said a number of people had access
garment industry needs money for
is get it down to the women's level."
to the cash, and that during her 15
job training, especially in economi-
At a roundtable discussion at
years with the department no dis-
cally depressed areas, such as Fall
crepancies in her accounts were ever
Essex involving workers from three
River.
reported.
local factories, Myers found women
"We have the room to grow. I
well-versed on what's happening in
want to expand," said Gold, co-
Coyle decided to file the dis-
Washington, and not shy about
owner of the business. "But I can't
crimination charges based on an
telling the President what needs to
find experienced stitchers. The
incident in which a male employee
be done.
amount of people we turn away each
in the department was suspended
"We need day care, especially the
week (looking for jobs) is unbeliev-
for one day after admittedly taking a
young women," said Geraldine
able. We need the money to train
small amount of money.
Larrabee, a machine operator for
them."
CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS
November 1995
Creating Economic Opportunity and Security For All Americans
Signed the Economic Package, August 10, 1993.
The economy created 7.5 million new jobs in the first 33 months of this Administration.
Passed the largest deficit-cutting plan in history - saving more than $1 trillion over seven years.
On track for three consecutive years of deficit reduction - for the first time since Harry Truman.
Cut federal spending by $255 billion over 5 years.
Made new tax cuts available to over 90% of small businesses.
Unemployment has fallen from 7% when President Clinton took office to its current rate of 5.6%.
Lowest combined rate of unemployment and inflation since 1968.
1994 real GDP growth was the highest in a decade.
Proposed a plan to balance the budget while protecting critical investments in education.
Promoting a Future of Opportunity
Increased Head Start funding by almost $760 million.
Signed the Student Loan Reform Act, August 10, 1993.
Signed the National Service Act, September 21, 1993.
Signed the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, March 31, 1994.
Signed the School-to-Work Opportunities Act on May 4, 1994.
Signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization.
Making Communities and Schools Safe For Our Families
Signed a tough $30 billion Crime Bill, September 13, 1994.
Signed the Brady Bill, November 30, 1993.
Signed the Assault Weapons Ban as part of the Crime Bill.
Put 100,000 new police on the street - nearly 25,000 more officers have been funded.
Signed the Violence Against Women Act as part of the Crime Bill.
Signed the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act, October 20, 1994.
Signed Presidential Directive enforcing a "Zero Tolerance" gun policy in schools, October 22, 1994.
Submitted and fought for the most comprehensive Drug Control budget ever.
Making Government Work Better and Cost Less
Already cut the Federal Workforce by over 160,000 - on the way to lowest level in 30 years.
Abolishing 16,000 pages of obsolete regulations and rewriting 31,000 more pages.
$58 billion in savings are already in the bank. $46 billion in savings are still to come.
Over 180 new recommendations will save $70 billion. Eliminated 284 federal advisory committees.
Developed government-wide Customer Service Standards for the first time.
Appointed the most diverse Cabinet and Administration in history.
Signed the most important federal procurement act ever to streamline government purchasing.
Reformed Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation to protect 8.5 million pensions.
Signed the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, March 22, 1995.
Creating Opportunity in America's Communities
Created nine Economic Empowerment Zones and 95 Enterprise Communities.
Signed the Community Development Banking Financial Institutions Act, Sept. 23, 1994.
Signed the Interstate Banking Bill, September 29, 1994.
Instituted the Defense Reinvestment and Conversion Initiative.
Reformed the Community Reinvestment Act to focus on performance rather than paperwork.
Made the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Mortgage Revenue Bond Program permanent.
Protecting The Environment and Our Public Health
Signed a new executive order to require polluters to disclose information to the public and expanded
the public's right-to-know about toxic releases.
Launched "reinventing environmental regulation" to cut red tape and better protect public health.
Issued a new standard to cut pollution from chemical plants 90% by 1997.
Signed executive orders to increase recycling and cut pollution in federal buildings.
Signed the California Desert Protection Act, October 31, 1994.
Issued a new standard to cut pollution from incinerators 95%.
Introduced comprehensive Safe Drinking Water and Superfund reforms.
Developed a plan to restore Florida's Everglades.
Ended decades of conflict over the allocation of California Bay-Delta water.
Promoting Health Care For All Americans
Signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, February 5, 1993.
Signed a comprehensive Child Immunization Plan.
Revoked the Reagan/Bush restrictions on abortion counseling ("the gag rule"), abortions in military
hospitals, "Mexico City" policy and RU-486 imports.
Increased Ryan White CARE Act funding for outpatient AIDS care over 100% in first three budgets.
Put the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC) on a full-funding path.
Proposed a $1.3 billion increase in veterans' benefits - of which 1billion will be directed to the
VA health system to provide treatment for 43,000 more veterans.
Increased funding 65% for breast cancer research.
As part of the balanced budget plan, introduced health care reform initiative which strengthens
Medicare and expands coverage.
Preserving and Strengthening Our Families
Expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit providing tax relief for 15 million working families.
Introduced the Work and Responsibility Act - comprehensive welfare reform.
Passed the Family Support and Preservation Program.
Passed major funding increases for homeless programs in both Houses.
Approved 34 waivers to states permitting comprehensive welfare reform demonstrations.
Signed the Social Security Independent Agency Act.
Increased adoption and foster care funds by almost $600 million from 1994-1995.
Restoring Trust in Our Government
Signed the National Voter Registration Act (Motor-Voter), May 20, 1993.
Eliminated the tax deduction for lobbying expenses.
Imposed strictest Administration ethics guidelines in history.
Barred top officials from becoming foreign lobbyists after leaving government.
Issuing executive order banning contact with lobbyists who do not disclose their activities.
Fought for passage of and signed into law the Congressional Accountability Act, January 22, 1995.
Fought for passage of line-item veto, campaign finance and lobbying disclosure reform.
Opening Foreign Markets to American Goods
Signed NAFTA into law, December 8, 1993, which will create hundreds of thousands of US jobs.
Signed GATT into law, December 8, 1994, the largest trade agreement in history.
Secured free-trade commitments from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders.
Hosted Summit of the Americas and agreed to negotiate a Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005.
Developed National Export Strategy, eliminating outdated export controls on $35 billion in exports.
Opened 15 different market sectors in Japan ranging from telecommunications procurement to rice.
Reached historic agreement with Japan on opening its automotive market to billions of dollars
worth of American cars and parts.
Reached agreement with China to provide intellectual property rights protection for billions of
dollars worth of U.S. exports.
American Leadership
Helped Israel and Jordan achieve an historic peace treaty and Israel and the Palestinians fulfill their
historic accord.
Contributed to an historic cease-fire in Northern Ireland.
Restored democratically elected Haitian President Aristide to power; stopped the flow of refugees
to Florida.
Undertook, with NATO allies and UN, military and diplomatic actions to alleviate the suffering and
lead the effort to negotiate an end to the conflict in Bosnia.
Russian nuclear missiles are no longer pointed at our cities.
Persuaded Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan to give up the nuclear weapons left on their land when
the Soviet Union collapsed.
Agreed to framework with North Korea that freezes and leads to the eventual elimination of North
Korea's dangerous nuclear program.
Working to prevent nuclear weapons from ending up in the hands of terrorists or
international criminals.
Air-lifted more than half a ton of vulnerable, highly enriched uranium, enough to make dozens of
nuclear bombs, from Kazakhstan to safe storage.
Assisted South Africa's transition to democracy, providing support for elections and development.
Bringing the nations of Europe closer:
- Modernizing NATO;
- Working with Russia;
- Reforming the former Soviet Union economies;
Waging a tough counter-terrorism campaign with stronger laws and more training for law enforcement.
Maintaining strong sanctions against states that sponsor terrorism and defy the rule of rule, such as
Iran, Iraq, Libya and Sudan.
Sent our planes, ships and troops to turn back a new Iraqi threat to the Persian Gulf.
Women's
ILLINOIS BOOK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. ILLINOIS APPOINTEES IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
2. KEY CONTACTS (KEVIN O'KEEFE'S LIST AND OTHERS)
3. ILLINOIS LATINO ELECTED OFFICIALS
4. DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF ILLINOIS
5. POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
6. LATINO ORGANIZATIONS
7. MEDIA
8. ILLINOIS "HOT ISSUES"
9. 1992 ILLINOIS PRIMARY STRUCTURE
10. ELECTIONS ('92 - '95 RESULTS, '96 STATUS)
11. ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN ILLINOIS UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON
12. SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM MIDWEST/NORTHEAST VOTER
REGISTRATION EDUCATION PROJECT (MNVREP)
13. DNC MATERIAL
14. TALKING POINTS
15. CALENDAR
16. CLINTON ADMINISTRATION:
SUCCESS STORIES, ACTIVITIES AND HOT ISSUES
17, Polling
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COMMITTEE ON
WOMEN'S BUSINESS
ENTER PRISE
Volume 1.Issue 2
Winter
1995
A Business Newsletter of the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise and the National Women's Business Council
CHANGING THE FACE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Commitments to U.S. Women:
The Fourth World Conference on Women
Improving the Bottom Line
From September 4-15, delegates from around the world gathered in Beijing, China
The Administration has already made a
to discuss every issue of women's lives and to formulate a platform of action to
number of commitments in order to
implement the Platform for Action.
ensure progress in all areas of enterprise. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S.
Initiatives have commenced in the areas
Ambassador Madeleine Albright, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna
of employment, education, health,
Shalala, and the Honorable Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky led a delegation to the
domestic violence, and civil rights. In the
September conference.
area of economic security:
The Department of the Treasury is
Platform for Action:
coordinating efforts to encourage pri-
Economic Security for Women
"There are few issues more important
vate lending and ensure that federal
than economic security. And if you are
funding supports the growth of
Rallied by strong leadership from the U.S.
able to provide economic security for
delegation, delegates agreed to a platform
microenterprise.
women, you are more likely to ensure
that will improve economic security for
that families and communities will also
women in part through business owner-
The U.S. Agency for International
ship. Among other provisions, the platform:
be economically secure. That is some-
Development has concluded agree-
thing we have learned now all over the
ments with 15 countries to provide
calls upon countries to facilitate
world."
access to credit for low-income
women's access to credit and capital;
-Hillary Rodham Clinton, July 1995 Address in
women entrepreneurs.
Denver.
encourages the consolidation and
strengthening of countries' assistance
Capitol Source
The Interagency Committee on
to micro, small, and medium-scale
The IACWBE and the NWBC will soon
Women's Business Enterprise and the
enterprises, thereby enhancing financial
issue our best annual report to date (it's
National Women's Business Council
also our first). Completing a year-long
will continue to fosten economic self-
opportunities for women.
review of federal programs and policies
sufficiency for women through entre-
According to participant Erienne LeGrand,
relating to women business owners, we
preneurship.
(of NWBC Member, Association for
are issuing our 1995 annual report in con-
Enterprise Opportunity) "For U.S.
junction with a release of new Census
women, Beijing represents a whole new
data on women-owned businesses. In
level of commitment from our government
addition to that data and an examination
The Number of Self-Employed by
and the world for women's business."
of the state of women-owned businesses,
Gender, 1963-2005
the report highlights federal programs -
12
from the Small Business Administration's
10
loan opportunities to the Air Force's
"The new dynamics of the American
Mentor-Protegé project -that have
8
economy have brought about a sea-
increased the fortunes of women.
6
change in society. but nothing has been
Throughout the report, profiles of suc-
Millions
4
more exciting and challenging than the
cessful women business owners portray the
accomplishments of women in areas as
2
emergence of women as business
Source SBA, Office of Advocacy from U.S. Department of Labor Data
builders and entrepreneurs."
diverse as fighter jets and exports to China.
0
1963
1968
1973
1978
1983
1988
1994
2005
To obtain a copy of the report, call the
-Sen Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX)
NWBC at (202) 205-3850.
Total
Male
Female
LEADERSHIP*FAMILY*OPPORTUNITY<RESPONSIBILITYCOMMONGROUND
President Clinton's Vision for America
*
Leadership: Presidential leadership that makes a difference
Standing up for America: Fighting to open overseas markets to American goods;
standing up for American values overseas; leadership for peace.
Doing what's right -- not because it is easy, but because it should be done:
President Clinton took on the NRA to win the ban on assault weapons; he took on the
tobacco companies to make it harder to hook kids on smoking.
Families: Working to preserve and strengthen families
President Clinton is working to give parents the tools they need: From the Family
and Medical Leave Act to the v-chip in television sets -- he is fighting to be sure our
families will have clean drinking water and clear air and to preserve the heritage of our
national parks.
The President is determined to make our schools and communities safe: More
police on the streets, fewer guns, safer schools and a commitment to ending violence against
women.
Opportunity and Responsibility:
President Clinton believes the American Dream is for every family and every
child: His economic policies emphasize jobs, education and trade: creating more high wage,
private sector jobs and -- because education is the key to higher income -- making computer
literacy and college education available to every student.
Opportunity must be accompanied by responsibility: President Clinton believes that
as Americans, we must take responsibility for ourselves, our families and our communities.
Our national policies should reward responsibility; that's why it is wrong to raise taxes on
working families (EITC).
*
Common Ground:
There may be no more important test of leadership than President Clinton's
commitment to common ground: leadership and action based on our highest values. By
finding common ground, we can get beyond divisive rhetoric and take real action on the
issues that are before us.
At a time when too many politicians use language that divides, President Clinton is
working to find the common ground. He reminds us that we are all in this together -- and
together, we have the strength and the wisdom to do what is right.
,
THE NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1996
Journal
asks rhetorically, explaining how the
President's "Great Society ap-
FRANK RICH
proach" soon halted the assimilation
of "people like me" into the Demo-
cratic Party.
Angry
Ms. Melich's political homeless-
ness has only benefited her as an
author, however. She's landed in pre-
cisely the cultural battleground or,
White
more accurately, no man's land -
where some of this election year's
most heated skirmishes will be
Woman
fought. Contrary to party flacks who
downplay the schism, she believes
that abortion is "still the issue that
Tanya Melich began her Republi-
can political career as a child, pass-
ing out leaflets for Wendell Willkie in
A former
her hometown of Moab, Utah. At the
92 G.O.P. Convention, she was a
Bush delegate
Bush delegate from New York. In
between she's held almost every po-
speaks out.
litical job she could, short of running
for office. "I cannot remember a
time when the Republican Party was
not part of my life," she writes in the
most divides Republicans" - and
opening sentence of a new book that
evidence has been accruing in her
Bantam is shipping to stores next
favor just as her book is published.
week. She then goes on to explain just
Even the modest recent attempts by
why she has bid the Republican Par-
Bob Dole and The Weekly Standard,
ty goodbye.
the conservative opinion magazine
The book is titled "The Republican
edited by William Kristol, to depart
War Against Women," but its con-
slightly from the G.O.P.'s pro-life
tents may be more accurately con-
stance have led to bitter exchanges
veyed by its subtitle: "An Insider's
between leaders of the party's reli-
Report from Behind the Lines." Ms.
gious and secular right, with Ralph
Melich is the first Republican wom-
Reed sniping at Mr. Dole and James
an to provide a profusely document-
Dobson of Focus on the Family at-
ed, tell-all account of how the far
tacking William Bennett.
right hijacked her party and then
Ms. Melich believes accordingly
devised what she calls "a misogynist
that the real, and perhaps decisive,
strategy" of running against abor-
action among Republicans in '96 will
tion rights, family-planning pro-
not be during primary season, but
grams, affirmative action, mothers
"between April and August" when
on welfare and Murphy Brown. As
the G.O.P.'s "Southern strategy" of
Mr. Dole must try to unite a party in
the 60's appealed to the white back-
which "the philosophical contradic-
lash against the civil rights move-
tions are so enormous" and anger on
ment, Ms. Melich argues, so its mi-
all sides runs higher than in '92. Her
sogynist strategy of the 80's and 90's
own anger derives not just from her
calculatedly exploited the backlash
party's pro-life zealotry but, more
against feminism.
broadly, from its intolerance of those
In an interview last week, Ms. Me-
with differing moral or religious val-
lich said she had written her book
ues. "I believe in tolerance for anti-
because no one else, either in the
choice Republicans," she says.
G.O.P. or in the press, had told the
"You're always going to have differ-
real story of an inter-Republican sex-
ent opinions in a democracy. All I'm
ual war so nasty that even Betty
asking is that extremists don't domi-
Ford was targeted as an enemy by
nate, because if they dominate, de-
the party's ascendant right wing.
mocracy fails, and you have a theoc-
Though Ms. Melich still works as a
racy or worse."
political consultant in New York -
Dismissing the Republican Presi-
and was active in the Giuliani cam-
dential field as being totally in the
paign - she has finally lost the
pocket of the religious right and re-
"faith and hope" that sustained her
garding Bill Clinton with skepticism,
decades-long effort to bridge the Re-
Ms. Melich is left with little alterna-
publican gender gap from within.
tive but to wish aloud in her book for
Her disgust with the Houston Con-
a dynamic leader free of both "Re-
vention and George Bush's wimpy
publican bigotry and Democratic
capitulation to its extremist forces
wastefulness." But who? In the com-
led her, like many Republican wom-
pelling tale of one Republican wom-
en, to vote for Bill Clinton in '92.
an's disenfranchisement, you can
But she has hardly leapt entirely
hear the predicament of many voters
across the political divide. "What the
in both parties, men and women
hell was he doing setting up another
alike, as this election year dawns.
major government bureaucracy
with his health-care proposals?" she
Thomas L. Friedman is on vacation.
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
Prenatal Genetic Testing Doesn't Slight Ethics
To the Editor:
lished, although identifying individ-
Physicians should bring the difficult
Steven D. Lavine ("Who Deserves
uals' wishes has been difficult in
cases to the committee to find a
to Be Born?" Op-Ed, Dec. 29) raises
cases of "incompetent" persons like
consensus and to establish national
provocative questions about poten-
newborns and third-trimester prena-
standards for future cases.
tial applications of prenatal genetic
tal babies.
We must be careful not to politicize
testing but fails to place their ethical
Since they have never been compe-
the question. Asking lawmakers di-
and legal implications within the
tent, if they have a serious defect, a
rect questions would certainly do
framework of current clinical prac-
course of treatment in the hospital is
just that. We are more likely to find a
tices and research.
chosen that, from an ethical perspec-
healthy and sensible consensus in the
Medical geneticists and genetic
tive, will do the most good for the
future through objective, well-bal-
counselors providing prenatal genet-
baby and therefore is in the "best
anced and organized reasoning pro-
ic services strive to insure that coun-
interest" of the baby.
cesses than through a rigid lawmak-
seling on reproductive issues is non-
In making such determination,
ing process.
DOUG-JIN YOON
directive, private and confidential.
ethical experts recommend a "pure
River Vale, N.J., Dec. 30, 1995
They are not waiting around for the
objective test" to be adopted. Under
The writer is director of a clinical
time when "the advance of reproduc-
the framework, the treatment is cho-
laboratory in a children's hospital in
tive technology produces complex le-
sen relying on what experts in vari-
New York.
gal cases that force decisions upon
ous relevant areas would agree to do.
us" regarding the use of genetic test-
Parents' opinion would not carry sig-
ing and technology.
nificant weight because the parents
The Safe Thalidomide
The National Institute of Health's
are not in any better position to know
To the Editor:
program on the Ethical, Legal and
what's best for the baby as an auton-
Your Dec. 28 front-page article on
Social Implications of the Human
omous person.
the resurgence of thalidomide dis-
Genome Program, as well as profes-
The hospital ethics committee
cussed the sociological aspects but
sional organizations, have for years
makes a contribution in this regard
omitted a crucial technical detail.
focused on appropriate applications
because it handles these human
The thalidomide formulations that
of genetic technologies to benefit pro-
problems with its rich resources
gave rise to birth defects in the
spective parents at high reproduc-
available in its membership, which
1950's and 60's consisted of a mixture
tive risk.
may consist of physicians, ethicists,
of two molecules that are identical in
Mr. Lavine's recommendation
theologians, psychologists, lawyers
all aspects of their structure except
that there is a "growing need for
and lay people in the community.
that one is the mirror image of the
lawmakers to consider how such
In cases involving the embryo and
other, as are left and right hands.
testing will affect people's deci-
fetus in early stages, the question
While such mirror-image mole-
sions about procreation" is an un-
becomes doubly difficult because the
cules are indistinguishable in most
warranted and an unwelcome chal-
physical properties and in their in-
lenge to parental choice. The "re-
teractions with chemicals that lack
sponsibility for decisions affecting
handedness, their reactions with oth-
unborn children" must remain in the
er, handed species are as different as
THE NEW YORK TIMES, 3, 1996
hands of the most appropriate party,
those of the right and left feet with a
namely the prospective parents who
left shoe.
are ultimately responsible for these
Because proteins, DNA and other
decisions.
EUGENE PERGAMENT
biological macromolecules consis-
DEBORAH PERGAMENT
tently exhibit handedness, the two
Chicago, Jan. 1, 1996
forms of thalidomide have different
The writers are, respectively, a pro-
biological activities. Only one of
fessor of obstetrics and gynecology
them, the right-handed form, is tera-
at Northwestern University Medical
togenic and causes birth defects.
School and a law student at Case
State-of-the-art chemical synthe-
Western Reserve University.
ses allow preparation of only the
less-toxic, left-handed structure.
Thus, the teratogenic right-handed
thalidomide molecule can be omitted
Who Is a Person?
from present-day drug formulations.
To the Editor:
Knowing the subtle distinctions of
"Who Deserves to Be Born?" by
molecular structure and their not-
Steven D. Lavine (Op-Ed, Dec. 29)
rights and interests of parents are
so-subtle implications may help al-
raises the issue of "personhood" in a
legitimately there to be considered
lay fears of new patients and the
fetus and asks lawmakers to consid-
and weighed against the potential
revulsion of earlier victims to ex-
er how prenatal testing will affect
interests of a person-to-be. Nonethe-
perimental protocols involving tha-
people's decisions about procreation.
less, since such questions heavily in-
lidomide.
C. FRANK SHAW 3D
Ethical principle and legal doc-
volve human problems, the hospital
Professor of chemistry
trine respecting the autonomy of
ethics committee may be the best
University of Wisconsin
an individual person is well estab-
forum to hold the real discussions.
Milwaukee, Jan. 2, 1996
Shrink National Guard
Slovakia Is Committed to Democracy
But Keep It Effective
To the Editor:
short of democracy," are drafts cir-
To the Editor:
I have to express my concern re-
culating in the Slovak Parliament
Your editorial on Dec. 27 titled
garding your news article "West
that are presumed to centralize
"Rethink the Army National Guard"
Says Slovakia Falls Short of Democ-
more power, reduce autonomy of
racy" (Dec. 26), where you draw the
asserts that in the post-cold-war
universities, restrict the activities of
conclusion that Slovakia is "less
drawdown of our forces, the Army
private organizations, etc. Even
National Guard should shrink the
democratic" than other post-Com-
in developed democracies, it takes
munist countries.
same as the active-duty Army. In
a long time for a bill to become a law.
Your conclusions are based mostly
fact, the blueprint for the current
The difficulties that Slovakia is
on quotations from people who, for
drawdown - the bottom-up review
coping with now are difficulties of
many reasons, are skeptical or say
- rejected the idea of proportional
the entire Slovak society, not exclu-
they are skeptical about the democ-
reductions for very good reasons.
sively the Government As Juraj
ratization process in Slovakia. It is
The bottom-up review saw Re-
Schenk, Slovak Minister of Foreign
certainly a part of a journalist's job
serves as providing "compensating
Affairs, said, "We emphasize the im-
to bring various opinjons to the read-
leverage" in the face of a smaller total
portance to solve the problems by
er's attention, but it is too risky to
force. Reservists are part-timers, so
constitutional and democratic
draw any final conclusions from a
their units cost only 25 to 75 percent
one-sided source.
ways."
of active-duty counterparts. Making
It is-not true that Slovak senior
You point to the language law.
greater use of the reservists makes
officials are "often unavailable to
Knowledge of a state language is a
good sense in an era of shrinking
basic requirement for obtaining citi-
explain their positions to visiting for-
budgets. This means that, instead of
zenship. To fully participate in the
eigners." The evidence could be
reducing the Reserve components in
social and economic life of the Slovak
found in the large number of periodi-
the same direct proportion as the ac-
Republic it is necessary to speak
cals where interviews with Slovak
tive components, more use should be
Slovak. The laws adopted previously
officials have appeared Slovak rep-
made of reservists to control peace-
make it obvious that the citizens of
resentatives welcome the opportuni-
time costs and to minimize the risks
minority groups will and should re-
ty to inform journalists about their
associated with the active drawdown.
tain their language.
positions. BRANISLAV LICHARDUS
The National Guard and Reserve
Other examples, which lead you to
Slovak Ambassador to the U.S.
are becoming further integrated into
a conclusion that Slovakia is "falling
Washington, Dec. 29, 1995
the total force. As much as 20 per-
cent of the Army units deployed
overseas are from the Guard and
Irony Seen in Germany's Ban on Internet Smut
Reserve; Naval Reserve ships regu-
larly deploy to the Western Pacific
To the Editor:
Blocks Access to Topics Called Por-
and South Atlantic; up to 30 percent
Those who have ventured into the
nographic," front page, Dec. 29).
of the Air Mobility Command's
seedier areas of virtually any large
Considering the open and wide-
flights are performed by Air Re-
European city may be aware that
spread availability of pornographic
serve components.
Germany has long been a major
materials in Germany (not to men-
Changes in the active and Reserve
forces of the Army should not
source of some of the most bizarre
tion the vast quantities exported), I
and extreme pornography on the
am astonished to discover that that
be judged by whether they involve
proportional reductions, but rather
planet. Thus it is, to say the least,
country has laws restricting pornog-
whether they lead to the most cost-
ironic that Compuserve should be
raphy. In fact, one shudders to con-
effective force to implement the
forced to block access to more than
template just how perverse the of-
PHOTOCOPY
strategy.
DEBORAH R. LEE
200 allegedly "pornographic" on-line
fending discussion groups would
Assistant Secretary of Defense
discussion groups on the ground that
have to have been to alarm the Ger-
PRESERVATION
for Reserve Affairs
their content violates German por-
man
authorities.
G.M. WATSON
Washington, Dec. 29, 1995
nography laws ("On-Line Service
Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 31, 1995
File women
December 22, 1995
MEMORANDUM TO:
HAROLD ICKES
ALEXIS HERMAN
DOUG SOSNICK
MAGGIE WILLIAMS
MELANNE VERVEER
ANN LEWIS
KAREN HANCOX
CC:
LEE SATERFIELD
CHRIS WAYNE
FROM:
BETSY MYERS
SUBJECT:
ACTIVITIES REPORT - DECEMBER 22
Below please find a summary of events, outreach and media activities by the Office for
Women's Initiatives and Outreach from December 16 through December 22, 1995.
PULSE OF THE CONSTITUENCY
Women support the President and his initiatives and are afraid of the Republican
Right's agenda.
Women constituents: The women leaders who met with the President on December
20 all expressed their support -- not because of the President's positions on issues
important to children and families -- but because of his support specifically for women
on several fronts, including the budget, choice and welfare reform.
o
Women appointees are writing and calling to express appreciation for Women's office
events and activities. They are feeling more respect from the Administration. They
especially are praising the December 13 meeting in OEOB with Evelyn Lieberman,
Mike McCurry, Don Baer, Peggy Lewis and Tony Lake.
EVENTS
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An At the Table with the President and Vice President and women leaders in the
Cabinet Room on December 20. A lunch was held for the women leaders in The
Women's Office following the roundtable.
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December 22, 1995
OUTREACH
Continued to work closely with women appointees holding At the Table roundtables
around the nation. At the Table roundtables took place across the nation including in
El Paso and Robertson, Texas, and Memphis, TN.
Approximately 150 At the Table roundtables are scheduled for the holiday break.
Continued to recruit At the Table chairs across the nation. (See attached memo.)
WOMEN POLITICAL APPOINTEES OUTREACH
Met with women Presidential appointees at the Treasury Department on December 21.
Several additional Latina appointees have scheduled At the Table roundtables and
Latina appointees are receiving daily talking points.
Hosted an open house for women Presidential appointees at the Wilson House to see a
woman's suffrage exhibit on December 20.
Distributed upcoming At the Table list and other materials on how to get media and
suggestions on where to hold At the Table roundtables to women agency liaisons for
further distribution to all women appointees. (See attachments.)
AMPLIFICATION
We had terrific hits this past week on spreading the word about the Administration's
Bosnia activities with Tony Lake speaking to women political appointees and Sandy
Berger talking to 64 women leaders representing the top women's organizations.
MEDIA
On December 20, an article by Judy Mann on The Women's Office and on At the
Table was published in The Washington Post. It was very favorable. (See attachment.)
Conducted interview with Ms. Magazine on At the Table.
Conducted interview with Working woman on At the Table.
Conducted interview with Sarah McClendon on The Women's Office and on At the
Table.
Conducted interview with Women Network News, which is distributed in New York,
New Jersey and Conn.
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Women's Office Activities
December 22, 1995
Gave information to Glamour magazine on domestic violence. Article likely to appear
in March or April.
Continued to assist Presidential appointees on media outreach surrounding their At the
Table roundtables. (See attached article from Seattle Post Intelligencer.)
UPCOMING
Christmas break home-town At the Table outreach meetings led by hundreds of women
appointees.
Agency visits to continue to meet women and pitch At the Table.
Printing of 12-page Administration accomplishments for women and families. A
revised pink card also went to the press this week. We will have 50,000 for
distribution.
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MEMORANDUM TO HAROLD ICKES
ALEXIS HERMAN
DOUG SOSNIK
MAGGIE WILLIAMS
MELANNE VERVEER
ANN LEWIS
FROM:
BETSY MYERS
SUBJECT:
ACTIVITIES REPORT
Below please find a summary of outreach, events and media activities coordinated and
organized by the Office of Women's Initiatives and Outreach from October 13 through
October 26, 1995.
Events
o
Travelled with Congressman Barney Frank to Fall River, Massachusetts, a blue-
collar textile town on October 23 to highlight women workers in textile plants and
to lead a large-audience public discussion on women in business. (See attached
clips.)
Outreach
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Organized and coordinated a meeting with key women leaders on welfare reform in
the Roosevelt Room with Leon Panetta, Alexis Herman, Melanne Verveer, Betsy
Myers and others on October 19. The response was tremendous. Cindy Marano of
Wider Opportunities for Women noted that women in attendance felt renewed and
energized by the White House's inclusion of them in the welfare reform debate.
o
Organized and hosted a meeting with the National Abortion Foundation of women
who have undergone the "partial birth abortion" procedure with Domestic Policy
Council and Women's Office staff on October 19. There will be a follow-up meeting
with the White House internal reproductive rights group.
Organized an outreach meeting for 200 women leaders and business women in Fall
River on October 23 and met with 60 local women leaders for lunch.
o
Kicked-off "At The Table" outreach meetings with a briefing and mobilization of 25
women appointees representing each federal agency on October 19. Meeting
included creating a time frame and plan for sending women appointees out in the
field to for outreach meetings and gathering of local women's input; establishment of
an organizing structure for disseminating White House materials, for coordinating
agency media amplification and for organizing attendance at White House
briefings.
Amplified President's budget message on women and medicare through radio
interviews by 10 senior women appointees.
Amplified the President's budget message on children by sending out White House
document on the "Impact of Budget Cuts on Children" to 350 women's organizations
and 200 women political appointees.
Distributed budget grid and talking points on the President's budget message on
women to all women political appointees in each agency. Also distributed
background on the Office of Women's Initiatives & Outreach and message memo from
Celinda Lake.
Briefing on October 24 for 200 women political appointees to discuss the impact of
budget cuts on women and children programs. Speakers included Alice Rivlin, Laura
Tyson, Madeleine Kunin, and Ann Lewis. Amplification included radio interviews by
senior women appointees and planned constituent outreach.
Assisted the "Interagency Council on Women" by inviting 80 women political
appointees to the First Lady's briefing on the Fourth World Conference on Women
on October 25.
Coordinated briefing for the National Association of WIC Directors from all 50
states on October 26. Purpose was to discuss budget cuts on women and children's
programs and the WIC program. Speakers included Carol Rasco, Marilyn Yager and
Ken Apfel.
Coordinated polling meeting for White House staff on October 25 with Celinda Lake
to discuss the recent Lake's new AAUW polling and voting data on women and
education. Conclusion of results shows that education should be the next
"Medicare issue" for the Administration.
Pulse of the Constituency
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Women leaders and constituents continue to seek strong leadership from the
President on welfare reform, choice and the budget.
Women political appointees at all levels are thrilled by our inclusion of them in
briefings, in the At Table Table women's outreach campaign and in our
organizing events for them.
Media
o
Extensive media coverage of Myers' and Congressman Barney Frank's meeting with
working women in Fall River, Mass. Coverage of Myers' tour of a textile factory
and small discussion with unionized women factory workers included newspaper, TV
and radio (see attached clip.)
Interview with Kalamazoo Gazette on President's domestic violence budget message
(see attached clip.)
Continuing media outreach on domestic violence -- including interviews with
battered women who met the President, placement of battered women's letters and
photographs from President's October 2 event in women's magazines, regional press,
and Asian and Hispanic specialty press. (See attached clip.)
Continuing placement of photographs from First Lady's working women's
roundtable on September 12 (see attached clip.)
Article in The Crusader, African American newspaper in Chicago, on Myers'
roundtable discussion with pregnant teenagers and visit to a pregnant teen public high
school during the President's week-long focus on budget cuts to education.
Interview with Sunday Monitor (New Hampshire) on Administration's efforts to assist
women entrepreneurs (see attached clip.)
Ongoing scheduling of women political appointees for radio talk shows on budget
cuts and Medicare.
Upcoming
November 7 networking reception and forum discussion on Beijing for women
appointees at the Woman's National Democratic Club. Speakers include Donna
Shalala, Geraldine Ferraro, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, Madeleine Kunin,
Lynn Cutler and others from the delegation to Beijing. Audience of women
appointees with number several hundred.
Presenting At the Table campaign to the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum on
October 31.
Organizing outreach meeting/At The Table for Treasury Deputy Secretary Larry
Summers with women business leaders and economists in San Francisco on
November 10.
Organizing outreach meeting/At The Table for Carol Rasco in Miami on
November 16.
Visits by Myers to each federal agency to meet with women appointees and mobilize
them for national outreach campaign to women, At The Table.
o
Potential Glass Ceiling Event at the White House at the end of November.