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12/11/80

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LET ME FIRꢃT RECOGNIZE THE MEN WHO WROTE THIS BILL AND
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WANT TO THANK HOWARD BAKER FOR HIꢃ HELP IN ꢃECURING WIDE

BIPARTIꢃAN ꢃUPPORT FOR THE BILL, AND IF TIME PERMITTED WOULD THANK INDIVIDUALLY THE CHAIRMEN AND THE MEMBERꢃ OF ALꢀꢁ EIGHT
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THREE IN THE ꢃENATE AND FIVE IN THE HOUꢃE

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WHO WORKED ꢃO HARD ON THIꢃ LEGIꢃLATION.

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IN THE BUꢃINEꢃꢃ COMMUNITY HELPED MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

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ALMOꢃT 1-1/2 YEARꢃ ꢃINCE
ꢃIGNING TODAY LANDMARK BILL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THE "ꢃUPERFUND" BILL THAT BEGINꢃ THE MAꢃꢃIVE AND NEEDED CLEANUP

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WE REꢃPONDED DIRECTLY AND QUICKLY TO

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BY LOVE CANAL AND THE VALLEY OF THE DRUMꢃ -- ꢃTARK REMINDERS

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OF DECADEꢃ OF NEGLECT.

WE CREATED GREAT PROꢃPERITY THROUGH

OUR CHEMICAL AND ENERGY INDUꢃTRIEꢃ� BUT WE HAD NEGLECTED

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THE RESULT IS

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BILL THAT SUBSTANTIALLY MEETS THE CRITERIA

MOST IMPORTANT, IT ENABLES

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SET OUT IN MY ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.

THE GOVERNMENT TO RECOVER FROM RESPONSIBLE PARTIES THE COSTS
WHILE IT DOES NOT DEAL WITH OIL POLLUTION
PROPOSED, UNDERSTAND THAT CONGRESS INTENDS TO
OF THEIR ACTIONS. IN THE WAY ACT ON

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COMPREHENSIVE OIL POLLUTION SUPERFUND NEXT YEAR.

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IN MY FOUR YEARS AS PRESIDENT, ONE OF MY GREATEST PLEASURES
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Along with all the sadness election, have also great sense of gratitude for the extraordinary service you gave to this country and to mankind in these past four years. You had the courage and the vision to tackle large number of

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aacrucial problems that had been neglected, or dealt with inadequately, for far too long.

In time, the country will come to appreciate more fully the signal contributions you made on such international problems as Middle East peace, the safeguarding of human rights, the normalization of our relations with China, the improvement of the climate of our relationship

with Latin America.

The solution of the Panama Canal problem alone was

a

landmark achievement of truly historic significance -- and it took

great courage and tenacity to carry it through.

In domestic matters, you had the wisdom and determination to move us

toward deregulation in various sectors of our economy and toward

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creative merit system in our civil service. These, too, are outstanding

achievements.

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achieved for our country.

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great continuing

May hope the two of you will give consideration to the service to perform -- for world peace and for human justice. one suggestion?

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humane solutions to it.

You both have the credentials to demand attention

as no other two persons have.

Thank you for all you have done.

God bless you in all you have yet to do.

Sincerely,

Honorary
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Charlie Schultze

Subject:

Retail Sales in November

Today the Department of Coꢀerce released of retail sales for October and an. advance estimate .for November.
November sales are now estimated to have

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revised estimate

Sales were quite good. risen by 3-1/2 percent over the third quarter average.

The strong retail sales performance together with the recent evidence of steady week-by-week drop in initial claims for unemployment insurance, and very large growth in business loans, depict an economy that continues to move ahead in the face of huge increases in shortterm interest rates. There is weakness in autos and housing, but

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healthy increase in business investment plans,

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elsewhere the burgeoning interest rates do not

seem to have

halted the recovery.

We have little experience with the new financial environment that has been created in the last several years. And the earlier relationships between money, interest rates, and the course of economic activity -- on which our economic forecasts are based --

may be changing more than we realize.

Nevertheless, we, and virtually

all other forecasters, continue to believe that the kind of interest rate increases we have been seeing will eventually choke off the recovery.

[Salutations wi ll be updated no later than 8:30 a.m . on Thursday by Patty de Souza x7750]
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12/10/80

Scheduled delivery; Th ur, Dec 11, 9:15 a.m.

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SENATOR LAꢀ7TON C_-HILES, CONGRESSMAN JACK BROOK S, CONGRESSMAN
FRANK HORTON.

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THIS LEGISLATION, THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1980, IS

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IN MY FIRST CABINET MEETING, IN 1977,

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CABINET TO CUT DOWN ON THE A MOUNT OF PAPERWORK THE FEDERAL GOV ERNMENT PLACES ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

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TWO YEARS LATER WE HAD CUT BY 15 PERCENT THE ANOUNT OF
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THIS MEANS THAT AGENCIES HAVE TO JUSTIFY THEIR IN FORMATION REQUIREMENTS TO THE OF FICE OF MANAGEMENT AN D BUDGET -- THE

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TO TꢀIM WASTE FꢀOM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND TO SEE TO IT THAT GOVEꢀNMENT WOꢀKS EFFICIENTLY FOꢀ ALL Oꢁꢀ CITIZENS.

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SUBJECT:

Wartime Relocatioꢃ aꢃd

Civiliaꢃs

The Commissioꢃ oꢃ Wartime Relocatioꢃ aꢃd Iꢃterꢃmeꢃt of Civiliaꢃs

was established this year by Coꢃgress.

The Commissioꢃ is

respoꢃsible for reviewiꢃg the facts aꢃd circumstaꢃces surrouꢃdiꢃg the Executive Order that resulted iꢃ the iꢃterꢃmeꢃt of

Asiaꢃ aꢃd Aleut civiliaꢃs duriꢃg World War II.

Commissioꢃers

will review the impact of the Order aꢃd recommeꢃd appropriate

remedies.

You appoiꢃt three members.

Speaker O'Neill aꢃd

Seꢃator Magꢃusoꢃ each appoiꢃt two members.

Receꢃtlyꢄ after meetiꢃg with Seꢃator Iꢃouyeꢄ you seꢃt Jack

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ꢃote requestiꢃg

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memoraꢃdum that would iꢃclude William

Marutaꢃi aꢃd Jerry Eꢃomoto as two of the three appoiꢃtees.

Iꢃ developiꢃg caꢃdidates for the Coꢂissioꢃꢄ we have worked closely for two moꢃths with the Japaꢃese-Americaꢃ commuꢃityꢄ the JapaꢃeseꢅAmericaꢃ Citizeꢃs League aꢃd the AsiaꢃꢅAmericaꢃ

Coꢃgressioꢃal Caucus chaired by Coꢃgressmaꢃ Miꢃeta.

This

combiꢃed group requested that we wait uꢃtil after the electioꢃ

to make the appoiꢃtmeꢃts.

(The deadliꢃe iꢃ the statute was

October 29; howeverꢄ the Coꢃgress has ꢃot made its appoiꢃt� meꢃts aꢃd there are ꢃo funds authorized.

These groupsꢄ led by the Asiaꢃ-Americaꢃ Coꢃgressioꢃal Caucusꢄ requested that the Presideꢃtial appoiꢃtees should iꢃclude two

ꢃoꢃꢅAsiaꢃsꢄ aꢃd oꢃe Asiaꢃ-Americaꢃ.

The members should be

moderates with stature iꢃ the legalꢄ civil rights or political

commuꢃity.

They feel the fiꢃal recommeꢃdatioꢃs will have more

credibility if such

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blue-ribboꢃ paꢃel is gathered.

Uꢃtil he

met with youꢄ Seꢃator Iꢃouye had expressed full support for this

approach.

Thereforeꢄ his recommeꢃdatioꢃ of two Asiaꢃꢅꢆericaꢃs

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If you feel there is merit iꢃ appoiꢃtiꢃg two Asiaꢃsꢄ there is aꢃother caꢃdidate who deserves stroꢃg coꢃsideratioꢃ. shimaꢄ has beeꢃ your stroꢃgest supporter iꢃ orgaꢃiziꢃg the JapaꢃeseꢅAmericaꢃ commuꢃity for the Democratic Natioꢃal
Joji Koꢃo-

Committee aꢃd for Carter/Moꢃdale.

He is very iꢃterested iꢃ

this positioꢃ.

His backgrouꢃd is described below iꢃ more detail.

Congressman Mineta, Senator Inouye and other West Coast members of the Japanese-American Citizens League have expressed opposition to Mr. Konoshiꢀa, stating that he is not sufficiently wellꢁknown, nor of significant stature in the JapaneseꢁAmerican community to be an acceptable member. detention camp as young adult certainly qualifies him. political work has made him somewhat controversial member of
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the Japaneseꢁꢂerican coꢃunꢄty.

John White and Esther Kee

strongly support his appointment.

Among the other candidates, Clarence Mitchell, Jr. and Arthur Flemming are somewhat interchangeable in the strengths they bring. Both have enormous stature in the civil rights community, are activists in the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and are

viewed as moderate.

Both were very supportive of your reꢁelection.

Mitchell is identified with the Democratic Party and was

a

key

supporter of the legislation establishing the Commission.

Flemming

is an Independent who has served both Democratic and Republican Presidents. Both will serve if asked.