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Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion on Juvenile Crime in Las 1016 June 8 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 is now available 24 hours a day, 7 days a Thanks for listening. week. If you have information about who is responsible for these churches fires, please NOTE: The President spoke at 10:06 a.m. from call it. It's 1±888±ATF±FIRE. That's 1±888± the Oval Office at the White House. ATF±F-I-R-E. In the end, we must all face up to the re- Remarks in a Roundtable sponsibility to end this violence. We must say Discussion on Juvenile Crime to those who would feed their neighbors in Las Vegas, Nevada what Martin Luther King called ``the stale bread of hatred and spoiled meat of racism:'' June 9, 1996 That is not America; that is not our way. We The President. Thank you very much. must come together, black and white alike, to smother the fires of hatred that fuel this [At this point, moderator Kirby Burgess, di- violence. rector, Youth and Family Services Center, I am pleased that the National Council of welcomed the President and introduced Churches of Christ, one of the largest inter- roundtable participants. Gov. Bob Miller faith groups in the country, has spoken out then reviewed steps taken in Nevada to deal against these crimes and is mobilizing to as- with juvenile crime. Next, Clark County sist in the rebuilding of damaged churches. Undersheriff Richard Wingett described the I encourage communities everywhere where juvenile violent crime problem in Las Vegas. churches have been burned to roll up their Mr. Burgess introduced Shane Quick, An- sleeves and help the folks there to rebuild thony Covarrubias, and Stanley Johnson, their churches. teenagers who are enrolled in alternative sen- Religious freedom is one of the founding tencing programs. Mr. Quick told how he principles of our democracy, and the black was helped by a residential drug treatment church has historically been the center of program, concluding by saying he was nerv- worship, self-help, and community life for ous.] millions of families in our country. That's why The President. You're doing great. You're it was so hard for Reverend Terrence Mackey doing great. to break the news to his daughter last June Mr. Burgess. He's an honest young man, when they woke to find an ash-scarred field Mr. President. in the spot where only the day before stood their church home, Mount Zion AME [Next, Mr. Covarrubias described his success Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina. Rev- in being rehabilitated through the Freedom erend Mackey reassured his daughter with Program, an intensive supervision program.] these words: He told her, ``They didn't burn The President. How does it work, this down the church. They burned down the Freedom Program? building in which we hold church. The Mr. Covarrubias said he is under house ar- church is still inside all of us.'' On June 15th, [ rest and must check in with the program Reverend Mackey, his daughter, and his con- twice a day. He earns privileges for good be- gregation will march from the site of the old havior. church to a brand new building. And all ] Americans will march with them in spirit. The President. Why do you think it's We must all do our part to end this rash helped you? of violence. America is a great country be- Mr. Covarrubias. Because now I'm going cause for more than 200 years we have to counseling. I'm getting along with my par- strived to honor the religious convictions, the ents. It's keeping me out of trouble, keeping freedom, the extraordinary religious diversity me off the streets. of our people. The only way we can succeed The President. Is that your mother out in the 21st century is if we unleash the full there? power of those convictions and that diversity Mr. Covarrubias. Yes. and refuse to let anything divide or defeat The President. Give her a hand, and your us. family there. [Applause] VerDate 28-OCT-97 09:16 Jan 06, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P24JN4.010 p24jn4 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 / June 9 1017 Mr. Burgess. Tony, what I'd like for you [Participant Joy Gladwin said her son is in guys to do is speak up because the press is the same program as Mr. Johnson. Parents here and all the audience is here and these meet in support groups. Ms. Gladwin said microphones are a littleÐÐ New Directions results in better grades from The President. What's the difference in the students and presents children to the the program Tony's in and the one Shane's community in a positive way.] in? Shane, what's your program called? The President. Do you work with Stan? [Mr. Quick said now that he has completed Ms. Gladwin. No, I'm just a friend. the residential treatment, called West Care, The President. And how did you find this he is required to report to a probation officer program? How did you get involved with it? once a week.] [Ms. Gladwin told why her son was enrolled The President. Mr. Wingett, do you know in the program.] how manyÐdo either of you know, maybe Kirby knows itÐhow many young people The President. Stan, do you like doing does your probation officer work with? Do this program every day? Do you think these you know? Do you know how many people? folks are helping you? Mr. Burgess. Yes, sir, I do, Mr. President. Mr. Johnson. Yes. The President. How many? The President. Do you think it's going to help you stay in school? [Mr. Burgess said the average caseload for community supervision is 60 to 80 children.] Mr. Johnson. Yes. The President. Do you have a feelingÐ The President. So you check in once a do you think they really care about you? week. And you check in twice a day. You Mr. Johnson. Mm-hmm. [Laughter] have to do random drug tests? Ms. Gladwin. Mr. Garcia does care very, Mr. Quick. No. I did. I did do random very much for all of these kids. drug tests. The President. Is Mr. Garcia here? The President. For how long? Ms. Gladwin. Yeah, he is. Mr. Quick. Three months. The President. Okay. The President. Where is he? Stand up there, Mr. Garcia. [Applause] [Mr. Burgess noted that Mr. Covarrubias has Ms. Gladwin. He's really been a large to return to his neighborhood, where there benefit to these kids. He knows when to push is continuing gang activity, and asked how them and when not to, and it helps tremen- he will behave differently now that he is in dously. a supervision program. Mr. Covarrubias said he will not hang around with his friends as [Mr. Burgess noted that many of the children much as he used to, and he will walk away are from single-parent homes and asked Ms. from them if they ask him to commit crimes.] Gladwin how the program helps her take charge of her home. She replied that she is Mr. Burgess. Mr. President, Stanley John- comforted knowing someone else is helping son, who is to your left, is 13 years oldÐ her raise her family and knowing her son is [laughter]Ðhe is involvedÐÐ not involved in gangs.] The President. You did pretty good today. The President. How much of the prob- [Mr. Burgess described New Directions, the lems that young people haveÐI mean that program in which Mr. Johnson is enrolled. they're so much greater today than they have It has 24-hour supervision. Mr. Johnson told been in previous generations. How much of how his probation officer, Mr. Garcia, helps it do you think is due to the fact that children with school assignments. Mr. Burgess then are alone so much more than they used to asked Mr. Johnson to describe how his moth- be? er is involved in the program.] Ms. Gladwin. A lot. Unfortunately, Mr. Johnson. What? there's a lot more single parents. And it's very The President. About your mother. difficult for us. VerDate 28-OCT-97 09:16 Jan 06, 1998 Jkt 010199 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 W:\DISC\P24JN4.010 p24jn4 1018 June 9 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 Gov. Miller. We have the highest per- you try to get parents as well as the young centage of single mothers in the United people involved in community restitution and States here in Nevada, Mr. President. rehabilitation efforts. The President. You know, a phenomenal But the main thing I want to say, to get percentage of single parents are spending back to answering your question is, our coun- more than 20 percent of their income on try has got to make a commitment to under- child care when their children are very stand that whenÐnormally when we see a young. And then when they don't need lit- serious crime, that's the end of years of dif- eral, physical child care anymore it becomes ficulties that a lot of people have; and that almost impossible for them to do anything. we simply cannot jail our way out of Ameri- That's one of the reasons that these programs ca's crime problem. We are going to have are so important. to invest some more money in prevention. Ms. Gladwin. Yes, they are. The question And I say that as somebody who started out I have to ask is why isn't there more pro- in law enforcement as attorney general over grams like the New Directions? 20 years agoÐalmost 20 years ago.
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