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through 12, and what I want to do is this: 

give the parents the choice between private, 

ublic, and religious schools. Give them a reak. That’s going to help the public schools 

as well as the others. On crime, we’ve got to be a little tougher on the criminals and have a little more sym­ pathy for the victims of crime. I might say 

I was very proud to have been endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police from Little Rock, Arkansas. You know, they talk a lot over there on the other side about getting die deficit down. 

But here’s three ideas for you. Let’s pass a balanced budget amendment and make the Congress get it down. Here’s another idea: Give the taxpayer a check-off on his income, 10 percent to go to reduce spending. Make 

them reduce that spending. Then give them 

a line-item veto. Let the President cut right through that waste. Three good ideas. My biggest problem with Governor Clin­ ton is that he’s on one side of the issue one day and on the other, the other day. We can­ not let the White House turn into the waffle house. We can’t do that. He’ll take one posi­ tion on right to work in the right-to-work State, and in the other States he says he’s against it. On term limits, which I am in favor of, he is for it in one State and against it in another.

On the Persian Gulf war, where the sons 

and daughters of North Carolina served with such distinction, here’s what Governor Clin­ ton said. Think of this in terms of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. He said, “Well, I agree with the minority, but 

I guess I would have voted with the major­ ity.” What kind of leadership is that? Audience members. Boo-o-o! The President. You cannot lead the American people by misleading them. No­ body is perfect. If you make a mistake, admit it. That’s the American way. Then go on 

about leading the country. But do not try to be all things to all people.

Let me tell you this: I’m very sorry Barbara is not here because I think we’ve got the best First Lady we can possibly have. But she and I have tried very hard to uphold the public 

trust. The White House is your house. The 

Presidency is your Presidency. We have tried to keep that place decent and honorable so

all the American people can look up to the 

White House. Let me just say that sometimes that telephone rings there at night, and you have to 

make a decision. You can’t wait. You can't procrastinate. You can't take a poll or have a town meeting or have a referendum. You’ve 

got to make a decision. That’s what being 

President is all about. I am very proud to have served my country 

in war. I put on a uniform and fought for the United States, and I am honored and proud to be President of the United States. I want to succeed in this campaign not that 

I need the job, but I want to lift up these kids here todav. We are in a global recession, a global slowdown. The United States economy is doing better than most of the Euro­ pean countries, japan, Germany, Canada; 

you name it. But with my program, the one 

I have proposed, and with 150 new Members of Congress, we are going to lift this country 

up. We are going to help these kids here to­ night. We are going to lead the way out of this—in the economic recovery. Thank you very much. And may God bless the United States of America. And may God bless the wonderful people of the State o f North Carolina. Thank you very much.

Oct. 21 / Administration o f George Bush, 1992

N otei The President spoke at 9 p.m. at the

State Fair Grounds. A tape was not available

for verification of the content o f these remarks.

Memorandum of Disapproval for the Jena Band o f Choctaws of Louisiana Restoration Act

O ctober 21,1992

I am withholding my approval of S. 3095, entitled the “Jena Band of Choctaws of Louisiana Restoration Act.” S. 3095 would establish the Jena Rand of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana as a distinct, federally recognized Indian tribe.

It is important that all groups seeking Federal recognition as an Indian tribe should go
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through the established Federal acknowledgment process. The process was established 

with the encouragement and support of the 

Indian tribes and the Congress to deal uniformly and consistently with requests for acknowledgment. The acknowledgment process is objective, applies fair criteria, and provides each petitioning group the opportunity 

for an unbiased, detailed evaluation of its 

documented petition.

S. 3095 would circumvent the standard 

Federal acknowledgment process, establish a 

precedent that would weaken the Department of the Interiors acknowledgment process, and encourage other groups to seek statutory recognition outside this well-established process. Further, it would be inequitable to other groups seeking Federal acknowledgment. Finally, it is inconsistent with 

the standard practice of “restoring” Federal 

recognition to only those tribes that have 

been previously recognized and legislatively 

terminated.

S. 3095, in using the term “restore,” automatically assumes the Band was formerly recognized as the Band claims. This claim is 

based on the fact that, for a few years in the 

1930's, the United States funded a school for 

Indians at Jena, Louisiana, and, in 1938, considered relocating Jena families to Mississippi, but did not do so. The limited provision of funds for education and the consideration to relocate Jena families were actions 

based on the identification of members of 

the group as Indians, not on identification 

of the group as a tribe. There is a distinction 

between identifying individuals as Indians 

versus Federal recognition of a tribe, which 

establishes a perpetual govemment-to-govemment relationship.

Enactment of S. 3095 would circumvent 

and weaken the Federal acknowledgment 

process and be unfair to other groups similarly situated. For these reasons, I am withholding my approval of S. 3095.

G eorge Bush

Administration o f George Bush, 1992 / Oct. 21

Executive Order 12817—Transfer of Certain Iraqi Government Assets Held by Dom estic Banks

O ctober 21,1992

By the authority vested in me as President 

by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 

5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 

1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and sec­ tion 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, 

in order to apply in the United States measures adopted in United Nations Security 

Council Resolution No. 778 of October 2, 1992, and in order to take additional steps with respect to the actions and policies of the Government of Iraq and the national 

emergency described and declared in Executive Order No. 12722,

I, G eorge Bush, President of the United 

States of America, hereby order:

Section I. The Secretary of the Treasury 

is authorized and directed to take all actions 

necessary to carry out the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 

778 with respect to blocked funds and other 

assets described in section 2 of this order, or funds and other assets received from the 

United Nations in repayment of funds and assets transferred pursuant to section 2 of this order. For this purpose, the Secretary 

of the Treasury is delegated and authorized 

to exercise all authorities vested in the President by sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) and section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act (22 

U.S.C. 287c).

Sec. 2. Upon a determination by the Sec­ retary of the Treasury that funds or other 

assets in which the Government of Iraq or its agencies, instrumentalities, or controlled entities have an interest represent the proceeds of the sale of Iraqi petroleum or petroleum products, paid for by or on behalf of

The White House, 

October 21,1992.