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Crowe, Jr., retirement y-1471 Catholic Lawyers Guild, luncheon in Boston, Hurricane Hugo, visit to a disaster site in International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/International Monetary Fund, President's Education Summit with Governors in Charlottesville, VA Welcoming ceremony—1454 meeting-1466 Gorbachev-1433 York City–1435 Appointments and Nominations—Continued Commission, Chairman and member-1440 State Department, Ambassador to India—1480 White House Office, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs—1440 Continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1990, including Hurricane Hugo disaster assistance Statement-1470 Appropriations Act, 1990, statement-1472 Capital gains tax legislation, letter-1443 of 1989, message transmitting proposed legislation—1442 1474 Communications to Federal Agencies Agriculture Department, Assistant Secretary Commerce Department, Census Bureau, Education Department, Inspector General- Energy Department, Assistant Secretary Environmental Protection Agency Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Director-1454 1440 National Commission for Employment Policy, Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees—1473 Reston Center and Elements Under the Joint Special Operations Command From the Federal Labor-Management Relations President's Advisory Committee on the Points of Light Initiative Foundation-1431 (Continued on the inside of the back cover.) 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There are no restrictions on the republication of material ap- Week Ending Friday, September 29, 1989 Remarks at a Luncheon Hosted by the happy-to accept when he conveyed your Catholic Lawyers Guild in Boston, kind invitation to this very, very special Massachusetts luncheon. I told my staff to set it up for any September 23, 1989 Saturday this fall, so long as Holy Cross wasn't playing B.C. (Laughter] And one Thank you all for that very warm recep aide noticed that “Red Mass” was on the tion. Barbara and I are just delighted to be trip schedule. He pulled out a map and with you. First, thank you, Judge Nolan. It's said, "Is that anywhere near Boston?" got to be the classic introduction. (Laugh- (Laughter] ter] And I can't tell you how much I appre- And lastly, we're pleased that Governor ciate it. It gets me—I don't have to finish Sununu is with us today. Like many young that high-calorie dessert. (Laughter] Thank Catholics, as a boy John dreamed of one day you so much, sir. And I'm delighted to see becoming Pope. (Laughter] It was only Governor Mike Dukakis here today. Mike, after having eight kids that we got him to thank you very much for being with us. settle for Chief of Staff. (Laughter] And I'm Thank you very much. glad it worked out that way. And we have many other distinguished Yesterday, the first day of autumn, and guests. Chief Justice Liacos of the Supreme it's the season of harvest, the season of Judicial Court of Massachusetts. I under- change. It's the back-to-school and new bestand the attorney general is with us-At- ginnings. And it is with great respect and torney General Shannon. And then of reverence that I come to you this day, the course my—I'll never convert him—but day of the red Mass, a stirring and deeply your senate president, Billy Bulger over spiritual tradition. Today and tomorrow, here. men and women of the bar will join in I'm going to get in real trouble on this, solemn prayer the country—our but there is a certain nostalgia in the air. I country—and around the world, gathering understand that Police Commissioner wherever civilization has been graced with Roche is with us somewhere out there. And the twin blessings of rule of law and faith in former Chief Justice Hennessy and the God. And the ancient roots of the red Mass former Mayor Collins. And then my friend, are so intertwined with the earliest days of Ed King, the former Governor of this State, the law that its precise origins are, quite is here someplace. There he is. literally, lost in time. We'll cut it off there except to say again Some say that this beautiful and inspiring to all of you our sincere thanks. Barbara and ritual was first observed in 13th century I are especially pleased to be with our Rome. Others say it began in King Edfriend, the spiritual leader of the diocese, ward's London, beneath the Gothic arches Cardinal Law. A great servant of God. of the Inns of the Court. And still others For those of you way back in the back of support the theory that it began in Paris. this magnificent ballroom, I'll try to speak Wherever the red Mass was first observed, up. Cardinal Law warned me that the ag- we can be sure of one thing: a tradition that nostics in this room are very bad. (Laugh- spans seven centuries was started when one ter] man with an idea-one lawyer or We've enjoyed visits by Cardinal Law to priest-stepped forward to act with convicboth Kennebunkport-down the road here, tion. The red Mass is a celebration and a to our house—and the White House in renewal, a reminder to every lawyer and recent months, and we're happy-very judge—Catholic or Jew or Protestant or across one |
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