Reagan presidential library opens for history’s judgment
SIM! VALLliY,
Calif. (AIM Ron•
a I ci Hoag a n
opened his presi
dential 11brarv Monday and in
viled ihe world to "come and
learn from 11 " He was Joined
by President flush and their
three predecessors in the first
gathering ever of five IJ S chief
executives
Pleven years to the day since
he was elected president, the
80-year-old Reagan joined
Bush, Jimmy Carter, Coraid
Ford and Richard Nixon at the
hilltop library under brilliant,
windswept skies A band
played "Hail to the Chief as
they took the stage Air Force
F- 18s flew over
"The doors of this library are
open now and all are wel
come." Reagan told a crowd of
4,200 invited guests "The
judgment of history is left to
you, the people I have no fears
of that. VVe have done our best
And so I say, 'Come and learn
from if "
In addition to the presidents
and their wives. Lady Bird
Johnson and her daughter rep
resented the late Lyndon John
son, and John Kennedy Jr and
Caroline Kennedy Schlosslmrg
were there for their late father,
John F Kennedy There were
also relatives of President
Franklin Roosevelt
Reagan's fellow chief exeru
lives took turns at the micro
phone, praising him and look
ing bar k on the challenges of
their own administrations
Hush, who was Reagan's vice
president, called him his men
tor and hailed him as an
American original a vision
ary, a < rusader and a prophet in
his time."
Ronald Reagan predicted
that communism would land in
the dustbin of history and his
lory proved him right," said
Bush Reagan's defense buildup
"paid off for every American"
in the Gulf war, ho said
"He was the great communi
cator and also the great lifmra
tor," the -list president said of
the 40111 "No leader since
Churchill used words so effri
lively to help freedom unchain
our world."
Nixon said Reagan would he
remembered as a president who
believed in freedom and de
mocracy and who "restored
America's military might "
Ford said Reagan was a lead
er who was "able to articulate
the highest hopes and deepest
beliefs of the American peo
ple."
liven Carter, who hurried
back from election-monitoring
in Zambia to attend tfie dedica
tion, had kind words for the
man who ruined his reduction
hopes Under Reagan. Carter
said, "our nation stood strong
and resolute and made possible
tfie beginning of the end of the
Cold War "
Carter, the only Democrat of
the five, jokingly alluded to Re
publican presidential domi
nance in the last quarter cen
tury
"I have one concern, and licit
is that the Republican represen
tation fias four times as much
lime on the program as the
Democratic." Carter said to
laughs from the largely COP
crowd "You all have another
advantage over me At least all
of you have met a Derma ratii
president I've never had that
honor yet
Bush said he felt badlv about
that hut asked that voters
"please don't do anything”
about it
Reagan's tone was senbeen
tal, but no more so than at
many limes while fie vs as presi
dent
"A! one tlmo ur another I've
run against most of these gen
tlemon and they've run against
me," he said "And vet here we
.ire It just goes to show that
above personal ideologies and
party politics, we stand united
as Americans"
Reagan said. "I have been de
ss rita-d as an undying optimist
It's true 1 always see the sun
ny side of life."
Citing the collapse of com
munism. Keegan said, "I have
seen the world turned upside
down and conventional wis
dom utterly disproved Visitors
to this mountatntop will see a
great jagged chunk, of the Berlin
Wall, hated symbol of, vs. an
evil empire "
■'Today that wall exists only
in museums, souvenir collec
turns and the memories of a
people no longer oppressed,"
lie said
Also on hand for the cereino
ny were former Reagan admin
istration officials James Watt.
Caspar Weinberger, Michael
Denver and Hush's secretary of
state, James A Itaker 111. Just
back from the Mideast peace
talks in Madrid. Spain
In keeping with Reagan's
show business background, the
audience also included such
Hollywood stars as Hob Hope,
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Merv
Critlin and Charlton Heston
In the latest reading on Rea
gun's standing, nearly three
years after be left the White
House, a l,ns tnge/e*. //rues
poll published Mon.lay sug
gested that people who gave
Reagan landslide victories are
divided on his legacy, and
many consider him only an av
erage president
Another election is just a
year away, and Democrats saw
Bush's attendance as an oppor
Potential Kennedy trial jurors questioned
wfst halm iu:ach. hi a
(AH) "Saturday Night Live,"
tho Uuardian Angels and (diap
paquiddick figured in question
ing Mondav of potential jurors
lor William Kennedy Smith's
rape tri.il
The third day of selection fo
cused on attitudes about the
Kennedy family and pretrial
publicity, which in recent days
has been mostlv favorable to
Smith
"Now that it's time to do bat
tle, there's a definite momen
tum in lavor of the defense,"
said lawyer Joe Mini berg, who
represents an important state
w itness, Anne Mercer
News stories in rei cut days
have included profiles of
Smith's daily routine that in
cludes morning swims and
playing with a new puppy, and
declarations of his innocence
by C.'athy Bennett, a veteran
jury-selection expert who's but
tling cancer while helping
Smith
Mtncherg said such publicity
likely reaches potential jurors
in some form A Smith spokes
woman, Barbara liatnarekiun.
said Monday there's no organ
ized publicity effort
Smith. 31-year-old nephew
of Sen Ldward M Kennedy, I)
Muss . has denied a Florida
woman's allegations that he
raped her March 30 at his fami
ly's estate Kennedy was at the
estate that weekend and will be
a trial witness.
Questioning of potential juror
Robert Fleming resumed Mon
day with defense attorney Roy
Black asking if he saw any
pickets OUtSlde tile < Durihuusi
unci if he watched N1H -i "Sat
urduy Night Live;- over the
weekend
"It tumii on ! turned it
off, ‘ Fleming replied
SNL began with .1 '.kit s.itiriz
Ing questioning In Smith's at
tornuys about potential jurors
attitudes on ins famous undos
Fleming also told IIlac k he
saw no pickets
Members of the (biardian An
gels, tbu volunteer anti crime
group based in Now York,
picketed outside the Kennedy
I-.!,ili Sunday and outside the
con r!houMonday Their
li'.idiT. l.urtis Sliw.1, they
urge lioth sides m the iri.il to
"keep il clean
Smith glanced at the pickets
as he went to lunch HK only
comments were about Bennett,
40, "an extraordinary inspire
lion to me "
Prosecutors, lawyers, police
and court personnel are under
a gag order banning them from
comment on the case beyond
general statements
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(unity to critici/e him for a
hr.ivy travel .schedule and vviul
they contend is inattention (i»
domestic problems
"U S unemployment is ri>
ing again and our costly rises
sion is dragging on," Demm rat
u i’arty Chairman Kona hi
brown s.iiii in a statement "So
where is Mr bush7 Today, lie
will attend thi> opening of the
Ronald Reagan presidential It
tirarv In California and tele
brntu tlie Reagan bush eru An
era that tripled our national
debt, i rippled our education
system, and raised taxes on
nine out of 10 working Ameri
can families
'"I'ho dedh .11ion gala included
turning over of she keys to N.i
t Iona I Archivist |ohn Wilson
lhe Nutionul Archives urid
Record s A<l ml nisi ration vs i 11
operate thi; library at an esti
mated $1 5 million annual cost
to taxpayers.
Thu four-story structure,
much of it billow ground, is
m*st led on 100 acres of uridii
vulopiid Ventura County land
about 50 miles northwest of
I.os Angeles
Reagan's future burial site
and a chunk of the Merlin Wall
are on a patio area that com
mauds a dear-day oi can view
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