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President's Proclamation :
Clinton salutes minority business week
ernm ent and private industry
Nation’s competitive edge in the
he American economy
must ensure that minority-owned
global economy, which will offer
to day is the envy of
firms have equal access to capi
great rewards to diversity, minor
the world. Since the
tal,
technical assistance, new
ity entre-preneurs are uniquely
beginning of my Adm inistra
markets,
and opportunities for
positioned to meet the needs of
tion. our economy has created
nearly 13 million new jobs, un
employment has declined to 4.9
percent, and America has once
le t ns henar the enerqy, determination, and aytimtsm a f air
again become the w orld’s lead
ing exporter.
Minority entrepreneurs have
Natían's minan tv entreyreneurs, whase hardwark has daña
played a vital role in this suc
samnah to hely keep America strany prosperáis, andfrdlaf
cess story. With their faith in
our free enterprise system, their
hoye for the fritare.' -Presídent Clinton
determination to overcome any
barriers to success, their w ill
ingness to work long and hard
and to make the most of every
growth.
this dynamic international m ar
opportunity , they epitomize the
We must attract new entrepre
ketplace.
American can-do spirit.
neurs
to the marketplace and en
Recognizing the contributions
They create jobs in commu
courage
existing firms to expand.
that minority enterprises make to
nities w here jobs are most
By
doing
so, we can ensure that
the social and economic fabric of
needed, and they set a powerful
America’s
promise will continue
our Nation, we must continue to
example of achievem ent for
to shine brightly for all our
remove any barriers that prevent
young people seeking to make
people
talented men and women of every
the most of their lives.
As we observe Minority Enter
racial and ethnic background from
In the years ahead, these mi
prise Development Week, let us
participating fully in Am erica's
nority business men and busi
honor the energy, determination,
economic mainstream.
ness women will become in
and optimism of our N ation's
Working in partnership, gov-
creasingly im portant to our
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Dr. William Richardson. Portland publisher of the Discount Buying Guide.
Business opportunity launched
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is a production of Cost Reduction
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nity for Portland area entrepreneurs
and community service organiza
tions. Cost Reduction Sy stems (CRS)
produces the Discount Buy ¡ng Gu ide.
which is essentially an advertising
tool with the purpose of linking of
Cost Reduction Systems distributors
and other advertisers to one another.
Advertisers and distributors receive
discounts from one another when
they patronize each other's busi
nesses. The businesses participat
ing in this unique method of enter
prise exchange have the potential to
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Ir,uly the opportunities to receive
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minority entrepreneurs, whose
hard work has done so much to
help keep America strong, pros
perous, and full of hope for the
future.
Now, Therefore, I, William J.
Clinton, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by
the Constitution and Laws of
the United States, do hereby pro
claim September 2 1 through Sep
tember 27, 1997, as minority En
terprise Development Week.
I call on all Americanstocom-
memorate this event with appro
priate ceremonies and activities
in acknowledgement of the many
contributions that minority en
trepreneurs bring to our national
life.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand this nine
teenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord nineteen hun
dred and ninety-seven, and of
the Independence of the of the
United States of America the two
hundred and twenty-second.
William J. Clinton
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