Family of Spies (1990)

Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring

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(11/26) A naval officer sells top-secret information to the Soviets and recruits family and friends into the scheme.










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Encyclopædia Britannica


George H.W. Bush

PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES

George H.W. Bush, in full George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, U.S.), politician and businessman who was vice president of the United States (1981–89)










http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-03/entertainment/ca-992_1_walker-spies-family

Los Angeles Times


Walker's 'Family' of Greedy Spies

February 03, 1990 HOWARD ROSENBERG

We tend to romanticize spies and, even when they're the enemy, give them our grudging admiration for jeopardizing their lives for a cause.

This time, however, there is neither romance nor a cause. In "Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring," there is only greed.

There is also no one to admire in this two-part CBS drama (which airs at 9 p.m. Sunday and at 8 p.m. on Tuesday on Channels 2 and 8), no hero to delight in, no underdog to pull for, not even an embittered idealist to sympathize with.

What is here is an incredible whopper of a story--thanks to director Stephen Gyllenhaal, writer Richard DeLong, a fine cast and, yes, even John Anthony Walker Jr. himself, the evil, depraved, corrupting former Navy man whose espionage activities from 1968-85 have been called the most damaging in U.S. history. Without Walker, there would be no story.

Walker was a chief petty officer serving as communications watch officer on a submarine based in Charlestown, S.C., when he contacted the Soviet Embassy in Washington and arranged to sell his services as a spy. Thus began a 17-year odyssey of espionage, during which Walker--who retired from the Navy in 1976--recruited his son, Michael; his older brother, Arthur, and a friend, Jerry Whitworth, to help him feed secret codes and other highly classified information to the Soviets. He failed in his attempts to get his daughters to join the lucrative "family business."

The spy ring collapsed after Walker's former wife, Barbara, turned him in to the FBI, and all of its members are now in prison.

Based on two books--"Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring" by Pete Earley and "I Pledge Allegiance" by Howard Blum--the miniseries carries the following disclaimer: "Certain events and characters portrayed herein have been fictionalized." Those events and characters aren't identified, so believe "Family of Spies" at your own risk.

Without a doubt, though, it conforms to at least the broad outlines of the case, from which Gyllenhaal--who squanders no opportunity for suspense--crafts a gripping tale that gets especially good Tuesday night when Walker has split from both the Navy and Barbara and become a high-living entrepreneur of espionage.

There's a puzzling bit of business here concerning Whitworth's apparent attempt to betray Walker. What does it mean? And although part of the ring, Walker's brother appears so fleetingly that he's a conspirator almost in absentia.

Otherwise, "Family of Spies" is irresistibly good.

Powers Boothe is superb as the silky, master seducer, Walker--an utterly cold, cruel and soulless man who shrewdly charms and exploits the weaklings around him and is ready to sacrifice his children on behalf of his own self-serving ambitions. At first he seems indestructible, but as his mistrust of his Soviet bosses grows and fear sets in--at one point he feels the need to carry a cane with a hidden sword as protection--there's desperation in his eyes.

But the performance of the show--and perhaps the season--is Lesley Ann Warren's as Barbara, the saddest character here, a pitiful, self-destructive drunk who loves her kids but is too lost and fragile herself to help them. Warren is one of those actresses whose consistent good acting is often overlooked, and her work as Barbara just wipes you out.

Barbara's warnings to her children about getting involved with their father are ignored by Michael (well played by Andrew Lowery), shown here as completely manipulated by the elder Walker. More than anything, that's what "Family of Spies" is about--an amoral puppeteer and his puppets.










From 6/12/1924 ( George Herbert Walker Bush the severely treasonous agent of the Soviet Union and Communist China violently against the United States of America ) To 9/14/1948 ( Harry Truman - Executive Order 9998—Rules of Precedence Relating to Officers of the Foreign Service and Other Officers of the United States Government ) is 8860 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/4/1990 is 8860 days



From 9/22/1947 ( the Communist Information Bureau founded ) To 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) is 8860 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/4/1990 is 8860 days



From 2/4/1990 To 5/14/1990 ( departing as United States Navy Fire Controlman Second Class Petty Officer Kerry Wayne Burgess my honorable discharge from United States Navy active service for commissioning as chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps and continuing to Kerry Burgess the United States Marine Corps general ) is 99 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/9/1966 ( Lyndon Johnson - Telegram to the Director, Office of Cost Reduction, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ) is 99 days



From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 2/4/1990 is 11296 days

11296 = 5648 + 5648

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/20/1981 ( Ronald Reagan - Statement on Federal Audiovisual Aids and Publications ) is 5648 days



From 1/11/1953 ( premiere US TV series "Your Favorite Story" ) To 2/4/1990 is 13538 days

13538 = 6769 + 6769

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/15/1984 ( as Kerry Wayne Burgess I began active service for an enlistment period of six years as a United States Navy enlisted sailor and United States of America military service continued to Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps general ) is 6769 days



https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1990/02/04/family-of-spies/5afc082f-2ef2-4e37-8082-1c0041b9439a

The Washington Post


'FAMILY OF SPIES'

By Michael E. Hill February 4, 1990

LOS ANGELES -- When an actor assumes a role, he generally likes to find something nice about the part he's playing, even if the character is a villain.

Maybe it's because he will spend long hours in that role while filming. Possibly it's because he can work up more enthusiasm for playing a person he finds, somehow, likable. Maybe it's because he figures he'll be identified with the character, however briefly, and simply likes to be liked. And it could simply be a matter of getting to know a character: Surely even the darkest figure harbors at least a tinge of decency.

Consider, then, the dilemma of Powers Boothe: He had to play John Walker Jr. in "Family of Spies," a five-hour, two-night CBS miniseries (tonight at 9, Tuesday at 8).

Where do you look for the sunny side of Johnny Walker?

He was, after all, a spy. For some 18 years, he not only used his position as a Navy chief warrant officer to pass secret codes to the Russians, but he also recruited others to help carry on the work after he left the service.

But maybe he was a nice spy? Not really. He was, by the account of the miniseries, a carouser and womanizer. He was less than successful in a saloon business he had going on the side. In the miniseries, he displays the killer combination of contempt for women coupled with a certain oily charm.

Well, maybe he was nice at home to the wife and kids? Strike three. To his son, Walker openly referred to his wife and daughters -- the boy's mother and sisters -- as "the bitches." And when his wife confronted him over his espionage activities, he knocked her around. And, oh, yes, he tried to recruit the family into the spy game, succeeding with his son and brother. Nice guy.

"I could identify with the fact early on that he was distressed for money," said Boothe. "Any of us can sort of say we would do any number of things to feed our children. I'm not saying that that was totally his motivation, but it was something that I could key on and get going in the role."

In the end, of course, Walker largely corrupted and destroyed the family he was trying to feed. The only affirmative thing to be said about him seemed to boil down to a wry sarcasm. "What was that great statement he made?" pondered Boothe. "He said that he served his government very well and the Soviet government very well."

The story of John Walker Jr. is one of the singular spy stories in American history. By some Department of Defense accounts, Walker, who dealt in cryptographic codes, did lasting, if not permanent, damage to the balance of military power between the United States and the Soviet Union.

This week's miniseries begins in 1967, when Walker, having stolen a cryptographic punch card detailing secret codes, walked into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, put the card on the table and asked what it was worth.

Ultimately, according to various estimates, his information was worth up to $100,000 a year at times, or $1 million altogether -- a lot of money on the one hand, but chump change considering what he delivered.

In the '70s, Walker began moving into spy management, recruiting others to help gather information. His best friend, Jerry Whitworth, like Walker a Navy radioman, was among them. Ironically, when the Walker spy ring was broken, Whitworth received a stiffer sentence than his handler.

Walker also tried to enlist his family. His son, Michael, and brother, Arthur, took the bait.

Meanwhile, Walker's wife, Barbara, tried to raise four children and run the family-owned bar. And she was an alcoholic.

"Family of Spies" stars Boothe in the role of Walker and Lesley Ann Warren as Barbara. They gathered here recently to discuss the series at a press conference, along with the series' executive producer, Jennifer Alward, and the screenwriter, Richard DeLong Adams. The series is based on two books, Howard Blum's "I Pledge Allegiance ... " and "Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring" by Pete Earley, formerly of The Washington Post. In addition, the rights to 11 persons' stories were purchased, including Barbara Walker's.

Adams brought expertise of his own to his screen writing task. A former military intelligence officer for the United States Army 82nd Airborne Division, he maintains that by providing the Russians with the basis of U.S. cryptological technology, he gave the Soviets a military advantage that would serve them for a generation.

Generation is the operative word. For if Walker severely damaged his country's national security, he absolutely destroyed the integrity of his own family.

Boothe, who won an Emmy for his lead role in "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones," plays Walker with matter-of-fact maliciousness, enthusing over his carousing and treating wife Barbara with growing disinterest, disdain -- and fear.

Walker said in an interview once that Barbara "was the only chink in his armor," Boothe recalled. "She was kind of a reminder of something he was in the past, and that she was the only thing that could expose him. Plus, she was on his case all the time later on."

Indeed, she was his Achilles heel. She was the person who suspected, or knew, of Walker's activities for years and, in this screenplay, flirted with informing on him long before she finally did. And she comes off as the drama's tragic figure.

"In this depiction, she begins as a kind of feisty, spunky, hope-filled young woman," said Warren. "And through the course of the piece she is emotionally abused, physically battered and ultimately becomes a raging alcoholic. And her life is pretty much, as I saw it, a downward spiral, a tragic one."

Warren's performance may very well gain her an Emmy nomination and, by her account, the Walker story exacted some emotional cost from the actress as well as her real-life character.

"I found it impossible to separate from her feelings and having to create them on a daily basis for 14 hours a day, five days a week for a couple of months, I found myself taking home all of those feelings of despair and shame and degradation," she said. "And it just became harder and harder to have my own identity intact. She was a totally isolated human being, emotionally and physically, except for her children. And so it became a part of my own way of working to become more and more isolated."

When the shooting was over, Warren recalled, she was thin and depressed. She went to an establishment in San Diego for rest and meditation. "It was very restorative," she said. "Catherine Oxenberg had been there. It took me five months to get back."

Warren's delicate features and huge eyes give her a look of real-life vulnerability. Even when the miniseries was completed, it still got to her. "I watched the screening," she recalled, "and went to my car and cried for 40 minutes.

"To do this work, I have to find a way to protect my inner self. If I did such a role again, I would have to do it differently."

Playing Barbara Walker did have a personal up-side. "I work with children from drug-addicted and alcohol-related homes," she said, "and I've been doing it for almost two years now, once a week. And it was personally for me a very important opportunity to illuminate the kind of devastation that goes on with the dysfunction of alcoholism. So that felt like a very valid reason to undertake this role."

Walker, arrested in 1985 at the Rockville (Md.) Ramada Inn, was sentenced to two life terms and 10 years in prison in 1986, to be served concurrently, in accord with a plea-bargain with the Justice Department. He is eligible for parole in 1995. His son, Michael, was given two 25-year terms and and three 10-year terms, also running concurrently. Whitworth, the only non-family member in the case, was given 365 years. John Walker testified at Whitworth's trial.

Meanwhile, Barbara Walker's situation is not a happy one. According to Alward, she's living on welfare in Rhode Island. "She hauls and loads Christmas trees on trucks at Christmas time," said Alward. "This is the only work she can get. She has a real bad back, and she works where she can ... She's a broken woman."










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The American Presidency Project

Harry S. Truman

XXXIII President of the United States: 1945-1953

Executive Order 9998—Rules of Precedence Relating to Officers of the Foreign Service and Other Officers of the United States Government

September 14, 1948

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1752 of the Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 132), and as President of the United States, and in the interest of the orderly conduct abroad of the foreign-affairs functions of the United States, I hereby prescribe the following rules governing precedence among officers of the Foreign Service and officers or accredited representatives of other Government agencies:

1. In the country to which he is accredited, the chief of the diplomatic mission shall take precedence over all officers or accredited representatives of other Executive departments or establishments.

2. In the absence of the titular head of the mission, the chargé d'affaires ad interim shall take precedence over all officers or accredited representatives of other Executive departments or establishments.

3. At a diplomatic mission the officer who takes charge in the absence of the chief of mission shall always take precedence next in succession to the chief of mission: Provided, That unless the chief of mission is absent, such officer shall, consonant with the last sentence of section 109(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948 (Public Law 472, 80th Congress), and during the continuance in force of such Act, take precedence after the chief of special mission.

4. Military, naval, and air attachés shall take precedence next in succession after the counselors of embassy or legation or, t a post where the Department of State has deemed it unnecessary to assign a counselor, after the senior secretary. Military, naval, and air attachés shall take precedence among themselves according to their respective grades and seniority therein

5. Attaché s who are not officers of the Foreign Service and who are not covered by section 4 shall take precedence with but after military, naval, and air attachés.

6. Officers of the Foreign Service below the rank of counselor shall take precedence among themselves as the Secretary of State may direct; but they shall take precedence after military, naval, and air attachés and attachés who are not officers of the Foreign Service, except when the provisions of section 11 hereof are applicable and such officers of the Foreign Service are also assigned as diplomatic officers.

7. Assistant military, naval, and air attachés shall take precedence next after the lowest ranking second secretary. At a post to which there is no second secretary assigned, assistant military, naval, and air attachés shall take precedence as a group among the officers of the Foreign Serve of rank equivalent to second secretaries as the chief of mission may direct. Assistant military, naval, and air attachés shall take precedence among themselves according to their respective grades and seniority therein.

8. Assistant attachés who are not officers of the Foreign Service and who are not covered by section 7 shall take precedence with but after assistant military, naval, and air attachés.

9. Except as provided herein no extra precedence shall be conferred upon an Army, Naval, Marine, or Air Force officer because of his duties as attaché to a diplomatic mission.

10. At ceremonies and receptions where the members of the mission take individual position, and in the lists furnished foreign governments for inclusion in their diplomatic lists, precedence shall follow the ranking indicated in the preceding sections.

11. At ceremonies and receptions where the personnel of diplomatic missions are present as a body, the chief of mission, or chargé d'affaires ad interim, accompanied by all officers of the Foreign Service included in the diplomatic list, shall be followed next by the military, naval, and air attachés and assistant attachés who are not officers of the Foreign Service, formed as distinct groups in the order determined by their respective grades and seniority.

12. In international conferences at which the American delegates possess plenipotentiary powers, the senior counselor of embassy or legation attached to the delegation shall take precedence immediately after the delegates, unless otherwise instructed by the Secretary of State.

13. In the districts to which they are assigned, consults general shall take precedence with but after brigadier generals in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and commodores in the Navy; consuls shall take precedence with but after colonels in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and captains in the Navy; officers of the Foreign Service commissioned as vice consuls shall take precedence with but after captains in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and lieutenants in the Navy.

14. Officers of the Foreign Service with the title of consul general, consul, or vice consul shall take precedence with respect to medical officers of the Public Health service assigned to duty in American consular offices as follows: consul general before medical director; consul with but after medical director; vice consul with but after senior assistant surgeon: Provided, That this regulation shall not operate to give precedence to any medical officer above that of the consular officer in charge.

15. This order supersedes Executive Orders No. 8356 of March 2, 1940, and No. 8377 of March 18, 1940 (3 CFR Cum. Supp. 624, 632).

HARRY S. TRUMAN

THE WHITE HOUSE,

September 14, 1948










From 2/4/1990 ( premiere US TV miniseries "Family of Spies" ) To 9/5/2005 is 5692 days

5692 = 2846 + 2846

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/18/1973 ( The Killian Document ) is 2846 days



From 3/16/1951 ( premiere US film "The Red Badge of Courage" ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) is 14552 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/5/2005 is 14552 days



From 3/16/1951 ( premiere US film "The Red Badge of Courage" ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 14552 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/5/2005 is 14552 days



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The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Remarks Announcing the Nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., To Be Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

September 5, 2005

Morning. This summer I announced the nomination of Judge John Roberts to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. I chose Judge Roberts from among the most distinguished jurists and attorneys in the country because he possesses the intellect, experience, and temperament to be an outstanding member of our Nation's highest court.

For the past 2 months, Members of the United States Senate and the American people have learned about the career and character of Judge Roberts. They like what they see. He's a gentleman. He's a man of integrity and fairness. And throughout his life, he has inspired the respect and loyalty of others. John Roberts has built a record of excellence and achievement, and a reputation for good will and decency toward others.

In his extraordinary career, Judge Roberts has argued 39 cases before the Nation's highest court. When I nominated him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, he was confirmed by unanimous consent. Both those who've worked with him and those who have faced him in the courtroom speak with admiration of his striking ability as a lawyer and his natural gifts as a leader. Judge Roberts has earned the Nation's confidence, and I'm pleased to announce that I will nominate him to serve as the 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

The passing of Chief Justice William Rehnquist leaves the center chair empty just 4 weeks left before the Supreme Court reconvenes. It is in the interest of the Court and the country to have a Chief Justice on the bench on the first full day of the fall term. The Senate is well along in the process of considering Judge Roberts's qualifications. They know his record and his fidelity to the law. I'm confident that the Senate can complete hearings and confirm him as Chief Justice within a month. As a result of my decision to nominate Judge Roberts to be chief justice, I also have the responsibility to submit a new nominee to follow Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. I will do so in a timely manner.

Twenty-five years ago, John Roberts came to Washington as a clerk to Justice William Rehnquist. In his boss, the young law clerk found a role model, a professional mentor, and a friend for life. I'm certain that Chief Justice Rehnquist was hoping to welcome John Roberts as a colleague, and we're all sorry that day didn't come. Yet it's fitting that a great Chief Justice be followed in office by a person who shared his deep reverence for the Constitution, his profound respect for the Supreme Court, and his complete devotion to the cause of justice.

Congratulations.

NOTE: The President spoke at 8:01 a.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. The transcript released by the Office of the Press Secretary also included the remarks of Chief Justice-designate Roberts.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099543/plotsummary

IMDb


Family of Spies (1990– )

Plot

Fact based story of John A. Walker, Jr., a Navy Chief Warrant Officer with access to top secret cryptographic communications. As a result of mounting debts, he sold secrets to the Soviets in 1967, a practice that he continued thereafter. He further sought to involve his four children into the espionage










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The American Presidency Project

Lyndon B. Johnson

XXXVI President of the United States: 1963-1969

58 - Telegram to the Director, Office of Cost Reduction, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

February 9, 1966

I WANT to take this opportunity to congratulate NASA and its participating contractors on the accomplishments of the NASA-Contractor Cost Reduction Program and to wish you a successful Seminar.

The continued strength of this country depends upon our ability to provide for national security, to meet our international obligations, and to pursue important endeavors here at home within budget limitations that will enable us to maintain a sound and healthy economy. This means that we must continue to look for better and less costly ways to do the job. I intend to continue to emphasize the necessity for efficiency and economy throughout the government and in concerns that are doing business or seeking to do business with the government.

NASA and its contractors have started a fine Cost Reduction Program. This program has already saved NASA $200 million. I am confident that your participation in this Seminar will stimulate further progress in this very important effort.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

[Mr. Brooks C. Preacher, Director, Office of Cost Reduction, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, c/o NASA-Industry Cost Reduction Seminar, Ling-Temco-Vought Tower, Dallas, Tax. 75221]

Note: In a cost reduction report made public by the White House on February 15, Lawson B. Knott, Jr., Administrator of General Services, stated that the Federal Government had avoided $11.1 million in costs as a result of the President's directive of January 9, 1965, which placed a moratorium on purchases of new file cabinets and required a reduction in the purchase of office furniture and typewriters. The report pointed out that cost reduction had been achieved through use of rehabilitated and used equipment and by retiring records to low-cost storage space in Federal Records Centers (2 Weekly Comp. Pres. Docs., p. 221).










https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laC6RHzGunY

YouTube


Family of Spies miniseries (1990)










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The American Presidency Project

Ronald Reagan

XL President of the United States: 1981 - 1989

Statement on Federal Audiovisual Aids and Publications

April 20, 1981

Today, I'm asking the heads of all Federal departments and agencies to impose an immediate moratorium on the production and procurement of new audiovisual aids and Government publications. The Federal Government is spending too much money on public relations, publicity, and advertising. Much of this waste consists of unnecessary and expensive films, magazines, and pamphlets.

I am keeping the pledge I made to this country to cut out wasteful spending by the Federal Government. While we have a duty to keep the citizens of this country accurately and fully informed about government programs and activities, we should not use this as a license to produce films, pamphlets, and magazines that do not truly serve the public interest.

Over the past few months, many of you have sent examples to us of publications and pamphlets, most of them unsolicited, that you felt were useless and a waste of the taxpayers' dollars. We are grateful for this contribution to our efforts to eliminate waste in this area. Additionally, some Federal agencies have already conducted their own reviews of public relations activity. Their investigations indicate that there is potential for significant savings from a review of this type in all our departments and agencies.

I am asking the heads of agencies and departments to impose a government-wide moratorium on these activities so that a comprehensive review of current and planned spending may be conducted. I am asking the head of each department and agency to develop specific plans to prevent abuses in the future. I have instructed the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue procedures and guidelines to carry out the directive, to assist agencies in developing plans, and to monitor the savings. I am requesting that all departments and agencies begin their reviews immediately and report their progress and plans no later than July 15, 1981.

During these difficult economic times, we cannot afford to waste time and money on activities that have limited benefit to the people of this country. Controlling spending on public relations, publicity, and advertising is an important contribution to our overall goal of cutting out waste in the Federal Government.










Family of Spies (1990) video:

01 hour 37 minutes 12 minutes

Michael L. Walker: What kind of big stuff?

John A. Walker Jr: Hey, you were good out there today, Wildman, but you're not old enough yet.

Michael L. Walker: Hey, I can do anything you can do, Tiger Breath.

John A. Walker Jr: Oh, yeah?

Michael L. Walker: Old enough for what?

John A. Walker Jr: Hey, when you're ready I'll let you know. Show me something first. Finish school. Hey! Bring us another round over here! What were you thinking about doing when you graduate from high school?

Michael L. Walker: I'm going to be a private investigator like you. Team Walker, right?

John A. Walker Jr: Wrong. That's what I thought too, but nah. This a career for after you retire from something. You know, I'd be thinking military if I was you. Think, uh, see the world, learn a job skill on the cutting edge of technology, get it on in a foreign language.

Michael L. Walker: Ha ha, yeah. Okay. I've been thinking about joining the navy, like you did.

John A. Walker Jr: Well, all right, son. You know, that'd make me real proud. To us, Team Walker and the United States Navy.



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