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Holocaust Victims' Assets in Swiss Banks
Mr. Gut spoke about the controversy over Holocaust victims' bank accounts being lost by Swiss banks and other issues regarding Swiss relations with Nazi Germany during World War Two. Mr. Gut responded to the mounting pressure being levelled against the Swiss for their role in freely trading with the Hitler regime. He said that the accusations and prejudgments serve only to stir up unnecessary emotions. Following his prepared remarks, Mr. Gut took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Internet Future
Mr. Andreessen talked about the future of the computer industry and specifically the Internet. He said the interlinking of the world via the internet was the "endeavor of our time." Following his prepared remarks he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Culture of Secrecy
Senator Moynihan, the chairman of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy, spoke about the need to reduce government secrecy in the post Cold War era. Senator Moynihan talked about the bipartisan measure he helped introduced in the Senate to make government documents more available to the public and the commission's work on the subject. Following his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Mayors, Schools and Cities
Mayor Daley discussed cities and schools focusing on initiatives in his hometown of Chicago. Mayor Daley is the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and his major goal is to involve mayors of urban areas to improve their public schools. The mayor said he pictured a day when families chose to stay in cities instead of moving out to suburbs and a day when the public schools were able to provide superior college training. Mayor Daley said public officials must devote their energies to this end. Following his prepared remarks, Mayor Daley answered questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Ford Foundation Journalism Awards
President Ford made brief remarks and presented journalism awards for presidential and defense reporting. After presenting the awards to Eric Pooley of Time and Rihard Newman of U.S. News & World Report, President Ford spoke briefly about current political issues, such as the budget. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Climate Change Impacts in the U.S.
Mr. Corell spoke about changes in the Global Research Program. He stressed that research has advanced so that the impact of climate changes on U.S. weather patterns and in turn on aspects of the U.S. economy can be studied systematically. He also took questions from the audience of reporters.
Type: Media
Building a New Mass Medium
Mr. Case spoke about increasing the capacity of America OnLine and the U.S. telecommunications network in general. He stressed that the telecommunications industry must make online services easy to use and reliable, useful tools for societal and individual improvement. He stressed that industry leaders must also help establish standards and policies to address the social and legal problems raised by this new technology. After his prepared remarks, he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Immigration
Mayor Giuliani spoke about the importance of immigration to U.S. society. He outlined the special challenges created by immigration in New York City and why the city filed suit against the federal government for the welfare law which cuts off benefits to legal immigrants. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Human Rights and Government Intervention
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate, spoke to the National Press Club on the topic of "urgency". He spoke about government intervention in regard to human rights and when it was appropriate for a nations to intervene on behalf of citizens in other nations when human rights are being clearly violated. He said that if western European nations had intervened in Nazi Germany, millions of lives would have been saved. Following his prepared remarks he took questions from the audience.
Type: Media
Simpson Trial
Ms. Clark spoke about her new book, Without a Doubt, about her impressions of the Simpson trial. She stressed that she knew from the beginning that the prosecution had an almost no chance to convict Simpson because he was a cultural icon. She also answered several criticisms about the prosecution case. After her remarks, she took questions from the audience.
Type: Media