1988 Democratic Presidential Primary


                           Dukakis for President Committee


Brochure
Mike Dukakis for President.
 
American know-how in action.




Mike Dukakis.
An American Success Story.

     The story of Mike Dukakis is a classic American Success Story.
     Born to Greek immigrants 53 years ago. Three­-sport athlete in high school.      Worked construction. Ran Boston Marathon in 1951, finished 57th.
     Served in Korea in U.S. Army. Graduated with honors from Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School.
     In third term as Democratic Governor of Massachusetts. Re-elected in 1986 with 69 percent of vote.
     Chair, Democratic Governors Association.
     Chair, Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, National Governors Association.
     Chair, Committee on Industrial and Entrepre­neurial Economy, Democratic Policy Commission.
     Moderated "The Advocates", national public affairs TV program, 1970-73. Taught public manage­ment at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
     Lives in the town of Brookline. Grows vegetables. Plays tennis and walks for fitness. Married to Katharine ("Kitty ") Dickson. Three children – John 29, Andrea 21, and Kara 18.

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Mike Dukakis knows how to get results.
When Time magazine went looking for the hottest state economy in America, they picked Massachusetts.
     And when Newsweek asked America's governors to name the most effective governor in the country, they picked Mike Dukakis.
     Why? Results.
The Comeback of the Decade.
     Under Mike Dukakis as Governor, Massachusetts has gone from an economic basketcase to an eco­nomic showcase.
     Twelve years ago, jobs were disappearing at a record rate. Now they're being created at a record rate-nearly 300,000 in the last 3 years.
     Unemployment went from 11 percent to 3.8 percent in 1986. The lowest of any industrial state in America.
     A government once deep in debt produced the biggest tax cut in its history last year. And made investments in the needy and the future – in edu­cation, housing, and transportation.
 
America's best business climate.
     That's what a private research group said about Massachusetts. The Corporation for Enterprise Development gave the state straight A's – the only state with top marks. The study, reported in Business Week, gave the state an 'A' in Government Policy for Economic Development.
 
Saving General Motors. When G.M. con­sidered shutting down its Massachusetts plant, Mike Dukakis didn't go to Washington. He went to work.
     He brought company, union, and town leaders together. Cut red tape. Engineered a land swap. Committed the state to worker retraining.
     When he was done, the plant was saved, along with 4,000 jobs.
     "If Dukakis hadn't rolled up his sleeves, those jobs would've been history," Chuck McDevitt of the United Auto Workers said.
   
On the right foot. Workers at the hottest exercise shoe company in America appreciate Dukakis know-how. A state fund he started to help new businesses loaned a little-known Massachusetts shoe company $750,000 in 1983. Today, Reebok Inter­national has $1 billion in sales. And 900 employees.
 
Wang World HQ. When Wang Laboratories looked at Lowell, Massachusetts as a possible world headquarters site, they found an old mill city in deep economic trouble.
     They also found a Govemor named Dukakis committed to investments that made the city attractive – investments in an urban historic park, public works, a revitalized downtown, and education.
     "He believed in Lowell when few others did," company founder and chairman Dr. An Wang said. "His investment has been a real success for us and the city."
 
From welfare to work. Dorothy Hayman is off welfare and on the job because of E.T., Employ­ment and Training, another Dukakis idea. E.T. gives people on welfare job training and support and then finds them jobs.
     A surgical technician at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, Dorothy is one of 30,000 success stories. E.T. isn't just good for people on welfare and their families, it's good for taxpayers – $107 million to the good in 1986 alone. It's so good, Washington is encouraging other states to use it as a model.
 
A ton of bricks. Tommy Mclntyre is a brick­layer with a dream. He wanted to build housing that people could afford. So his union bought vacant land and rundown buildings. And built low and middle income housing.
     lt's part of Mike Dukakis' Housing Partnership, which is bringing back the American dream of home ownership. "Duke is serious about housing. That's why we're serious about his becoming President," Mclntyre said.  
 
Duke's biggest fans.
Members of the Boston Celtics bas­ketball team play key roles on the Govemor's anti-drugs team. Led by ex-Celtic M.L. Carr, they have traveled with Mike Dukakis throughout the state, meeting thousands of youngsters to press for drug-free schools.
     "At first, what impressed me most about the Duke was his honesty," Kevin McHale said. "Now, I'm knocked out by how hard he fights drugs."
 
No to nuclear power. No troops to Honduras. Because public health and safety could not be assured, Mike Dukakis refused to submit evacuation plans for Massachusetts towns near New Hampshire's Seabrook nuclear power plant. Seabrook is closed. And he's fighting to keep it closed.
     He was one of the first governors to refuse to send National Guard troops to train in Honduras, along the Nicaraguan border. "lt's time to stop the war against Nicaragua and start the war against poverty and injustice in Latin America."

 

Mike Dukakis.
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