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By BETTY DEBNAM
from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam " 1989 Universal Press Syndicate
The President's Cabinet
1.
Secretary
of State
The Secretary of:
1. State works
out agreements
with other
countries.
2. Treasury
supervises the
collection of taxes
and printing of
money.
3. Defense is in
charge of the armed
forces.
4. The Attorney
General enforces
the U.S.
government's laws.
s. Interior
protects natural
resources and
wildlife.
6. Agriculture
looks over the
needs of farmers.
7. The Secretary
of Commerce is
interested in better
u.s. business opportunities here and in
other countries.
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Secretary
of the
Treasury
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Secretary
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4.
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Secretary
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14.
Secretary
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President-elect Bush, like every president, has a Cabinet.
This Cabinet is not like the one you keep things in. The
president's Cabinet is a group of people who help him run the
government. They head up big departments. Most are called
secretaries. They report to the president and give him advice
and ideas.
A president nominates his own Cabinet members. His
choices must be approved by the Senate.
The number of Cabinet members changes as our country's needs
change.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is a brand-new Cabinet job,
created in 1989.
The new seal was not ready when this Mini Page went to press.
The Secretary of:
8. Labor looks
after the interests of
u.s. workers.
9. Health and
Human Services
looks after our
health and other
needs such as Social
Security payments.
10. Housing and
Urban Development
is concerned with
problems of housing
and city living.
11. Transportation
tries to set up better
and safer ways to
travel.
12. Energy tries to
solve our energy
problems.
13. Education tries
to improve and
gather information
about education.
14. The Secretary
of Veterans Affairs is
concerned with
benefits for veterans
and their families.
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The Inside Story
NEWSPAPERS CAN
HELP 'IOU
LEARN TO READ.
Inner-views with the body parts
I am your nose:
The words in the first two rows
begin with the letter R. What sound
do you hear?
rain
radio
recipe
rake
robe
rug
rock
Which picture does not begin with the R sound?
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The Mini Page thanks Children's Hospital National
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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)
State born: Ohio
Occupation: lawyer
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For parents and kids to enjoy together
Literate people are good readers who
use what they learn by reading to lead
a happier, more successful life.
• I take in air and
This is the 12th
in a series about
help get oxygen to
your body.
your lungs. I also
help you smell things.
• I have two holes called nostrils.
They bring air into me. Air moves from your
nostrils to the back of your throat and into your
lungs.
• My nostrils have small hairs
that filter out dust and dirt.
• I have special cells inside me
that notice smells. These cells send
signals to your brain. Your brain
figures out what smells bad or good. up
I help you smell
to 10,000
• I get plugged up when you have
different scents.
a cold. This is because mucus (MEW-cus), a slimy
lining that protects my insides, gets thicker when
you have a cold. Sometimes there is so much of it
that you cannot even smell.
• Atchoo! Sometimes I sneeze. This happens
when dust or something else bothers
my insides. A sneeze can blow air out
of your nose at speeds as fast as 100
miles per hour. Most cars on the
highway go about 55 mph.
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FIND
Words that remind us of the president's Cabinet are hidden in
the block below. See if you can find: STATE, TREASURY,
DEFENSE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, INTERIOR,
AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, LABOR, TRANSPORTATION,
ENERGY, EDUCATION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, TREATY,
IDEAS, VOTE, LAWS, CABINET.
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D E FEN SEQ L L S LAW S
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VET ERA N S A F F A IRS
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Meet Paul Reiser
Paul Reiser plays Michael Taylor
on the show UMy Two Dads."
Paul, 32, grew up in Manhattan
with three older sisters. His father
ran a health-food business:
Paul studied music at the State
University of New York. He began
working as a comic in college.
He became an actor when he went to an
audition with a friend. He has been in -several
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movies, including both uBeverly Hills
Cop"
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Paul lives in the Hollywood Hills in California.
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The President's Cabinet
The word
"cabinet" comes
from an old
English word
meaning private
meeting room.
Each Cabinet
member has a
special chair to sit
in at the meetings.
The chair has the
name of his or her
department on it.
When they leave
office, members of
their staff often
buy that chair and
present it to the
outgoing member
as a souvenir.
Presidents call
Cabinet meetings
whenever they wish.
In times of crisis, a
Cabinet might meet
several times a week.
Presidents might
ask all members to
attend Cabinet
meetings.
The members are
very busy people.
President Ford meeting with his Cabinet. The Cabinet
Some presidents have
meets in a room near the president's Oval Office in the met only with those
White House. The members sit around a long table.
who are concerned
The president sits in the middle of the widest part so
with special
he can see all the members.
problems.
Presidents often ask other advisers to attend Cabinet meetings. Vice
presidents often are included.
The Cabinet is not
set up by the
Constitution.
But every
president since
Washington has had
one.
There were only
four members in
Washington's Cabinet. He met with
them so often that
the custom began.
President Reagan named these other important staff members to his
Cabinet:
The U.s.
ambassador
to the United
Nations
represents
U.s. interests.
The director of
the Office of
Management and
Budget prepares
the budget the
president presents
each year.
The White House
counsel advises
the president on
legal matters.
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The U.s. trade
representative
represents the
president in trade
agreements with
other countries.
The White House chief
of staff is in charge of
the people who work for
the president in the
White House. He also
attends Cabinet
meetings.
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~Rookie Cookie's Recipe
Mini Spy
Lemon Chess Pie
• Santa
Claus face
• funny face
with hat
• letter L
• cone
• bell
• horseshoe
• crescent
moon
• bread loaf
• sock
• pitcher
• lima bean • arrow
• cup
• bird
• diamond ring
You'll need:
• liz cup butter or margarine
• ll1z cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 9-inch pie crust
What to do:
1. Beat butter or margarine and sugar until smooth.
2. Add other ingredients and mix well.
3. Pour into pie crust.
4. Bake 45-50 minutes in a preheated 350-degree
oven.
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Teacher's
Guide
For use by teachers and parents at home and at
school.
For use with issue: The President's Cabinet
Main idea: This issue is about the president's Cabinet. The following is a list of
activities to be used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty, with the
easier pre-reader assignments listed first. Ask the children to do the following:
1. Find the desks that would match the following Cabinet members: treasury,
agriculture, defense, labor, housing, energy.
2 . Count the number of Cabinet seals. How are they alike and different?
3. What do you think it would be like to be a Cabinet member? Which position
would you like to hold? What responsibilities do you think would be involved? Why
does a president have Cabinet members?
4. Create a seal for your school. In order to show what your school is like, what
qualities should be included in the seal?
5 . Look through your paper for pictures of President-elect Bush and President
Reagan.
6. Find the following words: opportunities, crisis, urban, budget, veterans, staff,
supervises, ambassador, benefits. Define and make up a new sentence for each one.
7. Pretend you are a department secretary. Make a list of goals you would like to
accomplish during your term.
8 . Keep this issue until President-elect Bush chooses his full Cabinet. Fill in the
name of each Cabinet member as he or she is chosen and approved.
9. Assign different students to be Cabinet members. Have a pretend Cabinet
meeting to discuss the problems facing each department.
~Gus Goodsport's
Beport
Supersport: Danny Ainge
Height: 6-5
Birthdate: 3-17-59
Weight: 185
College: Brigham Young
Guard Danny Ainge is the king of the
three-point shooters for the Boston
Celtics.
Last season, Danny set an NBA record
for most three-point field goals with
147. He also tied an NBA record by
making six three-pointers in one game.
As a pro, Danny has scored more than 5,500 points
and averaged 10.8 points per game.
Before joining the team in 1981, Danny played
baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays.
He and his wife have four children. He is a big
baseball fan.
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(Note to Editor: Above is the Teacher's Guide for Issue 2.)
(Note to Editor: Above is copy block for Page 3, Issue 2, to
be used in place of ad if desired.)