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March 20, 1987
Dear Mrs. Baldwin:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mrs. C. H. Baldwin
Post Office Box 1208
Camp Verde, AZ 86322
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CARRYL BALDWIN
P. O. BOX 1208
CAMP VERDE, ARIZONA 86322
March 4, 1987
Howard Baker, Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I find it a most refreshing tonic to read a sentance in a
magazine (TIME) today that is old-fashioned and more in
keeping with sentiments expressed in papers I read 60 years
ago. I STOPPED
and read it a couple of times.
WE KNOW HE'S FAIR, WE KNOW HE'S HONEST, AND WE KNOW HE'S
DECENT. (Senator Alan Dixon)
SUCH lovely words! GREAT for all of us to have such a man
as described by Senator Dixon helping our president
and
us.
May you be ever SO successful.
Respectfully yours,
Carryl Carriel Baldwece Boldwere
Carryl Baldwin (Mrs. C. H.)
March 20, 1987
Dear Mrs. Steen:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mrs. Emma E. Steen
2304 Southwest 64th
Portland, OR 97221
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Emma E. Steen
2304 SW 64
Portland OR 97221
4 March, 1987
Dear Senator Baker-
This is lines
to let
you've new hope
american pride in
many of us by your
actions of the past week,
I've admired the person
Especially For many years
that that you are and had hopes
Candidate in 184. - you
you'd be a Presidential
Examplify many of the qualities in
that a leader, our country needs
your dedication your
I want to thank you for
mother (age 48), a registered
competency. I'm at
distition and a loyal
american who also happens
to
interested in where our very
be
a
Christean,
I'm
country's coming from E'
there's WE many siens that
were headed Unfortunately
and Empires have fallen,
may may WE be mindful downhill that other
My three whom
WERE only 200 yrs old!
in handicapord) children
Everywhere are Very precious
are dedicated to them and
the my Efforts W, prayers
their future.
bapic goodness thrive,
doing help justice and
I to thank you for all you're
God being
the good Wishes
you to Best
those who work with you.
your family and
Steen
Portland, OREGON
March 20, 1987
Dear Mr. James:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Lester M. James
Apartment 11
1744 West Lyle
College Park, GA 30337
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1744 W. Lifle #11
College PArk GA
30337
march 1, 1987
Senator Howard BAker
The White House
WASHINGTON D.C.
Dear Sunator Baker- -
words fail me, Sewatow,
When I try to Canvey to Jaid
my feelings as to how
Proud A Am that you
are So Close to our President,
in A slort where We Need you!
I CAN only SAY, Thank you
for being there when we
Needed you! you will bring
harmony & share up the love
we have for Cew Product- -
Lester m. JAMES
AKA Las Danna
March 20, 1987
Dear Miss Hayes:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Miss Marion A. Hayes
259 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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MISS MARION A. HAYES
259 SOUTH 17TH STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19103
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PENNYPACKER 5.3079
HONORABLE HOWARD H. BAKER, JR
MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU.
MY MOTHER HAD A NICE EXPRESSION!
"BE RIGHT AND GO FORWARD. =
BEST WISHER.
SINCERELY YOURS,
marion A. HAyes
March 20, 1987
Dear Mr. Roesner:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. James L. Roesner
103 Forrest Road
Antigo, WI 54409
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March 8, 1987
Hon. Howard Baker
White House Chief of Staff
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Baker:
Congratulations upon your appointment as White House Chief of Staff.
By your appointment at this time, is comparable to Watergate. You, today
are needed to heal the wounds of the country, as Gerald Ford was in 1974
to heal the country at that time. Honesty is so important a virtue in
our everyday business, and you two gentlemen are indeed, honest men. And
we need that so badly.
I always and still do have a high respect for you. You were my choice for
President in 1980, and you would have been in 1988.
I recall with great personal honor my meeting you in person on June 1,
1985 at the State Republican Convention in Cable, Wi., and of my having
my picture taken with you. That picture hangs very proudly in my room.
May God Bless you always.
Best personal regards, I remain
Very truly yours,
Roesner
HB
March 20, 1987
Dear Mr. Norris:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Jim Guy Norris
Baker's Boarding Home, Inc.
836 Oak Street
Quincy, IL 62301-1910
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1987, 9:40a,m,
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836 Oak St
Bakers Boarding
Home Inc,
62301-1910
Dear Senator Baker:
in your new job as chief of staff
Good luck + congratulations
to president Reogan.
outstanding excellent work and,
I hope you are able to do an
consect the mess in Washington,
again, best regards, I remain
Respectfully & admirably yours,
Jim Guy Norrs (m.)
P.S. Please write to me soon & tell me
what you are doing now. Sincerely.
Town Meeting
Digest
FROM SENATOR PAUL SIMON
Illinoisians Sound Off in 178 Meetings
Social Security, Budget, Jobs
Top Town Meeting Talk
S
enator Paul Simon
wrapped up his first two
years in office with five town
T
o
catch the flavor of
the dozens of town meet-
meetings in December. The
ings Senator Paul Simon has
Illinois senator answered
convened throughout Illinois
questions at meetings in
over the last two years, im-
Bensenville, Springfield,
agine the tradition of a New
Peoria, Rock Island, and Al-
England town meeting, the
spirited give-and-take of a
ton. He opened 1987 with
good Senate debate, and the
town meetings in Rockford,
rich diversity of Illinois'
Aurora, Quincy, Bushnell,
towns, cities and neigh-
Olney, Mt. Carmel, Carmi,
borhoods.
Ö
Everyday you read in the
Marion and Arlington
To find out what people
Heights in February. What
are thinking, Senator Simon
newspaper someplace else is laying
has criss-crossed the state
off people. Something is wrong.
follows are highlights from
dozens of times and hosted
the town meeting circuit:
A: We have to be concerned about
178 get-togethers involving all
three basic issues. One is fiscal policy
102 counties -- certainly a
and that means getting the deficit
Q: Senator, what is Congress going
record for any Illinois senator.
down. Second is to make a much
to do about the deficit? It's having
Many times the meetings
higher priority of education. And
a serious effect on our economy.
are the first sounding board
three, we have to look at our trade
A: I agree completely. This fiscal
for a problem or an issue.
policy. Beyond those three things,
year we will spend about $207 bil-
This is one of the values of
we have to do something we have
lion on interest alone. In 1962, the
town meetings. It is one of the
not paid attention to yet. There are
total federal budget was $100 billion.
reasons why members of Con-
two trend lines in this country. One
Interest is the fastest growing part
is the demand for unskilled labor is
gress shouldn't just be sitting
of the federal budget. We are spend-
going down and the other is the pool
in Washington listening to
ing an increasing percentage of our
of unskilled labor is going up. That
tax dollar on interest rather than on
high-paid lobbyists. You have
latter trend line can change but it is
goods and services. In the last three
to get out and listen to the
not going to change quickly nor dra-
years our nation has moved from be-
people."
matically. Since we are not going to
ing the No. 1 creditor nation to be-
The crisis in the cost and
let people starve, we face a choice of
ing the No. 1 debtor nation. How
availability of liability insur-
paying people for doing nothing or
are we going to deal with this? It's
ance was raised at a town
we can pay them for doing some-
going to have to be a combination
meeting in suburban Schaum-
thing. I'm going to be introducing
of spending cuts and revenue in-
burg in November 1985. A
legislation soon which will guaran-
creases. There is no other way to do
group of roller skaters held up
tee a job opportunity to every
it. We have to face that truth.
a sign saying "Insurance? Un-
American who can't find a job in the
fair to Roller Skaters."
private sector. (See related story on
back page)
After that, Senator Si-
mon was deluged with mail
Q:
Don't you think it's time we
from municipalities, business-
raised the minimum wage?
es, even mothers worried the
high cost of insurance would
A: The minimum wage is $3.35 and
shut down their day-care
it has not been increased for about
centers. Several months later
six years. There is no question that
he introduced bills to remove
it is past time to raise that. There is
the exemption from antitrust
some talk about the possibility of an
laws the insurance industry
increase. However, we will need the
support of the administration be-
enjoys and to order the collec-
cause we don't have the votes to
tion and analysis of insurance
override a veto. Some compromise
data. (See related question)
will have to be worked out.
(CONTINUED-INSIDE)
MORE TOWN
MEETING DIGEST
Simon Tapped f
Who are the political action committees and how
T
he Senate's leadership has reassigned
Ö
Senator Paul Simon to two leading Senate
much pressure do they put on members of Congress?
committees. They are the Committee on Labor
and Human Resources, where he is a leader on
A: You have touched on an extremely important ques-
tion. The political action committees are basically the
education and employment policy, and the
money interests of this country. I don't mean that nega-
Judiciary Committee, where he will be active on
tively. They have a right to be heard and they are heard.
competitiveness and antitrust matters, judicial
The difficulty is that sometimes retired citizens or pep-
nominations, insurance and Constitutional is-
ple who are unemployed and others who have great needs
sues, and immigration policy.
are not heard. Our present system of financing political
The Senate leadership also waived rules to
campaigns is bad. If I may use myself as an illustration
recruit the Illinois senator for a third key panel,
and I say this not with pride because I don't like what
the Foreign Relations Committee Simondid not
we did: In my campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1984,
seek the added position on Foreign Relations, but
we spent $5.3 million. My opponent spent about $7 mil-
sees it as a chance to improve U.S. interests
lion. Now, what's wrong with that? People who contrib-
abroad and to help boost Illinois lagging foreign
ute heavily to campaigns too often expect something in
trade economy.
return. It's not that I have ever promised anything to
anyone for a campaign contribution. But it means that
anyone who has the money to contribute to campaigns
has extra access to those of us who are policymakers.
(UPDATE: Senator Simon has introduced legislation
to begin public financing of Senate general election cam-
paigns, paid by a voluntary taxpayer checkoff fund, like
presidential campaigns are now financed after the con-
Ö
Why did you vote against the new tax reform law?
ventions. It would prohibit private contributions to
general elections, whether from individuals or political
A: I was one of three in the Senate who voted against
action committees.)
the Senate version of the bill. I recognize that it was not
a popular vote. In fact, it is the only bill that I can
remember that was endorsed by some 840 groups. I vot-
Q:
Don't you think Social Security should be optional?
ed against it because I think in the long term it is not
good for the country. Let me tell you why. First, to mas-
A: You may have the prudence and good sense to cover
sively overhaul the tax system and do nothing about the
yourself, but many people don't. Also, through Social
deficit just does not make sense. The deficit is our No.
Security, you are now covered by disability. If you went
1 economic problem. Second, we should have a progres-
to your local insurance agent and tried to get the same
sive tax structure. I'm in the income level where I should
kind of coverage, the cost would be astronomical. If we
pay more than someone who makes $30,000 a year.
get our fiscal house in order, that Social Security system
Third, it's going to discourage job creation. As one il-
is going to be there for you well into the next century.
lustration, we're cutting back on the amount a business
But Medicare, a part of the Social Security system, has
can deduct on research. There is no possibility of this
some problems. Sometime in the next several years we
country advancing if we don't spend more on research.
will have to make some very basic decisions on what we
Finally, the bill is unfair to middle-income Americans.
do to correct the Medicare funding problem.
A little background on Social Security: Back when
our country was involved in the Korean War, President
Truman, to his credit, decided we needed to tax ourselves
to pay for the war. We went through the Korean War
without increasing the deficit or inflation. But when our
country got involved in the Vietnam War, President John-
Farm Budget A Dual
son decided to take Social Security and make it part of
the overall budget. That way the deficit didn't look as
bad as it really was. In several years, we will take Social
W
ith farmers and their communities
Security out of the budget. I would like to see it done
already reeling from depressed farm
tomorrow.
prices, administration budget plans would force
still more farmers out of business and slash rural
development help needed to assist farm commu-
nities regain their footing.
Senator Paul Simon warns the one-two
punch would be a dual blow for many struggling
Illinois farmers. The proposal to cut target prices
by 10 percent a year and to eliminate the ad-
vanced deficiency payments Congress established
in 1985 would be a major blow to farmers. Si-
mon said.
He estimates if Illinois corn farmers turned
in the same production and program participa-
tion levels as 1986, they would lose $370 million
because of the cut. That calculation was based
on a 1.4 billion bushel corn crop with 88 per-
cent of the 1986 crop enrolled in the federal
program.
Key Senate Posts
"I did not request the Foreign Relations as-
signment, but I welcome it. It offers many op-
portunities to help restore order to a foreign
policy in dissarray, and it opens many opportu-
nities to promote Illinois trade and overseas in
vestment in our state's economy."
Simon also joins the Budget Committee,
leaving the Rules Committee to take that post.
Senate rules suggest no senator should chair more
than two subcommittees, but the Illinois law-
maker has been called to three such posts. He will
chair: Constitution on Judiciary, Employ ment
and Productivity on Labor and Human
Ö
Some companies have seen their insurance rates go
Resources, and African Affairs on Foreign Af-
up 300 to 400 percent and now I hear insurance profits
fairs. The employment subcommittee will give
are up billions of dollars. We need some federal help.
We have to do something to make them open their books
Simon an opportunity to advance his jobs pro-
to us.
gram. (See story on back page.)
A: You have a good point. We have a real liability in-
surance problem. I can give you a long horror story list.
It is a problem and it is hitting us in little ways we don't
know. The insurance companies come to me and say
the tort system is wrong. The trial lawyers come to me
and say the insurance companies are wrong. There is
a little truth on both sides. I've introduced two bills. One
says insurance companies should not have a special ex-
emption from some of our antitrust laws. If two shoe
store owners get together and set the price of shoes, they
can go to prison for it. If two insurance companies get
together and set the price of insurance, that is perfectly
legal. I say that is wrong. We are the only Western coun-
try not to have national government control of insur-
ance and I don't advocate that. What I do ask is that
we gather information nationally SO the states can do a
better job in making decisions on insurance matters.
Right now if you want to get information on the insur-
ance industry, you write 50 state commissioners. We
ought to be able to get that information from one cen-
tral source and know it is reliable.
Q: Is there anything being done to restore revenue shar-
ing?
A: It's bad news. It just doesn't look good for revenue
sharing. I would love to give you better news. I happen
to be a supporter of it. And that is not encouraging for
Peoria, for East St. Louis, for a lot of communities that
For Illinois Farmers
have major problems. Senator Dixon and I, at one point,
tried to get 75 percent funding instead of full funding
in an effort to save revenue sharing. But right now the
"A 10 percent cut each year would be dis-
chances look slim.
astrous for many farmers," he said. Eliminat-
(CONTINUED-OVER)
ing the advanced deficiency payment would save
the government money in one fiscal year but
would be no financial advantage in the long run.
Meanwhile, it would hit farmers with tremen-
dous cash flow problems.
Adding to the woes, the administration
wants to make sharp cuts in other farm-related
programs, including all direct rural housing pro-
grams, community-based extension service,
phasing out rural water and waste disposal
grants, and phasing out loans for REA and rural
community fire protection.
Falling farmland values have meant a low-
er local tax base. "Rural communities simply
can't afford to go through the wringer that this
administration budget prescribes."
Q:
I'd like to know your opinion on the catastrophic insurance
proposal by Secretary of Health and Human Services Otis Bowen?
A: Secretary Bowen has proposed we move on this catastrophic
illness area. Whether we go precisely with his plan or some other
plan, we have to recognize that we have a major problem. Let
me give you two examples: A man came to me, his wife had a
series of operations and he has a $151,000 hospital bill above what
is covered by insurance. Another man called to say his wife's med-
ical problems have cost him just about everything. He's about
to lose his home. It is costing them about $200,000 a year in med-
ical bills. Now, somehow we ought to all share the burden for
people who face these overwhelming costs. Long-term health care
is another area of great need. Fortunately, most of us will not
end up in nursing homes. But for those who do it is a great drain
on them psychologically, and it is a great drain on their families
financially. We have not faced up either to that long-term care
or the catastrophic problem.
Simon Offers Major Jobs Plan
FACT ONE: The supply of unskilled workers is growing.
FACT TWO: Demand for unskilled workers is shrinking.
I
S welfare the only answer for those unable
President Reagan told an interviewer
to find jobs in the private sector?
about how much WPA had done for his home
For years Senator Paul Simon has believed
town of Dixon, III.: 'I can take you to our town
there is a better answer, and now he chairs the
and show you things like a riverfront that was
Senate panel that can act on his plan for a
once swamp. (It) is now a beautiful park like
project-oriented, locally run program to
place built by WPA."
guarantee jobs to those who can't find work
The Simonjobs proposal, like WPA, calls
any where else.
for local jobs projects, with clear objectives, and
The Illinois senator heads the Senate Sub-
timetables, paying the minimum wage or 10
committee on Employment and Productivity,
percent above welfare or unemployment sti-
which soon begins hearings on his bill. He has
pends for 32-hour work weeks. Thirty-two
discussed the plan with Illinoisians in town
hours a week at the minimum wage is higher
meetings across the state.
than the average welfare payment in all but
Unemployment-is-not something, beyond
three-states.
and
counseling
our control, like the weather," he reminds law-
would equip applicants with skills to raise their
makers. "Work opportunity for all can and
chances of finding private sector jobs. Local
should be the next great step forward we take
boards would oversee the projects, which could
as a society.
range from sidewalk construction to helping in
Senator Simon's Guaranteed Job Oppor-
day-care centers to tutoring adults to read and
tunity Plan improves on the success of the
write. Most of the program's cost would be off-
Works Progress Administration (WPA), de-
set by savings in welfare and unemploy ment
vised by President Franklin Roosevelt, which
compensation.
laid or improved 561,000 miles of highway;
Curbing joblessness would also bring hope
built or modernized 125, 1 schools, libraries
to millions of families trapped in the cycle of
and other public buildings; and taught 1.5 mil-
poverty. It would reduce crime, boost local
lion illiterate adults to read and write. It was
commerce, relieve pressure on local tax rolls
good for the economy and good for workers and
and lighten the burden of a variety of federal
their families. "The WPA was a marvelous
poverty efforts. Senator Simon sums up the
movement because people were doing some-
many benefits of the plan this way: "Taking
thing," Chicago author Studs Terkel has said
this one step would convert the national liabil-
It was money well spent. The country was
ity of unemploy into a national resource.
pulling together.
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U.S. Congressman
Dick Durbin
Special Report:
Coping With Utility Prices
Winter, 1986
Dear Friends:
This winter, Illinois homes and businesses face ever-increasing costs for heat and electricity. These rising costs
are not only a hardship for our families, but for the businesses and industries that provide jobs for our communi-
ties. High utility prices stunt economic growth - which we urgently need in Central and Western Illinois.
Probably the biggest single concern expressed to me at town meetings is the prospect of electrical rate increases
as the Clinton Nuclear Power Plant comes on line. While a decade ago the plant's pricetag was $429 million, II-
linois Power Company now estimates it will cost as much as $3.7 billion, while the Governor's Office of Consumer
Services places the eventual cost upwards of $4 billion. IP ratepayers already expect an 18% rate increase as the
plant comes on line, with even higher rates phased in in the future. Rural co-op customers, already coping with
high rates, also face the prospect of steep increases.
Natural gas prices are also a continuing concern. In our state, where roughly 83% of all households are heated
by natural gas, it was not so long ago that we saw prices jump 20% to 40%. Commercial and industial customers,
who consume half of all the natural gas sold in our state, are also sensitive to natural gas price hikes, and high
natural gas prices have discouraged economic growth and prosperity. Current gas pricing practices unfairly favor
producers and pipelines - rather than consumers - and must be changed.
I'm working hard, both at home and Washington, to address these energy concerns. I hope this special report
will provide more information for consumers about the causes of these problems and what we can do together
to solve them. Also enclosed is a special Energy Resources Guide, which can help you conserve energy this winter.
As always, your comments are essential in helping me represent you effectively on these important concerns.
Please let me know what you think.
Sincerely,
Dien
FIGHTING TO CURB NATURAL GAS PRICES
In an effort to reduce gas prices for many Illinois cus-
creating potential savings of $466 million for Illinois con-
tomers, I am co-sponsoring a resolution urging increased
sumers.
competitiveness in natural gas pipeline transportation, which
As the only witness representing consumers at the hear-
would result in lower natural gas prices for Illinois homeown-
ing, I told FERC that current gas pricing violates the intent
ers and industries.
of Congress as expressed in the Natural Gas Policy Act of
Currently, pipeline companies usually serve as the
1978 (NGPA), which required the continued regulation of
"middle-man" in natural gas purchasing, buying the gas from
"old gas," natural gas which has been discovered and
a producer, then selling it to customers at the other end.
produced at relatively low cost. However, current pricing
However, a small but increasing share has been sold by
practices permit pipelines to charge customers a higher price,
producers directly to selected large customers such as indus-
equal to the average of the old gas price with the price of
tries and school districts. These customers got a better deal
"new" gas, for which exploration and drilling is much more
because they could shop around for prices.
costly.
A recent court decision, however, said that selling gas
One of the NGPA's principal goals is to ensure that con-
in this fashion to certain customers was discriminatory. Fol-
sumers benefit from less costly "old" gas. The adoption of
lowing the decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
block billing would finally permit consumers to realize these
mission (FERC) issued voluntary guidelines stating that
savings, and would give our region a much-needed econom-
pipelines could no longer offer the lower-price option to a
ic boost.
select group; if they offered it to one customer, they must
offer it to all. But instead, most pipelines responded to
FERC's directive by refusing to transport gas for any cus-
tomers at the lower price.
The Congressional resolution urges the natural gas pipe-
lines to instead offer all natural gas customers the option
of buying natural gas directly from the producer. This would
reduce future risks that Illinois consumers would be held
captive to bad pipeline deals - such as the Algerian Liquid
Natural Gas deal which sent Illinois prices sky-high in re-
cent years.
DURBIN SPEAKS FOR CONSUMERS
I personally testified before the Federal Energy Regula-
tory Commission (FERC) in Washington in December to urge
them to bring down natural gas prices in Illinois by adopt-
ing a "block billing" policy. Block billing would permit utility
companies to purchase the cheapest available natural gas,
Durbin testifies for consumers at hearing on natural gas pricing.
Coping With the Soaring Cost of Clinton
More than a decade ago, the Il-
creases. Any excess costs incurred after
In March 1984, the co-ops sought
linois Power Company proposed a
the October 1984 budget cannot be
to cap these rising costs by making an
$429 million nuclear power plant in
passed on to ratepayers unless Illinois
agreement with IP to limit their cost-
Clinton to cope with projected in-
Power can prove to the ICC that the
share of the plant to $450 million. But
creases in demand for electricity in cen-
increases were not the result of mis-
because their share is capped while the
tral Illinois. In the intervening years,
management by the company.
total cost of Clinton continues to es-
a variety of factors - nuclear acci-
calate, the co-ops' share of plant
dents, increased government regula-
Crisis for the Co-ops
ownership and capacity continues to
tions, mounting costs, and declining
Just as IP customers face an 18%
be adjusted downward.
prices for other energy sources - have
rate hike in the coming months, cus-
Given these factors, customers of
drastically altered the picture for
tomers of the rural electrical coopera-
many co-ops have already faced con-
nuclear power in this country. Organi-
tives which own a share of Clinton
siderable electrical rate increases, and
zations such as the Governor's Office
have also seen rates rise sharply. The
most will face further increases in the
of Consumer Services and the Citizens'
co-ops have paid for their share of the
next few years. According to a Soyland
Utility Board, a consumer group, have
plant through loans from the federal
spokesman, the average rate increase
also, charged that Illinois Power has
Rural Electrification Administration
of its member-co-ops will be about
mismanaged the plant's construction.
(REA), and those loans must be paid
20-25% between now and 1988. A
The impact of these factors on the pro-
off through large rate increases for co-
Members Action Committee com-
posed Clinton nuclear power plant has
op customers.
prised of members of various rural co-
been profound. The plant is scheduled
Ten years ago, the 22 co-ops that
ops recently reported that one area co-
to go on line this year, but it is five
comprise Soyland and Western Illinois
op's electrical rates are the third highest
years later than planned and has seen
Power Cooperative (WIPCO) bought
in the state.4 The prospect of devastat-
a nine-fold increase in cost.
shares in Clinton in the belief that the
ing increases has angered many co-op
The company now expects its costs
plant would offer lower-cost electrici-
customers, who are now exploring var-
to reach $3.25 billion to $3.35 billion.
ty to rural customers. WIPCO's 9.5%
ious solutions.
Two rural power cooperatives also own
share of the plant and Soyland's 10%
shares of the plant, and when their cost
share were financed by REA loans, to
The Search For Solutions
of $450 million is added, the price
be paid back by co-op customers.
While the regulation of utility rates
comes to an estimated $3.7 billion to
But continued delays and the enor-
and the administration of power plants
$3.8 billion. The Governor's Office of
mous growth of Clinton costs have put
are primarily state issues, I believe the
Consumer Services (GOCS), however,
the co-ops in an increasingly tough
federal government must examine
now estimates the plant's cost will go
financial position. The co-ops have
closely a number of questions raised
over $4 billion, including the co-ops'
had to return to REA for additional
by Clinton. Congress should take par-
cost!
loan guarantees as plant costs in-
ticular interest in the crisis facing the
creased, while rural demand for elec-
Whatever estimate is used, GOCS
co-ops, since their share of the plant
asserts that Clinton has become one of
tricity has declined.
was funded by loans from a federal
the most expensive nuclear power
agency, the Rural Electrification Ad-
plants in the nation. A February, 1985
COST
ministration.
article in Forbes Magazine found Clin-
ESTIMATES
I have already held meetings with
ton's pricetag above the average among
representatives of the rural co-ops and
(not completion dates)
36 new nuclear projects with costs
with Rural Electrification Administra-
ranging from $932 per kilowatt to
tion officials to discuss what recourse
$5193/kw: Clinton ranked 12th with a
we might have in facing potentially ex-
pricetag of $3,035/kw. In the year since
horbitant rate increases. We are look-
the article, the price of the plant has
ing into the possibility of congressional
risen about $5-6 million.
NUKE
hearings on the issue, which not only
All of that means higher rates than
affects our co-op customers but mil-
originally predicted. For Illinois Pow-
er ratepayers, the Illinois Commerce
POWER
lions of other rural ratepayers around
the country who face the same dilem-
Commission has permitted a rate in-
$3.35
ma. Unfortunately, we have passed the
crease of 9% when the fuel is "load-
11
1985
day when the federal government
Billion
ed," and another 9% increase when the
might completely alleviate this dire
Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues
financial situation; our federal deficits
the plant's full power license.2 Overall,
have forced spending constraints,
Illinois Power spokesmen say rates will
$3.15
11
which means any federal solution will
1984
grow 3-4% above the rate of inflation
Billion
likely require financial sacrifices of all
between now and 1988.
parties.
According to Illinois Power's latest
Our primary concern should be to
estimates, the plant's nuclear fuel will
maintain an economic climate which
be loaded in February or March of
$2.17
II
1982
attracts new business and investment
1986, and it could generate electricity
Billion
in Central Illinois, and lightens the cost
sometime between July and September,
burden on small and medium-sized
1986. The Governor's Office of Con-
farms, many of which already have
sumer Services, however, predicts that
$1.73
faced serious financial difficulties. I
II
1980
the plant may not generate power com-
Billion
will continue to press for solutions to
mercially until the fall of 1987.
help citizens, businesses and farms
Last August, the Illinois Commerce
cope with high utility costs created by
Commission (ICC) made two decisions
the Clinton nuclear power plant.
with respect to Clinton costs. First, the
$1.2
11
OCT
ICC determined, with some reserva-
Billion
1975
Footnotes
tions, that IP should finish the plant
rather than abandoning construction.
CONSTRUCTION
1. State Journal-Register, Nov. 28, 1985.
Since 1978, 75 nuclear projects have
BEGINS
2. Decatur Herald & Review, August 2, 1985.
3. State Journal-Register, Nov. 28, 1985.
been cancelled in the U.S., including
4. Quincy Herald-Whig, Dec. 17, 1985. The
close to 30 already under construction.
$429 million
cooperative mentioned is the Illinois Rural
Second, the ICC decision placed a
the original estimate
Electric Cooperative (IREC). According to
the article, the Members Action Committee
cap on the costs which can be passed
Decatur Herald & Review
study included 45 Illinois co-ops and inves-
on to consumers through rate in-
tor owned public utilities.
Energy Resources Guide
As we continue to work on legislation to make our utility bills more affordable, here
is some helpful information which might immediately help bring your costs down this winter.
A number of federal, state and private programs are available to help consumers cut or
defray high utility costs. Among these programs are weatherization, conservation, and home
energy loans and grants. I hope this information is useful to you, and that you'll also feel
free to call my closest district office or my toll-free number if you need further assistance.
The phone numbers and addresses are on the back of this newsletter.
Residential Conservation Service - Customers of CILCO, CIPS, CWLP, Illinois Power
and Northern Illinois Gas can receive information from their utility companies on energy
convervation and renewable resources, home energy audits and installation and financing
of energy-saving devices. Most utilities charge $15 for a full energy audit and print-out
of your home's energy needs. The companies also offer special credits and loans for
home energy improvements. CILCO's Lift program, for instance, offers low interest
loans for conservation improvements. Springfield CWLP provides up to a $100 credit
for such improvements. To find out more about these energy-saving measures, you can
simply call your utility company.
Low-Income Weatherization and Energy Assistance - Weatherization and fuel assistance
programs can help income-eligible Illinois citizens cope with high heating costs, both
through home weatherization and direct fuel aid from the Illinois Home Energy As-
sistance program (IHEAP). The weatherization program is able to serve 15,000 appli-
cants each calendar year, so it you are interested in this assistance, please apply early.
If you need more information about these programs, you can call the IHEAP
Hotline at 1-800-252-8643, or your local administering agency.
Local Administering Agencies:
For Christian, Shelby, Montgomery, Fayette,
For Sangamon County:
727 N. Grand Ave. E.
Effingham, Clay and Moultrie Counties:
C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corp.
Springfield, IL 62702
217-789-6688
101 N. 4th St., P.O. Box 928
Effingham, IL 62401-0928
For Brown, Adams, Pike and Schuyler
217-342-2194
Counties:
For Macon County:
Two Rivers Regional Council of Public
Officials
Decatur Macon County Opportunities
Corp.
Franklin Square
1122.E. Marietta
4th and State Streets
Decatur, IL 62521
Quincy, IL 62301-4188
217-428-2193
217-224-9519
For Greene, Macoupin, Calhoun and Jersey
Counties:
Illinois Valley Economic Development
Corp.
1301/2 N. Broad St.
Carlinville, IL 62626
217-854-9677
Energy Extension Service - This is a statewide energy education and information service,
funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. DOE also funds a State Energy Conserva-
C
tion Program, to provide energy conservation information. For information on con-
servation and alternative energy technologies, you can call their toll-free hotline at
1-800-252-8955.
Conservation and Renewable Energy Inquiry and Referral Service - This service pro-
vides information to homeowners and other energy consumers on renewable energy
technologies and conservation. It also maintains contact with a network of public and
private organizations which can provide information on conservation and energy resource
issues. You can call toll-free 1-800-523-2929 or write Renewable Energy Information,
Box 8900, Silver Spring, MD 20907.
National Appropriate Technology Assistance Service - This service offers assistance
of a more technical nature on solar, wind, water resources and conservation to small
businesses, farmers, homeowners, state and local governments, non-profit organiza-
tions and educational institutions. Among the services provided are engineering/scientific
assistance such as ranking conservation options for cost-effectiveness, energy manage-
ment for communities, and comparing solar designs and components. The service also
offers direct assistance to businesses on energy technology questions and financing.
The service can be reached weekdays 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. at 1-800-428-2525, or by writing
NATAS, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 2525, Butte, Montana 59702-2525.
Helpful Publications: The U.S. Department of Energy offers consumers many helpful
publications on saving energy and getting through the winter. Among these are Winter
Survival, A Guide to Winter Preparedness; Heating With Wood; How to Understand
Your Utility Bill; and Tips for Energy Savers. To order these pamphlets, or to obtain
information on a specific energy topic, you may write to ENERGY, P.O. Box 62, Oak
Ridge, TN 37830.
Durbin Co-Sponsors Measure To Combat "Phantom Taxes"
Congressman Durbin has joined in introducing a meas-
ties persuaded Congress to prohibit state regulators from pass-
ure to combat "phantom taxes," which last year cost consumers
ing the companies' tax savings on to consumers. Since 1982,
$7.4 billion nationwide in utility overcharges.
utilities have collected nearly $20 billion in this manner.
H.R. 3018, the Electric Utility Reform Act, could signifi-
The reason for the tax discrepancy is that electric utilities
cantly reduce our utility bills by permitting the Illinois Com-
receive generous federal tax benefits, such as accelerated
merce Commission to allow federal tax benefits now received
depreciation and the investment tax credit. However, federal
by utility companies to flow through to ratepayers.
law requires utilities to charge customers as if they did not
Electric utility companies nationwide last year charged
receive the benefits, meaning utilities keep much of the money
consumers $7.4 billion for taxes the utilities didn't have to
they collect nationwide from consumers for federal taxes. For
pay to the IRS. It's estimated that in Illinois, these so-called
every dollar the utilities collect from consumers for federal
"phantom taxes" added $690 million last year to our utility
income taxes, they pay only 30 cents to the IRS, enabling the
bills, costing the typical household more than $100 in over-
companies to keep more than $7 billion each year. These phan-
charges.
tom taxes not only cost consumers billions of dollars, they
These overcharges skyrocketed after 1981, when utili-
encourage wasteful investments by utilities.
Orchard Park Apartments
TOWN MEETINGS
Win Award For Saving Energy
Saving energy has its rewards - for Fred and Barbara
Fleury of Springfield, the reward was a special U.S. Depart-
ment of Energy award for Energy Innovation.
The Fleurys, owners and builders of the Orchard Park
Apartments in Springfield, were personally honored in Oc-
tober in Washington for their achievement. In a field of 220
award-winning projects, the Fleurys' apartments were among
27 projects chosen nationally for their outstanding contribu-
tion to energy efficiency. The apartments also won an Illinois
Energy Award.
The apartments utilize super insulation techniques and
passive solar heat to bring down tenants' utility bills, which
average $23.82 per month. High efficiency heat pumps, "ener-
gy mizer" hot water heaters and special electric meters also
help tenants save on their bills.
Dr. Fleury said he hopes that the apartments' success will
make the public "more aware of what can be achieved in
energy-efficient housing at very little additional cost." The
Come talk with Congressman Durbin about utility
117-unit complex, which opened in July 1983, has never had
prices, the newly enacted 1985 farm bill, and upcoming
a vacancy and averages 40 people on the waiting list.
issues in Congress at the first TOWN MEETINGS
After personally visiting the apartment complex, I can
of 1986. The meetings, in MONTGOMERY, CHRIS-
vouch for the attractiveness and efficiency of the buildings.
TIAN and SHELBY Counties, will bring to 158 the
Once you've seen what can be saved with this design, it's clear
number of Town Meetings Congressman Durbin has
that the Fleurys are pioneers deserving of national recognition.
held since taking office.
Saturday, February 15
What Do You Think?
Call or write Congressman Dick Durbin:
156. IRVING, 11 a.m.
WASHINGTON OFFICE:
DECATUR OFFICE:
417 Cannon Building
Room 110, 363 S. Main St.
Century House, in Village Park
Washington, D.C. 20515
Decatur, IL 62523
(202) 225-5271
(217) 428-4745 or
157. ASSUMPTION, 1:30 p.m.
SPRINGFIELD OFFICE:
P.O. Box 1506
1307 S. 7th St.
Decatur, IL 62525
Community Building
Springfield, IL 62703
(217) 492-4062 or
QUINCY OFFICE:
158. SHELBYVILLE, 3:00 p.m.
1-800-252-8463
Room 305, 531 Hampshire St.
P.O. Box 790
Quincy, IL 62301
County Courthouse
Springfield IL 62709
(217) 228-1042
Large Courtroom
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
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PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
99th
CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
Vol. 131
WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1985
No. 106
Senate
HIROSHIMA REMEMBRANCE
DAY
Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, this
coming week, on August 6, when we
eningly accurate-year after year,
are not in session, we will be noting
ble additional knowledge could they
weapon after weapon.
the 40th anniversary of the dropping
have gained in these tests? What kinds
Anniversaries are important. In
of the bomb at Hiroshima. Since that
of militarily useful information could
1985, we have already witnessed the
horrible display of weaponry, we have
they have gleaned, that we could not
40th anniversary of the victory in
amassed more and more and more
Europe and the first successful atomic
with 40 years of testing and experi-
power. We are moving toward nuclear
test in the desert of New Mexico. On
mentation under our belt? A gesture
confrontation, at least I think that is
of this sort could do wonders. Article 6
August 6 we will note what is surely
the judgment of most people. And
one of the most momentous of all
of the Non-Proliferation Treaty calls
somehow we have to move away from
dates-the destruction of Hiroshima
for the superpowers to make signifi-
that. We have to move away from it in
by the first wartime use of nuclear
cant progress toward general and com-
ways that do not jeopardize in any
plete disarmament. Instead we push
weapons. Hiroshima was followed 3
way the security of our country nor
ahead with our test schedule as if a
days later by the atomic destruction of
the security of the Soviet Union. We
Nagasaki. And that second blast has so
missed test spelled the end of Western
have to start negotiating. My hope is
civilization.
far been the last explosion of such ter-
that we can, as a first step, negotiate a
rible weapons fired in anger. But we
A comprehensive test ban treaty is
verifiable comprehensive test ban
would be complacent in the exteme if
verifiable down to exteremly small
treaty.
we were to assume that these two nu-
levels, and, with cooperative measures
In any event, this body, our counter-
clear strikes were necessarily the last.
such as in-country tamper-proof seis-
part on the other side of the Capitol,
We stand on the brink of a qualita-
mic sensors, there is virtually unani-
and the administration ought to make
tively new and far more dangerous
mous sentiment that a good treaty
a high priority of moving away from
cycle of the arms race. The Reagan ad-
could be negotiated with ironclad veri-
the present course. The present course
ministration has embarked on one of
fication provisions. Why not take that
ultimately means that these young
the greatest arms race follies ever con-
first step toward fulfilling article 6
pages here and all their counterparts
templated: the star wars space shield,
and meeting the aspirations of áll the
all over this Nation and this world
the so-called strategic defense initia-
world's peoples? Why not engage in
have a grim future. We can build a
tive. Every major premise of this pro-
negotiations to stop all nuclear testing
bright future, but it is absolutely es-
gram is faulty. SDI will not bring
for all time? While no one would argue
sential, in order to build that bright
about a radical reduction in United
that an agreement banning tests will
future, that we negotiate away from
States and Soviet offensive nuclear
stop the arms race, it is clear that a
the arms race which piles up more and
arms; it will instead increase the
treaty would dramatically slow the
more and more weapons of destruc-
number of weapons necessary because
qualitative arms race and pave the
tion.
both sides will require more weapons.
way to reduce the numbers of missiles
Anniversaries can be good things or
It will not reduce the chances for a
and warheads now spiralling out of
anniversaries can be bad things. I see
first strike; it will instead ensure that
control.
the Chaplain on the floor. Sometimes
the Soviet military targets our orbital
Mr. President, there are many arms
when I attend church anniversaries I
lasers early so that their nuclear weap-
control initiatives currently receiving
think they are not a good thing be-
ons can get through the shield. And
attention in the public arena. Some
cause they seem to say how good we
their weapons will shift to warhead
are good ideas, others are less worthy.
are and pat themselves on the back.
that do not enter space. SDI will not
But it takes political wisdom, and po-
The 40th anniversary of Hiroshima
make the world a safer place; it will in-
litical courage, to take that first step
is not an occasion where we want to
stead raise the stakes in a crisis. Both
away from future Hiroshimas. We
say how good we are. It is an occasion
sides will feel the necessity of quick
have spent the past 40 years moving
when we ought to say somehow we
have to move away from piling up
and catastrophic action against the
closer to nuclear holocaust, devising
more and more and more weapons, be-
satellite "eyes and ears" essential to
new weapons programs and new stra-
cause ultimately someone, somewhere,
preserving military communications
tegic doctrines. When President Eisen-
is going to light the match.
and nuclear launch-detection capabili-
hower met with Premier Khruschev,
There is one safe way to deal with
ties. And computers-which can mal-
the two world leaders discussed the
that, and that is to find verifiable
function-will make the ultimate de-
problems posed by nuclear fear. Eisen-
cisions. The premium could shift to
hower told Khruschev that when
ways of moving away from the arms
firing first, because there may no
budgets are drawn up, his military
race. I hope this body, the other body,
longer be-the-sure-knowledge-we-each
come to him- and that they need
and the President can move us in that
direction.
have today, that a first strike will
more and better weapons to keep up
invite a counter strike. In any event,
with the Russians. Khruschev told the
Mr. President, I asked for this spe-
cial order relating to Hiroshima Re-
nuclear weapons will still be delivered
President that it was the same with
by suborbital or conventional means: a
Soviet defense spending: his military
membrance Day because the Senate
will be in recess on August 6, the 40th
1 megaton bomb could easily fit on the
had to keep up with the Americans.
anniversary of the atomic bombing of
back of a standard-sized pickup truck.
And so it has been ever since.
Hiroshima. The destruction of Hiro-
There are other follies now under
We have legitimate differences with
pursuit by both superpowers. We have
the Soviets. There are some disturbing
shima ushered in a new era in warfare,
our MX; Moscow has its SS-18 and
trends under way, in the political and
and I hope a new era in the conduct of
SS-24. Our latest folly just arrived the
the military spheres. In the final anal-
international politics. While many of
us rejoiced at the rapid close of World
other day, when the administration re-
ysis, however, we must put aside our
War II, we were skeptical that such
fused to join with the Soviet Union in
fears and our concerns, and sit down
enormous uncontrolled power could
a 5-month moratorium on nuclear
with Moscow and negotiate over our
differences. We have done it before on
long keep the peace, Just after the war
tests and the Senate could not even
several occasions, and we can do it
ended, Albert Einstein said: "Nuclear
agree to ask the President to resume
talks. Even if the Soviets have con-
again. We owe nothing less to our-
weapons have changed everything
ducted a number of extra tests in the
selves, our children, and to the legacy
except our way of thinking." Unfortu-
of Hiroshima.
nately, Einstein turned out to,fright-
past few weeks or months, what possi-
March 20, 1987
Dear Mr. Merrill:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Dale O. Merrill
7046 Scripps Crescent
Goleta, CA 93117
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DALE MERRILL
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10 much 1987
mr. HaundBoher, this of Staff
The white House
washington D.C.
my Dear Sin,
Dargratulation upon your new appointment
I'm I debighted with our previdents
choice of you to take over,
I evelore Lauis Rukeyser's Column
from am local liberal paper; I
enderse his weins emplatically
The 49- state sweep in 1984war
a resounding mandate. Let's
go way 660-
Harmly -
Dale mervil
DALE MERRILL
7046 SCRIPPS CRESCENT
ICODNIA 0047
BUSINESS
Real Estate
Sunday, March 8, 1987
Santa Barbara
News-Press
G1
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ome of these discredited
LOUIS
Everybody seems to be giving
theorists are now howling
for a return to the bad med-
you purely political advice,
RUKEYSER
icine they have routinely (and
which is the last thing you need.
(1) Taxes. The issue that distin-
disastrously) prescribed in the
Like Richard Nixon in his selec-
tion of Gerald Ford, Ronald
guished Reagan economically
was his insistence that taxes be
g
past. Indeed, they suggest that
"sensible" Howard Baker will
Reagan has turned in time of
reduced. In fact, the promise was
support tax increases in 1987
trouble to a veteran legislator
universally regarded as a nice
always greater than the perform-
"to reduce the deficit" (some-
ance. After the massive, and mas-
thing no modern tax increase, in
Dear Howard:
guy. You don't need me or any-
one else to instruct you on how to
sively helpful, changes of 1981,
fact, has ever done). Fool them,
there has been a succession of
Howard, and help the rest of us:
get along with Congress better
tax increases- disguised by as-
Instead of "accommodating" the
Get Reagan
than Don Regan, who became in
sorted euphemisms such as "rev-
perennial advocates of further
Washington a microcosm of the
back on track
arrogance of power- and next
enue enhancement, loophole
government theft from the wage
closing," "tax reform' and "Rob-
packet, get Ronald Reagan back
to whom, Godzilla would now
ert Dole. (You remember him,
on the offensive on taxes.
seem lovable.
surely: He's the guy who can't
But those who assume that you
(2) Spending. Here's the real
stop grinning every time he's re-
EW YORK- An open let-
will serve merely as an affable
way to fight that deficit. Urge the
N
caretaker for a burned-out presi-
minded that you no longer a
president to follow his own in-
ter to Howard H. Baker Jr.:
presidential candidate.)
Dear Howard,
dent may well be underestimat-
stincts by making - for the first
But the overwhelming fact of
Congratulations - or con-
ing you both. Let's not forget
time in years — meaningful pro-
the 1980s was that lowering taxes
dolences, as the case may be.
that, in the clearest economic
posals to reform Social Security,
confrontation in decades,
actually did increase investment,
Medicare and welfare; stream-
The Washington wise guys are
promote job creation and launch
convinced that your appointment
Reagan in 1984 carried 49 states
line defense, and apply a hatchet
as President Reagan's chief of
against a man who was advocat-
the country on a disinflationary
to the federal bureaucracy.
staff is an appropriate burial
ing many of the policies that are
expansion that is now deep in its
(Where to start? How about
fifth year. This confuses academ-
where the president once
place both for you and for the
now being urged on you by your
ics and politicians who have
promised — by eliminating the
Reagan presidency, but the sus-
pals in the capital.
picion in this corner is that if you
g
taught for generations that
redundant departments of ener-
Washington can spend the peo-
gy and education?)
turn your attention immediately
ple's money better than the peo-
to the U.S. economy, there could
Those who pooh-pooh such
f you going to fool them,
ple can
be some surprises all around.
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suggestions as "politically un-
and respond to the nation
feasible" have Washington myo-
beyond the Beltway you'll
pia; it was the advocacy of such
have to move rapidly on an eco-
r
significant change that put
nomic agenda that will get the
Reagan in the White House in
Reagan presidency truly back on
e
the first place. Getting back on
the track. A few thoughts for
the attack could restore his im-
starters:
See RUKEYSER, Page G 2
March 20, 1987
Dear Mr. Keeler:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. E. Richard Keeler
General Manager
Playland Park
Playland Parkway
Rye, NY 10580
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Playland
PLAYLAND PARKWAY
RYE, NEW YORK 10580
[914] 921-0370
ANDREW P. O'ROURKE
County Executive
E. RICHARD KEELER
Joseph M. Caverly, Commissioner
Department of Parks
General Manager
Recreation and Conservation
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March 9, 1987
Hon. Howard Baker
Presidential Chief of Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Baker:
As the Executive Assistant to Tony Colavita, New York
State Republican Chairman, I had the privilege of meeting
you a few times.
I know President Reagan has chosen the very best can-
didate to help restore and build upon the great image he
has had, not only for the party's sake but for America's
sake as well.
I wish you the best in your new position. I am sure
it was a difficult task to make the decision not to run for the
Presidency. I know that our country needs people like you.
Best Regards,
E. Richard Keeler
General Manager
PLAYLAND PARK
ERK: amk
Westchester County
March 20, 1987
Dear Ms. Moran:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Ms. Patricia Moran
84 Borglum Road
Weldon, CT 06897
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84 Borfunca
Wildon,
LX 06897
MAch 2,1987
Sendar Howard Baler
The White Hause
Washington, D.C.
Den Sinstor Baker
It 's serrific that you
have once again agreed
to serve our country
Thank you and 1 wish
you the best of buck
in your important and
I'll but Michis job.
Sincerely yours,
Catricia Moran
March 20, 1987
Dear Mr. Jenson:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Sherman M. Jenson
Apartment N103
1421 North University
Little Rock, AR 72207
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Sherman M. Jenson
1421 North University
Apt. N103
Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
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march 2, 1987
Senator Howard H, Baker, Jr.
Chief of staff
White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Senator,
your appointment as Chief of staff the
has brought sighs of relief across
United States, E verybody I know has
applanded the Presidents choice. I, personally,
and I know the majority of americans,
wish you well. Rest assured that you
are in aur thought and prayers. while you
have a long, rough road to travel the Join
needed doing can he done. We may re dawn
but we are not out, It is not the Character
of the american people to wallow in self
pity and give up
I have alway Than ght highly young and was back to
an ardent Champion of genator Dirkson.
the day when we lived in Illinois
appointment and wish you well too our daughter proctices
my wife and daughter fullef Jay about your
law in memphis,
Best Regards, Sherman myuson
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Mrs. William A. Biggs III
309 Brookside Boulevard
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Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania 15241
Dear Senaton Baker,
When 1 fist learned of your new
post, my neaction was to think of
the words J learned to type
"now is the time for all good men
to come to the and of their
country."
Thank you, good man, for
Comming to the aid of own country.
Smily,
Julio Fink - Bigg
march 1, 1987
March 20, 1987
Dear Ms. Felhel:
Thank you for your kind message. I
appreciate your warm words of support
and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
Chief of Staff to the President
Ms. Harriet O. Felhel
2920 Steff Drive
Columbia, SC 29204
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