fred@inuxc.UUCP (Fred Mendenhall) (05/06/84)
I received the following Spacepac alert Saturday May 5, 1984
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SPACEPAC Emergency Alert
Suite S
2801-B Ocean Park Blvd
Santa Monica CA 90405
VICTORY IS NEAR: ONE MORE SHORT, FOCUSED, MAXIMUM EFFORT IS REQUIRED!
Thanks in part to your efforts, the space station victory is within sight.
Of the three swing-vote Congressmen that we asked people to contact in the last
E-COM message, one is now on our side and the other two are leaning in our
direction. Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Administration of NASA, has recently written
us commending our pro space station efforts.
We have come from behind to a position where we have at least an even
chance of victory despite significant organized opposition. This battle is
being fought in the most difficult of all the subcommittees that the space
station legislation is faced with. If we lose here, we will be forced to
engage in a long series of expensive time-consuming battles, the main objective
of which will be damage control.
Thus we are calling upon everyone for a short, maximum effort drive aimed
at obtaining a decisive victory. PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CALL OR TELEGRAM
CONGRESSMAN EDWARD P. BOLAND, even if you have recently done so. As Chairman,
he is by far the most powerful Congressman an the Committee. At this point
his blessing would be decisive. WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF BUSINESS HOURS ON
TUESDAY, MAY 8, TO REACH CONGRESSMAN BOLAND BY PUBLIC OPINION TELEGRAM OR BY
PHONE. Phone calls should be made during business hours in Washington;
BOLAND'S PHONE NUMBER IS (202) 225-5601. Public Opinion Telegrams (20 words or
less, address not needed) may be sent any hour of the day or night by calling
Western Union at the toll-free number listed in the white pages of your phone
book. ASK CONGRESSMAN BOLAND TO SUPPORT FULL FUNDING ($150 MILLION) FOR THE
PERMANENTLY MANNED SPACE STATION. Don't forget to ask your friends to help.
The space station war has become an enormous undertaking. Examples of the
types of activities that L-5 and Spacepac are engaged in include: E-COM; phone
tree alerts; mail to people outside of our collective membership; local and
foreign chapter alerts; efforts to obtain help from other organizations;
special local efforts aimed at key Congressmen, such as visits from our local
people; Congressional testimony; potential Spacepac donations to campaigns;
Washington lobbying activity (Gary Oleson, our Washington representative,
has been working only half time for the last three months in order to volunteer
more time to these efforts); as well as an enormous amount of volunteer time.
We do this because it is important. It is also expensive. We need not only
your time, but also your dollars. These should be sent to Spacepac (Dept. X)
at the above return address. Remember, you are entitled to a 50% tax credit
for the first $100 donated ($200 for couples), whether you itemize or not.
Our entire internation network is totally mobilized and committed. The
system is under enormous strain. We need whatever help you can give.
Signed: Mark M Hopkins, Spacepac Chairman, L-5 Society Executive Vice Pres.
(E-COM software by Lagrange Systems, 3231 Audley Suit 104 Houston TX 77098)
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OK, you have all read it. I hear a lot of lip banging on this net about
support for the space program and the space station. Here is your chance to
do something more productive than pounding a keyboard.
CALL NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fred Mendenhall AT&T CP
Indianapolis, Indianapalmer@uw-june.UUCP (05/07/84)
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It's time to get on the horn and start the wheels of politics
rolling.
Call Congressman EDWARD P. BOLAND, (202) 225-5601. He is Chairman
of the House Appropriations committee, which makes him rather
influential. Ask him to support FULL FUNDING FOR A PERMANENTLY MANNED
SPACE STATION.
We have until the end of business hours on Tuesday, May 8 to get
our voices in. CALL NOW. If it is after Tuesday, call him anyway.
ANY statement of support will help.
I called his office at 10:40 EDT this morning, and they had already
logged 50 calls. This is what is known, in political circles, as a
groundswell, and it will not be ignored IF WE KEEP IT UP.
Phone today, it will make the future a much better place to live in.
That's CONGRESSMAN EDWARD P. BOLAND (202) 225-5601. Do it.
David Palmerjeff@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Jeff Bishop) (05/08/84)
<> Why do we need a Space Station???? Jeff Bishop || University of Chicago ...ihnp4!oddjob!jeff || Astrology & Astrophysics Center
els@pur-phy.UUCP (Eric Strobel) (05/09/84)
Astrology ???? and Astrophysics ? I guess that explains why someone (possibly) involved in Astrophysics would ask why a space station is needed!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | "Things always look | A message from the mental maze that darkest just before | calls itself: they go totally black!!" | | -- Col. Hannibal Smith | ERIC STROBEL | --------------------------------| UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,harpo,allegra,inuxc,seismo,teklabs}!pur-ee!Physics:els INTERNET: els @ pur-phy.UUCP