fred@inuxc.UUCP (Fred Mendenhall) (05/06/84)
I received the following Spacepac alert Saturday May 5, 1984 --------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Indiana
palmer@uw-june.UUCP (05/07/84)
<> 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 Palmer
jeff@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