Dear Colleagues,
Please take this seriously, it was past on to my by the American Institute
of Conservation's liaison to MCN, Lisa Mibach...... read on......
Suzanne Quigley [log in to unmask]
>Hi Suzanne-I don't remember if I mentioned, but I just got back from an NEH
>Panel in Washington, and the mood was not optimistic. Please broadcast this
>as best you can or as you feel appropriate
>Lisa
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> To: AIC Members
> From: Sarah Z. Rosenberg
> Subject: Urgent need for calls or letters supporting the
> reauthorization of and appropriations for the IMS, NEH, and NEA.
> Date: 31 Jan 95
>
> As I indicated in January AIC News, reauthorization of and
> appropriations for the three federal cultural agencies is in
> jeopardy. Each of these agencies provides funding for conservation
> projects that is essential to the future well-being of the
> profession. During the past fiscal year they funded conservation
> projects totaling nearly $10 million dollars which was often
> increased five-fold by the matching funds each project raised.
> Elimination of these agencies could mean a loss of $50 million in
> work for conservators and could throw the whole arts support
> structure into crisis. Support for the reauthorization of and
> funding for the cultural agencies should not be a partisan issue.
> Both parties should value the preservation of our national
> patrimony.
>
> If you have already written to your congressional delegation, thank
> you and please send me a copy. If you have yet to write, please
> note that 60 national arts and humanities organizations established
> a 1-800-651-1575 number to assist supporters of the agencies in
> sending a unified message to Congress. For $9.50, three Western
> Union mailgrams will be hand delivered the next day to the caller's
> U.S. Representative and two U.S. Senators. The mailgram will
> address the reasons for supporting these agencies. Please act
> now--all you have to do is call.
>
> If your Senator or Representative is on one of the authorization or
> appropriations subcommittees listed below, it is particularly
> crucial that you make your views known to them.
>
> Addressing Correspondence:
>
> To a Senator:
>
> The Honorable (full name)
> United States Senate
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Senator (last name):
>
> To a Representative:
>
> The Honorable (full name)
> United States House of Representatives
> Washington, DC 20515
>
> Dear Congressman or
> Congresswoman (last name):
>
> Senate Reauthorization
>
> Labor and Human Resources Committee
> Nancy Kassebaum KS, Chair
> Ted Kennedy, MA, Ranking Minority
>
> Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities
>
> Jim Jeffords VT, chair
> Nancy Kassebaum KS
> Dan Coats IN
> Judd Gregg NH
> Bill Frist TN
> Michael Dewine OH
> John Ashcroft MO
> Spencer Abraham MI
> Slade Gorton WA
> Claiborne Pell RI, ranking minority
> Edward Kennedy MA
> Christopher Dodd CT
> Paul Simon IL
> Tom Harkin IA
> Barbara Mikulski MD
> Paul Wellstone MN
>
> House Reauthorization
>
> Economic and Educational Opportunities Committee
>
> Bill Goodling PA, Chair*
> Thomas Petri WI
> Marge Roukema NJ
> Steve Gunderson WI*
> Harris Fawell IL
> Cass Ballenger NC
> Bill Barrett NE
> Randy "Duke" Cunningham CA**
> Peter Hoekstra MI
> Buck McKeon CA
> Mike Castle DE*
> Jan Meyers KS
> Sam Johnson TX*
> Jim Talent MO
> Jim Greenwood PA*
> Tim Hutchinson AR
> Joe Knollenberg MI
> Frank Riggs CA*
> Lindsey Graham SC
> Dave Weldon FL*
> David Funderburk NC
> Mark Souder IN*
> David McIntosh IN*
> Charlie Norwood GA
> William Clay MO, Ranking Minority
> George Miller CA*
> Dale Kildee MI**
> Pat Williams MT
> Matthew Martinez CA
> Major Owens NY
> Tom Sawyer OH
> Donald Payne NJ*
> Patsy Mink HI*
> Robert Andrews NJ
> Jack Reed RI
> Tim Roemer IN
> Eliot Engel NY*
> Xavier Becerra CA
> Robert Scott VA*
> Gene Green TX
> Lynn Woolsey CA
> Carlos Romero-Barcelo PR*
> Mel Reynolds IL
>
> * Members of Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and
> Families which has jurisdiction over arts & humanities\376but
> at this point it looks like reauthorization will be handled
> by the full committee.
>
> ** Subcommittee chair and ranking minority member
>
>
> Senate Appropriations
>
> Mark Hatfield OR, Chair
> Robert Byrd WV, Ranking Minority
>
> Subcommittee on the Interior
>
> Slade Gorton WA, chair
> Ted Stevens AK
> Thad Cochran MS
> Pete Domenici NM
> Mark Hatfield OR
> Conrad Burns MT
> Robert Bennett UT
> Connie Mack FL
> Robert Byrd WV, ranking minority
> Bennett Johnston LA
> Patrick Leahy VT
> Dale Bumpers AR
> Ernest Hollings SC
> Harry Reid NV
> Patty Murray WA
>
> House Appropriations
>
> Bob Livingston LA, Chair
> David Obey WI, Ranking Minority
>
> Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
>
> Ralph Regula OH, Chair
> Bob Livingston LA
> Joseph McDade PA
> Jim Kolbe AZ
> Joe Skeen NM
> Barbara Vucanovich NV
> Charles H. Taylor NC
> George Nethercutt WA
> Jim Bunn OR
> Sidney Yates IL, Ranking Minority
> David Obey WI
> Norman Dicks WA
> Tom Bevill AL
> David Skaggs CO
>
> Sarah Z. Rosenberg
> American Institute for Conservation
> of Historic and Artistic Works
> 1717 K Street, NW, Suite 301
> Washington, DC 20006
> 202-452-9545
> Fax: 202-452-9328
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