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THE REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPR ESENTATIVES
433 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON , D.C. 20515
202 / 225-0587

CHAIRMAN
PHILIP M . CRANE
Illinois

VICE CHAIRMEN October 26, 1983

THOMAS J . BULEY. JR .
Virginia
WILLIAM CARNE Y
l\ew York The President
WILLIA:\f L DAl\'NEMEYE R The Vvh i te House
California 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
KENl\'ETH B. KRAMER Wa shington, D.C. 20500
Colorado
ELDON R t;D D
Arizona Dear Mr. President:
TREASURER
NEWT r.lNGR ICH 01 Noverrber 20, the />mer i can Broadcasting _! Corrpany is
Georgia
planning to broadcast a fi Im depi cting the horrors of
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE nuc Iear war. The rmv i e, "The Day After", is schedu Ied to be
ROBERT E. BADHAM
California shown on prirre tirre, natiorrvvide, just before our pl anned
HA1'K BROWN deployrrent in Europe of Pershing I I missiles.
Colorado
J AMES A. COl' RTER Those who have seen the ABC fi Im characterize it as a
r-.ew JerSt)'
powerful "anti-war" docurent, strongly reinforcing the
WILLIAM L. DICK I NS ON
Alaba ma Soviet carrpaign of propaganda, intimidation, and active
JOHN N. ERLENBO R N
rreasures against the deployrrent of the Pershing I ls. The
Illinois New York Post has asked editorially, "Vvhy is ABC doing Yuri
BOBBI FIEDLER Andropov I s job? 11
California
ROBERT J . LAGOMARS INO
California
In fact, the ABC p rogram is I ikely to cause irrationality
and hysteria at precisely the rroment when reasoned public
BOB LIVI NGS T01"
Louisiana support of your defense policy is essential to our national
TRENT LOTT
security.
Mississippi

DAN Ll iNr.REN We request that you take act ion imnediately before the
California
showing of "The Day After" to counter its irrpact. The
DAN MARRIOTT
Uta h
unreasoning fear experienced by ma ny hrericans seeing the
ABC program would be alleviated by a cogent and forceful
BOB MICHEL
Illinois explanation of our policies fo r preserving peace, and our
TOBY ROTH frustration over Sov i et intran s igence at the bargaining
\\'isconsi n table. In our opinion, this rressage should be set forth by
RI C HARDT. SCHULZE you in a natiorrvvide televison speech. The nuclear hol ocaust
P enns, ·h'ania
depicted in "The Day After" can and must be prevented. A
E. C'LA Y SHAW. JR.
Florida
Soviet nuclear attack on Lawrence, Kansas, or any other pa rt
NORMAND. S H UMW AY
of the Free Wo rld can be deterred by a strong U.S. defensive
California posture. .We must continue your pol icy of bui !ding an
DE NNY SM ITH adequate de fe nse, and we believe you should tel I this
Oregon clearly and forcefully to the hrerican people.
GERALD B. SOL0'1 0N
New York
BARBARA F. VUC'A1"0\'IC H
Ne,·ada
Si~I~ ~ou{j~ _ A

EXECl' TIVE DIRECTO R

LAWRENCE B. Sl.; LC

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Ali I ip M. Crane, M.C.
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