My apologies if this is a repeat posting. I have no further information.

>TO: ALL ACTIVISTS
>FROM: Jim Jontz
>February 10, 1996
>
>IS NEXT WEEK "DECISION TIME" AT THE WHITE HOUSE?
>
>Information from several sources suggests that the White House is
>on the brink of making a decision about what position they are
>going to take on the repeal of the "logging without laws" timber
>rider. Here are some key facts:
>
>1) The President some time ago made a promise to legislatively
>"fix" the rider, although he has never said he was for repealing it.
>
>2) Where Ron Wyden and Patty Murray stand on the rider is very
>important.
>
>3) The White House wants to do something to resolve this issue in
>the Interior Appropriations bill (or continuing resolution) which must
>be passed by March 15 (only five weeks from yesterday).
>
>4) We are making progress in moving the White House toward a
>"REPEAL, NO DEAL" position, but we're not there yet.
>
>We now have 101 cosponsors on the Furse bill (Rep. Nancy
>Johnson, R-CT, just signed on). We have a commitment from Sen.
>Bill Bradley (D-NJ) to file the Bradley/Boxer bill as a companion on
>the Senate side, although we need to work hard to get Bradley as
>many cosponsors as possible over the next two weeks.
>
>We have 150 activists coming to Washington Feb. 20 for the Forest
>Congress, and I know they won't forget the REAL Congress (and
>the Administration) on their itinerary for the week. But so much
>must happen in these next few days!
>
>
>THE SITUATION IS CRITICAL. Here are some ways to help:
>
>1) Call your Senators, now, asking them to cosponsor the
>Bradley/Boxer bill to repeal the rider. IF YOU ARE IN OREGON,
>WASHINGTON, OR CALIFORNIA it is particularly important that
>you call and fax Wyden/Murray/Boxer/Feinstein.
>The Capitol switchboard number is (202-224-3121); same for
>Representatives.
>
>2) Please pull out the stops to generate calls to the White House
>comment line (202-456-1111) or email president at whitehouse.gov and
>Chief of Staff Leon Panetta (202-456-6797). In addition to those two
>calls, fax your messages/papers/newsclips etc. to Katie McGinty at
>the CEQ at (202-456-2710) as often as you can. If you are coming
>to Washington for the Forest Congress or any other reason, making
>an appointment with CEQ (through Katie McGinty's office) is one of
>the most important things you can do!
>
>3) IF YOU ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF OREGON OR
>WASHINGTON, or in MONTANA, IDAHO, COLORADO, or
>anywhere else that there are proposed "logging without laws"
>timber sales (which is a lot of places), it is especially important that
>you reach the White House to communicate that "fixing" a few sales
>won't solve the problem -- the rider must be REPEALED.
>
>Thanks, thanks, thanks. We have come a long way in making
>Washington D.C. aware of the crisis in our forests! Now is the
>time to turn up the heat!

Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416