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MEMORANDUm To: From: Subject: / ~ June 28, Regional Vice Presidents/Directors Walter Woodson ~ 1989 Federal Airline Smoking Ban Legislation Last week, the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Committee on Public Works and Transportation held extensive hearings on smoking aboard alrliners. The focus of attention now is H.R. 598 (attached)., subcommittee Chairman 0berstar's (D-MN) bill which would ban smoking on flights of any duration. Mark-up on the bill is expected right after the House returns from its July 4th recess (July 1-9). Sam Chilcote has asked that you and your legislative representatives take full advantage of the July 4th break to contact .subcommittee members and remind them of our strong opposition tu Oberstar's bill. A list of subcommittee members and their district office addresses/phone numbers is enclosed for you and your legislative counsel. For further information on members, check your Congressional Yellow Book. If you have allies with strong connections with these members, please enlist their aid as well. I have "also enclosed copies of background information for you and your legislative counsel to use when meeting and talking with members of the subcommittee. The basic argument, however, is simply this: o When the two-hour temporary ban was put in pl~ce in April 1988, the Department of Transportation authorized a study to look into all aspects of air cabin air quality and ventilation, not just ETS. We agree with the DoT tha£ further action is unwarranted until the results of that study are submitted next year. The study is due out about the time that the temporary ban is scheduled to end -- April 1990. o The point is that even though the DoT study will not be the last word on ETS and airliner cabin air quality, one would think that thoughful lawmakers would want to see that study and other data before rushing to ban smoking completely. TO assist our federal efforts, we will need thorough reports on your contact work during the July 4th break. Please contact me with those reports just as soon as possible. As always, thanks for your help. cc: Messrs. Chilcote, Emrick, Lewis, Malmgren, Minshew Attachments T!0044-1418

HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMEVfEE AVIATION SUBCOMMIT£EE MAJORITY MEMBERS: JAMES L, OBERSTAR CHAIRMAN Minnesota, 8th District District Offices: 231 Federal Bldg. Duluth, M2q 55802 218/727-7474 City Hall 316 Lake St. Chisholm, MN 55719 218/254-5761 City Hall 501 Laurel Brainerd, MN 56401 2181828-4400 JOE KOLTER Permsyivania, 4th District 1322 - 7th Ave. Beaver Falls, PA 15010 412/846-3600 104 U.S. Post Office Bldg. Butler, PA 16001 412/282-8081 20 So. Mercer St. New Castle, PA 16101 4121658-4525 7 N~. 6th St. Indiana, PA 15701 4121349-3755 PETER A. DeFAZIO Oregon, 4th District 211 B. 7th Ave. Eugene, OR 97401 5031687-6732 215 So. 2nd St. Coos Bay, OR 97420 503/269-2609 Room 406,621 W. Madrone Roseburg, OR 97470 5031440-3523 JIMMY HAYES Louisiana, 7th District 109 E. Vermilion Lafayette, LA 70501 318/233-4773 901 Lakeshore Dr. Suite 402 Lake Charles, LA 70601 318/433-1613 GREG LAUGHLILN Texas, 141it District 312 S. Main St. Victoria, TX 77901 512/576-1231 221 E. Main St. Suite 203 Round Rock, TX 78664 512/244-3765 NORMAN Y. MINETA California, 13th District 1245 So. Winchester Blvd. Suite 310 San Jose, CA 95128 4081984-6045 DOUGLAS H, BOSCO California, 1st District 329 Federal Bldg. 777 Sonoma Ave. Santa Rosa, CA 95404 7071576-1466 The Eureka Inn 7th & F Sts. Suite 216 Eureka, CA 95501 707/4d5-2055 TIM VALENTINE North Carolina, 2nd Dislrict 522 So. Duke St. P.O. Box 3654 Durham, NC 27702 9191541-5201 Station Sq. Mall Suite 124 Rocky Mount, NC 27804 919/446-1147 EDOLPHUS TOWNS New York, llth District 93 Prospect P1. Brooklyn, NY 11217 718/622-5700 276. Stuyvesant Ave. Brooklyn, N~ 11233 718/965-5124 WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI Illinois, 5th District 5832 So. Archer Ave. Chicago, IL 60638 312/886-0481 PETER ,L VISCLOSKY Indiana, 1st District 215 W. 35th Ave. Gary, IN 46408 219/884-1177 JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR, Ohio, 17th District 11 Overhill Rd. Youngstown, OH 44512 216/788-2414 391 Mahoaing Ave. Warr~, OH 44481 216/399-3513 OVER T!0044-1419

LOUISE M. SLAUGHTER New York, 30th District 311 Federal Bldg. Rochester, NY 14614 7161232-4850 216 E, Main St. Batavia, NY 14020 716/343-2524 DAVID E. SKAGGS Colorado, 2nd District 9101 Harlan St. Suite 130 Westminster, CO 80030 3031650-7886 BEN JOI~S Georgia, 4th District I Decatur Town Center I50 E. Ponce De Leon Ave. Suite 250 Decatur, GA 30030 404/371-9910 HENRY J. NOWAK New York, 33rd District 212 U.S. Courthouse Niagara Sq. Buffalo, NY 14202 716/853-4131 BOB CLEMENT Tennessee, 5th District 552 U.S. Courthouse Nashville, TN 37203 615/736-5295 510 Main St. Springfield, TN 37172 615/384-6600 2701 Jefferson St. Suite 103 Nashville, TN 37208 615/320:1363 DONALD M. PAYNE New Jersey, 10th District 970 Broad St. Ro~m 1435-B Newark, N~" 07102 201/645-3213 JERRY F. COSTELLO Illinois, 21st District 1316 Niedringhaus Ave. Granite City, IL 62040 6181451-2122 Suite 207, 8787 State St. East St. Louis, IL 62203 6181397-8833 / TI0044-1420

BUD SHUSTER Pennsylvania, 9th District District Offices: RD 2, Box 711 Altoona, PA 16601 814/946-1653 179 E. Queen St. Chambcrsburg, PA 17201 717/264-8308 ARLAN STANGELAND Minnesota, 7th District 403 Center Ave. Moorhead, MN 56560 218/233-8631 Federal Bldg.. 720 Mall Germain St. Cloud, MN 56301 612/251-0740 GUY V. MOLINARI New York, 14th District Naval Station New York Staten Island, NY 10305 718/981-9800 1305 - 73rd St. Brooklyn, NY 11228 7181236-9292 BOB McEWEN Ohio, 6th District 202 Federal Bldg. Hillsboro, OH 45133 513/393-4223 Post Office Bldg. Portsmouth, OH 45662 614/353-5171 THOMAS E. PETRI Wisconsin, 6th District 14 Western Ave., Box 1816 Fond du Lac, WI 54935 414/922-1180 105 Washington Ave. Room 112 Oshkosh, WI 54901 414/231-6333 RUN PACKARD California, 43rd District 2121PMomarAirpo~ Rd. Snite105 Carlsbad, CA 92009 6191438-0443 629 Camino de Los M~res Suite 204 San Clcmentc, CA 92672 7141496-2343 SHERWOOD Lo BOEHLERT New York, 251h District 200 Alexander Pirnle Federal Bldg. • 10 Broad St. Ulica, NY 13501 315/793-8146 41So. MMn St. Oneonta, NY 13820 607/432-5524 42 So. Broad St. Norwich, NY 13815 607/336-7160 17 Main St. Cortlaud, NY 13045 6071753-9324 JIM LIGHTFOOT Iowa, 5th District 501W. Low~ll Shenandoah, IA 51601 712/246=1984 105 Pearl St. Council Bluffs, IA 51503 7121325-5572 220 W. Salem Ave. Indianola, IA 50125 5151961-0591 912 - 1st Ave. So. Warden Plaza Suite 7 Fort Dodge, IA 50501 515/955-5319 JAMES M. INHOFE Oklahoma, 1st District 201 W. 5th St. Suite 305 Tulsa, OK 74103 9181581-7111 CASS BALLENGER North Carolina, lOth District 361 - 10thAve. NE P.O. Box 1830 Hickory, NO 28601 ' 704/327-6100 418 South St. P.O. Box 976 Gastonia, NC 28053 70418649922 TI0044-1421

JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. Tennessee. 2rid District 318 Post O~ce Bldg. Knoxville, TN 37902 615/523-3772 Courthouse Athens, TN 37303 615/745..4671 419 First American Bank Bldg. Maryville, TN 37801 615/984-5464 MEL HANCOCK Missouri, 7th District 322-B B. Pershing Springfield, MO 65806 412/862-4317 302 Federal Bldg. Joplin, MO 64801 417/781-t041 TI0044-1422