NYSA TI Single-Page 3
Against Bootleg Cigarettes
Abstract
Liggett Group, P. Lorillard, Philip Morris, and R. J. Reynolds.
Fields
- Named Organization
- Battle Fowler
- Chamber of Commerce
- Conference Board
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York)
- Liggett Group Inc. (American cigarette manufacturer)
American cigarette manufacturer, was the first to start selling discount brands (GPC)- Marsh & McLennan
- P. Lorillard Company
- Paul Weiss (law firm)
- Philip Morris & Co. Ltd. (Cigarette manufacturer, incorporated in U.S. in 1902)
Philip Morris & Co. Ltd.., was incorporated in New York in April of 1902; half the shares were held by the parent company in London, and the balance by its U.S. distributor and his American associate. Its overall sales in 1903, its first full year of U.S. operation, were a modest seven million cigarettes. Among the brand offered, besides Philip Morris, were Blues, Cambridge, Derby, and a ladies favorite name for the London street where the home companies factory was located - Marlborough.- R.J. Reynolds Corporation (second tier subsidiary of RJR Industries)
- Tobacco Tax Council
- Young & Rubicam (New York-based advertising agency.)
Was awarded the assignment for advertising Philip Morris' Dave's low-priced cigarette brand. Y&R lost RJR Reynolds' Camel cigarette brand account in 1991 when two Y&R Executives resigned to form Mezzina/Brown, which remains Camel's ad agency (1994) (WSJ 9/13/94). - Chamber of Commerce
- Named Person
- Abram, Morris B.
- Africk, Jack (Liggett Member of BOD, 1976, VP of Sales)
Jack Africk was a member of the Board of Directors beginning in 1976 of Liggett Group, Inc. During that same year, he was also Vice President of Sales. In 1977 he became Executive Vice President of Liggett Group, Inc. Currently, he is an Executive for U.S. Tobacco Company.- Albano, Albert J., Jr.
- Bank, Royal
- Bless, Bill
- Bosco, Joseph
- Brady, Thomas
- Carbine, Pat
- Chamber, Glen Cove
- Coppola, Douglas
- Cove, Glen
- Curran, Paul J.
- Dougherty, Scotty
- Emerson, Daniel E.
- Farnham, Joseph E.
- Gardner, Paul E.
- Gordon, Harold H.
- Harding, James V.
- Loeb, Carl M.
- Loeb, Carl M., Jr.
- Lynch, Gerald W.
- Meyer, J. Edward, III
- Powell, Arnold
- Roberts, George J.
- Roberts, Thomas J.
- Rudin, Lewis
- Salvage, Lynn D.
- Samford, William K.
- Sardi, Vincent
- Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
- Shapiro, Howard
- Sheridan, James J.
- Smith, Stephen E.
- Walker, John M.
- Xavier, Sarah
- Africk, Jack (Liggett Member of BOD, 1976, VP of Sales)
- Date Loaded
- 18 Jul 2005
- Box
- 5425
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Camp
Against
Bootleg
Cigarettes
IS IT?.
WH'/IS IT?.
BEHI © IT?.
The Citizens Campaign A~Bainst Bootleg Cigarettes is sponsored
by the Tobacco Tax Council, a non-profit research and lobbying organization
which represents major cigarette manufacturers who are supporting and funding
the campaign. The sponsoring cigarette manufacturers are Brown & Williamson,
Liggett Group, P. Lorillard, Philip Morris, and R. J. Reynolds.
The motive for the cigarette manufacturers in supporting this cam-
paign to get the tax on cigarettes reduced is, quite simply, that the cigarette
manufacturers feel that Organized Crime's control of the market in New York
threatens their distribution system and ultimately the free market economy
in which they operate. They are not concerned with increased profit or the
selling of more cigarettes. The manufacturers receive the same amount of money
for their pr.oduct no matter where they sel-I the cigarettes -- or. to whom. It
is firmly established that demand for cigarettes is stable as to the effect of
s~all changes in price and there will be roughly the same number of cigarettes
sold if the tax were cut even sub~tantially. They fear that, if the New York
tax structure continues to encourage cigarette bootlegging, in a very few years
bootleg sales will be the ~ sales in the state. They are concerned for
the effect of this on their customers -- the wholesalers and retailers, and
the smoking public.
275 Madison Avenue Suite 214 New Yod(. N.Y. 10016 (2t2) 686-0630
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The Citizens Campaign i~ organized aro,_md r_he voluntary e~or~ of~
citizens Committee u i00 prominent ~=w Yorkers, chaired by
former United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Ne~ York~ Panl J. Curran, w~ are cot~unicating their concerns
to legislators and administration officials ~_~ Albany and to
the general public dlr.ectly and through the media; and~
Industr~ Committee -- representatives of thousands of whole-
salers~ ret~ers and dlstr~butors who have a vested interest,
under the chairmanship of Malcolm L. ~lelscher, managiHg director
of the ~tall Tobacco Dealers of America, Inc. ~ who are simil, arly
mob~llzlng, suppoEt of the corrective legislation currently pe~dlng
Additionally, the Citizens Campalgn~ through the Tobacco Tax Council,
has retained a~pro~esslonal staff to maintain contact with legislators and
a~f~:~.atlon ~ff~clals and t~ build grass roots support throughout, the . °
state ....
The Citizens Campaign's primary~ob~ective is to disseminate infor-
=atlen- to legislators and administration officials in Albany~ so that they
¢an. m=~e an ~formed ~ecision about the pending legislation;, and to the public
to ms~e it aware, that its indifference, encourages Organize~ crime's boot- .
legglng operation.
~ta~e .and have initiated a "Citi~s Network"" of supporters through ~hlch .
We have been conducting Discussion Forums throughoutthe
New ,Yorkers can express their support.
Ind.ustr~ Steerins Com~ttee
Halcolm Lo Fleischer, Chair
Jack Africk
A, J." (Bud) Bass
~at Berman
A~nold Gordon
9~nald W~ G~out
James V. Harding
~l~am G. Hildebrand
David Wglie
Fred Yolen
• (~:~tizenS ~f,:tee "
Or~ a.nizlng Committee
Paul J. Curran, Chair
~eri fe . Her~,~n~ez
Ri Cha~ Lewis~h,
J. S~uce Llewellg~
Carl M. Loeb; Jr.
Dr. Gerald L~nch
Lewis Rudin
Vincent Sardi
Stephen E. ~mi~h
~rs. R. Peter S~raus
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CITI~.F~S C~ITTEE AGAi~MST BOOTLEG CICAP.E~TSS
Paul J. Curran, Chairman
Morris B. Abram
New York, New York
Albert J. Albano, Jr.
Vestal~ New York -"
Gary Mo Axenfeld
• Syracuse, New York
J. Hugh Ba~ley
George ¥. Berlinger.
New York, New York
S~uel W. Berns~eln.
• B~nghamton, New York
Martin Birm~n~hem
Rochestar, New York
Bill Bless
New York,.New York
Dr.." Joseph Bosco
AlSany, ~e~ York
Thomas Brady
B~nghamton, New York
Richard P. Brenuan
Buffalo, New York
~l~es Brown
N~,Yor~, N~wYork
Partner; Paul, Weiss, Rifk~nd, Wharton &
Carrison. Attorney.
~mer, Albert J-Albano Real Estate and
Insurance Co.
President~ Sage Supply Company.
Partner;/~ienfeld, Webb, Marshall, Bersani
& Scolaro. Attor6ey.
Director; Special Marketing, CN~% Insurance.
Executive Comm.lttea~ National council on
Crime and Delinquency. Member, Na£ional •
• .H~ghway Safety Advisory Committee -D~Dar~ment
o[ Transportation.
Attorney, former District Attorney in Broome
County.
... President, Marine Midland Bank.
Fashion deslgner~
Director of Center for Curri~ulu.m and Ins~ruct~on~l
Research, ~avelopmemt and. Evaluation, Sta~e .
~niversity at Albany, . ..
Former Elect~on Commlssioner~ Republican .-
Party of Broome County.
Regional Chairman, Bank of New Y~rk. :'
Imm.ad~ate past President of the New YuT~
Board of Trade, no~ Chairman of the
Wii~'~ H. Bruett, Jr
N~ Xork, New York
Vice President, Hanuf=_cturers Hanover Trust Co.
Ja=es J. Burke, Jr.
New York, N~- York
Second Vice
J.'~ht~ J ~ Burns
S::a Clif~, L.I., Nee York
Me~..ber of the ~e= York S~ate ps~sio~
Forz~r X~*vor o~ Sea Clif~.
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Ms. Pat Carbine
Ne~a Y.ork, New York
Mrs. Rhea Echel Clark
Syracuse, New York
Douglas Coppola
Ne~" York, New York
Paul J o Curran
Net~ York, Ne~ York
John P. D'Arcy
M~w Yo@k, New York
Ms.I Scotty Dougherty
East Syracuse, New " ark
~arry Ehni
Buffalo, New York
Joh~ ~nio~=, Jr,
New York~ New York
Daniel E. Emerson
Ne~.York, New York
Joseph E. Farnham
New York, New York
Barry Yeinstain
• Nm; York, N~; York
R~oul Li~ael Folder "
York, New York
Christopher A. Forstar
New Y0rk, New York
Paul E. Gardner
New York, New York
Bernar~ Gill!gan
New Y0rk~ New York
Archtbald Gillies
York, New York
Carl R. Gitlitz
Bi~amton, New York
Co-_-~-issi:mer }.'.~nuel Gonzaiez
~- York, ~:~ York
P~b5i Harold H. Gordon
New York, }:ew York
Publisher and Editor-in~Wnie~, MS MmKaxine.
Former President of Cazenovia College.
Sales Associate, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Attorney, former U.S. Attorney .f.o~ the " "~
Southern Distric~ of Ne~ York. Fob-mar Chairman
of the N~.York State Co~isslon o~ InVestigation.
Vice President, "European-American Bank "and
Trust Co. • ....
Vice President; Women's Division, United Auto
Workers, Region 9.
Vice President, Western Savings Beak.
~Chalrman, Ogilvy & Mather International.
Executive Vice President for Corporate Development,
New York Telephone Co. " ._
Vice-President, Johnson & Higg~ns~
President, Local 237 Teamsters.
Attorney.
Vice President, Marsh & McLennan.
Vice President; Crum & Forster Ir.~u, rance Co.
Assistant Vice President, J. Henry Schroider
Banking Corp.
Consultant, Foundation Executive.°
Attorney, Past Preaident of New Y~ uk State
You::g Rep-hlicans Club.- Chelrma: .,f the ~mard
o~ Trustees, Broome County "Co~uz lay ~llege.
Ass~s~:t to the Vice Pre.~dent " ~" Pub!~a
Affairs, Ccn~:~-!ida=ed E!isen.
Exe~:utive %'ice President. ~;~ Y~: ~ard of
~bb~s.
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..Alfred'. Green
• Albany, Near York
".Thomas H. Cuinzburg
:-Eew York, New York
-New.York, No, York
Marian Hei%ke!l.
New York, New Yo~k
~rife Hernandez
Ne~¢ York, New York
John E: lnzalaco
}~ew York~ New York
Rfdha~K~m~nester
New'York, New York
M~c~a~i R. Katz
Nhite Pl~in~ Ne~Yor~
H. Knee'Kerr
Syracu~e~ New York
New York, No, York
Eggerts~Ille, N~York
Sarah Xavier
h"ew =Yo~k,. Ne~ Tork
Daniel J, KraEt
Buffa~9~ New York
Gregory Kuz~
New York, N~ York
Richa~ Le~isohn
Ne~- Y~rk, New Yorh
Har~eyiifse~
Albany, New York
• :~,rk R. I.itte!l
York, New York
We&Icy Lindow
~-~anhasset, L.l., New York
Former Deputy Co~miss~oner of Ta~mt£on. Mow
consultant on tax and unemployment.
President, V~king Pres~.
Agent, Corporate Development, The Royal Bank
of Canada. ""
Director of Special Activities,
Director of Cormmunity Relations~ ~roducer and
Modera.tor of Public Affairs Programs and
Documentaries - ]~IX-TV.
Director of Security, Young and Rubicam.
Chairman of the ~oard, New York C~uncil ~"
Crime and Delinquency.
V~ce ~resident - Sales, Loeb Rhoges & Co., Incl
Interne at office of Specigl Depa=tnent S=ate
Comp troller.
Bus~ness consultant. ~le~ber of the Board
the ZmpireS~Bte Chamber of Commerce.
Partner; Battle' Fowler, Lid&~, Jaffin, ~ierce
and I'L__I'.,,~= Labor mediator, attorney.
D~rector ~f C~opara~iveEducation, Pro~essor
of Consumer ~nd Business Studle~, S~a~e ~niversi~
at Buffalo.. .
l~resident," Arts, Letters & ~lltics-
Partner, Schmitt & Kraft, Inn: Insurance.
Second Vice PresSdenc, Chase l.[anh~tta" Bank.
Financial consultant, former .~uistrator
Finance 2~min,-'s~'ration C£~y o£ Y,~; York.
Fort.or Asse~-biyman, former me_~ber of t.",~ ::ays
and Mea.~s Co~-,i~ee, a~£orney.
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J. Br.uce Llewellyn
Bronx, N~w Nork
Carl M. Loeb, Jr.
~w Yqrk, Ne~ York
Eliot H. Lumbard
.N~ York, New York
Dr. Gerald W. Lynch
New York, New York
J. Edward Meyer, III
New York~ New York
N~ York, New York
Da-¢~ B~ce. HcCall
Edward ~. Nay
New Yo~k, New York
JoseBh" V~ach Noble
~ames ~...X, O'Rourke,
GarZ .~. ~erkinson
La~ence J. Phillips
New ~ork, New Xork
Sa~el 'R. Pierce, Jr.
. Robert W, Pitt
Alb@ny,. N~w York
Arnold Powell
N~;. York, New York
~rry Prew
Bi:~hn=ton, Nec York
York, "'~"..~ York
A~nold Proskin
Albany, New York
President of FEDCO Food_ Stores, l~resident
of i00 Black Men.
Long time member of the ~ational Council on
Cr~ne and Delinquency.
Counsel to GovernorRmckefeller on crime from
1961 to 1967.. Ser~es on Police Conference Board.
President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice-
. Attorney, former Assembl)~nan.
The Bishop of New York, Episcopalia~ Diocese,.
Philanthropist.
Ch@irman of .the Board, David B. HeCall Advertis$,%g.
.Chairman, Young & Rubicam, luternation,l.
Director, Huseum of the City o~= New York. "
Chairmen of the Westcheste~ County Re)ubi!ican"
Committee.
Executive Director, New York State Council
of Retail Mgrchants.
President, Phillips Van Husen. "
Former Judge. Part~er; Battle, ~owleri'L~dstone,
Jaffin, Pierce and Kheel..
Albany SalesSupervisor, Polk Directories.
Senior Vice President, Schiff-Terh~ne.
Presideut, Prew and Associates, Inc-, lusurance-
Lifet!ne..~e~D~r, Million ~ollar.~o-unl=aS!~; Tz,~stee
Broome County Co.~uniry College.
fern~.r D-_'pu~y :-:ayor.
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Mil ton Rector ~
New York, Ne-,~ York
Thomas J. Roberts
Buffalo, Ne~ York
• .Le~is R~diu
:New York, New York
• Ms Lynn D. Salvage
New .York, New York
William K. Samford
Albany, New York•
Howard J. S~muels
New•York, New York
MarySahsone
New York, New York
GoodmahSsrachan
Rochester, New Xork
Vincen~ Sardi
New York, NeW York
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Ne~ Y~rk, Eew York
Howard Shapiro, Esq.
Albany, New York •
James J. Sheridan
New, YOrk, N~; Yo~k
William Sloboda"
Ne~York, New York
Stephen E. Smith
New York, N_~ York
~neodore Southworth
Menands, Ne~ York
President, National Council on Crime
De! inquency.
• George J. Roberts & Sons Funeral Home.
Executive Vice President, Rudin Managem~_nt
Co'. and Chairman, Association for m Better
Eew York.
President, First Women's Ba~k~
T~m Supervisor, Tow~ of Colonic.
Director of the Association of
Ho~:ard Samuels Enterprises.
Executive Director~ Congress 0f Italian.
American Organization. .~.
Former Judge. Attorney~ formerly'on State
Investigation. Commisslo~. ~" "
O~.er/=anager of Sardi's ~estaurant, }JobBer
-of Mayor's Mid-To~,.-ICitizens Com~m~htee. Director
of New Zork Convention and Visitors Bureau.
ParTner, Schaefer & R~uth, Inc. Insurance.
Writer, teacher, Professor of H~man~ties,'Cit~
' Univeriity of Ne~, York. . ..
Attorney, former Chairman of SIC, former first
Assistant counsel to Rockefeller, AssistaB=
DA, 1965-1968.
Assistant Vice President~ Citibank. .
Executive Vice Presldent, New York Board of
Tzade. •
President of ParkA gency, Inc., President of
John F. ~ ~
Ken..e~y L~brary Corp.
Chnir.v.an of the B~mrd, South~'orth
Co., President, Albany Ch-.~-ber of Cozr_~rce.
Pre.~[dent, X~tion~l Disr_illers an.l ~er_ica! Corp.
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Mrs..I(. Peter St~aus
New Ydrk, New York
Jame~ J. Sullivan, Jr.
Syz-acu'~e, ~lew York
Hal .co..Ira. A- Sutton
Willia~ Swan
N~ York, New York
~eor~ T~mper
Hanrla~ta B. Tuthiil
~Glen Cove., L.I., New York
J. Tho=~sVogel
Al~any, New. York
John M. Walker
New York, NeW York
~w Y,o.rk, New York
~, York, Na~ York
ience E. Wilson
New Y~k, New. York
George C.
~eyz~ville, New York
Head of WHCA "Call for Action" Radio Program.
Former U.S. attorney, northern district.
Partner, Bond Schoenezk & King.
Realtor.
Executive Director, Association for a Better
New York.
Attorney, former head of Niagara Frontier
State Park Co~missi0n. -
Director of the Glen Cove Chamber oE" Co~_merce.
Vice President of the Glen Co%.e School Board.
Vice President, Vogel Van & Storage, Inci
Member and Director o~ the Empire.State Chamber
of Commerce.
Member, National Council on Crime a~dDeliquenayl
Partner, Carter, Ledyard & Milh~rn.
Senior Vice President, Baylyf'Ma~ti~ & Fay, Inc.
Vice President, Mare:lecturers Hanover Trust Co.
Par~_ner, .~',,d-~= Rose, Guthrie & .alexander.
Attorney. ,
Publisher of several weekly ~e~papers ~n ~!adison
County.
Organizing Co~__ni t tee
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