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yg5, ~ ' „~~^1,, ,~' ~.~ v ' (•v - •r ~ t . <_.tyYT .'rt: .i.'v 1~ „~ 7PA1"a.. . ?C X~ hliR~' "l~~~/'1~ ~}~dNY~~~ -' ,~ ONVERSATION WITH JACK KELLY.SR. VICE PRES.,`~TQBACCO INSTITUTE,._ 4k,~y ~tednesday. Julv 25. 1979. uz~~~ ~kv ~ ~~•~-y, ~i ~' ti,j -~ ~ . , ,~'~..°,s~~`%?'+~S .~~ZT?~ 'r ~' • ,~t{t~ ,explained briefly the nature of the Burn.Council,'the Jr; Leaguej nvoSvement in the _issue; "the lnvolveament of other Morganizations and „n,,._ Main"' rniiationsthat have Either indicatednari interest in the'issue'or lve'rvould be contacting~,~ pto"interest them'in the .effort. '•~9~„a~4+~tk~~ ~n~~~i5~`t~ed further ,the issuewas restractHduto burn nreventi©n andwas ot'an anti-smoking 3ssue and that there... was no intentionoake-on u ,+ri, ti, d m n?a >' the tobacco'industry fuurther;~that rthe interest in self etinguishing cigarettes had been ~anpered by the fact that efforts" o , (~ . M MI 'lA 'iY+ .L •1' YIY . !. ~-contactthrough correspor.dence ~~tobacco oompanies had met 'with o . snlts':SThe *end iesultFofwhich had been afeeling°thatNthe`~ndustry Vmas a ainst this Effort and the effort vrould have to resort to iestricEive prohibitive `legislafwn to accomplish ts'purpose. : % In~.k~rR~.~~~~`x~.r~41~` '.,~'! f a _ ^ _ - ,, $ aY~^' '~ 41.9ps~ :a:,.x.µ•e.~.ff~~'.+Is ~{ ^Fh~ . . ~s~~`vr~{ ij rf-{,}~'Y''.i k ~~1 `st~.y .i` . . ~ . 9 ~f .~st,.A~.2 ,t i '9f•:r"`1N~. .~ 'ki)1rf 7' .. f[~+".~R9ykki {+itf[.a`Y~ lr f~i~ ~•}. y ' M.a. Kelly pointed outthat_the.industry does not'havea position at ~Ehis; ~time"` Thus far, efforts to deal with the question have been psimarily cOn a 'publicrele~a,tions level.~ ~`~`C'S'.{~,»~,M~•"~el:*~`ya? ~{A~~` Further,-he ponted out that he knew noth±ng about the"correspondence from ; D:r.'Ib7cGuire and vas disappointed to hear there had been no respon t se!~he. is riot looking to fignt another 'public relations'.sbattle ~tob ceo industr y a 5~ and since there is a gro.ving interest in this issue, he feels t~~~t ~should be dealt ;with '~""d ] ~A~C ~ ` he:requested that we put together a.,file'of un.ans{+ered,correspondence, i ~detail what we feel are the pertinent issues and wnat~ye arerseeking: ;He`agreed to`look into it, find"out what - if any hing' ~can;be done,a ~~that Itivould meet: with "our 'aims and get baok to us as soon~as possible.l If at all possible,`he suggasted estabhshing a"dialogue between repre- ~ sentatives.~+~o;f the inslustry and the, coalition. ~~~ ;~tY~~~ y`'}~,~`,~a~ - +r ~~~ .s~~"!i.~~i'•'(~` ,`~y-i",h~°k.'!J' ,iz'~M ~~+.r5~,.'<~~''~s'~,TM'''` 4'F,{F,. 1 a '~a''€~~ts'"•Fx"~~~ K.. . ~ -~ yJ> ~rEtq..,_`~•,i:fA",dY`,..;A~G\ ~ 1 s~ ~, 1 -3~Sd/i~i<, k}.x.~Ti.r r ~tlr~.2~~~~7 ~~f~,r. r~ f '"'tt*~i4n