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r ir,'°iack Kelly Senior`vace: PresidenV~ Pobagoo'}nstitute l?76`•K°Street."•N W' e .,W....,.; Pash~ n gton;*.D.C. 0006 t~i.e~etv_. 4 . ..."oYN+•.~ , i- K• •[ hCI y9I r; r^ '' .. + I 3710 Clay Street j? San .Francisco; ,Califoriiia wm.• +w, ww 31F .~ - n8rrrv-vxa.,.u. (.: 7w . _ eu ~t r = ^rRa-+-wA .v..wss . ran ed ou#'to knowf~that txyapprecaate :y,our etzkang the tame y,~o ge~toge e }aet :ek jo dascuss the burn ,prevention ~ ffor.ts ~ n which;. `amnvog~ed: a.; .w `N r r7. . pr p_ • ~.`.y nd;~equally as important,it was. niice~to see you again alive an(l.wel aftaer' last year's hectic~'acty~iyv~i~t{~y~:c ~IS~:~' .~~•J'~qr~~1R~nV'~-'~i'~!+2.`i er'our conversatson,wI.am forwarding'several'pieces of anforma non~that aetail seae'of the,hackground and~effar•ts of the;campaign'callangLfor s`elf- extingurshang cigarettes •(for ac omplete -listing of attachmerits, tsee,fFfohow- , ng page). :As I rneintioned, thenational coalition is ~ade up'of organiia- -c: tlons and andividuals *hose sole~~°interest is burn prevention. ~;W EA d ,Y..nt"raa v..y,,~f,~"dii*•~,~J;.Yyfr ~!`'q°~'j9f. x•,~,.e'~;`i ~+.1"~FF`' M. K i^~~'j•~'.Rior;7Jr~. Iv_ ....t[. Y' .not mentioned an.:a, t i F, a4;"` `Jun . e of~ Sa. Although any of, the articles , ~'the eagun;; Froncisco hzsbecome involvedin`the`•efforts of the,Burn Councal'andwill be'an'act+veparticipant in the nataonal campaign.'Dther.Leagueshave ndacated their interest as have other national women's organizations,i~e. ~tri,~ '!f ague of `rienen Yoters, et Y J! l1 (~{ Y/yFI . r" 4~ 4,4 1yy~ ,g 3.1. .. .~~,~` ~ 'rt y A~'+~l~,YY y{~~ ~ "n~ t4!'r ~.)s:,i~ r rr=~i:~,~~r'r.h Y.:sr'1'~(, r:,~ 'c'r,~ ,a~`~py. +{'•'..k`~+5.>a~ •' .rn ~,3+.r~ t . ~<M~ ~ Y 2 l~~ 'IYl.}'£ f~~4~I.r4•• Sli 3n'; 1as,pleased to reportthe positiveYnature of our conversation to the fZaasxe Commit'ee concern6d with burn preventaon (se= attachment ir12) ha. tCcT.mittee agre=d that I should proceed with your request thus this°le}tter. 0 !?G'~~~~'~^~.r+r"'r'k3, ~urther,'I discussed this with Andrew Nc6u2.re,•Executive Darector of the urn"Gouncil'and Co-organit er of the'campaagn, =whofelt ,t)ias'xas sa .very `~ *c i.;positive stepand one that;had his support. SHesuggested that I draw your. attention to.page 2;of theApral 10, 1979 letter tothe individual~,tobacco '"conpanies,°particularly paragraphs two.and five; where the voluntaryieooper5 h, ,ataon'of the industry is sought 7dr. t,cGuire is very much in favor of ex.-" plorarig the perssibility of begannang a meanangful daalogue Mrith Lhe~industry to see what could be done.' f7*1 7Y As you and I.discussed; resolutions similar toCalifornia's (see attachment, GQ '2) are_:.being introduced in several states and Congressional.legisiation"is. h+~ being prepared. .*:It is.ntiy own feeling that a cooperative approach is much I>> LJ preferable to legislathn. ";However, unless we can get something going in ~ N this regard,I strongly suspect that this campaign will concentrate its ,,S'• Y: n b `' ~,?, ~'./!`~~'j,yl y efforts in thn , a1t direction. 'n fr x.4'1G %+t . " {:. i i„t_r'4.. .•,.'_: . ..:, .A i~ 1 .. ~ ~ ~,::'~~ ,11~"Y{~~~_yM~. Jac, I do feel this is a bonafide burn-prevention effort and not a'thinly veiled anti-smoking campaign. However, you know these things can get off~? ~ the track, particularly if there is continuing frustration in attempts to,. y establish some kind of co munacation with industry representatives ~ ~~r")h :'.. )r » 1t ~ j i 3 :•~~ }n./--~.7-iot 1.3 w ,+w..49."~s ~ _3..' jFS.' ~ ~j ~/"f'!{s.Ywt~~'Yj~.'~ Yh Np ,t u4r 1i. ' r: )°~ r, r.•, r w3-~Y'.a,e ).rev~e x~.'+i Yky„~4YAP~.v.ZIF.~lfj~lt~'ti;~ x. tf•w ~ { yC ~ r~ i.dr Y hf.~ `'{ `Y 4C'~ i~ ~1 ~;{ 1~~w.,j•4~ X)S- ~t ;,~m ( > L\ ~3+ti riry =, y~F: I< „yt i. .,Ynf1 .C"~:4~_.~ ~{~f'F'~i f~ ~•r`J, MP/.~f~,•''' t. i~. ~y~i!'c c'~' ~z~.~}4 ~.y~y~; l, ~•s~f1,.~~~y ~~.,~.,•~,ta ~. ,!""' ,~y,y~ y~s-sr (~ ~,f:' Z~`~_ h L•Y 'Fh`h~` c lr -r'r.f.4~' ~ ~` Jsr'^' %w,•'~`u.'~ t '~r ad ~ -~~ r 4 J $r; <f- ~' )G '~~ ~~ " ~'` .~` .~ La"'~4+'F~• '*i ..3~,..s +s.Yil11'f "Z t~' rr ~~'~, n~frf '~"? .i d~r . ..