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~~. . .1~ ~+ F11~}rg4?k' _ ,. 371Q Clay Street, San.F4ancisco ~;Califotriiia _...._...:.._....-- ' August;, i."`'1979 d A'P1Hb~5 . .'M1e,..~ r.. y .. 4 .,.... - T ran ed you to know thatSl-appreciate your'•taking"the time to'getAtog'e phy. ... . w., . .. , . . ~ ... 4 p - evention`efforts in'which~i am°involwedd "burn sdi c 'th ee e ~r s uss k to ast~w td_weeuaiiv as imDortanz:rriti was nice Zo.see yvu a~G1R:~; ClYYC.~J7Y,~TCll af ter"last year's hect"ic activity 1~ 9 "~1 ~~,~~' ~fir~?~~~~^ a~`~~ I ~S am forwarding several pieces of information that 1 er our onversation , c etail 9eme of ~the background and efforts.of thecamnaign"e callingfor;se f ; ;eXtinguishing cigar'ettes (far a ;complete'listing of attachments,'~see ~'o11ow- t- ...~ .....nmm " .... ,,. ,,.ng page,.As I rJentioned,-;the national ;coalition is ;ciade up.~.~oS~ organi.za- , erest is burn prevention. nt e i ions and individuals whosesol ~ p ; ~ 8{'xt rr . R 5'ilt rt . . ,the articles, the 'Junior'League~of.;San' .. Although not a:entioned in any of ^ ~ t~:,,~;~~~ ±,PP }eeenmE irivolved in the"efforts of the Burn Council;and-will 4be"an'active participant in the national campaign. `-.,Other ,IPagues have ., ~iridicated_their interest ~s have"other national women'sAorganizations,13:e s ., _~.... ague of aonen Voters, _ ~ L~ir,~~il~en~f^yf4~r'~, rs 7 ~~ti.rrar.. Sa'aitJ+xtirFir ~'-?'~ +3`:3'?43t~wf,.:}~a•~K~~.i~'~ii'Fp~,~'{"ny' ~,~' 4 ? k f l ~ ., s report thepositive natLre of our conVersation ~to the ~ 1~2s ed to a~ .,_ : p e"!h~ ~Tezg~e Co~it'ee conce=d with burn prevention (see attachment_r'}22);;~ m, `CcTmittee"agreed that I';should proceed with your request ~`~thus""this letter~.' Executive. Director of the th Andrew NcGuire ed t his w I d th u r . , i iscuss e r ` ` :who.felt this xas~a very campaign nl'and Co organi2eT of the C n * ur ,,~ ~ , c ~ n ou $osit~.ve ;step :and one t}:at ,lqad his support. ; He suggested that `I draw.your ~{ a c di i S ' ' v du l to a co 1979 letter ~to the in t pe 2f h"Apri1; 10 enoagoe,-; atttioii ,~ „ ~i anies;°"particulaTly paragraphs two and five, where the voluntary coope'r !cbm y p 'ation of_;the industry is sought. ~trs. NcCuire`is very miich'"in 'favor of cx,.-`~_^ , ~ ~ dustry in p1oring the possibility of beginning a meaningful dialogue with the ' " ` t se whatcould be done o t ~f,.( u e~~~S'.~~+~. , '~ ee I}" f ~ ~~ i r ~ r ~'r f a .. • <*7f S . }« 9 ' n y w _ l - : „ l +S : !4t reso!utiols similarto California s(see atyacnment nd I discus ed As o ~ ..~ . , y u a ~2) are..being introduced in several states and Congressional.legislatiori is'~~.; being prepared..?';It is.my own feeling that a cooperative approach is much "~'a~ preferable to legislati.on However, unless we can get something going I strongly suspect that this campaign will concentrate this regard , efforts in that direction t ' • / ~ srn-prevention effort and not a.thinly I do feel this is a bonafide b Jack { , veiled anti-smoking campaign. However, you know these things can get off ~f~ thp r.,-mr.k_ rartinularlv if there is continuing frustration in attemPts to representatives;.';v;., ~a Y~ establish some kind of co..munication with industry

Copy of fi;cGuire/Silverstein 'la~ter n~iled to comoanies and delivery receipts..'~~R~#+i3~~',('i t' kW.%J91 W%f!a1 iTornia AJR 28. "`i:!r.{s Seleeted Newspaper Articles: 2 ':~ , << ;.h, r" „~~ z~ ` Sari Diego-Imperial'Counties Lung-Association`endorsemeiit t Chicaeo Tribune, h.ay 30, 1979 a r Des fhoines Tribune,' D:ay 24, ~1979 .. A.!..... T\ } I 767o y.i4,-~_ _.~.. , w San Jose b9ercury, May 25.:1979 ~~ & 26 & J e 3 1979 :` n 2 o un , M,I .„ sto Globeay 5 : B „ " ' ' D'.ay 25, 1979 , `Bcston Y.erald-American, f Y.'a11 Street Journal. May 29, 1979 .i"~q =;'Santa i8onica Evening Outloo!t,'Iaayz4, CW= ~ DaiSv Oklahomz*i, May 24,1979 . ~ Text'of KGO-TV editorial endorsement: (5)~;f i , .. ifti l: Rad fGBS oNet ~ (6) n oreopeca io r R w s ~ ,~~'a c~ ~ ~~ WInstitvte for Burn Nedicine,'"press'release May 24, 1979 ,y~~ ul 1q79 & S Jones `~j ; ° Dioth -' '' ; tt f y , : er • s i~~ (q) gare es o as ~~E(10) ,rNFPA-Press Release and followup,article in Fire News,'July 197, 1 2 '- w' ` "" 5, July, 97q i + n >: .'.(11) ; Plotes, conversation with Jack Kelly,