EMERGENCY ALERT

[Carrie Gardner <carrie@LIS.PITT.EDU>]

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This is Blanche Woolls under the pseudonym of Carrie Gardner.  It is time
for AASL members and other school library media specialists to ACT!!!

If you don't no one will, and the battle will be most assuredly lost.

We have a Countdown to Tuesday, February 1, 1994.  What are you going
to do?


Today, Tomorrow, and Monday are the most important days in that past twenty year
 s in the lives
of school library media specialists.

This is OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!

What we must do is

CALL our Representatives on the Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education
Subcommittee

     These are
          Dale E. Kildee, MI, Chairman
          George Miller, CA
          Thomas C. Sawyer, OH
          Major R. Owens, NY
          Jolene Unsoeld, WA
          Jack Reed, RI
          Tim Roemer, IN
          Patsy T. Mink, HI
          Eliot L. Engel, NY
          Xavier Becerra, CA
          Gene Green, TX
          Lynn C. Woolsey, CA
          Karen English, AZ
          Ted Strickland, OH
          Donald M. Payne, NJ
          Carlos A. Romero-Barcelo, PR
          William F. Goodling, PA
          Steve Gunderson, WI
          Howard P. "Buck" McKean, CA
          Thomas E. Petri, WI
          Susan Molinari, NY
          Randy "Duke" Cunningham, CA
          Dan Miller, FL
          Marge Rouhema, NJ
          John A. Boehner, OH

Those who sponsored the legislation, thank them and ask for continuing support.

     Representatives who are co-sponsors of HR 1151 are
          Becerra -- CA
          Mink -- HI
          Owens -- NY
          Sawyer -- OH
          Reed -- RI
          Unsoeld -- WA
          Petri and Gunderson, WI
          Romero-Barcelo, PR

We also need to thank Natcher, KY who is a co-sponsor and also Chair of the Hous
 e
Appropriations Committee.

We especially need to reach everyone on this list.  Those who aren't co-sponsori
 ng MUST be
asked to support Represenrtative Reed from Rhode Island when he offers, on Tuesd
 ay in the
mark-up of the Elementary and Seconary Act Re-authorization, the School Library
 Media Bill
HR 1151 as an Amendment to ESEA.

IF WE DON'T DO THIS NOW, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING LATER.

     Please let your state legislation committee chair know this if you are in

          AZ, CA, FL, HI, IN, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA, PR, RI, TX, WA, WI

These call

As to speak to the Representative's Education Staff ifk you can't get the person
  directly.

Remember these persons are going to be elected next November.

And we will need you again, SOON for the Senate.







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