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Dear Mr. Plumb:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
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-Honorable Howard Baker Chief of Staff Whitehouse Washington, DC 20001
Dear Mr. Baker:
It is with a tremendous sense of relief that I heard the announcement that you had dropped your bid for the Presidency and stepped in to ?traighten out a Presidency that was way off base. With your expertise and the integrity that you have there is no question that the ship of state will be back on course and not floundering. I have met you a number of times at various Republican functions and I have always held you in the highest esteem. I just wanted to tell you that the Republican Party in our area, of which my wife and I have been active for years, could not be any more pleased. You can count on us for any support that is needed.
Sincerely, ~f.~ Don R. Plu~
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March 11, 1987
Dear Mr. Van Epps:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Lawrence c. Van Epps 131 South Church Street Schenectady, NY 12305
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Hono:r"'ble Howr:rt1 W. B!>ker, Jr., Cbief of Advisr-ry St,pff in +h:e White House WPshinv+on, Distrfct of' Columbia.
As a Republie1:m pA .. rt.y o:rdster of 86 yea.rs, e.nd t,he owner of a. type'writer havi'ng 1,.,e:en used :for 35 years,. ta.ke on. the llonoraJ>Ie plee,sure o·f' congra.t.u]a:tin~ you i'n_ Y>eeo·ming our Pres·ident•s Cliie:f of' Steff.,,
Iris s:e1e'c'f'fon, fn my jud'.~e·nt, most ce·rtain1y he,s t.he suppo··rt' ,. and' wbo]e hee.rt'edl'y so, of the vast ma.jorft.y of' t:he Amerie an cf+.fz·ens 'b·ot.'h here a,nff a.broad_ who truly be]'ieve· fn Go·o·d Govern.me:n.t.. Your reeent a.ppofnt,ment; fs, in it.self, so1fd -proof of ou:r President, "'s d.esfre to noy· select the best, ~na "o+hin~ less.
A~Pin, I sincerely convrPtUlPte you on your return to
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Dear Mr. Bryce:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Thomas Bryce 91 Hillside Avenue Verona, NJ 07044
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Dear Mrs. Gerkin:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mrs. James H. Gerkin 806 Long Island Drive Hot Springs, AR 71913
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Dear Mrs. Ryan:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
- Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mrs. J. F. Ryan, Jr. 5214 Nando Court- Castro Valley, CA~ 94546
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March 11, 1987
Dear Mrs. McLean:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mrs. Donald McLean 3214 Cowden Avenue Memphis, TN 38111
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March 11, 1987
Dear Mr. Stoner:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Thomas H. Stoner Stoner Broadcasting System, Inc. Suite 309-310 410 Severn Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403
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S u i t e 308-31 O 410 Severn Avenue March 2, 198 7 Annapolis, Md 21403 301 -263-1 030 The Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff The White House Washington, DC 20500
Dear Senator Baker: It is with considerable disappointment that I will not have an opportunity to work with you in your Presidential campaign. It is with a great sense of enthusiasm that I greet your decision to serve as Chief of Staff to the President. Your qualities of integrity, common sense, deep sense of duty and overriding commitment to the nation will, I believe, accomplish so many important and positive things that are on the Nation's agenda. To help restore the credibility of the President and the Republican· Party at this crucial time is paramount to every citizen, the country and our leadership around the world. I wish you the very best in this extremely challenging endeavor. You have my full confidence that you will be able to restore the credibility and leadership this administration deserves. I want you to know that I am ready to serve you in any capacity and would be willing, if necessary, to leave my business for the balance of President Reagan's term to asslst yoti in the challenge ahead, if this be your wish. Most Sincerely
~Thomas H. Stoner
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Dear Dr. Gardner:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Dr. E. Claude Gardner President Freed-Hardeman College · Henderson, TN 38340
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March 4, 1987
The Honorable Howard Baker Chief of Staff The White House Washington, D. c. 20500 Dear Senator Baker:
Congratulations to you on accepting the position of Chief of Staff. It took courage-for you to assume this heavy responsibility at this particular time and you have demonstrated statesmanship in fore going your bid for the presidency. May I state, however, that this experience as Chief of Staff, with the successful management that you will give it, may well cause your party to draft you for the nomination. I wish you the very best in the leadership that you will provide.
E. Claude Gardner President
ng March 11, 1987
Dear Mr. Andrade:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Dom Andrade Chairman Republican Heritage Groups Federation of New Jersey 108 Salem Avenue Spring Lake, NJ 07762
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Chairman Dominic Andrade, Portuguese Hon. Howard Baker Vice-Chairmen Chief of Staff Dr. Oswaldo Gonzalez, Cuban The White House Joseph Plonski, Polish Washington, DC 20500 Josefina Velez, Filipino Secretary Dear Senator Baker: Electra Anest, Greek
Treasurer J. Dezso Fodor, Hungarian The Republican Heritage Groups Federation of Campai.gn Chairman New Jersey congratulates you on becoming the Chief Mark Bablin, Lithuanian
Executive Board of Staff at the White House. Dr. Oswaldo Gonzalez, Cuban Dr. Gonzalo Velez, Filipino We are confident that you will be alie to bring Electra Anest, Greek Steve Vajtay, Hungarian back stability and order to the operations of the Mark Bablin, Lithuanian Kazmier Wysocki, Polish White House so that President Reagan can once again Manuela Da Luz Chaplin, Portuguese devote his full attention to the problems and chal- Alex Fedorov, Russian Myron Leskiw, Ukrainian lenges facing our nation. Dr. Can Hoang, Vietnamese
Honorary Chairmen We wish you well as you embark on your new Julius Belso, Hungarian Ming Hsu, Chinese duties. Dr. Vitaut Kipel, Byelorussian Myron Leskiw, Ukrainian Dr. Gonzalo Velez, Filipino Sincerely yours,
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Policy Joseph Plonski, Polish
Credentials Dr. Oswaldo Gonzalez, Cuban
Public Relations Josefina Velez, Filipino
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Dear Mrs. Krueger:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mrs. Louis J. Krueger 1963 Westwood Drive Topeka, KS 66604
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Dear Mr. Gorland:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. Milton Gorland 2680 Briarwood Place Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
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Its·ahn is . . ; . to coax Iran back to the Western c~p after the death of itsleader, ~e.. ~:. :, ~·-- ·:·: _. ·. '.' ''' : year-old Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. .. . ·.. •·.. _ .·· -.... . ; .·· I $ Wha.t Reagan and those aroun~ him fail to appreciate is that revolutionary" · Ir.an is defiantly alligned neither with the West nor the East. It sees itself as a new 8nd · dynamic force, carrying .the banner of Islam in world affairs. This perception ·1s · · ·.·. unlikely to change during the current regime, with or without 1Cho111eini. . ·· ·., ; . ·:. :" · The White House seems to perceive Iran as 'just another Third Wotld nation~ but ibat would be a mistake. Unlike other Third World nations, Iran's primary .goal is n.ot , .· . · economic development. Its goal is ideological and territorial ~ailsiori. In that.:~-, · . · it is a classic imperial state. That is what its war against Iraq is all a1,bout~ ·":'·-· . '·:·::-·' .. ·· I · Should Iraq fall, there is nothing - as loQg as Washington remahis an blipo,ten~, '.; . . bystander - to prevent Iran from extending its control over the entire Gulf_'regio.. ~~ ·~· · .· .. The .feeble Gulf states by themselves have no way of stopping Iran's armies: Without ·· unequivocal American support, they are unlikely even to try. · . _··:· ··... · Make no mistake: Once Iran controlled the Gulf; it would become a major power ·. - despite poverty and underdevelopment - promoting its dogma on an Increasingly wider. stage. It would have dominion over half the globe's oil resetves, whiclnvouJd .: - ,,,.....~, mean for Western consumers a tripling of the oil price, to $50 a barrel. .· · ., •• , . ·~~ .It would provide money, leadership and dynamism to fundamentalist 111o:ve1iieptS· : throughout the Middle East. Directing local militias rather than its own army, Itan - _,; I ·; could transform the region into ·a satellite bloc, stamping out ~merican influence .. -· '." .·· completely...... · · . · .; ·.. ··· . ·Ttie administration insists Iran has recently become 11 pragmatic" in its lnternatio_nal relations. The evidence cited is the assurance Iran has offered its Gulf neighbors that it has given up its designs on them. Yet there is not a responsible political leader ln the · : Gulf who believes it. · · ' · Reagan, however concerned he is about American hostages, has not grasped that 1 hostage-taking is a weapon used to spread Iranian imperialism. As a candidate~ · Reagan ridiculed Jimmy Carter for tolerating the seizure of the AmerJcan Embassy in -•:--•· Teheran in 1979, and he later boasted that he had enabled -America 'to "stand tall" I again. But' by trading arms for c~ptured Americans, he has played into Khomeini'.~ . · · hands, demonstrating the power of a regime unconstrainec;l by the common $tr~tures - I of morality. ·. . · ·.... · ··••··• Obsessed by Col. Jl(Ioammar Gadhafi, who is at worst a·pebble in America~s.~s}\oe; Reagan has overlooked the real threat to American.tiiterests in the region. The···· • ... administration keeps a huge battle fl~et in the Eastern ¥editerranean, ready to strike . Libya or Lebanon, while in the Persian Gulf, which Iran would tr,ans~orm into a private . I s : lake, it deploys less power than is needed to safeguard the Hoboken ferry. .. · . ·. · , · ? Since Reagan took office, Washington has spent nearly$~ Jdlllo~t(pr defense, · I emphasizing huge strategic weapons systems as a deterrent· to tbe.SovietUnion~ But in the Persian Gulf, where the threat is equally real and far more immetllat~, the United. • . I States has neither the.forces nor the will to deter,an Iranian.advance;· · . · · ·.· · . In a little-noted statement·last month, Reagancondemtjru;t.J,taii's occupation ofiraql territory~ But his protest fell short. Withaniple reason, Ite:llisconvincedthe·Unlted: '- States will do nothing to stor. Iraq's defeat. This is an iiliPt.ession the Reagan· ..··: ·: ...... administration must correc , or the United States and its=a'.l,lies may be sorry fol' .. . . ··=== generations to c.ome. . .. CVlorst, a Middle Eastspeciallst, recently returned. from a tour of the Pe_rslan. (iuH region.) · March 11, 1987
Dear Reverend Works:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
The Reverend David A. Works President North Conway Institute 14 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108
HHB/SW/WJB/ckbf7 HHB-1 NC I North Conway Institute 14 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108 617-742-0424 President Chairman, Board of Trustees THE REV. DAVID A. WORKS THE REV. JAMES W. CRAWFORD
March 2, 1987
The Honorable Howard Baker White House Washington, DC
Dear Senator Baker:
You may recall that we met briefly at the Sherman Adams/ Loon Mountain dinner on May 3, 1986. You will recall that I am an Episcopal clergyman who works fulltime in the field of alcoholism and drug abuse. You were most supportive of my efforts and I will always cherish the few minutes that we had together in which you expressed genuine appreciation for what I have been able to accomplish in the past 35 years of work on a national level with the churches, synagogues and secular groups on alcoholism.
I was in New Hampshire last week and had lunch with U.S. Senator Warren Rudman's assistant, Fred Kocher and George Wilson, publisher , Concord Monitor. George is going to be installed as the President .of the American Newspaper Publishers Association next month in Washington; Fred runs Warren's 9peration in New Hampshire.
We were all waiting with some anticipation of your decision to run for President and hoped to do what we could individually and corporately to support your efforts.
I appreciate more than most, perhaps, the sacrifice that you and Joy are making to help the Republic which desperately needs the skills and commitment to public service that you have. You both are in our prayers and thoughts and we will continue to keep you foremost in our devotional life as.you continue to assume a heavy responsibility in the days and weeks and months ahead.
I do hope that sometime I will have the privilege to support you when you are ready to assume the responsibilities as President of the United States.
With kindest regards.
Fai~~~ yours, David A.,~ " ..• an interfaith association for education on alcohol and other drug-related problems." ~-.~: tt: ;. .:~ '.',~' . i1 ~o~tonunbny~lobc \~~ I . - I SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 2:;. 1986
The irreverent Rev. Works By Richard H. Stewart Globe Staff He will tell you that he was a Rev. David Works: he's drunk - even If you didn't ask. seen the in&ide both a He wears his all.'Ohollsm like a of badge. Jm.J:cell and of a psychi He will volunteer that he has made atric ward. Now lie -helps a lot of enemies because of his aggres al~oholies-to recover. sive personality. that he's seen the In side both of a Jail cell and of a psychi atric ward. While he Is telling you all this. he Is llkelv. to use an occasional four-letter word. $0metlmes to emphasize a point but more often for Its shock value. Four-letter words tend to have ex tra shock value when uttered by Da vid A. Works. Rev. David A. Works wears his col lar backward. He Is an Episcopal clergyman. But. as you might have guessed. he Is not your average preacher. Nothing about Works is average. He defies all the accepted standards for clergy. That Works ever got to be a clergy man seems ample evidence that the Lord moves m mysterious ways. While a college student. Works was encouraged by a professor to enter the clergy. Works protested: '"Me? I was In the nut house. rm a drunk. rm profane. rm Impatient. I have no manners. rm WORKS. Page 43
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says her husband. "but he's great pie who are less tolerant of her Irreverent Reverend with people who have problems.'' husband. Rev. James Crawford. rector of "One of my friends told me be Old South Church and chairman fore we were married, 'One thing wars on alcoholism of the North Conway Institute about him. you'll never have a up In some city's skid row. Works· board of directors. says. "It's not dull moment.' .. •WORKS Lucy Robb - people who know Continued from Page· 41 instead found his wav to the Vir reallv an Institute. It's a charis matic movement. I think he is a her. Including her husband. tend a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian." ginia Theological Seminary in Al exandria. Va .. where even there unique Individual who has chosen to use both names - frequently He Is the Irreverent Reverend. for himself an Important minis works with her husband In plan A drunk In his teens. Works' he was threatened with expulsion. But Works - as much by the try. He's a Lone Ranger who's out ning programs and scheduling checkered history Includes being front helping church people un meetings. expelled from two colleges (BOw grace of God as by anything else - graduated and. after a sometimes derstand what their proper mis "People say I get him out of doln and the University of Chica sion Is. trouble all the time. What I try to go), and winding up In a Portland. volatlle 12-year stint as a parish preacher at Christ Church In "He saves a lot of people, with do Is make him realistic about his Maine. jail cell after throwing an no strings attached. energy and time and not overex antagonist through a plate glass North Conway, N.H .. In 1951 formed the North Conway Insti "The nature of his ministry Is tend himself. He gives everything ;.:t"-) window. to hold the church's feet to the he's got. and then he's terribly ex He was honorably discharged tute devoted to educating clergy of all faiths on the latest advance fire. but his aggressive style hausted. I encourage him when from the Marine Corps after only makes the church uncomfort he's kind of discouraged. nine months - Including four ments In treatment of alcoholism. . The fad Is !t fs not an "Insti able." "Also. because It affects me. I months In a psychiatric ward as a One of those who knows Works try to constrain him. He spends a result of alcohol - and was fired tute," and It hasn't been In North Conway since 1962. It's actually best Is the Very Rev. Charles F. great deal of his life on the tele from a handful of jobs ranging phone. He Is a collector of people. an office on Beacon Hlll. where Rev. David Works. GLOBESTAFF PHOTO BY JOSEPH DENNEHY Hall. retired Episcopal bishop of from selllng silk stockings door to New Hampshire, who· counseled He's got a tremendous network of door to what Works calls the low Works. Its president, spends near man," says the Rev. John E. So sonal life. He mixes his street lan people all over the country. ly every working minute on a·tele leau of Concord. "He starts to sali guage with the talk at the Union arid supported Works during his liest of the low: demonstrating struggles In his ministry at Christ "David's nature and the sub chemistry sets In a Chicago de phone In tireless pursuit of sup vate If there's a problem. He loves Club. A lot of people give up. They port for his chosen mission: fight- can't stand the guy. Church, North Conway. On three ject [alcohol] at times have been partment store. It. He'll spend two days with some very difficult to deal with. People ing alcoholism. · one, fussing over family problems. "He's very.disruptive to crganl occasions, Works' parishioners Eventually, he was allowed were split over firing him. once on get mad at God and take It out on back Into Bowdoin, where he'd (The late Cardinal Richard It's a very unusual ministry that zatlons and Institutional stuff. the clergy or their family. They Cushing prodded Works to bring Is not understood by many peo David can't sit In a meeting and grounds that he had a tendency to been kicked out as a freshman for have an alcohol problem and ~~T~~ . his concern for alcoholism to Bos ple." listen. That's why church peoople wear Marine combat boots under joining others In trashing the his vestments. don't want to admit It. streets of of Brunswick, Maine. ton from New Hampshire In 1962. Rev. Soleau. a consultant to have so much trouble with him." "David wlll. say some forth ~f;:{~ providing both personal and fi the Episcopal Diocese of Mass But Rev. Soleau has seen the "He's a crusader," says Rev. right things I wouldn't say. He '·':(~'.,~J A clergyman's visit nancial support for the work.) achusetts on problems of parish other side of this brassy cleric. Hall. "A one-cause guy. That's makes a lot of enemies, and he "He goes out there and will ~-.:~~~ Works by then had become Zeal eusperates some es, has known Works for 30 years what people objected to In the par knows that. I don't think he's al loosely attached to the Episcopal and serves on his board of direc really give 150 percent If you are ish. They wanted.more.of a pas ways perceptive enough to see Church after an Episcopal clergy Like many converts, Works tors. in trouble. He'll be there for you. tor-preacher. how It's hitting the other person. man. the Rev. Victor Regan of wages his war on alcoholism with "There Isn't any Institute, and He has a kind of lonely. prophetic "At times. you'd get the feeling He's so busy thinking about what Trinity Church In Portland, an unbridled enthusiasm that there Isn't any program," says role. He's always been on the edge, that If he went Into a new home he's trying to acccompllsh. Maine, came to see him after his many, Including some of the Rev. Soleau. "What you've got like the town crier." and he didn't smell an alcoholic "He's a maverick. The church here Is a political campaign. a there. It was a lost cause. He's al night In jail. church hierarchy, find exasperat A success story doesn't know what lo do with "He told me the most amazing ing. movement. ways looking around the comer him. But he's very good In a crisis. thing I had ever heard In my life. Works. now 65. admits to his "You've got a guy out making Ralph Garrett. 42. of Somer for somebody whose been under and a lot of his support has come He said. 'God loves you.' excesses. contacts. talking about booze and ville, operator of an Insurance the Influence, When he finds from dealing with people In cri "How could God love me? I was . 'Tm a loose cannon on the drugs. relating to people, getting agency. Is one of the legions of them. It's very gratifying. sis.'' a first-class pile of junk." deck," he says. "I can walk Into a himself appointed to commis Works' supporters.: He was a "He's not very popular [with There Is another Rev. Works. "He said, 'I have four services room and have people there get sions. He's building a system of drunk.' church hierarchy]. It's his aggres Rev. ·eettv Works of San· Marcos. tomorrow. I'm all by myself. It's 3 mad at me. I'm dominating. I'm a networking that Is nationwide. He His wife. Ellen. searched In siveness." Texas. deacon of St. Mark's o'clock In the morning. and I have Type A personality. I'm Impatient. literally knows everybody. He Is a vain to find help. But Cardinal Cushing was not Church. Her husband. Frank. Is no connection with you. You're Those are all negative factors." leader In the alcohol and drug She says. 'Tm a Congregation put off by Works' militancy. the rector. not an Episcopalian. You're not Retired Bishop Roger Blan movement. alist. I went to my minister, who Savs Rev. Hall. "I would meet In a telephone Interview. she one of my flock. If God didn't love chard of Missouri. who now lives "He has kept booze and drugs didn't know beans about alcohol." with ·cushlng at times, and he declares. "I used to be embar you, I wouldn't.be here.'" In Boston, says of Works, "He goes on the churches' agenda. Every She approached a church organi would sit back and roar at David's rassed by dad tooting his own It was several years later at after people. goes after them hard. time the phone rings. you know zation that operates In the same aggressiveness." horn. But he's done It to save Bowdoin. while contemplating Some of us love him not In spite of he's going to be fussing about al building as Works and was told He adds, "l don't think he lives. People aren't going to come whether to enter the seminary. It. but even because of It." cohol. He bugs everybody, Includ "there's this guy on the seventh would l:mve made It without Lucy and seek you out. You have to that Works says he got an un Works has a legion of faithful ing his friends. floor who sees people." Robb." His words are echoed by push. equivocal answer. supporters, Including clergy of ''He's a guy at the end of the Says Ellen. "I dragged my hus others. "He gives much more than he It was the morning of April 1. several faiths. some of whom have telephone. He literally talks to peo band with me. We walked tnto his Lucy Robb Is Works' wife of 39 takes. I've seen him lying sick In 1945. and Works had taken an been helped by him In their own ple all day long. People In their ac ·office. He was wearing red sus years. She was the librarian at the bed and rally himself to help thai after-breakfast walk. battles against alcohol. tive phase of drinking get on the penders. How bad could It be? We Virginia Theological Seminary person In a life-and-death situa "Suddenly. a white light. like "I try to bring clergy back Into phone a lot. He's doing It sober.'' sat with David for 21h hours.'' when he arrived. He married her tion. St. Paul's experience on the road the life qf the church." says Rev. Soleau Is aware of Works' Ralph stopped drinking two soon after his schooling began. "He's critical of the Institution capacity to arouse peoples' Ire. to Damascus. drove me to the Works. "'there were about five weeks later, and Ellen went to 'Never a dull moment' [church]. but he's never rejected It. ground. and I laid there for maybe guys In my class at seminary who "He develops violent dislikes from work as a part-time bookkeeper He calls It to account. He's an Old 20 minutes. It was very clear. The either drank themselves to death people, .. he says. Rev. Soleau for Works. She Is a contrast to her hus Testament prophet. I always ar Lord spoke to me and told me ~ogo or are drinking themselves to smiles. "He's liable to ask you If "l found a remarkable person band: rt."Served, soft-spoken, with gued with him. but I've always to seminary." death." your wffe·s 'off the sauce' or some under all that ·ego." sh" sa)'s. a disposition befitting a Virginia loved and respected him - now A man who might have wound "He's really at heart a fire- thing. !le will talk about your per- "He's nuttier than a bedbu~,''lady that has endeared her to peo- more than ever:· March 11, 1987
Dear Dr. Troescher:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Dr. Carol Troescher Administrator Realities of Life and Death Through Education, Inc. 1107 Normal Road, Suite 4 DeKalb, IL 60115
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J-2-87 Good Morning Howard Baker: I am writing to you not only as a supporter of who you are and what you stand for but, also, because I am a grief therapist and realize that our whole nation has been exper iencing a form of grief. Yesterday in our church special prayers were said for you as you undertake this magni tude of a job. But more for your human istic approach to life and that we all should stand behind you and let you know that we care.I have great admir ation for Ronald Reagan,too, and for his wife, Nancy, in being not only the president of the United State but also being human and the desire to treat persohs in that way. And, Nancy, with her out reaching efforts in time of needs for our children addicted with drugs and how her compassion comes forth. I am enclosing af ew pieces about our Foundation work in hopes that some of items might give you added support in this tremendous task that you have undertaken. May God Bless you now and forever in your joarney down this grief stricken road. My prayers will be with you in the days to come.
~incerely Your~ ~
Dr. ~.e~-e:Carol froescher, -··~ ~dmin...... How do you deal with grief? Counselor tackles question that is a part of day-to-day life
By Molly Bolger work in guidance. Grief was simply not part of She cited the example of a company closing "How many of us stop and think of how we the curriculum, Troescher said. and how workers would need to cope with that. deal with grief?'' asked Carol Troescher, Ed.D., Once she began looking into the subject, Or if someone on the job has sufifered a loss, founder of the non-profit foundation Realities- Troescher found her place. She helped begin who can he or she tum to? of Life Through Education, Inc. the foundation in 1975 and now serves as "Any time we deal with a loss, it affects It's an important question, Troescher administrator. In the Kane County area alone, other people too," Troescher explained. explained, because death is a part of life. more than 4,000 people have taken her Troescher's workshops are also for the Death of loved ones, or what she calls "little workshop. "other people," the ones indirectly affected by deaths": losing a job, getting divorced, moving · The course, which runs eight weeks, is held a loss. In the classes she talks about to a new city, ending a: friendship. from 4 to 7 p.m. beginning Tuesday at Geneva supporting friends and co-workers, and To introduce people to dealing with -grief Community High School. A second workshop avoiding the hurtful words so many people and helping others deal with it, Troescher will for those who have completed the first will be sa . teach two workshops, beginning next week in held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, also '"I know how you feel' is one of the msot Geneva, for teachers, health professionals, and beginning next week. devastating things we can say. Nobody knows anyone else who is interested in learning more Films, lectures, outside speakers, writing how anyone feels," Troescher said. She added about coping with the "deaths" in life. therapy, class sharing and one field trip will that a flat statement like that closes off In a brochure about the foundation, b . d d . h fi B k . further communication. 1 1 _____Troescher laya_out..the.facts.:._pai11-~d grief of . c p:~:~~s:us~1:o~s~ v i~:O~~~::~·eia: -~~-vie~~· : _ --Telling.awoman who has had a-miscarriage - ... .-..... a grea_t loss _can be tremendous; children and ..... ---partidpation;-shanng and one field trip are in ..... "oh don't worry, you can have another baby" is those m their early teens. are vulnerable to the second course. another mistake we often make, Troescher fong-term problems; and m adults the stress said. Those words are better left unsaid. can lead to illness or even premature death. In ?er letter aix:~t t?e ~ou~ses, Troesc~er She offers her students suggestions on The purpose of the Troescher's work is to descnbes them as an i~vitatwn to ~~erience positive things to say: answer the questions "What is loss? And how new ways to handle,;eelmgs when hfe s "Would you like to tell m·e what happened?" can I deal with it?" changes come to us. is a good opener, Troescher said. And just "There is nothing more we can do for the Credit for these classes is availabla through being there is a support. Troescher said all too dead " Troesch er said, "we want to help the the National College of EducatiQ,n. often people stay away because they don't survivors." Registration information is available from know what to say about a death, or illness, or ''We are life-oriented, not death-oriented," Mary Jane Miller at 232-5955. other loss. Just a hug can help, she said. she continued. In addition to the courses she teaches, Troescher is a very positive person, very "The major objective is to help people realize Troesch er and Realities of Life Through optimistic. She belives grief can be "finished" that life has many changes. And that life has Education, Inc., help individuals and groups in if not erased. many realities. Death is one. But just one." other ways. The foundation was there in 1979, It is finished when the survivors accept Madeline DiPlotti, a teacher in St. Charles, in Sandwich, when six youths were killed in reality and "when they begin to make an took Troescher's course and found that it an accident. · investment in living." helped her and helped her deal with her The foundation provides seminars for Troescher is helping people finish their second-grade students. professionals, or businesses that want to grief. "For people that haven't lost anyone yet, it · establish a program. More information about Realities of Life shows you that you can put your life back Troescher is in favor of businesses spendi:i.g Through Education or Troescher's other together," DiPlotti said. For her, it also means more time helping employees deal with grief. courses is available from her at (815)758-0588. she can help her students over the grief of parents divorcing or a pet's death. "Different people benefit from the class in different ways," DiPiotti said, "We all have grief of one i;ort or another." "It is an opportunity to look at parts of our lives we tend to deny," Troescher explained." ~ I>§!!l is iumbject.most..people are nQt comfortable talking about. In her classes, Troescher brings in men and women who have gone through the death of a close friend or relative and the speakers share their experiences. Troescher said her students are always amazed that people will talk about their grief so openly. That tendency to hide and deny death and grief is what pushed Troescher from her counseling career into starting the Realities of Life foundation. "I was confronted with sudden death," she said. Her mother died and it was Troescher's first major loss. "I had never even been to a funeral," she said. "We just never talked about death." Months after the funeral Troescher was still depressed and upset enough to seek help from a minister. The minister told her there was Carol Troescher, right, talks about the purpose behind her upcoming workshop on dealing with grief. nothing wrong with her mind, she was simply The class Is intended to help students deal with their own grief and go out prepared to help others. It going through a natural grief process. That is open to any interested adult. Madeline DiPlotti, here with Troescher, is a grade-school teacher who phrase "natural grief process" was a new one took the workshop. "I came out of that class a much 'lighter' person," DiPlotti said. "I had been to Troescher, despite her years of graduate carrying a lot of burdens around." (Chronicle photo by Jim Stocker) Page 4 OUR TOWNS Section Wedne5dqy September 24, 1986 ST. CHARLES CHRONICLE, BATAVIA CHRONICLE, GENEVA CHRONICLE By Molly Bolger around" he said, angry, depressed: unable tO .: · woman, a cancer. patlei{t, who was reduced to In January, doctors told Phil Cross he had work, unsure.where to go and what to do next. eating dog food. She didn't know that there inoperable lung cancer, which had spread to He wasn't aware of support groups like Make . wits state aid available and that Social Sec- other organs. They also told him he had only Today Count, didn't know he was eligible for _,, .. ~ity owe11 · and Drug Admiilistration, even after years of "It is frightening, it's terrifying - and it'B ·.-:,\'I- .research, Cross is frustrated by the constant lonely. It's a terribly lonely thing to go · · delays; cancer patients don'~ have years to '\' through," he said. .. · · · wait. · · · I ·1 8 . ~ Th!~~:\:~~~!::~ :;~u:~:::~~~-. ; .,, .t~o0~~\ cr;;~.;/\\f\~-- <·.tn~: =~::1t#!e%!~:==~~e~:~ t~:St- . found Survivor and to start the work that will · ·. · , •· ~e\iol' .... _,. :'"•_,,_·\.\ icP,1. · 1 -.rp.~flts, mcluding 1l'life-threatening bone- continue even after he is gone. ·' ~O~~ 01 ~af' · ·. -.¢"·''-· marrow transplant. He has suffered through Cross, a long-time smoker, first suspected '&~~~fol ~101' ~rJ. · r:J_.~~-· ..... :: .... '. , ,~hemotherapy -~d even looked into treatments there was a problem in 1985. His doctor told ~o· 0,,e;. .· •· ... . : ., ,., , in oth13r countries.:· him not to worry, put him on some pain ~ :~cl°<#>· "'· " '· '~:_;.;~;i~:x·;;._;::;Ct~ sai4 ~th~i~gists can't even agree on medication and sent him away, with instruc- fl'(< . '"'''fl.,. . ' :. ,, what type of cancer he has, let alone how to :~_:,,,"~~=~for a chest x~ray when I 'l.~\.'O~·. .~:'~ ';,~r'~fit~ < \;;;.,._ ~i .,,:,:-· . ., " ·At the time Cross believed the doctor, be- . · . . "One d~to~ toill !lie 'that if I kept on hia
-·eauae he wanted to believe:BufbfJ&ifu&ry:·~ dnig he _couldgjye me nine months and ill ·. ~- . he was too sick to keep pretendiJig.,.:'. ; - . . · stopped I. would be.dead in 60 days." Cross ' . He went to another doctor who di~:-- stopped, and outiiveci'bOth p~ictions. · the lung cancer and told him tt had . . .. P~ih. iS the c~n~taii.t nemesis for about 60 metasticized, spread to other parts of his-body. percent of cancer patients, Cross said. Because Surgery couldn't help, he was told• · : . . organ linings are rich in nerve endings, the .Cross said he felt as though he had lost. the - pain· cari beeome ·excruciating. Cross,· whose reins of his life. _ . ·: . .· :,:.. -··•:·· ,-cancer lias•spread through his heart, liver, "What happens is, whe~ you're 'given a· . _.,.... · »Jympp. glands and adrenal glands, takes a terminal diagnosis, you feel totally oµt of' __ '\bottle of morphine a week. control." ,. '' · . · \•;_ .. Heroin is a far .better pain-killer, Cross said, Cross used to counsel rape vicl;ims and lie· ;~·:but because of thlll .social stigm.a, probably ·said he heard the same words from them, that ~~wo~'t ever,oe.usildt.o help.cancer patients get feeling someone or something. else is calling · ::'~)hi'oug~- the ¥days._Heroin and morphine . the shots. ,,·both.come from the Sa.me plant, but heroin has·· I The diagnosis "wreaked havoc on. the kids" ,_,.,fewer. ~side eir~ .Ci;pss.,said. . . Cress said: He is the father cf Kelly, 16, and ~::-\Cancer P!ltients face -~ther problems too, if. Katy, 12. :, ·they recoy~r.Jnm} th!) disease. , ,. ' ·...... ,.._~ .• ' .• • -~ ·;-«.. ~::~ - . .: . ·._.· : . Katy said she felt everything around her ~~"f:i.\'There are.. several million cancer survivors stop when her father told her he was dying of .' ~aiking ariiund this country who can't get · cancer. When it started up again, she cried. ·.'jobs;" Cros8 8-!iiit-Employers don't want to take . And then she got angry. · · · :{;;a chance, and the·patients can forget about ."I was angry about ciga~~t~s;": she· sai_d. · . most health insurance plans, too. "And I would think, it's not fair, he· got. to be Cross will keep working as long as he can, here for Kelly'i;; 16th birthday but· not mine." ·and he said luckily he can write letters and Now she has dealt with the anger, and ... ;·, :·talk on the phone even when he can't get out . of bed .. He sees how much still needs -to be many of the other feelings, too. She helps her father with his work, both making the most of .. ,· done, despite the accomplishments of the ' ·American Cancer Society and all of the hospice . the time they have left. · .. organizations.- · After. the initial shock of finding out he had Survi~or will i:ontinue after Cross is gone. Phil Cron, a terminal cancer patient and · cancer, Cross had to make decisions. He de ilia wite, Sarah, shares much of the work now, founder of the non"profrt organizadon Sur· cided to fight, to try to gain back some of the ' and Katy helps too. vlvor, says his diagnosis didn't and all the · control over his life. · happiness in life. "Most of the -.1 •.n • ' ... · "~f i di~ tomqrrow, Katy can answ~r the . . "It's so that you don't just put yo'ur life in· happy ptMSOn. rm as Nippy as I W.. befOre . phone and say 'OK, Mrs. Jones, here are five . ,_,_:. j. · the handa of a doctor and give up," he aaid. . , · the-· I Just have to W«ti Mrder .i IL" · phone numben you can call... ~ For the first few months he just "stumbled (Chronicle photo by Reidar "-hn).. . .: . •. The work will go on. . ! Page 4 OUR TOYh-IS Section Wednesday,~ 12, 1986 .• . . .. sr; CHARLES OIRONICl.f. !!ATAVIA OtRONIClf, GENEVA OtRONICl.E .·
.·... -"Realiti'=s of Life Through Educaticn,Inc." a non-profit Foundation OFFERS
An Educational Awarenes,s Program: HGW DO ~CU COPE WITH GRIEF?
' (How to put or keep life together during anticipatory grief)
How many time have you been confronted with a loss or grief in your life or in the lives of others close to you and asked yourself: "How can I cope or help. others cope?" I'he focus of this program is on understanding the grief process and learning how to develop skills to work thro~gh your own feelings in dealing with loss and grief and to assist others in coping. PLACE: TIME: COST: None - A Free Will Offering will be taken
The session will be led by Dr. Carol Troescher, grief therapist, who will offer skills and understandings in dealing with the grief process. The remaining session will include a video tape of Lois Jaffe, a cancer person who taught a course at the Univ. of Pittsburgh, "The dying professor teaches a course on death education," sharing·how she and her family coped with her an ticipatory grief and untimely death. Also, Phil Cross, age 37, and a DeKalb high school graduate, who is living with cancer will sh~re his thoughts and struggles; the ups and downs; the do's and don'ts; as he continues to live in "whatever time he has left." It is,also,important to hear how his family and f rietnds are coping. _There will be a question and answer time. -~~.. ..---~-,.:-···- -- --·-..------
Dr. Carol Troescher ...... _,,~
Phil Cross
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~ ~Moodis uPbeat at,~~orkshop·-· .~• '".: , ~-)!..,e:.. :;! •.J:J·,.•, r( ·, . . . ·:{.~._?,.,.,.. ~Y . \ - By Mary Kay Spravka ;. grief. ·/1;::·\ V--- - .. ]i,.';'':tation' and disorganization.', Troescher says dis-':
: Staff writer _;>\___ "In our American society, we really don't talk about•,'· 'organization is .painful when an individual doesn't . _ , . · J ·, X \ . _·_ • ·- · . _sad things," Troescher said. "There are no models in : · know what he is doing or why he is acting in a par- . They 'cain.e to share stories of grief, tragedy and '. ,, the schools to teach childreri, to cope with grief, , ticular manner. .
· · catastrophic illness, but suprisingly, the niood was up- t : including that resulting from· what we call 'li~tle., Resolution and reorga:nization is the fourth phase a ----beat. The. 20 -or more people who gathered Tuesday J)/'. ~eaths'like divorce, moving and child abuse." --· mourner will encounter. Resolution occurs when the evening at the First Methodist Church in DeKalb had·'.\";'., _ Troescher, who became a, grief ~herapistin 1974 af- bereaved no longer denies the loss of a loved one.
come to confront their sufferiµg and learn to cope wi,th :·~;:; ter. leaving Northern Illinois University, said a person_- During reorganization a person can talk about the loss
_ grief. - ' - __.' · :' ---: .' · -.. · ; ·· .-' · ' , · ,,,:v.,;:f) facing a catastrophic illness isn't the only one who suf- • :. _ and begins to get his life back together. As they whispered amongst themselves relating per- 0j;i· fers. The family, freinds and community around ttie .:';' ... ''Grief is never over," Troescher stressed. "The loss
sonal tales of death·_and illness, Dr. Carol Troe_scher,.,.,::r\:- person_ suffers as well. Expressing grief,_.however,:ls ...'.>"_· __will always be a part of you. The grief is finished when
~':-grieftherapist a~d adminis~rator of Realities-of Lif~·'/:'•f~necess.a~yif mourners a~e to recover, -·-_..·.:. ·.·. '.'<,: :··,··:,;?::.:youget your lif?together and re~lizeY:oucan go on.•: -
; Throough Education, Inc., circulated among them, of-:'\; .>·''--, Outlmmg the mourmng process, Troescher said >> Troescher. will lead a more intensive, four-session · 1 : - fering hugs, telling them to cry and exchanging stories ·- · shock and numbness· is the first phase, followe~by ' workshop on dealing with grief and loss Sept. 24 and 26,
' o~people she had loved.and lost. " ( _-,·>_-_-- · - · ye.~rn~ng.and sea~ching for answer~~' --<·-· ____' -_- _- .. -_-, and Oct. 1 and 3. For more information on registration
_ . The focus .of t~ethree~hour w?rk~hopwas undj.'!rstan-, _ · •·-. This is ~epomt where we see~l9kpf. ~~e~;,an~;:_contact. Carol Troescher, Realities of-Life Through
, dmg the grief process andJ~ar,nmgh9W to develop .· ,guilt for bemg angry," Troescher said. __· - -·•,, -- Education, Inc.,)107 Normal Rd,, #4, DeKalb; 758--.
skills to work ~roughfej.'!~ingsJµ g~~l~ng.with, loss and ' . ,1,'~~tN~d.PI?.a.s~,9f ,~~emm1~ning ~~oc,ess i.~~is,oden- ·; -- -0588. · . --...... 1··' '''·-"L '-~... ·"\.• L·l\l•l . .,..•IJ.> :: ' . ·.c_ .•. /'"•'''···/ ~:,..·.· .'·.. -· ·i; 1 •••. I - ·"' ..•.• r ... ,·· ·"' ...... March 11, 1987
Dear Mr. Sumner:
Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President
Mr. James A. Sumner Box 1262 Sedona, AZ 86336
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March 3, 1 987
::;::::=-...:::::::-:::.:.~,] ~J -,~,,~·"H-P:--:€4i'i!§!Q5i!·~i&l@§§32iii?Aii?$¥4t&:?Bi!@£#¥ff"¥i*"'1'+ift&M#@M\t¥®..wu;.~:r,e~::>::.:.i:::..c:i.:;,g.. ~o-x11"' •"&\-";-· 4-i"v"¥i'f'k;-~i:.< 3;:.g -··f&:.o...'iii!t:Af..9@W\$%'&:#.($;ZS-'.}?@~&~ i·j ~1 ~1 nSenator Howard Baker -----~;~vu.Le,., "i.a..1...-:- f ota~f s ff [~ l]The White House ----->i:j f,j------· [1 &jDear Senator Baker: i~i r ----~f~he Nation will definitely note, greatly appreciate and i] Lllong remember your selfless contribution as Chief of Staff. ------r 1 tf
- - c. ---IJ[ff'he-President-c-ouldn't-have--made a-fine!'ehoice. --You-.come ---·---,Jj1 '.ltilru-a:-s---a-man- of great integrity, c-oura-ge-and--go-od-htmor·--- H[~and with the inner strenghth to put the interests of the -----~i ~~N-at-i-on abol!e ¥GUr own pers-~i-t-ions-.--A-rar-e---qualicy_, ___ l:nlindeed, in Washington, D.C. ! ______r_\ ~),______r'.1 t\I sincerely feel that it will be in the best interest o:§ ____ .____ jj[!the Republic and Howard Baker if you will continue to hang \j:1on to your refreshing sense of humor--- particularly when t·J tJdealing with the Sam Donaldson types. ~==~~ Best of luck to you, ------1it-- Qnn ~ f~ i:~ ~-~-~-~-~-nr~1------·
--- --~-- 1-11-1 LP HOSPITAUZED VETERANS Mr. James A. Sumner :1 r.1 Box 1262 --- ___ : • -Sedona t -~--~ tl ---1:il:i ---~-~--J) ~--:------tl !~ ----1'.1 r1-- }:: fii --·--~--~-<~--~-~·; f-~------~ l , ; 11 (1 ~~i ,j ,,------,------i?l ~1 \,_ March 11, 1987 Dear Mr. Porter: Thank you for your kind message. I appreciate your warm words of support and confidence. With best wishes, Sincerely, Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff to the President Mr. J. Kenneth Porter 609 West Broadway Newport, TN 37821 HHB/SW/WJB/ckbf7 HHB-1 (J5 ID - ~tmttt{y Joritr ~~/( .609 ~IL ~roah~ ~tfuporl, '©tmttHtt 37821 @ffice: ~sibence: (615) 6Z3-87Z6 March 3, 1987 (615) 6Z3-7U3U The Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr. Chief of Staff White House Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Chief of Staff: The crescendo of superlatives which erupted across this land bespeak the affection, esteem, and respect all of America has for you as you assume your awesome role in the destiny of this great nation. Congratulations. Sincerely, ~ JKP/jc