MEMBER'S REPORT

The Conservative Caucus Inc. • National Headquarters • 7777 Leesburg Pike • Falls Church, Va. 22043

JUNE, 1976

DEAR MEMBER; The Conservative Caucus wasformed in 1974 to resolve the paradox of a basically conservative nation being governed with liberal policies which most Americans oppose. We reached two strategic conclusions about the most effective way to put America back on the right track. First, it was decided that control of Congress is the key to defeating liberal policies and substituting sound conservative leadership. Second, it seemed that the only way to change the direction of Congress was to make it painful for U.S. Representatives and Senators to ignore the conservative sentiments o/ their constituents back home—even more painful than it may now be for them to ignore liberal pressures in Washington. A plan was developed to help organize 433 local caucuses—one in every Congressional District—each one completely autono mous and locally controlled. Our first member was recruited during November, 1974. As of May,1976—-eighteen months later—we had enlisted the support of more than 125,000 Americans. By the end of 1978, we hope to hove nearly 300,000 members. During 1975, our first full year of operation, it was our job to recruit and train a first-rate State Coordinator in every state. That task has been substantially accomplished. This year—1976—the objective which we single-mindedly pursue is the recruitment and training of a TCC Director in all 435 Congressional Districts. We are now half-way toward achieving that goal. To identify and prepare effective leaders in the states and districts, we have, during 1975 and 1976, organized three-day training conferences at Washington, D.C.; Denver, Colorado; Atlanta, ; Columbus, ; and , . Two more conferences are planned this year: one on the weekend of September 10, 11, and 12 at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Marina Hotel; and another, in Chicago, on the weekend of December 8, 9, and 10. To involve more members in our activities, your national staff has been conducting briefing sessions and similar meetings in forty-one states during the first six months of 1976. During the balance of the year, we will be having hundreds more of these meetings, to make sure that we keep close to our timetable of a leader in each district by the start of next year. Just as TCC's State Coordinators have done an indispensable job in recommending and working with Congressional District Directors, we are now relying on each District Director to build on effective Steering Committee of thirty members in his (or her] Congressional District. Drawn from positions of influence in diverse areas of activity throughout the district. Steering Committee members constitute the nucleus of a powerful Caucus force which the local member of Congress would be well advised to heed. Before 1977 ends, we hope to have thirty first-rate Steering Committee members in all 435 districts from which members of the U.S. House of Representatives are chosen. We are already planning for next year a series of 50 training conferences for Steering Committee members—one weekend conference in every state. The following year, if—because of your essential dollar support—we stay on schedule, every Congres sional District in America will be able to boast its own Conservative Caucus. Eventually, by 1980, we look forward to 435 thriving local caucuses, each with hundreds of active members, a caucus newspaper focusing on what the Congressman has been doing with his time, his votes, and your tax dollars, and even sbme local TV and radio programs which feature District caucus leaders alerting their fellow citizens to latest developments in the Congress, the courts, the bureaucracy, and the radical "non-profit" groupsfunded xvith your taxes: all accountable to the votes of your elected Senators and Representative. The Conservative Caucus structure being built with your support offers great hope for the future. Policy is accountable to the Congress. With a few years' hard work. Congress will be accountable to you. Sincerely,

HOWARDHnwARn PHILLIPSPHii I TPc ' National Director

MONTANA COORDINATOR JOHN BELL COMPLETES RECRUITMENT OF DIRECTORS Two visits to Billings, Montana on February 21 and April 26 by Howard Phillips and Montana State Coordinator John Bell produced results, with the appointment of Walt Reisig (Inter Mountain Business Forms, P. O. Box 467, Billings, Montana 59103/(406) 259-3675) as TCC Director in the 2nd Congressional District. (Jack Traxler is CDD in Montana's other district—330 East Beckwith, Missoula, Montana 59801/(406) 549-3675). An intensive schedule of radio, TV, and newspaper interviews arranged by Reisig produced excellent coverage, including a thirty-minute news interview on a Billings radio station and a feature story in The Billings Gazette which covered an evening workshop session on Monday, April 26. MEMBER'S REPORT The Conservative Caucus, inc. June, 1976 page 2

BRIEFING SESSIONS REACH THOUSANDS National Director Howard Phillips conducts 1-hour workshops for TCC members in Arkansas, California, , Kentucky, Ok lahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

In an effort to spur the recruitment and training of TCC Congressional District Directors and Steering Committee members, TCC National Director Howard Phillips, beginning in April, has launched a nationwide series of briefing session/workshops for Conservative Caucus members. Phillips said: "We eventually hope to conduct a briefing session for our members in every one of the 435 districts from which members of Congress are chosen. These meetings enable us to meet first hand with Caucus supporters, get their ideas, and answer their questions. In many cases, we have been able to identify some first-rate leaders at these meetings." "Another useful aspect of the one-hour workshop format is that it permits us to get together with our State Coordinators and District Directors on their own turf, obtain reports on their progress, and bring them up to date on new developments nationally."

41 STATES VISITED In addition to the Briefing Sessions conducted this Spring in California, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, and , staff members also spoke recently to groups of TCC leaders and contributors in Alabama, , Colorado, , Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, , Maine, , Massachusetts, Michigan, , Mon tana, , Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Earlier this year, there were visits to Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, , and Wyoming. TCC members in the states where briefing sessions are planned are generally notified by first class mail about two weeks in advance of a meeting scheduled in their area. No funds are solicited and the participation of non-members is encouraged. During July and August, sessions will be held in Florida and Texas. Through June 30, 71 briefing sessions will have been held in 9 states.

ROBERT R. PARKER JOINS TCC NATIONAL STAFF

Louisiana Native At Work On Plans for 1977

Robert R. Parker

Attorney Robert R. Parker, a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served for several years in Boston as LegislativeI (Counsel for the Christian Science Committee on Publication, joined TCC's National Headquarters- staff on ,June 1,, with special responsibilityres for planning fifty weekend conferences during 1977, directed at training District Steering Committee members in each of the 50 states. By the time a statewide training conference is held, each district in the state should have a Director and thirty Steering Committee members, Parker stated. Our job will he to make certain that each person involved in leading or organizing a local caucus is trained for maximum effectiveness. The conferences will focus on 'nuts and bolts' details of lobbying techniques, publishing a district caucus tabloid monthly newspaper,compliance with applicable state and Federal election laws,and utilization of'freedom of information' laws to find out what government agencies are up to locally." Parker added that "if enough citizens can be kept informed year-round on their Congressman's activities, fewer Senators and Representatives will vote for programs that subsidize forced busing, welfare rights, gay liberation, and reverse discrimination. Right now,liberal special interest groups get their way because too few voters understand how 'conservative-sounding' politicians support appropriations for radical causes. Once the average citizen understands that his Congressman does have the power to change things, either 'things' will change or the Congressman will." Mr. Parker was General Counsel of the Republican City Committee of Boston from 1964-66 and Chairman of the Ward Four GOP Committee. Later he was a nominee for the Massachusetts State Senate. In 1973, Parker served in Washington, D.C. with Howard Phillips, aiding in the effort to abolish the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity. Parker is a graduate of Louisiana State University and the New England School of Law. DR. ROBERT HOEHN LEADS DENVER WORKSHOP AND MEDIA BLITZ Colorado State Coordinator Robert Hoehn made maximum use of National Director Howard Phillips' time during an intensive one-day blitz of the Denver area on Sunday, April 25. In addition to an evening workshop, covered by the Rocky Mountain News, Phillips visit included interviews at several Denver radio and TV stations as well as a meeting with reporter Howard Pankratz which produced a featured article in the Denver Post.While in Denver, Phillips met with the Second District Director, Frank DeFilippo (2525 Creighton Drive, Golden, Colorado 80401/(303J 279-4212J and Fifth District Director Bruce Hartel (7081 S. Windsor. Littleton, Colorado 80123/(303] 979-4476). MEMBER'S REPORT The Conservative Caucus, Inc. June, 1976 page 3

MASSACHUSETTS TCC HEADQUARTERS OPENED

Nearly 3000 Members Invited To Open House

J. Alan MacKay Peter J. Thomas State Coordinator Executive Director Friday, June 11 marked the official opening of The Conservative Caucus Massachusetts Headquarters—a floor of offices in downtown Boston overlooking the Boston Common (47 West Street, Boston 02111—Phone (617) 426-7188). State Coordinator). Alan MacKay invited nearly 3000 Massachusetts TCC members to an "open house" celebrating the event and to meet TCC state leaders and District Directors. National Director Howard Phillips spoke at the reception, as did MacKay, State Executive Director Peter J. Thomas of Rowley, Massachusetts, and Assistant State Coordinator Edward King of West Roxbury. Thus far. District Directors have been named in seven of the twelve Massachusetts Congressional Districts: 2nd District—Robert Homer, 104 Winona Drive, West Springfield 01084; 4th District—Dr. Richard Jones, Stow Road, Harvard 01451; 5th District— Gregory S. Hyatt, 10 Florence Avenue, Methuen; 6th District—Leo Downing,6 Anne Street, Groveland 01834; 8th District—Donald Fantini, 15 Day Street, Cambridge 02140; 9th District—Andrew Donovan,42 N Street, South Boston 02127; 10th District—Morris Lanzier, 188 Archer Street, Fall River 02720. On Thursday,June 10th,a rally for TCC members in Western Massachusetts was held at the High Point Motor Inn in Chicopee Falls. Alan MacKay and Ed King were the featured speakers, together with 2nd District Director Bob Homer.

RICHARD CONNER RECRUITS DISTRICT DIRECTORS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg stockbroker Richard Conner, TCC's Pennsylvania State Coordinator, hosted an areawide meeting in Monroeville (near Pittsburgh) at which Howard Phillips spoke on Sunday evening. May 23. As a result of Conner's volunteer efforts in behalf of the Caucus, Directors have been named in 16 of Pennsylvania's 25 Congressional Districts. Conner's address is: 5602 Devonshire Road, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112/(717) 232-8611.

DICK COOK HOSTS ATLANTA BRIEFING FOR DISTRICT LEADERS More than 75 TCC members were on hand Tuesday evening, June 2 for a briefing session organized by State Coordinator Dick Cook and District Director Joe Young of the 5th District. Howard Phillips addressed the group, which included Steering Committee members and TCC leaders from several Georgia Congressional Districts. Cook's address is: % E. F. Hutton & Company, 3445 Peachtree Road, N.E., Suite 2, Atlanta, Georgia 30326/(404) 262-2110.

BUMPERSTICKER BLOOPER Many reports have been received advising us that the TCC bumperstrips enclosed in the last mailing "runin the rain," "fade in the sun," and "stick much too well." Since contract specifications were not met, we are looking forward to a more technically adequate shipment later in the year. You will receive a new bumper strip in a future mailing. Thanks for your patience.

ALAN ESTABROOK GETS TV COVERAGE AT PORTLAND, MAINE MEETING Maine TCC State Coordinator Alan Estabrook sponsored a briefing session for prospective District Directors an^ Steering Committee members in Portland, Maine on Friday evening, May 7. A local TV station covered the meeting and conducted a lengthy filmed interview with Howard Phillips. Estabrook's address is: Star Route, Steep Falls, Maine 04085/(207) 642-3132.

TOM DRUEY MOVES CAUCUS AHEAD IN MISSISSIPPI A good turnout of TCC members and potential district leaders met with TCC National Director Howard Phillips and Mississippi State Coordinator Tom Druey at a workshop session arranged by Druey and held on Wednesday evening, May 12,in Jackson. Druey expects to have a leader in all 5 Mississippi districts in time for them to participate in the National Training Conference in Texas on September 10, 11, 12. Druey's address is: P. O. Box 5228, Jackson, Mississippi 39216/(601) 366-4144.

ALSTON KEITH HOSTS PHILLIPS IN ALABAMA TCC s National Director spent Thursday, May 13, in Montgomery, Alabama with State Coordinator Alston Keith, Jr. and Grady Perdue, Administrative Assistant to Governor George G. Wallace. Plans were discussed for recruiting active Directors in Alabama's seven Congressional Districts. Keith's address is: Keith & Keith, 711 Alabama Avenue, Selma, Alabama 36701/(205)874-6617.

MILDRED SUNDELEAF ORGANIZES TCC IN OREGON Two feature stories in the Portland Oregonian about The Conservative Caucus, and extensive film coverage by a Portland TV station, bore eloquent witness to the organizational effort of State leader Mildred Sundeleaf (295 Durham, P. O. Box 125, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034/(503) 636-1817) in connection with a visit to Oregon on April 22 and 23 by Howard Phillips. At a meeting organized by Mrs. Sundeleaf, nearly 200 conservatives turned out to be briefed on the TCC strategy and enlisted to help in Oregon's four districts. A follow-up workshop was held for a number of those in attendance who indicated interest in becoming active. Special thanks are also due District Directors LuellaEngelter and Dr. Robert Fischer for their key contribution to the trip's success. MEMBER'S REPORT • The Conservative Caucus, Inc. • June, 1976 • Page 4

REP. WOODY JENKINS MOVES QUICKLY TO ORGANIZE IN LOUISIANA

Directors Named in 5 of 8 Districts ""a Woody Jenkins

Rep. Louis W.(Woody) Jenkins, who agreed to serve as TCC State Coordinator in April, had, by May 11, when National Director Howard Phillips visited Baton Rouge, recruited a District Director in five of Louisiana's eight Congressional Districts. A leading Democratic state legislator, who is also an official of Gun Owners of America,Jenkins organized a two-hour dinner at which Phillips met with the new District Directors on Tuesday evening. May 11. The following day,the appointments were announced at the state capitol in a press conference covered by several Louisiana newspapers, television, and radio stations. A Dutch Treat luncheon and briefing session was conducted by Howard Phillips for Baton Rouge area TCC members, following the news conference. TCC's District Directors in Louisina are: Mr. Luke Petrovich (P. O. Drawer KK, Buras, Louisiana 70041); Hon. Charles D. Lancaster (2201 Veterans Memorial, Metairie, Louisiana 70002); Mr. Fred Huenefield (P. O. Box 4627, Monroe, Louisiana 71201); Mr. G. Norman David (Editor, Denham Springs News, 125 Range Avenue, S.W., Denham Springs, Louisiana 70726); Dr. S. R. Abramson (State Chairman, The American Party of Louisiana, Box 6, Marksville, Louisiana 71351).

TEXAS CONFERENCE PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER 10, 11, 12

300 Expected at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Workshop

TCC's Sixth National Training Conference in two years will be conducted on Friday, September 10, Saturday, September 11, and Sunday, September 12 at the Airport Marina Hotel, Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Full details will be published in the next Member's Report, but act now to let us know if you might be interested in attending. Space is limited. For full details, contact Miss Patti O'Connor, Membership Services Director, The Conservative Caucus, Inc. Suite 305, 7777 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22046.

ED NELSON BOOSTS RHODE ISLAND TCC ACTIVITY An all-morning workshop and luncheon for TCC leaders in Rhode Island was conducted on Friday, May 7 by State Coordinator Ed Nelson and National Director Howard Phillips. The meeting received coverage by Providence radio and TV stations, which sent their microphones and cameras to cover the session. Also present were 1st District Director Craig Miller (32 Williams Avenue, Cranston, Rhode Island 02905/(401) 781-5900), and 2nd District Director Ernest Barone (6 Polly Drive, North Providence, Rhode Island 02911/(401) 274-9558). Nelson's address is; P. O. Box 26, W. Warwick, Rhode Island 02893/(401) 828-5433.

JOHN LACAPRA IS NEW FLORIDA STATE COORDINATOR On Monday, May 3, Howard Phillips met in Tallahassee, Florida with Attorney John LaCapra (Barnett Bank Building,.Suite 220, Tallahassee, Florida 32301/(904) 222-8021), who has succeeded State Senator Walter Sims as TCC Florida State Coordinator. While in Tallahassee, Phillips also met with Senator Sims and Tim Baer, Executive Director of the Florida Conservative Union,to discuss ways of encouraging greater cooperation among conservatives in Florida. Later in the day, Phillips travelled to Orlando to meet with TCC leaders in that area. LaCapra and Phillips agreed that a series of briefing sessions would be planned in Florida for the week of July 12-16, to finish the job of recruiting leaders in all 15 Florida districts.

TAPES AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL TCC MEETINGS AND RADIO BROADCASTS A new tape recording (approximately 60 minutes)featuring a discussion on March 23 by Howard Phillips with student leaders from William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia is available for $7.50 from Miss Patti O'Connor, Membership Services Director, The Conservative Caucus, Suite 305, 7777 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia 22043. The tape covers TCC organizing strategy, conservative principles, and an analysis of recent political developments. You may wish to make it available for broadcast on a radio station in your area, or at a local meeting.

MILWAUKEE BRIEFING SESSION SPARKS TCC WISCONSIN EFFORT Several new TCC leaders and key supporters were recruited at a briefing session conducted by Howard Phillips in Milwaukee on Monday evening. May 10. Those present included State Coordinator Alfred Regnery, Jr., (One West Main Street, P.O. Box 2236, Madison, Wisconsin 53701/(608) 257-2281) conservative leaders John Couture, Ron Stephens, and businessman John McBroom. The meeting was arranged by John Savage (Davis, Kuelthau, Vergeront, Stover & Leichtfuss, Attorneys-at-Law, 1800 1st Federal Plaza, 250 East Wisconsin Avenue, Wilwaukee, Wisconsin 53202/(414) 276-0200) and Robert Dohnal (11138 W, Greenfield, W, Allis, Wisconsin 53214/(414) 774-1746), each of whom have since signed on as Congressional District Directors.