Citizens for the Republic Box: 4

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Blackwell, Morton: Files Folder Title: Citizens for the Republic Box: 4 To see more digitized collections visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ Ronald Reagan, Founder/Chairman Emeritus Lyn Nofziger, Chairman Vol. VII, No. 2 Curtis Mack, Executive Director February, 1983 National Parks Our Nation's Treasures The following is a letter by James gram. This is a 5-year, $1 billion pro Watt, Secretary of the Interior, to Presi gram which concentrates on protecting dent Reagan. The letter is dated January the natural resource base and improv 20, 1983; the second anniversary of the ing the physical facilities in our national Reagan Administration. parks. Much of our effort has been Dear Mr. President: aimed at protecting the natural re In January 1981, we found our Na source base and improving and upgrad tion's parklands, wildlife refuges, and ing the condition of facilities within other conservation areas poorly man older parks, which had been inade aged and suffering from neglect. Soon quately funded by previous Administra after taking office, I reported to you tions. that the national parks had been al Another major initiative our Admin lowed to deteriorate to such a state that istration has taken also improves oppor the General Accounting Office had esti tunities for all Americans to visit and Reagan Review mated it would cost over $1 billion to enjoy these national treasures. The correct the safety and health hazards to highway improvement bill, which you In his State of the Union address, the 300 million annual visitors. signed on January 6, 1983, creates a Tuesday, January 26th, President Because you and I are dedicated to federal lands tax highway program Reagan staunchly held fast to the basic the concepts of stewardship - taking which will make Federal Highway elements of his economic program. The care of what we have rather than reach Trust Tunds available for park road con President demanded a virtual freeze on ing out for more - we created the Park struction needed to serve people and non-defense spending. Restoration and Improvement Pro- Continued on page 5 The President also served notice that he will fight to retain the 10 % tax cut scheduled to take effect July 1, as well as Congressman Gramm provisions to begin indexing taxes in 1985 to keep inflation from pushing tax payers into higher brackets. A Welcome to the Newest Republican Under the President's plan, outlined in the State of the Union address, over Saturday, February 12th, was a day announced his party switch and contin all federal spending would increase by of celebration for Republicans across ued in office until January 1985, when less than 5 % - just enough to keep up the nation. Congressman Phil Gramm his term would have expired. But with the rate of inflation forecast for was re-elected to Congress. Why the Gramm called his re-election move "the this year. Defense spending, however, celebration? Because former-Democrat only honorable course of action." would be at a level strong enough to Congressman Gramm is now a Repub And on February 12th, Congressman maintain a strong national defense. lican. Gramm was unceremoniously Gramm was re-elected as a Republican, Strongly defending his proposals, dumped from his seat on the House by his constituents by a margin of President Reagan said, "Contrary to the Budget Committee because Democrat 15 % . You were part of that victory be drumbeat we have been hearing ... leaders were angry about his active role cause CFTR contributed $5,000 to the deficits we face are not rooted in de in promoting Reagan budget policies in Congressman Gramm's campaign. fense spending. Taken as a percentage the last Congress. Having been pushed Congressman, we're all very proud of of the gross national product, our de enough by the Democrats, Gramm de you, and glad to have you in Congress, fense spending happens to be only about cided it was time to become a Republi particularly as a Republican! Continued on page 2 can. Gramm could have simply The Freeze: A New Soviet Weapon A State Department report has re had defected in Afghanistan told for U.S. press, with exceptions, has been in vealed that Soviet occupation forces in eign reporters that the Soviet Union was different or hostile to the accusations, Afghanistan have used a devastating using three kinds of chemical agents and in part to the inability of the U.S. new chemical or toxin weapon called against Afghan resistance fighters. And government to mount an effective cam "silent death" to crush resistance in Af earlier this year, Max Kampelman, paign around the issue." ghanistan. Evidence showed that dead chief U.S. delegate to the European Se Afghan freedom fighters had been curity Conference in Madrid, produced Address found lying in firing position with their intelligence reports that the Soviets Continued from page 1 hands "frozen" on their rifles. This, said were operating no fewer than 20 chemi the report, indicated that the dead sol cal and biological weapons facilities, all four-fifths of what it was in 1970." diers were victims of an extremely fast in violation of international agreements "The fact is, our deficits come from acting lethal chemical or toxin not signed by Moscow banning the produc the uncontrolled growth of the budget detectable by human senses. tion and use of such weapons. for domestic spending," Reagan said, The State Department report was Soviet propagandists, for their part, referring to the long-term growth in the not, as some critics have suggested, a at first denied the presence of "yellow cost of Social Security, Medicare and matter of hearsay. It was based on docu rain" in Southeast Asia, then sought to other social programs over the last dec mented eyewitness accounts of 397 blame it on residue of the so-called ade. chemical attacks by communist forces "agent orange" used by U.S. forces to Adamantly demonstrating his deter that killed more than 10,000 people - defoliate enemy jungle areas during the mination to resist further military 6,300 in Laos, 980 in Cambodia and Vietnam war. U.S. authorities, who spending cuts, the President declared, over 3,000 in Afghanistan. Unofficial have investigated the Soviet allegations, "We will not gamble with our national estimates of chemical warfare deaths at characterize them as "science fiction." survival." the hands of the Soviets and their surro More disturbing are the results of a re Cost-cutting measures proposed by gate forces range as high as 50,000. The cent Gallup survey that assessed the the President include a one-year pay evidence of Moscow's poison warfare American public's perceptions of "yel freeze for federal employees and mem comes from a wide variety of sources. low rain." It found that only about l in bers of the armed forces, as well as a six These include refugees, freedom fight 5 Americans had heard much of any month delay in most cost-of-living in ers, doctors-in refugee camps, Western thing about the Soviet atrocities. creases for federal programs. journalists, Western intelligence agents The Wall Street Journal, which com Rudolph Penner, an economist with and communist defectors. And the evi missioned the survey, suggested that the American Enterprise Institute, said dence continues to accumulate. "public uncertainty about 'yellow rain' in an interview he did not believe This September, a Soviet soldier who may be due in part to the fact that the Reagan was changing his basic eco nomic approach: "He remains true to the real founda tions of this philosophy," Penner said. "He still believes that smaller govern ment is better than big government, ex cept for defense, where a big defense is better than a smaller one, and lower taxes are better than higher taxes." Citizens for the Republic Newslet ter (ISSN 0194-9667) is published monthly and paid for by Citizens for the Republic, 1253 - 7th Street, Suite 200, Santa Monica, Ca 90401. Sub scriptions are $25 a year. Contents may be reproduced with or without credit. Second-class postage paid at Santa Monica, Calif., and additional mailing offices. Citizens for the Republic is a politi cal action committee operating in ac cordance with federal election laws. Lyn Nofziger, chairman; Arthur J. Dellinger, Jr., treasurer; Curtis Mack, executive director. A YORINALYSIS Cf AffrHANl~TAtJ MILITARY DEATHS. The Results Are In: CFTR's A Winner According to a recent Federal Elec in Federal races. Citizens for the Re The National Conservative Political tions Commission report of the five public contributed $468,174 to the Re Action Committee (NCPAC), which largest organizations contributing cash publican candidates for federal office. raised almost $9 million, contributed to conservative candidates, CFTR is the This is by far and away the largest $233,279 to Republicans, $23,161 to only one to give money solely to Repub amount of direct-cash contributions to nine Democrats and $2,734 to one licans. CFTR also made more direct Republican candidates in the nation. "other". cash contributions than any of the other CFTR contributed no money to Demo conservative organizations. crats. The Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress contributed $127,258 to The FE C report proves that Citizens for the Republic Republican candidates for federal of your investment in C FTR is fice.

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