Parker House Boston, Massachusetts January 8, 1986 Welcome to this 39th New England Circle, another in a series of these gatherings inaugurated here in this room more than a decade ago. As it has been since that February evening in 1974, our pur- pose has remained steadfast: to provide a forum for the discussion of social, political, educational and literary topics that can lead to constructive change in our lives, our nation, and our world. The foundations of the Circle were first built in the Nine- teenth Century when Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Dickens and other literary lions of their day gathered regularly at the Parker House for their Saturday Club sessions. Their traditions of a lively exchange of opinions and ideas in a hospitable and informal setting are still at the founda- tion of today's Circles: a private, non-profit activity which has welcomed more than 1,000 members from all comers of the region. It is a setting which encourages an easy and open exchange between the discussion leaders and every Circle guest. This evening's discussion leaders, Massachusetts Congress- man Barney Frank and New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu, are two men of energy and achievement who can be counted on to produce a lively exchange on their own. Never- theless, when they pause to catch their breath, your participation will be welcomed and encouraged. There may be a few New Englanders who aren't quite sure of Barney Frank's current Congressional committee assignments, but there are very few indeed who don't know he's in Congress. Barney Frank is one of those individuals whose energy, wit, and commitment to his own high standards have made him very much his own man, as his fellow House members have been quick to recognize and respect. His fellow Democrats have named him the new President for Americans for Democratic Action. As New Hampshire's hard-working governor, John Sununu has earned the same sort of respectful recognition. More than two-thirds of the State's voters returned him to office two years after he was first elected in 1982. He has made the system work well enough to not only win the allegiance of his fellow citizens, but also the compliments of his fellow Republican governors who have made him the chairman of their most prestigious organiza- tions. Please welcome them both to this evening's Circle, just as the Circle welcomes each of you. ANITA ARMBRUSTER, Commissioner, Manchester Housing Authority, Manchester, NH JOELLE ATTINGER, Correspondent, TIME MAGAZINE, Boston, MA EDWARD BARRY, President & Chief Executive Officer, The Congress Group, Boston, MA MARKLEY H. BOYER, M.D., Howard School of Public Health, Boston, MA ANTHONY BROWN, Vice President, Pax World Fund, Portsmouth, NH FOX BUTTERFIELD, Bureau Chief, THE NEW YORK TIMES, Boston, MA CHARLES CAMPION, Assistant to the Chairman, H.G. Pars Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Cambridge, MA HEATHER PARS CAMPION, Director of Public Liaison, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA EVERETT B. CARSON, Executive Director, National Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME PHYLLIS CATER, Executive Director, Mattapan Community Health Center, Mattapan, MA PHOEBE CHARDON, Assistant Majority Leader, New Hampshire House of Representatives, Jefferson, NH VIRGINIA CHICK, Executive Assistant to the Dunfeys, Omni/Dunfey Hotels, Hampton, NH BURT COHEN, Portsmouth, NH JOHN COLE, Author; Columnist, PORTLAND PRESS-HERALD, Portland, ME JAMES COLEMAN, President, Merchants National Bank, Manchester, NH DAPHNE CORCORAN, Watewille Valley, NH THOMAS CORCORAN, President, Watewille Company, Watewille Valley, NH DENNIS W. CROSS, Vice President, Kidder Peabody & Company, New York, NY PATRICK CURRAN, Consul General, Republic of Ireland, Boston, MA ALFRED DELBELLO, President & Chief Executive Officer, Signal Environmental Systems, Hampton, NH JAMES DONCHESS, Mayor, City of Nashua, Nashua, NH MICHAEL DONLAN, Attorney, Boston, MA RAY DOOLEY, Director, Administrative Services, Mayor's Office, Boston, MA JERRY DUNFEY, President, New England Circle, Boston, MA JOHN P. DUNFEY, Vice Chairman & Founder, Omni/Dunfey Hotels, Hampton, NH RICK DUNFEY, Publisher, SOX FAN NEWS, Jamaica Plain, MA ROBERT J. DUNFEY, Director & Founder, Omni/Dunfey Hotels, South Portland, ME STEPHEN DUNFEY, Commissioner, New Hampshire State Port Authority, Hampton, NH WALTER J. DUNFEY, Consultant, Omni/Dunfey Hotels, Hampton, NH WILLIAM L. DUNFEY, Vice President & Director, Omni/Dunfey Hotels, Hampton, NH; Vice Chairman, WORLDPAPER, Boston, MA CECILE DUPUIS, Manchester, NH SYLVIO DUPUIS, O.D., President, New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA CONNIE EATON, Concord, NH CHARLES FISKE, Executive Director, Genesis Foundation, Bridgewater, MA DAVID T. FLANAGAN, Vice President, Central Maine Power Company, Augusta, ME JOHN J. FOLEY, JR., Property Developer, Weeks, Whalen, Gamester, Portsmouth, NH BARNEY FRANK, U.S. Representative, 4th Congressional District, Massachusetts ELEANOR DUNFEY FREIBURGER, Faculty Administrator, New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH JAMES FREIBURGER, Director of Human Resources, First NH Banks, Manchester, NH DAVID E. GAMPER, President, OP & WE Edwards Foundation, South Londonderry, VT IRA GOLDENBERG, Ph.D., Academic Vice President, New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH ROBERT GRABILL, Coach, New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH WILLIAM S. GREEN, Attorney, Manchester, NH NADINE HACK, Vice President, United Capital Corporation, New York, NY MICHAEL HALLINAN, Proprietor, The Library/The Toucan, Portsmouth, NH WILLIAM HART, President, New Hampshire Charitable Fund, Concord, NH KENNETH HARTNETT, Editor, BOSTON MAGAZINE, Boston, MA KENNETH HASKINS, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA NED HELMS, President, Helms & Company, Concord, NH RICHARD H. HERSH, Vice President, Academic Affairs, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH DAVID E. HILLS, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Portsmouth, NH BEV HOLLINGWORTH, State Representative, Hampton, NH CHARLES H. HOWARD, III, First Vice President, Thomson McKinnon Securities, Manchester, NH LARRY INGRASSIA, Bureau Chief, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Boston, MA MARCY JACKSON, Assistant District Attorney, Brookline, MA HAROLD W. JANEWAY, President, White Mountain Investment, Concord, NH JUDY JARVIS, Host & Producer, "Point of View", WLVI TV 56, Boston, MA FREDERICK, M. JERVIS, Ph.D., President & Founder, Center for Constructive Change, Durham, NH LIONEL W. JOHNSON, President, Manchester Chapter NAACP, Manchester, NH EDYTHE A. JORDAN, Personal Trust Officer, Key Bank of Southern Maine, Portland, ME MICHELLE JOURDAK, Director, Human Rights, Washington, DC JOHN E. JOYCE, Vice President & Resident Manager, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Boston, MA JOSEPH F. KEEFE, Attorney, Manchester, NH PAUL KEENAN, Realtor, Omni/Dunfey Hotels, Hampton, NH MICHAEL KITCH, Seacoast Bureau Chief, NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS REVIEW, Portsmouth, NH PETER LUCAS, Staff Writer, THE BOSTON HERALD, Boston, MA JOSEPH McQUADF. Editor-in-Chief, MANCHESTER UNION LEADER, Manchester, NH STEPHEN MERRILL, Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, Concord, NH STEPHEN MORSE, Executive Director, Windham Foundation, Grafton, VT MARCY MURNINGHAN, President, Mitchell Investment Management, Cambridge, MA J. BONNIE NEWMAN, President, Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire, Concord, NH MARTY NOLAN, Editor, Editorial Pages, THE BOSTON GLOBE, Boston, MA DAVID NYHAN, Assistant Managing Editor, THE BOSTON GLOBE, Boston, MA DANIEL OKRENT, Editor, NEW ENGLAND MONTHLY, Haydenville, MA JACKIE O'NEILL, Associate Vice President, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA HENRY M. POWERS, JR., President, C.H. Sprague & Son Company, Portsmouth, NH BARBARA PRESSLY, Alderman-at-Large & State Representative, Nashua, NH ROBERT F. QUINN, C.S.P., Park Street Corporation, Boston, MA THOMAS D. RATH, Attorney, Concord, NH BARBARA REYNOLDS, President, Irene Reynolds Real Estate, Hampton, NH ALISON W. RICH, Vice President, Key Bank of Southern Maine, Portland, ME DAVID ROGERS, Senior Vice President, New Hampshire Savings Bank Corporation, Concord, NH JAMES A. ROUSMANIERE, JR., Editor & President, KEENE SENTINEL, Keene, NH WILLIAM MICHAEL SALTER, President, Salter Development Company, Portland, ME THOMAS SCHUTTE, President, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI WILLIAM H. SHAHEEN, Attorney, Dover, NH JAMES SHANNON, Attorney, Boston, MA WILLIAM J. SHEEHAN, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Omni/Dunfey Hotels, Hampton, NH PHYLLIS SIMPKINS, Director of Alumni Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA EDGAR E. SMITH, Vice President of Academic Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA LINCOLN SOLDATI, Strafford County Attorney, Dover, NH MARK STARR, Bureau Chief, NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, Boston, MA DEBORAH STITH, M.D., Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA JOHN H. SUNUNU, Governor, State of New Hampshire NANCY SUNUNU, First Lady of New Hampshire, Concord, NH RICHARD SYRON, President, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, Boston, MA BERT TEAGUE, Director of Business Development, New Hampshire Savings Bank Corporation, Concord, NH THOMAS TILLOTSON, Plant Manager, Tillotson Rubber Company, Dixville Notch, NH VALERIE C. TRASK, Sales Representative, Yankee Business Forms, Manchester, NH RAYMOND F. TRUNCELLITO, Chartered Life Underwriter, Mutual Benefit Life, Manchester, NH ALAN VOULGARIS, Senior Vice President, Indian Head National Bank of Nashua, Nashua, NH LIZ WALKER, Anchor, WBZ TV 4, Boston, MA NANCY WALKER, Journalist, Windsor,