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1989 Jan 11 Savarese has sent the CONFIDENTIAL list of network economists to Debbie Schoonmaker and Carol Hyrcaj who shared responsibility for the Tax Hearing Readiness project at the Tobacco Institute.

This memorandum includes information on the industry's ability to respond to proposals to:

• increase federal excise taxes on tobacco products;
• earmark excise taxes to fund federal programs; and
• reduce/eliminate tobacco tax deductability for advertising.

It provides the arguments that should be used by the economists, some think-tanks which will provide support, a list of members of Congress who are seen as allies, and includes this list of available economists:

ALABAMA, Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Auburn University

ARIZONA, Roger Faith, Arizona State University

ARKANSAS, David ER Gay, University of Arkansas

CALIFORNIA, Gary Anderson, California State at Northridge

                    David Saurman, San Jose State University

COLORADO, Barry Poulson, University of Colorado

CONNECTICUT, Dominick Armentano, University of Hartford

DELAWARE, Lee Anderson, College of Marine Sciences, Uni of Delaware

                    Burton Abrams, University of Delaware

FLORIDA, Bruce Benson, Florida State University

GEORGIA, Dwight R Lee, University of Georgia (also Washington Uni, St Louis MI)

HAWAII, Suuner LaCroix, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

IDAHO, Allan Dalton, Boise State University

ILLINOIS, Bill Bryan, University of Illinois

                    Fred McChesney,School of Law, Uni of Chicago.

                    James Heins, University of Illinois

INDIANA, Cecil Bohanon, Ball State University, Muncie

IOWA, Thomas Pogue University of Iowa, Iowa City

                   Todd Sandler, Iowa State University, Ames

KANSAS, John Howe, School of Business, Uni of Kansas, Lawrence

                   Michael Babcock, Kansas State Uni, Manhattan

KENTUCKY, Brian Goff, Western Kentucky University

LOUISIANA, Michael Kurth, McNeese State University

MAINE, Robert McMahon, University of Southern Maine

MASSACHUSETTS, Simon Rottenberg, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

                   David Tuerck, Suffolk University, Boston

MICHIGAN, Peter Boettke, Oakland University, Rochester

                    Lawrence Brunner, Central Michigan Uni, Mount Pleasant.

                    David Fand, Wayne State University, Detroit.

MINNESOTA, Raymond Raab Uni of Minnesota/JP Consulting, Deluth

                    Jack Militello, College of St Thomas, St Paul.

MISSISSIPPI, Samson Kimenyi, University of Mississippi

MISSOURI, Thomas L Wyrick, Southwest Missouri State University

                    Thomas I. Wyrick, Southwest Missouri State University

MONTANA, Terry L Anderson, Montana State University, Bozeman

NEBRASKA, Craig R MacPhee, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

NEW HAMPSHIRE, Dennis Logue, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

NEW JERSEY, Jeff Ray Clark, Farleigh Dickinson Uni/Contractor

NEW MEXICO, Allen Parkman, University of New Mexico, Alburquerque

NEW YORK, Roger Congleton, Clarkson University, Potsdam

                    Allan Leiken State Uni of New York, Stony Brook.

NORTH DAKOTA, Cliff Dobitz, North Dakota State University

OHIO, Mark Toma, Miami University, Oxford

                   Richard Vedder, Ohio University, Athens

OKLAHOMA, Joseph Jadlow, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

                    Edward O Price Oklahoma State University

OREGON, William Mitchell, University of Oregon, Eugene

PENNSYLVANIA, Ann Harper-Fender, Gettysburg College

                    Jack Militello, College of St Thomas, St Paul (also Minnesota)

RHODE ISLAHD, Arthur Mead, University of Rhode Island. Kingston

SOUTH CAROLINA, Cotton Mather Lindsay. Clemson University

                    Ryan Amacher, Clemson University

SOUTH DAKOTA, Dennis Hein, Augustana College, Sioux Falls

TENNESSEE, Brian Goff, Western Kentucky Uni, Bowling Green

                    F. Steb Hipple East Tennessee, State, Johnson City

                    JR Clark University of Tennessee, Martin (also New Jersey)

TEXAS, S Charles Maurice, Texas A&M University

                    Michael Davis, Southern Methodist University

                    Morgan Reynolds, Texas A&M University, College Station

VIRGINIA, Henry Butler, George Mason Uni, School of Law

                    Richard B Wagner, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason Uni.

                    Walter Williams, George Mason University.

WASHINGTON, Mark Schmitz, (Consultant) Seattle

WEST VIRGINIA, John David, West Virginia Inst. of Technology, Montgomery.

WISCONSIN, William Hunter, Marquette University, Milwaukee (also CSPC)

WYOMING, Chuck Mason, University of Wyoming, Laramie [1]

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