From: Weimin Shen <SHEN@JUNO.PHYSICS.WISC.EDU>
Subject:      Lobby activities in UW-Madison
Reply-To: Weimin Shen <SHEN@JUNO.PHYSICS.WISC.EDU>
Organization: Indiana University
Date:         Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:30:00 CST
Comments: To: CHINA-NT@uga.cc.uga.edu

From:	IN%"KCZHANG@macc.Wisc.EDU"  "Kangcong Zhang" 27-JUL-1992 15:12:30.36

To: Chinese students and scholars concerned about the pending legislative
results of Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992
From: University of Wisconsin -- Madison PR-lobbying Committee
Subj: Let's All Live up to the Challenge
July 27, 1992


Dear Fellow Chinese Students and Scholars (CSSes),

The emergency situation that surfaced late last week in the House Judiciary
Committee concerning the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 surely fits in
the category of crises as we CSSes living in the States know it.

By definition, all crises present us with challenges.  Throughout the history
of CSSes in this country, we have most of the times lived up to the challenges.
Examples are when we, upon learning of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, took
to the streets, formed a host of organizations, and organized numerous
activities to commemorate those who fell during the wee hours in and around the
Square on the dark, tragic, and historic night of June 3-4; and when, in the
spring of 1991, our fellow compatriots back at home suffered from losses and
damages caused by flooding in the Central China area, we again pulled together
and organized fund-raising activities across the country for the benefits of
our disaster-stricken fellow countrymen and -women.

But then, those achievements of ours should never be allowed to stand in our
way as we strive for greater success.  In other words, we, proud of our
achievements as we have every right to be, should never allow ourselves any
feeling of complacency.  Complacency only leads us to contentment, and
contentment never helps us get anywhere but where we already are, and before
long, where we were.  Need we be reminded of the bad experiences of swallowing
close-to-success failures of which we have had our more-than-fair share?  We
think not; we trust you all have as good memories as we do, if not better.

This time, the challenge we are facing is no less real than the ones we have
just mentioned.  Believe it or not, we suddenly, once again, are finding
ourselves battling an enemy of our "own" government, which is one of the
saddest things one ever has to come to terms with in one's life.  Dear fellow
CSSes, let no misunderstandings be derived from what we have been doing: WE HAVE
NEVER WANTED TO FIGHT AN ENEMY OF OUR OWN GOVERNMENT, BUT THE ONE WE HAVE BEEN
DEALING WITH IS JUST NOT ONE OF OUR OWN, NOT AS LONG AS IT STILL SHAMELESSLY
BRAGS ABOUT ITS RESORTING TO TANKS AND MACHINEGUNS TO GUN OUR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS DOWN AS A GLORIOUS VICTORY OVER COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY REBELS.

To fight such an enemy, who has unlimited resources and will go to any length
just to prove its invincibility, we cannot afford giving less than
one-hundred-per-cent.  Yet, our dear fellow CSSes, some of us have been just
too reluctant or hesitant to commit fully to the cause we are fighting.  For
instance, we found out that close to 48 hours after the first emergency call
for support was issued from IFCSS Headquarters, only about an averge of 30
telephone calls had been made to each of 13 House Rules Committee members'
officies.  (Of those calls, we are proud to report, more than 20 percent were
made by our boys and girls).  Considering that we have hundreds of colleges and
universities represented under the flag of IFCSS, and hundreds-times more
CSSes more or less concerned about the pending legislative results of the Act,
such a participation rate is far less than satisfactory.

Our dear fellow CSSes, by electing not to answer, timely and substantially, to
IFCSS Headquarters-issued emergency calls for support, we are making a serious
mistake, and we may add, that is not just any other serious mistake, but one,
if we did not do immediate remedial work to it, we would regret deeply as the
meaning of the mistake sinks in.

There is still time (although it is running out quickly).  We can still
send faxes/letters, and better yet, make telephone calls to House Rules
Committee members to urge them to issue a CLOSED RULE on S1216.

Now, here is a quick look at our report card as far as the current campaign
stage is concerned:
     .  We sent more than 350 faxes;
     .  We made more than 120 telephone calls;
     .  We sent scores of letters;
     .  We organized campus-wide fund-raising activities; in addition to
        encouraging individual CSSes on our campus to donate money directly to
        Washington, DC-based lobby funds, our PR-lobby Committee donated in
        her own name, too;
     .  We contacted the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee PR-lobbying Group
        to coordinate state-wide lobbying campaigns;
     .  Even as the current campaign stage is still unfolding, we are already
        looking ahead and preparing ourselves for the next stage of the
        on-going campaign.

Dear fellow CSSes, we are hereby challenging you all to do the same, and once
you have done it, send us your report card, which we sincerely hope will be
many-times more impressive.  To assist you in your campaign activities, we
have enclosed:
     i) A sample letter, which may be used in both letter-writing and
fax-sending campaigns; and
     ii) A roster of House Rules Committee members, which includes the names,
DC office addresses, telphone numbers, and fax numbers (three Democratic
Congressmen's officies refused to disclose their fax numbers in fear of having
their fax machines jammed).

LET'S KEEP IN MIND: TOGETHER, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OURSELVES THE WINNERS (AS
OPPOSED TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT)!

Best regards.



Sincerely yours,

(signature)
The University of Wisconsin -- Madison PR-lobbying Committee



P.S.:  We just read the China-net-carried Minnesota and Buffalo reports on their
lobbying activities.  Those are real, exciting stuff.  We salute our friends
on those two campuses!



[Enclosure]



i)  A Sample Letter


Honorable Joe Moakley
Chairman, House Rules Committee
235 CHOB
Washington, DC 20515-2109

July 23, 1992


Dear Mr. Chairman,

I am writing to urge you and your colleagues on the House Rules Committee to
issue a CLOSED RULE closing the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (S1216).

I have just learned that an attempt has been made in the House Judiciary
Committee to attach an amendment to the bill.  The proposed amendment, which
purports to protect the Haitian refugees, simply has nothing to do with the
Act's original purpose, and if attached to the Act, the Act will stand no chance
when it goes to President Bush for signature.  Thus, not only will the purported
purpose of protecting the Haitian refugees be failed, but a large number of
Chinese Student's safety will be at risk.  Moreover, considering that the
current session of Congress is running out of time, the Act cannot afford any
further delay on both the House and the Senate floors.

Dear Mr. Chairman, the only way to ensure a fair chance for the Act is for the
House Rules Committee to issue a CLOSED RULE on S1216.  I strongly urge you
to do just that.


Sincerely yours,


(signature)
University of Wisconsin -- Madison



ii) A Roster of House Rules Committee Members


1. Mr. Joe Moakley, D-MA, Chair
   235 CHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-2109
   Tel: (202) 225-8273
   Fax: (202) 225-3984

2. Mr. Butler Derrick, D-SC
   221 CHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-4003
   Tel: (202) 225-5301
   Fax: (202) 225-5383

3. Mr. Anthony Beilenson, D-CA
   1025 LHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-0523
   Tel: (202) 225-5911

4. Mr. Martin Frost, D-TX
   2459 RHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-4324
   Tel: (202) 225-3605

5. Mr. David Bonior, D-MI
   2242 RHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-2212
   Tel: (202) 225-2106

6. Mr. Tony Hall, D-OH
   2236 RHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-4304
   Tel: (202) 225-6465
   Fax: (202) 225-3332

7. Mr. Alan Wheat, D-MO
   1210 LHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-2505
   Tel: (202) 225-4535
   Fax: (202) 225-5990

8. Mr. Bart Gordon, D-TN
   103 CHOB
   Washington, DC 20515-4206
   Tel: (202) 225-4231
   Fax: (202) 225-4887

9. Ms. Louise Slaughter, D-NY
   1424 LHOB
   Washington, DC 20515
   Tel: (202) 225-3615
   Fax: (202) 225-7822

10. Mr. Gerald Solomon, R-NY
    2265 RHOB
    Washington, DC 20515-3224
    Tel: (202) 225-5614
    Fax: (202) 225-6234

11. Mr. James Quillen, R-TN
    102 CHOB
    Washington, DC 20515-4201
    Tel: (202) 225-6356
    Fax: (202) 225-7812

12. Mr. David Dreier, R-CA
    411 CHOB
    Washington, DC 20515-0533
    Tel: (202) 225-2305
    Fax: (202) 225-4745

13. Mr. Bob McEwen, R-OH
    2431 RHOB
    Washington, DC 20515-3506
    Tel: (202) 225-5705
    Fax: (202) 225-0224