A list of the House members and the Senators who will serve as conferees follows the letter to Chairman Walsh. The most important people to reach are Representative Walsh and Senator Bennett. Since they are deciding this matter, affecting the entire nation, contacts from anywhere are fair game. Obviously New York contacts would be best for Mr. Walsh and Utah contacts would be best for Senator Bennett. Please do whatever you can.
Time is critical.
Therefore, as you negotiate with members of the Senate to develop the final bill, we are asking you to look with great favor on the amount approved for this item by the Senate. In reviewing this request, it is important to understand that access to literature for blind people comes almost exclusively through the NLS program. For this reason, most blind adults are users of the NLS service. Regarding the funds requested to upgrade the supply of recorded cassette playback machines, these machines are really the infrastructure of the NLS program. The machines are small portable units that must be used with the NLS recorded reading matter.