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Republican
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Clayton Yeutter
Chairman 
May 24, 1991

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MEMORANDUM
TO: SENATOR ROBERT DOLE
FROM: CLAYTON YEUTTER (initialed)

Bob, I met a few weeks ago with representatives of the organizations who are seeking a fair shot in our society for the disabled and handicapped. As a consequence of that session, I decided to establish an RNC advisory group to be responsive to their interests.

Since then we've been focusing on membership for such a group, and the attached list summarizes our tentative choices. Because you have had so much involvement with these groups and the issues of importance to them, I wanted to run the list by you for any views you may have. If there is anyone you believe should be added or subtracted, please let me know.

We hope to get Republican National Committee approval for the establishment of this committee when we meet in Houston a couple of weeks from now.

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Justin Dart, Jr. Chairman, President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.
EEOC Chair Evan Kemp
Sandra Parrino, Chairman, National Council on Disability
Lex Friedan - original author-editor of the American With Disabilities Act and Director of the Texas Institute of Rehabilitation Research
Ginny Thornburgh, wife of Dick Thornburgh, and advocate for disabled rights
Jerry Milbank, JM Foundation President, Founder of Republican Eagles
Allen Clark, Asst. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Gordon Mansfield, HUD Assistant Secretary
Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, President National Federation of the Blind
Jim Brady, former presidential press secretary
Dr. Harold Snider, former RNC Disability Liaison, currently Deputy Executive Director of the National Council on Disability
Sue Souter, former Republican candidate for Comptroller in Illinois
Janet Dorsey, Asst. Postmistress, U. S. Senate
Peggy Pinder, lawyer in Grinnel, Iowa, very active Republican and early Bush supporter, delegate in '84 and '88, parents own chain of small newspapers throughout state.
Osborne Day, retired, Director of Recording for the Blind
Judy Brotman, former Asst. to Dole, ran disability coalition for Bush-Quayle in '88
Kent Waldrop, National Council on Disability, friend of President and Jeb Bush, great spokesperson
Helen Walsh, Greenwich, Conn., National Council on Disability, friend of President's mother, Dottie Bush, very strong Republican, 93 years old, activist for elderly disabled
Tony Flack, retired, Norwalk, Conn., disabled, has two children with disability, as a YR volunteered for Prescott Bush, drove Mrs. Bush, Sr. around during his campaign for Senate, former Eagle
Bob Rothstrum, serves on Architectural and Transportation Compliance Board, works for C&P Telephone, lives in McLean, Va., active in Virginia state politics.
Bob Muller, Grand Rapids, National Council on Disability, has cerebral palsy, very active Republican
Craig Kaiser, Florida, Attorney, serves on Architectural and Transporation Compliance Board, visually impaired
Larry Brown, former Washington Redskin, hearing impaired, Xerox Corporation
Linda Allison, wife of Eddie Allison (deceased), friend of President Bush, has disabled daughter
David Cruz, State Senator, Puerto Rico, blind
Mike Unjhun, Fargo, ND, National Council on Disability, youngest representative in state legislature, ever, works for Blue Shield/Blue Cross, co-chaired Bush-Quayle in No. Dakota, very loyal Republican
Russell Redenbaugh, blind and without hands from accident, nephew of Sen. Jake Garn, appointed to Civil Rights Commission, economics and computer consultant in Philadelphia, owns software company

Boyden Gray, White House Legal Counsel
Dr. Burton Lee, Physician to the President
Susan Parker, Deputy Commissioner Social Security, handles disabilities, from New Hampshire, great contacts in Maine and New Hampshire
Dr. Michael Marge, Proessor, Syracuse University, Special Ed. and Rehab.
John Hager, Reynolds, Richmond, friend of John Warner, contacted polio when son was immunized, active in Virginia GOP