Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from Don Bowman on the ADA

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Correspondence: Letter to Senator Dole from Don Bowman on the ADA

Description (Dublin Core)

Letter to Senator Dole from Don Bowman discussing Bowman's experience as a person with paraplegia and his negative views on the Americans with Disabilities Act. The letter is hand written on a newsletter from the Kansas Department of Human Resources urging Congress to accept the Conference Committee Report on the ADA.

Date (Dublin Core)

1990-07-02

Date Created (Dublin Core)

1990-07-02

Congress (Dublin Core)

101st (1989-1991)

Topics (Dublin Core)

See all items with this valueParaplegia

See all items with this valuePeople with disabilities

See all items with this valuePeople with disabilities--Civil rights--United States

Policy Area (Curation)

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Creator (Dublin Core)

Bowman, Don

Record Type (Dublin Core)

Correspondence

Names (Dublin Core)

See all items with this valueUnited States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

See all items with this valueUnited States. Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Rights (Dublin Core)

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Language (Dublin Core)

eng

Collection Finding Aid (Dublin Core)

https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=23&q=

Physical Location (Dublin Core)

Collection 003, Box 578, Folder 10

Institution (Dublin Core)

Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Archival Collection (Dublin Core)

Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Legislative Relations, 1969-1996

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KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
(Kansas Department of Human Resources logo)
COMMISSION ON DISABILITY CONCERNS
1430 S.W. Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1877
913-296-1722 (Voice) • 913-296-5044 (TDD) • 561-1722 (KANS-A-N)

Mike Hayden, Governor Ray D. Siehndel, Secretary

July 2, 1990

ADA ACTION ALERT

The Americans with Disabilities Act is stalled in congress. All members of our congressional delegation are home for the July 4 recess. The National Restaurant Association and National Federation of Independent Businesses (traditional foes of civil rights) are continuing their campaign to defeat the ADA. We have approximately one week before congress convenes on July 10th to counteract the opponents' lobbying. Enclosed is information you can use to contact your representative and both senators. The message is simple: "ACCEPT THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE ADA." Once again, we need hundreds of contacts to be effective. Please call, FAX, write, telegraph or personally meet with your representative and our senators. And, just as importantly, get everyone you can to do the same. We have waited long enough. We need the ADA passed as it was reported out of conference committee NOW!

(handwritten)
Dear Senator Dole:

as a paraplegic (shot in 1946) I am very much against this piece of legislation (that so much of my tax dollars
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(page 2)

are being used to lobby for this.)

As a handicapped individual when we didn't have ramps, rehabilitation or 504, I realize how good we now have it- (I am a postmaster- in wheelchair an oil field conductor.)

Please don't give the handicapped that feel as if they need to punish society for their misfortune the tools (ADA) to do it.

Opportunity is there for those that will work, and work for the education they need (504).

Please vote against this unnecessary legislation- and vote for the taxpayers that provide housing, food, recreation, education & care for these individuals.

Truly,
Don Bowman(?)
Codell, KS 67630

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KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
(Kansas Department of Human Resources logo)
COMMISSION ON DISABILITY CONCERNS
1430 S.W. Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1877
913-296-1722 (Voice) • 913-296-5044 (TDD) • 561-1722 (KANS-A-N)

Mike Hayden, Governor Ray D. Siehndel, Secretary

July 2, 1990

ADA ACTION ALERT

The Americans with Disabilities Act is stalled in congress. All members of our congressional delegation are home for the July 4 recess. The National Restaurant Association and National Federation of Independent Businesses (traditional foes of civil rights) are continuing their campaign to defeat the ADA. We have approximately one week before congress convenes on July 10th to counteract the opponents' lobbying. Enclosed is information you can use to contact your representative and both senators. The message is simple: "ACCEPT THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE ADA." Once again, we need hundreds of contacts to be effective. Please call, FAX, write, telegraph or personally meet with your representative and our senators. And, just as importantly, get everyone you can to do the same. We have waited long enough. We need the ADA passed as it was reported out of conference committee NOW!

(handwritten)
Dear Senator Dole:

as a paraplegic (shot in 1946) I am very much against this piece of legislation (that so much of my tax dollars
OVER

(page 2)

are being used to lobby for this.)

As a handicapped individual when we didn't have ramps, rehabilitation or 504, I realize how good we now have it- (I am a postmaster- in wheelchair an oil field conductor.)

Please don't give the handicapped that feel as if they need to punish society for their misfortune the tools (ADA) to do it.

Opportunity is there for those that will work, and work for the education they need (504).

Please vote against this unnecessary legislation- and vote for the taxpayers that provide housing, food, recreation, education & care for these individuals.

Truly,
Don Bowman(?)
Codell, KS 67630

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KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
(Kansas Department of Human Resources logo)
COMMISSION ON DISABILITY CONCERNS
1430 S.W. Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1877
913-296-1722 (Voice) • 913-296-5044 (TDD) • 561-1722 (KANS-A-N)

Mike Hayden, Governor Ray D. Siehndel, Secretary

July 2, 1990

ADA ACTION ALERT

The Americans with Disabilities Act is stalled in congress. All members of our congressional delegation are home for the July 4 recess. The National Restaurant Association and National Federation of Independent Businesses (traditional foes of civil rights) are continuing their campaign to defeat the ADA. We have approximately one week before congress convenes on July 10th to counteract the opponents' lobbying. Enclosed is information you can use to contact your representative and both senators. The message is simple: "ACCEPT THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE ADA." Once again, we need hundreds of contacts to be effective. Please call, FAX, write, telegraph or personally meet with your representative and our senators. And, just as importantly, get everyone you can to do the same. We have waited long enough. We need the ADA passed as it was reported out of conference committee NOW!

(handwritten)
Dear Senator Dole:

as a paraplegic (shot in 1946) I am very much against this piece of legislation (that so much of my tax dollars
OVER

(page 2)

are being used to lobby for this.)

As a handicapped individual when we didn't have ramps, rehabilitation or 504, I realize how good we now have it- (I am a postmaster- in wheelchair an oil field conductor.)

Please don't give the handicapped that feel as if they need to punish society for their misfortune the tools (ADA) to do it.

Opportunity is there for those that will work, and work for the education they need (504).

Please vote against this unnecessary legislation- and vote for the taxpayers that provide housing, food, recreation, education & care for these individuals.

Truly,
Don Bowman(?)
Codell, KS 67630