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Larry, This is great! I'm going to make phone calls today to the editors of major newsmagazines regarding the "Udall Story". Tapes should be ready today. mel At 10:07 AM 6/14/97 -0400, you wrote: >Muhammad Ali has just written EVERY member of the House and Senate >regarding HIS personal commitment for the Udall Bill. Two letters were >prepared with him personally, one thanking those who have already >sponsored the Udall Bill and another for those who have not signed on. In >the latter letter, Ali asks them to please make a commitment to cure PD >by becoming a sponsor of this critical legislation in our search for the >cure. The letters were written on his personal stationery which has >embossed around his name a butterfly and bee symbolizing the famous Ali >expression, "Float like a Butterfly and Sting Like a Bee". Ali references >his recent testimony before a Congressional Committee in support of the >Udall Bill on behalf of the National Parkinson Foundation , of which he >indicates he serves as National Spokesperson and a member of the NPF >Board of Governors. > >ALL of you should reference these letters on behalf of Muhammad when >contacting Senators and Congressmen. They are a very powerful tool in >your advocacy. I personally, along with NPF's newly hired Grass Roots >Coordinator, Bill Turenne, will be contacting EVERY congressional office >on behalf of Ali. > >We're getting close! Now is the time to turn up the pressure! > >