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quotation from the profile in his
political advertisement is not
authorized," N a d e r ' s office
stated.
The Nader advertisement has
created virtually no flap-un-
like the ad utilizing the Com-
mon Cause letter.
"Hathaway had every right to
be an all-out supporter of Esch,
but not at the same time he
works for Common Cause,"
Cohen said. Earlier Cohen told
Esch that "the letter was im-
properly sent by Mr. Hathaway
and improperly used by your
campaign committee."
Hathaway, who served as a
Republican C i t y Councilman
during the mid-sixties and is
still colsely associated with the
local GOP, made contributions
to Esch re-election committees
in February and May.
ON MAY 17, he gave the
Mary Esch Support Committee
$100, according to financial re-
ports from the group's treas-
urer. About three months ear-
lier, Hathaway contributed $25
to the Esch Forum Committee,
other reports state.
Hathaway yesterday acknowl-
edged that he had contributed
to the Congressman's primary
campaign. In the Aug. 6 elec-
tion, Esch ran unopposed.
But Hathaway said he be-
lieved that neither sending the
letter to Esch nor contributing
to the campaign compromised
his position as Common Cause
coordinator.
COMMON CAUSE'S execu-
tives, Hathaway, and Esch have
given differing accounts of the
letter's origin and the reason
for which it was written.
Dated Oct. 21 and addressed
to Esch's Washington office, the
letter praises his support for
Common Cause sponsored legis-
lation on campaign finance re-
form which Congress considered
last August.
Last Friday, the letter was
run in The Daily as a paid po-
Levin leaflet blasted
litical advertisement under the
headline: "C o m m o n Cause
Says: 'A Job Well Done Con-
gressman Esch.' " At the bot-
tom of the advertisement,' in
tiny type, is a statement declar-
ing that the letter is not an
endorsement.
TOM BELFORD, a member
of Common Cause's Washington
staff, said the letter "was not
instigated from here, as has
been suggested."
In the letter itself, Hathaway
states that note was sent "at
the urging and request of the
national office in Washington."
Common Cause usually writes
letters of thanks to Congress
members who back its measures
at the time the legislature takes
action on them.
HATHAWAY yesterday said
this was the reason he wrote
the letter to Esch. He attri-
buted the two month delay in
writing the message to the lack
of a professional staff at the
local office.
"I wrote the letter when I
got around to it," Hatnaway
added. "I got it out as fast as
I could."
In a telegram to Common
Cause executives, Esch states
that "the letter was sent in
recognition of the President
signing the bill . . ." President
Ford signed the legislation early
last month.
BELFORD said C o m m o n
Cause does not send out letters
of thanks at the time a bill is
signed into law, but shortly af-
ter Congress votes on the par-
ticular measure.
Cohen condemned the memo
for "far exceeding simple re-
cognition of a favorable vote"
and because of its publication in
a political advertisement four
days before the election Esch's
candidacy has been aided
"through an inappropriate use
of the Common Cause name."
He also claimed he did not
know the letter would be used
as part of a paid political ad-
vertisement when he wrote it.
"After Esch got it, a man from
the campaign called and said
he wanted to use it in an ad,"
Hathaway said. "I told him,
'It's your letter, use it as you
want."'
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the voter to boycott non-union
grapes and lettuce, enumerates
Levin's legislative achievements
in the area of workers' rights
while slamming Governor Mil-
liken for his supposed lack of
Senate race
heats up
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had taken no action.
FINALLY, Bursley, who plans
to spend "around $25,000" in
seeking reelection, asserted yes-
terday that Eckstein is not tell-
ing the public the whole tMuth
when he says he is spending
only $6,000.
Bursley claimed the Demo-
cratic party will have spent
"close to $22,000" trying to un-
seat him, but this figure in-
cludes all the Democratic pri-
mary candidates,
action on this issue.
Neither Maynard nor the
UFW knew how long the leaflet
had been out or where it had
been circulated.
"I've oply seen it recently,
but I have no idea how long it's
been out," said Baca. "This
sort of thing is common among
political candidates, they all
want to use the boycott as an
issue. I couldn't begin to figure
out the rationale behind it."
ACCORDING to the leaflet,
Levin has supported the PFW
boycotts since 1966 and "has
fought for farm workers and
sponsored over 12 bills to pro-
tect them."
Baca said that although the
leaflet has stirred up contro-
versy among UFW supporters
outside the union office itself,
he and his co-workers were not
misled by the literature.
"If he (Levin) really wanted
to make it look like UFW en-
dorsement, he wouldn't have
gotten such a nice printing job,"
Baca remarked. "All our stuff
is just mimeographed."
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