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APPENDIX T-3/11/97 LETTER FROM THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS

SHARPE JAMES

Mayor of Newark, NJ

MIKE JOHANNS Mayor of Lincoln RITAL MULLINS Mayor of Palarine JAMES P. PERRON

Mayor of Elkhart SALL N. RAMIREZ, JR. Mayor of Laredo

ED. RHEA

of Rock Hi

DAVID SMITH

Mayor of Newark, CA
GREG SPARROW
Mayor of DeKalb

WELLINGTON E WEBS
Mayor of Denver

MICHAEL & WHITE

Mayor of Cleveland

Advisory Board:

DEEDEE CORRADINI, Chair
Mayor of S Lake Cary
DENNIS WARCHER

Mayor of Detroit

MARTIN CHAVEZ

Mayor of Albuquerque

ROBERT D. COBLE

Mayor of Columbia, SC

H. BRENT COLES
Mayor of Boise

CARDELL COOPER
Mayor of East Orange
JAMES A GARNER
Mayor of Hempstead
SUSAN GOLDING
Mayor of San Die
Diego

NANCY M. GRAHAM

Mayor of West Palm Beach
PATRICK HENRY HAYS

Mayor of North Little Rock
JAN LAVERTY JONES
Mayor of Las Vegas

GARY D. McCALEB
Mayor of Abilene
JOHN R. MCCARTHY
Mayor of Everett
PATRICK N MCMANUS
Mayor of Lynn
THOMAS M. MENINO
Mayor of Boston

MARC H MORIAL
Mayor of New Orleans
MEYERA & OBERNDORF
Mayor of Virginia Beach
DONALD L PLUSQUELLIC
Mayor of Akron

M. SUSAN SAVAGE
Mayor of Tulsa

SHARON SAYLES BELTON
Mayor of Minneapolis
KURT & S

Mayor of

PAUL SOC

Mayor of

BRUCE TODD
Mayor of Austin

MARTHA S. WOOD
Mayor of Winston-Salem

Executive Director:
J. THOMAS COCHRAN

March 11, 1997

President William Clinton
The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500

The Honorable Newt Gingrich
Speaker of the House
H-232 Capitol Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Mr. President, Mr. Speaker and Mr. Majority Leader:

The Honorable Trent Lott
Senate Majority Leader
S-230 Capitol Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

The United States Conference of Mayors joins leaders throughout this country on Arts Advocacy Day to urge you to support public funding for the arts and humanities at a level that fulfills the federal government's responsibility to help make the arts accessible to all Americans for the social, economic and cultural well-being of the American public.

As we prepare to enter the new Millennium, we see the arts and humanities serve as an essential and forceful vehicle to educate our citizens, help our struggling youth, spur economic growth in our communities, and bring us together as a nation. We need to maintain our federal commitment to preserve this country's rich cultural heritage and traditions and to nurture imagination and creativity to strengthen the future of this country. As mayors of communities of every size and in every corner of America, we can tell you first hand that the arts are critical to the quality of life and livability of our cities.

In partnership with the $99.5 million federal investment that the NEA made in our nation's cultural initiatives this year (representing a 40% cut), the mayors invested $650 million in local government funds and the governors invested $275.4 million in state government funds for the arts through our local and state arts agencies. However, this delicate balance in shared responsibility of public support for the arts is in serious jeopardy now. Congress cannot expect state and local governments or the private sector to make up for the cuts in the federal government's share.

Therefore, we call upon you to oppose the elimination or phase-out of our federal cultural agencies and to oppose any further reductions of their budgets. We further urge you to maintain your federal longterm commitment to our nation's cultural resources in communities large and small.