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<B>1984 Dec 13</b>Following the disastrous forced -firing of [[James Watt]], [[Anne Gorsuch Burford]] and about 30 corrupt EPA executives(late 1983), The the old EPA boss [[William RuckelshawRuckelhaus]] was brought in to restructure the EPA. He was not a zealot at gutting the EPA. [[Sam Chilcote]], the CEO of the Tobacco Institute remarked at an Annual Meeting about their attempts to rebuild relationships:. Re: the Reagan Administration and the EPA: <BLOCKQUOTE><I> The administration's nominee for head of the EPA is [[Lee Thomas]]. The good news is that we understand he is a reasonable man.

The bad news is that under Thomas will be two men in key positions who are known anti-smokers. [[Joseph Cannon]], Assistant Administrator for Air, in charge of the $75,000 study mentioned in Mr. Milway's comments(checking for dangerous smoke levels in air-craft cabins), and [[James Repace]], who claims that cigarette smoke in the air kills between 500-5,000 nonsmokers annually.

One month ago, we asked prominent medical researcher, Dr. [[Sorell Schwartz]] of Georgetown University, to critique Repace's work. We will use that critique in briefings with EPA officials. The EPA, under Bill RuckleshausRuckelshaus, was not afraid to sanction its own staff when they did shoddy work. We hope that tradition continues.

<B>1994 Sep 12</b> Cannon is now a Director of Newt Gingrich's [[Empower America]] (the successor to the Coor-funded [[Sagebrush Rebellion]] and [[Wise Use movement]]). His associates have sent a letter to [[Craig Fuller]] (once his White House link at the EPA -- now a Philip Morris executive) requesting the company's attendance at a fund-raising dinner on the ''SS Intrepid'' hosted by Steve Forbes, Fuller is offered the title of "Vice Chairman" of this new organisation if he can sell tickets to a table of 10 at only $1000 a ticket. This will also give him a lobbying lunch with [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] (Reagan's United Nations Ambassador).