Volume 11, Issue 1   Interchange April 2001

From front cover.

Letter to President and Congress

Lissa Weinmann, Executive Director of Americans for Humanitarian Trade with Cuba (AHTC), coordinated the letter to the Bush Administration. AHTC, formed in January 1998, focuses on ending the inhumane US food and medical embargo on Cuba. The fully bipartisan national coalition has grown to include 26 State Councils representing religious, agricultural, labor, business, medical, entertainment, and Cuban American communities as well as former government leaders. Visit their web site at www.ahtc.org for a full copy of the letter to the Administration, the Gulf Ports Association resolution and other information about the coalition. Among the signatories are:

  • American Soybean Association
  • American Farm Bureau Federation
  • Archer Daniels Midland Company
  • Center for International Policy
  • Cuban American Alliance of the U.S.
  • Cuban American Women of the U.S.
  • Iowa Corn Growers Association
  • Farmland Industries, Inc.
  • Grocery Manufacturers of America
  • Medical Device Manufacturers Association
  • Mississippi Black Farmers and Agriculturists
  • Mobile-Havana Sister Cities Association
  • National Chicken Council
  • National Corn Growers Association
  • National Council of Churches of Christ USA
  • National Grange
  • National Oilseed Processors Association
  • National Pork Producers Council
  • National Sunflower Association
  • Port of Freeport, Texas
  • Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Port of Lake Charles, LA
  • Rice Millers' Association
  • Texas Farm Bureau
  • Texas Ports Association
  • The Fertilizer Institute
  • USA Poultry & Egg Export Council
  • US-Cuba Sister Cities Association
  • US Grains Council
  • US Rice Producers' Group
  • US Wheat Associates
  • Wheat Export Trade and Education Committee (WETEC)

  • Americans For Humanitarian Trade With Cuba Advisory Council Signees:
  • Carla Anderson Hills, Chairman & CEO Hills & Company, Former US Trade Representative, President Bush
  • Dwayne Andreas, Chairman Archer Daniels Midland Company
  • Phil Baum, Executive Director American Jewish Congress
  • Lloyd M Bentsen, Jr. Former Treasury Secretary President under Clinton, Former US Senator, Texas
  • Reginald K. Brack, Jr. Chairman Emeritus, Time Inc.
  • Anne Tyler Calabresi, Co-Founder Learning, Education, and Athletics in Partnership (LEAP)
  • Dr. Joan Brown, Campbell Director of Religion, Chautauqua Institution, Former General Secretary National Council of Churches
  • Frank C. Carlucci, Chairman The Carlyle Group Former NSC Chief, President Reagan
  • A.W. Clausen, Chairman and CEO (retired) BankAmerica Corporation, also Former President World Bank
  • Francis Ford Coppola, Producer / Director
  • Richard E. Feinberg, Director APEC Study Center University of California, Former NSC Chief for Latin America, President Clinton
  • Craig L. Fuller, Former Chief of Staff, Vice President Bush [AHTC Co-Chair]
  • Sam M. Gibbons, Former 34-year Florida Congressman, Chairman Ways and Means Committee [AHTC Co-Chair]
  • Larry Gold, PhD, Chairman and CEO SomaLogic, Inc.
  • Mark O. Hatfield, Former US Senator, Oregon Chairman Appropriations Committee
  • Grazell Howard, Coalition of 100 Black Women

 
  • David G. Kay, Vice President General Manager Latin America / Caribbean, American Rice, Inc,
  • Rev. Clifton Kirkpatrick, Stated Clerk Presbyterian Church (USA)
  • Dr. Paul McCleary, President, For Children, Inc.
  • Bob Odom, Commissioner, Louisiana Department of Agriculture
  • Mario J. Paredes, Executive Director NE Hispanic Catholic Center
  • George Sturgis Pillsbury, Chairman Sargent Management Company
  • A.J. Pete Reixach, Director Port of Freeport, Texas
  • Julius B. Richmond, M.D. Professor of Health Policy Harvard Medical School Former US Surgeon General
  • Dennis Rivera, President 1199, National Health & Human Service Employees Union
  • David Rockefeller, Chairman, Rockefeller Center Properties, Inc. Trust
  • James Rodney Schlesinger, Senior Advisor Lehman Brothers Former CIA Director, President Nixon Defense Secretary, President Ford
  • Kurt L. Schmoke, Former Mayor Baltimore, Maryland
  • General John J. Sheehan (retired), Former Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (NATO)
  • Sargent Shriver, Chairman of the Board Special Olympics International, Founding Director of the Peace Corps
  • Oliver Stone, Producer / Director
  • Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman Federal Reserve Board
  • Malcolm Wallop, Former U.S. Senator, Wyoming
  • John Whitehead, Chairman Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Former Deputy Secretary of State
  • Silvia Wilhelm, Puentes Cubanos, Miami, FL
  • Jim Winkler, General Secretary United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society

  • Alliance For Responsible Cuba Policy Board of Directors Signees:
  • Hon. Beryl F. Anthony, Jr. Partner, Winston & Strawn US House of Representatives (1978-1992)
  • Hon. Jack W. Buechner, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP US House of Representatives (1986-1992)
  • Hon. Arnold I. Burns, Managing Director, Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Inc, Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. (1986-1992)
  • Hon. Rod Chandler, President, R. Duffy Wall & Associates US House of Representatives (1983-1992)
  • Hon. Dennis DeConcini, Parry, Romani and DeConcini, Inc. US Senate (1977-1995)
  • Albert A. Fox Jr. Executive Director, ARCP
  • Hon. Fred Grandy, President and CEO Goodwill Industries International., Inc. Former US Representative from Iowa
  • J. Paul McNamara, President, Sequoia National Bank Washington DC
  • Hon. Bruce A. Morrison, Vice Chairman, GPC International US House of Representatives (1983-1991)
  • Ed Rabel, Senior Vice President, Weber McGinn Communications, Veteran NBC and CBS Journalist
  • Hon. John Ray, Partner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP, District of Columbia City Council (1979 ­ 1997)
  • Hon. Walter J. Stewart Griffin, Johnson, Dover & Stewart, Former Secretary of the US Senate (1987-1994)
  • Hon. Alexander B. Trowbridge, President, Trowbridge Partners Inc. Former Secretary of Commerce (1966-1968), Former President National Assn. Of Manufacturers (1980-1990)

Contact AHTC at www.ahtc.org, and lwienmann@ahtc.org





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