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, <br /> ' i r <br /> ANDERSON <br /> F <br /> �� OULLINOIS <br /> - <br /> fi&2%=qA= <br /> #I .:?t I M <br /> The Anderson for President Commiffee 1100 Tal oa Bldg., Rockford, 1L 61101 815/9U-3258 <br /> A Background Sketch of John B. Anderson <br /> John Anderson is the third. ranki Republican in the House of Representatives.entatives. Ike is the <br /> Chairman of the House Republican an conference and a senior member of the Rules Committee. <br /> National columnist David Broder effectively summarizes John Anderson by writing that he "is <br /> regarded as one of the House's leading orators and has been a major Republican spokesman on <br /> issues ranging from election reform to energy. Because he is conservative on most fiscal and <br /> economic questions, his strong support of civil rights legislation and his early criticism of the <br /> Watergate coverup drew the wrath of some conservative organizations." <br /> John Anderson is the chief sponsor of the Regulatory Reform Act of 1979, which would.benefit <br /> both business and.consumer by increasing competition and freeing commerce from unnecessary <br /> regulation. The Udall-Anderson Alaskan Lands Act seeks to conserve important blocs of that last <br /> natural wonderland while allowing for responsible development of that 'state's vast natural , <br /> resources. <br /> John Anderson has never lost an election!He has been elected to Congress ten consecutive times <br /> and he has been elected six times by Republican Colleagues to his House leadership post'. <br /> Congressman Anderson's home district (the 16th of Illinois) is to ated.in the northwestern corner <br /> f the state, bordering Iowa and -Wisconsin. It includes the- industrial city of Rockford kford and <br /> surrounding small communities and agricultural areas. . <br /> Anderson was born in Rockford in 1922. He attended the University of IIIinois where he was Phi <br /> Beta Kappa and graduated from its lav school. Later,he was awarded a fellowship to the Harvard <br /> Law School, where he received a Master of Laws degree. <br /> Congressman Anderson served in the Army during World War II where he won four bathe stars. <br /> During the early 1950's he practiced lave — and was State's attorney — in Rockford. <br /> He is married, the father of five children and an active church and-community leader.James P.. Gannon, executive editor of the Des Moines Register, characterizes Anderson as"a, <br /> silver-haired orator vAth a golden tongue, a 17-jewel mind, and a brass backbone. Anderson is a #, <br /> man of charm, grace and intellect whose Achilles heel is a passionate attachment to issues and a' <br /> v fiingness to argue his viewpoint when it would be shrewder to shut up." <br /> John Anderson has authored two books, edited a third and contribute to four more. Amon <br /> it <br /> them: Congress and Conscience and The Future.of the American Presidency. <br /> P HC for Cr<MOXW&U OV tr*Ar<WT<n RY Reser C ee.%F*P.,no>.O'cffrK3M.and Kjgm 0 Ho :Tyr A civ of cks r000rt <br /> on Me wOmft a Fe ver becbon C.xr+n Kon orwO is CrvC*C9$e la ruchose M n We Fec*nol Bscrcn , <br />