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5 items. Summary of citizen presentations from Fall 1972 Governor's citizen meetings; copy of 1973 address by John R. Swearingen on "The Energy Dilemma;" 1973 report, "Virginia Votes for a New Constitution".

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7 items. 1973 House and Senate documents on the rights of public employees; land use policies; and list of pardons and reprieves; Chase Manhattan Bank report on the oil industry; 1974 report on higher education and the Virginia Assembly; summer 1975 issue of State Government; and 1975 report on population of Virginia cities and counties

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79 items. Most correspondence pertains to Bateman's efforts on behalf of constituents with legal and financial problems and problems with governmental and corporate bureaucracies.

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58 items. Also contains solicitations for contributions to charitable organizations and Bateman's replies.

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80 items. Letters concern a wide variety of issues, but largest portion pertain to legislation affecting education and rights of retarded citizens. File contains numerous position papers and legislative agendas from lobbying groups.

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81 items. Most letters concern salaries for teachers and other state employees. Also includes correspondence soliciting Bateman's assistance for constituents.

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76 items. Letters from constituents and lobbying groups, regarding wide variety of issues, including coal shipment, Lee-Jackson-King Day, eligibility for Medicaid, and state employees salaries.

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81 items. Letters received from constituents and lobbyists with copies of replies, regarding a wide variety of issues and requests for Bateman's intervention on behalf of constituents in legal trouble.

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71 items. Most letters concern tuition assistance grants, veterans' cemeteries, court filing fees, coal severance tax, and, especially, beginning in February 1982, the Assembly vote on the Equal Rights Amendment. File contains some copies of bills and lobbyists' position papers. See also other correspondence folders and files on particular subjects.

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134 items. Most prominent are an intensive campaign on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment, a few letters on state funding for abortions, teachers' salaries, legal aid for the poor, and a bill regarding United Parcel Service. File includes many copies of bills and mailings from such groups as the League of Women Voters and "Moral Majority."

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82 items. Largest portion of letters are mass mailings opposing state aid for abortions and regarding bill on taxation of parochial schools. Letters on a variety of legislative issues. See also Abortion, series 1.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Office files, 1968-1982, of Herbert H. Bateman, Virginia Republican State Senator from Newport News. Includes correspondence with constituents and state officials; bills and legislative materials; memorandum; reports; pamphlets; and publications arranged according to subject. The collection contains background information and committee working papers showing Virginia's responses to the energy crisis of the late 1970's and to Ronald Reagan's "New Federalism" programs as well as the...

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73 items. Correspondence from lobbyists and constituents on wide variety of issues, resumes for legislative aide positions, background memoranda from National Conference of State Legislatures, and forms for travel reimbursement.

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28 items. Miscellaneous correspondence, including letters pertaining to pending legislation, letters and enclosures from constituents and lobbyists and resumes and vitas of job seekers.

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71 items. File includes letters on specific issues, such as the Equal Rights Amendment and veterans' cemeteries and correspondence seeking Bateman's assistance on behalf of constituents.

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22 items. File contains Robb's remarks to Assembly committees on 1982-1984 budget; sequence of events and related exhibits pertaining to proposed amendments to state constitution; and correspondence on such issues as Virginia's Conflict of Interest Act, the Reagan "New Federalism" programs and Medicaid cost containment.

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43 items. Communications from Governor Charles Robb and other state officials, regarding such issues as drunk driving, public drunkenness, training for jailers, state welfare budget, relief of Norfolk savings and loans, Medicaid cost containment, and Governor's appointments

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Phone messages, handwritten notes and documents related to Bateman's handling of constituents' problems with governmental agencies. (20 items.)

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27 items. Letters received from constituents and Bateman's form letter reply concerning proposed changes in health care in nursing homes under the Medicaid program.

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62 items. Grouped by issue. Correspondence and enclosed bills from constituents and lobbyists regarding domestic violence bill, insurance issues, nursing issues, Senate page jobs, and labor union issues.

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38 items. Including requests not to raise state taxes, letters concerning care for housing for the mentally retarded and extensive statistical materials from and about Newport News Public Schools.

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28 items. Contains letter and bills from Virginia Chapter of Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, letters from agricultural groups on agricultural education and research funds in 1982-1984 budget, letters from Virginia Municipal League and Virginia Retail Merchants Association, and handwritten letter from death row inmate inquiring about Bateman's position on the death penalty.

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25 items. Letters and reports from persons and organizations outside Bateman's district, marked "not worth much". Contains draft legislation from subcommittee to study revision of Family Trust Fund section of Virginia Code, letters and reports on funding needs of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, letter and transcript of statement from Northern Virginia Service Station Dealers Association on proposed gas tax, and letters from governments of Spotsylvania County and City of Virginia Beach.

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48 items. Letters and reports from persons and organizations outside Bateman's district, marked "not worth much". File contains letters from professors and administrators at state colleges concerning funding; copy of American Transportation Report on transportation needs of the 1980's; correspondence and photocopies of clippings opposing abortion; and packet of promotional materials on the City of Roanoke.

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60 items. Items concern tax bill (S. 305) which religious groups claimed would subject churches and Christian schools to government surveillance. Most items are signed form letters.