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JOHN C. STENNIS, MISS., CHAIRMAN STUART SYMINGTON, MO. HENRY M. JACKSON, WASH. SAM J. ERVIN, JR., N .C. HOWARD W. CANNON, NEV. THOMAS J , MCINTYRE, N .H. HARRY F. BYRD, JR., VA. HAROLD E. HUGHES, IOWA LLOYD BENTSEN, TEX.

MARGARET CHASE SMITH, MAINE STROM THURMOND, S.C. JOHN TOWER, TEX. PETER H. DOMINICK, COLO. BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ. RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA. WILLIAM B. S AXBE, OHIO

T. EDWARD BRASWELL, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR

UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

October 2, 1972

Miss Shirley Thayer Head of Reference Services Maine State Library Augusta, Maine 04330

Dear Miss Thayer:

    I am pleased to respond to your request and

am mailing you under separate cover an autographed copy of my Declaration of Conscience. You are kind to include me among the Maine authors and I hope the book may serve as a reference source.

With best wishes. Sincerely,

[signed] Margaret Chase Smith United States Senator

P.S. I have one copy left of GALLANT WOMEN by Margaret Chase Smith and H. Paul Jeffers.