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<P align=center><STRONG><font face="Arial" size="3">JENNINGS RANDOLPH
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<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>A Chronicle of an
International Leadership Record: Jennings Randolph and<BR>The Search for
Food and Energy Security (1979-1995)</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>sponsored by<BR><STRONG>The
Agribusiness Council</STRONG><BR>in cooperation
with<BR><STRONG>Agri-Energy Roundtable</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>All Rights Reserved</FONT></P>
<P><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Background<br>
</FONT></STRONG></EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Jennings Randolph Recognition Project
(JRRP) was initiated after the June 4, 1998 memorial service in the U.S.
Capitol sponsored by The Agribusiness Council (ABC) and hosted by
Randolph's former colleague, U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia
served in the U.S. Congress over five decades before retiring in 1985.
Sworn into office with the New Deal landslide and Franklin Delano
Roosevelt in 1933, Randolph served seven terms in the House of
Representatives and later was elected to the United States Senate where he
completed five terms and became a living legend. Throughout his
legislative career Randolph championed the disabled and "<a href="JR/JR-Highways.htm">the man and woman
by the wayside of the road</a>" as well as renewable energy, <a href="JR/JR-Highways.htm"> public
works</a>, the
environment, and <a href="JR-aviation.htm">aviation/aerospace</a>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>During his last Senate term Randolph turned his
attention to international affairs and pioneered some impressive programs
to which his unique style of leadership and senior statesmanship were
particularly well-suited. One initiative, a nonprofit and tax-exempt
association called "Agri-Energy Roundtable" (AER), gained U.N. recognition
and world acclaim through the Interparliamentary Union. Another effort,
the U.S. Institute of Peace, was signed into law over heavy opposition of
the Reagan Administration. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>At a time when food and energy security issues
continue to dominate international economic agendas, Randolph's leadership
and personal campaign for sustainable trade/development ideas -- forged
through ten years of chairing the Agri-Energy Roundtable -- spark new
thinking about traditional agriculture and natural resource management.
His action inspired many people around the world, yet has been relatively
unexplored. The record of the Agri-Energy Roundtable, which has continued
to develop since Randolph left Washington in 1988, is being evaluated in
the context of the food/energy nexus and related issues which sparked its
formation. Similarly, Randolph's vision of the role of nonprofit
associations, such as AER, is being explored in the wider search for
international economic peacekeeping and civility.</FONT></P>
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<TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>WILD, WONDERFUL
"WET" VIRGINIA -- President Jimmy Carter holds the umbrella for U.S.
Senator Jennings Randolph during the West Virginia State Forest
Festival (1978). President Carter is an important contributor to
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<P align=left><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Food/Energy Nexus:
Improving Dialogue with OPEC<br>
</FONT></STRONG></EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Senator Randolph rejected the
confrontational "bushel for a barrel" rhetoric which emerged in the late
1970s when agricultural and energy prices spiralled upwards generating
world inflation. As many Americans, he was concerned with dependence on
foreign energy, and he endorsed various alternate and renewable energy
programs as part of a national strategy to reach greater independence. But
it was Randolph's leadership in the Agri-Energy Roundtable that
underscored his fervent desire to build bridges between the energy-surplus
and agricultural-exporting nations. The diplomatic "dialogue" approach
with OPEC nations, embodied in AER activities, enabled Randolph to advance
cooperative agricultural and energy projects with key Third World
leaders.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>In 1979, Randolph sponsored a
unique, high-level exchange between U.S. and Arab leaders which led to the
first multilateral roundtable meeting in February 1980 at the port city of
New Orleans. Ironically, this came amid the turmoil of the Carter
Administration's Soviet grain embargo, and the port was clogged with
barges and ships as nervous farmers and their worldwide customers wondered
about U.S. reliability as a food supplier. Randolph later enlisted
corporate support for the AER from leading multinational petroleum and
agribusiness firms.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contrasted to the negative,
media-driven political figures of the late 1990s, Randolph represents the
best of the "old-school" politicians. He was an honorable politician whose
leadership style, so clearly illustrated in international campaigns,
presents an important legacy for consideration by today's leaders and
future generations. JRRP's programs and publication highlight aspects of
Randolph's endearing nature as well as the decisions and skills which made
him so effective.</FONT></P>
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<td width="100%"><font size="2">STATE DINNER GUEST--Senator Jennings
Randolph (D-WV) is introduced to PRC Premier Zhao by President
Ronald Reagan at White House (January 10, 1984). This occasion
enabled Randolph to advance <a href="Gustavo%20de%20los%20Reyes.htm">Agri-Energy Roundtable (AER)'s mission
to China</a>.</font><br>
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<P align=left><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Objectives/Aims<br>
</FONT></STRONG></EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Jennings Randolph Recognition
Project (JRRP) seeks to:</FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Chronicle, publish and disseminate
materials highlighting Jennings Randolph's character and leadership,
especially in the areas which are not well-researched (i.e.,
international affairs);</FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Identify specific events,
legislative campaigns and issues which feature Jennings Randolph's
"people power/compassion" style, providing primers on "lessons learned"
for young people;</FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Identify creative ways to highlight
Randolph's many contributions to West Virginia, the United States, and
the world;</FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Develop a database on specific agricultural
and energy issues known to be favorites of Jennings
Randolph -- and continue disseminating his views/speeches on such
issues;</FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Expose and/or counter any
falsehoods which may have been used to obscure Randolph's role in
building legislative history;</FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Identify educational opportunities
to promulgate examples of Randolph's character and virtues to young
people;</FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Assist other organizations which
espouse Randolph's views and/or share Randolph's priority aims as a
great American populist; </FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Assist the official biographer in
developing information on Randolph's international contributions;</FONT>
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<FONT face=Arial size=2>Assist Salem International University (SIU) in organizing, preserving and protecting all of the Randolph
papers and other documentation presently stored there to insure future
generations have access to the historical record.</FONT>
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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><b>U.S. CAPITOL
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<TD colSpan=2 height=47 width=483><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>U.S. Senator Edward M.
Kennedy (D-MA) eulogizes Jennings Randolph at a
tribute sponsored by The Agribusiness Council. Seated (left to right)
are John Chafee (R-RI),
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Robert C. Byrd (D-WV).<br>
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<P align=left><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Historical Education and
Leadership: JR's Footprints on the 20th Century<br>
</FONT></STRONG></EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>As we advance into the new
millenium watching the 20th century recede, there is growing nostalgia and interest in remembering
history's milestones. Randolph's life spanned each decade, and he figured
significantly during his legislative prime (1933-1985) in Washington, benefiting
many.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Jennings Randolph Recognition
Project (JRRP) is generating positive benefits for historians and students
interested in an intriguing case study of how one senior legislator
demonstrated leadership on a world stage with a complex weave of issues
providing "a window" on his times.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The JRRP is achieving its objectives
through standard research techniques -- file and correspondence review,
interviews with former colleagues and staff as well as those who served
with Randolph on the AER board of directors, conference speeches by
Randolph and conversation memoranda between JR and industrial/political
leaders from around the world -- with interpretive analysis provided by
AER/ABC staff who worked with Randolph.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Randolph's interest in the AER model
reflected his own complex interests from high technology to alleviating
hunger and malnutrition. The story of AER and Jennings Randolph has been
chronicled, and its lessons will influence future Congressional and
Executive Branch cooperation, understanding the potential of
voluntary/nongovernmental organizations and associations in U.N.-related
programs (i.e., food security), food/energy issues within an effective
North/South dialogue, the role of enlightened private enterprise in the
development of agro-food systems, and renewable energy as a key for
sustainable agro-food development.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The JRRP publication serves as a
guide during a critical timeframe in world history when individuals and
institutions are seeking new ways of cooperating to solve the dilemma of
world food security in the 21st century. The document highlights an
important contemporary leader and his ideas at a time when leadership is
needed.</FONT></P>
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THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM</font><b><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">-</font></i></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">-</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">As a young member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Jennings
Randolph pioneered joint resolutions and legislative proposals in the
1930s and early 1940s considered important antecedents in construction
of the modern super-highway network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>In this photograph Randolph receives an award from Pat Moore
(left) and Charles B. Donaldson (right) at a roadbuilders association
meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(<a href="JR/JR-Highways.htm">Click here for
�Hijacked Legacy: Ethanol and the Highway Trust)</a>.<BR>
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<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><EM>Farm Issues and
Agribusiness Concentration<br>
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</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennings Randolph was actively
engaged in agricultural/rural development issues across his career
beginning in the depths of the Great Depression and the New Deal. For
example, he helped pioneer important "back to the farm" projects in West
Virginia which renewed hope and food production in the Tygart
Valley.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>In today's farm crisis, Randolph's
spirit and early work still resonate. He fought for the small producers
and reminded audiences to "remember the man and woman by the wayside in
the road." In some respects, JRRP dovetails these themes with the
formation of the West Virginia Agribusiness Council (WV/ABC) and similar
groups around the country as a response to the growing concentration of
America's agro-food system. This system has provided many efficiencies
which are the envy of the world -- and yet, serious distortions and
inequities are being created (<a href="JR/JR-Highways.htm">see ethanol
subsidy)</a>.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>In his last term in the Senate,
Randolph resisted pressures from subsidy-seeking "<a href="JR/JR-Highways.htm">big
agribusiness</a>," and
his international outreach program (AER) seemed to threaten certain
interests vested in maintaining the status quo. Randolph's grassroots
model provided a cross-sectoral dialogue and a cooperative forum for
problem-solving on food-systems issues. This framework produced a "big
picture" perspective.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The resultant search for "common
denominator" solutions actually jeopardized the plans of agribusiness
tycoons whose profiteering depended, in part, on tight control and
compartmentalizing of ag/food sectors while corrupting key governmental
agencies and elected officials.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>In March 1999, 23 senators wrote to
President Clinton concerning concentration issues within the agribusiness
sector. In the following November, legislation which would have imposed a
moratorium on large mergers in the ag/food system was defeated 71-27. The
U.S. Congress is continuing to focus on improved antitrust enforcement for
agribusiness. As usual, Jennings Randolph was prescient in his
understanding of what was happening -- not just for West Virginia, but
also the wider world. ABC materials on this subject, including a speech
discussed with Jennings Randolph in St. Louis shortly before his death,
have been widely distributed in Congress.</FONT></P>
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Randolph listens as Dr. Agide Gorgatti Netto (Embrapa) describes Brazil's
<a href="Ethanol.htm">ethanol</a> programs in May 1983. Randolph routinely used Agri-Energy
Roundtable's Geneva platform to engage differing views on food/energy
issues. Randolph's enthusiasm for synthetic fuels did not extend to
corn-based ethanol which he privately disparaged as a "cruel hoax" on U.S.
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<P align=left><em><strong><font face="Arial" size="2">Randolph Genealogy:
Another Honorable Mention<br>
</font></strong></em><FONT face=Arial size=2>In November 1999, at Shepherd
College, JRRP announced some newly discovered genealogical links between
Jennings Randolph and his ancestors, including CSA Lt. General James
Longstreet, who was General Lee's most trusted subordinate. Longstreet was
a distant cousin of Randolph, as both descended from Edmund Fitz-Randolph,
but shared only a short time-window of life with each other (1902-04).
Like Randolph, Longstreet spoke truth to power -- and he struggled for
national reconciliation after the Civil War. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both men suffered greatly in their
later years, as the spinners of "political correctness" tried to airbrush
their lives and accomplishments from memory. Longstreet, a visionary
tactician who understood military technology and rendered
open-field/frontal assaults futile, was unfairly blamed for the
Confederate loss at Gettysburg. Seventy years later, Randolph was
ridiculed in Congress while fighting for an <a href="JR-aviation.htm"> aeronautical navy</a> (i.e.,
aircraft carriers vs. battleships). In 1940, Randolph cast a decisive
tie-breaking vote in the passage of the Draft Act providing President
Roosevelt with a critical mandate helping to prepare the Nation for World
War II.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>For further information, see ABC's
<A href="http://www.agribusinesscouncil.org/heritage.htm">Heritage
Preservation Committee (HPC)</A>, <A
href="http://www.agribusinesscouncil.org/longstreet.htm">General
Longstreet Recognition Project (GLRP)</A>, and <a href="bryan.htm">William
Jennings Bryan Recognition Project (WJBP)</a>.</FONT></P>
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REVELERS -- A few members of the Elkins dinner group gather around
the American Airlines portrait. From left to right are Mary Jones,
Margaret Walsh, Nick Hollis and Pat Griffith, Wayne and Sue Sheets,
Eldora Nuzum, Mary Frances Shepler, and Sachiko Wada.</FONT><FONT
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<P align=left><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lecture/Slide
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</FONT></STRONG></EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>JRRP has sparked a flurry of
activities expanding awareness of and interest in Jennings Randolph. Since
the memorial dinner on the first anniversary of his death, JRRP has
conducted programs including reunions for historical, agricultural,
university and senior groups. For example, JRRP spoke to the Cherry River
Navy Admirals in Richwood, had discussions in the WV Senate with President
Earl Ray Tomblin and others in Charleston, and completed that week of
campaigning with an outdoor presentation for the Civilian Conservation
Corps at Camp Woodbine followed by a meeting a Marshall University in
Huntington and a gathering of friends in Elkins for Margaret Walsh's 96th
birthday. More recently, JRRP has addressed audiences at the <a href="JR-aviation.htm"> National Air
and Space Museum </a> (July 2002), the Romney Senior
Center, George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and
Resolution, Shepherd College, WV Senior Community Service Employees
Program, Clarksburg Civic Club, Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, South
Charleston City Council, West Virginia-Ohio Youth Governors, Charles Town
Kiwanis Club, YMCA Camp Horseshoe Hi-Y Leadership, and
various historical groups including the Stonewall Jackson and Harpers
Ferry Civil War Roundtables. </FONT></P>
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<P align=left><i><b><font face="Arial" size="2">The New Populism<br>
</font></b></i><font face="Arial" size="2">On September 18, 2000 a
meeting in Jennings Randolph's home town of Salem, West Virginia, JRRP
sparked considerable media interest calling for a "New
Populism" dedicated to Randolph's spirit of citizenship activism on
behalf of rural America and of the less fortunate (particularly small
farmers), decency and humility in American politics. The speech,
entitled "Bryan and Randolph: Politics, Honor and Election
2000," was delivered by Nick Hollis before the Salem Area Chamber
of Commerce (act now and join our "campaign -- see enrollment form
below).</font></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the aftermath of Election 2000,
young people seem particularly interested in Randolph's leadership style,
his decency and humility. The JRRP campaign for citizenship education
continues honoring "<a href="JR-amendment.htm">The Father of the 26th
Amendment</a>" by reminding
audiences that Jennings Randolph's persistence made it possible for 18-20
year-olds to vote. His views are indeed gaining traction among students
who could be a significant factor at the polls.</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>JRRP media coverage has been
excellent, including an article with photos in the <u>Randolph Herald</u>
February 21, 2002 "From Randolph to Washington" and Springfield <u>Union
News</u>, May 13, 2002, "Hatfield Raid a Story of Courage, Heroism by Mike
Plaisance. </FONT></P>
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size=2>LEGISLATORS LISTEN -- Nick Hollis (left) describes Jennings
Randolph Recognition Project to West Virginia Senate President Earl
Ray Tomblin. Seated are senior senators William R. Sharpe
(center) and Jon Blair Hunter (right). <i>Clarksburg
Exponent-Telegram</i>, 4.12.04.<BR>
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<P><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Financial
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Jennings Randolph Recognition Project is
grateful to a growing list of benefactors:</FONT></P>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>U.S. Senator Brock
Adams (ret)<BR>Washington</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marion and Joe
McQuade<BR>West Virginia</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Betsy Amin-Arsala<BR>
Washington DC</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Admiral Thomas Moorer
(ret)<BR>Maryland</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patricia C.
Berger<BR>Massachusetts</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nancy Morrison<BR>West
Virginia</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bondex
International<BR>Missouri</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>James A. Norman<BR>West
Virginia</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>President Jimmy
Carter<BR>Georgia</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
(ret)<br>
Georgia</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Edwin I.
Colodny<BR>Florida</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2">U.S. Senator Claiborne
Pell (ret)<br>
Rhode Island</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">James R. Cottrill<br>
Pennsylvania</font></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">R.C.
Powell<BR>Colorado</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dorothy U. Davis<BR>West
Virginia</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">John M. Pratt<br>
Ohio</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Laura Goff Davis<br>
West Virginia</font></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Gustavo de los Reyes
Delgado<BR>Florida</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chief Joseph
Esema<BR>Nigeria</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">L. Wayne Sheets<BR>West
Virginia</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">General Electric Fund<br>
Connecticut</font></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Suzanne
Snedegar<BR>Maryland</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">James A.H. Hafner, Jr.
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Massachusetts </font></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Daniel F. Snell<BR>West
Virginia</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">E. Davisson Hardman<BR>West
Virginia</font></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Jessie V. Stone<br>
Illlinois</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>James H. Harless<BR>West
Virginia</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">W. Clement
Stone<BR>Illinois</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>U.S. Senator Mark O.
Hatfield (ret)<BR>Oregon</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">U.S. Senator Strom
Thurmond<BR>South Carolina</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>U.S. Senator Jesse
Helms<BR>North Carolina</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">U.S. Senator Joseph D.
Tydings (ret)<BR>Maryland</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nicholas E.
& Patricia G. Hollis<BR>Washington DC</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Hon. Cyrus R. Vance<BR>New
York</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>U.S. Senator Walter
Huddleston (ret)<BR>Kentucky</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Margaret Walsh<BR>West
Virginia</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marion
Jennings<BR>Vermont</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Hays T.
Watkins<BR>Virginia</font></TD></TR>
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<td><FONT face=Arial size=2>Frances Brigham Johnson<BR>Virginia</FONT></td>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Dr. David Waxman<BR>West
Virginia</font></TD>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary S. Jones<BR>West
Virginia</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Bruce G. Wells<br>
West Virginia</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2">David King<br>
Ohio-West Virginia YMCA</font></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">West Virginia AFL-CIO<BR>West Virginia
Agribusiness Council</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><FONT face=Arial size=2>George C.
Lazar<BR>Pennsylvania</FONT></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Senator Eugene
Whelan<BR>Canada</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Daniel P. Lutz<br>
West Virginia</font></TD>
<TD width="50%"><font size="2" face="Arial">Margaret Wilson
Young<BR>West Virginia</font></TD></TR>
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<TD width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2">George S. McGovern<br>
Montana</font></TD>
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<font size="2" face="Times New Roman">RANDOLPH FAMILY HOME - WEST MAIN
STREET - SALEM WV<br>
Friends of U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph donated funds to renovate his
childhood home as a retirement gift. For twenty years (1985 to 2005)
this historic property housed the Jennings Randolph Center for Public Service
and was filled with memorabilia from
his long political career. His official papers and photographs are now in the West
Virginia State Archives at Charleston, and the house has become the
residence of Salem International University's president. A recent meeting at Salem
featuring JRRP and the William Jennings Bryan Recognition Project
generated considerable media attention on "new populism." <BR>
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<p align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><b>AUTUMN DAYS<br>
</b></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>by Jennings Randolph<b>
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<p align="center">Autumn days are wonder days<br>
With colors red and gold<br>
Summer is gone, fall is here<br>
And the year is growing old.</p>
<p align="center">Often I do like to think<br>
That God with mystic hand<br>
Has reached down from heaven<br>
And painted all the land.</p>
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<p align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph enjoys a playful moment on a warm
October afternoon.</FONT></p>
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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">"Problems are truly wonderful
because we have the opportunity to solve them."</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><br>
</FONT><i><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>The Washington Star,<br>
November 6, 1978</FONT></i><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><BR>
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<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.agribusinesscouncil.org/enrollment_form_jr.htm">Enrollment</A></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.agribusinesscouncil.org/contribution_form_jr.htm">Contribution</A></FONT></P>
<P align=center><font face="Arial" size="2">Please consider a donation to the Jennings
Randolph International Recognition Project (JRRP) which is tax-deductible under IRS
Code 501(c)(3) with checks made payable to:</font></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>THE AGRIBUSINESS COUNCIL-
JRRP</STRONG><BR>P.O. Box 5565<BR>Washington, DC
20016</FONT></P>
<P align=center><font face="Arial" size="2">Tel: (202) 296-4563</font></P>
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