Marshall Matz Papers, Box 10

Box 10

10.1: Poppy Seeds – Special Issue, Official Publication of the California School Food Service Association, not dated. 6 pages.
10.1: 1614, An Act to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to provide healthy eating habits for children and to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes, One Hundred Third Congress of the United States of America at the Second Session. 53 pages.
10.1: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to American School Food Service Association, regarding Welfare Reform/Nutrition Block Grant, November 15, 1994. 2 pages.
10.1: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to American School Food Service Association, regarding The Personal Responsibility Act, November 23, 1994. 2 pages.
10.1: Press Release: “Contract” Would Ultimately Deny Benefits to Five Million Poor Children, Report Finds, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 22, 1994. 5 pages.
10.1: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P. C., to American School Food Service Association, regarding Welfare Reform/Nutrition Block Grant, November 15, 1994. 2 pages. 2 copies.
10.1: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Stephen L. Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P. C., to Pacific Coast/National Bargaining Conference, regarding Welfare Reform and the USDA Commodity Program, December 5, 1994. 2 pages.
10.1: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P. C., to American School Food Service Association, regarding The Personal Responsibility Act, November 23, 1994. 2 pages.
10.1: Draft resolution opposing block grants for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, not attributed, November 22, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.1: Letter from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P. C., to Mr. Howell Raines, Editorial Page Editor, The New York Times, regarding Nixon on Gingrich, December 23, 1994. 3 pages.
10.1: Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 1994 – Message from the House, Congressional Record – Senate, October 6, 1994.
10.1: Article: USDA Staffers Targets of ’92 Clinton Fund Raising, L. A. Times, November 21, 1994. 5 pages.
10.1: Article: GOP Grinches, School Fears Cuts In Meals, Louisville Courier-Journal, November 24, 1994. 2 pages.
10.1: Article: Schools Hope to Shield Federal Meal Program Under New Congress, Louisville Courier-Journal, November 27, 1994. 1 page.
10.1: Political Earthquake Hits Washington, Washington Watch, not dated. 5 pages.
10.1: Article: Republicans-Welfare, The Associated Press, November 22, 1994. 2 pages.
10.1: Remarks of the President at the Opening Plenary Session of the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health, Sheraton Park Hotel, December 2, 1969. 6 pages.
10.1: Article: Intraparty Strains Emerge As GOP Debates Its Course, The Washington Post, November 15, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.1: Appendix: United States Department of Agriculture, Program Level and Outlays (Dollars in Millions), not dated. 1 page.
10.1: Viewpoints: Clinton and Gingrich on Welfare, not dated, not attributed. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.1: Letter from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P. C., to Ellen Haas, Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Attn: Patty Morris, regarding working together, November 10, 1994. 1 page.
10.1: Editorial: The G.O.P. Assault on Welfare, The New York Times, November 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.1: Letter from Dorothy Caldwell, RD, Director, Child Nutrition, Arkansas Department of Education, to Ms. Carol Rasco, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, The White House, regarding Child Nutrition and pilot programs, November 8, 1994. 1 page.
10.1: Article: School Officials Tout ‘Universal Breakfast’; Program Gets Free Meal To All Kids, Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 19, 1994. 2 pages. 2 copies.
10.2: Letter from George A. Braley for William E. Ludwig, Administrator, to Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, regarding the attached School Lunch and Breakfast Cost Study Final Report and Summary of Findings, November 4, 1994.
10.2: Memorandum from Tami Cline and Kevin Dando, to ASFSA Executive Board, Barbara Borschow, regarding CSPI Petition, November 1, 1994. 3 pages.
10.2: Letter from Marilyn Hurt, Chair, Public Policy and Legislative Committee, to Colette Pohlkamp, MSFSA Co-Legislative Chair, regarding a Minnesota school principal from one of the pilot sites to speak at that year’s LAC, November 1, 1994. 1 page.
10.2: Editorial cartoon regarding school meals content, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.2: Reinventing School Meals, 1994 Legislative Issue Paper, American School Food Service Association, February 1994. 2 pages.
10.2: Testimony of Ellen Haas, Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, before the House Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition, House Committee on Agriculture, November 16, 1993. 9 pages. 2 copies.
10.2: Reinventing School Meals Demonstration Project, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.2: Statement of the American School Food Service Association before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, United States Senate, March 1, 1994. 5 pages. 2 copies.
10.2: Witness List: Hearing On Child Nutrition Reauthorization, March 1, 1994. 1 page.
10.2: Agenda: American School Food Service Association Political Action Committee Meeting, February 28, 1994. 1 page.
10.2: Letter from Bill Clinton, The White House, to Ms. Dorothy Caldwell, President, American School Food Service Association, congratulation Caldwell on her recent election as president of the American School Food Service Association, July 20, 1993. 1 page.
10.2: Draft: American School Food Service Association 1994 Legislative Issue Paper, not dated. 6 pages.
10.2: Address by Dorothy Caldwell to the ASFSA Industry Seminar, January 11, 1994. 4 pages.
10.2: Memorandum from Nutrition Committee to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding Reauthorization/feeding children with special needs, not dated. 1 page.
10.2: ASFSA Testimony, USDA Reorganization, not dated. 2 pages. 2 copies.
10.3: Brochure: Reinventing School Meals, 22^nd Annual Legislative Action Conference, February 27-March 2, 1994.
10.3: List: 1993 Legislative Action Conference Packet Materials. 1 page.
10.3: Recommendations, 1994 Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Programs, not dated, not attributed. 5 pages.
10.3: Letter from Dale E. Kildee, Chairman, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education; Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; William F. Goodling, Ranking Republican, Committee on Education and Labor; James H. Jeffords, U.S. Senator; and William D. Ford, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, Congress of the United States, to Honorable Leon Panetta, Director, Office of Management and Budget, regarding their plans for the reauthorization of the child nutrition programs, December 9, 1993. 2 pages.
10.3: Letter from 51 national associations to The Honorable Leon Panetta, Director, Office of Management and Budget, urging Panetta to find a way to provide funding for current bills that would provide important improvements and expansions in child nutrition programs, December 17, 1993. 3 pages.
10.3: Press Release: Leading Groups Join Forces to Call for Implementation of Dietary Recommendations in School Meals, “Time to Move from Studies to Action is Long Overdue”, American Cancer Society, American Dietetic Association, American Heart Association, American School Food Service Association, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children’s Defense Fund, Food Research and Action Center, National Education Association, National PTA, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, Society for Nutrition Education, December 7, 1993. 2 pages.
10.3: List: Legislative Sessions at ANC, St. Louis, 1994, November 16, 1993. 1 page.
10.3: PPL Committee Agenda, January 14, 15, and 16, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.3: The Major Provisions of S. 1614, not dated, not attributed. 4 pages.
10.3: Final Rule: National School Lunch Program, Special Milk Program for Children and School Breakfast Program: Finalization of Coordinated Review Effort Interim Rule, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 7 CFR Parts 210, 215 and 220, January 3, 1994. 26 pages.
10.3: Memorandum from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding Tentative Schedule for 22^nd Annual Legislative Action Conference, December 15, 1993. 2 pages.
10.3: Memorandum from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding PPL Committee meeting agenda, January 7, 1994. 2 pages.
10.3: Questionnaire: Survey on Schools That Withdrew From the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), United States General Accounting Office, March 1993.
10.3: Fax from Jack Jennings, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding proposed legislation, April 7, 1994. 9 pages.
10.3: Chart: National School Lunch Program Meals Served Daily, FY 1993, USDA. 4 pages.
10.3: Letter from Richard G. Lugar, Ranking Minority Member, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to The Honorable Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposals for implementing the dietary guidelines in school meal programs, March 23, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.3: Letter from Helen D. Kerrian, Director of Child Nutrition Services, National School District, to Marshall Matz, Esq., Olsson, Frank and Weeda, requesting ASFSA’s assistance in including the No-Fee Paperwork Reduction Pilot Programs in the Reauthorization Legislation, March 25, 1994. 3 pages.
10.3: Letter from Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, to Honorable Jim Sasser, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, urging Sasser to provide Leahy’s Committee with $750 million over the next five years for improvements in child nutrition programs, March 14, 1994. 2 pages.
10.3: Letter from Nancy F. Stiles, NHSFSA Legislative Chair, to The Honorable Judd Gregg, United States Senate, regarding the link between nutrition and cognitive development, March 5, 1994. 1 page.
10.3: Memorandum from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding the attached letter that was sent be Sen. Leahy to Sen. Jim Sasser, March 14, 1994. 4 pages.
10.3: List: School Year 1994 Cash & CLOC, not dated, not attributed. not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.3: Letter from Dale E. Kildee, Chairman, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education; Patsy T. Mink, Member, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education; Lynn C. Woolsey, Member, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, to Honorable Martin Olav Sabo, Chairman, Committee on Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding making Sabo aware of the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education’s plans for the 1994 reauthorization of the child nutrition programs and the estimated need for new funding necessary to carry out the goals of reauthorization, February 25, 1994. 3 pages. 2 copies.
10.3: Conference Report: Goals 2000: Educate America Act, 103D Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, March 21, 1994. 8 pages.
10.3: Report: Options & Ideas for Making Food Programs “Seamless”, The Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc., Draft, April 25, 1994. 9 pages.
10.3: Report: Major Federal Food Programs, Programs Congress is Considering in FY 1994, The Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc., April 25, 1994. 2 pages.
10.3: Letter from Dorothy Caldwell, MS, RD, President, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable William L. Clay, U.S. House of Representatives, inviting Clay to address the American School Food Service Association’s 48^th Annual National Conference as the Carl Perkins Lecturer, May 28, 1994. 1 page.
10.3: Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990, Public Law 101-648, an Act to establish the framework for the conduct of negotiated rulemaking by Federal agencies, November 29, 1990.
10.3: Fax from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to Steve Lacy for Marshall Matz, regarding Universal Feeding, May 19, 1994. 7 pages.
10.3: Memorandum from Kevin Dando, ASFSA Management of Government Affairs, to Selected State Legislative Chairs, State Directors, and State Presidents, regarding Major Provisions Passes as Part of House Education and Labor Committee Markup, May 18, 1994. 4 pages.
10.3: Letter from Margaret Dunkle, Director, IEL Policy Exchange, The Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc., to Marshall Matz, Olsson, Frank & Weeda, regarding the work that the IEL Policy Exchange has been doing to help make federal child nutrition programs more streamlined or integrated, April 26, 1994. 1 page.
10.3: Schools That Left the National School Lunch Program, GAO/RCED-94-36BR, United States General Accounting Office, ASFSA Report Summary. 2 pages.
10.3: Fax from Phil Sokolof’s Assistance [sic] Jackie Delehant, National Heart Savers Association, to Mr. Marshall Matz of a June 18, 1992 letter from William D. Ford, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, U. S. House of Representatives, to Mr. Phil Sokolof, regarding Ford’s position on S. 499, a bill introduced by Senator Lugar, January 25, 1994. 2 pages.
10.3: List: CACFP Reauthorization Proposals not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.3: List: SFP Reauthorization Proposals not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.3: List: School Lunch and Nutrition Policy Proposals not dated, Food Research and Action Center. 1 page.
10.3: Letter from Nancy Hailpern, American Cancer Society; Lynn Parker, M.S., Food Research and Action Center; Sara C. Parks, M.B.A., R.D., American Dietetic Association; Debra DeLee, National Education Association; Scott Ballin, Esq., American Heart Association; Catherine A. Belter, National PTA; Dorothy Caldwell, M.S., R.D., American School Food Service Association; Allen Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Public Voice for Food and Health Policy; Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., Center for Science in the Public Interest; Guendoline Brown, Ph.D., Society for Nutrition Education; Darold Johnson, M.P.A., Children’s Defense Fund, to The Honorable Mike Espy, Department of Agriculture, Assistant Secretary Ellen Haas, Department of Agriculture, urging Espy and Haas to identify and eliminate the barriers preventing school meal programs from meeting the federal dietary recommendations issued by the departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, as well as the National Academy of Sciences, December 7, 1993. 2 pages.
10.4: The Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 1993, S. 1614, Section by Section Summary, Senate Committee on Agriculture. 16 pages.
10.4: H.R. 3582, A Bill in the House of Representatives to amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve and expand the school lunch and related programs under those Acts, 103D Congress, 1^st Session, November 20, 1993. 12 pages.
10.4: H.R. 3581, A Bill in the House of Representatives to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to improve, promote, and expand the school breakfast program under the Act, 103D Congress, 1^st Session, November 20, 1993. 5 pages.
10.4: Letter from Ed Cooney and Marshall Matz, Child Nutrition Forum, to Dear Friend of Child Nutrition Programs, regarding the attached letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Leon Panetta, December 9, 1993. 2 pages.
10.4: Child Nutrition Forum Plays Key Role in Reauthorization, ASFSA Washington Update, not dated. 3 pages.
10.4: H.R. 8, 103D Congress, 1^st Session, A Bill in the House of Representatives to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through the fiscal year 1998, January 5, 1993. 4 pages.
10.4: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz and Stephen L. Lacey to Mr. Ronald Schuler, California Canning Peach Association, regarding FNS Administrator, December 9, 1993. 2 pages.
10.4: It’s a Reauthorization Year, Washington Update/January Column, not dated. 3 pages.
10.4: American School Food Service Association 1994 Legislative Issue Paper, Universal Vision: America’s Children Ready to Learn. 7 pages.
10.4: CRS Issue Brief: Child Nutrition: Expiring Programs and Major Issues in the 103^rd Congress, Updated July 7, 1993, by Jean Yavis Jones, Education and Public Welfare Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress. 15 pages.
10.4: Fax from Ed Cooney & Geri Henchy, Food Research and Action Center, to Marshall Matz, regarding CACFP, [January] 3, 1994. 17 pages.
10.4: Outline of Republican Welfare Reform Bill, November 1993. 4 pages.
10.4: Proposed Recommendations for 1994 Child Nutrition Reauthorization, State Directors/Supervisors/Specialists Section, May 1993, Draft. 5 pages.
10.4: Provisions of H.R. 3580, National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act Amendments of 1993 Introduced by Mr. Kildee and Mr. Goodling, November 20, 1993. 3 pages.
10.4: List: National School Lunch Program Enrollment and Participation, FY 1992, not dated, not attributed. 2 pages.
10.4: Letter from Helen D. Kerrian, Director of Child Nutrition Services, National School District, to Dorothy Caldwell, R.D., ASFSA President, Director, Child Nutrition, Arkansas Dept. of Education, regarding Provision II, with multiple attachments, March 25, 1994.
10.4: Funding Requirements for Expiring Child Nutrition Programs up for Reauthorization Under the Jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee, not dated, not attributed. 6 pages.
10.5: Mike Espy comments, Draft, not dated. 8 pages. 2 copies.
10.5: Letter from Mike Espy, The Secretary of Agriculture, to Mr. Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P. C., Attorneys at Law, regarding Espy’s appearance at the American School Food Service Association’s Legislative Action Conference, February 10, 1994. 1 page.
10.5: Press Release: Biography: Mike Espy, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, News Division, Office of Public Affairs, United States Department of Agriculture, not dated.
10.5: Letter from Marshall L. Matz, Counsel, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, inviting Espy to participate in the American School Food Service Association’s Legislative Action Conference, December 29, 1993. 1 page.
10.5: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P. C., to Mr. Ron Blackley, regarding American School Food Service Association, December 29, 1993. 1 page.
10.5: Letter from Dorothy Caldwell, M.S., R.D., President, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Mike Espy, The Honorable Ellen Haas, Department of Agriculture, Attention: Eloise Thomas, regarding ASFSA Meeting, and requesting a meeting to discuss the upcoming reauthorization, November 12, 1993. 1 page.
10.5: Letter from Howard G. Paster, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, The White House, to The Honorable George Miller, House of Representatives, regarding a second White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health in 1994, September 1, 1993. 1 page.
10.5: Article: Tyson Foods, With a Friend in the White House, Gets Gentle Treatment From Agriculture Agency, The Wall Street Journal, March 17, [?]. 2 pages.
10.5: Testimony of The Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture, before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, February 23, 1993. 12 pages.
10.5: Letter from Dorothy Caldwell, President, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, regarding Speech Invitation, November 15, 1993. 1 page.
10.5: Testimony of the American School Food Service Association before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate, May 16, 1994. 4 page.
10.5: Reinventing School Meals, 1994 Legislative Issue Paper, American School Food Service Association, February 1994. 2 pages.
10.5: Statement of the American School Food Service Association before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, March 1, 1994. 7 pages.
10.5: Letter from William F. Pohl, Jr., Director, School Food Services, [Missouri] Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, to The Honorable William Clay, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding the markup for the House child nutrition reauthorization bill, May 13, 1994. 1 page.
10.5: Letter from Carol M. Maiki, M.Ed, R.D., to The Honorable Senator Patrick Leahy, United States Senate, regarding banning the sale of soft drinks, May 2, 1994. 2 pages.
10.5: Editorial: Lifting Onus on Free School Meals, The Tampa Tribune, April 20, 1994. 1 page.
10.5: Senate Bill S. 1614 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to provide healthy eating habits for children and to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes, 103D Congress, 1^st Session. 75 pages.
10.5: Senate Bill S. 1614 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to provide healthy eating habits for children and to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes, 103D Congress, 2d Session. Purpose: To provide a substitute amendment. 100 pages.
10.5: Letter from (Mrs.) Carol Davis Axtman, Director, Child and Adult Nutrition Services, South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, to The Honorable Tom Daschle, U.S. Senate, Attn: Ace Gallagher, regarding markup for the Senate child nutrition reauthorization bill, June 21, 1994. 1 page.
10.5: Chart: Minimum Nutrient Levels For School Lunches, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.5: Fax from [Stacy Hoffhaus], Minority Staff, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, to Marshall Matz, regarding Commodity language from USDA, June 13, 1994. 3 pages.
10.5: Fax from [Illegible], Office of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, to Marshall Matz, regarding Proposed Legislative Language and Report Language, June 13, 1994. 4 pages.
10.6: More Than Menu Mandates, Dorothy Caldwell, President, ASFSA, June 6. 1994. 2 pages.
10.6: Article regarding the government requiring school cafeterias to cut the fat in lunches, but not for four years, The Associated Press, June 6, 1994. 1 page.
10.6: Article: U.S. Proposes Healthier Foods At All Schools; New Rules Would Cut Fat and Cholesterol, The New York Times, June 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.6: Article: U.S. Plans School Lunch With Less Fat, Salt and Cholesterol, The New York Times, June 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.6: Draft Witness List: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations, Hearing on S. 1614, “Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act”, June 10, 1994. 2 pages.
10.6: Testimony of the American Commodity Distribution Program before the House Committee on Agriculture, June 9, 1994, Draft, June 3, 1994. 9 pages.
10.6: Memorandum from Rick Pasco, National Pork Producers Council, to Judy Gifford, National Milk Producers Federation; Beth Johnson, National Cattlemen’s Association; Joel Brandenberger, National Turkey Federation; Mary Hemsley, National Broiler Council; Jens Knutson, American Meat Institute; Nancy Danielson/Allen Richard, National Farmers Union; John Keeling, American Farm Bureau Federation; Christine Nelson, United Egg Producers; Kin Cutchins, National Peanut Council; Barbara Spangler, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture; Leroy Watson, National Grange; Jay Howell, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Ron Schuler, California Canning Peach Association; Steve Lacey, Olsson, Frank & Weeda; regarding House Department Operations and Nutrition Subcommittee Hearing on CLOC, June 2, 1994.
10.6: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding These are (all) of Dorothy’s thoughts on H.R. 8, June 3, 1994. 6 pages.
10.6: Congress Moves Forward on Reauthorization, by: Marshall L. Matz, REVISED, not dated. 5 pages.
10.6: Fax from Kevin Dando and Marshall Matz, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding USDA planning to go ahead and release the school lunch dietary guideline regulations, May 31, 1994. 1 page.
10.6: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, with attached letter Marlene Gunn is sending to Sec. Espy regarding the Dept.’s inconsistencies on universal pilots, May 27, 1994. 2 pages.
10.6: Congress Moves Forward on Reauthorization, by: Marshall L. Matz, not dated. 3 pages.
10.6: Negotiated Rulemaking, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.6: Kildee En Bloc Amendment to H.R. 8 Offered in Full Committee, May 18, 1994. 3 pages. 2 copies.
10.6: Amendment Offered By Mr. Kildee To H.R. 8, As Reported By The Subcommittee, May 17, 1994. 38 pages.
10.6: CONFIDENTIAL: Nutrition Agenda (Corrected  Edition), April 22, 1994. 1 page.
10.6: Letter from American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of School Administrators, America Commodity Distribution Association, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American School Food Service Association, Bread for the World, California Canning Peach Association, Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University, Congressional Hunger Center, End Hunger Network, Foodchain, Food Research and Action Center, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of WIC Directors, National Broiler Council, National Cattlemen’s Association, National Education Association, National Farmers Union, National Milk Producers Federation, National PTA, National Pork Producer’s Council, National School Boards Association, National Turkey Federation, Second Harvest National Food Bank Network, RESULTS, United Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Association, World Hunger Year, to The Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting that Espy honor the section of H.R. 8 pertaining to the negotiated rulemaking process, May 20, 1994. 2 copies.
10.6: Letter from Bill Ford, Chairman; Bill Goodling, Ranking Minority Member; Dale Kildee, Subcommittee Chair, to The Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting that Espy honor the section of H.R. 8 pertaining to the negotiated rulemaking process, May 18, 1994. 2 pages. 2 copies.
10.6: Letter from 103 Members of Congress to Dear Chairman Durbin, urging Durbin to restore funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), for FY 95 to its FY 93 levels, at a minimum, April 27, 1994. 7 pages.
10.6: Article from The Associated Press regarding USDA’s plans to pare $80 million from the budget of an emergency food program, April 27, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.6: Letter from Peter DeFazio, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, to Honorable Michael Espy, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, urging Espy to carefully reconsider the administration’s TEFAP proposed budget cut, April 28, 1994. 2 pages.
10.6: Letter from Peter DeFazio, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, to Honorable Michael Espy, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, urging Espy to carefully reconsider the administration’s TEFAP proposed budget cut, April 27, 1994. 2 pages.
10.6: Memorandum from Ed Cooney to Margaret Kajeckas, regarding Recommended Cost Provisions in the 1994 Child Nutrition Bill, April 19, 1994. 6 pages.
10.6: Fax from Ed Cooney, Food Research and Action Center, to Marshall Matz, regarding Non Cost items in the reauthorization bill, April 20, 1994. 5 pages. 2 copies.
10.6: Summary of En Bloc Amendment to H.R. 8, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.6: Amendment Offered by Mr. Kildee to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 8, May 3, 1994. 29 pages.
10.6: Summary of Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 8, April 28, 1994. 1 page.
10.6: Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 8 Offered by Mr. Kildee, May 2, 1994. 19 pages.
10.6: Letter from Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture, to Honorable Dale Kildee, Chairman, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding Rominger taking this opportunity to offer comments on H.R. 8, a bill “To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through the Fiscal Year 1998”,with attachment, May 16, 1994. 2 copies.
10.7: Memorandum from Colleen regarding “provision three”, May 9, 1994. 2 pages.
10.7: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding Dorothy’s thoughts on Provision III, May 23, 1994.
10.7: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, American School Food Service Association, to Carol Rasco, regarding Negotiated Rulemaking for Child Nutrition, May 23, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding Info from Colleen Cavanaugh, These are the Amendments that Full Committee Staff Proposed for Inclusion in the Mark in the 4/20 Memo, April 25, 1994. 12 pages.
10.7: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh,  on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, to Ed Cooney, Marshall Matz, regarding Working Paper On En Bloc Amendments, April 29, 1994. 3 pages.
10.7: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh,  on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, to Marshall Matz, regarding a memorandum from Colleen Kavanagh, Office of Congressman George Miller, to Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee staff, regarding HR 8. Non-cost amendments for consideration in en bloc, April 29, 1994. 3 pages.
10.7: Memorandum from Ed Cooney to Margaret Kajeckas regarding Recommended Cost Provisions in the 1994 Child Nutrition Bill, DRAFT, April 19, 1994. 7 pages.
10.7: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh,  on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, Marshall Matz, Kevin Dando, regarding These Are the Amendments That Full Committee Staff Proposed for Inclusion in the Mark in the 4/20 Memo, April 25, 1994. 12 pages.
10.7: Memorandum from Colleen Kavanagh (Rep. George Miller, to Marshall Matz and Ed Cooney, regarding Working Paper, April 26, 1994. 3 pages.
10.7: Lists: Non-cost Proposals Introduced in H.R. 3580 and/or S. 1614, and Non-cost Proposals Not Included in Child Nutrition Reauthorization Legislation, Memorandum from not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.7: Summary of Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 8, April 28, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: Discussion Draft: Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 8 Offered by Mr. Kildee, April 28, 1994. 18 pages.
10.7: Memorandum from Colleen  regarding universal pilot – additional language, May 17, 1994. 7 pages.
10.7: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA Manager of Government Affairs, to Marshall Matz regarding sample letters, alerts, etc., pertaining to House child nutrition reauthorization bill H.R. 8, May 12, 1994. 5 pages.
10.7: Amendments for Full Committee En Bloc, May 11, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.7: Sample letters, alerts, etc., pertaining to House child nutrition reauthorization bill H.R. 8. 4 pages.
10.7: Letter from William F. Pohl, Jr., Director, School Food Services, [Missouri] Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, to The Honorable William Clay, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding the markup for the House child nutrition reauthorization bill, May 13, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: Letter from Susan B. Solleder, M.S., R.D., Executive Director of Cafeterias, The Jersey City Public Schools, to The Honorable Donald Payne, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding the markup for the House child nutrition reauthorization bill, May 16, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: Letter from Carolyn Morrow, Ed.D., President, Florida School Food Service Association, and Director, Food and Nutrition Services, to The Honorable Dan Miller, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding the markup for the House child nutrition reauthorization bill, May 17, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: Fax from Barry Sackin, Anaheim Union High School District, So. Cal. School Food Service Assoc., to Kevin Dando, regarding the draft letter pertaining to H.R. 8 that Sackin sent to George Miller, Marty Martinez, Xavier Becerra, Lynn Woolsey, and Duke Cunningham, May 17, 1994. 2 pages.
10.7: Letter from Kathy F. Kuser, Director, Bureau of Child Nutrition Programs, State of New Jersey Department of Education, to The Honorable Robert Andrews, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding the markup for the House child nutrition reauthorization bill, May 17, 1994. 2 pages.
10.7: USDA’s View on the Negotiated Rulemaking Provision of H.R. 8, May 17, 1994. 2 pages.
10.7: Senate Bill S. 1614 to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to provide healthy eating habits for children and to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes, 103D Congress, 1^st Session. 75 pages.
10.7: Gunderson Amendment, Nutritional Requirements in the National School Lunch Program, not dated. 2 pages.
10.7: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh,  on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, to Marshall Matz, regarding estimates of universal and meeting to draft some language or at least define the 2 universals they want to do, May 5, 1994. 3 pages.
10.7: Letter from Carol M. Maiki, M.Ed, R.D., Chicago Public Schools, to The Honorable Senator Patrick Leahy, United States Senate, regarding banning the sale of soft drinks, May 2, 1994. 2 pages.
10.7: Legislative Amendments, Proposed Legislative Language and Report Language, Food Research and Action Center, May 2, 1994. 36 pages.
10.7: Tuesday Morning, Legislative Update for ASFSA Executives, Week of October 10, 1994, with two Associated Press articles attached. 4 pages.
10.7: Article: House Puts Fat Back In School Lunches, The Associated Press, October 5, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.7: Letter from Mike Espy, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, to Honorable Patrick Leahy, Chairman,
10.7: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, expressing support and appreciation for S. 1614, the “Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994”, October 6, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding the Senate passing the child nutrition reauthorization bill, October 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: Letter from Vivian Pilant, President, ASFSA, to The Washington Post, regarding surprise and disappointment at the September 22 editorial entitled “The New Free Lunch”, September 22, 1994. 2 pages. 2 copies.
10.7: Letter from Al Gore, The Vice President, Washington, to Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding Gore’s view of a provision added to the House version of the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, September 21, 1994. 2 pages.
10.7: Article: The New Free Lunch…, The Washington Post, September 22, 1994. 1 page.
10.7: ASFSA Responds to Rulemaking, Washington Watch, not dated. 1 page.
10.8: Serving Up Success: Schools Making Nutrition A Priority, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, August 1994. 83 pages. 3 copies.
10.9: Testimony of the American School Food Service Association before the Committee on Agriculture, U. S. House of Representatives, September 7, 1994. 15 pages. 2 copies.
10.9: Witness List: Review of USDA’s proposed rule, “Nutrition Objectives for School Meals”, Committee on Agriculture, U. S. House of Representatives, September 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.9: Statement by Lynn Parker, Director of Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, Food Research and Action Center, ASFSA Press Conference, September 7, 1994. 4 pages.
10.9: Article: Eating Well: The To-Do About School Lunches, The New York Times, September 7, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.9: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding attached Associated Press articles: Groups Say Nutrition Rules Will Smother Schools in Paperwork, and Plan to Upgrade School Lunches Gest Mixed Marks, plus Eating Well: The To-Do About School Lunches, The New York Times, September 7, 1994. 4 pages.
10.9: Fax from Diane, Government Relations, National Education Association, to Marshall, of a letter from Kenneth F. Melley, Assistant Executive Director, National Education Association, to Mr. Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, regarding commenting on the proposed School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children regulations published on June 10, 1994, September 7, 1994. 4 pages.
10.9: Nutrition Objectives for School Meals: Proposed Rule, Testimony by Lynn Parker, Director of Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Department Operations, September 7, 1994. 7 pages.
10.9: The American School Food Service Association, Response to Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 7 CFR PARTS 210 and 220, Before the United States Department of Agriculture In the Matter of: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program; Nutrition Objectives for School Meals Proposed Rule, September 7, 1994. 9 pages.
10.9: ASFSA Talking Points, not dated. 3 pages.
10.9: Press Release: Leading Nutrition Experts Urge Faster, Kid-Friendly School Meal Reforms, American School Food Service Association, September 7, 1994. 3 pages.
10.9: Quality Programs for All Children Information Kit, American School Food Service Association, containing:
10.9: School Foodservice: The Little Big Fact Book, American School Food Service Association, December 1993. 19 pages.
10.9: President’s Statement by ASFSA President Vivian Pilant, For the ASFSA School Lunch Press Conference, September 7, 1994. 4 pages.
10.9: Biographical Information: Barbara Borschow, CAE, Executive Director, American School Food Service Association. 1 page.
10.9: Biographical Information: Vivian Pilant, M.S., R.D., Director, Food Services, South Carolina Department of Education, President, American School Food Service Association. 1 page.
10.9: Biographical Information: Penny E. McConnell, M.S., R.D., Director, Office of Food Services, Fairfax County Public Schools, Vice President, American School Food Service Association. 1 page.
10.9: Biographical Information: Lynn Parker, M.S., Director, Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), Washington, D.C. 1 page.
10.9: Statement by Lynn Parker, Director of Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, Food Research and Action Center, ASFSA Press Conference, September 7, 1994. 4 pages.
10.9: Biographical Information: Susan T. Borra, RD, Director-at-Large, Board of Directors, The American Dietetic Association. 1 page.
10.9: Statement by Susan T. Borra, RD, Board of Directors, The American Dietetic Association, not dated. 5 pages.
10.9: Witness List: Review of USDA’s proposed rule, “Nutrition Objectives for School Meals”, Committee on Agriculture, U. S. House of Representatives, September 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.9: Biographical Information: Catherine A. Belter, National PTA Vice-President for Legislative Activity. 2 pages.
10.9: Statement of the National PTA at a Press Conference on Improving School Meals Programs, September 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.9: Biographical Information: Joy Miltenberger, Express Cafe Food Service Director, Palm Beach County School Board Food Service, Palm Beach County, Florida. 1 page.
10.9: Brochure: A Healthy Choice for Healthy Children, Energy Express Cafe, The Palm Beach County Child Nutrition Program, not dated.
10.9: Statement by Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers, on the Proposed School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children, September 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.9: What Others Say: Consensus Points Among Child Nutrition Experts, not dated, not attributed. 2 pages.
10.9: Photograph of a meal tray, not dated, not attributed.
10.9: Agenda: American School Food Service Association’s School Lunch Press Conference, September 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.9: Media Advisory: American School Food Service Association, September 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.9: School Lunch Nuggets, American School Food Service Association, not dated. 1 page.
10.9: Previous Initiatives by the American School Food Service Association, not dated. 1 page.
10.9: Brochure: Food Based Menu Systems, not dated, not attributed.
10.9: Sample Elementary School Menu, Standard Fairfax County School Menu, not dated. 1 page.
10.9: Nutrient Analysis of Each Item – Sample Elementary Lunch (Provided by Fairfax Co. Public Schools), not dated. 2 pages.
10.10: Report 103-300: Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act of 1994, 103D Congress, 2d Session, July 1, 1994. 167 pages.
10.10: Letter from American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of School Administrators, American Dietetic Association, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, American School Food Service Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), National Cattlemen’s Association, National Education Association, National Farmers Union, National Milk Producers Federation, National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), National Pork Producers Council, National School Boards Association, to The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, U.S. Senate, regarding National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, July 14, 1994. 1 page.
10.10: H.R. 8, An Act To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through the fiscal year 1998, 103D Congress, 2D Session, August 31, 1994. 82 pages.
10.10: H.R. 8, An Act To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through the fiscal year 1998, 103D Congress, 2D Session, Suspend the Rules and Pass the Bill, H.R. 8, with an amendment (The amendment strikes out all after the enacting clause and inserts a new text), July 19, 1994. 83 pages.
10.10: Press Release: Meals That Make A Difference: Successful School Lunch Programs Make Case for Earlier, More Comprehensive Implementation of USDA School Lunch Reform, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 30, 1994. 2 pages.
10.10: Statement by Mark S. Epstein, Executive Director, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy: Release of “Serving Up Success: Schools Making Nutrition a Priority”, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 30, 1994. 3 pages.
10.10: Serving Up Success: Schools Making Nutrition A Priority, Public Voiced for Food and Health Policy, August 1994. pp. 75-78.
10.10: Packet of materials from Ellen Haas’ press conference regarding as parents’ guide to healthy school meals, September 1994.
10.11: Fax from Kevin to Marshall Matz of Society of Nutrition (SNE) Education Board Briefs, regarding SNE opposing negotiated rulemaking, September 21, 1994. 2 pages.
10.11: Fax from Ed Cooney, Food Research and Action Center, to Marshall Matz of Cooney’s draft memorandum to Jack Jennings, Susan Wilhelm, Callie Coffman, Lynn Selmser, Ed Barron, Chuck Conner, Stacy Hoffhaus, regarding Daschle Amendment/Negotiated Rulemaking, September 21, 1994. 2 pages.
10.11: Negotiated Rulemaking Fact Sheet, Child Nutrition Conference, not dated, not attributed. 2 copies.
10.11: Article: Espy-Douglas Ethics Probe a Cloud Over Deal Successes, Los Angeles Times, September 6, 1994. 3 pages. 2 copies.
10.11: Draft: Promoting Children’s Health Through Healthier School Meals, Section 106(c) – It Means A Needless 2-Year Delay, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.11: Implementation Timeline, Section 106(c) – How It Delays USDA’s School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children Regulations, United States Department of Agriculture, not dated. 1page.
10.11: Statement of Administration Policy, H.R. 8 – Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, July 18, 1994. 1 page. 3 copies of each of the above three.
10.11: Tuesday Morning, Legislative Update for ASFSA Executives, Week of August 29, 1994, with two attachments: Press Release: Serving Up Success, Public Voice’s Annual School Lunch Report Visits the Frontlines of School Lunch Reform, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 24, 1994; Press Release: USDA Unveils New Parents’ Guide for Healthful School Meals, August 25, [1994]. 5 pages.
10.11: Tuesday Morning, Legislative Update for ASFSA Executives, Week of August 15, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Legislative Alert Memorandum from Kevin Dando, Marshall Matz. To ASFSA Executive Board, ASFSA Public Policy and Legislative Committee, ASFSA Legislative Chairs, ASFSA Directors, ASFSA Presidents, regarding Congressional Child Nutrition Conference, July 15, 1994. 4 pages.
10.11: Letter from Vivian Pilant, M.S., R.D., President, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senate, regarding Child Nutrition, and to comment on a possible amendment for S. 1614, August 3, 1994. 2 pages. 2 copies.
10.11: Letter from Vivian Pilant, M.S., R.D., President, American School Food Service Association, to Mr. Joe Scordato, FNS FOI Officer, regarding a Freedom of Information Act Request, August 5, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Letter from Charles Kirby, Director, Office of Child Nutrition, Mississippi Department of Education, to The Honorable Thad Cochran, State Senator, Attn: Hunt Shipman, regarding Senate Bill 1614 having to be passed again due to a technicality, Negotiated Rulemaking, and Universal Pilots, September 23, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Letter from Thomas J. Elliott, Managing Director, Canned Fruit Promotion Service, to Mr. Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, submitting comments and response to the proposed School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children regulations, published June 10, 1994, September 2, 1994. 4 pages.
10.11: Fax from Marshall Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Arnie Fege, Carol Henrich, National PTA, of a sample letter from the Vermont PTA to The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Attn: Ed Barron, regarding School Nutrition Program, September 9, 1994. 3 pages. 2 copies.
10.11: The American School Food Service Association, Response to Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 7 CFR PARTS 210 and 220, Before the United States Department of Agriculture In the Matter of: National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program; Nutrition Objectives for School Meals Proposed Rule, signed by Vivian Pilant, M.S., R.D., President, American School Food Service Association, September 7, 1994. 8 pages.
10.11: Letter from Tom Stenzel, President, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, to Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, submitting comments of the proposed School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children regulations published June 10, 1994, September 8, 1994. 6 pages.
10.11: Sample letter to Congress regarding the child nutrition reauthorization bill, not attributed, September 9, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Letter from George Miller, M.C. (D-Calif., and member of the House Education and Labor Committee), Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, to The Washington Post, regarding the Post’s neither understanding the proposal for a pilot program for a universal school meal program or its likely benefits, September 22, 1994. 2 pages.
10.11: Letter from Vivian Pilant, President, ASFSA, to The Washington Post, regarding surprise and disappointment at the September 22 editorial entitled “The New Free Lunch”, September 22, 1994. 2 pages.
10.11: Fax from Kevin to Marshall of Endorsees of Universal Child Nutrition Concept/H.R. 11 (As of September 23, 1994), not attributed. 2 pages.
10.11: Article: School Lunch Plan Too Much to Swallow, PTA, Other Critics Say, Los Angeles Times, September 8, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Fax from Laura P. Sherman, Center on Hunger, Poverty, and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University School of Nutrition, to Rob Fersh, sharing comments received from David Levitsky (Cornell) regarding FRAC’s critique of USDA guidelines, August 31, 1994. 4 pages.
10.11: Letter from Kimberly Huston, Executive Director, to Mr. Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, submitting comments to the Food and Nutrition Service regarding its proposed rule to update the nutritional requirements for the School Lunch and Breakfast programs, September xx, 1994. 3 pages.
10.11: Letter from Charles Stenholm, Member of Congress, House of Representatives, to Mr. Jay Treadwell, Director, Food Service, U.S. House of Representatives, requesting that Treadwell make a portion of the Longworth Cafeteria available for a press conference on September 7, 1994, August 26, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Fax from Kevin Dando, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall Matz, regarding 10 Steps to Healthy Eating At School, August 29, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Fax from Kevin Dando, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall Matz, regarding a “heads up” about two press conferences to be held in Washington next week regarding school lunch programs, August 24, 1994. 3 pages.
10.11: Fax from Kevin Dando, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall Matz, regarding more information regarding the USDA press conference occurring next week, August 25, 1994. 2 pages.
10.11: Fax from Kevin Dando, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall Matz, regarding getting letters and faxes to a specific list of senators and representatives with regard to the provisions they are supporting in the conference bill, August 29, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Letter from American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of School Administrators, American Dietetic Association, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, American School Food Service Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), National Cattlemen’s Association, National Education Association, National Farmers Union, National Milk Producers Federation, National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), National Pork Producers Council, National School Boards Association, to The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, U.S. Senate, regarding National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, July 14, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.11: Article: Universal Breakfast Touted, Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 19, 1994. 1 page.
10.11: Comments of Public Voice for Food and Health Policy regarding National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Nutrition Objectives for School Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, September 8, 1994. 36 pages plus attachments.
10.11: Program: Standing Up for Child Nutrition Programs, 23^rd Annual Legislative Action Conference, February 26 – March 1, 1995. 8 pages.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to Mr. Marshall Matz, ASFSA Washington Counsel, with enclosed letter from Harris, Chairman, C.S.F.S.A Committee on Universal Feeding, to The Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding bringing Universal as a test to the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 2 pages.
10.12: Letter from Lowell Weicker, Jr., Governor, State of Connecticut, to Mr. Frank A. Harris, Food Service Director, Norwalk Public Schools, lending Weicker’s support to Harris’ organization’s request to USDA to make Connecticut a pilot state for testing the feasibility of universal feeding for all children, May 19, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to Ms. Suzette L. Benn, M. S., Special Assistant to the Governor for Health Affairs, Office of Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., sharing the letter to Secretary Espy regarding Universal Feeding, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable George Miller, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy, United States Senate, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable Lynn Woolsey, United States Senate, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Service Director, Norwalk Public Schools, Chairman, Connecticut School Food Service Association Committee on Universal Feeding, to The Honorable Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Governor of the State of Connecticut, sharing the rationale for their Universal Feeding proposal, April 28, 1994. 2 pages.
10.12: Official Statement by His Excellency Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Governor, State of Connecticut, designating the week of March 7, 1994, as School Breakfast Week in Connecticut, not dated. 1 page.
10.12: Tuesday Morning, Legislative Update for ASFSA Executives, Week of May 16, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Article: Universal Lunch Backers Lobbying For Pilot Projects, CNI, April 22, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to Ms. Dorothy Caldwell, R.D., Director, Child Nutrition, Arkansas Department of Education, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable Joseph Lieberman, United States Senate, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd, United States Senate, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable Sam Gejdenson, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable Christopher Hayes, United States House of Representatives, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to The Honorable Barbara B. Kennelly, United States Senate, sharing Governor Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.’s endorsement for piloting Universal Feeding in the State of Connecticut, May 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Fax from Marshall, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Kevin Dando, regarding Negotiated Rulemaking, May 23, 1994. 2 pages.
10.12: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Jack Quinn, Esq., regarding Negotiated Rulemaking for Child Nutrition, May 23, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Article: Students Get a Taste Of Future Lunches: Forestville Cafeteria Has Role in Planning, The Washington Post, May 20, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding Dorothy’s thoughts on Provision III, May 23, 1994. 3 pages.
10.12: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Barbara Borschow, regarding Board Development, May 23, 1994. 12 pages.
10.12: Article: In Person: Ellen Haas: Getting America To Eat Its Vegetables, National Journal, May 21, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Letter from American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of School Administrators, America Commodity Distribution Association, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American School Food Service Association, Bread for the World, California Canning Peach Association, Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University, Congressional Hunger Center, End Hunger Network, Foodchain, Food Research and Action Center, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of WIC Directors, National Broiler Council, National Cattlemen’s Association, National Education Association, National Farmers Union, National Milk Producers Federation, National PTA, National Pork Producer’s Council, National School Boards Association, National Turkey Federation, Second Harvest National Food Bank Network, RESULTS, United Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Association, World Hunger Year, to The Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting that Espy honor the section of H.R. 8 pertaining to the negotiated rulemaking process, May 20, 1994. 2 pages.
10.12: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Matz, Marshall, regarding Senate consideration of its child nutrition reauthorization bill being postponed, May 19, 1994. 1 page.
10.12: Fax from Frank A. Harris, Food Services Coordinator, Norwalk Public Schools, to Steve Lacey for Marshall Matz, regarding Universal Feeding, May 19, 1994. 7 pages.
10.12: Memorandum from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding Major Provisions of House Education and Labor Committee Markup, May 18, 1994. 4 pages.
10.12: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding edits to legislation, May [17], 1994. 10 pages.
10.12: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall regarding a USDA Media Advisory, May 17, 1994. 2 pages.
10.12: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh,  on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, to Marshall Matz, regarding a letter from George Miller, M.C., 7^th District, CA, to Members of the Ed & Labor Committee, asking for support of an amendment Miller plans to offer at the Committee mark-up of the reauthorization of the National School Lunch Act, May 17, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, of Testimony of the American School Food Service Association (Marilyn Hurt) before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U. S. Senate, May 16, 1994. 5 pages.
10.13:  Press Release: Leahy Claims Coca Cola Wages Shady Campaign To Defeat His Child Nutrition Legislation, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Patrick Leahy, Chairman, May 16, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Press Release: Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) On Child Nutrition vs. Coca-Cola, May 16, 1994, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Patrick Leahy, Chairman, May 16, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Background on Section 208 of S. 1614, “The Better Nutrition and Health for Children Act”, May 16, 1994.
10.13: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, of a fax going out to state legislative chairs, state presidents, and state directors of states who have members of Congress on the House Education and Labor Committee, May 12, 1994. 5pages.
10.13: Memorandum from Colleen Kavanagh, Office of Congressman George Miller, to Marshall Matz and Kevin Dando, regarding Universal School Lunch Pilot Program, May 12, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Fax from Maria Balakshin, ASFSA, to Marilyn Hurt/Kevin Dando, of a memo and data pertaining to CRE not being cost effective, May 11, 1994. 12 pages.
10.13: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh, Office of Congressman George Miller, to Marshall Matz, regarding a draft of a memorandum regarding “provision three”, May 10, 1994. 3 pages.
10.13: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, of Information about House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education Markup on Child Nutrition Reauthorization Legislation – May 4, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990, Public Law 101-648 [S. 303]; November 29, 1990. 10 pages.
10.13: Article: Fresh Success on Menu for Fresh Month!, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, April 30, 1994. 1 page.
10.13: Nutrition Regulations: Key Points of Interest, ASFSA, April 29, 1994. 1 page.
10.13: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of 2 AP stories on Vermont/BGH and ADA info, April 28, 1994. 7 pages.
10.13: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh, Office of Congressman George Miller, to Stefan Harvey – Center, Ed Cooney – FRAC, Marshall Matz – ASFSA – Kevin Dando, regarding the Subcommittee mark-up and the attached substitute, and the en bloc amendments, April 28, 1994. 20 pages.
10.13: H.R. 4221, A Bill in the House of Representatives to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide increased flexibility relating to the use of information submitted to determine eligibility under programs under that Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, to provide for the establishment of commodity letter of credit (CLOC) demonstration programs in certain states, and to establish a program to assist schools in offering greater quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables under the school lunch program, 103D Congress, 2D Session, April 14, 1994. 6 pages.
10.13: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of info from Colleen Cavanagh, April 25, 1994. 12 pages.
10.13: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, of Senator Leahy’s speech (regarding Coca-Cola) and two wire service articles that resulted, April 21, 1994. 5 pages.
10.13: Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) On Child Nutrition vs. Coca-Cola, April 20, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Background on Current USDA regulations for Kids vs. Coca-Cola, April 20, 1994. 1 page.
10.13: Letter from Dorothy Caldwell, President, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Jim Slattery, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding Welfare Reform, March 31, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Summary of Hearings: Healthy Kids, Nutrition Objectives for School Meals, USDA Child Nutrition Programs, Mike Espy, Secretary, Ellen Haas, Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, United States Department of Agriculture, Fall 1993.
10.13: Article: How Hungry is America?, Newsweek, March 14, 1994. 2 pages.
10.13: Article: USDA Seeks Ways to Improve Nutrition, From Food Stamps to Breast-Feeding, The Wall Street Journal, March 4, 1994. 1 page.
10.14: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Dorothy Caldwell, Penny McConnell, Marshall Matz, Vivian Pilant, Marilyn Hurt, cc: Barbara Borschow, of a list as of April 7 of groups signing onto the ABCD Coalition Statement of Principles and Recommendations, April 11, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Fax from Jack Jennings, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, to Marshall Matz, of excerpts from ESEA of 1965, Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, Higher Education Act of 1965, etc., April 7, 1994. 9 pages.
10.14: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding Official Title(s) and Short Title(s), April 6, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Article: Cortines Rejects Giuliani Request On New York School Budget Cuts, April 1, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Memorandum from Adrienne Gall Tufts to Kevin Dando/Marshall Matz regarding Washington Update column, March 24, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Article: Men, Women & Kitchens, Viewpoint, School Foodservice & Nutrition, [June 1994}. 1 page.
10.14: Article: Low Fat Comes to the White House, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
10.14: Fax from Larry Brown to Marshall Matz regarding ASFSA’s endorsement of the ABCD Statement, April 1, 1994. 1 page.
10.14: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of Dateline Washington, Week of April 4, 1994, for review, April 1, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Draft letter from Dorothy Caldwell, President, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Jim Slattery, U.S. House of Representatives, regarding Welfare Reform, March 31, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Fax from Stacy Hoffhaus, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Minority Staff, to Marshall Matz, of a letter from Richard G. Lugar, Ranking Minority Member, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to The Honorable Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, regarding the implementation of the dietary guidelines in school meal programs, March 23, 1994, March 30, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Fax from [Ell], Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, to Marshall Matz, of materials related to welfare reform, March 30, 1994. 18 pages.
10.14: Fax from Dr. J. Larry Brown, Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University School of Nutrition, to Marshall Matz of correspondence related to the ABCD Statement of Principles, March 29, 1994. 5 pages.
10.14: Letter from Helen D. Kerrian, Director of Child Nutrition Services, National School District, to Marshall Matz, Esq., Olsson, Frank and Weeda, regarding including No-Fee Paperwork Reduction Pilot Programs in the Reauthorization Legislation, with attachments, March 25, 1994. 4 pages.
10.14: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, American School Food Service Association, regarding USDA Commodity Program, March 23, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Fax from Josephine Martin, Executive Director, National Food Service Management Institute, to Marshall Matz, of a suggested letter for addressing NFSMI needs for 95 FY appropriations, March 22, 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Panel lists for Hearing on H.R. 8, The Child Nutrition Reauthorization of 1994 and Improving the Nutritional Content of School Meals, March 24, 1994. 1 page.
10.14: Fax from Dr. J. Larry Brown, Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University School of Nutrition, to Marshall Matz of correspondence related to the ABCD Statement of Principles, March 21, 1994. 5 pages.
10.14: Fax from Dr. J. Larry Brown, Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy, Tufts University School of Nutrition, to Marshall Matz, Esq., strongly urging that the ABCD Statement not be supported, March 21, 1994. 1 page.
10.14: Memorandum from Dale E. Kildee, Chairman, ESVE  Subcommittee, to ESVE Subcommittee Members and Staff, regarding Hearing on H.R. 8, Child Nutrition Reauthorization of 1994, crosses out and addressed to Kevin Dando, March 17, 1994.
10.14: Legislative Directive: Child Nutrition, Issue: Child Nutrition Programs, A National PTA Legislative Issue Brief, March 1994. 2 pages.
10.14: Fax from Amy Brown, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to Marshall Matz, March 16, 1994, of a letter from Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, to Honorable Jim Sasser, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, urging Sasser to provide Leahy’s Committee with $750 million over the next five years for improvements in child nutrition programs, March 14, 1994. 3 pages.
10.14: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Dorothy Caldwell/Marilyn Hurt/Marshall Matz/Copy to Barbara of a list of the groups that have signed onto the “ABCD” statement of principles/recommendations as of March 15, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding specific sections of the regulation dealing with cost analysis, August 1, 1994. 5 pages.
10.15: Fax from Ed Barron/Doug Obrien, Senate Agriculture committee, Majority Staff (Senator Leahy) to Marshall Matz, Olsson, Frank & Weeda, regarding the full amendment to S. 1614, August 1, 1994. 13 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, ASFSA Executive Board, ASFSA Public Policy and Legislative Committee, ASFSA Nutrition Committee, cc: Barbara Borschow, regarding First Draft of Regulations Comments, July 29, 1994. 6 pages.
10.15: Letter from Mike Espy, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, to Marshall L. Matz, Esq., Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., expressing USDA’s to all amendments which would extend or expand the CLOC pilot projects, July 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.15: Fax from Ed/Amy, United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to Marshall Matz, regarding all sections of the amendment which deal with dietary guidelines; also [PJL] statement, July 29, 1994. 6 pages.
10.15: Fax from Steve Lacey to Marshall Matz, [ASFSA] Conference, regarding Reauthorization, July 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.15: Fax from Colleen Kavanagh,  on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, to Marshall Matz, regarding Extension of Remarks, Congressman George Miller, In Support of the Universal School Meal Pilot Program in H.R. 8, July 19, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Ed Cooney, Food Research and Action Center, to Marshall Matz of an Action Alert regarding Daschle Amendment to Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill, Reasons to Oppose the Daschle Amendment, and a letter from numerous national groups to The Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, U.S. Senate, regarding National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, July 20, 1994. 5 pages.
10.15: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association, regarding Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, H.R. 8, July 20, 1994. 1 page.
10.15: Fax from Office of Senator Thomas A. Daschle, United States Senate, to Marshall Matz, regarding S. 1614, July 19, 1994. 4 pages.
10.15: Fax from Marilyn Hurt, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding PPL Committee Agenda, July 18, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Donald Goodman, Don Lee Farms, to Marshall Matz, of correspondence relating to USDA/OIG Audit Report No. 27099-26-SF, July 18, 1994. 10 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of a Legislative Alert regarding Congressional Child Nutrition Conference, July 18, 1994. 7 pages.
10.15: Fax from Dorothy Caldwell, ASFSA President, to Marshall Matz, requesting comments on her thoughts on the enclosed regulations, July 18, 1994. 7 pages.
10.15: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Stephen L. Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association, regarding Commodity Letter of Credit Provisions of H.R. 8, July 18, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding cover memo language, July 18, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of a Legislative Alert regarding Congressional Child Nutrition Conference, July 18, 1994. 7 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of a letter from Carol Davis Axtman, Director, South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, regarding Senator Daschle amendments to S. 1614, July 18, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding Sen. Tom Daschle’s planned proposed amendment to the Senate child nutrition reauthorization bill that would require schools to implement the Dietary Guidelines by July 1, 1996 instead of July 1, 1998, as proposed by USDA in its recently published regulations, July 16, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of a memo regarding an amendment that may be introduced by Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), July 15, 1994. 7 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding the first reply to their memo regarding an amendment that may be introduced by Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), July 18, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Dorothy Caldwell/Vivian Pilant/Marilyn Hurt/Marshall Matz, regarding information to print along with Dorothy’s letter requesting a 30 day comment extension, July 13, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz of an article: The Chicken King Plays Hard-Boiled Politics, Newsweek, July 18, 1994, with interesting items about Espy and his brother, July 13, 1994. 3 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of the article: School-Meals Rules Lauded as Healthy Shift, Education Week, Extra Edition, July 13, 1994, July 12, 1994. 3 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding a revised version of materials regarding Congressional Child Nutrition Conference, July 12, 1994. 7 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of materials for review regarding Congressional Child Nutrition Conference, July 12, 1994. 7 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding a list of companies asked to request an extension for the regulation comment period, July 7, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding a letter from Josephine Busha, State Director, Child Nutrition Programs, Vermont Department of Education, to Vice President Al Gore, Jr., The White House, regarding concerns for the burdens of proposed changes in regulations for the National School Lunch Program, July 8, 1994. 3 pages.
10.15: Letter from Hillary Rodham Clinton, The White House, to Dear Friends, sending greetings to each of the attendees of the installation of the president of the American School Food Service Association, Ms. Vivian Pilant, July 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.15: Letter from Frank A. Harris, Food Service Director, Norwalk Public Schools, Chairman, C.S.F.S.A. Committee on Universal Feeding, to Ms. Janet Bantley, Connecticut State Department of Education Child Nutrition Program, and Ms. Vivian Pilant, R.D., Director, Office of School Food Services, South Carolina Department of Education, regarding making Connecticut the pilot state for Universal Feeding, July 5, 1994. 1 page.
10.15: Letter from Joe Lieberman, United States Senate, to Mr. Frank A. Harris, Norwalk Public Schools, regarding a Universal Feeding Pilot Program, June 30, 1994. 1 page.
10.15: Letter from Judith E. Peterson, Funding and Community Resources, Office of Congressman Christopher Shays, Fourth District Connecticut, with an enclosed letter from Congressman Shays to The Honorable Michael Espy, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding Connecticut piloting a universal feeding program, June 30, 1994. 2 pages
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of a June 24, 1994 letter from Paul McElwain, Director, School & Community Nutrition, Kentucky Department of Education, to Hon. Ellen Haas, Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, United States Department of Agriculture, requesting the comment period for proposed regulations regarding Nutrition Objectives for School Meals be extended to 120 days, July 5, 1994. 3 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding two sections of S. 1614 that he has questions about, July 5, 1994. 5 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of a letter from Dorothy Caldwell, President, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Ellen Haas, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting a 30 extension period for comments on the Nutritional Objectives for School Meals Regulations, as the comment period coincides with the summer recess, June 29, 1994. 2 pages.
10.15: Article: Program Pulls Youth Into 5 a Day Lessons, The Packer, not dated. 1 page.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of Tuesday Morning for the Week of June 27, 1994, and a summary of major items included in S. 1614 after the June 22, 1994 Senate Agriculture Committee markup, June 27, 1994. 5 pages.
10.15: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, with an attached Associated Press article about Coca-Cola Co. appearing to have won its battle against a proposal that would have required the Agricultural Department to help local schools ban the sale of junk food on school grounds, June 23, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Article: School Districts Said To Be Asking For BST-Free Milk, Food Labeling News, June 23, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of a list of endorsees of Universal Child Nutrition Concept/H.R.11 (As of June 22, 1994). 2 pages.
 10.16:  Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of a fax from Maria Balakshin, State Directors/Supervisors Section Chair, ASFSA, to Dorothy Caldwell, Kevin Dando, Marilyn Hurt, Penny McConnell, Vivian Pilant, of a letter Balakshin sent to Ellen Haas, regarding the proposed regulation on Nutrition Objectives for School Meals, requesting that Haas consider extending the comment period to 120 days, June 22, 1994. 4 pages.
 10.16:  Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding an edited letter to The Honorable Bill Emerson, requesting Emerson serve as the Carl Perkins Lecturer at the American School Food Service Association’s 48^th Annual National Conference, June 22, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Dorothy Caldwell, ASFSA President, to Marshall Matz, of a July 20, 1993 letter from Bill Clinton, The White House, to Ms. Dorothy Caldwell, President, American School Food Service Association, congratulation Caldwell on her recent election as president of the American School Food Service Association, June 22, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of a section of the Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 111, June 10, 1994, regarding a proposed rule on Nutrition Disclosure, June 21, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding a letter sent to The Honorable William L. Clay, June 21, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to John Bode, of a June 17, 1994 Reuters article: U.S. Lawmakers Mull Guidelines for School Caterers, June 21, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of a June 17, 1994 Reuters article: U.S. Lawmakers Mull Guidelines for School Caterers, June 21, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of an Associated Press article: School Lunches, June 18, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz regarding the S. 1614 markup, June 17, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz,  ASFSA Executive Board, PPL Committee, regarding the S. 1614 markup, June 17, 1994. 4 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Dorothy Wood, Anamosa Community School District, to Marshall Matz, regarding Wood’s testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, June 17, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Beth Hanna, Wes Des Moines Community Schools, to Marshall Matz, regarding Hanna’s testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, June 17, 1994. 4 pages.
 10.16: Article: Schools Must Trim the Fat From Menus: Consumer Groups Hail New U.S.D.A. Rules, Education Week, Volume XIII, Number 38, June 15, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Memorandum from Marilyn Hurt, ASFSA, to PPL Committee, regarding Preparing for Our Upcoming Meeting, June 14, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Committee Provisions, Title IV – Domestic Food Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, not dated. 4 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Stacy [Hoffhaus], United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Minority Staff, to Marshall Matz, regarding Commodity language for USDA, June 13, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Steve Lacey, of an Associated Press article regarding a Justice Department investigation of Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, June 9, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Press Release: ASFSA Response To USDA Initiative, American School Food Service Association, June 9, 1994. 4 pages.
 10.16: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association, regarding FNS Proposed Changes to School Meal Requirements, June 8, 1994. 4 pages.
 10.16: Letter from John R. Purcell, Partner, Giuffrida Associates, Inc., to Ruth Matoto, Foodservice Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools, regarding the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and its implications for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, June 2, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Memorandum from Jo Busha, Vermont Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs, to Kevin Dando, regarding New Regs, June 8, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to every state legislative chair, state director, and state president in the country, of a summary of the regulations about to be released by USDA, June 7, 1994. 5 pages.
 10.16: Article: Associated Press article regarding the government requiring cafeteria to cut fat in lunches, June 6, 1994. 1 page.
 10.16: Article: U. S. Proposes Healthier Food At All Schools; New Rules Would Cut Fat and Cholesterol, New York Times, June 7, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding a revised version of Testimony of the American School Food Service Association before the Committee on Agriculture, U. S. House of Representatives, June 7, 1994. 6 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding some of Dorothy’s thoughts about these regs, June 6, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz regarding proposed USDA meal regulations clearing the Office of Management and Budget, and an ASFSA Preliminary Statement On USDA School Meal Regulations press release, June 6, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Article: New Lunch Program Lets Students Make Healthier Choices, Food Labeling News, June 2, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, regarding all of Dorothy’s thoughts on H.R. 8, June 3, 1994. 6 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Steve Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Kevin Dando, of the staff notes from the markup, June 3, 1994. 9 pages.
 10.16: Comparisons of Four Scenarios for One School District With and Without Implementation of Provision II and Provision III of HR8, June 3, 1994. 4 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz regarding proposed language for a press release, June 1, 1994. 2 pages.
 10.16: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz instruction Matz to throw away the earlier version of the press release, and sending a new version, June 1, 1994. 3 pages.
 10.16: Memorandum from Christina to Marshall regarding Negotiated Rulemaking, May 26, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: Associated Press article regarding Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy’s resignation, October 3, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Memorandum: Urgent Alert from Susan Frost to All CEF Members, regarding Partisan Maneuvers Threaten to Hold Our Children’s Education Hostage, September 28, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Fax from Beth Johnson, National Cattlemen’s Association, to Marshall Matz, regarding a possible option of preventing USDA from giving nutritional criteria to follow, and gives them the opportunity to use LUNCHPOWER program, etc., in schools, September 28, 1994. 2 pages.
10.17: Memorandum from John D. Perkins, Texas Education Agency, to Southwest Region State Child Nutrition Directors, regarding Proposed Legislative Cut of SAE Funds, September 22, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Editorial: What Should Schoolchildren Eat? The Tampa Tribune, September 24, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Tuesday Morning, Legislative Update for ASFSA Executives, Week of September 26, 1994, with attached editorial opposing universal meal pilots that ran in the Washington Post, as well as ASFSA’s and Rep. George Miller’s responses. 6 pages.
10.17: Letter from Mark Epstein, Executive Director, Public Voice, to Representative William Goodling, U. S. House of Representatives, urging Goodling to eliminate negotiated rulemaking from the Healthy Meals for Healthy Children Act, H.R. 8, during conference, September 23, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Letter from Charles Kirby, Director, Office of Child Nutrition, Mississippi Department of Education, to The Honorable Thad Cochran, State Senator, Attn: Hunt Shipman, regarding Senate Bill 1614 having to be passed again due to a technicality, Negotiated Rulemaking, and Universal Pilots, September 23, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: Laboring Through Privatization; When Your District Contracts For School Services, Who’s the Boss? The American School Board Journal, September 1994. 3 pages.
10.17: Article: A District Take Initiative to Operate Own Program, The School Administrator, May 1994. 4 pages.
10.17: Letter from Al Gore, The Vice President, Washington, to Honorable Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, regarding Gore’s view of a provision added to the House version of the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, September 21, 1994. 2 pages.
10.17: Endorsees of Universal Child Nutrition Concept/H.R. 11 (As of September 23, 1994). 1 page.
10.17: Letter from George Miller, M.C. (D-Calif., and member of the House Education and Labor Committee), Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, to The Washington Post, regarding the Post’s neither understanding the proposal for a pilot program for a universal school meal program or its likely benefits, September 22, 1994. 2 pages.
10.17: Article: Agriculture Secretary Espy Says He Will Be Cleared, Reuters America, Inc., September 22, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Fax from Colleen, on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, to Marshall Matz, regarding a draft of a reply to an editorial from Miller to The Washington Post, September 22, 1994. 3 pages.
10.17: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding SNE opposing negotiated rulemaking, September 21, 1994. 2 pages.
10.17: Article: Possible Misuse of Second U.S. Car by Espy is Probe, Wall Street Journal, September 21, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Memorandum from Penny McConnell, ASFSA Strategic Planning Chair, to ASFSA Executive Board, ASFSA House of Delegates, ASFSA Committee Chairmen/Members, regarding House of Delegates Visioning Session Report, September 20, 1994. 10 pages.
10.17: Fax from Beth Johnson, National Cattlemen’s Association, to Marshall Matz, of materials related to Promoting Children’s Health Through Healthier School Meals, Section 106(c), September 19, 1994. 4 pages.
10.17: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mark Halverson, Office of Senator Harkin; Chuck Penry, Office of Senator Heflin; Tim Galvin, Office of Senator Kerrey; Kent Hall, Office of Senator Conrad; Jeannine Kenney, Office of Senator Feingold; Tom Buis, Office of Senator Daschle; requesting a quick assist on child nutrition by contacting Ed Barron of the Senate Agriculture Committee and letting Barron know of their Senator’s interest in the negotiated rulemaking provision, September 16, 1994. 1 page each.
10.17: Letter from Mark Epstein, Executive Director, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, to Ms. Mary Klatko, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Howard County Public Schools, regarding Public Voice incorrectly stating that ARA food consultants had assisted Howard County’s food service program, September 1, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: Proposal for Improvements in School Lunches Draws Fire, The State, Columbia, S.C., September 8, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: World Leaders Beware – You Are What You Eat, The State, Columbia, S.C., September 8, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Fax from Vivian Pilant, ASFSA President, to Marshall Matz, regarding negotiated rulemaking and the School Meals Initiative, September 13, 1994. 4 pages.
10.17: Fax from Mark Epstein, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, to Marshall Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., of a letter from Joseph M. Fairbanks, Weinberg and Green, Attorneys at Law, to Mr. Mark Epstein, Executive Director, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, regarding the false and possibly defamatory statement contained in Public Voice for Food & Health Policy’s publication “Serving up Success: Schools Making Nutrition a Priority,” that “ARA food consultants are used to help improve Howard County School meals…”, September 9, 1994. 4 pages.
10.17: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding Sen. Tom Daschle’s planned proposed amendment to the Senate child nutrition reauthorization bill that would require schools to implement the Dietary Guidelines by July 1, 1996 instead of July 1, 1998, as proposed by USDA in its recently published regulations, July 16, 1994. 3 pages.
10.17: Associated Press article regarding new Agriculture Department rules for what is served in 92,000 cafeterias, September 10, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: School Lunch Plan Too Much To Swallow. PTA, Other Critics Say, Los Angeles Times, September 8, 1994. 2 pages.
10.17: Excerpt from a Public Voice statement regarding nutrient standard menu planning, not dated. 3 pages.
10.17: Article: PTA Opposes Government Plan for Healthier School Lunches, The Baltimore Sun, September 8, 1994.
10.17: Sample letter to fax Representatives regarding the child nutrition reauthorization bill, September 9, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: Food Fight, Inside Politics, The Washington Times, September 8, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: Groups Say Nutrition Rules Will Smother Schools in Paperwork, The Associated Press, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Article: Plan to Upgrade School Lunches Gets Mixed Marks, Reuters America, Inc., September 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.17: Fax from Mary Klatko, The Howard County Public School System, to Marshall Matz, of a letter from Mark Epstein, Executive Director, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, to Ms. Mary Klatko, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Howard County Public Schools, regarding Public Voice incorrectly stating that ARA food consultants had assisted Howard County’s food service program, September 1, 1994, and information on Howard County (MD) Public Schools, September 8, 1994. 4 pages.
10.17: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of three articles related to school lunch, September 7, 1994. 4 pages.
10.17: Fax from [Diana], National Education Association, to Marshall of a letter from Kenneth F. Melley, Assistant Executive Director, National Education Association, to Mr. Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and Program Development Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, offering comments on the School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children regulations, September 7, 1994. 4 pages.
10.17: Article: Taking Produce To School, The Packer, August 29, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz and Stephen L. Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association; Barbara Borschow, Executive Director, American School Food Service Association; Vivian Pilant, MS, RD, President, American School Food Service Association; Marilyn Hurt, American School Food Service Association; Penny McConnell, MS, RD, American School Food Service Association; Dorothy Caldwell, MS, RD, Past President, American School Food Service Association, regarding USDA Press Conference on the School Lunch Program, with an attached A Parent’s Guide For Healthy School Meals, September 1, 1994. 3 pages. Each.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding calling the ASFSA Legislative Hotline for further details on an upcoming ASFSA press conference, August 31, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association, regarding Public Voice Report on the National School Lunch Program, August 30, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Press Release: Meals That Make A Difference, Successful School Lunch Programs Make Case for Earlier, More Comprehensive Implementation of USDA School Lunch Reform, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 30, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Statement by Mark S. Epstein, Executive Director, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, Release of “Serving Up Success: Schools Making Nutrition A Priority”, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 30, 1994. 3 pages.
10.18: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Joyce A. Nettleton, DSc, RD, Director, Office of Scientific Public Affairs, Institute of Food Technologists, regarding Public Voice Report on the National School Lunch Program, August 30, 1994. 2 pages, with attached Press Release: Meals That Make A Difference, Successful School Lunch Programs Make Case for Earlier, More Comprehensive Implementation of USDA School Lunch Reform, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 30, 1994. 2 pages, and Statement by Mark S. Epstein, Executive Director, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, Release of “Serving Up Success: Schools Making Nutrition A Priority”, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 30, 1994. 3 pages.
10.18: Letter from Amanda Manning for William E. Ludwig, Administrator, to Regional Administrators, All Regions, regarding Buy American Requirement, August 12, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding 10 Steps to Healthy Eating At School, August 29, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding Proposal for FY 1995 Dietary Guidelines Funding, which has not been formally released by USDA yet, August 29, 1994. 3 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of a letter from Charles W. Stenholm, Member of Congress, to Mr. Jay Treadwell, Director, Food Service, U. S. House of Representatives, requesting that Treadwell make a portion of the Longworth Cafeteria available for a press conference, August 29, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding the Senate passing S. 1614, U.S. Department of Agriculture, August 29, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association, regarding Senate Action on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill and Department of Agriculture Reorganization, August 26, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Press Release: USDA Unveils New Parents’ Guide For Healthful School Meals, News Division, Office of Public Affairs, United States Department of Agriculture, August 25, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding the USDA press conference occurring next week, August 25, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Fax from Steve Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Kevin Dando, ASFSA, and Dorothy Caldwell, Arkansas Department of Education, regarding the Daschle Amendment, August 25, 1994. 3 pages each.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall Matz, regarding a “heads up” about two press conferences to be held in Washington next week regarding school lunch programs, August 24, 1994. 3 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Steve Lacey, regarding an Associated Press article regarding Mike Espy attending the Super Bowl in an official capacity, as Smokey Bear was saluted at halftime, August 24, 1994, 3 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Steve Lacey, regarding the press release Serving Up Success, Public Voice’s Annual School Lunch Report Visits the Frontlines of School Lunch Reform, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, August 24, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Steve Lacey/Marshall Matz, regarding the draft Witness List for Review of USDA’s proposed rule, “Nutrition Objectives for School Meals”, Department Operations and Nutrition Subcommittee, Public Hearing, August 23, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Fax from Steve Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Kevin Dando, regarding the Manager’s Amendment to S. 1614, August 16, 1994. 14 pages.
10.18: Memorandum from Steven L. Lacey, Legislative Assistant, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Penny McConnell, MS, RD, American School Food Service Association; Dorothy Caldwell, MS, RD, Past President, American School Food Service Association; Marilyn Hurt, American School Food Service Association; Vivian Pilant, MS, RD, President, American School Food Service Association, regarding Child Nutrition Update, August 19, 1994.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding the final draft version of the comments to the proposed School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children regulations, August 9, 1994. 8 pages.
10.18: Fax from Julie Paradis, Committee on Agriculture – Counsel Office, U. S. House of Representatives, to Marshall Matz, Kevin Dando, of a letter from Charles W. Stenholm, Chairman, Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition, Committee on Agriculture, U. S. House of Representatives, to Ms. Vivian Pilant, M.S.R.D., President, American School Food Service Association, Director, Office of School Food Services, South Carolina Department of Education, inviting Pilant to testify before the Subcommittee on Department Operations and Nutrition public oversight hearing regarding the recently proposed rule of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide nutrition objectives for school meals, August 9, 1994. 3 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding the first draft of the comments to the proposed School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children regulations, August 9, 1994. 7 pages.
10.18: Draft two of the ASFSA comments to the proposed School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children regulations, August 9, 1994. 6 pages.
10.18: Letter from Vivian Pilant, M.S., R.D., President, American School Food Service Association, to Mr. Joe Scordato, FNS FOI Officer, regarding a Freedom of Information Act Request, August 5, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: Memorandum from Janet Bantley, R.D., Vice President, American School Food Service Association, to Executive Board, Committee Chairs and Committee Members, NFSMI Liaisons, regarding 1994 Fall Committee Days, August 4, 1994. 3 pages.
10.18: Letter from Janet Bantley, MS, RD, Conference Program Chair, and Barbara S. Borschow, CAE, Executive Director, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall Matz, Washington Counsel, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, regarding Matz’ outstanding contribution to the American School Food Service Association, August 4, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: H.R. 4795, in the House of Representatives, A Bill to direct the President to establish a program to provide for coordination between Federal, State, and local agencies, voluntary organizations, and private enterprise in order to encourage the public to eat a healthy diet, July 19, 1994. 11 pages.
10.18: Fax from Senate Agriculture Committee, Majority Staff (Senator Leahy), to Marshall Matz, regarding implementing section 9(f)(2) of the National School Lunch Act, August 3, 1994. 3 pages.
10.18: Memorandum from Public Voice to FRAC, CSPI, ASFSA, regarding Meeting about School Lunch Regulations on Friday Aug. 5 at Public Voice, August 3, 1994. 1 page.
10.18: Fax from Kevin, ASFSA, to Marshall, of a letter from Ellen Haas, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, to Ms. Dorothy Caldwell, RD, Director, Arkansas Department of Education, assuring Caldwell that Hass will seriously consider Caldwell’s request to extend the comment period for the Nutrition Objectives for School Meals regulations, July 28, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Vivian Pilant, Penny McConnell, Janet Bantley, Marilyn Hurt, Barbara Borschow, Marshall Matz, of materials they will need to review regarding the Daschle amendment, the Administrative Procedure Act, etc., before tomorrow’s conference call, August 3, 1994. 10 pages.
10.18: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Vivian Pilant, Penny McConnell, Janet Bantley, Marilyn Hurt, Barbara Borschow, Marshall Matz, of the agenda for Thursday’s conference call, August 2, 1994. 2 pages.
10.18: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Tish Eggleston Pahl, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to American School Food Service Association, Attn: Kevin Dando, regarding The Administrative Procedure Act, August 2, 1994. 5 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association, regarding Committee Assignments for the Senate Agriculture Committee and Labor and Human Resources Committee, January 4, 1995. 2 pages.
10.19: Fax from Marilyn Hurt to Marshall Matz of a Resolution by the Board of Education, School District of LaCrosse opposing block grants, January 4, 1994. 6 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Marilyn Hurt to PPL Committee regarding Preparing for Upcoming Meeting, January 3, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Fax from Jane Wynn to Marshall Matz of a letter from Jane T. Wynn, Director, School Food Service Department, The School Board of Broward County, Florida, to The Honorable E. Clay Shaw, House of Representatives, expressing concern over the proposal to include the School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Commodity Distribution programs in a block grant, December 15, 1994. 3 pages.
10.19: Fax from Kevin Dando to Marshall Matz of a December 29, 1994 Wall Street Journal article: HHS’ Shalala: GOP Welfare Reform Shortchanges Child, December 31, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Interested Parties, regarding President Clinton’s nomination of Dan Glickman (D-KS) to be Secretary of Agriculture, December 28, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Statement of The Honorable Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture-Designate, The White House, December 28, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Biography: Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture Designate, Office of Communications, United States Department of Agriculture, December 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Memorandum from Jim Stafford, ASFSA, to State Directors regarding FY’96 Child Nutrition Funding Per USDA, December 28, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Article: GOP Plan Threatens School Meal Programs, The Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, December 21, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Press Release: Personal Responsibility Act Would ‘Play Havoc’ with School Lunches, Forcing Many Schools to Offer No Program, Public Voice Says, Public Voice for Food & Health Policy, December 20, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Letter from Mark S. Epstein, President, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, to The Honorable Bill Goodling, Chairman, Economic and Educational Opportunities Committee, U. S. House of Representatives, regarding the decimating effect the Personal Responsibility Act would have on the National School Lunch Program, December 20, 1994. 3 pages.
10.19: Fax from Kevin to Marshall of editorial cartoons from Georgia, December 20, 1994. 3 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Jim Stafford, ASFSA, Manager of Economic Research & Analysis, to State Directors, regarding Template to Develop State Funding Analysis of PRA, December 16, 1994. 4 pages.
10.19: List: 104^th Congress Majority Appropriations Sub-Committee Assignments, December 17, 1994. 3 pages.
10.19: Letter from Ronald A. Schuler, President, California Canning Peach Association, to The Honorable Wally Herger, U. S. House of Representatives, commenting on the Personal Responsibility Act (PRA), December 19. 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Article: GOP Details Welfare Trims As Clinton Ponders Tax Cut, N.Y. Times News Service, December 17, 1994. 3 pages.
10.19: Letter from Marshall L. Matz, Stephen L. Lacey, Legislative Assistant, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C.,  to Ms. Veronica McCarthy, Senator Grassley’s Office, United States Senate, regarding the House welfare reform proposal, December 16, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Letter from Marshall L. Matz, Stephen L. Lacey, Legislative Assistant, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C.,  to Mr. Jim Jochum, Senator Grassley’s Office, United States Senate, regarding the House welfare reform proposal, December 16, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Memorandum from Stephen Lacey, Legislative Assistant, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Jim Jochum, Senator Grassley’s Office, regarding 70 percent of the school lunches in Iowa not receiving Federal assistance under the House welfare reform proposal, December 15, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Fax from Kevin to Marshall of a Legislative Crisis Plan, December 15, 1994. 5 pages.
10.19: Letter from Lilla May Hunsley, President, Georgia School Food Service Association, Inc., to The Honorable Clay Shaw, United States House of Representatives, expressing the Georgia School Food Service Association’s concerns if the Personal Responsibility Act is passed with current provisions, December 13, 1994, 1 page.
10.19: Resolution, State of Georgia, State Board of Education, that the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States continue their longstanding support of the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs for all children, December 13, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Article: Board of Education Urges Congress to Continue School Lunch Programs; GOP ‘Contract’ Would Cut Funds, Gwinnett Extra, December 14, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Letterrom Peggy Stevenson, Director of Food Service, and Member, ASFSA Public Policy and Legislation Committee, to The Honorable Wally Herger, U. S. House of Representatives, opposing a block grant for the School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Commodity Distribution Program, December 14, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Memorandum from Vivian Pilant, ASFSA President, to State Directors, regarding Response to Personal Responsibility Act, with attached Memorandum from Jim Stafford, ASFSA Manager of Economic Research and Analysis, to State Directors, regarding Personal Responsibility Act-Summary of Key Economic Impact Findings, December 14, 1994. 5 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Stephen L. Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Rich Pasco, National Pork Producers; Judy Gifford, National Milk Producers Federation; Beth Johnson, National Cattleman’s Association; Joel Brandenberger, National Turkey Federation; Mary Hemsley, National Broiler Council; Jens Knutson, American Meat Institute; John Keeling, American Farm Bureau Federation; Nancy Danielson, National Farmers Union; Christine Nelson, McLeod, Watkinson, and Miller; Kim Cutchins, National Peanut Council; Barbara Spangler, NASDA; David Graves, Rice Millers Association; Jay Howell, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Ron Schuler, California Canning Peach Association; Catherine Miller, Art Haeussler, ACDA; Kevin Dando, ASFSA, regarding Future of the Commodity Distribution Program, December 14, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Kevin Dando, ASFSA Manager of Government and Public Affairs, to ASFSA Legislative Leaders, regarding Legislative Alert, December 13, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to American School Food Service Association, regarding Welfare Reform/Child Nutrition/Commodities, December 13, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Jim Stafford to Barbara Borschow, Kevin Dando, regarding Adendum (sic) to Previous Memo, December 13, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of ASFSA Analysis of the Personal Responsibility Act (PRA), December 12, 1994. 8 pages.
10.19: Letter from Dr. A. Wayne Lord, National Peanut Council Chairman, Southco Commodities, to The Honorable Robert Dole, United States Senate, urging Dole in the strongest possible terms to oppose proposals, such as those included in the Person (sic) Responsibility Act (PRA), to replace current federal food assistance programs with block grant funding, December 9, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Article: GOP Gluttons Feed Wealthy, Starve Poor, The Miami Herald, November 24, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Article: Poor Kids Get Unhealthy Meals At School, The Miami Herald, November 22, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Fax from Jim Stafford to Marshall Matz regarding the impact on PRA – eligible students, December 8, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Fax from Kevin to Marshall of Personal Responsibility Act – States That Stand to Lose the Most School Lunch Funding (as a percentage of total program funding, FY’93), December 8, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Fax from Jim Stafford to Marshall Matz of Impact of Personal Responsibility Act on Student Participation in School Food Lunch Programs, December 7, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Fax from Dorothy Caldwell Arkansas Department of Education, Child Nutrition Section, to Kevin Dando of materials related to the welfare reform debate, December 6, 1994. 10 pages.
10.19: Memorandum from Barbara S. Borschow, ASFSA Executive Director, to Paul McElwain, Annette Bomar, Gene White, Brad Devlin, Marilyn Hurt, regarding Pending Legislation Think Tank (Personal Responsibility Act), December 5, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Fax from Dorothy Caldwell Arkansas Department of Education, Child Nutrition Section, to Marshall Matz regarding Musings, December 1, 1994. 3 pages.
10.19: Fax from Barry D. Sackin to Marshall Matz regarding entitlement status, November 30, 1994. 3 pages.
10.19: Fax from [Bill] Ludwig, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Service, Office of the Administrator, to Marshall Matz, regarding Agenda for Options for a Food Based Menu Planning System That Meets Dietary Guidelines, November 29, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Editorial: GOP Grinches, Louisville Courier-Journal, November 24, 1994. 1 page. 2 copies.
10.19: Article: Schools Hope to Shield Federal Meal Program Under New Congress, Louisville Courier-Journal, November 27, 1994. 1 page.
10.19: Article: Proposal Would Overhaul Welfare System, N.Y. Times News Service, November 22, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Article: Republicans-Welfare, The Associated Press, November 22, 1994. 2 pages.
10.19: Fax from Ellen, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, to Marshall Matz, regarding the block grant, November 17, 1994. 6 pages.
10.20: Excerpt from GOP Budget Cutters Target ‘White Elephant’, The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Memorandum from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislation Committee, regarding Minutes for the October Committee Days meeting, November 17, 1994. 3 pages.
10.20: Article regarding low-fat diets, cholesterol, and children’s growth, The Associated Press, November 15, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Memorandum from Marilyn Hurt to PPL Committee regarding Communicating to Your State Legislative Team and Other Information, November 14, 1994. 7 pages.
10.20: Action ASFSA, November 15, 1994. 20 pages.
10.20: Letter from Dorothy Caldwell, RD, Director, Child Nutrition, Arkansas Department of Education, to Ms. Carol Rasco, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, The White House, regarding Child Nutrition, November 8, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Article: Election May Trigger Changes In Clinton’s Cabinet, Reuters America, Inc., November 6, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Article: Charge Against Hunger 1994 is Launched Nov. 1; Campaign Hopes to Raise $5 Million to Fight Hunger, PR Newswire, November 1, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Memorandum from Tami Cline, Kevin Dando, to ASFSA Executive Board, Barbara Borschow, regarding CSPI Petition, November 1, 1994. 3 pages.
10.20: List: Top 25 Vulnerable House Incumbents, Roll Call, November 3, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz regarding the public law number for the child reauthorization bill, November 3, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Patty Fitzgerald, c/o Shaun Lamberson, to Marshall Matz, regarding the article NSMP: A Test for USDA, Too, November 2, 1994. 3 pages.
10.20: Article: Congress Should Not Delay School Lunch Improvements, Flint, MI Journal, September [28], 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Marilyn Hurt to Marshall Matz of a letter from Colette Pohlkamp, MSFSA Co-Legislative Chair, Minnesota School Food Service Association, to Marilyn Hurt, PPL Chair, District of La Crosse, regarding universal breakfast pilot programs and speakers for the annual legislative action conference, October 31, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Fax from Henrietta Moore, PPL Committee, to Marshall Matz, PPL Committee, requesting review and comment of a letter from Henrietta A. Moore, Director, Office of Food Services, Detroit Public Schools, urging support for the re-election of Dale Kildee to Congress, October 27, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Fax from Kevin to Marshall regarding a Kildee check going out to Maggie [Springer], October 26, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Proclamation: National School Lunch Week, 1994, by the President of the United States of America, Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 197, October 13, 1993. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Kevin, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall of questions the Senate Ag Committee sent for answers, October 25, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Fax from Steve, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Kevin, ASFSA, of material regarding welfare reform, not dated. 5 pages.
10.20: Interview: Improving School Lunches Is On Track, Official Insists, Atlanta Constitution, October 15, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Press Release: Espy Begins Implementation of Historic USDA Reorganization, News Division, Office of Communications, United States Department of Agriculture, October 20, [?]. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Kevin, American School Food Service Association, to Marshall Matz regarding two more letters supporting Shirley Watkins, October 19, 1994. 5 pages.
10.20: Memorandum from Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Mr. Kevin Dando, Government Affairs Specialist, American School Food Service Association, regarding CSPI Press Conference on Seafood Restaurants, October 19, 1994. 3 pages.
10.20: Letter from William M. Webster, IV, Director of Scheduling and Advance, The White House, to Mr. Marshall L. Matz, General Counsel, American School Food Association, c/o Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., declining an invitation to President Clinton to host a signing ceremony for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, October 18, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Steve Lacey, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., to Kevin Dando, of Contract With America and The Personal Responsibility Act-Welfare Reform, October 17, [1994]. 8 pages.
10.20: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, of an Associated Press article regarding possible closing of food pantries because of federal government cuts in the amount of food it provides to them, October 17, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Diane Shust, Government Relations, National Education Association, to Kevin Dando, Marshall Matz of a letter from Diane Allensworth, PhD, RN, Associate Executive Director of Programs, American School Health Association, to James H. Williams, Exec. Director, National Education Association, requesting Williams join Allensworth in “writing your congressman to oppose Section 106(C) of HR 8, October 14, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Article: S.T.O.P. Questions Texas A&M Beef Study, Cross’s Role, Food Chemical News, October 3, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Action ASFSA, October 11, 1994. 14 pages.
10.20: Fax from Kevin to Marshall Matz of material regarding Competitive Foods, October 11, 1994. 9 pages.
10.20: Fax from Kevin to Marshall Matz of a thank you note from state directors in Pennsylvania, October 10, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Fax from Marilyn Hurt, ASFSA, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, PPL Committee Meeting agenda, October 10, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz regarding Senate passage of the child nutrition reauthorization bill, October 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Article: Child Nutrition, The Associated Press, October 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Article: School Lunch Lobbying, The Associated Press, October 6, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Article: NSMP: A Test for USDA, Too, School Foodservice & Nutrition, October 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Memorandum from Marshall L. Matz, Counsel, American School Food Service Association, to John D. Podesta, Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary; Carol H. Rasco, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; William Webster, IV, Office of Scheduling, Attn: Bart Hanford, regarding Child Nutrition Signing Ceremony, October 7, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Article: House Puts Fat Back in School Lunches, The Associated Press, October 5, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Article: School Lunch Lobbying, The Associated Press, October 6, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding the House beginning consideration of the child nutrition reauthorization bill, October 5, 1994. 1 page.
10.20: Fax from Kevin Dando, ASFSA, to Marshall Matz, regarding Rominger being mentioned in an attached Associated Press article, October 4, 1994. 2 pages.
10.20: Fax from Colleen, on Congressman George Miller (D-California), U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, to Marshall Matz, of the latest draft of legislation regarding Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and the milk requirement, October 4, 1994. 7 pages.