Position Paper: Marlboro Boycott

Hamish Maxwell's home address:
1 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201

Philip Morris responded by scheduling a meeting with
ACT UP for April 20, 1990, at the Washington lobbying
office of Philip Morris.
Seven ACT UP/D.C. members attended the meeting:
Melinda Daniels, Carl Goodman, Angelo Llau, Jeff Nelson,
Michael Petrelis, Bud Turley, and Emmett Underwood.
Three Philip Morris executives attended: Guy L.
Smith, IV; David I. Greenberg; and Alice T. McGillion.
Philip Morris refused to accede to our demands.
Instead, they reaffirmed their support of Helms.
4. OVERVIEW OF PHILIP MORRIS'S CORPORATE SUPPORT OF SEN. HELMS:
According to the Federal Election Commission, Philip Morris
PAC has made the following direct contributions to Helms:
Year Amount Donated
1977 $ 600
1978* 1,000
1979-83 0
1984* 5,000
1985 5,000
1986-88 0
1989 7,500
1990*,** 2,000
TOTAL $ 21,100
* Election year
** Through April 15, 1990
Please Note: Federal law limits corporate PAC contributions to $5,000 per Primary election and $5,000
per General election. Philip Morris PAC is entitled to give Helms no more than $10,000 per 6-year
period between Senate elections. (Retroactive payments are also permissible to cover any outstanding
debt frompast elections.) As the table above shows, Philip Morris PAC
has given the absolute maximum to Helms's campaigns. No other
corporation comes even close to such strong support of Helms.
Philip Morris is also by far the single largest corporate
sponsor of the proposed "Jesse Helms Museum," planned to open
in 1992. At $200,000, the company has given almost three
times the amount of the second highest benefactor. (source: The
Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, April 11, 1990, p. 1).

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