William Thomas
                       1440 N Street N.W. 
                        Washington, D.C.
                              20005

                        October 31, 1988

Dear Mr. William Landers:

I have your letter of October 14, 1988 again informing me that you
referred my letter to the Department of Interior.  Before
addressing the specifics of your letter, let me just say that no
apology was necessary for calling me by someone else's name.  It is
enough if you appreciate the fact that we all make mistakes.

Primarily, as would regard Executive Order 12291, I am concerned
with the procedure by which a particular regulation (36 CFR
7.96(x), initially codified under 36 CFR 50.19(e)(11)(12)) was
promulgated (on April 6, 1986), rather than "how regulations are
implemented in a particular case."

Specifically I am complaining that in 36 CFR 7.96(x) the Department
of Interior intentionally, with careful planning, and even malice,
promulgated an unnecessary regulation which was intended to abridge
the Constitutional protections of the First Amendment.   

Your correspondence has been helpful in focusing what may have
seemed a scattered complaint.

For your information the Department of Interior has not yet made
contact on this matter.   

                              Thank you,


                              William Thomas


cc.  President Reagan,
     Director Office of Management and Budget
 







                         William Thomas
                       1440 N Street N.W. 
                        Washington, D.C.
                              20005

                        October 31, 1988

Dear Mr. William Landers:

I have your letter of October 14, 1988 again informing me that you
referred my letter to the Department of Interior.  Before
addressing the specifics of your letter, let me just say that no
apology was necessary for calling me by someone else's name.  It is
enough if you appreciate the fact that we all make mistakes.

Primarily, as would regard Executive Order 12291, I am concerned
with the procedure by which a particular regulation (36 CFR
7.96(x), initially codified under 36 CFR 50.19(e)(11)(12)) was
promulgated (on April 6, 1986), rather than "how regulations are
implemented in a particular case."

Specifically I am complaining that in 36 CFR 7.96(x) the Department
of Interior intentionally, with careful planning, and even malice,
promulgated an unnecessary regulation which was intended to abridge
the Constitutional protections of the First Amendment.   

Your correspondence has been helpful in focusing what may have
seemed a scattered complaint.

For your information the Department of Interior has not yet made
contact on this matter.   

                              Thank you,


                              William Thomas


cc.  President Reagan,
     Director Office of Management and Budget
 







                         William Thomas
                       1440 N Street N.W. 
                        Washington, D.C.
                              20005

                        October 31, 1988

Dear Mr. William Landers:

I have your letter of October 14, 1988 again informing me that you
referred my letter to the Department of Interior.  Before
addressing the specifics of your letter, let me just say that no
apology was necessary for calling me by someone else's name.  It is
enough if you appreciate the fact that we all make mistakes.

Primarily, as would regard Executive Order 12291, I am concerned
with the procedure by which a particular regulation (36 CFR
7.96(x), initially codified under 36 CFR 50.19(e)(11)(12)) was
promulgated (on April 6, 1986), rather than "how regulations are
implemented in a particular case."

Specifically I am complaining that in 36 CFR 7.96(x) the Department
of Interior intentionally, with careful planning, and even malice,
promulgated an unnecessary regulation which was intended to abridge
the Constitutional protections of the First Amendment.   

Your correspondence has been helpful in focusing what may have
seemed a scattered complaint.

For your information the Department of Interior has not yet made
contact on this matter.   

                              Thank you,


                              William Thomas


cc.  President Reagan,
     Director Office of Management and Budget
 President Reagan
The White House
Washington, D.C.

William Thomas
1440 N Street N.W. 
Washington, D.C.  20005

Director
Office of Management and Budget
The White House
Washington, D.C.

William Thomas
1440 N Street N.W. 
Washington, D.C.  20005