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than a postcard campaign/' said Campaigns include a sophisticated mailing to Curtis Moore, minority counsel for the Senate Environment Committee. "It shareholders of the Monsanto Co., which ,, speaks of a high degree of knowledge of how the Senate operates. It shows characterized the Senate bill as "overkill." an awareness that a single contact from a personal friend, or a single letter from the right kind 6f Further, the bill would allow victims of chemical contamination to sue the responsible companies in federal court. Currently, victims must rely on a mishmash of state laws that have )ftcn hindered recovery of damages. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D4.Y., said on the Senate floor Aug. 21 hat he hoped a recent rebroadcast of VBC Television's documentary on :hemical contamination. "The Killing iround," would "crystallize more dive public support" so that the bill ould reach the senate floor. Moynihan cited a recent BC/Harris poll showing that 86 crccnt of the American public clicve the problem of toxic chemical umps and spills deserves a "very igh priority" for federal action. `I urge,my colleagues and their .affs to listen to the attitudes of the pncral public and not be totally prsuaded by the campaigns now ping waged by the big chemical pr mics to oppose (the bill)," o nan said. The chemical company campaigns elude a highly sophisticated unputerlzed mailing to shareholders organi'zation, may be wwoorrth' more than of the Monsanto Co., which 100postcardss.."" ....... . '' .. characterized the Senate bill as Moore said the caimpaign isI "overkill" -and included the names effective because instead'or flooding and addresses of the shareholders' Capitol Hill with letters , from senators and representatives. . housewives, the letters are from Lloyd Shand, Monsanto's director of engineers, lawyers and architects - government affairs, said the letter "thepeople who influence policy." . went out to 40,000 to 50,000 Blake Early, a lobbyist for the shareholders. "Whenever a Sierra Club, lamented that his significant issue comes up that affects organization has little money to spend their investment, we tell them about on a massive mailing for the chemical it," he said. cleanup bill........... :______ .. . Dozens of letters to senators have resulted from the mailing, say Senate staffers; they're easy to spotbecause they all contain the catchword "overkill." . Several staffers characterized the Monsanto-generated letters as "thoughtful" and "well-targeted." Coming from company executives, chemical plant managers, lawyers and other professionals in senators' home states, the letters are likely to have a greater impact on senators than a typical postcard campaign, say staffers. "This campaign is much more sophisticated, much more effective . . "WeVe blown such a wad on the Alaska (Lands) bill, we just don't have the kina of resources to do a major mail campaign on superfund," he said. "I don't thinlrwe can slug it out letter-for-letter with . the chemical industry." . : While the environmentalists don't have much money to spread around, the chemical industry apparently does. A recent study by Ralpn Nader's Public Citizen' Congress Watch reported that between 1977 and 1980, chemical companies had contributed over $2 . million in campaign contributions to 32 senators and 55 House members. . 1980. Congressional Quarterly Inc. PCB-ARCH-EXT037 5913