Example of letter sent by SAFER members to their Senators from January 17-21:

On Tuesday January 21, 1997, Senator Phil Gramm will offer a resolution
doubling non-defense research spending over the next ten years.  I urge you
to support this resolution.

I am a physicist and science educator who has spent the last 8 years
performing energy research.  Energy is fundamental to the ability of a
society to function.  Consider the facts:

* The United States currently imports more than 45% of the oil it consumes
annually at a direct cost of about $50 billion.

* Americans currently spend over $400 billion a year for gasoline and
electricity.

* The U.S. Department of Energy currently spends less than $1 billion a
year on energy research and development .


While fossil fuels can supply the world's energy needs for perhaps a
hundred years or more, alternatives to fossil fuels are urgently needed.
We must aggressively pursue research and development of safe, clean, and
viable non-fossil fuel alternatives (fusion, fission, solar, hydro, wind,
etc.) now to ensure the energy needs of future generations.

Again, I urge you to support Senator Gramm's resolution doubling
non-defense research spending over the next ten years.


Sincerely yours,


Dr. Andrew Post Zwicker
Science Education Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
423-523-5774

          and

Science Education Program
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
609-243-2150

member of SAFER - Scientists Advocating Fusion Energy Research