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Senator Charles Percy ADVANTAGE: JOBS An Effective Leader Chuck Percy has always been a leader • in school, in business, and now in the U.S. Senate. At age ten. Chuck was selling newspapers, magazines, and his mother's home-baked cookies to ttfelp the family make ends meet during the Depression. Chuck worked his way through the University of Chicago and won the highest honor given to a member of the senior class. After serving in the Navy during World War 11, Chuck joined Bell & Howell and was "named president only four years later. At age 29, Chuck was then the youngest man ever to head a major U.S. corporation. Chuck first entered politics as a precinct worker and in i960 was selected as the Chairman of the Platform Committee for the Republican National Convention, in 1966, Chuck was elected to the Senate and was re-elected in 1972 and in 1978. In addition to chairing the powerful Foreign Relations Committee, Percy also serves on the Senate Govern­ mental Affairs Committee and the Select Committee on Aging, in his next term, Chuck Percy will be the second ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate. "The combination .of his background and his leadership position has produced a Senator ivho is at once a major American statesman and an outstanding salesman for Illinois... / deeply appreciate the support Chuck Percy has given me." • - ' President Ronald Reagan Percy has helped obtain hundreds of Federal grants which have created thousands of permanent jobs in Illinois. In just two grant programs, Percy's work helped bring 23,OCX) permanent jobs to lllinois plus thousands of construction jobs, and spurred one billion dollars in private investment. Percy has also worked for special tax incentives for employers to hire and train unskilled workers. ADVANTAGE: THE ECONOMY Percy ha^ been a.strong leader in the Senate effort to cut inflation and interest fates and get the economy back on track, in just three years inflation has been cut from a high of 12.4% to under 3X. The prime interest rate was 21 VaX; now it s half that. Percy sponsored and fought for the larges: individual tax cut in American history, saving the average American family S l, l ooand eliminating 90X of U.S. families from paying Federal inheritance Tax. Senator Percy has voted to hold federal spending in check time and again. ADVANTAGE: AGRICULTURE Senator Percy used his influence to help end the grain embargo, sign a new five-year grain agreement, and has been a Senate champion of efforts to ensure more for Illinois farmers in foreign markets. Percy s work to expand farm exports has won him a major award from Illinois1 corn and soybean growers. He authored contract sanctity ... now law. ADVANTAGE: 0 ADVANTAGE: ADVANTAGE: DEFENSE FIGHTING WASTE As a veteran. Chuck Percy knows the vital importance of a strong national defense. That's why Percy has consistently voted to supply our fighting men and women with the modern and effective weapons they need to keep our country free. Percy is also leading the effort to bring more defense contracts to Illinois. Percy wrote a tough law to crack down on people who owe debts to the government. Signed into law by President Reagan, the Percy "Debt Collection Acr has already succeeded in collecting five billion dollars which can be used to lower the deficit and save taxpayers' money. Percy has visited all WORKING FOR several times: He's held conferences throughout the state to help small ILLINOIS and large businesses obtain government contracts and export more products. Percy's leadership in the Senate gives Illinois an advantage that is second to none. Senator Charles Percy -- The Illinois Advantage