The letter from a Washington oil lobbyist named Jack Evans got right down to the business of dunning for money:
Secretary Udall, who happens to be a friend of long standing, has asked me as a personal favor to him to solicit the Oil and Gas Industry in Washington in an effort to help the Secretary dispose of his "very sizable quota of tickets for the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner." Tickets are $100 per plate. Send your check to me.
Printed at the top of the letter dated April 5 were the names of 56 oil and gas company officialsclear warning to...
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