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u <br />UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS <br />1620 EYE STREET, NURT MUr <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. 2(X)06 <br />TF.LENIONE: (202) 293-7330 <br />June 10, 1983 <br />The Honorable David Durenberger <br />United States Senate <br />375 Russell Senate Office Building <br />Washington, DC <br />Dear Senator Durenberger: <br />The U.S. Conference of Mayors is very pleased to strongly <br />support your proposed amendment to S. 66, the Cable Tele- <br />communications Act of 1983. <br />The "changed circumstances" provision of S. 66, which your <br />amendment would be addressed to, is a potential powder keg <br />of difficulty for the nation's cities in the cable television <br />area. Section 613(d), as originally drafted, would have <br />given the cable operator the right to unilaterally abro- <br />gate provisions of the franchise agreement. Your amend- <br />ment corrects that very basic flaw to a significant degree. <br />Although ,Conference policy oWoses feddgr-al cable legisla-' <br />�Qp, your eme5`5 went w"ill represent an important improvement <br />of S. 66. <br />Thank you for your assistance, We look forward to continuing <br />to work with you in this and other areas. <br />Sincerely, <br />John J. Gunther <br />Executive Director <br />