Update on NPC conference on taxes > >Saturday, November 13, 1999 >1:00pm CST > >Larry Becraft who is a speaker at the "Citizens Summit to End the Illegal >Operations of the IRS" being held at the National Press Club in Washington >D.C. today just called with an update. > >He said they are as surprised and disappointed as everyone that CSPAN is not covering this event today. > >On Friday, the day before the summit, event promoter Bob Schultz, president >of "We The People," received a phone call from a Department of Justice >representative, Mr. Joel Gray, inquiring about the nature of the summit and >the material to be covered. Although Mr. Schulz thought the call unusual, he placed no additional importance on it at the time. > >IRS representatives and other government officials were formally invited to >attend. None did. > >Larry said that as expected Bill Benson revealed the name of the person who >approached him about not making public his material on the non-ratification >of the Sixteenth Amendment, and that the person was Orin Hatch. > >Larry said that CSPAN told the summit promoter the tax summit held back in >July, which they did cover, was THEIR MOST POPULAR PRODUCTION in terms of >requests for taped copies of the program. > >According to Larry, the CSPAN schedule was open for this date, between the >hours of 8:00am and 6:00pm when this event was scheduled. > >Instead of covering this live event -- which was to be an improvement over >the prior one, -- CSPAN is running a previously taped "canned" program. > >At this time no official response had been received from CSPAN as to why >this event was not covered in light of the exceptional reception the first >one received. >