The Oct.-Nov. 96 number of the National Good Templar features the frontpage headline "Alcohol, Tobacco Issues Heat Up 1997 Presidential Campaign". The article reports that the Gallo family donated $55,000 to Clinton and $398,000 to Dole. The IOGT publication shows sympathy for Clinton because of his proposal to ban distilled advertising on TV and because "the largest single contributor to [Dole's] political campaigns has been the Gallo family, the nation's largest wine producer." (The insinuation is that Dole will support the wine industry's request for approval to advertise that drinking red wine provides health benefits.) The National Good Templar does not mention the large contributions to Clinton from the family that controls Seagrams. This newsletter article is the only place where I have seen any interest in alcohol as a 1996 president issue. Has anybody noticed more? David M. Fahey History Department Miami University Oxford, OH 45056-1618, USA tel. 513-529-5134 FAX 513-529-3841 e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>