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The 60 Plus Leadership
James L. Martin
Jim Martin joined the Marine Corps in 1953 at age 17 as the Korean
"conflict" concluded and served on active duty until 1958. In
1955, his Battalion Commander awarded Jim a meritorious citation for
"exemplary conduct and leadership qualities exhibited in the
performance of duties." In 1956 Sergeant Jim Martin began a two-year
tour of duty as an elite Marine Security Guard at the American Embassy in
Jakarta, Indonesia. Jim entered the University of Florida in 1959 and
graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism in 1962, where he
received the William Randolph Hearst reporting award for creative writing.
Jim came to Washington in 1962 where he covered Congress and the White
House for two years during the Kennedy-Johnson administration as a
newspaper reporter and radio/TV broadcaster for 3 dozen media outlets in
the South. Jim served for six years as Chief of Staff to
Congressman, then Senator, the late Edward J. Gurney (R-FL), 1964-69.
He has helped to organize and direct several advocacy groups including the
National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) and the Public
Service Research Council (PSRC) (Americans Against Union Control of
Government), which opposes public sector compulsory unionism as a threat
to elected representation.
Now Mr. Martin serves as the President of the 60 Plus Association, which
has been called an "increasingly influential lobbying group for the
elderly--often viewed as the conservative alternative to the American
Association of Retired Persons."
60 Plus is a hard hitting organization dedicated to protecting the tax
rights of seniors, and to repealing the most confiscatory of all
taxes--the inheritance or estate (death) tax. Jim Martin has been quoted
as saying that while there are two certainties in life, taxes and death,
now, thanks to the death tax, Jim adds a third certainty--taxes after
death. 60 Plus presents a Benjamin Franklin Award to Members of
Congress in both parties who sponsor legislation to abolish the third
certainty, taxes after death. Original sponsors are Rep. Chris Cox
(R-CA) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ).
60 Plus, now eleven years old, has grown to over 500,000 citizen lobbyists
nationally. 60 Plus is the only conservative senior citizens group to
publish a Congressional Rating System, scoring Members of Congress based
on their pro-senior votes. In the 105th Congress, 60 Plus presented
the non-partisan GUARDIAN OF SENIORS' RIGHTS AWARD, to 254 Members,
Republicans and Democrats, in both the House and the Senate.
Mr. Martin has also been a vocal critic of taxpayer subsidized political
advocacy groups. In 1995, he testified four times before Congress on this
volatile issue where he spotlighted the fact that more than 40 seniors'
organizations receive hundreds of millions of tax dollars and, as Jim puts
it, "politick openly and blatantly with said dollars." Jim
correctly pointed out that this was "just the tip of the
iceberg" and subsequent Congressional investigations substantiated
the charge that there is at least a '39 billion dollar dirty little
secret' in Washington, to wit your "tax dollars at work in all sorts
of illegal ways and for political activities for which you may not be in
agreement."
Mr. Martin is married to Mary Lou, and they have 7 children and 15
grandchildren.
BIRTHPLACE
Hazard, Kentucky, March 20, 1936
PROFESSIONAL
President, The 60 Plus Association, Inc., Arlington, VA 500,000+ member
national grass-roots lobbying organization for Seniors. Actively lobby
U.S. Congress on public policy issues of concern to Senior Citizens.
Conduct print and radio/TV interviews.
Referenced in several books, notably How to Write Business Letters, by
Fred Nauheim; cited by University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato in
Political Consultants, The Image Merchants of the 1980's for writing
emotional (and highly successful) political fund raising letters for
Congressman Jack Kemp (R-NY). AA to U.S. Rep./U.S. Senator Edward J.
Gurney (R-FL) 1964-69. Capitol Hill Newspaper Reporter & Radio/TV
Broadcaster for 35 media outlets in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
Washington, DC 1962-64.
ACTIVITIES
Participant as Manager/Pitcher for top 10 national 55+ Senior Softball
team, Saints and Sinners, in Senior World Series, 1993, Houston, Texas and
1994, Phoenix, Arizona. Participant, 1993 Golden Olympics basketball (55+)
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and 1995 Nationals in San Antonio, Texas.
1993-95 Virginia State Champs.
Roger Zion
Member of Congress, Indiana 1967-1975
Honorary Chairman, 60 Plus
Roger Zion has been one of Washington's leading spokesmen for the
conservative cause.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives four times from a
liberal Indiana district. While serving in Congress, he headed the
Republican Task Force on Energy and Resources. He also negotiated on
behalf of the United States with Representatives of the Peoples Republic
of Vietnam for humane treatment of POW's during the Vietnam War.
His new book, "The Republican Challenge" proves we can balance
the budget without touching entitlements by getting rid of
counterproductive government programs and by ending tax supported left
wing propaganda organizations.
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