VOORHIS TIEBOUT COMPANY, INC.
                   V-T SOAP DISPENSERS AND V-T HAND SOAPS
SoapMaster
                                                      P.O. Box 248
                                                      RED HOOK - N.Y 12571

                                                      July 22, 1993
Senator Patrick Moynihan
Room 464
Russell Senate office Bldg.
Washington, D. C. 20510

Dear Senator Moynihan:

     As the owner of a small business consisting of the assembly and
sale of a soap dispenser for use in public washrooms, I wish to call
to your attention the disastrous effect of the Americans With 
Disability Act (ADA) on my company, which, incidentally, has been in business 
for sixty-one years in New York State.

     Recently one of my distributors informed me that our soap 
dispensers, described in the enclosed brochure, does not meet the 
requirements set forth in Title III of the ADA, according to the 
purchasing officials of several school districts in his state.

     Evidently the bureaucrats who drew up these specifications in 
Title III of the ADA were unfamiliar with our soap dispenser or simply 
preferred the products of our competitors. In that approximately 75% of 
our installations are in public school systems throughout the U.S., our
inability to meet the specifications of the ADA will mean the 
termination of our business.

     Ironically, over the years our soap dispenser has been preferred 
by schools because it has proven superior to other soap dispensing 
systems when it comes to performance and economy--two extremely 
important factors in these critical times.

     It is hard for me to understand how a regulation like this was 
passed by Congress and signed by the President of the United States. 
Obviously the resulting hardships to small businesses like mine were 
not given a great deal of consideration.           

     Certainly the handicapped deserve our compassion and cooperation.
However, in order to improve their way of life is it necessary or 
advisable to bring about the demise of a small company like mine?

                                           Respectfully,
                                           VOORHIS TIEBOUT CO., INC.

                                           Edward M: McNally
                                           President

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