A request to see Lee Iaccoca address the issues

_{charlierose@pbs.org Cc: Find: Mr. Rose, I would like to see Lee Iacocca on your program. Any chance of this becoming a reality. Thanks, Charles R Rummel III}

Message has been sent.

I really appreciate the point you have made. If MR. Rose is not interested perhaps Mr. Moyers would allow the coverage to take place on his program.

cr3

Thanks Charley!

I think your idea of Bill Moyers is a good one. I was a very big fan of his.

Moyers has become very vindictive of late and taken wild shots at everyone from Ayn Rand to the evils of Capitalism. Being a celebrated member of the world of industry and appearing as such on Moyers current program is likely to be risky.

I'll wait to see what Mr. Rose does. Then we can go to Mr. Moyers and Plan B.

Thanks

L.J.

My understanding is that Chrysler Corp, as rebuilt by Mr. Iacocca no longer exists, and that what we call Chrysler Corp. these days is but a shadow of the remnants of a once very innovative company. How can this be considered a "success"? Does this also mean that the British Government's bailout of British Leyland was also a success?

Perhaps I did not make myself clear.

According to the industry pundits, Iacocca pulled Chrysler away from the path of certain failure, restructured virtually every operation and left the company in a profitable and competitive condition. What he did to accomplish that is what I think is of interest to many especially those with responsibility for managing the current bailout.

What others did to compromise his results, after he left, is of no interest to me. Nor am I preoccupied with what the Brits did with BL. That might make for some interesting reading but it contributes nothing to our knowledge of what works.

An interview of Iaccoca might.

L.J.

I too would like to see what Mr. Iaccoca has to say about the current mess in Detroit, however, I continually read about the 80's "Chrysler bailout". It was not a bailout, it was a loan, which was repaid early. I imagine it would have become a defaulted loan had he not succeeded.