Business Plays Politics

Here are the federal political contributions in 1995-96 by Fortune 500 companies and the 44 largest private U.S. firms. The Times analyzed donations by companies, their political action committees and employees that were reported to the Federal Election Commission.

Columns: They list each firm’s rank by size, corporate donations and rank, contributions per $1 million in 1996 sales, donations by employees and the party break down for all contributions.

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Contrib. Rank Rank per by Company Corp. by $1 mil. Emp. sales name contribs. contrib. in sales contribs. 130 Abbott Labs $223,811 138 20.32 $12,700 514 Ace Hardware 0. 405 .00 11,650 287 Advance Publics 0 405 .00 2,000 69 Aetna 242,620 131 14.36 55,913 213 Aflac 972,505 13 136.97 103,275 492 Aid Assn for Lutherans 0 405 .00 2,300 368 Air Products & Chems 42,500 306 10.54 123,225 94 Albertson’s 0 405 .00 42,385 102 Alcoa 23,000 340 1.75 9,751 387 Allegheny Teledyne 0 405 .00 300 336 Allegiance 0 405 .00 0 345 Alliant Foodservice 0 405 .00 1,000 89 AlliedSignal 394,700 89 28.25 40,785 444 Allmerica Financial 14,375 362 4.39 12,400 34 Allstate 159,950 177 6.58 42,762 455 Alltel 171,812 162 53.82 77,996 460 Alumax 0 405 .00 0 262 Amer Electric Power 88,000 236 15.04 6,375 87 Amer Home Products 295,225 110 20.96 49,350 24 Amer Int’l Group 496,230 67 17.59 136,750 171 Amerada Hess 0 405 .00 92,450 266 American Brands 50,000 292 8.66 13,620 66 American Express 469,950 73 27.20 73,487 435 American Family Insur 0 405 .00 5,150 359 American Financial 395,000 88 95.98 466,385 218 American General 84,540 239 12.11 9,050 263 American Standard 90,000 234 15.50 3,255 58 American Stores 0 405 .00 0 275 Amerisource Health 0 405 .00 1,850 80 Ameritech 935,667 17 62.72 53,486 20 Amoco 440,606 77 13.46 42,960 280 Amp 92,600 229 16.93 12,002 63 AMR 777,030 30 43.77 81,490 286 Amway 397,000 86 74.18 215,615 133 Anheuser-Busch 891,007 22 81.87 125,574 246 Anthem Insurance 0 405 .00 1,800 350 Aon 33,000 321 7.87 54,420 516 APL 101,527 220 37.07 4,600 156 Apple Computer 0 405 .00 20,650 356 Applied Materials 0 405 .00 31,600 251 Aramark 0 405 .00 10,710 98 Archer Daniels Midland 857,976 24 64.44 105,850 235 Arrow Electronics 0 405 .00 0 162 Arthur Anderson 516,851 62 54.41 439,553 524 Asarco 101,600 219 37.68 12,039 114 Ashland 430,535 78 35.00 57,078 7 AT&T; 2,200,658 3 29.53 203,692 54 Atlantic Richfield 1,230,593 8 64.20 82,764 410 Auto Data Processing 5,000 383 1.40 31,375 279 Avatex 0 405 .00 0 449 Avery Dennison 0 405 .00 26,831 294 Avnet 0 405 .00 20,000 315 Avon Products 14,900 361 3.10 13,151 481 Baker Hughes 2,000 397 .66 21,000 461 Baltimore Gas & Elec 60,700 270 19.25 7,100 143 Banc One 487,706 68 47.48 109,273 248 Bank of Boston 40,150 310 6.44 40,400 270 Bank of NY 17,950 351 3.14 10,620 40 BankAmerica 911,440 20 41.30 93,436 161 Bankers Trust NY 171,000 164 17.88 47,340 386 Barnett Banks 406,625 81 106.55 10,850 282 Baxter Intl 202,049 142 37.16 61,345 310 Bear Stearns 334,100 99 67.31 408,885 185 Bechtel 480,850 70 56.54 93,875 512 Becton Dickinson 6,500 380 2.35 6,225 104 Bell Atlantic 684,990 39 52.36 87,665 55 Bellsouth 933,811 18 49.04 111,971 511 Beneficial 739,819 35 266.90 54,300 150 Bergen Brunswig 0 405 .00 550 138 Berkshire Hathaway 0 405 .00 2,000 211 Best Buy 0 405 .00 500 324 Bethlehem Steel 149,350 180 31.92 22,340 441 Beverly Enterprises 55,000 279 16.76 15,350 289 Bindley Western 0 405 .00 6,250 313 Black & Decker 32,833 322 6.68 1,800 38 Boeing 777,055 29 34.26 71,695 298 Boise Cascade 50,500 291 9.86 18,923 267 Borden 1,600 400 .28 3,950 78 Bristol-Meyer Squibb 651,750 43 43.26 138,907 265 Browning-Ferris 335,328 98 58.02 45,075 496 Bruno’s 2,750 394 .96 1,500 459 Brunswick 30,148 324 9.54 200 190 Burlington Santa Fe 297,614 108 36.35 22,695 434 C&S; Wholesale Grocers 60,000 272 17.92 21,500 523 Caldor 0 405 .00 500 518 Caliber System 4,750 389 1.75 6,250 201 Campbell Soup 0 405 .00 12,200 173 Cardinal Health 0 405 .00 7,950 10 Cargill 162,500 172 2.90 20,815 487 Carolina Power & Light 249,750 127 83.37 16,295 284 Case 15,000 357 2.77 1,685 70 Caterpillar 282,000 115 17.07 31,730 468 Centex 2,250 396 .73 5,250 278 Central & South West 48,250 297 8.75 1,250 261 Champion Intl 287,562 113 48.90 12,646 26 Chase Manhattan 115,487 210 4.21 119,995 16 Chevron 1,075,258 12 27.79 33,073 9 Chrysler 401,345 84 6.54 188,592 237 Chubb 242,199 132 37.28 23,704 56 Cigna 322,545 101 17.02 81,120 447 Cinergy 53,209 286 16.41 11,500 216 Circuit City 201,084 143 28.61 83,749 360 Cisco Systems 0 405 .00 55,170 21 Citicorp 565,800 55 17.35 147,929 339 CMS Energy 203,963 141 47.07 31,150 398 CNF Transportation 320,000 102 87.38 6,250 120 Coastal 404,200 83 33.91 51,315 198 Coca-Cola 158,954 178 20.07 0 60 Coca-Cola 684,495 40 36.91 94,897 174 Colgate-Palmolive 0 405 .00 4,250 91 College Retirement EF 0 405 .00 0 445 Columbia Gas 100,800 221 30.83 15,121 49 Colum/HCA Healthcare 85,500 238 4.29 213,175 367 Comcast 161,550 176 40.00 58,000 477 Comerica 63,075 267 20.55 26,050 62 Compaq Computer 28,750 328 1.59 17,244 385 CompUSA 0 405 .00 550 418 Computer Associates 0 405 .00 17,050 344 Computer Sciences 71,600 254 16.88 12,300 220 Con Edison of NY 8,936 376 1.28 2,300 33 Conagra 628,495 45 25.32 27,150 396 Conrail 263,224 122 70.87 10,200 479 Conseco 75,000 251 24.47 61,750 390 Consolidated Natl Gas 51,383 290 13.54 2,750 530 Consolidated Stores 0 405 .00 0 242 Continental Airlines 82,750 241 13.01 31,650 79 Continental Grain 10,200 371 .68 10,700 291 Cooper Industries 227,000 137 42.96 12,350 226 Coopers & Lybrand 456,727 75 67.61 219,682 349 Corestates Financial 16,400 355 3.91 7,700 347 Corning 268,709 121 63.99 72,872 51 Costco 0 405 .00 1,400 388 Cox Enterprises 0 405 .00 209,100 155 CPC Intl 0 405 .00 14,050 187 Crown Cork & Seal 18,100 350 2.17 14,500 136 CSX 707,645 37 67.16 77,897 293 Cummins Engine 0 405 .00 17,325 186 CVS 0 405 .00 11,575 501 Cyprus-Amax Minerals 261,095 123 91.84 22,100 199 Dana 12,000 366 1.52 13,025 456 Darden Restaurants 104,800 218 32.83 27,410 28 Dayton Hudson 164,550 169 6.49 5,587 504 Dean Foods 5,600 382 1.99 19,678 169 Dean Witter Disc 232,825 135 25.79 275,027 124 Deere 146,500 183 13.05 52,196 200 Dell Computer 0 405 .00 6,000 236 Deloitte Touche 827,735 26 127.34 364,565 111 Delta Air Lines 133,750 191 10.74 51,520 189 Diamond Shamrock 36,500 315 4.45 9,250 81 Digital Equipment 55,000 280 3.78 23,585 240 Dillard Dept Stores 0 405 .00 7,300 382 Dole Food 184,600 154 48.07 6,940 314 Dominion Resources 148,025 181 30.57 4,500 362 Dover 0 405 .00 9,250 47 Dow Chemical 277,600 117 13.84 39,600 233 Dresser Industries 90,068 233 13.73 12,000 402 DTE Energy 233,615 134 64.08 17,874 322 Duke Power 66,775 260 14.03 12,450 15 DuPont 198,200 145 4.99 39,341 319 Eastman Chemical 230,850 136 48.27 22,900 74 Eastman Kodak 146,971 182 9.20 22,023 219 Eaton 18,250 349 2.62 12,925 464 Echlin 0 405 .00 37,150 307 Eckerd 88,700 235 17.75 17,500 184 Edison Intl 5,000 384 .59 2,300 483 El Paso Natl Gas 116,850 203 38.82 5,350 205 Eli Lilly 931,991 19 126.86 83,950 126 Emerson Electric 243,400 130 21.83 37,725 457 Engelhard 0 405 .00 1,000 99 Enron 580,215 50 43.66 334,550 212 Entergy 586,475 48 81.87 45,366 463 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 44,863 302 14.35 168,998 203 Ernst & Young 1,196,950 9 158.54 654,370 454 Estee Lauder 0 405 .00 300,464 3 Exxon 758,740 31 6.35 62,035 31 Fannie Mae 198,150 146 7.91 122,486 157 Farmland Industries 67,625 259 6.91 51,420 115 Fed Home Loan Mort 377,500 90 31.16 35,641 142 Federal Express 1,896,525 5 184.60 35,330 77 Federated Dept. Stores 17,000 352 1.12 10,000 352 FHP Intl 95,919 227 22.95 32,150 343 Fidelity Investments 199,950 144 46.75 94,821 383 First Bank 14,025 363 3.65 15,290 145 First Chicago NBD 189,650 151 18.75 25,950 311 First Data 36,616 313 7.41 14,500 119 First Union 217,270 139 18.13 39,530 195 Fleet Financial 142,253 185 17.69 94,200 500 Fleetwood Enterprises 35,950 316 12.56 17,258 71 Fleming 116,750 205 7.08 18,237 450 Florida Progress 55,983 277 17.38 14,400 129 Fluor 751,750 33 68.25 31,864 299 FMC 293,900 112 57.38 30,950 288 Food 4 Less 55,000 281 10.29 7,750 2 Ford Motor 412,990 80 2.81 179,462 366 Foster Wheeler 64,500 265 15.96 9,200 412 Foundation Health 28,000 330 7.86 46,950 259 FPL Group 337,250 97 55.87 16,300 395 Fred Meyer 0 405 .00 23,900 325 Gannett 9,000 375 1.93 50,500 290 Gap 3,000 391 .57 172,410 305 Gateway 2000 175,000 159 34.76 16,250 405 General Dynamics 616,574 46 170.84 21,538 5 General Electric 812,729 27 10.26 117,415 525 General Instrument 80,250 246 29.84 15,550 283 General Mills 106,887 216 19.74 24,750 1 General Motors 687,075 38 4.08 122,754 188 General Re 3,000 392 .36 2,500 515 Genl Amer Life 69,450 256 25.34 3,100 269 Genuine Parts 0 405 .00 10,450 105 Georgia-Pacific 526,678 61 40.44 31,903 380 Giant Food 0 405 .00 18,250 158 Gillette 0 405 .00 3,650 544 Global Petroleum 50,000 293 20.96 38,863 527 Golden West Financial 0 405 .00 6,000 83 Goldman Sachs 169,890 166 11.86 1,510,972 103 Goodyear Tire 98,000 226 7.47 17,650 379 GPU 0 405 .00 2,800 486 Graybar Electric 0 405 .00 2,650 411 Great Western Financial 271,000 120 76.00 8,550 43 GTE 497,593 66 23.32 50,129 222 Guardian Life 4,750 390 .69 11,305 394 H.F. Ahmanson 122,750 199 32.59 2,000 204 Halliburton 252,000 126 34.12 26,625 431 Hallmark Cards 100,250 224 29.49 61,300 489 Hanniford Bros. 0 405 .00 13,250 440 Harcourt General 0 405 .00 1,250 495 Harnischfeger Inds 0 405 .00 4,550 399 Harris 164,133 170 44.85 21,700 484 Hasbro 0 405 .00 23,650 264 HE Butt Grocery 0 405 .00 5,250 452 Health System Intl 0 405 .00 0 519 Hearst 0 405 .00 39,780 168 Heinz 100,000 225 10.97 15,000 372 Hershey Foods 27,834 331 6.98 7,950 17 Hewlett-Packard 66,000 262 1.72 76,628 378 Hilton Hotels 113,475 211 28.80 67,200 52 Home Depot 45,400 299 2.32 90,888 206 Honeywell 30,050 325 4.11 20,920 470 Hormel Foods 0 405 .00 9,845 303 Household Intl 297,025 109 58.71 15,922 361 Houston Industries 129,490 194 31.62 23,650 225 Humana 293,950 111 43.30 60,200 353 Huntsman 70,000 255 16.79 13,600 506 Hy-Vee 10,700 369 3.82 7,400 6 IBM 0 405 .00 97,014 109 IBP 44,750 303 3.57 11,240 127 Ikon 0 405 .00 2,045 308 Illinois Tool Works 48,800 296 9.77 33,500 488 IMC Global 76,600 249 25.70 10,250 469 Inacom 0 405 .00 3,315 228 Ingersoll-Rand 0 405 .00 14,701 125 Ingram Industries 0 405 .00 33,582 118 Ingram Micro 0 405 .00 0 329 Inland Steel 25,800 335 5.63 6,475 46 Int’l Paper 363,464 92 18.04 9,851 45 Intel 41,950 307 2.01 48,523 414 Intelligent Electronics 0 405 .00 2,000 497 Interstate Bakeries 0 405 .00 14,500 232 ITT 40,500 309 6.14 59,125 110 ITT Hartford 131,400 193 10.53 12,630 177 ITT Industries 0 405 .00 0 35 J.C. Penney 286,050 114 12.10 18,375 75 J.P. Morgan 578,600 52 36.47 111,170 272 James River 0 405 .00 6,925 427 Jefferson Smurfit 0 405 .00 12,430 331 JM Family Ent 82,350 243 18.30 9,818 175 John Hancock 58,000 274 6.63 41,475 41 Johnson & Johnson 140,890 186 6.52 76,310 149 Johnson Controls 68,545 257 6.85 6,950 522 JR Simplot 29,250 327 10.83 8,450 230 Kellogg 184,508 155 27.64 10,450 438 Kelly Services 10,650 370 3.23 17,100 258 Keycorp 108,350 215 17.94 26,775 100 Kimberly-Clark 0 405 .00 30,820 23 Kmart 45,150 300 1.44 18,047 509 Knight-Ridder 0 405 .00 3,400 29 Koch Industries 342,000 96 13.57 464,820 192 KPGM Peat Marwick 404,833 82 49.98 223,650 30 Kroger 22,200 342 .88 14,315 247 Lear 11,250 368 1.80 9,000 84 Lehman Brothers 235,650 133 16.53 295,545 227 Levi Strauss 492 403 .07 12,700 407 LG&E; 12,500 365 3.48 8,950 132 Liberty Mutual Insur 118,000 202 10.76 20,652 180 Limited 569,550 54 65.73 80,400 223 Lincoln National 5,000 385 .73 14,580 404 Litton Industries 244,124 128 67.60 6,900 27 Lockheed Martin 1,268,640 7 47.21 204,558 48 Loews 56,000 276 2.80 93,984 502 Long Drug 16,800 354 5.94 750 462 Long Island Lighting 0 405 .00 1,600 181 Lowe’s 7,000 378 .81 15,725 357 LTV 90,770 232 21.95 29,600 520 Lutheran Brotherhood 15,000 358 5.53 11,800 302 Lyondell Petrochemical 20,500 345 4.03 5,600 249 MacAndrews & Forbes 0 405 .00 126,350 256 Manpower 0 405 .00 20,850 422 Mapco 91,450 231 26.32 11,000 255 Marmon Group 0 405 .00 11,750 144 Marriott 273,200 119 26.86 85,773 88 Mars 20,000 346 1.43 6,250 355 Marsh & McLennan 0 405 .00 36,550 448 Masco 0 405 .00 26,900 167 Mass Mutual 477,778 72 51.76 89,798 393 Mattel 40,000 311 10.57 30,000 108 May Dept Stores 211,250 140 16.76 13,250 485 Maytag 33,650 319 11.21 17,814 443 MBNA 535,404 59 163.27 161,150 134 McDonald’s 300,525 107 28.12 297,819 92 McDonnell Douglas 483,470 69 34.95 115,130 474 McGraw-Hill 0 405 .00 23,900 61 MCI Communications 1,171,789 10 63.36 65,250 95 McKesson 57,000 275 4.15 2,000 323 Mead 84,275 240 17.91 10,834 316 Medpartners 250 404 .05 4,000 260 Meijer 63,000 268 10.50 40,255 321 Mellon Bank 64,325 266 13.51 30,495 521 Menards 0 404 .00 5,750 480 Mercantile Stores 0 405 .00 0 50 Merck 243,687 129 12.29 64,454 276 Merisel 0 405 .00 204 32 Merrill Lynch 581,727 49 23.26 821,817 37 Met Life 579,046 51 25.18 0 417 Microage 0 405 .00 2,030 400 Micron Technology 3,000 393 .82 10,125 179 Microsoft 115,500 209 13.32 134,384 304 Millenium Chemicals 0 405 .00 0 507 Milliken 0 405 .00 85,510 85 Minn Mining & Mfg 65,229 263 4.58 28,476 8 Mobil 280,500 116 3.88 37,237 166 Monsanto 303,975 106 32.82 72,750 215 Montgomery Ward 81,750 244 11.54 12,750 101 Morgan Stanley 552,000 56 42.00 300,579 397 Morton Intl 0 405 .00 15,000 25 Motorola 171,208 163 6.12 71,307 348 Mutual of Omaha 255,081 125 60.75 35,775 436 Nash Finch 0 405 .00 6,250 312 National City 115,875 208 23.51 30,875 64 Nationsbank 946,989 14 54.09 118,500 112 Nationwide Insur. 67,950 258 5.50 24,639 532 Natl Semiconductor 110,080 212 41.97 20,104 268 Navistar Intl 30,550 323 5.31 2,730 533 New York Times 0 405 .00 5,261 498 Newell 0 405 .00 250 208 NGC 0 405 .00 4,000 371 Niagara Mohawk Power 26,515 332 6.64 4,250 238 Nike 21,500 343 3.32 30,674 318 Noram Energy 12,000 367 2.51 8,500 333 Nordstrom 0 405 .00 8,245 320 Norfolk Southern 276,400 118 57.95 19,137 391 Northeast Utilities 60,044 271 15.83 5,350 528 Northern States Power 72,888 252 27.46 14,500 194 Northrop Grumman 180,850 157 22.41 50,885 153 Northwest Airlines 545,630 57 55.22 176,895 172 Norwest 138,125 187 15.55 118,138 401 Nucor 0 405 .00 19,200 116 NW Mutual Life 197,285 147 16.29 79,975 65 NY Life Insurance 479,600 71 27.65 49,892 96 Nynex 944,997 16 70.24 84,809 135 Occidental Petroleum 600,250 47 56.86 65,995 257 Office Depot 0 405 .00 750 458 Officemax 0 405 .00 625 466 Olin 43,000 305 13.83 6,250 433 Olsten 0 405 .00 13,000 531 Omnicom Group 0 500 .00 0 346 Oracle 35,000 317 8.29 79,850 482 Owens & Minor 0 405 .00 6,550 384 Owens-Corning 174,975 160 45.66 18,475 375 Owens-Illinois 133,990 190 33.70 5,698 473 Oxford Health Plans 26,350 333 8.57 50,350 328 Paccar 121,725 200 26.55 28,750 537 Pacific Enterprises 169,500 167 65.49 4,295 326 Pacific Health Systems 183,493 156 39.57 11,725 425 Pacific Mutual Life 124,200 197 35.96 15,350 160 Pacific Telesis 465,231 74 48.52 24,345 341 Pacificorp 22,808 341 5.31 6,150 197 Packard Bell 5,000 386 .63 2,730 271 Paine Webber 646,900 44 113.37 418,202 202 Panenergy 15,000 359 1.99 19,450 408 Parker Hannifin 7,700 377 2.15 19,450 351 Pathmark Stores 0 405 .00 3,250 529 Payless Cashways 0 405 .00 27,900 342 Peco Energy 1,000 401 .23 6,700 439 Penn Traffic 0 405 .00 1,750 541 Penske 0 405 .00 141,750 22 Pepsico 748,063 34 23.64 135,274 490 Peter Kiewit Sons 40,000 312 13.63 102,140 123 Pfizer 754,995 32 66.78 96,560 159 PG&E; 316,034 104 32.89 12,860 207 Pharmacia & Upjohn 170,500 165 23.40 26,409 392 Phelps Dodge 79,740 247 21.06 22,650 11 Philip Morris 3,861,997 1 70.79 203,850 76 Phillips Petroleum 351,336 93 22.23 21,352 517 Phoenix Home Life 44,925 301 16.49 15,700 381 Pitney Bowes 0 405 .00 9,600 467 Pittson 156,500 179 50.38 1,000 243 PNC Bank 58,090 273 9.17 33,950 505 PP&L; Resources 53,555 285 19.09 4,575 210 PPG Industries 41,450 308 5.74 11,675 334 Praxair 44,150 304 9.92 23,800 306 Price Waterhouse 501,188 65 99.84 224,863 164 Principal Financial 137,534 188 14.65 59,475 19 Procter & Gamble 187,525 153 5.31 131,509 421 Progressive 0 507 .00 268,950 403 Providian 125,475 196 34.64 15,400 14 Prudential Insur. 512,724 63 12.76 58,916 250 Pub Serv Enterprises 116,814 204 18.93 2,500 137 Publix Super Markets 10,000 372 .95 38,900 295 Quaker Oats 161,775 174 31.12 38,125 335 Quantum 0 405 .00 4,000 338 Ralphs Grocery 123,500 198 28.49 17,575 252 Ralston Purina 10,000 373 1.64 1,750 543 Randall’s Food 0 405 .00 3,500 113 Raytheon 530,858 60 43.05 81,975 471 Readers Digest 0 405 .00 9,700 420 Reebok Intl 25,750 337 7.39 15,050 472 Reliance Group 397,250 85 128.53 66,710 442 Republic New York 15,000 360 4.57 44,650 301 Revco D.S. 2,350 395 .46 8,550 217 Reynolds Metal 54,350 282 7.75 21,046 446 Richfood Holdings 0 405 .00 1,000 281 Rite Aid 317,625 103 58.32 31,400 68 RJR Nabisco 2,200,831 2 128.98 47,950 82 Rockwell Int’l 413,825 79 28.85 41,835 373 Rohm & Haas 52,750 287 13.25 23,850 538 Roundy’s 7,000 379 2.71 6,450 231 R.R. Donnelly 54,000 283 8.18 19,000 277 Ryder System 161,980 173 29.35 6,800 389 S.C. Johnson & Son 0 405 .00 39,750 374 Safeco 88,000 237 22.13 15,875 67 Safeway 28,639 329 1.66 6,689 170 Salomon 91,850 230 10.20 268,400 59 Sara Lee 5,000 387 .27 35,350 273 Schering -Plough 540,085 58 95.49 41,409 330 SCI Systems 33,775 318 7.43 23,350 182 Seagate Technology 0 405 .00 5,951 18 Sears Roebuck 23,950 339 .63 33,500 377 Service Merchandise 0 405 .00 24,450 424 Servicemaster 51,425 289 14.87 27,775 453 Shaw Industries 0 405 .00 19,750 358 Sherwin-Williams 0 405 .00 10,425 493 Silicon Graphics 0 405 .00 12,856 494 Smith’s Food & Drug 0 405 .00 5,900 503 Solectron 0 405 .00 1,500 432 Sonat 49,500 295 14.58 12,650 508 Sonoco 0 405 .00 5,700 139 Southern Company 331,300 100 31.98 26,750 429 Southwest Airlines 20,000 347 5.87 45,086 90 Southwestern Bell 945,023 15 68.00 99,881 86 Sprint 342,973 95 24.09 83,546 254 St Paul Companies 19,500 348 3.20 3,500 526 Stanley Works 5,000 388 1.87 1,000 376 Staples 0 405 .00 27,250 13 State Farm Insur. 750 402 .02 194,307 513 State Street Boston 93,250 228 33.98 44,490 534 Steelcase 0 405 .00 12,400 296 Stone Container 258,500 124 50.27 21,575 406 Student Loan Marketing 76,700 248 21.36 29,200 154 Sun 143,106 184 14.49 6,250 214 Sun Microsystems 0 405 .00 40,837 364 Suntrust Banks 50,000 294 12.30 33,247 363 Supermarkets Genl 0 405 .00 0 72 Supervalu 0 405 .00 14,680 97 Sysco 30,000 326 2.24 54,595 244 Tandy 12,850 364 2.04 2,500 93 Teachers Insur AA 0 405 .00 1,700 327 Tech Data 0 405 .00 4,800 196 Tele-Communications 673,650 41 83.98 103,250 423 Temple-Inland 25,800 336 7.46 17,100 274 Tenet Healthcare 172,946 161 31.11 47,675 131 Tenneco 847,270 25 77.15 42,391 12 Texaco 363,941 91 8.17 28,802 122 Texas Instruments 100,500 222 8.58 24,025 234 Texas Utilities 80,500 245 12.29 19,000 165 Textron 1,461,397 6 157.58 25,475 491 Thermo Electron 0 405 .00 41,050 317 Thrifty Payless 2,000 398 .42 4,200 147 Time Warner 895,500 21 88.98 519,549 430 Times Mirror 0 405 .00 10,150 229 TJX 0 405 .00 9,340 152 Tosco 33,050 320 3.33 0 151 Toys R Us 0 405 .00 19,850 510 Trace Intl 105,000 217 37.88 14,250 413 Trans World Airlines 61,550 269 17.32 54,136 245 TransAmerica 132,200 192 21.06 35,644 542 Transammonia 0 405 .00 11,000 42 Travelers Group 506,744 64 23.74 217,400 141 TRW 343,311 94 33.30 51,945 437 Turner 2,000 399 .60 12,550 300 Tyco Intl 16,000 356 3.14 20,650 239 Tyson Foods 194,200 149 30.09 67,950 478 U.S. Bancorp 36,600 314 11.93 17,700 73 UAL 574,152 53 35.09 103,928 221 Unicom 187,980 152 27.10 9,950 370 Union Camp 110,030 123 27.42 6,000 253 Union Carbide 82,500 242 13.51 7,800 148 Union Pacific 1,129,832 11 112.41 102,769 241 Unisys 26,000 334 4.08 18,135 146 United Healthcare 161,700 175 16.05 8,475 224 United Services Auto Assn. 314,000 105 45.97 6,470 36 United Technology 736,498 36 31.32 32,220 409 Universal 10,000 374 2.80 500 183 Unocal 116,750 206 13.60 4,700 365 Unum 47,284 298 11.70 26,780 39 UPS 1,984,448 4 88.72 31,657 191 US Airways 75,150 250 9.23 51,550 107 US West 662,327 42 51.30 111,517 419 USF&G; 0 405 .00 1,250 536 USG 0 405 .00 2,250 44 USX 136,721 189 6.49 47,475 340 Utilicorp United 195,500 148 45.13 21,100 309 Valero Energy 52,500 288 10.52 99,900 540 Vencor 55,500 278 21.53 41,900 297 VF 0 405 .00 900 117 Viacom 450,857 76 37.31 60,150 285 Vons 0 405 .00 3,640 292 W.R. Grace 163,533 171 31.08 24,650 415 W.W. Granger 0 405 .00 43,750 337 Waban 0 405 .00 2,000 369 Wachovia 126,036 195 31.39 20,350 4 Wal-Mart 168,640 168 1.59 17,620 121 Walgreen 25,000 338 2.12 8,700 57 Walt Disney 872,400 23 46.56 194,771 209 Warner-Lambert 64,783 264 8.96 29,680 428 Washington Mutual 16,949 353 4.97 1,220 354 Wellpoint Health 0 405 .00 0 176 Wells Fargo 178,331 158 20.44 33,974 539 Western Atlas 66,275 261 25.66 36,300 499 Western Digital 0 405 .00 750 163 Westinghouse 395,780 87 42.10 53,476 475 Westvaco 0 405 .00 0 128 Weyerhaeuser 100,338 223 9.03 60,150 178 Whirlpool 21,000 344 2.41 8,550 465 Whitman 0 405 .00 2,250 426 Willamette Inds 116,000 207 33.87 6,995 416 Williams 53,900 284 15.26 8,650 106 Winn-Dixie Stores 72,750 253 5.62 10,810 535 Witco 6,000 381 2.31 6,200 140 WMX Technols. 780,700 28 75.64 98,145 193 Woolworth 0 405 .00 3,000 332 Worldcom 193,595 150 43.16 47,416 53 Xerox 109,283 214 5.60 41,850 476 Yellow 119,293 201 38.82 3,850 451 York Intl 0 405 .00 7,120

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Party % Rank of total by Company contribs. sales name Rep Dem 130 Abbott Labs 84 15 514 Ace Hardware 100 0 287 Advance Publics 50 50 69 Aetna 62 36 213 Aflac 62 37 492 Aid Assn for Lutherans 100 0 368 Air Products & Chems 95 5 94 Albertson’s 63 3 102 Alcoa 76 20 387 Allegheny Teledyne 100 0 336 Allegiance 0 0 345 Alliant Foodservice 20 0 89 AlliedSignal 82 18 444 Allmerica Financial 92 8 34 Allstate 82 16 455 Alltel 78 22 460 Alumax 0 0 262 Amer Electric Power 74 26 87 Amer Home Products 77 23 24 Amer Int’l Group 60 40 171 Amerada Hess 27 73 266 American Brands 92 0 66 American Express 60 39 435 American Family Insur 24 10 359 American Financial 82 18 218 American General 81 19 263 American Standard 100 0 58 American Stores 0 0 275 Amerisource Health 81 0 80 Ameritech 69 31 20 Amoco 76 24 280 Amp 96 4 63 AMR 43 56 286 Amway 99 0 133 Anheuser-Busch 47 53 246 Anthem Insurance 86 14 350 Aon 81 16 516 APL 77 22 156 Apple Computer 24 66 356 Applied Materials 42 41 251 Aramark 60 23 98 Archer Daniels Midland 54 46 235 Arrow Electronics 0 0 162 Arthur Anderson 59 32 524 Asarco 90 8 114 Ashland 82 18 7 AT&T; 59 40 54 Atlantic Richfield 69 31 410 Auto Data Processing 20 80 279 Avatex 0 0 449 Avery Dennison 90 7 294 Avnet 0 100 315 Avon Products 69 20 481 Baker Hughes 24 76 461 Baltimore Gas & Elec 82 18 143 Banc One 72 27 248 Bank of Boston 39 60 270 Bank of NY 65 30 40 BankAmerica 63 36 161 Bankers Trust NY 29 69 386 Barnett Banks 77 23 282 Baxter Intl 90 10 310 Bear Stearns 58 39 185 Bechtel 56 43 512 Becton Dickinson 79 17 104 Bell Atlantic 61 37 55 Bellsouth 63 35 511 Beneficial 61 38 150 Bergen Brunswig 0 0 138 Berkshire Hathaway 100 0 211 Best Buy 100 0 324 Bethlehem Steel 57 42 441 Beverly Enterprises 13 76 289 Bindley Western 80 0 313 Black & Decker 94 6 38 Boeing 72 27 298 Boise Cascade 92 7 267 Borden 83 4 78 Bristol-Meyer Squibb 76 24 265 Browning-Ferris 64 35 496 Bruno’s 88 12 459 Brunswick 98 2 190 Burlington Santa Fe 75 25 434 C&S; Wholesale Grocers 100 0 523 Caldor 100 0 518 Caliber System 43 0 201 Campbell Soup 92 8 173 Cardinal Health 38 6 10 Cargill 87 12 487 Carolina Power & Light 71 28 284 Case 64 36 70 Caterpillar 98 2 468 Centex 63 33 278 Central & South West 79 21 261 Champion Intl 78 22 26 Chase Manhattan 68 14 16 Chevron 81 19 9 Chrysler 70 30 237 Chubb 76 22 56 Cigna 87 11 447 Cinergy 81 19 216 Circuit City 84 16 360 Cisco Systems 29 71 21 Citicorp 57 35 339 CMS Energy 78 22 398 CNF Transportation 96 4 120 Coastal 67 32 198 Coca-Cola 83 17 60 Coca-Cola 65 30 174 Colgate-Palmolive 42 24 91 College Retirement EF 0 0 445 Columbia Gas 66 28 49 Colum/HCA Healthcare 49 24 367 Comcast 55 32 477 Comerica 85 14 62 Compaq Computer 79 16 385 CompUSA 45 55 418 Computer Associates 71 29 344 Computer Sciences 79 20 220 Con Edison of NY 42 58 33 Conagra 83 16 396 Conrail 68 31 479 Conseco 80 20 390 Consolidated Natl Gas 55 45 530 Consolidated Stores 0 0 242 Continental Airlines 68 31 79 Continental Grain 62 38 291 Cooper Industries 99 1 226 Coopers & Lybrand 56 43 349 Corestates Financial 68 30 347 Corning 86 13 51 Costco 32 68 388 Cox Enterprises 7 70 155 CPC Intl 12 25 187 Crown Cork & Seal 62 35 136 CSX 79 20 293 Cummins Engine 55 42 186 CVS 19 45 501 Cyprus-Amax Minerals 83 15 199 Dana 78 18 456 Darden Restaurants 83 16 28 Dayton Hudson 83 17 504 Dean Foods 72 0 169 Dean Witter Disc 72 25 124 Deere 82 9 200 Dell Computer 42 58 236 Deloitte Touche 63 37 111 Delta Air Lines 77 20 189 Diamond Shamrock 75 25 81 Digital Equipment 41 57 240 Dillard Dept Stores 59 41 382 Dole Food 98 0 314 Dominion Resources 88 12 362 Dover 100 0 47 Dow Chemical 79 21 233 Dresser Industries 91 9 402 DTE Energy 68 32 322 Duke Power 79 20 15 DuPont 76 23 319 Eastman Chemical 68 32 74 Eastman Kodak 67 32 219 Eaton 89 10 464 Echlin 93 7 307 Eckerd 78 18 184 Edison Intl 14 86 483 El Paso Natl Gas 90 10 205 Eli Lilly 71 29 126 Emerson Electric 98 1 457 Engelhard 50 0 99 Enron 78 22 212 Entergy 48 52 463 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 96 3 203 Ernst & Young 49 51 454 Estee Lauder 84 15 3 Exxon 90 9 31 Fannie Mae 54 45 157 Farmland Industries 77 22 115 Fed Home Loan Mort 55 45 142 Federal Express 55 44 77 Federated Dept. Stores 89 7 352 FHP Intl 49 49 343 Fidelity Investments 63 36 383 First Bank 59 38 145 First Chicago NBD 60 40 311 First Data 18 80 119 First Union 77 21 195 Fleet Financial 36 64 500 Fleetwood Enterprises 91 8 71 Fleming 89 5 450 Florida Progress 54 28 129 Fluor 73 27 299 FMC 80 20 288 Food 4 Less 10 89 2 Ford Motor 76 22 366 Foster Wheeler 72 28 412 Foundation Health 47 53 259 FPL Group 93 7 395 Fred Meyer 27 73 325 Gannett 41 24 290 Gap 74 26 305 Gateway 2000 44 56 405 General Dynamics 57 43 5 General Electric 59 40 525 General Instrument 60 36 283 General Mills 76 20 1 General Motors 77 23 188 General Re 82 18 515 Genl Amer Life 75 22 269 Genuine Parts 100 0 105 Georgia-Pacific 81 18 380 Giant Food 31 19 158 Gillette 55 45 544 Global Petroleum 7 93 527 Golden West Financial 0 100 83 Goldman Sachs 36 42 103 Goodyear Tire 88 12 379 GPU 71 18 486 Graybar Electric 100 0 411 Great Western Financial 90 10 43 GTE 78 21 222 Guardian Life 77 23 394 H.F. Ahmanson 69 30 204 Halliburton 93 4 431 Hallmark Cards 84 16 489 Hanniford Bros. 53 0 440 Harcourt General 80 20 495 Harnischfeger Inds 45 55 399 Harris 98 2 484 Hasbro 41 59 264 HE Butt Grocery 19 29 452 Health System Intl 0 0 519 Hearst 59 26 168 Heinz 48 52 372 Hershey Foods 86 10 17 Hewlett-Packard 70 28 378 Hilton Hotels 54 44 52 Home Depot 80 19 206 Honeywell 81 17 470 Hormel Foods 100 0 303 Household Intl 75 24 361 Houston Industries 71 29 225 Humana 50 50 353 Huntsman 99 0 506 Hy-Vee 69 17 6 IBM 45 44 109 IBP 66 34 127 Ikon 76 24 308 Illinois Tool Works 95 1 488 IMC Global 71 28 469 Inacom 100 0 228 Ingersoll-Rand 58 7 125 Ingram Industries 77 13 118 Ingram Micro 0 0 329 Inland Steel 20 77 46 Int’l Paper 95 5 45 Intel 66 31 414 Intelligent Electronics 0 100 497 Interstate Bakeries 79 0 232 ITT 56 32 110 ITT Hartford 70 27 177 ITT Industries 0 0 35 J.C. Penney 84 16 75 J.P. Morgan 60 39 272 James River 86 0 427 Jefferson Smurfit 63 29 331 JM Family Ent 53 47 175 John Hancock 59 31 41 Johnson & Johnson 76 23 149 Johnson Controls 99 1 522 JR Simplot 98 2 230 Kellogg 78 21 438 Kelly Services 78 21 258 Keycorp 76 22 100 Kimberly-Clark 97 3 23 Kmart 86 11 509 Knight-Ridder 19 81 29 Koch Industries 97 2 192 KPGM Peat Marwick 69 29 30 Kroger 76 14 247 Lear 66 34 84 Lehman Brothers 47 50 227 Levi Strauss 53 47 407 LG&E; 70 30 132 Liberty Mutual Insur 77 19 180 Limited 84 15 223 Lincoln National 48 47 404 Litton Industries 75 25 27 Lockheed Martin 63 37 48 Loews 34 66 502 Long Drug 63 37 462 Long Island Lighting 100 0 181 Lowe’s 82 18 357 LTV 58 41 520 Lutheran Brotherhood 75 13 302 Lyondell Petrochemical 89 11 249 MacAndrews & Forbes 32 67 256 Manpower 45 38 422 Mapco 90 4 255 Marmon Group 98 2 144 Marriott 85 15 88 Mars 100 0 355 Marsh & McLennan 37 27 448 Masco 83 13 167 Mass Mutual 84 16 393 Mattel 21 79 108 May Dept Stores 93 7 485 Maytag 92 8 443 MBNA 84 16 134 McDonald’s 64 12 92 McDonnell Douglas 64 35 474 McGraw-Hill 56 31 61 MCI Communications 38 62 95 McKesson 75 23 323 Mead 83 14 316 Medpartners 100 0 260 Meijer 85 0 321 Mellon Bank 67 29 521 Menards 100 0 480 Mercantile Stores 0 0 50 Merck 68 30 276 Merisel 0 0 32 Merrill Lynch 70 28 37 Met Life 39 61 417 Microage 63 37 400 Micron Technology 85 15 179 Microsoft 43 53 304 Millenium Chemicals 0 0 507 Milliken 83 2 85 Minn Mining & Mfg 68 31 8 Mobil 84 15 166 Monsanto 41 59 215 Montgomery Ward 80 13 101 Morgan Stanley 57 40 397 Morton Intl 80 7 25 Motorola 74 25 348 Mutual of Omaha 79 20 436 Nash Finch 28 23 312 National City 78 21 64 Nationsbank 38 62 112 Nationwide Insur. 80 18 532 Natl Semiconductor 97 3 268 Navistar Intl 85 15 533 New York Times 0 94 498 Newell 100 0 208 NGC 88 0 371 Niagara Mohawk Power 83 17 238 Nike 42 58 318 Noram Energy 95 5 333 Nordstrom 95 5 320 Norfolk Southern 72 27 391 Northeast Utilities 78 22 528 Northern States Power 68 32 194 Northrop Grumman 35 59 153 Northwest Airlines 53 45 172 Norwest 52 32 401 Nucor 74 26 116 NW Mutual Life 71 28 65 NY Life Insurance 67 31 96 Nynex 64 35 135 Occidental Petroleum 50 50 257 Office Depot 60 40 458 Officemax 100 0 466 Olin 74 25 433 Olsten 29 38 531 Omnicom Group 0 0 346 Oracle 27 73 482 Owens & Minor 92 8 384 Owens-Corning 84 16 375 Owens-Illinois 55 45 473 Oxford Health Plans 81 12 328 Paccar 95 5 537 Pacific Enterprises 59 41 326 Pacific Health Systems 60 40 425 Pacific Mutual Life 60 40 160 Pacific Telesis 59 41 341 Pacificorp 52 48 197 Packard Bell 9 91 271 Paine Webber 69 29 202 Panenergy 27 73 408 Parker Hannifin 89 1 351 Pathmark Stores 0 46 529 Payless Cashways 11 86 342 Peco Energy 77 13 439 Penn Traffic 43 0 541 Penske 96 4 22 Pepsico 82 14 490 Peter Kiewit Sons 87 3 123 Pfizer 78 21 159 PG&E; 56 43 207 Pharmacia & Upjohn 80 17 392 Phelps Dodge 91 7 11 Philip Morris 81 19 76 Phillips Petroleum 89 11 517 Phoenix Home Life 31 69 381 Pitney Bowes 77 23 467 Pittson 94 6 243 PNC Bank 53 38 505 PP&L; Resources 58 40 210 PPG Industries 91 9 334 Praxair 89 11 306 Price Waterhouse 69 30 164 Principal Financial 57 42 19 Procter & Gamble 83 16 421 Progressive 1 99 403 Providian 80 20 14 Prudential Insur. 48 51 250 Pub Serv Enterprises 61 39 137 Publix Super Markets 66 2 295 Quaker Oats 91 9 335 Quantum 0 100 338 Ralphs Grocery 54 44 252 Ralston Purina 9 91 543 Randall’s Food 71 0 113 Raytheon 61 38 471 Readers Digest 54 5 420 Reebok Intl 9 91 472 Reliance Group 94 6 442 Republic New York 48 49 301 Revco D.S. 24 67 217 Reynolds Metal 82 17 446 Richfood Holdings 100 0 281 Rite Aid 60 39 68 RJR Nabisco 79 20 82 Rockwell Int’l 74 25 373 Rohm & Haas 69 27 538 Roundy’s 63 0 231 R.R. Donnelly 87 9 277 Ryder System 69 30 389 S.C. Johnson & Son 86 14 374 Safeco 96 0 67 Safeway 80 20 170 Salomon 55 44 59 Sara Lee 24 67 273 Schering -Plough 89 10 330 SCI Systems 78 21 182 Seagate Technology 61 39 18 Sears Roebuck 73 23 377 Service Merchandise 36 15 424 Servicemaster 75 25 453 Shaw Industries 100 0 358 Sherwin-Williams 100 0 493 Silicon Graphics 35 63 494 Smith’s Food & Drug 17 20 503 Solectron 0 100 432 Sonat 82 18 508 Sonoco 45 21 139 Southern Company 96 3 429 Southwest Airlines 38 50 90 Southwestern Bell 61 37 86 Sprint 49 50 254 St Paul Companies 72 20 526 Stanley Works 100 0 376 Staples 90 10 13 State Farm Insur. 85 15 513 State Street Boston 43 50 534 Steelcase 70 28 296 Stone Container 94 5 406 Student Loan Marketing 53 47 154 Sun 72 28 214 Sun Microsystems 50 49 364 Suntrust Banks 79 16 363 Supermarkets Genl 0 0 72 Supervalu 36 27 97 Sysco 71 11 244 Tandy 88 12 93 Teachers Insur AA 12 15 327 Tech Data 100 0 196 Tele-Communications 67 30 423 Temple-Inland 64 29 274 Tenet Healthcare 44 38 131 Tenneco 70 30 12 Texaco 83 17 122 Texas Instruments 74 26 234 Texas Utilities 75 25 165 Textron 67 33 491 Thermo Electron 46 54 317 Thrifty Payless 44 56 147 Time Warner 43 44 430 Times Mirror 12 78 229 TJX 84 16 152 Tosco 94 6 151 Toys R Us 59 38 510 Trace Intl 1 99 413 Trans World Airlines 9 90 245 TransAmerica 61 36 542 Transammonia 27 73 42 Travelers Group 66 33 141 TRW 83 17 437 Turner 21 64 300 Tyco Intl 93 7 239 Tyson Foods 60 35 478 U.S. Bancorp 73 24 73 UAL 35 62 221 Unicom 72 27 370 Union Camp 93 5 253 Union Carbide 68 32 148 Union Pacific 90 10 241 Unisys 85 14 146 United Healthcare 58 39 224 United Services Auto Assn. 89 11 36 United Technology 57 43 409 Universal 90 10 183 Unocal 72 27 365 Unum 66 34 39 UPS 66 34 191 US Airways 32 62 107 US West 62 37 419 USF&G; 80 20 536 USG 100 0 44 USX 59 37 340 Utilicorp United 95 5 309 Valero Energy 23 77 540 Vencor 65 34 297 VF 56 0 117 Viacom 37 61 285 Vons 14 14 292 W.R. Grace 66 34 415 W.W. Granger 100 0 337 Waban 0 100 369 Wachovia 83 17 4 Wal-Mart 97 3 121 Walgreen 82 18 57 Walt Disney 38 61 209 Warner-Lambert 58 42 428 Washington Mutual 76 24 354 Wellpoint Health 0 0 176 Wells Fargo 67 32 539 Western Atlas 43 29 499 Western Digital 67 33 163 Westinghouse 74 26 475 Westvaco 0 0 128 Weyerhaeuser 85 9 178 Whirlpool 94 5 465 Whitman 89 11 426 Willamette Inds 91 5 416 Williams 90 10 106 Winn-Dixie Stores 81 17 535 Witco 70 14 140 WMX Technols. 68 32 193 Woolworth 100 0 332 Worldcom 47 53 53 Xerox 49 50 476 Yellow 84 15 451 York Intl 100 0

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