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SI 77-6290 KCS/ssj 1 EMPLOYMENT On March 22, 1979, the following i igation was conducted at Springfield, Illinois, by si | LOUIS F. CAPUZI, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, District 19, advised he served with ABNER J. MIKVA in the Illinois General Assembly. He advised MIKVA would make a top-notch judge and that he was well equipped to handle that office. He described MIKVA as an individual of high integrity and unusually high character. He stated MIKVA was a dedicated public servant and possessed a good temperment. He knew of no derogatory information concerning MIKVA. He stated he would highly recommend MIKVA as a judge with the United States Court of Appeals. : WILLIAM D. WALSH, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, District 6, advised he has known ABNER J. MIKVA approximately 18 years and stated he served with MIKVA approximately six years when MIKVA was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. He described MIKVA as a very able man with no question of his qualifications for a Federal judgeship and described MIKVA as a very responsible individual. He advised MIKVA's character and loyalty was beyond reproach. He stated MIKVA possessed good temperment. He advised he knew of no derogatory information concerning MIKVA. WALSH stated he would highly recommend MIKVA for a Federal judgeship in the United Statés Court of Appeals. LAWRENCE DI PRIMA, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, District 18, advised he served several sessions with ABNER J. MIKVA when he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives approximately 1963 through, 1965. He advised he knew of no derogatory information regarding MIKVA. DI PRIMA described MIKVA as being "too God damned liberal" and advised that he did not desire to recommend him for a Federal judgeship with the United States Court of Appeals due to his past voting record and because MIKVA was against the death penalty.