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\- WFO 77-107060 3 Representative EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois, advised as follows: Mr. DERWINSKI has known Representative ABNER J. MIKVA on a professional basis for approximately the past 23 years. He too served in the Illinois Legislature with Mr. MIKVA. Mr. DERWINSKI described Mr. MIKVA as being a man who is intellectually honest and a man of conviction. Although Mr. DERWINSKI and Mr. MIKVA are of differing political philosophies, he has an enormous amount of respect for Mr. MIKVA as a person. Mr. MIKVA is a man of unquestioned personal integrity and an individual who is very much dedicated to his country and its institutions. Mr. MIKVA possesses a superb intellect and has all those qualities that one would want to find in a person being considered for appointment to a responsible judicial position. Mr. DERWINSKI recommended Mr. MIKVA for appointment to the position of U. S. Circuit Judge.