Press Release

Chrysler Announces Political Action

10/25/96

With 3,000 Newly Registered Voters, Chrysler Political Program Winds
Down

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Completing a multi-faceted and
aggressive corporate political awareness program that started early
this year, Chrysler has registered more than 3,000 of its
employees to vote and involved hundreds more in political awareness
activities leading up to the November elections.

"We believe that participation in the political process is important
to our jobs and our families' well-being," said Robert G. Liberatore,
Vice President of Washington Affairs. "Our goal at the outset was to
bring the political process home -- to make it as accessible and
comprehensible as possible."

In addition to increased voter registration, Chrysler employees --
with the support of the United Auto Workers (UAW) -- participated in
several different political events and activities presented under the
banner of "Drive the Vote." Elements of the program:

-- Voter registration drives at 30 Chrysler corporate and
manufacturing facilities.

-- Live programs at Chrysler's Auburn Hills Complex highlighting
political issues (Politics and the Media with Tony Snow and Chris
Matthews; Politics and the Pollsters with Peter Hart and Alex Gage).

-- Candidate Issue Survey and a six-part issue series presented in the
Chrysler Times employee newspaper and on the Chrysler employee
television network.

-- Distribution of 25,000 special edition election year almanacs.

In addition to the activities for the employees, Chrysler also hosted
major events at both the Republican and Democratic presidential
conventions.

"The issues that have an impact -- Corporate Average Fuel Economy
(CAFE), trade policy, tort reform, and health care, to name but a few
-- have a direct impact on our employees," Liberatore said. "By
presenting information on these issues to our employees, they are able
to make their own informed decisions on the importance of
participating in the process."

The voter registrations were conducted by volunteers in plants and
facilities around the country. Volunteers received support for their
drives in the form of a comprehensive "how-to" kit developed by
Chrysler's Washington Affairs staff.

The live programs were conducted at the Chrysler Auburn Hills Complex
and played to packed crowds of more than 300 corporate employees. The
distribution of almanacs covered salaried employees and local and
national civic groups, community groups and schools.