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M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 45 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
6:30 PM - Cabinet Meeting aboard
Sequois
Wednesday, May 7, 1975
April 25, 1975
Dear Mr. Secretary:
At the last Cabinet meeting the President asked
the Cabinet members to discuss their position on
consumer affairs with Virginia Knauer, and to
meet with the appropriate Committee Chairmen,
ranking members and staff to discuss problems
with the proposed Consumer Advocacy Agency.
I would appreciate it if you would let me know by
Wednesday, April 30th, what steps have been
taken to meet the President's request.
Sincerely,
James E. Connor
Secretary to the Cabinet
The Henorable William E. Simon
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of the Treasury
Washington, D. C. 20220
Identical letter sent to all Cabinet Officers
LIBRARY GERALD ? FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 2, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
JERRY H. M JONE
At a recent Cabinet meeting the suggestion was made that each of
the Cabinet Officers should contact the Chairman and ranking member
of their authorizing committee to point out the difficulties that would
be created for their agencies in the event the Consumer Protection
Agency is enacted into law.
The basic thesis for doing this is that the Consumer Protection Agency
would have a major say in thwarting the original intent of much of the
legislation under which those agencies act. The legislation now
pending before the Congress would cut into the jurisdictional responsibilities
of other committees in the Congress.
Would you please contact each agency head asking them what they
have done to make their views known to their committee chairman and
ranking member on this legislation. Please submit a report to the
President on these contacts.
Thank you.
BERALD FORD
May 5, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
JIM CONNOR
SUBJECT:
CABINET RESPONSES TO FOLLOW-UP
ON THE CONSUMER ADVOCACY AGENCY
DISCUSSION
I queried all of the Cabinet officers on the extent to which they
had followed up on the President's request that they meet with
Virginia Knauer to discuss their position on communer affairs and
to meet with appropriate Committee chairmen, ranking members
and staff to discuss problems with the proposed Consumer Advocacy
Agency. The responses have not been particularly encouraging.
The following Cabinet members have scheduled appointments with
Virginia Knauer:
SecretaryButz (May 7th)
Secretary Morton (May 27th)
Secretary Dunlop (May 22)
Secretary Schlesinger (meeting date not yet specified)
A.G. Levi (meeting date not yet specified)
Secretary Coleman (May 2)
Secretary Simon (May 16)
State Department has no plans for a meeting and HUD has not responded.
(There be at present no Secretary of the Interior.)
Re meetings with the Appropriate Congressional Committees, AG Levi
has had conversation with Congressional people and meetings are
scheduled by HEW (no specific date) and DOL (no specific date) 8 the
other departments have not indicated plans for conversations with the
Congressional members.
FORD & LIBRARI
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 5, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR :
PAM NEEDHAM
FROM :
JIM CAVANAUGH
The attached is forwarded to you for appropriate
handling.
Attachment- VK Adm. Consumer Representation Plan
read. 5/6/75
FORD : LIBRARY GERALD
OF THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
THE
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Date: 5-5
TO: Pat
FROM:
James J. Jura
ACTION:
Approval/Signature
Comment
Information
File
Draft response for
James T. Lynn's signature
For your handling
REMARKS:
Mr. Lynn ashid that to
m. Cannot ASAP.
this be sent
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THE WHITE HOUSEWED
WASHINGTON MEY 2 5 58 OFFICE PH 275
May 2,
1/10
MEMORANDUM FOR: William J. Baroody, Jr. / James T. Lynn
FROM:
Virginia H Knzuer/S. John Byington YR
SUBJECT:
Ford's Administration Consumer
Representation Plan
Attached is a copy of the proposed synopsis of the plan as
well as timetables relating to:
Questionnaire and Departmental Plan
Public Information Announcements
VK's Monthly Reports to the President
We would appreciate your reaction to both the concept and
general timing. Look forward to working with you on this most
exciting endeavor.
Attachments
FORD & GERALD LIBRARY
133.1
May 2, 1975
Proposed Synopsis of the
Ford Administration's
Consumer Representation Plan
I.
VK in cooperation with Baroody, Lynn and Cannon will:
Develop in-depth questionnaire on public participation
and consumer representation within each department's
or agency's decision-making process.
Distribute and explain at cabinet level Domestic Council
meeting involving the President, who will also use it
with the independent regulatory agencies.
Collect and analyze the data publishing a summary of
the results. This data would be the primary basis for
individual meetings to discuss specific recommendations
for inclusion in a Departmental Consumer Representation
Plan, which would be submitted to the President through
VK by the end of September 1975.
II.
During this five month period Interim Consumer Initiatives will
be undertaken and announced.
III.
Each Executive Branch department or agency head will be
personally responsible for:
The completion of the questionnaire
Participation in the individual meetings and
Development of the Departmental Consumer Representation
Plan
IV.
Each Departmental Plan will be published and will serve as the
basis for a Presidential Management Objective within each
department and agency.
May 2, 1975
Proposed Timetable for
Questionnaire and Departmental Plan
Tues. 5/6
Draft of Timetable and Questionnaire to Lynn and
Baroody
Tues. 5/13
OMB Approved Draft circulated for comment
Tues. 5/20
Timetable and Questionnaire final approval
Tues. 5/27
Domestic Council Meeting with President and
Executive Branch Agency Heads to review
Timetable, Questionnaire and Procedure
Thurs. 5/29
Independent Regulatory Presidential Meeting
Tues. 6/17
Return of all Questionnaires to VK
Tues. 7/1
VK Submits to President and Publishes Summary
of data collected
Tues. 7/8
Begin individual meetings with department and
agency heads after follow-up Domestic Council
meeting
Tues. 9/2
Conclude all major meetings and finalize work on
Departmental Plans
Tues. 9/23
Submit to President through VK the individual
Departmental Plans
Thurs. 9/25
Publish Departmental Plans
Tues. 10/7
Domestic Council meeting on implementation of
Departmental Plans
Tues. 10/14
Begin Second National Conference of State and
Local Consumer Office Administrators
Thurs. 10/16
Publish Second Edition of Guide to Federal
Consumer Services
May 2, 1975
Proposed
Public Information Timetable
Week of
Action Planned for Announcement
5/5
Presidential meeting with Congressional Leader-
ship asking postponement of action on S. 200 for
balance of this session only--to give him a chance
to really try to make government more open and
responsive to the public in general and consumers
in particular
5/12
Lynn meeting with Consumer Leaders (following
President's Congressional Leadership meeting)
to explain effort and be responsive to questions
5/19
Greiner and Dawson meet with PIO people and
outline plan. They will provide announcement
format and help in identification of substantive
interim consumer initiatives
5/26
Domestic Council and Independent Regulatory Agency
Meetings involving President and Heads
6/2-9-16-23
Series of Interim Consumer Initiative Announce-
ments from various Departments and Agencies
6/30
Publish summary of questionnaire data collected
7/7
Follow-up Domestic Council Meeting to discuss
data collected and forthcoming individual meetings
with VK
7/14-21-28
Continuation of Interim Consumer Initiative
8/4-11-18-25
announcement
9/1-8-15
9/22
Publication of Departmental Plans
9/29 & 10/6
Series of briefings on Departmental Plans and
Domestic Council meeting on implementation
10/13
Second National Conference of State & Local
Consumer Office Administrators and Publication
of Second Edition of "Guide to Federal Consumer
Services"
May 2, 1975
Proposed Timetable
VK's Monthly Reports to the President
VK will submit to President Ford a monthly report on activities and
results relevant to Presidential initiative. Each report will be
submitted within the first 10 days of the next month with copies to
Lynn, Cannon and Baroody as well as to each of the Department and
agency heads.
Month
Primary Thrust
April
TARP Study
May
Ford Consumer Plan including timetable
and questionnaire plus Domestic Council
and Independent Agency meeting
June
Summary Results of Questionnaire and
Interim Consumer Initiatives
July
Progress of Individual Meetings and
additional Interim Consumer Initiative
August
Wrapup of Individual Meetings and
additional Interim Consumer Initiatives
September
Departmental Consumer Plans
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Cabinet Meeting on board the Sequoia, May 7
Note:
The President is expected to arrive
about 6:20 p.m. - it is requested that
guests arrive between 6:00 and 6:15 p.m. I
so that they will be on board prior to
the President's arrival. Parking is
available inside the secure compound area
for limousines and other vehicles. Water
transportation will be available for any
late arrivals and for anyone desiring to depart
early.
Cocktails and a buffet dinner will be served
prior to the discussion of the agenda items.
James E. Connor
Secretary to the Cabinet
attachment: map
EXIT FROM THE SOUTHEAST FREEWAY (I-95) AT
6TH STREET, S.E.; TURN RIGHT ON 7TH STREET
LEFT ON M STREET, AND ENTER THE NAVY YD
THROUGH THE 8TH ST GATE. ALTERNATIVELY
TURN RIGHT ON 8TH ST AFTER EXITING FROM
THE FREEWAY, LEFT ON M STREET AND INTO
THE 9TH ST GATE. IF YOU ARE ENTERING
THE NAVY YD BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4:00 PM
Capitol
AND 5:30 PM, THE 8TH AND 9TH ST GATES
ARE CLOSED. DURING THIS PERIOD, THE
YARD MUST BE ENTERED THROUGH THE N STREET
Library of
GATE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION
OF 11TH AND N STREETS, S.E.
SEQUOIA IS BERTHED NEXT TO PIER ONE
Congress
WITHIN THE NAVAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
COMPOUND. SECURE PARKING IS AVAILABLE
Independence
Avenue
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Office proceedings
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2. Research by the National Bureau of Standards
EPA
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on virtually every EPA activity. Russell Train
advises us it would be difficult to find any
EPA action which would not be subject to such
an advocate.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
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HEW
--For HEW the advocate would be taking
part in every health related decision
and perhaps every other major action the
Department takes.
HUD
For HUD there is a concern the advocate
could be involved and form informal
constituent industry groups and in effect
perhaps prevent HUD from having the financial
and other information from industry which
they need to conduct the Department's business.
INTERIOR
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a powerful special interest that could inter-
vene in departmental activities.
JUSTICE
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decisions by the anti-trust division on
whether or not to bring anti-trust action.
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activity for labor standards. Equal pay and
other enforcement decisions.
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advocate could have a serious effect on
automobile safety and could impose an
administrative burden that might actually
harm the consumer.
TREASURY
The advocate could impose a tremendous
burden such as intervening in IRS and
Customs' decisions.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
wASHINGTON
May 2, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
JERRY H. off
At a recent Cabinet meeting the suggestion was made that each of
the Cabinet Officers should contact the Chairman and ranking member
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be created for their agencies in the event the Consumer Protection
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legislation under which those agencies act. The legislation now
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of other committees in the Congress.
Would you please contact each agency head asking them what they
have done to make their views known to their committee chairman and
ranking member on this legislation. Please submit a report to the
President on these contacts.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 6, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR
THE CABINET
SUBJECT:
Agenda for Meeting Wednesday, May 7, 1975
6:30 P.M. on board the Sequoia
The President has approved the following agenda for the Cabinet
Meeting on May 7th.
Introduction
The President
Discussion of Congressional
The President, Mr. Marsh
Relations (1 hour)
and Members of the Cabinet
Vietnamese Refugees
Secretary Schlesinger on the
(10 minutes)
present status of evacuees,
Mr. Friedersdorf on Congressional
attitudes, and
The President
Consumer Advocacy Agency
Mr. Cannon
(10 minutes)
Crime Message
The President
(10 minutes)
Status of the Energy Program
Mr. Zarb
(10 minutes)
Water Quality Programs
Mr. Train
(10 minutes)
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SECRETARY TO THE CABINET
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR:
BILL SEIDMAN
FROM:
ROD HILLS
SUBJECT:
Meeting with Independent Regulatory
Commissions
Attached is the decision memo for the President on the meeting with
the Independent Regulatory Commissions and key Members of
Congress and the Executive.
We have included suggested Congressional participants and an agenda
for the suggested format of the session. Also included are draft
remarks which the President might make. These will obviously need
to be polished depending on the decisions concerning the format and
agenda.
Max Friedersdorf, Jim Cannon, and I will plan to check out the
President's preliminary decision with the Hill leadership and key
committee Chairmen. If we get a strong reaction from them, we
might need to suggest modifications for the format or substance later
on.
Attachments
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
JIM CANNON
ROD HILLS
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
JIM LYNN
SUBJECT:
Meeting with the Independent
Regulatory Commissions and Con-
gressional Representatives
In your speech to the Chamber of Commerce on April 28,
you stated that you would convene a meeting with all of
the Commissioners of the ten major independent regulatory
agencies and key Congressional and Administration repre-
sentatives to discuss the need to foster greater com-
petition in the public interest and to consider the
inflationary effects of proposed new regulations. Because
of the unique nature of the regulatory agencies, it is
important that Congress be given a role in helping to set
up and participate in the meeting.
The discussion should be keyed to eliciting a voluntary
effort from the regulatory Commissions to better evaluate
and understand the economic impact of proposed regulations,
to make improvements in consumer services, and to assure
fair and expeditious hearings on regulatory matters. In
light of the above, the format of the meeting will play
an important role in its success.
Attached for your information are a list of the Independent
Regulatory Commissioners (Tab A) and a list of Congres-
sional Committee and Subcommittee Chairmen and ranking
minority members with regulatory oversight responsibilities
(Tab B). Letters of invitation are now being prepared
which will go out over your signature once the date and
format have been decided.
2
Options
Two basic options are available for the meeting format:
1. Address the assembled Commissioners and Con-
gressmen in the East Room, and provide time
afterward for back-up speeches by the Joint
Leadership or their representatives. You
could then ask for written responses and sug-
gestions from the agencies. This agenda could
be kept simple and your participation limited
to the delivery of prepared remarks.
Pro: This format would get your message
across effectively in a controlled
format. It would not require much
of your time.
Con:
It might be resented as heavy handed
by the Congress and the Commissioners.
It would not be conducive to encouraging
a voluntary regulatory reform effort,
and it would not permit discussion and
interchange.
2. Use the same format as the "Economists" pre-summit
meeting held in the East Room last September.
This would provide a seat at the table for the ten
Chairmen of the regulatory commissions and selected
Congressional and Administration spokesmen. The
other Congressmen and Commissioners would be seated
in the same room, but away from the table. You
would open the discussion, which would be followed
by remarks from preselected Congressmen and Com-
mission Chairmen. An hour would then be allotted
for an open discussion between the participants,
but we feel that your presence throughout the
entire session would help to promote the most
cooperative interchange of ideas. A proposed
agenda for this type of session is attached at Tab
C, and draft remarks for your opening are included
at Tab D.
Pro: This approach provides the opportunity
for the most open and potentially
fruitful discussion and the exchange of
views. It could be orchestrated to allow
you some flexibility in the amount of
time you wished to devote to the meeting.
3
Con: Would be some potential for visible
disagreement and debate. Would
require more of your time than Option 1.
Based on your decision on the format and agenda for the
meeting, we will meet individually with the House and
Senate leadership, and selected Members ahead of time
to solicit their views on the session. If we encounter
strong opinions on the Hill, we might need to suggest
some modifications to the format and agenda after these
Congressional contacts.
We will be following up with briefing papers on the Com-
missions, your regulatory reform program, and suggested
questions and answers once the date and format have been
fixed.
Decision
Option 1
Option 2
See Me
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Membership
Civil Aeronautics Board
John Robson, Chairman
G. Joseph Minetti
Lee R. West
Robert D. Timm
Richard J. O'Melia
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
William T. Bagley, Chairman
John Vernon Rainbolt II
Read Patten Dunn, Jr.
Gary Leonard Seevers
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Richard O. Simpson, Chairman
Barbara H. Franklin
Lawrence M. Kushner
Constance E. Newman
R. David Pittle
Federal Communications Commission
Richard E. Wiley, Chairman
Robert E. Lee
Benjamin L. Hooks
Charlotte T. Reid
Glen O. Robinson
Abbott Washburn
James H. Quello
Federal Maritime Commission
Helen Deligh Bentley, Chairman
James V. Day
Ashton C. Barrett
George H. Hearn
Clarence Morse
2
Federal Power Commission
John N. Nassikas, Chairman
William L. Springer
Don S. Smith
Federal Trade Commission
Lewis A. Engman, Chairman
Paul Rand Dixon
Mayo J. Thompson
M. Elizabeth Hanford
Stephen A. Nye
Interstate Commerce Commission
George M. Stafford, Chairman
Alfred T. MacFarland
Kenneth H. Tuggle
Rupert L. Murphy
Virginia Mae Brown
Willard Deason
Dale W. Hardin
Robert C. Gresham
Robert J. Corber
A. Daniel O'Neal
Charles L. Clapp
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
William A. Anders, Chairman
Victor Gilinski
Richard T. Kennedy
Edward A. Mason
Marcus A. Rowden
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ray Garrett, Jr., Chairman
Philip A. Loomis, Jr.
John R. Evans
A. A. Sommer, Jr.
Irving M. Pollack
SENATE
MAJORITY LEADER - Mike Mansfield
MINORITY LEADER - Hugh Scott
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES
Agriculture & Forestry - - CFTC
Herman E. Talmadge (Ga.)
Robert Dole (Kan.)
* Agriculture Production, Marketing, & Stabilization
of Price
Walter Huddleston (Ky.)
Milton R. Young (N.D.)
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs - SEC
William Proxmire (Wisc.)
John G. Tower (Tex.)
* Financial Institutions
Thomas McIntyre (N.H.)
John G. Tower (Tex.)
Commerce
Warren G. Magnuson (Wash.)
James B. Pearson (Kan.)
* Aviation . - CAB
Howard W. Cannon (Nev.)
James B. Pearson (Kans.)
* Communications - FCC
John O. Pastore (R.I.)
Robert P. Griffin (Mich.)
* Consumer - CPSC
Frank E. Moss (Utah)
James L. Buckley (N.Y.)
* Merchant Marine - FMC
Russell B. Long (La.)
J. Glenn Beall Jr. (Md.)
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* Surface Transportation - ICC
Vance Hartke (Ind.)
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (Conn.)
* Oil & Gas Production & Distribution
Adlai E. Stevenson (Ill.)
Ted Stevens (Alaska)
Government Operations
Abraham A. Ribicoff (Conn.)
Charles H. Percy (III.)
Interior & Insular Affairs - FPC
Henry M. Jackson (Wash.)
Paul J. Fannin (Ariz.)
* Minerals, Materials, & Fuels
Lee Metcalf (Mont.)
Paul J. Fannin (Ariz.)
Judiciary -- FTC
James O. Eastland (Miss.)
Roman L. Hruska (Neb.)
* Admin. Practices & Procurement
Ed M. Kennedy (N.Y.)
Strom Thurmond (S. C.)
* Antitrust & Monopoly
Phillip A. Hart (Mich. )
Roman L. Hruska (Neb.)
Appropriations Committee
John L. McClellan (Ark.)
Milton R. Young (N.D.)
* Agriculture and Related Agencies (CFTC)
Gale McGee (Wyo.)
Hiram L. Fong (Ha.)
* HUD - - Independent Agencies (CPSC)
William Proxmire (Wisc.)
Charles McC. Mathias (Md.)
3
* Public Works (NRC, FPC)
John Stennis (Miss.)
Mark O. Hatfield (Ore.)
* State, Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary
(SEC, FMC, FCC, FTC)
John O. Pastore (R.I.)
Roman L. Hruska (Neb.)
* Transportation (ICC, CAB)
Birch Bayh (Ind.)
Clifford P. Case (N.J.)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE - Carl Albert
MINORITY LEADER - John Rhoads
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES
Agriculture - CFTC
Thomas S. Foley (Wash.)
William C. Wampler (Va.)
* Conservation and Credit
Bob Bergland (Minn. )
Edward R. Madigan (Ill. )
Banking, Currency, and Housing - SEC
Henry S. Reuss (Wis.)
Albert W. Johnson (Pa.)
* Financial Institutions Supervision, Reg. & Ins.
Fernand J. St. Germain (R.I.)
John H. Rousselot (Calif.)
Government Operations
Jack Brooks (Tex.)
Frank Horton (N.Y.)
Interior and Insular Affairs - FPC
James A. Haley (Fla.)
Joe Skubitz (Kans.)
Merchant Marine & Fisheries - FMC
Leonor Sullivan (Mo.)
Philip E. Ruppe (Mich.)
*
Merchant Marine
Thomas M. Downing (Va.)
Paul N. McClosky Jr. (Calif.)
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Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Harley O. Staggers
Samuel L. Devine
* Communications - FCC
Torbet H. Macdonald (Mass.)
Louis Frey Jr. (Fla.)
* Oversight & Investigations
John E. Moss (Calif. )
James M. Collins (Tex.)
* Energy & Power - FPC
John D. Dingell (Mich.)
Clarence J. Brown (Ohio)
*
Consumer Protection & Finance - CPSC & FTC
Leonil Van Deerlin (Calif.)
John Y. McCollister (Neb.)
* Transportation & Commerce - ICC
Fred B. Rooney (Pa.)
Joe Skubitz (Kans.)
Judiciary - FTC
Peter W. Rodino (N.J.)
Edward Hutchinson (Mich.)
* Admin. Law & Gov't. Relations
Walter Flowers (Ala.)
Carlos J. Moorhead (Calif.)
* Monopolies & Commercial Law
Peter Rodino
Ed Hutchinson
Public Works and Transportation
Robert E. Jones (Ala.)
William H. Harsha (Ohio)
* Aviation - CAB
Glenn M. Anderson (Calif. )
Gene Snyder (Ky.)
* Surface Transportation
James J. Howard (N.J.)
Bud Shuster (Pa.)
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Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (NRC)
John O. Pastore (R.I.)
Melvin Price (Ill.)
Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon (Tex.)
Elford A. Cederberg (Mich.)
* Agriculture and Related Agencies (CFTC)
Jamie L. Whitten (Miss. )
Mark Andrews (N.D.)
* HUD - Independent Agencies (CPSC)
Edward P. Boland (Mass. )
Burt L. Talcott (Calif. )
* Public Works (NRC, FPC)
Joe L. Evans (Tenn.)
John T. Myers (Ind.)
* State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (SEC, FMC, FTC,
FCC)
John M. Slack (W. Va. )
Elford A. Cederberg (Mich.)
* Transportation (CAB, ICC)
John J. McFall (Calif. )
Silvio O. Conte (Mass.)
House Republican Task Force on Antitrust
and Regulatory Reform
Chairman: H. John Heinz, III
AGENDA
Meeting with Independent Regulatory Agencies
1. Lynn/Cannon
(Introduce President)
Brief
2. Presidential Key Note Address
(Note: Outline of Presidential talking
points attached, final remarks to be
supplied)
10-15 mins.
-- Purpose of the session.
-- Role and Importance of the Regulatory
Agencies.
-- Nature of Joint Congressional/Executive
Branch Oversight.
-- Specific problems and considerations:
Need to evaluate the economic impact
of proposed regulations.
Need to ensure that consumers and
other interest groups receive a
fair hearing.
Need to act expeditiously when
appropriate.
Need to keep the public better informed
of regulatory activities and their
consequences.
-- Brief summary of Presidential regulatory reform
program including legislative and adminis-
trative actions.
3. Congressional Remarks
20-30 mins.
4. Remarks by Selected Commission
Chairmen
20 mins.
For Example:
Engman (FTC) Role of Competition
Garrett (SEC) - Regulatory Modernization
Wiley (FCC) - Administrative Improvements
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5. Discussion among Chairmen, Congressional
Spokesmen, and Executive Branch
Representatives
1 hour
6. Summary and Closing Remarks
Brief
Suggested Talking Points for the President's
Meeting with the Independent Regulatory Commissions
I. Introduction- - Why I have asked for this meeting.
There is a growing concern expressed by many Americans that
government regulations have not changed as quickly as they should,
in light of major changes in the structure and functioning of our
economy.
The most persistent concern arises from the belief that many regu-
lations now cost the country as a whole more than they return in
benefits and that the general public interest therefore becomes
secondary to a particular special interest.
In assembling this meeting of Independent Agency members and
Congressional leaders, I do not mean to suggest that the problem
resides exclusively in these agencies. Regulations that impose
costs on consumers can be found in Cabinet Departments and in an
intricate, sometimes invisible web of laws, ordinances, and regu-
lations at the State and local levels.
I feel that you and your Commissions--with unique powers and
responsibilities--ca play a major role in documenting and cor-
recting any such imbalances.
Because I place a high premium on the openness of government, I
want to review with you the steps I am taking. And I will ask for
your help and the Congress' in identifying ways the Commissions
may be most helpful in our collective efforts to restore the health
and vitality of the American economy. As we look for short-term
solutions, we must also chart a course that permanently relieves
the economy of unnecessary impediments in the long term.
II. Why the Independent Commissions are Important.
Congress and the Presidency have given you extraordinary grants of
authority. You function partially like the Executive, Legislative, and
Judicial Branches of government. With unusual powers and responsi-
bilities, you should function as models of good and open government.
You should make every effort to pinpoint those areas in which
economic realities today have overtaken circumstances which caused
the government to create special remedies. You should be the leaders
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in identifying areas where regulations are now obsolete and areas
where we need to focus more attention.
You should constantly strive to improve your abilities to identify
all the costs of regulations in order to put before the American
people the most well documented description of the potential costs
and benefits of proposals. You should make sure that the quality
of your economic analysis matches the same standards of legal
professionalism which you strive to maintain. This involves a
more open discussion of both (a) the economic costs of less com-
petition than might otherwise exist absent some regulations and (b) the
costs to society to comply with mandates which seek worthwhile goals.
You should do everything you can to make sure that backlogs in reg-
ulatory proceedings don't help destroy the public's belief in an equitable
regulatory system. For example, many companies cannot make important
capital investments, which generate employment and advancement oppor-
tunities for thousands of Americans, without your cooperation. You
should strive to give these applications a professional, but speedy, review.
You have a special realtionship to Congress and the Executive. You should
be aggressive in offering new ideas which legislatively and/or administra-
tively will help both of us do a better job to obtain necessary changes in
your authorizing statutes, to facilitate the necessary judicial review of
your decisions, etc.
III. What My Administration is Doing.
I have a firm belief that the "hidden" costs that government imposes on
private citizens should be uncovered. Everyone has a right to know what
legislation and regulations are costing them, both in tax dollars and in
higher prices. To help achieve this objective:
(a) I have ordered all Departments and Agencies to analyze their
major proposals with an Inflation Impact Statement. I am
pleased the House has changed its rules to require similar
analyses, and I note the Senate has several pieces of legisla-
tion under review which would accomplish similar objectives.
While there are differing legal views on whether your agencies
are covered, I hope that you will adopt similar procedures.
The most important objective is that all of us better understand
the short and long-range economic consequences of our
actions, and that you do your part to better fulfill your re-
sponsibilities to Congress and the American people.
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(b) I have asked all Departments and Agencies to re-examine their
present procedures for assuring better consumer representation
in their decisionmaking processes. I urge each of you to make
additional efforts to include the general public (as well as the
industries you regulate) in your hearings and other proceedings.
Also, I would hope that you would make additional efforts to make
understandable the nature of your actions so that the consumer can
be an active informed participant in your deliberations.
I also feel that government should only intrude in the free market
when private concerns have proven their unwillingness to respond to
legitimate public concerns or when inherent monopoly structures pre-
vent a freely competitive market system from operating. Government
should be attempting to foster rather than curtail competition, to give
maximum freedom to private enterprise, consistent, of course, with
our belief that government also has a continuing responsibility to pursue
and prosecute those who are guilty of predatory pricing tactics, those
who are guilty of fraud or deceit, and those who willfully neglect
acceptable standards of health and safety conduct.
Agencies engaged in regulatory activities can expect that the Attorney
General, through the Antitrust Division, will continue to appear and
participate in agency proceedings to represent the interests of compe-
tition and thus, the interests of consumers in lower prices.
Because of my strong conviction that the consumer is far more able to
signal his wants and needs to business, (than the government is able to
dictate what those needs should be) I have proposed, and will continue
to sponsor legislation to relax or eliminate the Federal Government's
control over areas where I believe the marketplace can do a better job.
For example, the legislation I will be proposing would involve the
government less in the setting of prices and would permit greater
innovation by making it easier for new businesses to compete with
existing firms and to remove barriers from existing firms to develop
new services.
We have or will be proposing legislation in such areas as energy, trans-
portation, financial and securities institutions, and communications. I
have asked the Congress for its cooperation in giving these bills an
early hearing, and I ask for your support in achieving needed reforms.
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My legislative program seeks to reinforce and strengthen those areas in
which government intervention must continue to do a better job; e.g.,
to detect and penalize those guilty of antitrust violations- but it also
calls for government regulators to allow the forces of competition to
work as well. But no government agency can take the place of entrepre-
neurial spirit which helps insure that innovative and cost-saving ideas
are continually offered to the public.
IV. Conclusion.
This meeting is only the beginning: I want to start a dialogue today,
and I want it to continue in the open, where Congress and the public can
participate to the fullest extent.
I want to encourage new ideas from everyone here. We have a big
job ahead of us--that is to reach an agreement on a more clearly
articulated set of roles and responsibilities for government regu-
lation-whether it is spelied out in detailed statutes or administered
with a. broad grant of authority to Commissions or other offices of
the Executive Branch.
We need a more open and candid discussion between Congress and the
Executive on what constitute acceptable criteria for qualifications to
serve as a regulatory commissioner or other Executive official with
regulatory responsibilities. We need to examine our overlapping juris-
dictions and decide on what groundrules we all interact, whether it
involves budgetary decisions, legislative proposals, administrative
changes, etc.
To these ends, I ask each Commission Chairman here, as an individual
American, and not just as the holder of a certain official position, to
send to me and the Congress within the next three weeks, your personal
views on those areas of government regulatory practices which you feel
are most deserving of attention and reform. I hope that this meeting
will begin a program of action and a new spirit of cooperation.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 7, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
PAM NEEDHAM
KATHLEEN RYAN
SUBJECT:
Virginia Knauer's Proposed Consumer Plan
Having reviewed Virginia Knauer's proposed plan to implement
the President's consumer policies, we have several general
observations:
1. Virginia continues to address her papers on this
project to Bill Baroody and Jim Lynn, although the
President has asked you to coordinate the program.
2. She is proposing a 5 month period in which to formu-
late new department policies. Our impression is that
we had something much shorter in mind.
3. She proposes to spend all of May and June in preparing,
distributing, and analyzing questionnaires to Cabinet
members.
4. Before the questionnaires are distributed a Domestic
Council meeting is proposed with the President in
attendance. Our recommendation is that such a meeting
could be an inefficient use of these busy persons' time.
5. Her plan to publish the results of the questionnaire
could cause a great deal of problems.
6. The meetings with individual Cabinet members would not
begin until July and would continue into September.
It is our recommendation that you call Virginia and tell her
that the President attached some urgency to this project and
that 5 months is too long.
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Also, that you suggest she visit the Cabinet members imme-
diately and also determine whether their earlier submissions
to you could serve in place of a questionnaire.
Another option, and one that will perhaps be necessary, is that
you sit down with her yourself and go over her plans.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date
May 7, 1975
TO:
JIM CANNON
FROM: JIM CAVANAUGH
FYI
For appropriate action
COMMENTS
The Strip Mining bill passed in
the House this afternoon 293-115.
(Last time - House vote was 333-86)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 6, 1975
CABINET MEETING
Wednesday, May 7, 1975
6:30 p.m.
The Sequoia
From: James E. Connor JR
I. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS & PRESS PLAN
1. Background:
You last met with the Cabinet on April 29th when the agenda
was devoted entirely to the Vietnam evacuation.
2. Participants: Attached at Tab A
3. Press Plan: Press Photo Opportunity at Dock; David Kennerly Photo.
II. TALKING POINTS
1. This is my first visit to the Sequoia since I became President.
I'm delighted that I can share that experience with my Cabinet.
2. I know that some of you will have to leave us in midstream to
keep some diplomatic commitments.
3. The rest of us I think should take advantage of the setting and
the fact that we're not pressed by time to explore a number of
questions in some depth.
4. Let's start with an area we are all concerned with- The Congress.
Last January Jack Marsh gave us a very helpful briefing on the
new Congress and how it promised to shape up. I'd like Jack to
give us a review now on the basis of the last four months of experience.
Jack,
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5. Most of you have now had some contact with the Congress.
I'd like to hear from each of you on what your experience has
been and on how you assess the next several months. Nelson,
let's start with you
Henry (Kissinger)
Jim (Schlesinger)
Ed (Levi)
Earl (Butz)
John (Dunlop)
Carla (Hills)
Bill (Coleman)
Steve (Gardner)
John (Tabor)
Fred (Dent)
Jim (Lynn)
Alan (Greenspan)
Frank (Zarb)
Russ (Train)
6.
We will be confronted over the next few weeks and few months with
many pieces of objectionable legislation that could easily result in
a string of very difficult vetoes.
Some of these vetoes will be based on philosophical or policy grounds,
but most will be objectionable because of their damaging impact
on the budget.
In many cases our veto strategy will not be to block the enactment
of legislation, but to cause the Congress to make legislation more
acceptable either because of threat of veto, or because it has been
successfully vetoed. If we can establish a beachhead early on, using
the veto to demonstrate strength, we may not have to use it as
frequently in the future.
We have taken a firm stand to hold the deficit line at $60 billion for
FY '76 and both Houses of Congress have passed budget limits
substantially over this figure. In all likelihood it may not be possible
to sustain a veto on every one of these issues, but I do not believe
that we can let these facts deter us in opposing these expensive
spending programs.
Each of them will be attractive to a particular segment of the
public and subject to much political posturing by their supporters
in Congress.
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However attractive these individual proposals may be, our best
approach is to attempt to keep the focus of attention on their overall
impact on our efforts to keep the budget and deficit within reason.
Therefore, it is imperative in your appearance before Congressional
committees, before audiences around the country, and in your
press statements to emphasize that we recognize individual needs
in each of these areas and are willing to accommodate them within
sensible limits, however to spend way beyond our means in all of
these areas will result in the strong possibility that the economic
damage to all Americans will be extreme.
The great advantage we have is that the Administration can speak
with one view, whereas the Congress is badly divided and
fragmented both along party lines and on issues.
The departments are not independent but are interrelated, and
frequently other Cabinet heads and members of the Subcabinet
can offer great assistance to other departments in the legislative
process. This assistance should be both sought and given in order
to have a cooperative, concerted action on the Hill.
Department heads should communicate frequently, not just with
the White House, but also with other Departments to exchange
information and develop concerted efforts.
The base of any vote for legislation, or to sustain any veto, is
with the Republicans in the House and the Senate.
You and your chief officers should be in constant communication
with the Republican leadership, and this should not wait until
you have a piece of legislation on the floor.
The first third of this session has nearly passed. Prior to the
Memorial Day recess every Cabinet officer and Subcabinet Officer
should see that a personal contact has been made with the Members
of your jurisdictional Committees, Republicans and Democrats.
This should be a courtesy call to see where things stand and ascertain
what is on the Member's mind. If every department of government
would do this, it would assure that each Member of the House and
Senate has had a personal call by a Senior Official of the Administration.
It is vital that you increase the tempo of Congressional visitation
both on the Hill and by invitation to your Department. In these
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meetings the program of your Department should be stressed,
and the key issues of the Administration should be explained.
Point out why we must hold the line on federal spending.
Finally, you may encounter arguments that the way to hold
down spending is to cut the Defense Budget. This argument
must be resisted by all Cabinet Officials. This critical period
in which we live, and especially when other nations look to
American determination, makes it essential that we maintain
our strength in order to maintain our credibility.
Let us work for the best possible version of these bills, but
let us all work together to keep the cost within the goals
that we have set for ourselves.
7.
I 'd like Jim Schlesinger and Max Friedersdorf to bring us
up to date on the status of the evacuees and the Congressional
reaction.
Jim,
Max,
8. We have a moral obligation to help these refugees resettle and
begin new lives in the United States. They fled from South Vietnam
for two reasons: They feared that they would be killed if they stayed
and they did not want to live under a Communist system of government.
By helping these refugees, many of whom fled their native land with
nothing but the clothes on their backs and a few small parcels, we
are living up to our heritage as a charitable and compassionate
people. I have spoken out strongly on this issue because I believe
strongly that we must do the right thing morally. We are a nation
of immigrants, and I believe the inscription on the Statue of Libery,
which enunciates our finest qualities as a people should be our
guidepost in this tragic situation.
The maximum number of refugees expected is 150,000 at the most,
and it probably will be less. Sixty percent of that number are
children, the innocent victims of this war who deserve a chance to
live their life in freedom and will certainly not be taking anyone's
job away. Only 35, 000 refugees are heads of households who
will be looking for jobs; but many of these have skills which will
enable them to find employment. The number of job seekers is a
tiny fraction of 1% of the labor force in the U.S. Even without the
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Vietnamese refugees, the U. S. has been opening its doors
to 400, 000 immigrants a year without any impact on the job
market. Since the end of World War II, almost 1, 400, 000
refugees from Europe, Asia, Hungary and Cuba have fled
oppression and sought freedom in the United States. They have
made a rich contribution to our culture and our economy, and
we expect the Vietnamese will do the same.
Many of the Vietnamese refugees coming here have close relatives
or sponsors in the United States, so they will be no burden to
the government. Ambassador Brown's office at the State
Department is using a computer to match up the refugees' job
skills with the available jobs. The resettlement program is
being carried out in such a way that the refugees will be spread
throughout the country without a heavy concentration in any one
area.
We are working with other countries to resettle perhaps as many
as 20, 000 of the refugees outside the United States. Canada is
welcoming some. Some French-speaking countries in Africa
have indicated that they will take some.
I want to emphasize one point. It is my intention that none of the
aid money I am requesting from Congress will be spent by the
United States Government to help the Communists of North and
South Vietnam. I believe it is the responsibility of the nations
which sent weapons of war to the Communists to come forward
now to repair the damage.
Let me emphasize once more my deep moral commitment to help
these refugees resettle and begin new lives in the United States.
Despite the opposition of a few, I believe the majority of the
American people want to live up to the finest traditions of our
history and welcome these new immigrants as we have welcomed
so many immigrants to our bountiful land in the past. We will
be a better country and a better people for doing it.
I hope in your speeches and public appearances you will support
my position on the refugee situation.
9. The Congress has moved closer to a decision on the Consumer Advocacy
Agency. Jim Cannon will brief us on the situation. Jim
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I am disappointed that we have not had a greater response from
the Departments with reference to the Consumer Agency
legislation. I am very strongly against it, and I think each of you if
you would spend the time to look at the bill, would be equally
against it.
I want to make very sure that in the days and weeks ahead you
do take the time to understand how this bill can upset the
operations of your departments and convey this feeling to the
appropriate Congressional members.
11. In my speech to the Yale Law School last week, I set forth the
basic theme of a Crime Message. In preparing the message I
want you to follow the lead of that speech and flesh it out, but
I do not want it to be narrow or technical. The message on this
subject is of so much direct concern to the daily lives of the
people that it must be clear and understandable to the public
as well as to the Congress and the legal fraternity.
The chief theme is concern for the victim, for insuring domestic
tranquility--we have a responsibility to try to provide safety in
the streets and in our homes. The emphasis should be on
protection of the victims--the poor, the disadvantaged minorities,
the old, the very young--those who are least able to provide
for their own safety. The kind of crime that should be our
chief target is the kind that is on the minds of most people--
muggings, robberies, murders, assaults, rapes, breakins,
hold-ups--the kind of crime that is having the most disruptive
effects politically and socially. The central recommendation
should be swift and sure punishment upon conviction for a
serious crime.
When I say emphasis I do not mean that other matters should
be excluded or that they are not important. Rehabilitation
programs should not be abandoned, but there are grounds for
doubting that they work. We must re-think rehabilitation
efforts, study the research already done, and try to understand
the consequences. I do not want the message to suggest that
we are relying on rehabilitation programs for reducing violent
crime.
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The experience of the last 15 years should make us reluctant
to boast that we, or anyone, know how to eliminate crime.
We have spent billions, and crime has gone up. The tone of
this message should be modest in any claims that are made.
But we should be very firm on one point: mandatory sentencing
for serious crimes committed by persons with prior criminal
records. A small percentage of repeaters accounts for a large
proportion of violent crime: The present version of the Senate
Bill permits almost total flexibility in penalties; it allows
a judge to give no sentence to a convicted robber, for example,
or to sentence him. A convicted robber should definitely go
to prison, but 15 years may be too long a sentence, except
for unusual circumstances.
The crime message must look into the question of upgrading
prisons and making them more manageable.
Of course, the kind of crime I am speaking of is more a
concern of state and local jurisdictions than of the federal
government, but I want the Administration to assume fully,
and without excuses, our share of the responsibility. Organized
crime is a federal responsibility and must be discussed, but
I want the emphasis on street crime, and not on so-called
"suite crime."
There is a tendency to link the economic situation and
crime--for instance, to argue that unemployment causes crime,
and that the way to reduce crime is to eliminate unemployment.
I have doubts about that line of reasoning. It may be true
that crime goes up when unemployment goes up, but crime
has also gone up when unemployment has gone down. In this
message I do not want to see the argument that we can deal
with crime only by eliminating so called root causes. It is
important to deal with unemployment for its own sake. The
connection with the crime problem confuses both issues.
12. Frank Zarb will give us an update on the energy legislation.
Frank,
13. Russ Train suggested that a trip on the Potomac might be a
good place to discuss the water quality program. Russ
Revised 9:45 5/7/75
Attendees for Cabinet Meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 1975, 6:30 p.m. on
board the Sequoia
The President
The Vice President
The Secretary of Defense, James R. Schlesinger
The Attorney General, Edward H. Levi
the Secretary of Agriculture, Earl L. Butz
The Secretary of Labor, John T. Dunlop
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Carla A. Hills
The Secretary of Transportation, William T. Coleman
The Deputy Secretary of State, Robert S. Ingersoll (For Secretary Kissinger
who has another commitment)
The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Stephen S. Gardner (for Secretary Simon
who has a commitment on the Hill)
The Under Secretary of Commerce, John K. Tabor (for Secretary Morton,
who will be out of the country)
The Counsel to the President, Philip W. Buchen
The Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, Frederick B. Dent
The Counsellor to the President, Robert T. Hartmann
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, James T. Lynn
The Counsellor to the President, John O. Marsh, Jr.
The Assistant to the President, Donald H. Rumsfeld
The U. S. Representative to the United Nations, John A. Scali
William Baroody, Assistant to the President (Public Liaison)
James Cannon, Assistant to the President (Executive Director, Domestic Council)
Richard Cheney, Deputy Assistant to the President
James Connor, Secretary to the Cabinet
Max Friedersdorf, Assistant to the President (Legislative Affairs)
Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Ronald Nessen, Press Secretary to the President
General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President (National Security
Affairs)
L. William Seidman, Assistant to the President (Executive Director, Economic
Policy Board)
William Greener, Deputy Press Secretary to the President
Mary Louise Smith, Chairman, Republican National Committee
Russell Train, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Frank Zarb, Administrator, Federal Energy Agency
[Also attending for this meeting will be the Personal Physician to the President,
Dr. William Lukash; David H. Kennerly; and Terry O'Donnell]
Note:
There will be no representative from the Departments of the Interior and HEW;
Secretary Weinberger of HEW will be out of the country, and there is no
incumbent Deputy; the Secretaryship of Interior is vacant pending Gov.
Hathaway's confirmation by the Senate, and there is no incumbent Deputy.
JAMES M. CANNON
May 7, 1975
DRAFT
Notes from Conversation with Bill Kendall
SUBJECT:
Consumer weiker Advocacy
Senator has comments from 38 Senators
who will support the elimination of the labor exemption.
More may be forthcoming.
Senator Dole will propose a ammendment
to make the date effective in 1977 or 1978.
Dole will also make a proposal to
eliminate expenditures to one million a year for each
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of the first three years.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 7, 1975
TALKING POINTS
1.
At the last Cabinet Meeting - April 16
the President requested -
a)
Meeting with Virginia Knauer
b)
Call appropriate Congressional
Committee Chairmen and ranking
Minority Members
2.
Dr. Connor and I are working together on a memo
April 25, 1975
3.
Within the last 48 hours - calls have been
made to each Cabinet official
4.
Secretary Butz talked to Senators Talmadge and
Senator Dole
Attorney General Levi talked to Senators Eastland
and Hruska - refer to Judiciary
5.
John Tabor at Commerce said they had talked
with 85% of Senate members.
6.
Secretary Dunlop reported to me that he had
met with Senators Williams and Senator Javits.
7.
Secretary Hills -
8.
Secretary Simon -
9.
Secretary Coleman -
10.
Steve Kursman for Secretary Weinberger - Talked
with 4 key Senators. Thinks he may have persuaded
Senator Bell to reexamine his position.
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for appointments and is working with OMB to draft
a questionnaire to assist her in getting the necessary
information she will need to develop a departmental
consumer plan.
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