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    "ocrText": "-2-\npolitical party the Committees on Government Operations of the House and Senate,\nwhich have broad investigating authority should be under the control of the\nminority party. It smacks of legalized collusion when we find the suspect and the\nDistrict Attorney are blood relatives. To make our Federal government function\nbetter, to help you get the facts, Republicans in Conpress believe this new idea\nwould be a step in the right direction.\nHere would be a genuine vehicle to assure that the voice of the minority would\nbe heard, that the majority would be constantly on notice that its actions or\ninactions were subject to effective and critical review. Here would be an assurance\nthe public through your help would know that any cover-up or wrongdoing would be\nimprobable if not impossible.\nIt is safe to speculate that with such a set-up there would be more public\nconfidence that the real 3obby Baker story had been told.\nThe Democrats certainly have us overwhelred numerically in Congress. Wie could\nsay\nWhat's the use? That's no answer for the American people, for you or for\nourselves. Fortunately there is a constructive ferment right now in the Republican\nParty\nWe have already made some reorganization of our internal machinery. The\nResearch and Planning Committee is working at long-range policy. We are creating\nspecial task forces on major substantive issues in such rapid succession that one\nobserver said we were setting up an anti-poverty program for Republican intellectuals\"\nJohn Rhodes, with a beefed-up staff, is Policy Committee chairman, and this\nreorganized group will deal with current, day-to-day legislative problems.\nOn the basis of simple mathematics the Administration can pass about every-\nthing it wants to in this Congress, particularly if it twists a few arms as it did\nin the Nasser victory on an appropriation bill a few weeks ago. Nevertheless we\nwill win on some issues in this Congress. More importantly, Republicans will build\na record for a substantially stronger representation after November 8, 1966.\nThe Republican strategy in the House will be diversified. We'11 be grateful\nfor any Democratic support, North or South. To compete with the Administration, we\nwill offer\n1. Opposition to Admiáistration's aims and methods when we think both\nare wrong but never obstructionism just for its own sake.\n2.\nConstructive alternatives to Admisistration schemes when we feel they\nare tackling the right problems at home or abroad, ir. the wrong way\nHouse Republicans have already recommended responsible proposals this year in\nmedicare, education, housing and Appalachia."
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