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The original documents are located in Box 8, folder "Congress - General (1)" of the John
Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Members' Statistics
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 93RD CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION
A summary of the birthdates, occupations, religions
enough to make a significant difference in Congress all by
and other statistics on members of the 93rd Congress,
itself. In the years since World War II, the House had
showed these highlights.
averaged 65 freshmen members in each Congress, the
Senate 12.7.
Average age*
The Nixon landslide in the South brought in Republi-
Senators
55.3
can members from places where the party had rarely won
Representatives
51.1
before. For the first time this century, Virginia and North
Carolina voters elected Republican senators.
Both houses
52
David C. Treen was the first Republican to represent
As of election, Nov. 7, 1972
Louisiana in the House in this century. Mississippi chose
two Republican representatives, Thad Cochran and Trent
The youngest senator was Joe Biden (D Del.), who
Lott, to represent districts that had been unfailingly
was 31 Nov. 20, 1973. That made him 10 years younger
Democratic since reconstruction.
than the youngest Republican senator, Robert W. Pack-
Occupation. Four hundred and fifty members re-
wood (Ore.).
ported past service in politics or public life. There were
The oldest senator in the 93rd Congress was George
290 members who had a background in law and 177 having
D. Aiken (R Vt.), 80. The oldest Democratic senator was
business or banking careers in the past. There were 70
John L. McClellan (Ark.), 76.
educators and 49 farmers. Members with military service
The youngest representative was John B. Breaux (D
numbered 390.
La.), 28. The youngest Republican was Alan Steelman
Sex and Race. The defeat of Margaret Chase Smith
(Texas), 30.
left the Senate without any women members for the first
The oldest representative in the 93rd Congress was
time since 1948. In the House 14 women were elected in
Ray J. Madden (D Ind.), 80. The oldest Republican rep-
the Nov. 7, 1972, general election. They were joined later
resentative was Leslie C. Arends (III.), 77.
by Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs (D La.) and Cardiss R.
Gains and Losses
Collins (D Ill.), elected in special elections to fill seats
left vacant by their husbands, both of whom were killed
Democrats gained two Senate seats in the 1972 elec-
in airplane crashes.
tion, bringing their total to 57 and the Republican total
The first two blacks to represent southern constitu-
to 43. Republicans, aided by redistricting that brought
encies in this century were elected to the 93rd Congress.
new representation to Republican-leaning suburbs, picked
State Sen. Barbara C. Jordan won in the new 18th dis-
up a net of 13 in the House. When the 93rd Congress con-
trict of Texas. She was the first black woman elected to
vened, Democrats held 240 seats in the House and
Congress in the South.
Republicans 192, with three vacancies. By the end of the
Democrat Andrew Young, a former aide to Martin
first session the lineup had changed slightly, with 243
Luther King Jr., won Georgia's 5th district seat, vacated
Democrats, 190 Republicans and 2 vacancies in the House
by Rep. Fletcher Thompson (R Ga.) who lost a bid for the
and 57 Democrats and 43 Republicans in the Senate.
Senate.
Congress was without vacancies for less than two months,
In California Yvonne Brathwaite Burke won in the
from Sept. 5 to Oct. 8.
new 37th district, making a total for four black women in
The 93rd Congress had 69 new representatives and
the House.
13 new senators, a relatively large turnover considering
There was one black, Edward W. Brooke (R Mass.),
how few members lost at the polls. In the House, much of
in the Senate and 15 in the House. When the non-voting
the turnover came because incumbents faced with redis-
delegate from the District of Columbia, Walter E. Faun-
tricting. problems chose to retire rather than fight it out.
troy, is included there were 17 blacks in the 93rd Con-
But the number of freshmen members was not large
gress.
Senate-Birth Dates, Occupations, Religions, Seniority Status
(Seniority rank is within the member's party. Key to occupational abbreviations, next page)
ALABAMA-Allen (D)
ALASKA-Stevens (R)
ARIZONA-Fannin (R)
Born Dec. 28, 1912. Seniority: 37. Occupations:
Born Nov. 18, 1923. Seniority: 21. Occupations:
Born Jan. 29, 1907. Seniority: 15. Occupations: B.C.
C.L.V. Religion: Church of Christ.
C,L,V. Religion: Episcopal.
Religion: Methodist.
Sparkman (D)
Gravel (D)
Goldwater (R)
Born Dec. 20, 1899. Seniority: 5. Occupations:
Born May 13, 1930. Seniority: 37. Occupations:
Born Jan. 1, 1909. Seniority: 22. Occupations: B,C,V.
C,L,T,V. Religion: Methodist.
B,C,V. Religion: Unitarian.
Religion: Episcopal.
36-1973 CQ ALMANAC
1974
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 19, 1974
M
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JERRY JONES
FROM:
WILLIAM E. TIMMONS By
SUBJECT:
Bill Signings and Vetoes
I committed to the Democratic Congressional leadership --
with approval of the President -- that he would make no
decisions to sign or veto any enrolled bill received at the
White House after December 16th until next week. In
other words, no action on Friday or Saturday!
The exceptions are the Nixon tapes bill and perhaps the
Continuing Resolution to keep government functioning.
Will you please protect me on this?
cc: Donald Rumsfeld
John Marsh
Max Friedersdorf
This Copy For
NEWS CONFERENCE
#105
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
WITH RON NESSEN
AT 12:30 P.M. EST
DECEMBER 19, 1974
THURSDAY
MR. NESSEN: The President, as you know, went to
Alexandria this morning. At 12:45 p.m., the President will
present to General Andrew J. Goodpaster the Defense Distinguished
Service Medal, the highest noncombat award.
At 2:00 o'clock this afternoon, the President will
have another session with Roy Ash and the OMB people to
continue making his decisions on the 1976 budget.
At 3:30 p.m., the President will meet with his
energy advisers to receive their views, which were put
together at their meeting at Camp David last weekend, and
some other work they have done since they came back from
Camp David. There will be no decisions made this afternoon.
We do not plan any announcements after the meeting or a
briefing after the meeting.
The President and Mrs. Ford, as you know, will be
the hosts at a Christmas party for you and your colleagues in
the press from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the House.
I think, what is being passed out now are three
releases; one of them is the nomination of Joe Laitin, to be
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
The President is nominating Joe Laitin to be
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. He is
also nominating - that job pays $38,000 a year -- Robert
J. Corber is being nominated to be a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. We were checking that salary. And
also, the President has made a preliminary selection, pending
all clearances, of 11 members of the Board of Directors of the
Legal Services Corporation.
Q
Does that pay?
MR. NESSEN: That is a full-time job.
Q
Paying what?
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MR. NESSEN: I will check that.
Let me give you some thoughts about Rockefeller.
The Rockefeller swearing in ceremony -- I am told the time is
still up in the air, but it is looking like it might be more
early evening than late afternoon.
The Senate Press, Radio, TV and Photographic Galleries
are handling the press arrangements for the ceremony itself.
We plan, here, to have full press coverage of the arrival at
the White House of Governor and Mrs. Rockefeller and their two
children preceding the swearing in ceremony. That will take
place at the South Portico about an hour before the ceremony
itself. Unfortunately, there is no way to know what time that
is going to be, but we will keep you advised.
Then, there will be full press coverage of the
departures from the South Portico by President and Mrs. Ford,
Governor and Mrs. Rockefeller and their families about 15
minutes before the ceremony begins at the Hill. Families will
travel to the Capitol in a motorcade, and there will be the
standard White House travel pool, plus a special pool, which
Governor Rockefeller is bringing with him. That is four
people, I am told.
On arrival at the Capitol, the two press pools will
be conducted to the hall outside the Senate Chamber and will
wait there until the ceremony is over. The travel
pool will not go inside the Senate Chamber for the ceremony.
When the ceremony concludes, the President and Mrs.
Ford will leave the Capitol for the White House with the
Presidential travel pool accompanying them. The Vice-President
and his family accompanied by their travel pool will attend a
reception on Capitol Hill and, then, following that, will
come to the White House. We do not plan any coverage of
their returns to the White House because they will be coming
separately, and they will just come in the backdoor.
Now, how this is going to affect the Press Party
I don't know, because we do not know what the times are.
I was talking to Mrs. Ford -- which is why I was somewhat
delayed -- and she is concerned about this, and I think we
will just have to wait and see how the times run and when
the swearing in is.
Q
Is there any chance of the time of the party
being changed until later or something?
MR. NESSEN: She is thinking of that. That is
why she called me. I have to talk to Nancy Lammerding
after this briefing. As soon as we get a better idea, we
will get the word out.
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We have a few more details on coverage at Vail.
Actually, we have a lot more details.
The Legal Services Board will set the salaries
for the officers and employees, so we do not have that yet.
The rates cannot be more than Level 5, which is $138 a
day.
The ICC guy gets $38,000 a year.
Q
Is this for three years or two years, or
at the pleasure of the President, or what?
MR. NESSEN: I don't have that, but I will check
it for you. It is on the sheet, I am told, "Term of Office."
Sunday at Vail -- the President does plan to ski
Sunday afternoon after he gets there, and our plan is to
get everybody, the entire press party, to the bottom of the
slope so you will have him and his family there at the
bottom getting on the lift and riding up and, then, you will
be there as he arrives at the bottom after his run.
Now, Sunday evening, after the ticket office closes,
Vail Associates will open its office to give you members
of the press who are going lift passes to use yourselves.
It should only take a couple of minutes. They take your
picture and they laiminate it, and these are free lift
passes for members of the Press Corps and not their families.
Q
Is that a coverage pass, or --
MR. NESSEN: It is to ride up and down and cover
events.
Q
My question is, is it limited?
MR. NESSEN: I am sorry, I said the wrong thing.
It is to use to go up to ski down for your own entertainment.
Q
Do you know what the charge is for members of
families?
MR. NESSEN: Ray Zook probably has a rundown on the
fees out there. He sent me one the other day on ice-skating.
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Q
Ron, will we be able to have a pool
50 percent up and then at the top?
MR. NESSEN: Let me go through the rest of the
coverage plans and you will see that is going to get done.
On Monday I hope we can get into some kind of
daily routine. The basic thought about a daily routine
is to have a protective pool each day that would cover that
entire day's events.
Eric went out there this morning, and I told
Eric by the time we get there he should have posted the
protective pool for each day we are going to be there
so you can plan your week ahead of time. But whoever
is on the protective pool for each day is responsible
for pooling every activity that day, whatever the
President might do that day. That includes skiing, if
he goes skiing, or if he goes out to eat, or to a party,
or whatever he does.
As I told you yesterday, the plan -- and
Mrs. Ford just confirmed it to me -- is for him to
work about four hours a day and relax about four hours
a day. The morning work would conclude about 11:00
or 11:30, and then he would go out to ski.
Now on Monday we will have the protective
pool for that day at the bottom of the hill, and
Eric will be there, and he will tell you which slope
he will come down, and where he will end up at the
bottom, and so forth.
Just to anticipate your concern, the protective
pool is for protection, and obviously you must have in
your mind the possibility that the President could sprain
an ankle or something, and I am told the bottom of the
hill is the place to be if anything like that should
happen.
Q
Are there telephones there?
MR. NESSEN: There is a restaurant there.
Maybe if we talk to Eric on the phone we can find out
something about phones there.
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Q
Has he ever sprained an ankle or broken
a leg before?
MR. NESSEN: No.
Before we go on to more of the day-to-day
arrangements, the President feels about his visit to
Vail that he is only one of the visitors to Vail during
the Christmas season, and that a lot of people who
have no connection whatever to the White House are
going to be there on vacations, and a lot of them have
spent a lot of money for vacations at Vail at
Christmastime. So the President's attitude -- and he
has communicated it to the staff -- is that what we
do should disrupt the paying vacationers as little
as possible, and that he would hope that you would
follow the same philosophy that the White House is
following.
He does understand the need to cover the
President of the United States. And he understands
the need for a protective pool. And so whenever
possible we are going to have one with him.
Now on Tuesday -- that is the day of the
coverage on the slopes -- we are going to get some
snowmobiles and do some other things to try to get
film and photographs and coverage of the President,
and perhaps some members of his family too.
Our plan was to break the press corps into
groups and have the groups stationed at various
points on the mountain, some at the top, some on the
way down, and some at the bottom. And obviously, with
that kind of military precision there is just no way
that this is not going to disrupt the skiing of the
paying customers, and I would hope that one day of
this would be enough to satisfy everybody's interest
in skiing pictures, and, after that one day of Tuesday
of getting everybody clinging to precipices half-way
down --
Q
Would you get him to yell something
for radio as he comes down? (Laughter)
MR. NESSEN: After that one day of that
spread-out coverage all over the mountain we will go
back to the standard protective pool at the bottom.
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On briefings, I think given the fact he is
going to work until 11:00 or 11:30 every morning, and
I am going to need some time to talk to him and to
Don, and also talk to the offices back here, I think
we probably ought to shoot for a noon briefing.
It is 2:00 in the east, and obviously it is not going
to make the afternoon papers happy, but I think it is
probably the best we can do.
Q
That does not bar us from getting some
information earlier?
MR. NESSEN: No. Just like here. We are
in the office from 7:00 on, Helen. You know that.
Certainly we are going to have information available
whenever it is available, but to have a real briefing,
I just do not think we are going to have the information
we need, either from the President or from the offices
back here.
He is taking a lot of work out there, and
especially a pile of bills that Congress will pass in
the last days, so that will certainly provide some
news at the beginning at least, and then there will
be other things as we go along. Budget and State of
the Union, of course, are two of the things he will
be working on too.
The protective pools will basically consist
of the AP and UPI, and the AP and UPI photographers,
and a writer either from a newspaper or magazine,
a broadcast correspondent, a pool television crew,
a local writer, and a local still photographer. That
will be the protective pool. And as I said, Eric
hopefully will have the names posted for each day
of the stay out there.
On the way out there you will get some maps
of Vail, and also a book that the people in Vail have
put together to tell you about the place, and it will
help you to find your way around.
I think we mentioned to you that casual
dress is correct for Vail, and warm clothing, and we
are also going to have a shuttle bus running around
town to help you get around, and also the information
on how to get your credentials, and how to get your
lift passes, and so forth.
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Q
Is this a special bus you are putting on?
There is a shuttle service there.
MR. NESSEN: I know there is. I think it is
once an hour, or once every half-hour, but this will be
our own press corps shuttle bus.
So, we are moving right along with the Vail
plans. I think that is basically the announcements
that I have today.
Q
Ron, is there anything you can tell us
on steel?
Q. Ron, may I renew my question on the pool
on Sunday. At the top, as the President gets off, will
we be able to have a pool up there?
MR. NESSEN: It is my understanding it is not
a pool, Phil. It is open coverage. I think I explained
yesterday that the press plane will land at Grand Junction
two hours ahead of the President, and that the people who
want to go on to Vail to cover his arrival there will
leap on a bus and drive straight on. It is three hours.
And then those who would rather stay behind in Grand
Junction and see his arrival there can stay if they
want to. We will fill up as many buses and take them
right in to Vail as we can, and then you will go out to
the house and cover his arrival there.
Q
You are talking about getting everybody
at the bottom of the slope.
MR. NESSEN: On Sunday.
Q
On Sunday.
MR. NESSEN: Right.
Q
I am just talking about coverage at the
top.
MR. NESSEN: Not on the first day. There is
not going to be a protective pool at the top any day,
which includes Sunday.
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Q
Ron, is any kind of ceremony planned
for his arrival like a welcome by city officials, or
anything like that?
MR. NESSEN: I have not heard of anything,
Russ, but as I say, Eric went out there this morning
and I will be talking to him once he gets on the ground,
and we will just relay to you, as we get it from Eric,
what the plans are out there.
There is one thing I forgot to tell you
about Rockefeller, incidentally. His Press Office
says that he and his family are going to leave New York
about 3:00 on a plane from Westchester Airport and
arrive at Page Terminal at National at 3:45, and they
will go from there to the Rockefeller home on Foxhall
Road, and will stay there until it is time to come to
the White House.
Q
How about steel, Ron?
MR. NESSEN: On steel, what did you want to
know?
Q
Has the president decided to do anything
more than leave it in the hands of the Wage-Price people?
MR. NESSEN: The question really is premature
because -- I mean the process is under way now. U.S. Steel
is going to come in with its written justification
tomorrow, and based on what they say, and how the Wage
and Price Stability Council feels about it, there could
be additional Presidential actions, but we have to wait
and see how they explain it, and whether the Wage and
Price Stability Council -- what reaction it has to their
explanation.
Q
Ron, U.S. Steel maintains that most of
its increases are catch-up increases. Is it true that
the White House has no quarrel with catch-up increases?
MR. NESSEN: I think we really have to wait
for them to send in their written justification and let
the Council make that judgment, that very judgment.
Q
So when you are talking about rolling
back their prices, are you leaving the door open to
rolling it back and below what they consider catch-up
prices?
MR. NESSEN: It is something I really cannot
do. The Wage and Price Stability Council has this
thing under way, and they will make a ruling on what
they think of the U.S. Steel explanation of it.
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Q
Ron, has the President sent a letter to
Senator Jackson offering a compromise on the Strip
Mining Bill?
MR. NESSEN: I am not aware of any letter
on the Strip Mining.
Q
Has he made any other approach?
MR. NESSEN: I am not aware of any approach.
I think the matter pretty much stands where we talked
about it yesterday, which is, he has announced his
plan to veto the bill as it is, and the only decision
there is whether a real veto or a pocket veto.
Senator Jackson's staff has sent a request
in here asking that the White House try to find room
for a compromise, and the compromise would be carried
out by a second bill that would correct some of the
deficiencies the President sees in the first bill. And
the Administration is actively working on suggestions
for a draft bill that might make these corrections.
I think Frank told you on Saturday that
the Administration has, for a long time, believed
in the need for strip mining legislation that would
be balanced between the desire to protect the
environment and to reclaim land, and also the need
to increase coal production because of the energy
problem, and the desire to reduce the reliance on oil.
So I think the way it stands is that the President is
anxious to achieve acceptable legislation without
further delay.
I think the President's advisers would
recommend that he accept the present bill, if Congress
passes another bill which makes the corrections he
outlined at this session.
Q
Ron, was the President totally unaware
of Mr. Bass's interest in strip mining when he agreed
to accept the house?
MR. NESSEN: The President told me this
morning -- and if you would like to quote this you
may -- "The first time I knew he owned one ounce of
coal was when I read it at 7:00 a.m. in the New York
Times." And as Jack told some of you yesterday --
Hushen -- the President does not make environmental
policy decisions based on whose house he is renting
for Christmas.
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Ron, could you tell us if the President is
contemplating having a news conference before he goes to
Vail, and if you can't answer that, can you rule one out?
MR. NESSEN: I just do not have anything to give you
on a news conference today, Walt.
Q
How about tomorrow?
MR. NESSEN: I do not have anything to give you
On a news conference, period.
Q
Can you rule one out in Vail?
MR. NESSEN: I don't know of any plans to have
one in Vail.
Q
Ron, yesterday, I think, in giving us a capsule
biography of Mr. Bass, you mentioned he was a geologist and
that he has holdings in mineral, or in any case, extracting
industries. Did no one go beyond that and find out whether
he was in oil or coal or what?
MR. NESSEN: I can tell you how this biography came
about. I anticipated that there would be some interest
in who Dick Bass was. I talked to him on the telephone Tuesday,
December 17th and asked him to tell me who he was, and this
is what he gave me.
Q
You did not ask him whether he was in coal or
oil?
MR. NESSEN: I did not know that it really mattered.
The answer is, I did not.
Q
Does the President plan any actions on bills
today?
MR. NESSEN: There is getting to be quite a pile
of them here.
Q
How many, do you know?
MR. NESSEN: No. I guess there are maybe in the
area of about a half dozen that need to be thought about
sooner or need to have decisions made on them soon.
Just to finish -- Helen, I do not know of any that
we will be announcing today.
Q
What about the Nixon tapes' bill?
MR. NESSEN: No decision, but very soon.
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Q
You have to act --
MR. NESSEN: -- by midnight tomorrow.
Q
Is the President likely to sign the
transportation bill, which permits bigger trucks on highways?
MR. NESSEN: I did not even know about that one.
That is not one of the six. Is it up here, or is it still on
the Hill?
Q
Here.
Q
They completed work yesterday.
MR. NESSEN: I have not looked into that one, but
I tell you, from what I have heard here this morning, there
are a lot of them and many of them are complicated. The
trade bill, for instance, is 180 pages, I am told, and
aside from the ones that have deadlines on them, like the
Nixon tapes' bill, I expect that that is going to take up a
lot of the work in his first few days out there. I would
expect you will be getting a lot of announcements in Vail
of bill signings or vetoes.
Q
What do you think the President will do when
the food aid increase bill comes back from the State
Department?
MR. NESSEN: The which one?
Q
The food aid increase.
MR. NESSEN: The President saw some of the material
sent to him for him to make his decision on, and he asked
for additional material and that is being prepared and sent to
him, so the decision has slipped a little bit on that one.
Q
That is food aid?
MR. NESSEN: Food aid, yes, international food aid.
Q
Ron, did the Secretary of State and the
Israeli Ambassador have an angry argument in the White House
near midnight either last night or the night before?
MR. NESSEN: I am told there was no meeting last
night between the Ambassador --
Q
How about the night before?
MR. NESSEN: They had dinner at the Golda Meir
Dinner and, then, I am told, the Ambassador went home and
the Secretary went home and did not have any private meetings.
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Q
And there was none the night before either?
MR. NESSEN: I did not check the night before.
I thought the story said last night.
Q
Well, it did, but there was some question as
to whether last night was the last night here or last
night, the night before that.
MR. NESSEN: I will check. I have notheard anything
to indicate they ever had this kind of meeting that the
Israeli paper talked about.
Q
Ron, on the strip mining bill, you did mean
to say, didn't you, that the President hoped that another
bill could be passed this session?
MR. NESSEN: I hope that is clear now that it is
not a question of sign this one and hoping for the best next
time to correct it. He would consider signing this one, or
would sign this one, if the corrective bill is passed now,
before Congress goes home, so he could sign both at the same
time.
Q
There is not considered to be any realistic chance
of that is there?
MR. NESSEN: I don't know, Jim. You have to check
the Hill.
Q
Would you anticipate there would be a realistic
chance?
MR. NESSEN: The White House would like to have
realistic strip mining legislation, and so, we would like it.
Q
Can you give us specifics on this corrective
legislation that is needed?
MR. NESSEN: I have a transcript of Zarb's briefing
from Saturday. I am not an expert on strip mining, but
I think he pointed out -- I think the main complaint is the
ambiguity of some of the language that is open to various
interpretations. He is concerned and the President is
concerned that the language is ambiguous and would result
in a very large number of lawsuits.
Let me start back again then and tell you the five
specific objections to it, if I may.
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Number one, the changes that the White House
would like made are, one, revising the scope of the
citizens' suits provision so as to reduce the regulatory
uncertainties, which is what I started to talk about,
which could cause unnecessary production losses through
extended and extensive lawsuits.
Q
Could you run through that once more?
MR. NESSEN: You were here on Saturday. I am just
telling you the same thing Frank told you.
Q
To reduce what?
MR. NESSEN: To reduce the regulatory uncertainties
which could otherwise cause unnecessary production losses
through extended and extensive lawsuits.
The second objection is -- and I should say, the
second correction the President would like would be to
authorize the Secretary of Interior, to designate him as the
one whose definitions would govern the interpretation
of ambiguous terms in the legislation.
Q
That is the Secretary of Interior's
interpretation?
MR. NESSEN: Yes, authorize him to define the
ambiguous terms.
Q
The Secretary, or Frank Zarb in this case?
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MR. NESSEN: The Secretary of Interior is Rogers
Morton.
Q
To designate the Secretary.
MR. NESSEN: No, no. The correction the White
House would like to make is to designate the Interior
Secretary as the one who would make the definitions.
The third correction would be to qualify what the
White House considers the unnecessarily rigid prohibition
against increased siltation which -- you know what that
means. It has to do with silt getting into water systems
that are near the strip mining operation.
The fourth correction would be to qualify the
prohibitions in the bill that have to do with alluvial
valley floors and hydrology which again has to do with --
just to put it in simple language -- qualifying prohibitions
dealing with rivers and other waterways that might be
affected by strip mining.
Fifth, the correction that the White House would
like would be to focus this -- there is a reclamation fund
in the bill -- to focus the use of this fund and also to reduce
the excise tax on coal as an anti-inflationary measure.
There are several other minor changes in the
bill too. But if that gives you an idea, I would not go
into the others, if that is all right.
Q
Does the White House have someone to
introduce the bill today?
MR. NESSEN: I think they are working with people
on the Hill, Helen. I do not have an up-to-the-minute
report on how it is coming along.
Q
Did the initiative for this possible
compromise come from the White House or from Senator Jackson?
MR. NESSEN: My understanding is that his staff got in
touch and said, "Let's see if we can work out a compromise."
Q
When do you expect a Cabinet appointment?
MR. NESSEN: I do not have any idea, Carroll.
Q
Any more this week?
MR. NESSEN: We only have one more day, or two more
days. I don't know, Helen. We will have to announce
it when it comes out of the hopper.
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Q
When are you expecting an announcement
of a replacement for Mr. Ash?
MR. NESSEN: I cannot give you anything on time tables,
Jim. Mostly because I do not have a time table.
Q How about Levi?
MR. NESSEN: We are not announcing any Cabinet
changes today.
Q
Will the President then hold off any
nominations until the new Congress?
MR. NESSEN: You mean in sending them up for
confirmation. If he does not make them before tomorrow,
I guess he will have to send them up to the new Congress.
That is the only Congress we have got.
Q
I am talking about making the nominations
in the interim.
MR. NESSEN: I see what you mean. It is possible
he could make some. They all have to go through the
confirmation process, but he could make some between
now and January 14.
Q
Would he make any as recess appointments
then and not submit them until some other action is
taken?
MR. NESSEN: I see what you are getting at. No,
not that I know of.
Q
Don Rumsfeld yesterday did not want to go into
the manner in which the President plans to use the Vice-
President.
MR. NESSEN: I talked to the President this morning
about that because I thought you might be interested in it
and I do not think it was a question of Don not wanting
to go into it. It was a question of it seemed improper to do
because if you started making plans for Governor Rockefeller's
role or staff you were presuming a confirmation which had
not taken place.
The fact is that the President indicated this
morning that now that Governor Rockefeller is confirmed
and will be sworn in this evening, that he will sit
down and discuss it and will indicate to Governor
Rockefeller what activities the President intends for him
to get into.
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Q
You cannot tell us anything about what his
thinking is.
MR. NESSEN: Only what he said himself which
is he would like him to play a role in domestic policies.
There are certain things the Vice-President does by
statute. I do not have those right in front of me, but you
probably know what they are. For the rest of it, they have
not had their talk and the President has not instructed
him as to what he wants him to do.
Q
Will he be coming out to Vail, Rockefeller?
MR. NESSEN: I don't think SO.
Q
Has the President learned anything by being
Vice-President himself that he would like to pass along?
MR. NESSEN: I think that might be something they
will talk about. There are no specifics.
Q
Specifically, Ron, is the President
considering the establishment of a new Domestic Policy
Board that presumably would replace the Domestic Council
in naming Vice-President Rockefeller as Chairman of
that Board?
MR. NESSEN: Well, I have read that, Jim, but I
have not heard it discussed in any way around here.
Q
That is not a matter under consideration
as far as you know?
MR. NESSEN: That I am aware of, that is right.
Q
Ron, have you heard discussed the
possibility that a successor to Ken Cole will not be named
but that Vice-President Rockefeller would assume those duties?
MR. NESSEN: I do not think Vice-President
Rockefeller can assume Ken Cole's duties. Ken is the
Executive Director of the Domestic Council, running it on at
day-to-day basis, which is a full time job, and I do not
see that as Vice-President Rockefeller's job.
Q
Is the President speaking at the inaugural?
MR. NESSEN: No, not that I know of.
THE PRESS: Thank you, Ron.
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WITH RON NESSEN
AT 4:00 P.M. (Martinique Time)
DECEMBER 15, 1974
SUNDAY
(Martinique, F.W.I.)
MR. NESSEN: What Mr. Beauchamps has just informed
the French press, and this also reflects the views of the American
side, is that the contacts between the two Presidents so
far have been very good. On the level of their personal rela-
tions, they have been very relaxed.
The meeting for this afternoon will begin at
4:30.
Q What will the subject be this afternoon?
Q
Mr. Beauchamps mentioned lunch.
MR. NESSEN: Your own poolers will give you a
fill on the lunch. I cannot give you a subject on the after-
noon meeting right now. I will pass them to you as soon as
I have them.
Q Who do we attribute this to, the Press Secretary?
MR. NESSEN: You mean about the meeting and
the personal relationship between the Presidents?
Q Yes.
MR. NESSEN: Yes, you can attribute that to me.
Q
Can you say whether energy will continue to
be discussed this afternoon?
MR. NESSEN: I just don't know, Russ.
I have one other announcement: As some of you who
were out at the lunch know, there were pictures taken by the
personal photographers of each President of the Presidents
swimming, and also the Foreign Minister and Secretary Kissinger,
and at the request of the Presidents, there were no news
photographers there. However, because of the great interest in
the subject and because it is possible that some news photo-
graphers did get some pictures, Mr. Beauchamps has graciously
agreed to distribute some of his official photographer's
pictures of the Presidents swimming. There will be prints
available here for both the French and the American news
services in several hours, however long it takes to develop and
print the pictures.
THE PRESS: Thank you, Ron.
END (AT 4:02 P.M. Martinique Time)
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WITH RON NESSEN
AT 6:15 P.M. (Martinique Time)
DECEMBER 15, 1974
SUNDAY
(Martinique, F.W.I.)
MR. NESSEN: I really only came to say that we
are still awaiting the conclusion of the afternoon session,
so we don't have a briefing yet. The afternoon session
began at pretty close to 4:30 and I don't have the subject
matter for you yet, but at 5:58, after approximately
an hour and a half, Secretary Simon and the French
Finance Minister adjourned their own private meeting
and joined the two Presidents and the Foreign Minister
and Secretary of State, and that meeting now continues.
So, the meeting, since 5:58, has consisted of the
two Presidents, Secretary Kissinger, the Foreign Minister,
Secretary Simon and the Finance Minister. There is
really nothing more I can give you until the meeting is
over and I don't have a clear idea how long that will be,
although we might think vaguely in terms of another half
hour.
Q
Is Dr. Kissinger going to brief?
MR. NESSEN: I don't know, Helen.
Q
The French have been told that Kissinger
and his counterpart will not, that you and your counter-
part will.
MR. NESSEN: Let's wait and see.
Q
Can you even tell us for guidance?
MR. NESSEN: Dr. Kissinger has been in the meeting
and I have not been able to talk to him about who is going
to do it.
Q
When are we going to get the toast?
MR. NESSEN: That is a good question. I will find
out.
Q
If he does brief, would you expect it to be
immediately after the meeting?
MR. NESSEN: Yes.
THE PRESS: Thank you, Ron.
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
BOB WOLTHUIS
In response to your request of yesterday regarding average ages and length
of service in the Congress, Paul Bergson has come up with the following
statistics:
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I.
43.2% of the House of Representatives have come to the House since 1970.
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II.
36.6% have come to the House since 1960.
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III. 13.8% have come since 1950.
IV. 6.4% came to the House before 1950.
V. Average age of the House of Representatives:
1. For the entire House of Representatives the average age is 49. 8 years.
2. The average age of the Democratic Members is 50. 4 years.
3. The average age of the Republican Members of the House is 48. 6
VI. The average age of the United States Senate :
1. The average age of the entire Senate is 55. 5 years.
2. The average age of the Democratic Members is 55.0 years.
3. The average age of the Republican Members is 56.2 years.
VII. Average age of both houses combined:
1. The average age of both Senate and House Members is 50.9 years.
2. The average age for Democrats in both houses is 51.2 years.
3. The average age for Republicans in both houses is 50. 3 years.
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VIII. Average age of new Members:
1. Average age for both parties of new Members in the House is 40. 7.
2. Average age for new Republicans in the House is 42. 8.
3. Average age for new Democrats in the House is 40. 2.
4. Average age of new Senators from both parties is 45. 4.
5. Average age for new Republicans is 47.
6. Average age for new Democrats is 45.
YORD
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Swing
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Pastore
Allen
Roth
Aiken
Bayh
Pell
Baker
Scott, H.
BILIBRARY
Bentsen
Bible
Proxmire
Bartlett
Sparkman
Cannon
Biden
Randolph
Beall
Stafford
Humphrey
Burdick
Ribicoff
Bellmon
Stennis
Johnston
Byrd, Robt
Schweiker
Bennett
Stevens
Kennedy
Chiles
Scott, Wm.
Brock
Taft
McClellan
Church
Symington
Brooke
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Magnuson
Clark
Tunney
Buckley
Tower
Mathias
Cranston
Williams
Byrd, H.
Pearson
Eagleton
Case
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Fulbright
Cook
Weicker
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Hart
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Dominick
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Griffin
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Helms
Metcalf
Hruska
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Javits
Moss
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Percy
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Abdnor
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Biaggi
Abzug
Anderson(III)
Annunzio
Arends
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Adams
Andrews (N. D.)
Bennett
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Dent
Addabbo
Archer
Boggs
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Dulski
*Alexander
Ashbrook
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Baker
Byron
Esch
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Bell
Bowen
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Beard
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Brooks
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Daniel, D. (Va)
Gude
Aspin
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Carter
Collins(III)
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Davis C.)
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Barrett
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Culver
Brown(Mich)
Dorn
McCloskey
Bergland
Cronin
de la Garza
Broyhill (N. C.)
Fisher
Mosher
Bingham
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Delaney
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Flowers
Pritchard
Blatnik
Forsythe
Denholm
Buchanan
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Whalen
Boland
Gilman
Dingell
Bergener
Haley
Brademas
Gross
Downing
Burke(Fla)
Hebert
Brasco
Harvey
Evins(Tex)
Butler
Ichord
Brown(Calif)
Hastings
Flood
Camp
Jarman
Burke(Mass)
Heinz
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Cederberg
McFall
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Kluczynski
Fountain
Chamberlain
Mahon
Burton
Lujan
Fuqua
Clancy
Mathis
Carey
McClory
Ginn
Clausen
Milford
Carney
McDade
Gonzalez
Clawson
Montgomery
Chisholm
McKinney
Green(Oreg)
Cleveland
Nichols
Clark
Mallory
Hanley
Cochran
Passman
Clay
Miller
Hays
Collier
Poage
Cohen
Peyser
Henderson
Collins(Tex)
Roberts
Conte
Quie
Holifield
Conable
Satterfield
Conyers
Railsback
Jones(Tenn)
Conlan
Sikes
Corman
Rinaldo
Jones(Okla)
Crane
Spence
Cotter
Robison Y.)
Jones(Ala)
Daniel, R. (Va)
Steed
Daniels(N.J.)
Ruppe
Jones(N. C.)
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Stevens
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Sandman
Kazen
Dennis
Stratton
Dellums
Sarasin
Landrum
Derwinski
Teague(Tex)
Diggs
Shoup
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Devine
Waggonner
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Steele
McCormack
Dickinson
Whitten
Drinan
Steelman
McKay
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Rep Swing
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Duncan
Wright
duPont
Thone
McSpadden
Edwards(Ala)
Young(Tex)
Eckhardt
Widnall
Mann
Erlenborn
Young(III)
Edwards
Wyatt
*Mills
Eshleman
Eilberg
Zwach
Mollohan
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Evans
Murphy(N. Y.)
Frelinghuysen
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Natcher
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Foley
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Ford, W. (Mich)
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Fraser
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Grover
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Pickle
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Grasso
Price(III)
Hanrahan
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Randall
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Rarick
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Rogers
Hillis
Gunter
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Hinshaw
Hamilton
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Hogan
Hanna
Rostenkowski
Holt
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Reynolds
Horton
Harrington
Shipley
Hosmer
Hawkins
Sisk
Huber
(W. Va)
Slack
Hudnut
Helstoski
Snyder
Hunt
Hicks
Staggers
Hutchinson
Holtzman
Stubblefield
Johnson(Pa)
Howard
Stuckey
Keating
Hungate
Taylor(N. C.)
Kemp
Johnson(Calif)
Thornton
Ketchum
Jordan(Tex)
White
King
Karth
Wilson, C. (Tex)
Kuykendall
Kastenmeier
Wilson, C. (Calif)
Landgrebe
Koch
Zablocki
Latta
Kyros
Lent
Leggett
Lott
Lehman
McCollister
Litton
McEwen
Long(Md)
2
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Dem Lose
Rep Swing
Dem Swing
Madigan
Macdonald
Mailliard
Madden
Maritizi
Matsunaga
Martin(Nebr)
Mazzoli
Martin(N. C.)
Meeds
Mathias
Melcher
Mayne
Metcalfe
Michel
Mezvinsky
Minshall
Minish
Mitchell(N.Y.)
Mink
Mizell
Mitchell(Md)
Moorhead(Calif)
Moakley
Myers
Moorhead(Pa)
Nelsen
Morgan
O'Brien
Moss
Parris
Murphy (III)
Pettis
Nix
Powell
Obey
Price(Tex)
O'Hara
Quillen
O'Neill
Regula
Owens
Rhodes
Pike
Robinson(Va)
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Rangel
Rousselot
Rees
Ruth
Reid
Scherle
Reuss
Schneebeli
Riegle
Sebelius
Rodino
Shriver
Roe
Shuster
Roncalio(Wyo)
Skubitz
Rose
Smith(N. Y.)
Rosenthal
Stanton(Ohio)
Roush
Steiger(Ariz)
Roy
Steiger (Wis)
Roybal
Symms
Ryan
Talcott
St Germain
3
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Taylor(Mo)
Sarbanes
Teague(Calif)
Schroeder
Thomson(Wis)
Seiberling
Towell
Smith(Iowa)
Treen
Stanton, J. W. (Ohio)
Vander Jagt
Stark
Veysey
Stokes
Walsh
Studds
Wampler
Sullivan
Ware
Symington
Whitehurst
Thompson(N. J. )
Wiggins
Tiernan
Williams
Udall
Wilson, B. (Calif)
Ullman
Winn
Van Deerlin
Wydler
Vanik
Wylie
Vigorito
Wyman
Waldie
Young(Fla)
Wolff
Young (Alaska)
Yates
Young(S. C.)
Yatron
Zion
Young(Ga)
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Saylor
Benitez
de Lugo
Fauntroy
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BARBER B. CONABLE, JR.
WYOMING
LIVINGSTON
No. 93-25
December 12, 1974
Dear Friends:
MAJOR CHANGES - Those who are confused about what has been happening in Washington
this past week probably have only forgotten that Congress is run by the political
parties. People who think politics is dirty resist this idea, feeling that the pro-
cess of organizing a Congress should be sanitized by individual decisions (didn't
they vote for the person, not the party?) and that the rules of the House should be
much more important than the rules of a party. But the rules of the House are de-
signed only to protect the rights of minorities and individuals. The processes of
control and accountability, the structure of decision, the vesting of leadership, even
the assignment and diffusion of committee membership - all these are party decisions.
With the decline of party, decisions of this sort haven't been well made
in recent years, or more correctly, haven't been made at all. While responsi-
bility to govern normally goes with majority status, the Majority Party has
been content recently to drift rather than to go through the process, difficult
for a coalition party, of making the leadership decisions necessary to govern.
Maybe this year is going to be different.
The Democrats, the majority party by more than two to one in the House next
year, have been making major changes this past week. Whether or not it constitutes
reform depends upon your point of view. Expressed in feudal terms, the power of the
barons (Committee and subcommittee chairmen) has been reduced relative to both the
king (the Speaker) and the serfs (Caucus).
The party caucus, having no special legislative function, is purely politi-
cal, while the committee leaders have been primarily legislative; the shift in power
will thus increase the political influences over the legislative process. Put another
way, we can expect less deliberation about details and more
political responsiveness. That's good, unless you're the
THE POWERFUL
type to be concerned about details, or unless you didn't
WAYS AND MEANS
intend your majority vote to be a political mandate.
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THE CHANGE IN WAYS AND MEANS - My attention has been parti-
cularly focussed - no, riveted - on the changes the Demo-
cratic Party in the House is making in the Ways and Means
Committee.
Although it affects me only indirectly, I thoroughly
approve of one of the changes. The Democratic side of the
Ways and Means Committee has served as the Democrats' Com-
mittee on Committees, the group that assigns members to
committees. To some majority members this political func-
tion was more important than the legislative work of the
Committee. They served on the Committee, not because of
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their interests and abilities, but because some powerful
Changes Underway
politician back home wanted to project his power into Con-
gress through control of the committee assignments of the
congressmen from his area. Some of these political appoint-
ments were also good legislators, but in the long run the decision this past week
to vest the Committee on Committees' responsibility elsewhere will improve the
attentiveness of the Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee to their legislative
responsibilities.
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The other changes made are more controversial to a Republican. The size of
the Committee has been increased from 25 (15 Democrats, 10 Republicans) to 37 (25 Demo-
crats, 12 Republicans). This dramatic shift, coupled with retirements and defeats,
will mean that 18 of the 37 members will be newly-appointed next year.
While the size is not that important as a committee characteristic, the motive
for this increase is plainly to enhance party control and to change ideological bias
toward liberalism. Dealing with technical subjects (taxation, trade, welfare, social
security, federal medical programs) as we do, our emphasis this next year will either
be on the education of the new members or we will make a lot of mistakes. In addition
the closed rule, based on the Committee consensus, will become a thing of the past,
and we can expect a new practice of extensive efforts to amend Ways and Means Committee
bills on the floor of the House.
We have historically disparaged floor amendments made by the Senate, be-
cause they have so frequently been misinformed and occasionally even the direct
result of special interest lobbying. The closed rule in the House has many times
protected the members from their admitted inability to resist undisciplined
"motherhood" type amendments. The effects of the demise of the closed rule will
have to be closely watched.
The new subcommittee requirement is related to the
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subcommittee focal points. These theories can now be
tested. The Democrats' rules change will spread sub-
committee assignments broadly among the new members as
well as the old. Certainly it will be a whole new ball game for the lobbyists.
While changes in Ways and Means are going to affect the way it functions and
make service there difficult in terms of the recent past, I don't believe anybody will
want to leave the Committee. Our Committee has always been the goal of congressmen
who want to improve their committee assignments, and so it likely will remain. The
assignment is controversial and the work burdensome, but there is no better way to get
astride the big issues between government and the American people than to serve on
the Ways and Means Committee. Because its jurisdiction is not changed, this central
role is not changed either.
My own personal relationship to the changed process has been upgraded
by my increasing seniority: for the first time I will be participating in
the conferences between the House and Senate on Ways and Means bills. As I
have said many times in these letters, it is in conference that much of the
real work of legislating takes place.
One is usually tempted to interpret change in personal terms. However, these
changes are not the result of the sad condition of Wilbur Mills. His inability effec-
tively to resist may have hurried the process, but the inevitable forces at work were
not to be denied. The committee system has been frustrating to those who view govern-
ment as the prime problem-solver because it can interrupt the smooth flow of political
power. It is part of a larger system of checks and balances, but apparently checks
and balances are not as popular as they used to be. Abuses of power will change that,
whether that abuse is practiced by the king, the barons, or the mob of serfs.
ABOUT WILBUR - As I write this, it appears that the Democratic Party in the House may
have decided to depose Wilbur Mills as Chairman of Ways and Means, although perhaps
the results of his hospitalization will improve his position. I do not tell shabby
jokes about Wilbur Mills. For thirty-five years he served the country with great
skill in a comparatively anonymous central role, and when he tried to run for Presi-
dent in 1972 he discovered that he had two percentage points less name recognition
than Bella Abzug, then a freshman Congressperson from New York City. That he is now
a household word says something about the values of our media and our political system.
I am sad about my friend, who has been stable and decent in his relationship with the
members of his Committee, whose mind is much admired, whose personal life until re-
cently was completely submerged in his work, and for whose family recent events must
be personal tragedy. Beyond that, I simply do not understand what has happened to him.
Sincerely,
This paper contains recycled fibers
Busber B. Canable
Washington Address: 2429 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
MAR 6 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 4, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
FROM:
JERRY H NY
The attached article by Walter Pincus is forwarded to you with
the suggestion that you may want to get it to some of our Republican
friends on the Hill so they can make use of it in speeches and floor
remarks.
Thank you.
FORD LIBRAST
House of Ill Repute
by Walter Pincus
MAR 10 1975
March 10, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
MAX L. FRIEDERSDORF
3
Former Congressman Dick Shoup phoned me this morning
regarding the initiative by John Rhodes to establish an
independent Republican Congressional legislative program.
Shoup who has been retained on Rhodes staff as a coordinator,
indicated that he would like to meet with me this afternoon
to discuss his pending recommendations to Rhodes.
Shoup was very emphatic that the Rhodes' effort is not
designed "to cross wires with the Administration". I
agreed to meet with Shoup and will give you a further
report after we sit down today.
Rhodes has been rather open about his efforts for a separate
program and several weeks ago we intercepted a confidential
memorandum from his legislative assistant to all minority
counsels requesting recommendations for new and innovative
legislative approaches.
Thus far I don't believe they have come up with anything
that could be sold to all factions in the Republican conference
which would deviate widely from Administration programs.
John is inevitably going to run into a conflict between
the conservative majority of the Republican conference and
the 30 to 40 moderate to liberals which now make almost
one-third of his constituency.
MLF:jg
bec: Jack Marsh
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Mr. Marsh --
M
I have called Phil Burton's Office and the
Democratic Caucus meets tomorrow, Wednesday,
March 12, on three items:
1. Aid to Cambodia and Vietnam,
2. Emergency employment appropriations
act of 1975
3. Amendments to the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973.
No mention was made of the Colby Report or the
Holtzman Resolution.
Charlie Leppert
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March 19, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: MAX FRIEDERSDORF
FROM:
JACK MARSH
In light of Senator Leng's conversation this morning, I believe it
would be helpful If Bill Kendall would keep us posted on the status
of the Senater's Amendments, particularly those adopted.
I make special reference to the Talmadge Ameadment and what it
provides.
Thanks.
JOM/dl/3-19-75
GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
March 19, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: MAX FRIEDERSDORF
FROM:
JACK MARSH
In light of Senator Long's conversation this morning, I believe it
would be helpful If Bill Kendall would keep us posted on the status
of the Senator's Amendments, particularly those adopted.
I make special reference to the Talmadge Amendment and what it
provides.
Thanks.
JOM/dl/3-19-75
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The ten brightest
congressmen
By Larry L. King
dents and grand schemes.
put the lie to the old caricatures. Perhaps
The typical House member has they never had the breaks or opportuni-
APR 8 1974
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
M
April 8, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MAX L. FRIEDERSDORF
WAK
FROM:
WILLIAM T. KENDALL
SUBJECT:
A Poll of Senators
Senator Tower:
The major concern in Texas is the economy.
Also he has talked a great deal to party people
and feels we are still in trouble with "the Right".
Suggests we get a talking paper together on some
points where President has agreed with Conserva-
tives. On Southeast Asia there seems to be only
the extremes--no middle ground. In his opinion
Congress is moving down in the public's mind
and the President is moving up--but not fast
enough to suit the Senator.
Senator McGee:
All the talk in Wyoming is about the nomination of
Governor Hathaway-- and it is good. The cattle-
men are concerned about their problems. They
like Butz but do not like raising meat import
quotas. His people are still concerned about the
economy--apprehensive was the word he used.
On energy, as producers they want to have people
use energy, not conserve it! His people have had
it "up to their ears" on Southeast Asia. He caught
Hell on his vote on aid to Turkey-says he can't
get a meal in a Greek restaurant.
Senator Nunn:
His people are not that crazy about the Tax Reduc-
tion Bill. They think it's too little and too infla-
tionary. Economy still number one issue and
unemployment is a worry. They fear government
will drive up interest rates again. Their feelings
on Southeast Asia: isolation, anger, frustration.
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Thinks his people would be opposed to aid to
Southeast Asia, the U. N., Israel, etc.
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Senator Dole:
Kansas not as concerned about economy as rest
of nation. Farmers unhappy about prices. Re-
garding Southeast Asia, he feels we will all be
judged on how we react to this crisis rather than
past crises.
Senator Beall:
His people are confused, as he said "scratching
around for something" to complain about, but
unsure of the main issues. Amazed at evapora-
tion of support for military aid to Southeast Asia
and feels isolationism taking hold. He feels the
President should keep on with his criticism of
Congress - in a dignified way. He feels Congress
will not move without constant prodding (as with the
tax and energy bills).
Senator Griffin:
Approaching crisis in Michigan because supplemental
employment benefits at Chrysler about to run out and
G.M. in June. This is special union fund giving
workers about 90% of their pay. Finds little or no
support for aid to Southeast Asia. Feels Members
will need briefing on situation very soon from
Defense and State.
FORD LIBSARY
APR 16 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 15, 1975
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM LYNN
FROM:
JERRY H.
SUBJECT:
Implementation of New
Congressional Budget Act
Your memorandum to the President of April 9 on the above subject
has been reviewed and your recommendation -- meet with the joint
leadership to urge them to establish detailed budget targets for
each sub-Committee of the Appropriations Committees and for each
other Committee handling spending bills -- was approved, with the
following notation:
-- with firm guidelines.
Please follow-up with the appropriate action.
Thank you.
cc: Don Rumsfeld
Phil Buchen
Jim Cannon
Robert T. Hartmann
Jack Marsh
Max Friedersdorf
Bill Seidman
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ARENCE J. BROWN
WASHINGTON OFFICE:
ITH DISTRICT, OHIO
212 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE
BUILDING
URBANA, OHIO
AREA CODE: 202 225-4324
COMMITTEES:
Congress of the United States
DISTRICT OFFICES:
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
ROOM 220
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
house of Representatives
U.S. POST OFFICE BUILDING
JOINT ECONOMIC
150 NORTH LIMESTONE STREET
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 45501
Washington, D.C. 20515
AREA CODE: 513 325-0474
L.S.Y. BUILDING, THIRD FLOOR
April 16, 1975
196 SOUTH MAIN STREET
MARION, OHIO 43302
AREA CODE: 614 383-4343
Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr.
Counsellor to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.
20500
Dear John:
I feel moved to write you after your presentation
this morning to the C&M and SOS Breakfast. It comes from
one who has the greatest respect and confidence in Presi-
dent Ford and a very fond affection for my friend Jerry.
I am not totally unhappy with the diminution of Presi-
dential power that has followed in the wake of the Viet
Nam and Watergate experiences. I felt that Roosevelt,
Truman, Kennedy and Johnson had all together elevated the
Presidency to a level that had become too powerful. There
was a need to return the relationship between the President
and the Congress to a more equal partnership in order to
maintain the confidence of the people in federal government.
I am not even too unhappy with the loss of confidence in
federal government, because I think the average American
citizen had become too dependent on federal government,
thereby less dependent on himself and the good Lord.
Perhaps I should refine that by saying that I think
the partnership between the two branches should tilt more
toward the Presidency in foreign affairs and more toward
the Congress in domestic affairs. With all of this, however,
I also have to suggest that Congress has become increasingly
less responsible in recent years as a result of its past
diminished role. That is certainly evident in the current
Congress, and there is a great need for exercises of states-
manship and politically unselfish responsibility by individual
Members of Congress. The "fakery and game-playing" between
authorization and appropriation you attributed to President
Johnson is something he very probably learned while he was in
the Congress. No one should take any pride in that kind of
deception of the taxpayer. It is being reflected in the
ultimate in the current irresponsible budgeting done by the
Congress.
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THIS STATIONERY PRINTED ON PAPER MADE WITH RECYCLED FIBERS
Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr.
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April 16, 1975
Like you, I feel that Jerry Ford is the best prepared
man to serve in the Presidency for this particular time
that we could possibly have. He has my support for re-
election and my prejudice for support on most issues. As
a good Presbyterian, I am confident that God put him where
he is now for a worthy purpose.
Having said all that, I enclose a copy of a colume I
wrote on the international situation. After reading it,
my wife (who is my severist critic and one of Jerry's great-
est fans) said, "I wish the President had said this in his
speech." On the strength of that recommendation, you may
wish to share it with him.
Finally, I enclose a press release which I put out
relating to the energy program and its up and down progress
in the Energy and Power Subcommittee of Commerce, on which
I serve as the Ranking Member. When it is time for the
President to present an energy speech directly either to
the public or the Congress, I should be more than happy to
help in the drafting. Encouraged by your recommendations
to that effect, I may prepare a speech for my own use which
I will be happy to share with you and the President through
Frank Zarb for any use he may wish to make of it.
With best personal regards, I am
Bud Sincerely yours,
Clarence J. Brown, M. C.
Seventh Ohio District
CJB/LWS
Enclosures
Congressman
Clarence J. Brown-Ohio
PR817 FORD
NEWS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PH: WASH.. D.C. 202-225-4324
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20515
SPRINGFIELD 513-325-0474
"REPORT FROM WASHINGTON"
For Release Tuesday, April 15, 1975
THE TRAGEDY OF SOUTHEAST ASIA will cast a shadow across future
generations as it has shadowed the past twenty years for Americans.
President Ford's agony over American responsibility at the end of a
war whose American policy he did not set was properly shared with the
people he serves. The implications to future Americans of any failure
to protect the lives of our own citizens in that collapsing situation
are likely to reduce the future security of all of us. An American
disregard for what may happen to those Southeast Asians who worked with
and stood up for American interests there will surely trumpet a message
to others in the world tempted to support American or American positions,
just as the Berlin Airlift signalled our attitude about the American
resolve to maintain the peace and security of our former enemies shortly
after the end of World War II.
But times have changed and with the changing circumstances, the
American attitude has apparently altered.
In the days after World War II, American military and economic power
was practically the only such strength in the world. Other nations had
been prostrated by the war. Even where we used only a small portion of
our massive strength of arms or dollars, it was impressively influential
at that time. And we did use it: to get Greece and Turkey to stand up
against Communism on the very borders of Russia; to rebuild Japan in our
own image; to keep former allies from economic collapse; and to stimulate
economic growth in underdeveloped nations. What started primarily as a
humanitarian objective soon developed the motive of containing Communism
and developing markets for American goods so as to enhance prosperity
in the U.S. As former allies (such as England and France) pulled out of
their former colonial spheres for lack of strength to compete with new
ideologies and aspirations (such as Communism and nationalism), America
began to fill the resultant voids. And as we did, the conditions imposed
as "appreciation" for our generosity became more demanding.
Neither my predecessor then, nor I since, have ever voted for much
of this foreign aid. We felt that philosophic loyalty, like friendship,
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cannot be purchased. A real partnership depends CT. mutual sharing.
For that reason, I have supported some of the multilateral aid and trade
development bank ideas. As nations grew more prosperous from our post-
World War II grubstake, I felt others ought to take responsiblity in the
role of developing the underdeveloped.
But except for a few nations and a few organizational concepts
(such as NATO), little commitment to U.S. policies in the world as
generated by our generosity--including in the United Nations, the most
multilateral of all organizations.
So, foolishly, the United States decided frequently to "go it alone. "
And it was that solitary policy which bogged us down in Southeast Asia.
At least in Korea we had been careful to include the United Nations, even
though we carried the bulk of the load ourselves. As times changed, we
simply failed to restrain our "generosity" and get true "partnership
loyalty" from nations which had grown into strong economic competitors.
They just did not want to waste their economic strength in efforts to
influence the world politically.
When I came to Congress, my country was already involved in Vietnam
without the support of any our strongest allies. Having been raised in
an era when partisan differences ended at our nation's shores SO as to
present a united national front on foreign policy, I could not vote to
deny our troops in the field the materials with which to fight in Vietnam--
no matter how much I might wish they had not been sent there originally
without the support of other nations. At that time, I observed that we
had "taken over" the War in South Vietnam and could not morally withdraw
abruptly without giving the South Vietnamese time to reassume responsibilit
for their own defense. Thus, I supported President Nixon's phased with-
drawal and his plan for Vietnamization of the war and some continuance
of aid so that Vietnam would have a chance to make it with American
troops or aid.
The lesson of Vietnam is that America cannot operate a foreign
policy--and certainly not a military policy--unilaterally thirty years
after end of World War II as it did when the U.S. was the only game in
town at the end of that war. That is why the Kissinger policy which
includes multilateral negotations with Israel and Egypt, Greece and
Turkey, China and Russia, makes eminent good sense. It recognizes
that the U.S. can no longer impose and enforce a just peace alone.
Another lesson of Vietnam is that America should not undertake wars
it does not intend at the outset to win with whatever degree of commit-
ment winning requires.
As a result of our Southeast Asia experience, America is put in a
more realistic (and reduced) perspective in the world and that requires
the sharing of the burden of defending Western freedoms with others even
more than in the past. We are no longer THE power; we must now be a
partner. Our withdrawal from Southeast Asia must be accomplished in
such a way that we will be trusted as a partner. The world and our
perception of it will never again be as it was after World War II.
That is the painful lesson we have learned in Vietnam.
FORD
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Congressman
Clarence J. Brown-Ohio
NEWS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PH: WASH.. D.C. 202-225-4324
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20515
SPRINGFIELD 513-325-0474
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WASHINGTON, D.C.--A return to lines at gasoline stations was forseen by the
ranking Republican on the House Energy and Power Subcommittee if a measure approved
Monday by Democrats on that subcommittee becomes law.
"The proposal would mandate an artificial gasoline shortage by Congressional
enactment," Congressman Clarence J. Brown of Ohio said in opposing a measure to roll
back gasoline consumption to 98 per cent of 1972 levels.
The scarcity proposal was approved on a straight party-line vote with Democrats
on Congressman John Dingell's subcommittee supporting it and every Republican opposing
it. It would require the Federal Energy Administration to prohibit refineries from
producing gasoline each month in excess of 98 per cent of the amount of gasoline
produced in 1972 and to allocate the reduced supplies throughout the various states.
The measure would remain in effect for three years after becoming law.
In the first three months after the law passes, Americans would find the
gas pumps short 13.5 million gallons per day, or 4.7 per cent of the amount consumers
are predicted to purchase without the restriction. Six months later, the shortage
is predicted to grow to 23.8 million gallons per day, 9 per cent less than anticipated
demand.
"During the worst of the Arab oil embargo, Americans suffered a shortage
which reached only about 19.5 million gallons per day, about 8 per cent of nationwide
consumption," Brown said. "The Democrats now propose to throw us back into that kind
of chaos--only about half again worse. But they make no provisions for seeing that
the reduced supply is allocated fairly among individual Americans based on need.
"Odd-even day distribution or some other method would have to be imposed
by local authorities, as it was during the Arab oil embargo," Brown said. "Otherwise,
the gasoline will go to those who have the patience to wait in line the longest."
In opposing the section of the pending legislation, Brown said it would
surely raise the price of gasoline or drive many small service stations out of
business. "How can a service station meet its fixed operating costs while it is
pumping fewer gallons of gasoline unless it can raise its price per gallon?" Brown
asked.
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The Ohio congressman also predicted the artificial shortage would discourage
wildcatters and oil drillers from seeking and producing more crude oil in the United
States because it would tend to put a limit on the market for their product. It also
will lead to significant increases in unemployment. he feels, because of the impact
on recreational driving.
In 1972, the rate of consumption of gasoline in the United States was 268
million gallons a day. That rate climbed 4.5 per cent to 280 million gallons per day
in 1973 immediately prior to the embargo. For the ten years before that, the rate
of increase in gasoline consumption in the U.S. had been growing at an annual rate
of 3.9 per cent.
With the boycott and a doubling of the price, United States consumption
of gasoline decreased during 1974 by 2.1 per cent. However, the rate of increase in
recent months has been 3.0 per cent as consumption returns again to previous trends
in spite of economic recession and higher prices.
"Now the Democrats want to reverse this trend by creating an artificial shortage.
If consumption is held to 98 per cent of 1972 levels into 1977, the daily shortage
will reach 35.6 million gallons a day or an estimated shortfall of almost 13 per
cent of demand."
Brown said he found no fault with the general strategy of trying to reduce
conservation
gasoline consumption as a part of a total energy program aimed at making the U.S.
independent of foreign oil. But he said he preferred to let each American make his
own decision about reducing his demand for gasoline as prices go up on the free market
after decontrol of oil prices.
"Then we should use tax programs to encourage the people who produce gasoline
to use the money they are receiving to finance the search for more domestic oil.
My colleagues have lost faith in that basic approach.
"The thing my colleagues ignore is that there are many users of gasoline
who cannot reduce their consumption because they must have it to go to work. Even
at higher prices, they will continue to drive because they must and will save from
other expenditures in order to buy gasoline. What will they do if they can't get
gasoline at any price?
"Apparently my colleagues would rather have government deciding who should
and who should not have gasoline. Their next step may be a proposal that the government
spend taxpayer money drilling for oil."
LISTARY GERALD
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4-15-75
[Man 1975?]
Ed Arnold
Robert Bonitati
Hollister Cantus
Paul Cyr
Ken M. Duberstein
Max Friedersdorf
Richard Fryklund
Mrs. Margaret Gaynor
Miss Jane Greenleaf
Gerald Griffin
Harold Griffin
Ken Hagerty
Ed Hidalgo
Jim Hogue
Les Janka
Bill Kendall
Mrs. Nancy Kennedy
Steve Kurzman
John Kyl
Charles Leppert
Vern Loen
Robert McCloskey
Mitchell McConnell
Tom McDowell
John Marsh
Sol Mosher
Denis Neil
Patrick O'Donnell
Bill Prendergast
Russell Rourke
Robert G. Ryan
Leighton Sattler
John Snow
Jim Sparling
Robert Wolthuis
Duke Zeller
Doug Bennett
John Foltz
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Senate Republican Leadership
Leader of the Senate -- Hugh Scott (Pa.)
Assistant Rep. Leader of the Senate -- Robert P. Griffin (Mich.) )
Chairman of the Conference -- Carl Curtis (Mebr.)
Secretary of the Conference -- Robert Stafford
Policy Committee Chairman -- John Tower
Campaign Committee Chairman -- Ted Stevens
Republican Leadership House
Minority Leader -- John Rhodes
2
Minority Whip -- Bob Michel
3
Chairman GOP Conference -- John Anderson
5
Vice Chairman GOP Conference -- Sam Devine
6 Secretary GOP Conference -- Jack Edwards
4 Chairman of the Policy Committee -- Barbara Comable
7
Chairman Research Committee -- Lou Frey
8
Chairman Congressional Campaign Committee -- Guy Vander Jagt
9 Ranking on Rules Committee -- James Quillen
Senate Republican Leadership
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House Republican Leadership
Minority Leader -- John Rhodes
Minority Whip -- Bob Michel
Chairman GOP Conference -- John Anderson
Chairman of the Policy Committee -- Barber Conable
Vice Chairman GOP Conference -- Sam Devine
Secretary GOP Conference -- Jack Edwards
Chairman Research Committee -- Lou Frey
Chairman Congressional Campaign Committee -- Guy Vander Jagt
Ranking on Rules Committee -- James Quillen
Senate Republican Leadership
Republican Leader of the Senate -- Hugh Scott
Assistant Republican Leader of the Senate -- - Robert Griffin
Chairman of the Conference -- Carl Curtis
Secretary of the Conference -- Robert Stafford
Policy Committee Chairman -- John Tower
Campaign Committee Chairman -- Ted Stevens
Republican Leadership House
Minority Leader -- John Rhodes
2 Minority Whip -- Bob Michel
3
Chairman GOP Conference -- John Anderson
5
Vice Chairman GOP Conference -- Sam Devine
6
Secretary GOP Conference -- Jack Edwards
4 Chairman of the Policy Committee -- Barbara Comable
7 Chairman Research Committee -- Lou Frey
8 Chairman Congressional Campaign Committee -- Guy Vander Jagt
9 Ranking on Rules Committee -- James Quillen
Senate Republican Leadership
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Senate Republican Leadership
pep.
Leader of the Senate -- Hugh Scott (Pa.)
Assistant Rep. Leader of the Senate -- Robert P. Griffin (Mich.)
Chairman of the Conference -- Carl Curtis (Mebr.)
Secretary of the Conference -- Robert Stafford
Policy Committee Chairman -- John Tower
Campaign Committee Chairman -- Ted Stevens
FORD is 078870 LIBRARY
Republican Leadership House
Minority Leader -- John Rhodes
2 Minority Whip -- Bob Michel
3
Chairman GOP Conference -- John Anderson
5
Vice Chairman GOP Conference -- Sam Devine
6
Secretary GOP Conference -- Jack Edwards
4 Chairman of the Policy Committee -- Barbara Comable
7
Chairman Research Committee -- Lou Frey
8
Chairman Congreesional Campaign Committee -- Guy Vander Jagt
9 Ranking on Rules Committee - - James Quillen
Senate Republican Leadership
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Senate Republican Leadership
Leader of the Senate -- Hugh Scott (Pa.)
Assistant Rep. Leader of the Senate -- Robert P. Griffin (Mich. )
Chairman of the Conference -- Carl Curtis (Mebr. )
Secretary of the Conference -- - Robert Stafford
Policy Committee Chairman -- John Tower
Campaign Committee Chairman -- Ted Stevens
MAY 13 1975
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MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
May 5, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
VERN LOEN
FROM:
BRENT SCOWCROFT
B
SUBJECT:
Destroyers for Ecuador and
Peru: Congressman Wilson's
interest
It is true that the Government of Peru has been informed that we
would be willing to sell them a destroyer, subject to Congressional
review. Notification to Congress of our intention has not yet gone
forward, however. It has been nearly a year and a half since any
tuna boat seizures by the Peruvians and there is no legal
restriction on FMS sales to Peru.
There was talk of selling a destroyer to Ecuador. However, the
seizures by Ecuador of our tuna boats at the end of January made
any such transfer out of the question. We did not recommend or
forward to the Congress any proposal on a destroyer for Ecuador.
We are in the process of transferring an LST to Ecuador. This,
however, was approved in December before the recent seizures.
On that occasion, the House Arme d Services Committee did not
object to the transfer.
CC: Max Friedersdorf
John Marsh
Russ Rourke
Bob Wolthuis
MAX- -
Be sure V/L
passes to Wilson. gan
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 27, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
FROM:
JACK Josh
Recalling Dick Cheney's request for a Republicans who will be
up for reelection, could you get that list down to him?
Many thanks.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 21, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
DICK CHENEY
THROUGH:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
SUBJECT:
Senators up for Re-Election next year
Per your request, relayed through Jack Marsh, I am attaching
a list of those Senators seeking re-election next year.
As you know, Senator Hruska is up for re-election but will
not be running.
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REPUBLICANS
Beall, J. Glenn, Jr.
Brock, Bill
Fannin, Paul J.
Fong, Hiram L.
Roth, William V. Jr.
Scott, Hugh
Stafford, Robert G.
Taft, Robert, Jr.
Weicker, Lowell P., Jr.
Conservative Republican
Buckley, James L.
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DEMOCRATS
Bentsen, Lloyd
Burdick, Quentin N.
Byrd, Robert C.
Cannon, Howard W.
Chiles, Lawton
Hart, Philip A.
Hartke, Vance
Humphrey, Hubert H.
Jackson, Henry N.
Kennedy, Edward M.
Mansfield, Mike
McGee, Gale W.
Montoya, Joseph M.
Moss, Frank E.
Muskie, Edmund S.
Pastore, John O.
Proxmire, William
Stennis, John
Symington, Stuart
Tunney, John V.
Williams, Harrison A.
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24
51
38
41
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4.0
4.2
5.9
6.3
4.3
8.3
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5.3
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57.5
58.0 56.9
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24.7
23.5 27.7
32.0 16.9 23.5 25.9 28.1 24.3 20.8 33.3 26.3 9.8
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10.3
11.1
9.2
13.3
7.0
7.4 9.4 14.3 20.8 19.6 10.5 2.4
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3.4
2.5
3.1
4.0
2.8
3.7
5.7 4.2 5.9 2.6 2.4
POSITIVE
61.6
64.2 58.5
50.7 73.2 76.5 63.0 65.6 55.7 58.3 41.2 63.2 85.4
NEGATIVE
35.6
34.8 36.9
46.7 23.9 23.5 33.3 34.4 40.0 37.5 52.9 34.2 12.2
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TOTAL RESPONSES
197.3
198.8 195.4
197.3 197.2 200.0.196.3 203.1 195.7 200.0 194.1 200.0 200.0
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