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The original documents are located in Box 16, folder "Energy - Oil Depletion Allowance"
of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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3/17
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FORDO i LIBRARY 018870
Mr. Marsh --
Re: the attached, a meeting has been
set up for Wednesday, March 19 at
1:00 in the Roosevelt Room, are there
invited.
any other people you feel should be the
(Note: Max has not gotten back with
those from his office tho will attend. )
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1.
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John Hill -OMB
Digitized from Box 16 of the John Marsh Files
at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
To Russ
Date 3/17
Time 11:18
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
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of Frank lkard
Phone
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 12, 1975
WED.
:P.M.
Per Peter Mark's Office
- Tuesday, 3/18 or Wednesday,
3/19 are preferable days for
the meeting (Tuesday is a
very bad day for him).
connie
Barbara Lewis - 833-5587
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 11, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE R
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR MEETING FROM PETER
MARK, COUNSEL TO FRANK IKARD
(AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
PRESIDENT)
Ikard et al., met with the President last Thursday, Peter Mark
states that the President wanted Ikard to stay in touch with you
concerning Congressional activity on the oil depletion allowance.
As a follow up to his discussion with the President, Ikard would like
to set up a "strategy and alternative solutions" meeting with you at
your earliest convenience. API will, of course, gear up in support
of any mutually agreeable effort on this subject.
Participants from their side in the proposed meeting would be:
1) Frank Ikard
2) Peter Mark (Counsel)
3) Chuck Sandler (Federal Relations Division, API)
4) Wayne Gibbons (Oil and Gas Association Representative)
Steve Potter
Participants on your side are, of course, up to you.
Please advise whether you desire such a meeting, and, if so, when.
cc: MFriedersdorf
WEDNESDAY, MARCH
/ P.M.
Roosevelt ROOM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date:
TO:
Jack
FROM:
Max L. Friedersdorf
For Your Information
Please Handle
EDAD
Please See Me
0718
Comments, Please
Doug Bennet
will attend
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Please advise names
of attendees from
long. liarion office-
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 11, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE R
SUBJECT:
REQUEST FOR MEETING FROM PETER
MARK, COUNSEL TO FRANK IKARD
(AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE
PRESIDENT)
Ikard et al., met with the President last Thursday, Peter Mark
states that the President wanted Ikard to stay in touch with you
concerning Congressional activity on the oil depletion allowance.
As a follow up to his discussion with the President, Ikard would like
to set up a "strategy and alternative solutions" meeting with you at
your earliest convenience. API will, of course, gear up in support
of any mutually agreeable effort on this subject.
Participants from their side in the proposed meeting would be:
1) Frank Ikard
2) Peter Mark (Counsel)
3) Chuck Sandler (Federal Relations Division, API)
4) Wayne Gibbons (Oil and Gas Association Representative)
Participants on your side are, of course, up to you.
Please advise whether you desire such a meeting, and, if so, when.
cc: MFriedersdorf Meeting
Wednesday : March 19
/ P.M.
Roosevelt Room
1
EPS FORM 25
(01-74)
EXECUTIVE PROTECTIVE SERVICE
To:
Officer-in-charge
Appointments Center
Room 060. OEOB
Please admit the following appointments on Wednesday, March 19
, 19 75
for John O. Marsh, Jr.
of White House
(Name of person to be visited)
(Agency)
Meeting is at 1:00 p. m. in Roosevelt Room
Frank Ikard
Peter Mark
Chuck Sandler
Wayne Gibbons
VP sublicaHore after Potter
Donald Craven
John Hill
MEETING LOCATION
Requested by Donna Larsen
Building Roosevelt Rm, W.H.
Room No. WW Telephone 6585
Room No.
Date of request March 19, 1975
Additions and/or changes made by telephone should be limited to three (3) names or less.
DO NOT DUPLICATE THIS FORM.
APPOINTMENTS CENTER: SIG/OEOB - 395-6046 or WHITE HOUSE - 456-6742
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Participants:
American Petroleum Institute
1. Frank Ikard - President
2. Peter Mark - Counsel
3. Chuck Sandler - Federal Relations Division
4. Wayne Gibbons - Oil & Gas Assoc. Rep.
Steve Potter
OMB
UP. public affairs
John Hill
Congressional Relations
Doug Bennett
FEA
Don Craven
Domestic Council
Mike Duval (possibly)
Energy Report 3
94th
Court Affirms Federal Rights to Continental Shelf
Congress
Unpersuaded by state claims founded on their
Detailing the history of earlier disputes, Justice
original royal charters, the Supreme Court March 17 un-
Byron R. White wrote for the unanimous court: "These
animously reaffirmed federal ownership of the oil and
cases, unless they are to be overruled, completely dispose
CAUCUS VOTES: FRESHMEN UNITED, SOUTH SPLIT
gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf.
of the states' claims of ownership here Under our con-
The ruling, placing control over exploration and
stitutional arrangement paramount rights to the lands
development of those resources clearly in federal hands,
underlying the marginal sea are an incident to national
Two recent votes in the now-powerful House
removed one obstacle from the path to production of oil
sovereignty and their control and disposition in the
Democratic Caucus point toward liberal leanings among
New DSG Chairman
and gas from the offshore fields.
first instance are the business of the federal govern-
new southern members and striking unanimity within the
In 1947 the court had ruled in the case of U.S. v.
ment." Any prior ownership of such areas during the
freshman class as a whole.
Rep. Bob Eckhardt (D Texas), a scholarly 61-year-
California, rejecting that state's claim to ownership of
colonial period "did not survive becoming a member
Under existing rules, the caucus sessions are closed to
old Texas liberal, is the new chairman of the
the Pacific seabed. Protection and control of this
of the Union," he added.
the press and public, and vote tallies are distributed only to
Democratic Study Group (DSG), succeeding Rep.
marginal sea area, held the court, was "a function of
The assumption of federal ownership of this con-
members. The following data obtained by Congressional
Thomas S. Foley (D Wash.), the new chairman of the
national external sovereignty In our constitutional
tested area was "embraced rather than repudiated by
Quarterly was not provided by the caucus. (Vote chart, p.
House Agriculture Committee.
system, paramount rights over the ocean waters and
Congress in the Submerged Lands Act of 1953," which
694)
Eckhardt March 25 was elected head of the
their seabed were vested in the federal government."
granted the states rights to the offshore seabed within
organization of moderate and liberal House Democrats
Three years later, the court rejected Louisiana's
three miles from shore (or three leagues in the case of
Indochina Aid
at a time when many members find that much of the
claim of sovereignty over 27 miles of seabed and a com-
Texas and Florida).
On March 12, when the caucus voted overwhelmingly
organization's traditional function as the source of
panion claim from Texas. In both cases, the court cited
In that law, Congress stated that the United States
against sending new military aid to Cambodia or South
liberal leadership has been assumed by the revived
its finding in the California case, that national
retained the rights to the resources in the seaward sec-
Vietnam, the southern freshmen lined up with their party's
House Democratic caucus chaired by former DSG
sovereignty clearly extended over these areas.
tion of the continental shelf, said White, adding that a
dovish majority- and against most of the veteran southern
chairman Phillip Burton (D Calif.).
Despite these earlier denials of similar state claims,
few months after passage of the submerged lands act,
Democrats. (Weekly Report p. 552)
Elected to his fifth term in 1974, Eckhardt
the state of Maine moved in 1969 to lease lands off its
"Congress emphatically implemented its view that the
Caucus roll calls obtained by Congressional Quarterly
defeated William D. Ford (D Mich.) on a 109 to 94 vote.
shore on the Outer Continental Shelf for private
U.S. has paramount rights to the seabed beyond the
show that 13 of 15 first-term southern Democrats sup-
for the DSG leadership post.
development. In response, the United States brought a
three-mile limit" by enacting the Outer Continental
ported the resolution offered by Bob Carr (Mich.) to block
Other top DSG officers elected include: Bob
complaint in the Supreme Court against the thirteen
Shelf Lands Act. (Congress and the Nation Vol. I, p.
the military aid. The only ones who opposed it were Larry
Bergland (D Minn.), Patsy T. Mink (D Hawaii), David
states with Atlantic coastlines- New
1036)
P. McDonald (Ga.) and Glenn English (Okla.).
R. Obey (D Wis.) and Frank E. Evans (D Colo.) as
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York,
"We are convinced," continued White, that the posi-
This was in direct contrast to the rest of the southern
general vice chairmen and Dante B. Fascell (D Fla.) as
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
tion announced in the California ruling "has peculiar
Democrats. Some 32 of the 54 southern Democrats who had
secretary.
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The
force and relevance in the present context. It is apparent
served a term or more voted in favor of the aid, which the
Founded in 1959 to push for liberal legislation and
United States asked for a declaration of its ownership of
that in the almost 30 years since California, a great deal
Ford administration had recommended.
House reform, the DSG has 218 members-three-
the seabed and subsoil under the Atlantic from a point
of public and private business has been transacted in ac-
The southern freshmen rivaled first-termers from
fourths of the House Democrats-in the 94th Congress.
beyond the statutory three-mile limit-to which state
cordance with those decisions Both the Submerged
other regions in their near-unanimity on the Indochina
(Democratic Study Group, 1973 Weekly Report p. 1366)
ownership extended-to the outer edge of the continen-
Lands Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
issue. In all, 68 of 71 first-term Democrats voted against ad-
Eckhardt, a liberal leader in the Texas House of
tal shelf. (U.S. v. Maine)
which soon followed proceeded from the premises es-
ditional aid, as compared to 121 of 167 non-freshmen. The
Representatives from 1958 to 1966, represents
Twelve of the 13 states-Florida excepted-
tablished by the prior court decisions and provided for
only first-term member from a northern state to oppose the
Houston's 8th con-
responded with a claim to that same area as succes-
the orderly development of offshore resources.
Carr amendment was Robert Duncan of Oregon, a two-
gressional district that is
sor to the colonies established by grants from the
"Since 1953. 33 lease sales have been held in which
term House member in the 1960s and hawkish Senate can-
evenly divided between
kings of England and Holland. Florida filed a separate
1,940 leases, embracing over eight million acres, have
didate in 1966.
the city and suburbia
claim based on an 1868 federal law approving the boun-
been issued. The Outer Continental Shelf, since 1953, has
The votes of the southern freshmen were not crucial to
and that is largely white
dary of the state.
yielded over three billion barrels of oil, 19 trillion mcf of
passage of the Carr resolution; it would have carried easily
working class although
As is the practice with many cases involving com-
natural gas, 13 million long tons of sulfur and over four
without their help. But the vote ran counter to the tradition
some 22 per cent of its
peting state and federal boundary claims, the court
million long tons of salt. In 1973 alone, 1,081,000 barrels
of North-South splits that has prevailed among House
residents are black.
referred the matter to a retired federal judge, a special
of oil and 8.9-billion cubic feet of natural gas were ex-
Democrats on the war issue. As recently as 1974, 36 of 60
He is a member of
master. The special master upheld the federal claim to
tracted daily from the Outer Continental Shelf We are
southern Democrats supported a House amendment adding
the Interstate and
this territory. The states took exception to the report,
quite sure that it would be inappropriate to disturb our
$300-million in U.S. aid to South Vietnam. (1974 vote,
Foreign Commerce and
and arguments were held Feb. 24-25 before the justices
prior cases, major legislation, and many years of com-
1975 Weekly Report p. 76; North-South Split data, p. 195)
Interior and Insular Af-
on the cases. Justice William O. Douglas did not take
mercial activity, by calling into question, at this date,
fairs Committees and is
part in the decision.
the constitutional premise of prior decisions."
Oil Depletion
one of the strongest
Similar changes appeared to be at work Feb. 25, when
Rep. Bob Eckhardt
backers of pro-consumer
without such incentives the states would continue to resist
that the administration was developing "a number of
the caucus voted 152-99 in favor of a resolution by William
legislation in the House.
the push for accelerated development of offshore resources
revenue-sharing options-ranging from impact aid to for-
Eckhardt is known in the House for his bow ties
J. Green (Pa.) and Charles Wilson (Texas) to permit
"with all the legal and political tools at their disposal." "If
mula grant revenue sharing-to state and
amendments dealing with the oil depletion allowance to a
and brightly colored shirts and the cartoons he usually
we are quickly to tap the Outer Continental Shelf for its
local needs and the costs of responding to those needs."
tax cut bill on the House floor.
doodles while sitting in committee sessions.
resources, Gravel told the two committees, "then we will
But Morton, who later moved to the post of secretary of
Those who supported the resolution were paving the
A low-keyed member who is not part of the House
have to provide the states with better incentives [to per-
commerce, stopped short of asking Congress to approve
way for two different amendments-Green's plan to end
Democratic leadership, he has a staunch liberal voting
suade them] that they will be able to deal adequately with
such a revenue-sharing plan. His expected replacement at
the allowance entirely and Wilson's plan to retain it for
record. For example, during the first session of the
the environmental, social and economic impacts which are
the Interior Department, former governor Stanley
small producers only. A vote for the Wilson-Green resolu-
93rd Congress, he received a 92 rating from the liberal
an inevitable part of major OCS exploration."
Hathaway of Wyoming, was likely to be less sympathetic to
tion in the caucus could be interpreted as an expression of
Americans for Democratic Action, a 100 rating from
such a plan and more receptive to the argument that all
the AFL-CIO's Committee on Political Education and
Interior Secretary Rogers C. B. Morton, a Maryland
support for either approach. A vote against the resolution
resident, had indicated personal endorsement of a revenue
citizens and taxpayers would benefit if these revenues went
was a vote against using the tax bill as a vehicle for chang-
an 8 rating from the conservative Americans for Con-
sharing proposal. He told the Senate committees March 14
directly into the treasury, rather than to certain states. .
ing the depletion allowance at all. The full House eventually
stitutional Action. (Ratings, 1974 Weekly Report p.813)
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94th Congress 3
94th Congress 2
accepted Green's amendment and rejected Wilson's, but a
2
2
version of Wilson's plan was added in conference. (Weekly
ALABAMA
10 Mikva
YY
9 Hungate
Y Y
Green
YY
Report p. 631)
3 Nichols
N ?
11 Annunzio
Y?
10 Burlison
YY
Ellberg
Y
Y
As expected, southerners provided the strongest op-
Bevill
NN
15 Hall
YY
6 Yatron
YY
Jones
NN
22 Shipley
?N
MONTANA
Edgar
YY
position to the Wilson-Green resolution: 63 of 80 southern
Flowers
NN
23 Price
N?
Baucus
YY
11 Flood
NN
Democrats voted against it. But even among southerners,
24 Simon
YY
2 Meicher
YN
12 Murtha
N ?
ARIZONA
14 Moorhead
? Y
the degree of opposition depended on seniority. Among
HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
2 Udall
Y Y
INDIANA
NEVADA
15 Rooney
? Y
those who had served two terms or more, the vote against
1 Madden
Y Y
AL Santini
? Y
20 Gaydos
Y Y
ARKANSAS
2 Fithian
YY
21 Dent
PN
Wilson-Green was 6-47. Among second-termers, it was 5-7.
Alexander
?N
Brademas
YN
NEW HAMPSHIRE
22 Morgan
NY
Among first-termers, it was 6-9.
CAUCUS VOTES
2
Mills
??
4
Roush
? Y
D'Amours
Y Y
24 Vigorito
Y Y
Thornton
NN
6 Evans
YY
Northern Democrats provided a solid core of support
8 Hayes
YY
NEW JERSEY
PUERTO RICO
for Wilson-Green, but here too, seniority was a factor.
CALIFORNIA
Hamilton
?N
Florio
YY
RC Benitez
YN
Johnson
YN
10 Sharp
Y Y
Hughes
YY
First-term northern Democrats voted 52-5 in its favor.
-3 Moss
IYN
11 Jacobs
YY
3 Howard
Y ?
RHODE ISLAND
4 Leggett
YY
4 Thompson
YY
Northern Democrats who had served a term or more were
1 Germain
Y ?
5 Burton, J.
'Y Y
IOWA
7 Maguire
YY
2 Beard
YY
for it by a less overwhelming 83-29. The latter total in-
6 Burton, P.
YY
1 Mezvinsky
YY
Roe
? Y
7 Miller
YY
cluded several liberals who favored repeal of the allowance
2 Blouin
YY
9 Helstoski
? Y
SOUTH CAROLINA
8 Dellums
Y ?
Smith
??
10 Rodino
YY
1 Davis
YY
but considered it bad strategy to link the issue to the tax cut
9 Stark
YY
5 Harkin
YY
11 Minish
Y ?
3 Derrick
Y ?
10 Edwards
YY
6 Bedell
YY
13 Meyner
? Y
- Mann
NN
bill. (Floor action, Weekly Report p. 419)
11 Ryan
YY
14 Daniels
YY
-5 Holland
YN
As on the Indochina resolution, the freshmen as a
13 Mineta
YY
KANSAS
15 Patten
??
Jenrette
?N
14 McFall
NN
Keys
Y Y
group were far more united on the depletion vote than more
1. Green (Pa.) and Wilson (Texas) resolution directing
15 Sisk
Y ?
NEW MEXICO
TENNESSEE
senior Democrats. Taking North and South together, the
Democratic members of the Rules Committee to vote for a
17 Krebs
YY
KENTUCKY
Runnels
YN
Lloyd
YN
rule allowing two amendments dealing with the oil depletion
21 Corman
YN
Hubbard
Y Y
-4
Evins
?N
non-freshmen split 94-85 in favor of Wilson-Green; the
23 Rees
YN
Natcher
YN
NEW YORK
5 Fulton
YN
freshmen of both regions were 58-14 in favor.
allowance to be offered to HR 2166, the Tax Reform Act of
24 Waxman
Y ?
Mazzoli
YN
- Pike
YN
7 Jones
NN
1975, when HR 2166 reached the House floor. Adopted 152-99
25 Roybal
Y ?
6 Breckinridge
NN
2 Downey
YY
Ford
YY
28 Burke
YY
7 Perkins
Y N
3 Ambro
YY
(ND 135-36; SD 17-63), February 25, 1975. (Weekly Report p.
29 Hawkins
YY
6 Wolff
YY
TEXAS
Individual Voting
422)
30 Danielson
NY
LOUISIANA
7 Addabbo
YY
- Patman
YN
31 Wilson
YY
Hebert
??
8 Rosenthal
YY
2 Wilson
? Y
As members have cautioned before, the unusual
32 Anderson
Y ?
Boggs
?N
9 Delaney
? Y
Roberts
NN
cohesiveness of the Democratic freshmen does not
34 Hannaford
Y ?
Waggonner
NN
10 Biaggi
? Y
1
Teague
NN
35 Lloyd
YN
5 Passman
?N
11 Scheuer
YY
Eckhardt
YN
necessarily imply that they are voting deliberately as a
36 Brown
Y ?
7
Breaux
Y ?
12 Chisholm
YY
- Brooks
NN
bloc. The group no longer meets frequently to reach consen-
2. Carr (Mich.) resolution expressing the opposition of the
38 Patterson
8 Long
Y N
13 Solarz
YY
10 Pickle
PN
caucus to any further military assistance to South Vietnam or
42 Van Deerlin
YY
14 Richmond
YY
+1 Poage
NN
sus, as it did during the pre-session caucuses, and although
Cambodia in fiscal year 1975. Adopted 189-49 (ND 154-15; SD
MARYLAND
15 Zeferetti
Y Y
12 Wright
NN
close personal associations remain, individuals are voting
COLORADO
2 Long
NY
16 Holtzman
YY
13 Hightower
YN
35-34), March 12, 1975. (Weekly Report p. 552)
Schroeder
YY
3 Sarbanes
YY
-17 Murphy
NN
-14 Young
?N
on their own.
-2 Wirth
YN
5 Speliman
YY
18 Koch
Y Y
15 de la Garza
NN
The Carr and Green-Wilson votes do, however, reflect
3 Evans
PY
6 Byron
?N
19 Rangel
YY
16 White
YN
Mitchell
YY
20 Abzug
Y ?
17 Burleson
??
the campaigns that most of the freshmen Democrats waged
CONNECTICUT
21 Badillo
Y Y
Jordan
YN
Cotter
YY
MASSACHUSETTS
22 Bingham
? Y
-19 Mahon
NN
in 1974. Many of them campaigned against tax loopholes,
2 Dodd
YY
2 Boland
? Y
24 Ottinger
YY
-20 Gonzalez
NN
high oil prices, and the dominance of a few large firms over
3 Giaimo
NY
3 Early
Y Y
27 McHugh
YY
21 Krueger
YN
6 Moffett
YY
4
Drinan
YY
28 Stratton
NN
22 Casey
NN
the energy field.
5 Tsongas
YY
29 Pattison
Y Y
23 Kazen
NN
In voting to allow the Green and Wilson amendments,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
6 Harrington
Y Y
32 Hanley
YN
24 Milford
YN
DE Fauntroy
YY
7 Macdonald
? ?
36 LaFalce
PN
most simply could say they were fulfilling a campaign
8 O'Neill
YN
37 Nowak
YY
UTAH
promise. In voting against further aid to South Vietnam or
FLORIDA
9 Moakley
YY
McKay
NN
Sikes
NY
11 Burke
Y Y
NORTH CAROLINA
Howe
YY
Cambodia, most could truthfully say they were registering
Fuqua
YN
12 Studds
YY
Jones
?N
the war-weariness that left the entire Indochina issue off
3 Bennett
YY
2
Fountain
N ?
VIRGIN ISLANDS
4 Chappell
N ?
MICHIGAN
3
Henderson
YN
--DE de Lugo
N
the list of debate topics nearly everywhere in the nation.
7 Gibbons
YY
Conyers
Y Y
4 Andrews
??
The return of economic issues to political prominence,
8 Haley
?
6 Vander Veen
YN
5 Neal
Y Y
VIRGINIA
11 Rogers
YY
6 Carr
Y Y
Preyer
NN
-1 Downing
?N
combined with the decline of Indochina and domestic social
13 Lehman
YY
7 Riegle
YY
7 Rose
Y Y
- Satterfield
NN
14 Pepper
YN
8 Traxler
? Y
8 Hefner
Y Y
5 Daniel
?N
questions, has led to considerable speculation that the
15 Fascell
YY
12 O'Hara
? Y
Taylor
NN
Harris
YY
Democratic Party in Congress is on the verge of a unity it
13 Diggs
Y Y
Fisher
YY
GEORGIA
14 Nedzi
Y Y
OHIO
has not seen since the early New Deal years.
Ginn
?N
15 Ford
Y ?
9 Ashley
??
WASHINGTON
When the House passed an emergency farm bill
-2 Mathis
NN
16 Dingell
?N
14 Seiberling
Y Y
2 Meeds
Y Y
3 Brinkley
NY
17 Brodhead
YY
18 Hays
? Y
Bonker
Y Y
March 20, it was on the strength of overwhelming support
Levitas
YN
18 Blanchard
Y Y
19 Carney
YN
1 McCormack
?N
from both northern and southern Democrats, and against
5 Young
? Y
20 Stanton
YY
Foley
?N
6 Flynt
N ?
MINNESOTA
21 Stokes
Y ?
Hicks
Y
Y
the overwhelming opposition of Republicans. (Weekly
McDonald
NN
4 Karth
Y Y
22 Vanik
? Y
Adams
YY
Report, p. 624)
8 Stuckey
NN
5 Fraser
??
23 Mottl
Y
9 Landrum
? N
6 Nolan
YY
WEST VIRGINIA
After the bill was passed, Rep. David R. Bowen, a
10 Stephens
?N
7 Bergland
Y ?
OKLAHOMA
- Mollohan
NN
second-term Democrat from Mississippi, cited it to the
8 Oberstar
Y Y
Jones
?N
2 Staggers
??
GUAM
2 Risenhoover
YN
Slack
?N
Washington Post as "solid evidence the old coalition of
DE Won Pat
Y Y
MISSISSIPPI
Albert
YN
Hechier
Y Y
northern and southern Democrats has been effectively
1 Whitten
NN
4 Steed
NN
HAWAII
2 Bowen
?N
6 English
NN
WISCONSIN
restored to help solve our nation's economic problems."
Matsunaga
YN
Montgomery
NN
Aspin
YY
Mink
Other members, however, were not so sure the unity
Y
OREGON
2 Kastenmeier
Y Y
MISSOURI
I AuCoin
YN
3 Baldus
YY
will hold up amid the complexities of energy legislation and
ILLINOIS
1 Clay
Y Y
- Uliman
YN
4 Zablocki
NY
Metcalfe
Y?
2 Symington
YY
- Duncan
NN
5 Reuss
Y ?
other bills the House will have to deal with in the coming
2 Murphy
Y?
3 Sullivan
Y Y
4 Weaver
YY
Obey
Y
months. Northern-southern unity on some economic issues
3 Russo
YY
4 Randall
YY
Cornell
Y Y
*For purposes of this chart, delegates from Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
7
Collins
Y?
5 Bolling
NY
PENNSYLVANIA
could be difficult to maintain if the caucus decides to make
Islands and the District of Columbia are considered as northern Democrate.
8 Rostenkowski
Y ?
6 Litton
??
Barrett
??
WYOMING
all its sessions public, as a coalition of liberal and conser-
9 Yates
Y Y
8 chord
Y ?
Nix
Y Y
AL Roncalio
N
vative members will urge at an April 15 meeting.
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