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    "ocrText": "These documents were scanned from Box 107 of the Robert T. Hartmann Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDIARY OF WHITE HOUSE LEADERSHIP\nMEETINGS -- 91st CONGRESS\nJune 9, 1970\nAt 8:40 a. m., the President offered a seat to Herb\nKlein to report on the Indo-China trip from which he had\nreturned at 4:30 a. m. today. He talked for 30 minutes,\ngiving his personal impressions which will probably be\nreflected in a formal report which will be presented to the\nPresident later. He made 4 points: 1) the Cambodian\noperation was a \"major success in all aspects. He dis-\nplayed a captured CKC rifle and passed around the table\na photograph of Klein leaving an underground cache; 2) the\nCambodian success has advanced the cause of Vietnamiza-\ntion -- the trained troops nowknow that they can fight well\nand this improves mmrale, and the absence of trained troops\nfrom South Vietnam put pressure on the Vietnam Reserve there\nwhich helped to improve their readiness; 3) the operation\ndemoralized the Communists; defections are increasing; and\n4) notwithstanding news reports to the contrary, the thrust\nwas a surprise to the enemy; this is best illustrated by the\nfact that none of the supply caches were boobytrapped.\nKlein said that it was \"a heartening thing to talk with the GI,\nwhose morale is fantastic. The typical GI thinks that he\nhas done a good job, and he is simply unable to understand the\ncriticims in Congress. He can understand the demonstrators\nbetter than a hostile Congress. Klein and Governor Shafer\nhad a 1-hour talk with Lon Nol. He began with 40, 000 troops\nand now has about 180, 000 green recruits,, many students,\nincluding a large number of females. The people of Cambodia\nare rallying behind the Lon Nol government, and they are\npleased that America is assisting them. Lon Nol is \"quiet,\ntough, self-confident and knows what he is doing.\" He is \"not\njittery, and he thinks very, very highly of the President.'\nThe chances of survival of the Lon Nol government are about\n50-50.\nR.\nFORD\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n2\nThe President asked John Veneman of HEW to explain the\nJune 1970 amendments to the Family Assistance Act pre-\npared by the Department in response to Senate criticiam\nof the welfare reform bill. A synopsis is attached.\nSenator Williams said that the HEW witnesses had made\nthe worst presentation he had heard in defense of the original\nHouse-passed bill. He criticized the structure of the welfare\nformula because it failed to consider the fact that the average\nperson on welfare also receives food stamps, is liging in\npublic housing, is entitled to Medicaid and draws some form of\nstate assistance. Hearings on the new amendments will begin\nin July. In an aside, he said that the debt limit debate had\nbeen postponed \"maybe because you won't need it, Mr.\nPresident.\n\"\nByrnes said that the new amendments might help but that they\ndid not solve all of the problems which might be hypothecated\nin individual cases.\nRMN said that the thing to emphasize is not the comparison\nbetween the immediate effects of the reform measure and the\npresent law but the effects of the reform measure by 1975 and the\nsituation in 1975 if no reform is made. He called attention to the\nchange in Cabinet, explained Secretary Finch's absence and\ninvited Elliot Richardson to make a few comments. Richardson\nsaid that he was looking forward to getting back to HEW, where\nhe had served in the Eisenhower years. He is not preparing for\ntestimony on Thursday before the Senate Committee on Finance.\nThe President invited Red Blount to the table to discuss postal\nreform which is before the Rules Committee this morning and\nscheduled for floor action tomorsow afternoon. The House\nCommittee reported its bill on May 19 and the Senate its bill\non June 3. The two are essentially the same. Both include\nmost of the agreement reached following the postal strike.\nEach contains some undesirable features. The two major\nproblems in the House bill involve the right-to-work issue and\nGERALD R. FORD LIBRARY\n3\nthe clause which makes the 8% pay increase retroactive\nto April 18. The latter is in violation of the agreement.\nThis agreement was reached at the end of the first genuine\ncollective bargaining session on postal pay. If postal\nworkers are to be allowed to welch on that agreement by\nrunning around the backs of those with whom they agreed\nand persuade Congress to give them more than they agreed\nto accept, then the collective bargaining feature of postal\nreform legislation is meaningless. Blount said this is\nabsolutely unacceptable and if the bill which comes to the\nPresident contains this feature, he will recommend a veto.\nBlount said that the right-to-work issue should not be tied\nto postal reform. \"You cannot reform the nation's labor\nlaws on the back of postal reform. 11 The Taft-Hartley Act\nand the Landrum-Griffin Act were made applicable to postal\nemployees, and under those laws, employees can bargain\nwith employers for union shops except in those states which\nhave right-to-work laws.\nFORD\nRMN agreed that the two issues should not be tied together.\nLIBRARY\nHe said that he does not want compulsory unionism in govern-\nGERALD\nment. However, involvement of the Taft-Hartley Act and\nthe Landrum-Griffin Act was a part of the agreement reached\nbetween Blount and Meaney, and even if theather side attempts\nto run out on its bargain on pay, we will not ean out on our\ncommitment. He warned that we are facing a July 1 strike\ndeadline threatened by the same postal union in New York which\nstruck before.\nFong said that he felt the retroactive pay feature would not be\nin the legislation sent to the President and the same is true\nof the clause in the House bill which authorizes collective\nbargaining for a supervisors union.\nScott made a report on prospects of the Byrd amendment to the\nCooper-Church amendment. He feels that at the moment, there\nare some doubtful members on both sides of the aisle, but that\n\"we are ahead. The vote will come at 1:00 p.m. Thursday.\n4\nAllott asked the President directly whether the Cooper-\nChurch amendment would be acceptable if the Byrd amendment\nis adopted. The President reflected for only a moment and\nthen said that it would not be wise to say that today. He went\non to say that if he were a member of the Senate, he would\nvote against the Cooper-Church amendment in whatever from\nit might emerge. In very emphatic terms, he said that he\ndoes not intend to get America involved in a war in any other\ncountry without prior Congressional approval. However,\nthis was not involved with respect to this decision. There\nwere 7, 000eenemy bunkers along the borders. To have told\nthe Senate and Fulbright and Mansfield might have jeopardized\n2, 000 American lives. RMN said that he would rather have\nthe Senate mad at him than have 2, 000 American boys coming\nhome in coffins. He rechlled that previous administrations\nhad gone into Cambodia, Laos and Thailand without Senate\napproval or knowledge.\nWe adjourned at 10:40 a. m.\nRICHARD H. POFF\nFORD LIBRARY & GERALD\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nJUNE 9, 1970\nOFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOF\nSENATOR HUGH SCOTT\nAND\nCONGRESSMAN GERALD R. FORD\nR. FORD\nTHE BRIEFING ROOM\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nAT 10:35 A.M. EDT.\nMR. ZIEGLER: The Leadership Meeting has just\nconcluded. It lasted about two hours. Senator Scott and\nCongressman Ford are late now for a meeting, so we would\nlike to keep this session relatively short.\nWe will begin with Senator Scott.\nSENATOR SCOTT: We discussed the proposed revisions\nto go to the Senate Finance Committee on the Family Assistance\nProgram on which some background information will be released\nto you tomorrow, I understand.\nThis was discussed with Senator Williams as well\nas representatives of the Administration.\nWe also discussed the Byrd Amendment and the Cooper-\nChurch Amendment. I reported that it would appear that there\nare sufficient votes -- no guarantees -- but it looks as if there\nare sufficient votes, very probably, to pass the Byrd Amendment.\nWe have a further concern, and that is Subsection 3\nof the Cooper-Church Amendment, which operates as sort of a\nCongressional amendment to the Guam or Nixon doctrine in that\nit would inhibit Asians helping Asians, and therefore, this is\na matter of continuing concern.\nI think that is all I have to say at this time.\nCONGRESSMAN FORD: In the course of the meeting this\nmorning, the new Secretary of HEW, Elliot Richardson, was\nintroduced. He did not try to solve all the problems this\nmorning, but he was there and certainly got a warm welcome\nfor the new responsibilities.\nThe Postmaster General was present to discuss the\nsituation involving postal reform. That, of course, probably\nwill come before the House tomorrow and Thursday, depending,\nof course, upon the granting of a rule by the Committee on Rules.\nIt is not entirely certain that the Rules Committee will act\ntoday and if not, why then postal reform will go over probably\nuntil next week.\nThe President, the Postmaster General and all of us\nare anxious that the House bring the matter up and approve\npostal reform so we can start remedying some of the problems in\nthe Post Office Department.\nMORE\n- 2 -\nQ Senator, you said that this Family Assistance\nPlan would be given to us tomorrow. Is there anything\nGERALDO R. FORD LIBRANT\nyou can tell us about it today?\nSENATOR SCOTT: I don't think we can go into many\ndetails today, because it was a matter of much detailed dis-\ncussion and it turned on how to remove disincentives from the\nprogram, in other words, how to make the program structurally\nwork and how to phase it in with other existing programs.\nBut I don't think it would serve any purpose to go\ninto detail today. You will have all of that tomorrow.\nQ\nSenator, can you tell us how this provision of\nthe Cooper-Church Amendment prohibits Asians from helping Asians?\nSENATOR SCOTT: Well, it would forbid, after June 30,\nthe furnishing of aid in the form of supplies or funds to any\ngovernment which in turn might wish to extend aid to the Cambodian\ngovernment. It would put Cambodia in a unique position in\nthat it would be the only country in the world where such pro-\nhibition applies, and therefore, would amend the doctrine under\nwhich Asians, for example the Thai's, might want to help other\nAsians. They would be prohibited from doing it under Subsection 3\nbecause the Thai's are receiving some military aid from the\nUnited States.\n2\nWhat are the chances of eliminating that?\nSENATOR SCOTT: We have taken no count on that.\nSenator Griffin and I, if you lump our two opinions together,\nwe would have to say about 50-50.\na\nDo recent developments in Indochina indicate\nthat that is what is happening, that there is a movement for\nseveral nations to act together in mutual defense?\nSENATOR SCOTT: That, we believe, is a decision for\nthe Asian nations to make. If they do, we think that\nAsians should, under the Nixon doctrine, be permitted to help\nother Asians if they wish to do SO. I would assume they do.\n2\nDo you have any count yet on the Byrd Amendment,\nSenator? Do you know how many votes you will have on that?\nYou said you thought you had enough.\nSENATOR SCOTT: We think we have enough. There are\nonly about four of five undecided, but I would think in view\nof the way these will go that we have enough.\nI do call your attention to the Djarkata Conference\nas an illustration of the desire of the nations to help themselves.\nQ\nWould you say the Administration is enthusiastically\nbehind the Byrd Amendment?\nSENATOR SCOTT: Well, you have seen the President's\nletter to me. It speaks for itself. He has said that it goes\na long way toward removing an important part of his objection. I\ndon't think there has been any question that he has so indicated\nand I would expect he would get a lot of support because of that.\nMORE\n- 3 -\nQ\nRon, what information will we receive here\ntomorrow on the Family Assistance Program?\nMR. ZIEGLER: As you recall, the Senate Finance\nCommittee, in the testimony there, requested the Administration,\nthe Executive Branch, to look at several aspects of the Famlly\nAssistance Prggram as it affects Medicaid, Housing and Food Stamps.\nWe have done that. We have completed a very exhaustive study\nof that and are now prepared to begin our discussions again with\nthe Finance Committee on the Family Assistance Program.\nWe will provide you the details of this tomorrow\nmorning here at the White House in a very extensive briefing.\nQ\nDo you know what time?\nMR. ZIEGLER: At the regular 11:00 briefing.\n2\nWill that be Dr. Moynihan?\nMR. ZIEGLER: Perhaps. I am quite sure he would be\none of those who would be here.\nTHE PRESS: Thank you, gentlemen.\nFORD P.P. GERALD LIBRARY\nEND\n(AT 10:45 A.M. EDT.)\nHOUSE ACTION, PERIOD MAY 19 THROUGH JUNE 8, 1970\nTuesday, May 19, 1970\nHOUSE CONSIDERED PRIVATE CALENDAR\nThe House passed by voice vote 6 unanimous Consent Bills from the Ways\nand Means Committee.\nDISTRICT JUDGES\nBy a record vote of 331 yeas to 21 nays, the House agreed to the con-\nference report on S. 952, to provide for the appointment of additional\ndistrict judges, and returned the measure to the Senate for further\naction.\nINTERIOR APPROPRIATION\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 17619, making appropriations\nfor the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the\nfiscal year ending June 30, 1971.\nAEC AUTHORIZATION\nRULE\nThe House adopted by a voice vote H. Res. 973, to provide two hours\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 17405, to authorize appropria-\ntions to the Atomic Energy Commission. Subsequently, this passage\nwas vacated and S. 3818, an identical Senate-passed measure was\npassed in lieu, thus clearing the measure for the President.\nPrior to passage, the House rejected an amendment by Mr. Wolff\nthat would transfer to the Secretary of Health, Education, and\nWelfare the regulation of civil nuclear power.\nWednesday, May 20, 1970\nSTOCKPILE DISPOSALS\nThe House disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to various Stockpile\nDisposal bills and asked a conference with the Senate. Appointed as\nconferees, on all of the bills: Representatives Philbin, Bennett,\nand King.\nR.\nFORD\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n- 2 -\nWednesday, May 20, 1970 (continued)\nMILITARY CONSTRUCTION\nRULE\nThe House adopted H. Res. 1030 by a voice vote, to provide for two\nhours of open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 334 yeas to 47 nays the House passed H.R. 17604,\nto authorize certain construction at military installations.\nRECOMMIT\nBy a record vote of 251 yeas to 133 nays, the previous question on\nthe motion to recommit was ordered.\nBy a voice vote a motion by Mr. Talcott to recommit the bill to the\nCommittee on Armed Services was rejected.\nBy a voice vote the House agreed to an amendment by Mr. Cramer that\nadds $11.3 million for Naval Training Center, Orlando, Fla.\nBy a teller vote of 76 yeas to 146 nays the House defeated an amend-\nment by Mr. Pike that would strike out $322 million for Safeguard\nmissile facilities.\nThursday, May 21, 1970\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nRULE\nBy a record vote of 201 yeas to 181 nays, the previous question on\nthe rule was ordered.\nBy a record vote of 297 yeas to 83 nays, the House adopted H. Res. 1022\nto provide for four hours of closed debate, waiving points of order\nfor failing to comply with clause 3, Rule XIII.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 343 yeas to 32 nays, the House passed H.R. 17550,\nSocial Security Amendments of 1970.\nRECOMMIT\nBy a record vote of 233 yeas to 144 nays, the House agreed to a motion\nby Mr. Betts to recommit the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means\nwith instructions to report it back forthwith containing an amend-\nment that provides for automatic adjustment of social security bene-\nfits to coincide with increases in cost of living expenses.\nFORD R. GERALO LIBRARY\n- 3 -\nThursday, May 21, 1970 (continued)\nMERCHANT SHIPS\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House agreed to H. Res. 1029, providing for\nthe consideration of and 2 hours of open debate on H.R. 15424,\nto amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 307 yeas to 1 nay, the House passed H.R. 15424,\nto amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936.\nPOLICE, FIREMEN, AND TEACHERS' PAY INCREASE\nThe House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 17138, to\namend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of\n1958 and the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 to\nincrease salaries; and agreed to a conference asked by the Senate.\nAppointed the following as conferees: Representatives Abernethy,\nDowdy, Fuqua, Cabell, Nelsen, Broyhill of Virginia, Harsha, and\nHogan.\nMonday, May 25, 1970\nD. C. LEGISLATION\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 17711, to amend the District\nof Columbia Cooperative Association Act.\nBy a record vote of 118 yeas to 176 nays, the House defeated H.R. 17601,\nto exempt Federal Housing Administration and Veterans' Administration\nmortgages and loans from the interest and usury laws of the District\nof Columbia.\nCOAST GUARD LAWS\nThe House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 13816, to improve\nand clarify certain laws affecting the Coast Guard, clearing the\nmeasure for the President.\nBANK RECORDS\nRULE\nBy a voice vote the House adopted H. Res. 941, providing two hours\nof open debate.\nGERALD\nA. FORD\nLIBRARY\n- 4 -\nBANK RECORDS (continued)\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 302 yeas to 0 nays, the House passed H.R. 15073,\nto amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require insured banks\nto maintain certain records, to require that certain transactions\nin U.S. currency be reported to the Department of the Treasury.\nBy a division vote of 28 yeas to 15 nays, the House agreed to a com-\nmittee amendment that excludes domestic financial transactions\ninvolving less than $500 from the record-keeping provisions in\nthe bill.\nCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT\nRULE\nBy a voice vote the House adopted H. Res. 1021, providing for 1 hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 285 yeas to 7 nays, the House passed H. J. Res. 1117,\nto establish a Joint Committee on the Environment.\nPrior to passage, the House agreed to the amendment by Mr. Daddario\nthat alters the name of the Joint Committee to \"Joint Committee on\nthe Environment\".\nPrior to passage, the House agreed to the amendment by Mr. Dingell\nthat reduces the membership on the committee from 40 members to\n22 members, 11 Senators and 11 Congressmen -- 6 majority and 5\nminority.\nPrior to passage, the House rejected a substitute by Mr. Vanik to\nthe previous amendment, basically the same as the original amend-\nment, but specified that the Speaker select the membership.\nPrior to passage, the House agreed to an amendment by Mr. Galifianakis\nthat strikes out a provision that required prior consent of a de-\npartment or agency before using any services or facilities of that\ndepartment or agency.\nPrior to passage, the House agreed to amend the title of the measure.\nTuesday, May 26, 1970\nRULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE - FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE\nRULE\nBy a voice vote the House adopted H. Res. 971, providing for one\nhour of open debate.\nof\nGERALD\nFORD\nLIBRARY\n- 5 -\nFINANCIAL DISCLOSURE (continued)\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 335 yeas to 1 nay, the House passed H. Res. 796,\namending the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to\nfinancial disclosure.\nSPEAKER McCORMACK\nHouse agreed to H. Res. 1044, commending Speaker John W. McCormack\non his length of service as Speaker.\nWednesday, May 27, 1970\nINTERNATIONAL TRAVEL ACT\nHouse disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 14685, to im-\nprove the balance of payments by further promoting travel to the\nUnited States; and asked a conference with the Senate. Appointed\nas conferees: Representatives Staggers, Moss, Murphy of New York,\nSpringer, and Cunningham.\nU.S. FISHING FLEET IMPROVEMENT ACT\nThe House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 4813, to extend the\nprovisions of the U.S. Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, clearing the\nmeasure for the President.\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 17755, making appropriations\nfor the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the\nfiscal year ending June 30, 1971.\nRECOMMIT\nBy a record vote of 176 yeas to 162 nays, the previous question on\nthe motion to recommit was ordered.\nBy a voice vote a motion by Mr. Rhodes of Arizona to recommit the\nbill to the Committee on Appropriations was rejected.\nThe House agreed to an amendment by Mr. Steed that added $8.4 million\nfor Coast Guard Reserve training.\nThe House agreed to an amendment by Mr. Steed that struck out 10,000\npersonnel limitation for the Coast Guard Selected Reserve.\nA point of order was overruled against an amendment by Mr. Yates which\nsought to delete $290 million for the Civil Supersonic Aircraft De-\nvelopment (SST), subsequently, the amendment was rejected by a teller\nvote of 86 yeas to 107 nays.\nP\nFORD\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n- 6 -\nMonday, June 1, 1970\nHOUSE CONSIDERED CONSENT CALENDAR\nINTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote the House agreed to H. Res. 1033, authorizing the\nappointment of representatives to attend the International Labor\nOrganization Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.\nTuesday, June 2, 1970\nPRIVATE CALENDAR WAS CALLED\nINTERNATIONAL LABOR CONFERENCE\nThe Speaker appointed as delegates to attend the International Labor\nOrganization Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, the following members\nof the Committee on Education and Labor: Representatives Dent and\nAyres. Appointed as alternates: Representatives Green or Oregon,\nDaniels of New Jersey, Ashbrook, and Erlenborn.\nPAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY\nRULE\nBy a voice vote the House adopted H. Res. 969, providing for one hour\nof open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H. J. Res. 746, to amend the joint\nresolution authorizing appropriations for the payment by the United\nStates of its share of the expenses of the Pan American Institute\nof Geography and History.\nWednesday, June 3, 1970\nJOINT MEETING TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT RAFAEL CALDERA OF THE REPUBLIC OF\nVENEZUELA.\nPUBLIC DEBT LIMIT\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 1051, providing for four\nhours of open debate. Prior to adoption by a roll call vote of\n273 yeas to 85 nays the House moved the previous question on\nH. Res. 1051.\n?\nFORD\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n- 7 -\nPUBLIC DEBT LIMIT (continued)\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 236 yeas to 127 nays, the House passed H.R. 17802,\nto increase the public debt limit set forth in section 21 of the\nSecond Liberty Bond Act.\nRECOMMIT\nBy a voice vote, the House rejected a motion by Mr. Betts to recommit\nthe bill to the Committee on Ways and Means.\nThursday, June 4, 1970\nDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 17868, making appropriations\nfor the government of the District of Columbia and other activities\nchargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District\nfor the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971.\nFOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 1059, waiving points of\norder against certain provisions in the bill.\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 192 yeas to 152 nays, the House passed H.R. 17867,\nmaking appropriations for Foreign Assistance and related programs\nfor the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971.\nRECOMMIT\nBy a voice vote, the House rejected a motion by Mr. Bow to recommit\nthe bill to the Committee on Appropriations.\nRIVER BASIN AUTHORIZATION\nThe House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 15166, authorizing\nadditional appropriations for prosecution of projects in certain com-\nprehensive river basin plans for flood control, and navigation, clear-\ning the measure for the President.\nR.\nFORD\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n- 8 -\nMonday, June 8, 1970\nPUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT\nRULE\nBy a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 1045, providing for one\nhour of open debate.\nPASSAGE\nBy a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 15712, to amend the Public Works\nand Economic Development Act.\nSELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA\nPASSAGE\nBy a record vote of 223 yeas to 101 nays, the House passed H. Res. 976,\nto authorize a Select Committee to Study recent Developments in South-\neast Asia.\nBy a roll call vote of 227 yeas to 95 nays, the House agreed to the\nCommittee Amendment providing for 12 members on the Select Committee\nto Study recent Developments in Southeast Asia.\nBy a roll call vote of 210 yeas to 84 nays, the House agreed to the\nCommittee Amendment to strike the preamble from H. Res. 976, to au-\nthorize a Select Committee to Study recent Developments in Southeast\nAsia.\nPrior to passage, the House by a roll call vote of 246 yeas to 80 nays\nordered the previous question on H. Res. 976.\nPROGRAM AHEAD\nTuesday, June 9, 1970\nH. R. 17923 - Department of Agriculture Appropriation Bill, FY 1971\nWednesday, June 10, 1970 and Balance of Week\nH. R. 17070 - Postal Reorganization and Salary Adjustment Act of 1970\n(Subject to a Rule Being Granted)\nGERALD RL FORD FIRRARY"
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