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These documents were scanned from Box 107 of the Robert T. Hartmann Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 8, 1972
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESS CONFERENCE
OF
SENATOR HUGH R. SCOTT
FORD
AND
CONGRESSMAN GERALD FORD
GERALD
LIBRAR
THE BRIEFING ROOM
10:37 A.M. EST
MR. ZIEGLER: The breakfast this morning was held
in the State Dining Room with the Members of the Cabinet and
Republican leadership. It lasted close to 2-1/2 hours.
Among the things talked about were the dock strike
on the West Coast and the problems created by the West Coast
dock strike; and also foreign policy in general was dis-
cussed.
Senator Scott and Congressman Ford are here to
report to you on the breakfast. We will begin with Congress-
man Ford.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: Thank you very much, Ron.
The first item on the agenda was the discussion of
the need and necessity for legislative action to settle the
dock strike if there is no settlement between labor and
management. Secretary of Agriculture Butz pointed out very
dramatically the harm that was being done to the country by
the inability of the United States to ship the tremendous tons
of agricultural commodities all over the world, and he pre-
dicted that if we don't get the dock strike settled, there
could be a billion dollars lost in exports in 1972.
The President, as you know, submitted to the Con-
gress a little over two weeks ago a proposed legislative
method of settling the dock strike. In the House of Repre-
sentatives, we were faced with a stacked committee in the
House Committee on Education and Labor, and there was very
little in the way of prospects for any legislative action.
We initiated, through the Committee on Rules, a
proposal that would by-pass the Committee on Education and
Labor, and it now appears that through that extraordinary
parliamentary procedure we will get the legislation on the
Floor of the House, probably tomorrow. The Committee on Rules
is meeting at the present time.
We think the President's proposal is far superior
to the one that came out of a subcommittee of Education and
Labor yesterday. That is purely a cosmetic answer. If we
can get it on the Floor of the House, I am convinced that the
House of Representatives will approve the President's pro-
posal.
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Of course, it was very encouraging yesterday when the
Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare reported out
unanimously -- I think 16 to nothing -- a version for the
settlement which is very nearly what the President recommended.
Senator Scott has just told me that Senator Mansfield has
announced that this legislation will be on the Floor of the
Senate this afternoon, and hopefully approved today or, at
the latest, tomorrow, which means that the President's pro-
posal, which is at this moment probably the one way we can get
this matter resolved, can become law before the Congress re-
cesses for the Lincoln Day period.
I think the President's leadership in this area,
the pressure we have put on, has been very helpful in con-
vincing the Democratic Congress that they could not, under any
circumstances, let this thing drag on and on and on. I am
hopeful. I think we have good reason to be hopeful for affir-
mative legislative action within the next 48 hours.
SENATOR SCOTT: This was one of the most interesting
and up-beat sessions that we have ever had. The various
Cabinet officers reported -- Secretary Richardson on welfare
reform; Secretary Connally on the economy; and Secretary
Rogers on the Vietnam peace plan, and the very broad and gen-
eral approval in foreign countries of the President's proposals.
Two points were made in the discussion in which I
participated: One, that the President, in his testimony
before the Platform Committee on August 1, 1968, of which I
was Vice Chairman, made clear what has long been the Repub-
lican position -- in fact, ever since the days of Senator
Vandenberg -- that politics stops at the water's edge, where
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Presidential candidates could otherwise endanger ongoing
negotiations.
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The President then said, and I am quoting: "The
present Administration's emissaries in Paris must be able to
speak with the full force and authority of the United States.
Nothing should be offered in the political arena that might
undercut their hands. Too many lives are at stake. Our
negotiators in Paris represent not only the present Administra-
tion, but the United States. In the spirit of country above
party, as long as they have a chance of success, and as long
as the Administration remains committed to an honorable
settlement, they should be free from partisan interference,
and they should have our full support. The pursuit of peace
is too important for politics as usual."
Another point made was that the President's critics,
particularly some of the Presidential Senators -- and I would
add, with the honorable exception of Senators Humphrey and
Jackson -- have all made the point for several years that they
favor a cease-fire. Every advocate in this country, every
person of good will, every militant, has been carrying placards
saying "Stop the Killing." The only way to stop the killing
is a cease-fire. This was the position until it suited some
people to come along in the late days, in a Presidential cam-
paign, and drop the cease-fire and demand that we accept con-
ditions which Hanoi will, under no circumstances, accept, and
that is military solutions without political solutions.
I Then you agree with Mr. Haldeman, Senator, or
the President does, that Democratic candidates are consciously
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aiding and abetting the enemy by taking a critical attitude
toward the peace plan?
SENATOR SCOTT: I have not said that. The state-
ments of anyone else are personal to them. The President
certainly has not said it. It is certainly not what the
President has been talking about. He has asked that Presi-
dential candidates avoid saying -- and I am paraphrasing, of
course -- that the President has a plan, but we have a better
plan, and maybe you should wait for us to get in. That is all
that I am saying.
Q
How does that paraphrase differ from the
President's statement during the '68 campaign that he had a
plan to end the war?
SENATOR SCOTT: He did, and he does, and he is
using it, and the plan is working and the war is ending. I
can't think of a better answer than that.
Q
But doesn't that dispute what you just said?
SENATOR SCOTT: No. The President said he had a
plan to end the war, but he did not in any way interfere with
what the Administration was doing, or comment that the peace
talks or negotiation were wrong. The President did not say
what his plan was, because had he done that, he would have
fallen into the same trap that the Democratic Presidential
candidates are falling into; namely, to suggest an alternative,
with the implications that Hanoi has only to wait and delay
until they get in. That is a very different situation.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: May I make a comment on the same
point?
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I came to the Congress more or less under the
tutelage of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, who all of you know was
certainly the architect of bipartisan foreign policy. I can
remember vividly Senator Vandenberg making a distinct differ-
entiation between a discussion and a criticism on the one
hand, and the offering of alternatives for the solution at a
negotiating table on the other.
Now, President Nixon, when he was a candidate, never
offered an alternative that would undercut the then President
of the United States, because that would, in effect, end the
negotiations until the next election. There was ample reason
to be critical, perhaps, of the way the war was conducted.
Senator Dirksen and myself, from time to time from '65 into
'68, did make suggestions, or we were critical; but never, to
my knowledge, did either Senator Dirksen or myself or candi-
date Nixon ever offer an alternative to the enemy which would
have undercut the then President of the United States.
What is happening today, by some, with the excep-
tions that Senator Scott has made, they are offering alter-
natives that, in effect, are nullifying any effort on the
part of this Administration to solve the problem in Vietnam
by bona fide, legitimate negotiations.
I think there is a distinct difference and an impor-
tant difference. We welcome criticism and suggestion; but we
do not think it is in the best interest of the country to have
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other people trying to negotiate while the President of the
United States is in the process of negotiating with the enemy.
SENATOR SCOTT: I would like to add that many of you
saw Xuan Thuy on Sunday. He has certainly cut the ground out
from under the various proposals made by critics. He has
made it perfectly clear that there will be no separation of
the political and military issues as far as he is concerned,
and that the proposal for release of prisoners in return for
a total withdrawal of troops doesn't go far enough.
He might well go along with one suggestion made by
a Presidential critic, of pressure on Saigon. In fact, he
goes further. He said to the United States, "You overthrow
Saigon. We will leave the method up to you."
Q You talk about cutting the ground from under
the President. Thieu is very unhappy with Secretary Rogers
saying we would be flexible on his resignation. He is not
only unhappy; he is damn mad.
SENATOR SCOTT: I might paraphrase what Xuan Thuy
is reported to have said about one of the Senators he talked
to, the Senator from South Dakota, when one time asked to
comment on the McGovern interpretation of what he said. He
said, "That is Senator McGovern's problem." He said, "We
South Vietnamese are very courteous people." I think that
would answer it.
Q
You said the President's plan to end the war
is working. Since he puthisplan into effect, some 20,000
Americans have lost their lives in Vietnam, and there is no
R.
end in sight to the fighting. How would you dispute those
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figures?
LIBRARY
SENATOR SCOTT: There is no end in sight to the
fighting because Hanoi has consistently refused our proposal
for a cease-fire. The lives being lost are being lost because
the enemy is still killing all the forces that it can kill.
The President is seeking to end that.
The Army representation in Vietnam is now less than
100,000, and the deaths of these people can only be laid to
the fact that we got into war in the first place, that we
are getting out as rapidly as we can, and I know of no way
of getting out which is superior to the plan which the Presi-
dent is presently using. So I would say that complaint ought
to be addressed to Hanoi.
Q Senator, would you like to see a moratorium
on public discussion of the war?
SENATOR SCOTT: I would not. I would like to see
ample and adequate discussion of the war. I am confining my
comment to the certain danger which is raised by the fact, as
demonstrated to our own negotiators, that when persons who
might conceivably become President offer alternative plans of
their own in an effort to go the President one better, it is
certainly a temptation to Hanoi to delay the release of the
prisoners, to delay the negotiations, hoping for a better deal
from somebody else. That is where the damage is done.
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Q Senator, you have made the point that Xuan Thuy,
in his comments, has said he would not accept such a deal as
proposed by Senators McGovern and Kennedy and others, I be-
lieve. But certainly neither Xuan Thuy or any other Viet Cong
or North Vietnamese spokesman has indicated any receptivity
to the President's proposal, either.
We are not talking about a proposal that has been
accepted, so hasn't it now become legitimate to raise other
alternatives for negotiation, since the President's proposal
has been rejected, like the others?
SENATOR SCOTT: I doubt it. Hanoi has not, in a
meaningful way and that is at the negotiating table --
irretrievably rejected the President's proposal. They have
made the usual propaganda statements, the usual fustian noise,
but some of the things recently said by Xuan Thuy would indi-
cate that some of the proposals are negotiable.
My comment runs strictly to the danger of proposing
what seems like a better deal, and yet all of these proposals
have, in one form or another, already been rejected by Hanoi.
Only the President can negotiate, and we can only have one
President at a time. The President himself took that position
in the '68 campaign.
I made dozens of speeches then, and took the same
position. I did not criticize President Johnson, either during
the bombing or during the bombing halt, for what he was doing
in an effort to bring about peaceful solutions, any more than
the Republicans criticized President Truman at the time of our
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entry into the Korean War. At the end of that war, there
remained enough criticism to go around.
GERALO
Q
At any time this morning did the President give
you any indication in any way that he was disavowing Haldeman'
statement that certain critics were consciously aiding and
abetting the enemy?
SENATOR SCOTT: It was not discussed at all. The
President made no reference to that at all.
Q
Do you believe that some critics are consciously
aiding and abetting the enemy?
SENATOR SCOTT: I have not made such a statement. I
have confined my statement to the parameters appearing here.
I love that word.
Q
You have, indeed, but could you answer the
direct question? Do you believe in that?
SENATOR SCOTT: I never share in something anybody
else has said, because I don't know how much they have said
that you have not reported at the time. I have learned never
to share somebody else's statement.
Q You think it is all right to criticize, but not
to have any ideas of your own?
SENATOR SCOTT: It is fine to have ideas of your
own, should any of the Presidential candidates develop some.
We would welcome anything that would be intelligently con-
structive. But to be signaling Hanoi, which is certainly
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the effect of such a debate, that they have a better plan,
is surely an encouragement of Hanoi to delay. I don't think
understanding of human nature would provide any other con-
clusion.
Q
What do you have against Senators Humphrey and
Jackson?
SENATOR SCOTT: Nothing. I like them both. Both of
them thank me every time I make this exception. I think
they appreciate that we appreciate that they have this con-
structive attitude.
Q
Several Senators have asked for unity, as you
have, behind the President's proposals. Do you think it con-
tributes to that unity to attribute to the critics of that
policy a conscious desire to aid the enemy? Is that attitude
helpful in establishing national unity?
SENATOR SCOTT: You are again asking me to share
somebody else's statement.
Q No. I am asking you whether that kind of
statement is helpful.
SENATOR SCOTT: I think any constructive dialogue
is helpful. I would not comment on that statement. I would
say, as I did yesterday, that strong attacks tend to beget
strong statements. Beyond that, I would not go.
CONGRESSMAN FORD: May I make a response to a ques-
tion that was asked a few moments ago as to the alleged fact
that under President Nixon, we have had so many casualties?
The facts are that when President Nixon took over in January
of 1969, there were about 540,000 U.S. military personnel in
Vietnam, and there were weekly losses of life of 300, or there-
abouts. At the present time, under the Vietnamization pro-
gram, we are down to less than 100,000, and by May 1st of this
year President Nixon will have withdrawn all U.S. military
personnel except for 69,000.
Furthermore, the loss of life is averaging less
than five a week, and that is progress. At the same time,
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this Administration is making an honest effort to negotiate
a settlement in Paris.
I think the track record of the President, as he
revealed a week or two ago in this regard, is good. So one
way or another, this Administration is going to end our
involvement by the withdrawal or Vietnamization program, with
fewer and fewer, and eventually no casualties, or we are going
to achieve a settlement in an honorable way at Paris. That
settlement could be best achieved if we had no undercutting of
the President's efforts to negotiate. Discussion, criticism,
yes; but the submission of alternatives that encourage the
enemy to delay, I don't think is helpful in the efforts at
negotiation.
SENATOR SCOTT: Most of the casualties in this Admin-
istration came during the momentum of the previous policy
before it was reversed by the Vietnamization policy.
THE PRESS: Thank you.
END
(AT 10:58 A.M. EST)
HOUSE ACTION, PERIOD JANUARY 18, 1972 THROUGH FEBRUARY 7, 1972
Tuesday, January 18, 1972
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SECOND SESSION OF 92d CONGRESS CONVENED
MEMBER SWORN
Representative Mallary of Vermont presented himself in the Well of
the House and was administered the oath of office by the Speaker.
JOINT SESSION
The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 499, providing for a joint session
of the two Houses of Congress in the Hall of the House of Representa-
tives on Thursday, January 20, 1972, at 12:30 p.m., for the purpose
of receiving the President's state of the Union message. The calling
of a recess at any time on that day by the Speaker was made in order.
THE PRIVATE CALENDAR WAS CALLED
GUAM AND VIRGIN ISLANDS DELEGATES
RULE
On October 21, 1971, the House agreed to H. Res. 624, providing for
the consideration of and 2 hours of open debate on H.R. 8787, to
provide that the unincorporated territories of Guam and the Virgin
Islands shall each be represented in Congress by a Delegate to the
House of Representatives.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 232 yeas to 104 nays, the House passed H.R. 8787,
to provide that the unincorporated territories of Guam and the
Virgin Islands shall each be represented in Congress by a Delegate
to the House of Representatives.
Prior to final passage, by a voice vote, the House agreed to an
amendment by Mr. Saylor that provides that each of the Delegate's
expenses be paid by each territory. Subsequently, by a voice vote,
the House agreed to a substitute by Mr. Aspinall to the previous
amendment by Mr. Saylor that provides each of the Delegates are
authorized 60 percent of the clerk-hire allowance of a Member and
not more than four round trips to each territory per year.
Prior to final passage, by a voice vote, the House rejected an amend-
ment by Mr. Gross that sought to provide for a nonvoting Delegate
from Guam and a nonvoting Delegate from the Virgin Islands in
the U.S. Senate.
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Tuesday, January 18, 1972 (continued)
CONDOLENCE RESOLUTION
The House agreed to H. Res. 766, expressing the condolences and sympathy
H.
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of the House on the death of Representative George W. Andrews of
Alabama. (Congressman Andrews died December 24, 1971)
GERALD
Wednesday, January 19, 1972
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
By a record vote of 334 yeas to 20 nays, the House agreed to the con-
ference report on S. 382, to promote fair practices in the conduct
of election campaigns for Federal political offices, clearing the
measure for the President.
Thursday, January 20, 1972
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -- STATE OF THE UNION
Before a joint session of Congress, President Nixon delivered his state
of the Union message. He was escorted to and from the Chamber by
Senators Ellender, Mansfield, Byrd of West Virginia, McClellan, Scott,
Griffin, Smith, and Aiken and Representatives Boggs, O'Neill, Teague
of Texas, Gerald R. Ford, and Arends.
Monday, January 24, 1972
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE -- DOCK STRIKE
Received and read a message from the President wherein he transmits to
Congress a message on the west coast dock strike--referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE -- BUDGET
Received and read a message from the President wherein he submits to
Congress the 1973 Budget--referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
PHOTOGRAPH
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 773, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a voice vote, the House agreed to H. Res. 761, authorizing the
U.S. Capitol Historical Society to take pictures of the House
while in session.
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Tuesday, January 25, 1972
PHOTOGRAPH
The Speaker announced that pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 761,
the official picture of the House in session will be taken at approxi-
mately 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 26, 1972.
FOREIGN AID AUTHORIZATION
RULE
By a record vote of 246 yeas to 123 nays, the llouse adopted H. Res. 765,
the rule waiving points of order against the conference report on
S. 2819.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 203 yeas to 179 nays, the House agreed to the
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conference report on S. 2819, to provide foreign military and re
lated assistance authorizations for fiscal year 1972.
Wednesday, January 26, 1972
INDIANS
The House insisted on its amendment to S. 602, to provide for the dis-
position of judgment funds awarded the Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Mont., and agreed to a conference
asked by the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Aspinall,
Haley, Melcher, Steiger of Wisconsin, and Terry.
SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 774, providing one hour of
open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 369 yeas to 9 nays, the House passed H.R. 6957,
to establish the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in the State of
Idaho.
Thursday, January 27, 1972
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE- ECONOMIC REPORT
Received and read a message from the President wherein he transmits to
Congress the annual economic report of the President--referred to the
Joint Economic Committee.
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Thursday, January 27, 1972 (continued)
PAY ADJUSTMENT
The House agreed to H. Res. 741, providing pay comparability adjustments
for certain House employees whose pay rates are specifically fixed
by House resolutions.
PAY COMPENSATION
The House agreed to H. Res. 769, authorizing payment of compensation
for certain committee employees.
EXECUTIVE AGENCY AGE REQUIREMENT
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 616, providing one hour
of open debate.
FAILED OF PASSAGE
By a record vote of 81 yeas to 249 nays, the House failed to pass
H.R. 8085, relating to age requirements for appointments to posi-
tions in executive agencies and in the competitive service.
Monday, January 31, 1972
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--HUD
FORD a BERRY LIBRARY
Received and read a message from the President wherein he transmits
to Congress the 6th annual report of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development--referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 782, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 303 yeas to 2 nays (Devine & Hastings), the House
passed H.R. 10086, to provide for increases in appropriation ceilings
and boundary changes in certain units of the national park system.
Subsequently, this passage was vacated, and S. 2601, a similar
Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to
contain the language of the House bill as passed.
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Monday, January 31, 1972 (continued)
OLYMPIC GAMES
The House agreed to H. Res. 787, affirming the support of the House
of Representatives for the continued designation of Denver as the
host city for the 12th Winter Olympic Games to be held in 1976.
Tuesday, February 1, 1972
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES: Received and read the following messages from
the President:
Environmental Pollution--Message transmitting to Congress a report
on the environmental pollution problems--referred to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Rural America--Message transmitting to Congress the problems of Rural
America--referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union.
National Endowment--Message transmitting to Congress the sixth annual
report of the National Endowment for the Humanities--referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor.
THE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE PRIVATE CALENDAR
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
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RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 784, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 285 yeas to 102 nays, the House passed S. 748,
to authorize payment and appropriation of the second and third
installments of the U.S. contributions to the Fund for Special
Operations of the Inter-American Development Bank.
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 785, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 255 yeas to 132 nays, the House passed S. 749,
to authorize U.S. contribution to the Special Funds of the Asian
Development Bank.
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Tuesday, February 1, 1972 (continued)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
RULE
By a record vote of 335 yeas to 30 nays, the House adopted H. Res. 786,
providing one hour of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 208 yeas to 165 nays, the House passed S. 2010,
to provide for increased participation by the United States in the
International Development Association.
Prior to final passage, by a record teller vote of 165 ayes to 191 noes,
the House rejected an amendment by Mr. Archer that reduces the U.S.
annual contribution from $960 million to $480 million.
Wednesday, February 2, 1972
MEDALS
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RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 790, providing for one
hour of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 387 yeas to one nay, the House passed H.R. 7987,
to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the bi-
centennial of the American Revolution.
Prior to final passage, by a division vote of 32 yeas to 36 nays,
the House rejected an amendment by Mr. McClure of Idaho that
specifies types of materials used and sizes of the medals struck.
JUDGESHIPS
RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 783, providing one hour
of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a voice vote, the House passed H.R. 11394, to create an additional
judicial district in the State of Louisiana and to provide for the
appointment of additional district judgeships.
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Wednesday, February 2, 1972 (continued)
JUDGESHIPS (continued)
PASSAGE (continued)
Prior to final passage, by a record teller vote of 217 ayes
to 168 noes, the House agreed to the committee amendments
that provided for one additional district judge in the northern
district of Indiana.
Prior to final passage the House, by a voice vote, agreed to an
amendment by Mr. Kastenmeier that provided for one additional
district judge for western district of Wisconsin.
Prior to final passage, by a division vote of 72 yeas to 107 nays,
the House rejected an amendment by Mr. Dennis that sought to
provide for one additional district judge for the southern
district of Indiana.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE--DOCK STRIKE
Received and read a message from the President wherein he urges enact-
ment of legislation pertaining to the west coast dock strike--referred
to Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
Thursday, February 3, 1972
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION
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RULE
By a voice vote, the House adopted H. Res. 792, providing for one
hour of open debate.
PASSAGE
By a record vote of 380 yeas, the House passed H.R. 12089, to establish
a Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention and to concentrate
the resources of the Nation against the problem of drug abuse.
Subsequently, this passage was vacated and a similar Senate-passed
bill, S. 2097, was passed in lieu, after being amended to con-
tain the language of the House bill as passed.
Prior to final passage, by a voice vote, the House agreed to an
amendment by Mr. Staggers that eliminated a provision which amends
the Reorganization Act.
Prior to final passage, by a record teller vote of 174 ayes to 196
noes, the House rejected an amendment by Mr. Teague of Texas that
sought to prevent the Director from any authority over the Veterans'
Administration.
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Monday, February 1, 1972
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THE HOUSE CONSIDERED THE PRIVATE CALENDAR
SUSPENSIONS
The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following bills:
S. 1857 - American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (passed by
a record vote of 329 yeas to 36 nays).
H.R. 6730 - Land and Water Conservation Fund Amendment (passed by
a voice vote).
H.R. 8382 --- Buffalo National River, Arkansas (passed by a voice vote).
H. Res. 958 - Sugar Act Clarification (passed by a voice vote).
S. 2672 - Exempting Potatoes for Processing from Marketing Orders
(passed by 7 voice vote).
H.R. 9756 - Merchant Marine Act Amendment (passed by a voice vote).
S. 1163 - Older American Act Amendment (passed by a record vote of
350 yeas to 23 nays).
H.R. 7088 - Tinicum National Environmental Center, Pa. (passed by a
record vote of 361 yeas to 8 nays).
H.R. 12143 - San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (passed by
a voice vote).
H.R. 12186 - Bald Engle Protection Act (passed by a record vote of
352 yeas to 7 nays).
H.K. 12207 - Program for Development of Tuna Fisheries (passed by
a voice vote).
H. R. 12741 - Water Pollution Control Act Extension to June 30, 1972
(passed by a record vote of 338 yeas to 7 nays).
CHAPEL OF THE ASTRONAUTS
The House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 11487, to authorize
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion to convey certain lands in Brevard County, Fla., clearing the
measure for the President.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
The House insisted on its amendments to S. 748, U.S. contributions to
Fund for Special Operations for the Inter-American Development Bank;
S. 749, U.S. contribution to Special Funds of the Asian Development
Bank; and S. 2010, providing for increased U.S. participation in the
International Development Association, and agreed to conferences asked
by the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Patman, Barrett,
Sullivan, Reuss, Ashley, Gonzalez, Widnall, Johnson of Pennsylvania,
J. William Stanton, and Brown of Michigan.
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JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REPORT
The House passed S. J. Res. 196, extending the date for transmission
to Congress of the report of the Joint Economic Committee, thus
clearing the measure for the President.
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES
Received and read the following messages from the President:
Property acquisition--message transmitting to Congress the first annual
report of each Federal Agency whose activities are governed by the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies
Act of 1970--referred to the Committee on Public Works.
American bicentennial--message transmitting an outline of proposed
plan for Federal partnership in the District of Columbia's bicentennial
observance-- referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union.
Manpower revenue sharing--message urging enactment of the proposed
Manpower Revenue Sharing Act of 1971--referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor.
PROGRAM AHEAD
Tuesday, February 8, 1972
H. Res. 164 - Select Committee on Privacy, Human Values and Democratic
Institutions
H.R. 10243 - Office of Technology Assessment
(OPEN RULE - ONE HOUR OF DEBATE)
Wednesday, February 9, 1972
H.R.
- Temporary Debt Ceiling Increase to June 30, 1972
(SUBJECT TO A RULE BEING GRANTED)